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Bandai Entertainment Releases Anime Expo Schedule

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Jun 172011
 

Bandai Entertainment logoBandai has sent members of the press its schedule for its activities during Anime Expo this year, being held from July 1st-4th in Los Angeles CA at the Los Angeles Convention Center. While the events are finalized, times are subject to change due to the nature of the convention and cancellations are possible.

Friday, July 1

  • 12:30-2:30pm Haruhi Musical Performance with Cristina Vee
  • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Movie Autograph Session with
    Wendee Lee, Crispin Freeman, Stephanie Sheh.
    Where: Bandai/Aniplex Booth 901
  • 4:00pm The Disappearance of Haruhi Movie premiere-English Version
    Special introduction by Wendee Lee, Crispin Freeman, Stephanie Sheh
    Where: Concourse

Saturday, July 2

  • 10:00am- 12:00pm Gundam UC ( Unicorn) Screening 1 and 2
    Where: Video 1
  • 12:00-1:00pm Gundam UC (Unicorn) Autograph Session with Stephanie Sheh, YuriLowenthal, Tara Platt, and Michael Sinterniklaas
    Where: Bandai/Aniplex Booth 901
  • 2:00-3:30pm K-ON! Musical event and Autograph Session with Stephanie Sheh, Cristina Vee, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley, and Christine Marie Cabanas
    Where: Bandai/Aniplex Booth 901
  • 4:30-5:30pm Bandai Entertainment Industry Panel with Ken Iyadomi, Robert Napton, Loy Fruel
    Where: LP1
  • 5:30-6:30pm The very first Official Gundam panel presented by Sunrise and BEI. Yasuo Miyakawa (Senior Managing Director) and Shin Sasaki (General Manager of theGundam Division) from SUNRISE will be attending to speak about Gundam’s fascinating future.
  • 7:00-9:00pm Gundam 00 Movie – English Premiere! Special introduction by Director Seiji Mizushima
    Where: Concourse
  • 9:00-10:00pm Gundam 00 Panel with Seiji Mizushima and Shin Sasaki (SUNRISE)
    Where: Concourse

Sunday, July 3

  • 10:00-11:00 Seiji Mizushima Autograph Session//Gundam 00 Movie
    Where: Bandai/Aniplex Booth 901
  • 1:00-2:00pm Gundam Unicorn 3 convention premier with opening remarks by Stephanie Sheh, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt, and Michael Sinterniklaas
    Where: Concourse
  • 2:00-3:00pm Gundam UC (Unicorn) panel with Stephanie Sheh, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt and Michael Sinterniklaas and Shin Sasaki (SUNRISE)
    Where: Concourse
  • 3:30-4:30pm Gundam UC (Unicorn ) Autograph Session with Stephanie Sheh, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt and Michael Sinterniklaas
    Where: Bandai/Aniplex Booth 901
  • 5:00-6:00pm K-ON! Mini Concert with Stephanie Sheh, Cristina Vee, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley, Karrie Shirou
    Where: LP1

Monday, July 4

  • 2:00-3:00pm Tekken: Blood Vengeance Cosplay Gathering and Autograph Session with Cristina Vee and Kyle Hebert.
    Where: Bandai/Aniplex Booth 901

Gundam Unicorn's 4th Episode Title and Release Revealed

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Mar 052011
 
Gundam UC Episode 4

Gundam Unicorn flyer

A promotional flyer has revealed the title and release timeframe for the fourth Gundam Unicorn OVA series in ”At the bottom of the gravity well” for Fall of this year.

The third episode in “The Ghost of Laplace” is now available for download from the Playstation Network and Zune Marketplace in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (English Audio) France, Belgium (English Audio with French Subtitles) Spain and Mexico (English Audio with Spanish Subtitles).

The Blu-Ray for “The Ghost of Laplace will be released next month on the 5th. The trailer and the 8 minute preview for the third episode are  also posted below

SD Gundam Sangokuden TV Series Confirmed After January Leak

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Feb 232010
 

SD Gundam Sangokuden TV ConfirmationKadokawa Shoten’s April issue of Kerokero Ace magazine will confirm on Friday that the previously leaked SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors TV series will be broadcast on April 3 at 10:15 a.m. JST on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso-) currently sits on TV Tokyo’s 10:00-10:30 a.m. Saturday timeslot.

As previously reported, Japanese retailer Hobby Net leaked the TV anime adaptation in a January site update, with the unrelated Cho- Denei-ban SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors feature film premiering this Friday in Japanese theaters.

