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Toonami to Air Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Visual 001 - 20160512Gundam Barbados is stopping off on the Absolution!

Earlier today, Turner Entertainment announced that they acquired the broadcast rights for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. The series will air on Adult Swim’s Toonami block at an unspecified future date.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is an original series by Sunrise. The title, which began airing on October 4, 2015, was directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, A Certain Scientific Railgun) at Sunrise. Michinori Chiba (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Someday’s Dreamers) provided character designs on the project, while Mari Okada (Black Butler, Selector Infected Wixoss) tackled series composition.

Sunrise describes the show as:

The Earth Sphere had lost its previous governing structure, and a new world was created under new systems of government. While a temporary peace had arrived, the seeds of a new conflict were being sown in the Mars Sphere, far away from Earth.

The series is currently available for streaming on several platforms, including Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Daisuki.

In March, the show’s finale revealed that a second season of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is on track to return in Fall 2016.

Source: Turner, Twitter (Toonami News)

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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