Bandai Schedules Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Films in June

posted on 2010-04-08 04:00 EDT

Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino compiled Z Gundam TV series with added footage

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Bandai Entertainment has announced on its Twitter feed on Wednesday that it has set a June 2010 release date for the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation movie trilogy. Bandai originally announced its North American license for the films in 2006.
Similar to what the first Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy did for the first Gundam television series, the Zeta Gundam movies compile the Zeta Gundam television series with the majority of the original cast reprising their roles. The movies, which creator Yoshiyuki Tomino assembled for Zeta Gundam's 20th anniversary celebration, also feature digital remastering and some additional new footage.
Source: Bandai Entertainment's Twitter

Creator Tomino Speaks at Intro to Gundam Astronomy Event

posted on 2010-03-02 10:00 EST

Gundam UC author Harutoshi Fukui also speaks at seminar/skygazing gathering

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Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Tokyo's Roppongi Tenmon Club is holding a "Gundam Tenmon Nyūmon ~Side 7 tte Doko ni Atta no? Space Colony no Kanōsei wa?~" (Introduction to Gundam Astronomy: Where's Side 7? Are Space Colonies Possible?) event on March 9, and Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino and Gundam UC author Harutoshi Fukui will be two of the three featured speakers. Jun Fukue — an astronomy professor, author, and science-fiction anime enthusiast — will also speak at the event. The combined seminar and skygazing gathering will be held at the Tokyo City View Sky Deck in the Roppongi Hills 270 meters above sea level.

The speakers will discuss space exploration and mankind's knowledge of the universe, using the story world of the Gundam science-fiction anime to illustrate points. For example, they will highlight the concepts, structure, and feasibility of cylindrical space colonies, which are known collectively as Sides 1 through 7 in Gundam.

Source: Walker Plus, animeanime.jp

Gundam UC's 1st 7 Minutes to Be Streamed in English (Update 2)

posted on 2010-03-01 13:42 EST

Preview of newest Gundam anime also in French, Spanish, Mandarin & Cantonese

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The global streaming service Bandai Channel has announced that the first seven minutes of the Mobile Suit Gundam UC anime series will be streamed in English, French, Spanish, Traditional Chinese (Mandarin), and Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) later today.

Update: Bandai has informed ANN that the stream is on hold until later today.

Update: Bandai is investigating technical issues with the stream and shou

First Gundam Anime, All of Gundam Seed Now Streaming

posted on 2010-02-14 23:10 EST

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny TV sequel series to follow next month

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ANN is now streaming the first Mobile Suit Gundam science-fiction television anime series with English dubbing, as well as the entire Mobile Suit Gundam Seed re-imagining of the Gundam mythos with English subtitles. As with the ongoing streaming of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, the two recently added Gundam series will remain online until April 22.

The Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny sequel will debut online with English subtitles next month and stay online until May 30. Another television series, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, will debut on the YouTube and Crunchyroll websites later this year. The most recent Gundam television series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, is already streaming on Youtube and Crunchyroll.

Bandai Visual Japan will distribute the first Japanese/English Blu-ray volume of Gundam UC from the Amazon website exclusively for two months starting on March 12. The anime adapts Harutoshi Fukui's 10 novel volumes of the same name, which are set in the same Universal Century (UC) timeline as Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise's first Gundam series, Zeta Gundam, and the other sequels. Bandai Visual's first Blu-ray Disc volume for the series will have a simultaneous international release with Japanese and English dubbing, as well as Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. The first of six DVD volumes will ship on the same day with Japanese dubbing as well as Japanese and English subtitles.

Mobile Suit Gundam Episode 1 "Gundam Rising" (with English dubbing)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Episode 1 "False Peace" (with English subtitles)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Movie

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Movie is the theatrical release of the upcoming Gundam 00 movie, continuing after the events of season 2. The movie is slated for release on 2010.

00 Gundam Teaser Trailer

News & Rumors

No details have been released yet, but the movie is presumed to give closure to the unresolved events of Gundam 00. A hint of what's to come is the Jupiter incident 80 yrs ago, around A.D. 2227. The Season 2 finale implies that the origins of GN Drives will be revealed and another faction of conflict will arise. A teaser trailer has been released, officially releasing the names of the new Gundams and hinting on things to expect in the movie with its creators, such as four new Gundams, the GN-XIV, a fully transformable Flag powered by a GN Drive Tau, and the possible return of Gundam Dynames.

In a recent publication within the Perfect Grade 00 Raiser model, the full names of the four new Gundams and the GN-XIV were revealed. The publication 00V Senki (War Chronicles) also has stated in a recent story that Celestial Being has lost 2 GN Drives (0 Gundam's and Seraphim's) after the events of Season 2, suggesting that part of the overall plot of the movie will be CB attempting to reconstruct or building brand new GN Drives at Jupiter.

In a recent interview with the director of the movie, it's been revealed that he was impressed with new Star Trek movie and attempted to capture that sensation into the new movie. He also revealed that the time frame of the movie will be set 2 years after season 2, AD 2314. A new movie trailer is slated during a Gundam event right at the end of last year: Gundam Double O Festival 2009-2010 A Trailer for the Trailblazer'.

