So... a Gundam SEED Destiny movie was announced in a concert event thingy this weekend over in Japan (of course). Confirmed by Sunrise in the news section of their site. According to Gunota, that piece of news says that this will be the first Gundam theatrical release since F91 back in 1991. Which means a new story (unlike the recent Z Gundam trilogy and their Happy-Tomino ending).

Fukuda will be directing, again, but since it's a movie, the whole script has to be turned in at once, meaning that whoever writes the script won't fall behind schedule (hopefully) as it happened in Destiny, and therefore there won't be flashback fillers. Also, since movies and OVAs tend to have higher quality animation than tv series, it will also mean less recicled animation, I think.

It also means more fluid animation and more little details, like hair just floating randomly in zero G, as in the Astray shorts (they got the OVA treatment).

So in the CE department we have Stargazer, a new Astray installment and a yet unnamed movie to look forward to, while we have the MS Igloo OVA and some hints of a new series in the UC department.

It's good to be a Gundam fan.

My Inner Trekkie, on the other hand, is happy with Tokyopop's Star Trek manga project. Original series to boot. Yay! Seems like it will be released as part of Star Trek's 40th anniversary celebration. I already have it in my Amazon wishlist.

And there's the upcoming Star Trek XI movie. Which rumors say that it will be set in Kirk's academy years. Yay! Gary! if the rumors are true, that is. If true, it will also mean a recast for Kirk and co.

I should rebuild my Star Trek movie collection. The dvds are quite cheap here.

And I want the weather to allow me to use my United Federation of Planets jacket.

Feeling: Excited

Now playing: Bridge (Brain Power'd OST)