BANDAI NAMCO Group kicks off ‘2nd GUNDAM Conference’

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 -- BANDAI NAMCO Group has held the ‘2nd GUNDAM Conference’ with Chief GUNDAM Officer (CGO), Koji Fujiwara, taking the stage.

This was the second conference where organisers of the GUNDAM-powered, societal issue-focused sustainability project, ‘GUNDAM UNIVERSAL CENTURY DEVELOPMENT ACTION (GUDA)’, announced a new project within the field of education, ‘GUNDAM Educational Program’, as the third-phase initiative to follow the ‘Gunpla Recycling Project’ and ‘Gundam Open Innovation’.

Announcement was also made on new initiatives with external partners under the name, ‘G-PARTNER’, to bring about a new life-sized GUNDAM statue and a new television series, based on a statement.

As the third phase of ‘GUDA’, the ‘GUNDAM Educational Program’ will be launched within the field of education to implement two initiatives, whose first initiative is the ‘GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA Educational Support’ and second initiative is the ‘GUNPLA Academia’.

In addition, ‘Gundam Open Innovation’ application period has been extended. Given more applications than initially expected and many requests for an extended deadline, the project organisers extended it to Oct 15, under the concept of receiving as many ideas as possible.

GUNDAM will serve as the PR ambassador for the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai to be held from Oct 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The charm of Japan will be conveyed through GUNDAM to the world.

Furthermore, the GUNDAM designed as the PR ambassador at the pavilion will be sold as GUNPLA, not only at the Dubai expo but also at ‘THE GUNDAM BASE’ throughout the world. During the expo, BANDAI NAMCO Group will hold an exhibition in Dubai City, ‘GUNPLA Showroom Dubai’, to bring further attention to Expo 2020 Dubai.

Meanwhile, Sunrise Corporation, a BANDAI NAMCO Group company, has announced three new animated films in the Gundam series to be released in 2022.

A ‘life-sized Nu Gundam’ statue will be displayed in spring 2022 at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport FUKUOKA. The statue is the ‘RX-93ffv GUNDAM’ based on the ‘RX-93v GUNDAM’ that appeared in the 1988 movie ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack’, which has proven popular worldwide.

-- BERNAMA