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The groundbreaking VR filmMobile Suit Gundam : Silver Phantomhas received a nomination for the " immersive " category at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival . This will make it the first part of media in the grand Real Robot franchise to receive a screening at the event , and the honor of being recognized for artistic sight .
The news broke on gundam.info’sSilver Phantom site , which let on the honor . TheVenice Festival ’s own websitealso lists the movie among a group of 26 that will be featured in a contender against one another in the Venice Immersive incision of the event .
Whether or not it succeed , the recognition by the event is a testament to the movie ’s aesthetic calibre , something the creative staff have been more than happy to note .
Fans have been wait a while for the previous and last episode of the Gundam SEED serial - which is fix to hit theaters in the US this calendar week .
Silver Phantom Nomination a Feather in Gundam’s Cap
Movie To Be Screened Early at Venice Immersive Island
Mobile Suit Gundam : Silver Phantom , which will see a commercial outlet by and by this yr , uses Meta Platforms ' ( formerly Facebook ) Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 headsets to display its immersive 3D repair movie . Set in Year 96 of the Universal Century , the movie uses VR engineering to allow audience to watch parts of the 90 - minute movie from the perspective of an unidentified protagonist , take a crap them exist inside the digital sets . The movie is a collaboration between Bandai - Namco Filmworks and the Gallic company Atlas V , a production house that specify in VR and AR experiences that lent their considerable experience .
The Gundam franchise has seen a bit of a resurgence lately . Gundam Seed Freedomrecently wear Nipponese box situation recordswhile the late Zanzibar copal serial , Witch From Mercury , was held in high regard by buff of the serial publication . Given all this , Silver Phantom’snomination is another profits for the world ’s most famous mech enfranchisement .
The Venice Film Festival is the globe ’s old film fete , being found in 1932 . The Venice Immersive section , which sharpen on " Extended Reality " spiritualist , launched in 2017 and takes place on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio , dub " Venice Immersive Island " during the festival . Silver Phantomwill be screened between August 28 and September 7 , alongside 26 competing movies , and 30 " out of competition " films . Nominated films are apt to make headway the " Grand Prize " , " Special Jury Prize " , or the " Achievement Prize " . The movie , though not uncommitted for catch yet , is being offered on the on-line Meta Quest storehouse as a pre - society .
The movie ’s manager , Kenichi Suzuki , comment on the nomination : " Gundam is profoundly frozen in Japanese polish , and we are proud that this VR movie , which let anyone to feel Universal Century , will be very exciting content . I want to tell my childhood ego that I can participate in the human beings of Universal Century in a lead role . " While the movie ’s data format give it a ecological niche or gimmicky first impression , that this very same VR exercise set - up earned such a esteemed nominating speech makes it unmanageable to argue againstMobile Suit Gundam : eloquent Phantom’srelevance amidGundam ’s large subroutine library of critically acclaimed anime .
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