{"id":50788,"date":"2025-08-06T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50788"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:00:31","slug":"mobile-suit-gundam-ip-revenue-at-all-time-high-in-2025-bandai-namco-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/mobile-suit-gundam-ip-revenue-at-all-time-high-in-2025-bandai-namco-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Suit Gundam IP revenue at all-time high in 2025, Bandai Namco reports\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bandai Namco Holdings<\/strong>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandainamco.co.jp\/files\/ir\/financialstatements\/pdf\/20250805_Presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial results<\/a> for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2026 don\u2019t just include a breakdown of its <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/elden-ring-nightreigns-strong-sales-drive-bandai-namcos-game-sector-profits-in-first-quarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">different divisions\u2019 earnings<\/a>; they also include details about how much money the company is making from each of its IPs. In the first quarter, Mobile Suit Gundam was Bandai\u2019s highest-selling IP, with revenue increasing by 81.2% year-on-year. Total sales amounted to 65.4 billion JPY (around $443 million USD), which, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/410253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz,<\/a> marks a record high for the franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION | \u672cPV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6vMh1LO29s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bandai Namco&#8217;s statement, the recently opened <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/giant-gundam-statue-in-osaka-japan-gets-completed-despite-complaints-about-lame-pose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gundam Next Future Pavilion<\/a> at Osaka Expo, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/despite-mixed-reactions-gundam-gquuuuuux-was-a-huge-commercial-success-according-to-bandai-namco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the success of the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX anime<\/a> have expanded the franchise\u2019s fanbase and subsequently led to increased revenue growth. More specifically, box office earnings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/new-gundam-co-produced-by-evangelions-studio-khara-rakes-in-598-million-yen-in-three-days-taking-top-spot-at-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX compilation film<\/a> (which includes the TV series\u2019 first three episodes and the first half of the eighth episode), video distribution and product and service licensing (i.e. streaming services), <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/bandai-namco-aims-to-resolve-gundam-model-scarcity-issues-with-a-whole-new-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gunpla model kits<\/a>, and revenue from the new SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL mobile game are the key factors in the Gundam IP\u2019s recent success.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As opposed to Gundam, other major Bandai Namco IPs like Dragon Ball, One Piece, Kamen Rider, Naruto, and Ultraman saw decreases in revenue during the same fiscal period. Should Bandai Namco ever find itself in trouble, it can always bank on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-politician-lambasted-after-cosplaying-as-gundam-character-who-famously-tried-to-cause-a-global-ice-age-by-dropping-an-asteroid-on-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">popularity of giant mechs<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 45-year-old Mobile Suit Gundam franchise is updating all-time revenue records in 2025, according to Bandai Namco&#8217;s financial reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[261,17],"class_list":["post-50788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-financial-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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