Sunrise has "finally opened a new official Facebook page for Gundam." Their Global Portal is promising all sorts of information ranging from events all over the world to products, broadcast and streaming, and even behind-the-scenes stories.

 
News kicks up with an update on the prequel anime Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin. They just finished recording English dubs for the first episode "Blue-Eyed Casval" in LA and plan to announce the English cast on January 20th.

The first of the four-episode adaptation of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga will premiere in limited Japanese theaters on February 28, 2015.

Also grabbing the attention of Gundam fans, today's episode of Build Fighters try introduces new opening "Just Fly Away" by EDGE of LIFE and ending "Stray People Do Not Need a Compass" by StylipS.

BF Try OP2: Storyboard by Iwao Teraoka & directed by Yasuhiro Tanabe. As expected of Teraoka, lots of fighting going on like s1's 2nd OP.

— Kraker (@kraker2k) January 14, 2015

The cute Puchiguy dancing in the new ED was animated by Munetaka Abe! #g_bf pic.twitter.com/BDPvXuCfBs

— Kraker (@kraker2k) January 14, 2015

M.Abe's PuchiDance is the clear winner of the new Build Fighters Try OP/ED, glad we all agree http://t.co/WGpVjbx2cj pic.twitter.com/cpPcUKb7Pg

— kViN (@Yuyucow) January 14, 2015

Plus, something exotic from Masami Obari

ガンダムトライオン3登場！- ニュース / ガンダムトライエイジ http://t.co/6HkAKxgWF5 レッツ！トライ・オン！

— 大張正己MasamiObari (@G1_BARI) January 14, 2015

via @TomAznable

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.