All of Z Gundam, 2 Gundam UC Trailers Now Streaming

posted on 2010-02-01 00:28 EST

1st Gundam, Gundam Seed on February 20, followed by Seed Destiny in March

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ANN is now streaming the entire Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam science-fiction television anime series with English subtitles, as well two more subtitled trailers for the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam UC video anime series. All 50 episodes of Zeta Gundam will remain online until April 22.

Streams of the first Mobile Suit Gundam television series (with English dubbing) and the 2002 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed television re-imagining (with English subtitles) will follow on February 20. As with Zeta Gundam, they will remain online until April 22. The Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny sequel will debut online with English subtitles on March 25 and stay online until May 30. Another television series, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, will debut on the YouTube and Crunchyroll websites later this year. The most recent Gundam television series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, is already streaming on YouTube and Crunchyroll.

Bandai Visual Japan will distribute the first Japanese/English Blu-ray volume of Gundam UC from the Amazon website exclusively for two months starting on March 12. The anime adapts Harutoshi Fukui's 10 novel volumes of the same name, which are set in the same Universal Century (UC) timeline as Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise's first Gundam series, Zeta Gundam, and the other sequels. Bandai Visual's first Blu-ray Disc volume for the series will have a simultaneous international release with Japanese and English dubbing, as well as Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. The first of six DVD volumes will ship on the same day with Japanese dubbing as well as Japanese and English subtitles.

Gundam Unicorn's World Premiere in Hong Kong on 2/6

posted on 2010-01-28 03:55 EST

Preview screening to feature director Kazuhiro Furuhashi, author Harutoshi Fukui

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The anime studio Sunrise has announced on Wednesday that it will hold the world premiere of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn anime series on February 6 in Hong Kong. The preview screening will feature the director Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Harutoshi Fukui (the author of the original Gundam Unicorn novels), and "special Hong Kong guest Ekin Cheng." Application for tickets will be available in the following magazines and newspapers: Ani-Wave, Milk Magazine, Face Magazine, TVB Weekly, Ezone, Game 2000, G-Zone, PC Game Weekly, Gamania.com, CoCo, HK Walker, Apple Daily, Singtao Daily, and HKET.

The first anime episode, "Unicorn no Hi" (The Day of the Unicorn), will start a two-week "premiere review" run in theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo on February 20. Also on February 20, Sony Computer Entertainment will begin distributing the anime on its online PlayStation Store for its PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles in Japan.

Bandai Visual Japan will distribute the first Japanese/English Blu-ray volume of Gundam Unicorn from the Amazon website exclusively for two months starting on March 12. In addition, the Bandai Channel website will offer the first Mobile Suit Gundam series, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for free streaming in North America exclusively on Anime News Network, Crunchyroll, and YouTube. More Gundam series will be added later after the first streams are launched on February 1.

The Gundam Unicorn anime adapts Fukui's 10 novel volumes of the same name, which are set in the same Universal Century (UC) timeline as Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise's first Gundam science-fiction television anime series and its sequels. Bandai Visual's first Blu-ray Disc volume for the series will have a simultaneous international release with Japanese and English dubbing, as well as Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. The first of six DVD volumes will ship on the same day with Japanese dubbing as well as Japanese and English subtitles.

SD Gundam Sangokuden April TV Anime Listed by Retailer

posted on 2010-01-25 11:58 EST

SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors film already announced

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The Hobby Net retail website reports in a January 22 update that a television anime adaptation of Bandai's SD Gundam Sangokuden plastic model line has been green-lit for this April. However, neither Bandai nor the anime studio Sunrise has announced a new SD Gundam Sangokuden anime project besides the Chō Denei-ban SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors film, which will open in Japan on February 27.

The SD Gundam Sangokuden model series features the heroes of the Chinese literary classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms — only they have been re-imagined as two-head-high Super Deformed Gundam robots. Liu Bei (Ryū Bi) Gundam, Guan Yu (Kan U) Gundam, and Zhang Fei (Chō Hi) Gundam protect the legendary continent Mirisha from General Dong Zhuo (Tō Taku) Zaku, the assassin Hu Zhen (Ko Shin) Gyan, and other enemies.

A manga called BB Senshi Sangokuden ~Senshin Kettō-hen~ has been running in Kadokawa Shoten's Kerokero Ace magazine. Hobby Net lists 14 new SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors model kits which will be released between February and May.

Shizuoka City: Gundam Statue to Bring in 40 Billion Yen

posted on 2010-01-21 20:27 EST

900,000 predicted to visit 59-foot-tall robot in central Japan in 300 days

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4Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: The central Japanese city of Shizuoka calculates that the 1/1-scale, 18-meter-tall statue of the Gundam robot will bring 40 billion yen (US$440 million) into the local economy.

The 59-foot-tall statue will be erected in front of Japan Railway's Higashi-Shizuoka Station in Shizuoka's Aoki ward by July. As part of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam anime franchise, the statue stood on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay last summer and attracted 4.15 million visitors. The planners had only predicted 1.5 million visitors before the statue was built.

