Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's brilliance has visibly attracted Japanese crowds since its release on June 11: this feature film, eagerly awaited by fans after many successive postponements, has exceeded the billion yen mark in revenue at during its first 38 days of indoor operation.
More than 910,000 curious people have ventured into Japanese theaters to discover the big screen adaptation of the novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam . With a total of over 1.85 billion yen in revenue (14.2 million euros), it is the first film in the Gundam franchise to surpass the billion yen mark since Mobile Suit Gundam: Tank counter- attack in 1988. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Hathaway Shard came in third at the box office during its weekend release in Japan. Its blu-ray version has sold more than 90,000 copies.
If Mobile Suit Gundam: The Glow of Hathaway has not made its way into French theaters, the Sunrise feature film has, however, landed in France through a remarkable release on the SVoD Netflix service. After bringing the original Mobile Suit Gundam and Char Contre-Attaque film trilogy online , Netflix has once again capitalized on the success of the franchise and distributing Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Glow at Home - with bonus French dubbing. .
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Shine of Hathaway is a direct sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam: Tank Strikes Back, set a few years after the final conclusion that caused the demise of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, the two star protagonists of the original 1979 anime. While the Duchy of Zeon no longer appears to be a threat to the stability of the Terran Federation regime, a group of terrorists named Mafty with similar ideals is causing turmoil throughout the solar system.
Determined to want to force humanity to leave Earth for space and thus save its environment, these terrorists inspire other armed groups claiming their membership in Mafty, whose leader remains secret in the eyes of the public and the authorities. However, a succession of events will lift the veil on the man behind the organization: it is Noa Hathaway, son of the illustrious Captain Bright Noa who led the crazy epic of the White Base spacecraft a decade before.