"Yeah… something like this." – The Right Stuf
In a startling announcement Saturday, online anime super store and part time anime distributor/licensor, The Right Stuf, revealed they will be releasing the most successful mecha anime franchise, Gundam, in North America. While the exact formats of this wide-ranging release of the long-running, storied franchise is yet undetermined, it has been divulged that the first releases will be the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam television series (previous licensed by the defunct Bandai Entertainment, and now long out of print) and 1999’s Turn A Gundam, previously unlicensed for the North American market. Also of note is their intention to furthermore release 1986’s Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta (or Gundam ZZ) at some point in the near future, as well as Sunrise’s adaptation of the Gundam: The Origin manga, which is still in production, and will be dubbed in English by NYAV Post. A license for the newest running TV series, Reconguista in G, is still in the works. read more
