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San Diego Comic-Con to Mark Gundam Wing Anime's 30th Anniversary With English Cast, News
posted on by Egan Loo
Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Thursday that it will hold a "Gundam Showcase – Featuring 30 Years of Gundam Wing" panel at San Diego Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 24 at 7:15 p.m. at Room 6BCF. The guests will include the Gundam Wing English dub cast members Mark Hildreth (Heero Yuy), Scott McNeil (Duo Maxwell), and Brad Swaile (Quatre Raberba Winner), as well as Gundam executive producer Naohiro Ogata.
Bandai Namco Filmworks is teasing the panel will have "the latest updates from the Gundam Wing 30th Anniversary Project, along with new developments from across the wider Gundam series." It will also offer "exclusive gifts" to attendees.
Bandai Hobby, the Bandai Namco Holdings' group company that handles plastic model kits, will have a special display for Gundam Wing's 30th anniversary at the convention's exhibit hall at booth #3829.
Bandai Namco Filmworks is also streaming the anime's theme songs to commemorate today's announcements:
Bandai Namco Filmworks describes the anime and its story:
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is the second title in the Gundam Alternative series. The story kicks off with an explosive opening, as five Gundam mobile suits launch a surprise attack on a powerful organization—setting the tone for a nonstop, high-stakes narrative that continues all the way through the finale. It is also notable for being the first Gundam series to be broadcast in the United States.A.C. 195. The space colonies launch Operation Meteor, dropping Gundam mobile suits onto Earth to strike back against the United Earth Sphere Alliance which rules over them with armed force. After catching sight of Heero Yuy, one of the Gundam pilots, Relena Darlian is caught up in the vortex of fate. Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, and Chang Wufei--four other Gundam pilots with the same mission as Heero--begin encountering one another as if drawn together. Through the schemes of Treize Khushrenada, leader of the secret society known as OZ, they end up wiping out the peaceful faction of the Alliance leadership. With this incident, OZ steps onto the center stage of history.
Source: Press release
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