Legendary Pictures and Sunrise are developing a live-action film based on Gundam, the popular Japanese anime franchise that defined the robot "mecha" genre.
During a recent interview with Weekly Playboy (via Gundam Universe), Sunrise's president Miyawaka Yasuo said that the creative team is planning to highlight the female characters in the live-action film.
Finding inspiration for female characters from the anime series shouldn't be an issue. Over the years, various Gundam series have featured female pilots. Mobile Suit Gundam 080: War in the Pocket has even featured female Gundam pilots as leads.
When previously discussing what fans expect from the film, Yasuo said that they will "try to avoid a simplistically military character to history and especially to the protagonists. And also to turn the latter into a kind of superhero."
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