Sunrise Studio has announced that it will premier the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn on 6 Feb 2010 in Hong Kong. The premier screening will feature director Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Harutoshi Fukui (the author of the original Gundam Unicorn novels), and Hong Kong celebrity Ekin Cheng.

The first episode of the series will also be show for a limited two weeks period in theatres located in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo on February 20. On the same day, Sony Computer Entertainment will begin distributing the anime on its online PlayStation Store for PS3 and PSP consoles in Japan.

Bandai has also partnered Amazon JP to exclusively distribute the first Japanese/English Blu-ray volume of Gundam Unicorn for two months starting on March 12. The first of six DVD volumes will ship on the same day with Japanese dubbing as well as Japanese and English subtitles.

Source: Sunrise News Release via ANN

There is so much hype to this release that I’m hoping the anime series will live up to its expectation. But since its a Gundam franchise, I’m sure it would be good ^^