9/26/09 (Sat) | 12:15-13:00

Most who are deep in the anime fandom knows that Bandai Entertainment has become quite the leading source of many of the highly popular and anticipated series that drive the crowds and make us salivate for more. This panel was no exception. Leaving only standing room available with a room filled with fans, journalists, and, of course, the presenters, Bandai pulled out all the stops with their fully-featured Powerpoint presentation, shooting out rounds of beautiful trailers, vibrant manga covers, and other juicy tidbits of information one by one. Want to read the panel highlights and newest releases without swimming through imposing walls of text? Otaku Pride is bringing the goods straight to you!

YOUTUBE
URL: http://www.youtube.com/bandaientertainment Now Streaming - KUROKAMI - Simultaneous with Japan TV broadcast - Code Geass - Gundam 00 - and more to come...!

ANIME
Kannagi $26.24 English subbed Vol. 2 + T-shirt offer (released 9/24) Episodes streaming on Anime News Network (ANN) DVDs on sale @ Rightstuf.com & Amazon
Eureka Seven Movie - “good night sleep tight young lovers” English dubbed/subbed Release date: 1/26/2010 on DVD & Blu-ray	picture not available
KUROKAMI (Black God) First ever series to be aired and dubbed parallel to Japanese TV airing Streaming episodes on Crunchyroll & YouTube Lovely Sunrise animation = definitely worth a look Presenters seemed very enthusiastic about this series
Code Geass R2 (cue massive applause) Now airing on Adult Swim @ 2AM Vol. 1 DVD available now for $29.99 (Sub/Dub) Vol. 2 to release 10/20 (rightstuf.com) Vol. 3 to release 12/1 (rightstuf.com)
Gundam 00 (cue applause) Sub/Dub Season 1 Vols. 1&2 on sale Season 1 Vol. 3 available for pre-order Season 2 now airing on Sci-Fi
Hayate the Combat Butler English subbed DVD Vol. 1 - Eps. 1-7 = $39.98 [retail]
Lucky Star OVA English subbed On sale now = $14.98 [retail] Advised to check out the series first, which is based off of a 4-koma manga
.Hack//G.U. Trilogy English subbed On sale now = $19.98 [retail] Groundbreaking animation Many extras included
Ghost In The Shell: innocence Out in November (though this has already been released?)
True Tears (2 Disk Complete Collection) “Young, adolescent drama that can be related to...” A P.A.Works project (GITS: SAC) Involves staff who worked on Key’s “Kanon” $39.98 (Eng. Sub)
Sola (Complete Collection + 2 OVAs) $44.98 (Sub)
Escaflowne Movie to be re-released on Blu-ray

MANGA
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion (adaptation) - Vols. 1-5 on sale = covers 1st season - Vol. 6+ = covers R2 (2nd season) Light Novels - Delves into storyline details that have not been covered by anime & manga - More backstory (e.g. Lelouch & Suzaku’s childhood) - Vols. 1-3 in stores Suzaku’s Counterattack - Alternate storyline from Suzaku’s perspective Nightmare of Nunnally - Alternate storyline of what may have occurred if Nunnally had obtained a geass - Introduces new character - Known to be more popular than the Suzaku retelling - Vol. 2 is available
Gurren Lagaan (adaptation) Vol. 2 on sale Vol. 3 in the next few weeks
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Single volume adaptation of movie
Lucky Star (4-koma) Vol. 1 on sale
Gundam 00 (adaptation) Vol. 1 on sale Gundam F. (sidestory covering events outside of key story) Both Vol. 1 & Gundam F. included in Special Edition DVD
Eureka Seven Vols. 1-3 omnibus ($19.99) Printed on larger paper Vols. 4-6 to come...
Witchblade Takeru Nominated for Harvey Award Complete collection coming in Nov.