The SD Gundam Sangokuden model/toy series is based on the the heroes of the Chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms classic tale, re-imagined as Super Deformed Gundam robots.

Andrew W.K. Open to Performing Gundam Covers at US Anime Cons

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Feb 192010
 

Gundam Rock coverSpeaking to L.A. Weekly blog West Coast Sound, musician/performer Andrew W.K. has expressed interest in performing his recent album of Gundam covers Gundam Rock, released in Japan last year at anime conventions in the US.

“If I’m asked, I absolutely would [play a convention]“.

“In my hometown, Ann Arbor, in southeast Michigan, there’s a hotbed of anime enthusiasts there. I would like to think that it’s because of the university, but there’s something special about southeast Michigan that attracts a certain kind of mind and a certain kind of pursuit. I think it’s one of the largest hubs of anime fandom in the U.S.

If I’m mistaken, I pray that it will be, but I think it already is. It’s massive. Someone approached us in Ann Arbor who runs a collectible store, an anime store, and said that this is the largest distributor for Gundam merchandise. I was very happy.

I thought that was a divine sign, even though I wasn’t as familiar with Gundam when I was growing up in Ann Arbor, to have moved away from there and do this project and then find out that people in my hometown are huge, diehard fans. That was a great experience and I hope they like my versions of the songs.”

While nothing has been confirmed, the idea of having a major artist on the level of Andrew W.K. is an enticing proposition for some of the larger conventions. Andrew W.K will be releasing the double album Close Calls with Brick Walls/Mother of Mankind in March and is slated to perform on the latest Warped Tour package this summer

Gundam Unicorn World Premiere in Hong Kong on February 6th

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Jan 282010
 

The official page for the forthcoming Gundam Unicorn OVA has announced the world premiere in Hong Kong on February 6th featuring the author of the light novel series (Harutoshi Fukui) and the director of the anime adaptation (Kazuhiro Furuhashi) as well as a guest exclusive to the Hong Kong screening.

The passes to attend are being given away through a magazine drawing across multiple publications in Hong Kong.

The first 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 and Sony Computer Entertainment will begin distributing the anime on the PlayStation Store for its PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles in Japan.

Pre-Order Gundam Unicorn on Blu-Ray from Amazon

China's ASTRO PLAN Rips off Macross/Gundam?

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Jan 082010
 

While recovering from the boredom of Nokia’s CES keynote, John from AnimeNation posted this odd looking trailer for a Chinese animated series called Astro Plan, found here with images below. The series either pays tribute to Macross/Gundam or rips it off entiirely depending on your point of view.

Astro Plan 1

Astro Plan 2

Fill Out Paperwork with A Gundam Pen

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Nov 152009
 

Gundam PenJust found this, an awesome novelty pen to have if you’re into Gundam. The ARMS BALLPOINT PEN series is shaped as weapons from the Gundam franchise and is available in many different models such as the Guf Custom Gatring Shield, Gun Cannon Beam Rifle and the Zaku Bazooka.

The pens are available for $10.90 from Strapya-World with a few already sold out.

Gundam Zippo Lighters are Made of Win

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Jun 142009
 

Seeing as the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam franchise is in full swing, Zippo Japan has seen fit to properly commemorate the occasion by doing what it does best: making highly expensive (yet functional) limited-edition lighters.

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Since there is already a large collectors market for Zippo lighters (most of whom don’t even smoke), there’s no real need to quantify the purchase as a need, although Zippo lighters are incredibly useful otherwise.

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As usual, retail on limited-edition Zippo lighters varies between US$160 to US$200 depending on retailer with no immediate word on availability.

[via AkihabaraNews]

Gundam Unicorn to Launch Simultaneously Worldwide

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Apr 272009
 

ImageThe Japanese industry site AnimeAnime reports that Bandai’s forthcoming Gundam Unicorn anime adaptation will be the first Gundam property to debut around the world simultaneously when it premieres this Winter season.

This follows up similar proclamations about Bandai-Namco’s intent to take the Gundam franchise global earlier this month during the 30th anniversary celebrations when the company stated that it would take steps to make Gundam available for a global audience by making it available in 10 languages.

Bandai has also taken steps to make some of its current franchises available online such as Code Geass, Tamagotchi, and Gundam OO on YouTube as well as a landmark simulcast of last season’s Kurokami: The Animation via premium cable channel ImaginAsian in the US.

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