Following the official unveiling of the series, Sunrise plans for a new wave of merchandise for the series, including Gunpla kits and video game tie-ins. A second Promotional video was then revealed, confirming the voice actors for the series's main cast. The series ran for 25 episodes. During the end credits of episode 25, a second season was confirmed. For episodes 24 and 25, the battle in Edmonton in the fictional state of Arbrau features backgrounds based on actual locations of the city in Alberta, Canada. "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" premiered in Japan on MBS and TBS on October 4, 2015 Sunday at 5:00 PM, replacing "The Heroic Legend of Arslan" on its initial timeslot. It is the first Gundam series to return on the late afternoon schedule since "Mobile Suit Gundam AGE". Sunrise announced that the series will be streamed worldwide on YouTube via the Gundam.Info Channel, Funimation, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Daisuki. On October 9, 2015, Sunrise announced at their panel at New York Comic Con that the anime will get an English dub to be produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment. On May 12, 2016, Turner Broadcasting began broadcasting the series on Adult Swim's Toonami block on June 4, 2016 with season 2 premiering on October 7, 2017. Following the conclusion to the anime's 25th episode, it was announced that a second season would premiere in the fall of 2016. The anime concluded on April 2, 2017 with the second season's 25th episode, bringing the overall episode count in the series to 50. Bandai Visual released the first volume of the series in both Blu-ray and DVD on December 24, 2015, containing a serial code for "Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Force" to obtain the Gundam Barbatos. In the 2017 Anime Expo, Funimation announced that the series will be released on home video in partnership with Sunrise for North American Territories, marking as the first Gundam series to be co-licensed by a company other than Right Stuf Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment. Both seasons of the series were later added to Netflix for paid streaming on November 5, 2019. A manga adaptation by Kazuma Isobe began its serialization in the December Issue of "Gundam Ace" on October 26, 2015. A Side Story manga titled is launched in both Hobby Japan and "Gundam Ace" in June 2016. The soundtrack is composed by Masaru Yokoyama, who previously did the soundtrack for "Nobunaga The Fool" and "Freezing".