Bandai Industry Panel Info from Nandesukon

[media-credit name=”Bandai Entertainment” align=”aligncenter” width=”450″][/media-credit]This afternoon during Nandesukon in Denver, Bandai Entertainment held an industry panel with some new info regarding some future releases as well as confirmation of a license expiration.

First,  Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 4 will be released on December 2nd simultaneously with Japan with an MSRP of $59.98, K-On volume 3 on the 13th, Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya on the 20th, and Tales of the Abyss in October with a limited edition including the first volume of the companion manga. Turn A Gundam will begin its release cycle this year and is planned for four parts, but will be released sub-only. Akira will be re-released on DVD but will be shipped with the Pioneer re-dub due to licensing issues preventing the release of the film with the Streamline Pictures dub.

During the Q&A session, Bandai also confirmed that its license to the Scrapped Princess series has expired when asked if it would continue to release older catalog titles. The series was previously licensed by Bandai and announced in 2004, based off of the light novel series of the same name also previously published by Tokyopop.