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Graham Belmont (gbelmont@hotmail.com)
Fri, 24 Nov 2000 03:55:19 -0600


>No, nothing is formalized beyond First Gundam next year, but its pretty
>much
>inevitable. This is a major cash cow for Bandai ...nearly zero startup
>costs. They've already got the models, the action figures, and yes, even
>the
>show, ready and produced. Throw together a dub track, and watch the money
>roll in from us silly gaijin ;p
>It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that over the next few years we're
>going to be inundated with Gundam (mmm ... Gundamy!) considering that a)
>anime is hot b) gundam is hot and c) gundam makes money d) bandai likes
>money and e) bandai has lots of gundam ;p
>

haha, now that's my kind of logic! (The kind you can't argue with ;) )

Over the years, Bandai has become the one - and only one - major corporation
that I truly like. Sure, maybe their only motivation is to go out and fatten
their wallets. But hell, with the quality products they're pushing, can
anybody really complain? Now cost, on the other hand...

-G
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