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Major Cross Platform Push For Wings Of Rean
Date: 10/25/2005
On Tuesday Bandai Visual, Sunrise and Bandai Channel announced the release of the Yoshiyuki Tomino animation Wings Of Rean. The move is perhaps the most agressive cross platform media push seen in Japan to date. Broadband internet will be the major delivery method. Viewers can access the animation via set-top boxes (STB), PlayStation Portables (PSP), cellular phones in addition to personal computers. The animation runs 6 epsiodes that are 30 minutes each. The work is based on a novel written by Tomino in 1983. A television broadcast for Wings Of Rean is not currently being scheduled. The first epsiode will be released on December 16th with a new one following every month thereafter. Each episode will cost roughly 525 Yen. The serialization of the comic version has begins in the Gundam ACE November edition on sale on October 26th. A video preview will be made available soon.
Source: Anime News Service