{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T20:53:00.116Z","story":{"id":"r_0533ef0ab19e4d83b88458d3","slug":"gundam-hathaway-director-details-the-five-year-hybrid-production","url":"https://yomimono.id/gundam-hathaway-director-details-the-five-year-hybrid-production","headline":"Gundam Hathaway Sequel Took Five Years of Hybrid Animation Work","summary":"Director Shūkō Murase says the second Gundam Hathaway film, The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, required five years of production. The team used CG for lighting and layouts more aggressively than in the first film, mixing 2D and 3D in nearly every frame. Murase wanted more realistic light sources, which forced every department to coordinate around a shared lighting plan. The film opened in Japan in January to strong reviews and box office, and it reaches U.S. theaters on May 15.","why_it_matters":"The production details show Sunrise committing to a full hybrid pipeline for a marquee Gundam feature, a shift from the hand-drawn layouts that defined the first film.","published_at":"2026-05-16T04:19:45.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Cartoon Brew"],"citations":[{"source":"Cartoon Brew","title":"Shūkō Murase On 'Gundam Hathaway's' 5-Year Hybrid Production","url":"https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/mobile-suit-gundam-hathaway-sorcery-of-nymph-circe-shuko-murase-260750.html"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway","The Sorcery of Nymph Circe"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Shūkō Murase"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}