


The Federation and Zeon teams detect the Phenex within a college colony at Side 6. Michele and Jona know that only Rita displayed true Newtype precognition. Rita, Michele, and Jona were declared the "Miracle Children" after predicting the colony drop from Zeon's "Operation British" at the opening of the One Year War, saving many lives. Michele and Jona's childhood friend, Rita Bernal, is believed to be in control of the Phenex. assigns Michele Luio and pilot Jona Basta along with the RX-9 Narrative Gundam to assist the Federation. Mineva Lao Zabi, the figurehead "princess" of Zeon, calls out Monaghan's ambitions, though she cannot directly intervene. Minister Monaghan Bakharov of the Republic of Zeon secretly directs a Zeon unit to the same objective through his operative Erica Yugo. The reappearance of the RX-0 Gundam unit 3 Phenex, "brother" to the Unicorn and Banshee, two years after it disappeared triggers the Federation to launch Operation "Phoenix Hunt" to capture the mobile suit. One year later, in U.C.0097, the world is largely unchanged despite these revelations. With the original draft of the Universal Century Charter revealed, the existence of Newtypes and their promised rights have become known to the public. Both the Unicorn Gundam and the Banshee were supposedly dismantled. In U.C.0096, the conflict dubbed the "Laplace Incident" ended with the dissolution of the Neo Zeon remnant group "Sleeves". The film was released in Japanese theaters on November 30, 2018.

It was directed by Toshikazu Yoshizawa ( Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt) and written by Harutoshi Fukui, with character designs by Kumiko Takahashi, Sejoon Kim, Hajime Katoki, and Eiji Komatsu. Released as part of the Gundam franchise, it is based on the 11th Gundam Unicorn novel, Phoenix Hunting. Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative ( 機動戦士ガンダムNT (ナラティブ), Kidō Senshi Gandamu NT (Naratibu) ) is a Japanese animated mecha science fiction film produced by Sunrise and distributed by Shochiku.
