Bandai at A-kon

Early production to Saber Marionette J to X has begun for a 2001 release date. The DVD releases of Saber Marionette J and J Again will be delayed until after the eventual dub release.

On the Gundam front, the Cartoon Network is still debating whether to air Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz in one or three parts. Bandai is likewise still up in the air about what to do with a home-video release for Endless Waltz. There were 20,000 of the limited cards printed for the first volume of Gundam Wing, and the future volumes will not have them. It was reiterated that Gundam 08th MS Team will be released early next year. Bandai is also working out an action figure deal for the release of Gundam Wing. Five action figures will be released, redeemable with proofs of purchase from 3 VHS tapes or two DVDS per figure. The details are still being worked out. They are also working on a US release of the Playstation Gundam Battlemasters game, although there’s no word yet on whether this US release will be one of the two existing Japanese games or a new third game.

In the arena of upcoming releases there will be a t-shirt offer with the upcoming release of Jubei-Chan. The DVD release of Outlaw Star will be on three sets of two discs so as to avoid compression problems. Bandai America is working on a home release of the Sunrise series Dinazaur. (No relation to the Disney Dinosaurs movie.) It was not clear whether there will be a subtitled release.