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Anime Expo - Gundam Panel

By Andrew Tei     July 04, 2003

The following people presided over the panel.

Jerry Chu
Ken Iyadomi ? Executive President of Bandai Entertainment
Naru Ichida ? producer of Gundam video games
Nobue Matsuda ? Sunrise
Rick Zeeth ? ADR directror for SD Gundam
Roy Brewer ? producer for Bandai PS games
Sandra Leo ? assistant marketing manager at Bandai toy division

Zeta Gundam will be released on DVD in 2004 as a complete boxset. After a while, it will come out as singles, but if you?re a fan you probably want to take that path first.

Gundam F91 will have a limited theatrical release in conjunction with DVD release in 2004.

SD Gundam will be broadcast on Toonami this year. The series is a departure from Gundam. In addition to copious amounts of action, there is comedy and levity to it. Up to episode 5 has been completed. We then saw episode 5. It stars a kid named Shoot, who has roller blades and leave in Neo-Polis or Neo Tokyo. SD Gundams are about the size of people, and are their companion and server as the army. The Dark Axis powers come from another dimension to attack. It is computer animated using cel shaded animation. It didn?t look all the impressive. Episode five?s title is ?Gundam Force, Team Up.? This series is squarely aimed at kids. Shoot joins up with the SDG, the Superiorior Defender Gundam Forces, which of course is lead by a Haro. It is being recorded in Todd/AO studios in Burbank. The Japanese recording has not begun yet, and the DVD release in the US will not feature the Japanese dub.

On the toyline, we saw the 5? figures for SD, ½ inch collector figures, and they will be quick snap models. Zeta Gundam will have figures and models, and we will see a line of Perfect Grade models.

Video games wise, a SD Gundam game will be made based on the new Superior Defender TV show. Gundam Encounter in Space, the sequel to Journey to Jaburo.

Gundamofficial.com will be relaunched this weekend.. Mark Simmons, from defunct gundamproject.com will be working on it. G Gundam first, then UC.

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