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Original Gundam DVD Box Preorders Exceed 120,000
Date: 1/10/2007
Bandai Visual annonced its planned DVD BOX 1 set release of the original 43 episode 1979-1980 television animation logged over 120,000 reservations as of December 22nd, 2006. The BOX retails at 37,800 Yen. Needless to say, the number elevates the set to the ost reserved BOX merchandise the company has ever sold. The set ships on January 26th and features video excrushiatingly filtered and process, supposedly exceeeding the quality of existing HD remasters. The Gundam franchise represents 20-40% of Bandai's total sales annually. The company first sold Gundam on home video and laserdisc in 1988, total video format shipments (including DVD also) until December, 2006 has exceeded 13 million units. According to Japanese industry standards a DVD is considered a hit if it sellsover 10,000 copies.
Source: Anime News Service