Sunday, January 10, 2010

NewType February Issue & Gundam 00 Mechanic 2nd

Two new publications relevant to Gundam Double O:

NewType February Issue


Cover illustration of Gundam 00 Qan[T]'s head is done by the designer, Kanetake Ebikawa (海老川兼武).



Front and back covers of the special furoku.

Content overview:
- Interview with Seiji Mizushima (水島精二), the director of Gundam Double O Movie for insights on the movie
- Interview with Nobuhiko Genma (玄馬宣彦), the mechanical designer for "Gundam UC" as the premiere of the OVA approaches
- Special furoku: "Macross Frontier The False Songstress" Fact File, a 36-page special booklet featuring feature Alto and Sheryl on the front cover and Alto and Ranka on the back cover. Details about this booklet in this previous posting.

Today (January 10th) release (January 9th instead as according to Anime NewType Channel), 620 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Gundam 00 Mechanic 2nd




Mechanical designs, including line arts of all the MSs featured in Gundam Double O Season 2. Also include interview with staff involved in the mechanical design section of the TV series.

Available for pre-order. Release date TBA. 1,680 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Information and images are from Amazon Japan.