Rock band Galileo Galilei's new single, "Asu e", has been chosen as the opening theme song for the new Gundam series, 'Mobile Suit Gundam AGE', starting October 9th.

'Mobile Suit Gundam AGE' will be the 14th in the Gundam series, and will be the first in two and a half years since "Mobile Suit Gundam 00". Yamaguchi Susumu will direct, Hino Akihiro will be in charge of the storyline,�Nagano Takuzo will work on the original character designs, while�Chiba Michinari will support with his character designs, and the mechanic designs will be done by Ebikawa Kanetake, Ishigaki Junya, and Teraoka Kenji. Also, console game maker Level-5 has joined in to cooperate with the planning.

"Asu e" is said to be different from their usual guitar rock tune, instead of rock, the song will be a dance tune with electro sounds and evolving lyrics. The single is slated for release on December 7th.

Prior to the single's release, "Asu e" will be available in Chaku-Uta form on November 2nd.

Source: Excite Music