The duration of the statue's stay in Shizuoka is still to be determined, but the city estimates that the statue can attract 900,000 visitors and 40 billion yen over the course of 300 days. According to the city, 9,600 jobs will be created for security, maintenance, and other operations at the site. More details about the exhibit's duration and related events will be announced at the end of March.

After the statue's initial stay in Shizuoka, there are plans to move it to another prefecture. However, it is slated to be eventually stationed near Shizuoka's Bandai Hobby Center, the production factory for Bandai's Gundam plastic model kits.

Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

English Gundam UC on Amazon, Other Gundam to Get Streams

posted on 2010-01-14 17:19 EST

ANN streams Gundam UC trailer now & 6 Gundam TV anime next month

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The anime distributor Bandai Visual Japan has announced that the first Japanese/English Blu-ray volume of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn anime series will be available from the Amazon website exclusively for two months starting on March 12.

In addition, the Bandai Channel website will offer the first Mobile Suit Gundam series, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for free streaming in North America exclusively on Anime News Network, Crunchyroll, and YouTube. More Gundam series will be added later after the first streams are launched on February 1.

The trailer for Gundam Unicorn is available immediately on ANN.

The Gundam Unicorn anime adapts Harutoshi Fukui's 10 novel volumes of the same name, which are set in the same Universal Century (UC) timeline as Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise's first Mobile Suit Gundam science-fiction television anime series and its sequels. Bandai Visual's first Blu-ray Disc volume for the series will have a simultaneous international release with Japanese and English dubbing, as well as Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. The first of six DVD volumes will ship on the same day with Japanese dubbing as well as Japanese and English subtitles.

The English dubbing cast is as follows:

Banagher Links	Steve Cannon
Audrey Burne	Stephanie Sheh
Takuya Irei	Robby Sharpe
Micott Bartsch	Rachael Lillis
Marida Cruz	Tara Platt
Suberoa Zinnerman	Michael Alston Baley
Cardeas Vist	Steve Mann
Syam Vist	Troy Baker
Flaste Schole	Sean Schemmel

Michael Sinterniklaas is directing the English adaptation, and Sunrise is producing it in association with NYAV Post.

Update: More background information added.

Gundam Unicorn Anime's English Dubbing Cast Announced

posted on 2009-12-25 01:17 EST

Steve Cannon, Stephanie Sheh, Robby Sharpe, Rachael Lillis, Tara Platt, more

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The official website for the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn anime series has announced the English dubbing cast:

Banagher Links	Steve Cannon
Audrey Burne	Stephanie Sheh
Takuya Irei	Robby Sharpe
Micott Bartsch	Rachael Lillis
Marida Cruz	Tara Platt
Suberoa Zinnerman	Michael Alston Baley
Cardeas Vist	Steve Mann
Syam Vist	Troy Baker
Flaste Schole	Sean Schemmel

Michael Sinterniklaas is directing the English adaptation, and Sunrise is producing it in association with NYAV Post.

The anime adapts Harutoshi Fukui's 10 Gundam Unicorn novels, which are set in the same Universal Century (UC) timeline as Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise's first Mobile Suit Gundam science-fiction television anime series and its sequels. Bandai Visual's first Blu-ray Disc volume for the series will have a simultaneous overseas release on March 12 with Japanese and English dubbing, as well as Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. The first of six DVD volumes will ship on the same day with Japanese dubbing as well as Japanese and English subtitles.

The first anime episode, "Unicorn no Hi" (The Day of the Unicorn), will start a two-week "premiere review" run in theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo on February 20. The theaters will also offer advance sales of the Blu-ray Disc release. More details about the "premiere review" will be announced on January 20. Also on February 20, Sony Computer Entertainment will begin distributing the anime on its online PlayStation Store for its PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles.

Gundam: Zeon Children's Academy Manga Starts in January

posted on 2009-12-23 15:59 EST

Sensual Phrase's Mayu Shinjo depicts 5 boys in 1st Gundam's One Year War

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The February issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Gundam Ace magazine is announcing on Saturday that Mayu Shinjo is launching her Kidō Senshi Gundam Zeon Kōkoku Yōnen Gakkō (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Principality of Zeon Children's Academy) in the March issue in January.

The manga is set in the seceding space colonies during the year Universal Century 0079 — the timeframe of the One Year War from the first Gundam space anime series. The story follows five boys who all share a sense of "camaraderie, duty, … jealousy, and war."

Shinjo, the manga creator of Sensual Phrase (Kaikan Phrase) and Love Celeb, had revealed in an August blog entry that she will launch a new series in Monthly Gundam Ace magazine in November. However, the manga has since been delayed until January. She already launched a new romance manga called Heart no Diamond in Shueisha's Ribon magazine in July. Shinjo has been writing and illustrating her own columns for Monthly Gundam Ace and Seed Club Mobile, the mobile version of the official Mobile Suit Gundam Seed club.

After a much-publicized exit from Shogakukan's Shoujo Comic magazine in 2007, Shinjo has been drawing her Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji manga in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka magazine. Viz Media published Sensual Phrase in North America.

[Via Kyō mo Yarareyaku]