This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam , the television series about space war and mecha suits that launched a phenomenon in Japan . Headbanging rockerAndrew W.K.plans to celebrate with a testimonial record album to Gundam ’s music .
The album , compactly titledGundam Rock , is due out September 9th and will contain English oral communication cover of the theme songs from Mobile Suit Gundam and the movie trilogy , as well as covers of the background music . He also plans to reenact the opening narration and the speech Gihren Zabi make during his father ’s funeral :
This is n’t Andrew W.K. ’s first tribute to Nipponese culture . Just last year , he released a 14 - song album covering J - pop call , including Daisuke Inoue ’s “ Ai Senshi , ” which served as the end theme to the 2nd Gundam film :

[ Anime News Networkvia Japanator ]
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