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Linkin Park Rock Album to Bundle Gundam Plastic Model
posted on by Egan Loo
Gundam plastic model ("Gunpla") in Japan on November 24.
The theme song, "The Catalyst," is the first single from the album. Two editions of the album will ship in Japan on September 15, two months before the "Gunpla 30th Anniversary Edition" will ship. This is the first time that a video game from the Gundam franchise has featured a song from a Western musical artist.
The album's Gunpla 30th Anniversary Edition will include a HGUC 1/144 RX-78GP01Fb Gundam GP01Fb Full Vernian "Linkin Park Edition" plastic model kit. According to their official Japanese website, the of the band are big fans of the Gundam robot anime franchise, and they designed the custom color scheme of the model. The Gunpla Edition will feature special box art with the band and the Gundam design.
Update: The music video for Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong" song (2003) happened to feature several Gundam models — including the Gundam GP01Fb Full Vernian. Linkin Park DJ Joe Hahn remixed included in the Special Edition of the Black Rock Shooter anime.
Hahn had previously Tokyopop.
Californian singer Andrew W.K. released a cover album of released Gundam Rock, an album of English-language rock covers of Gundam anime songs, last September in Japan.
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