Mobile Mecha (2017)

Mobile Mecha 2017 is the twenty-first season of the Mobile Mecha franchise. It is produced by the Japanese studio and the American animation studio, with Jake Borella returning to be the head writer, director, and producer. Chaossy will write and direct a few episodes too, as well as produce the entire season. Kingson will air the series in the United States and internationally as well. The season lasted for 22 episodes. It is the last season in the Mobile Mecha original shared universe.

Plot
Taking place twenty years later after the 20th season, and taking place after season two of Mobile Mecha: Next In Class, the 2nd Air Battalion SpecSpace division meet up with the 27th Air Battalion who graduated from Next In Class, and they team up after Air Command I is under attack from the Confederation of World II.

During the climactic battle, Chester Wade dies, and both crews mourn him, vowing that they will end this war.

Production
After the popularity of Next in Class, RaGE Media announced that a new season of the original series, branded as a new series, will be produced for the summer of 2017. Production took place from November 2016 to August 2017, where the broadcast versions were finally completed. Powerhouse Animation joined the team in May of 2017 to help produce the season.

In April of 2017, a teaser trailer was released with SUMMER 2017 being the estimated timeframe of release. That same month, it was reported that Kingson will air the show in the United States, and internationally as well. At the RaGE Media SDCC panel, the first trailer was shown with the tagline AUGUST 2017 shown.

Another season was in production, but was scrapped due to management shuffling in RaGE Media USA.

Future
In April 2018, a new company titled Jake Borella Enterprises, owned by Firebasket Studios opened. It is also partially owned by Beta Cartoon Productions. The studio announced at SDCC 2018 that a new universe of Mobile Mecha will be launching in 2019, with multiple television series launching on various platforms. At the 2018 New York Comic Con, it was announced that four animated series are in production. One is a co-production with Nightway Productions to air on their EXO block. One is a show on Beta Cartoon, another is a show on VRV (co-produced by Ellation Studios and Stormedia Productions), and another show will be a short web series on YouTube.