New TV Anime 'Gundam Build Divers' Announced

The Gundam Build Next Battle Project press conference held on Friday has announced a new TV series titled Gundam Build Divers. The new battle system for the new series that will go online called Gunpla Battle Nexus Online (GBN). The anime is slated for Spring 2018 via TV Tokyo, and its channel system and is planned to broadcast for more than one cours. A PV and a 13-minute prologue episode have been streamed via the press conference and are currently available on YouTube.

Staff
Director: Shinya Watada (the Gundam Build Fighters Try series)
Series Composition: Noboru Kimura (Kokkoku)
Original Character Design: Kazuhiro Hara (Log Horizon)
Character Design: Juri Toida (the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans series character animation director)
Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara (the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Kanetake Ebikawa (the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans series), Junya Ishigaki (the Mobile Suit Gundam AGE series), Ippei Gyobu (Gundam: G no Reconguista), Kenji Teraoka (the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans series), Shinya Terashima (Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars), Takayuki Yanase (Mazinger Z Movie: Infinity), Naohiro Washio (the Kakumeiki Valvrave series)
Action Design: Masami Oobari (Mobile Suit Gundam AGE opening director)
Chief Mecha Design: Shinya Kusumegi (the Gundam series animation director), Sakiko Uda (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans animation director)
Art Studio: Studio Naya
Music: Hideakira Kimura (Lance N' Masques)
Plan: Bandai Hobby
Cooperative Production: ADK
Studio: Sunrise
Production: TV Tokyo, Sotsu

Cast
Riku Mikami: Yuusuke Kobayashi (Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens)
Yukio Hidaka: Natsumi Fujiwara (Black Clover: Jump Festa 2016 Special)
Momo: Nene Hieda (Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate-hen)
Sarah: Haruka Terui (the Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru series)
Kyouya Kujou: Jun Kasama (The iDOLM@STER SideM)
Ronman: Show Hayami (Trigun)

The series began with Gundam Build Fighters, which its first season was broadcast on Fall 2013 for a total of 25 episodes. It has also received six ONA episodes, which includes one GM no Gyakushuu episode and five Battlogue episodes in 2017.

PV

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Source: Comic Natalie

Gundam Build Divers and Gundam Build Divers Prologue on MAL