Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Gundam 30th Birthday Festival in Nagoya Limited Gunpla

Tokyo's not the only place organizing celebration for Gundam 30th Anniversary it seems, Nagoya has planned a grand event for that as well, called Gundam 30th Birthday Festival in Nagoya "Gundam the First" Century of Creation in the Future (? - 生誕30周年記念祭 in Nagoya ガンダム The First ~未来創造の世紀へ).

The event will run from July 24th till 26th at Port Messe in Nagoya. While there's no 1/1 Gundam RX-78-2 statue on display, plenty of events will pack the three-day festival, including talks by the creator Yoshiyuki Tomino-sensei, the original seiyuu of the anime, exhibition including a 1/1 scale head display of Char's Zaku II, and the never seen before original script of the anime. There will be concerts as well, featuring Gackt, Moriguchi Hiroko (森口博子, performed theme songs for Zeta Gundam and Gundam F91) and others.

Event limited Gunplas will be available as well:



- HGUC Operation V Clear Color Version - 2,600 Yen (inclusive of tax).

- HGUC Char's MS Set Clear Color Version - Zaku II, Gelgoog and Z'Gok - 3,200 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Only available at the event.

All images from Gundam 30th Birthday Festival's Gunpla page. More information can be found on the official site.