New details about the highly anticipated Gundam Unicorn (aka Gundam UC) adaptation, which returns to the Universal Century timeline of the original Mobile Suit Gundam, were revealed at Tokyo’s Big Gundam Expo on Friday. Unicorn has been confirmed to be an OVA series, with six 50-minute episodes, and been given a spring 2010 release date. Furthermore, Bandai will be releasing the series simultaneously worldwide (most likely online), meaning those of us in the English-speaking world will get to watch the OVA at the same time as our Japanese friends. This is the first Bandai series ever released in this fashion, so this marks a momentous event for both Gundam fans and anime fans in general.

Meanwhile, to whet our appetites for UC, Bandai is showing off this 1/60th scale model of the life-sized RX-78-2 in Odaiba. The figure, which stands over 2 feet tall, will be available for preorder in September with an expected spring 2010 release.

–Via ANN, Japanator and Yahoo! JAPAN