A website opened on Saturday to announce that Go Nagai's UFO Robo Grendizer franchise is getting a television anime series titled Grendizer U that will premiere in 2024.
The new anime is described as a reboot of the original 1975-1977 anime.
Mitsuo Fukuda (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Gear Fighter Dendoh, Future GPX Cyber Formula) is the anime's chief director at GAINA, and Go Nagai is the executive director on the project. Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wolf Children, Gunbuster 2: Diebuster) is designing the characters, and Kōhei Tanaka (One Piece, Sakura Wars, Dirty Pair) is composing the music.
The anime's Twitter account has also revealed character designs for Duke Fleed, Koji Kabuto, and Grendizer.
