© SOTSU・SUNRISEBandai Namco Filmworks has announced several events related to Gundam that will occur in New York this October, branding the celebrations the Gundam franchise’s “most significant expansion into New York.”
The highlight is the GUNDAM Showcase – Featuring Iron-Blooded Orphans, Hathaway, and the Future of Gundam panel at New York Comic Con on October 9, featuring guests such as Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans director Tatsuyuki Nagai, Mikazuki Augus English voice actor Kyle McCarley, Hathaway Noa English voice actor Caleb Yen, and Bandai Namco Filmworks’ Naohiro Ogata. This will “highlight the latest developments across the franchise, including the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans and the highly anticipated upcoming release of Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway The Sorcery of Nymph Circe.”
The panel will also offer “exclusive giveaways” for those in attendance, including “Gundam trading cards, collectibles, posters, and GUNPLA trial kits.”
Following this, a two-day Gundam Film Festival will occur at Japan Society, featuring a screening of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- on the first day (October 11), while Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Special Edition‘s 4K remaster and Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway will be shown the following day. The festival will also host an Endless Waltz talk show with Mark Hildreth (the English voice of Heero Yuy) and a Hathaway talk show with Aaron B. Phillips and Megan Shipman (the English voices of Kenneth Sleg and Gigi Andalucia, respectively).
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Bandai Namco Filmworks is also counting the Gundam Base Pop-Up World Tour’s New Jersey stop (a promotional video was released last week), TAMASHII NATIONS’ New York location (where there will be “special displays and store-exclusive products,” along with “special giveaways” during NYCC), and the Bandai Namco Cross Store as part of this New York Gundam celebration.
In addition to these events, there will be a Premium Bandai presence at NYCC and a “Gundam-wrapped bus” that is expected to appear from September 28 to October 12. The bus ride will be free on select routes.
Source: Press release
