Saturday, March 20, 2010

MS Gundam 30th Anniversary Documentary Memorial Box July Release

Bandai Visual announces the release of "MS Gundam 30th Anniversary Documentary Memorial Box", a deluxe set of 2 Blu-ray Disc featuring interviews with key personnel behind the creation of Gundam, the making of 1/1 scale Gundam RX-78-2 erected at Shiokaze Park, Odaiba last year, special video released at Gundam Big Expo 2009 and others.

The cover images for the 2 Blu-ray Discs.


Disc I: 1979 Vol. Dawn "Always Beginning"


Disc II: 2009 Vol. Standing "Gundam Standing on Earth!!" Ver. G30th

The content of the documentary is as below:

Disc I: 1979 Vol. Dawn "Always Beginning"

I. The Origin of G: Talk session with the original creators of Gundam, featuring Yoshiyuki Tomino (director), Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (character design and animation director), Kunio Okawara (mechanical design) and Akira Takashi Nakamura (art setting) regarding their idea when producing the original anime in 1979.



II.The Evolution Of G, III.The Other Side Of G: Interview session of directors of other Gundam anime series, featuring Kase Atsuko ("MS Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory"), Imanishi Takashi ("MS IgLoo" series), Mitsuo Fukuda ("MS Gundam SEED" series), Seiji Mizushima ("Gundam Double O"), Kazuhiro Furuhashi ("MS Gundam UC") and others.

Disc II: 2009 Vol. Standing "Gundam Standing on Earth!!" Ver. G30th

Documentary featuring Yoshiyuki Tomino and the staff team behind the design and producing of the 1/1 scale statue of Gundam RX-78-2, and its exhibition at Shiokaze Park, Odaiba.



From the images shown, the documentary seems to be a compilation of the series of progress reports on the making of the statue, called "The Making of Gundam -Real G-", released by Bandai on Yahoo! Japan prior to its completion. Some of the screen shots from these progress reports can be seen in this and this previous posting.

This deluxe Blu-ray Disc set will also come with special prizes for the first batch release, which include
- a book of the settings and design for "Ring of Gundam".
- a book with visual explanation of the actual size Gundam RX-78-2
- a video featuring
(1) "The roar of Tomino" - a talk session between Yoshiyuki Tomino and Katsuyuki Motohiro (本広克行)
(2) "Ring of Gundam" - the special video shown at Gundam Big Expo 2009
(3) "Making of Ring Gundam Tomino Directs Actors" - interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino on how he directed the special video I think.
(4) Talk show between Yoshiyuki Tomino and Katsuyuki Motohiro, which was a special stage event at Gundam Big Expo 2009
(5) Image clip of Gundam RX-78-2 statue.



July 23rd release, 15,750 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Images and information are from Bandai Visual's product intro PDF file.