Bayview Entertainment will be teaming with Sunrise,
Inc. on Aug. 15 for the release of not one, not two, but three
Stories on Blu-ray.
Included in this unique anime mix are director Kou Matsuo’s 2010 three-episode “mini-series”
titled Gunpla Builders Beginning G.
This special anime
production was created as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the launch
of the Gundam model kits … mecha anime
aficionados swarmed to these delights in 1980 (which followed the Mobile
Suit Gundam series launch in 1979).
Here, Haru Irei (voiced by Tsubasa Yonaga) comes face
to face with Gunpla, the Beginning Gundam. After constructing the Beginning Gundam, Haru immerses
himself into the “Gunpla Battle” game … and meets unexpected rivals.
Next in this Aug. 15 anime trilogy is director Se Jun Kim’s 2017 short film, Mobile
Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS – Remain of the Red.
A team has been dispatched to investigate the remnants
of the Axis asteroid and once they arrive, they are attacked by the Birnam’s
newly-minted Gundam … there might be treachery within the ranks of the Earth Federation
team as the conflict escalates.
And, lastly, director Mankyū’s fun-filled 2014, 19-episode
series, Mobile Suit Gundam-san, gives
us the manga-turned-anime tale of the One Year War and the
Newtype reformation … lots of lessons will be learned!
All three Blu-ray releases in this Gundam Side
Stories from Sunrise, Inc. on Aug. 15 are
presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
