International Release for Gundam Unicorn Scheduled
Bandai Visual has scheduled March 12, 2010 as the international release date for the first home video volume of the six episode Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA series. The Blu-ray release will feature selectable Japanese & English spoken dialogue and Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. The DVD release will include only Japanese dialogue and optional English subtitles. The first episode will actually premiere in a two-week limited theatrical release at theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo beginning February 20. Theaters screening the first episode will also sell advance copies of the Blu-ray disc.
The adaptation of Harutoshi Fukui’s novel series is set three years after the events of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack motion picture.
Source: Anime News Network
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
More cocky sixteen-year-olds! More blond guys in masks! And more similarly-designed but somehow still unique and superior mecha designs than ever before!
…but this does make me want to watch CHAR’S COUNTERATTACK again (as long as my VHS tape player is still working).
October 26th, 2009 at 11:21 am
[...] Gundam Unicorn Has Simultaneous Overseas Release: Bandai Visual is putting a lot of backing into the upcoming Gundam Unicorn OVA series. It was announced this week that OVA series will be getting an international release on March 12th of next year and will include five different language tracks (yes, English is among them). More details on this closer to the release date but I’d like to hear about BV’s release plans. As far as I am aware, the new series will be six 50 minute episodes released on six volumes. Hopefully BV learned from previous mistakes and will price the releases accordingly. [...]
October 26th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
[...] AnimeNation.net: We now have a release date for the upcoming Gundam Unicorn, plus more details. It’ll be a 6-episode OVA, released on both DVD and Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray will have English and Japanese dubs, and subs in Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. The DVD will just have the Japanese dub with an optional English sub. The first episode will be released March 12, 2010, and will be set three years after the events of Char’s Counterattack. [...]