According to Sunrise producer Naohiro Ogata, while the novel was written as a sequel to Tomino’s 1988 novel Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack – Beltorchika Children (based on his rejected first draft for the 1988 film Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack), the upcoming anime will be produced as a sequel to the Char’s Counterattack anime film.
The Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway anime film should have been out in theaters in Japan on May 21, but the delays continue for this one.
Originally scheduled to open way back on July 23, 2020, Hathaway is now penciled in for a June 11 opening.