Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Tokyo Anime Fair 2008 just ended and here are the coverage from various sources:
Toybu (Bandai, Takara Tomy, CM's/Yamato)
HobbyStock
Anime News Network TAF Video
DannyChoo - Tokyo Anime Fair
DannyChoo - Anime Merchandise
DannyChoo - TAF2008
Tokyo Anime Fair Official Site
Photo via HobbyStock
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
I've always been fascinated by the Gundam Seed Astray side story. The manga is actually a spinoff of the original Gundam Seed series and centers around the mercenary group Serpent Tail. The Gundam designs by Junichi Akutsu are quite distinctive and has a more utilitarian look and feel ...
Posted in Anime, Gundam, Mecha | No Comments »
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Looks like the new version of WordPress has just been released. I've been busy on another project lately, so I'll be taking my time with the upgrade. From what I've read so far, there's quite a number of good enhancements and feature set in this release. Dashboard's been revamped with ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Bad news for Dragonball fans. Fox Studios has confirmed that the new release date for the long awaited live-action Dragonball movie has been pushed to April 8, 2009. We can only hope that this means they'll have plenty of time to get the movie right and not mess it ...
Posted in Anime, Movies | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Via DannyChoo
Waaaa...~ I just had to feature this photo of Aya Hirano on my site. If you think she looks über cute wait till you see her in the interview video featured on Danny's site.
DannyChoo - Meet Aya Hirano
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Story and Plot
Brave Story is based on an original manga by Miyuki Miyabe adapted by Gonzo Digimation. This is Gonzo's latest foray in producing a full feature length animation. Their previous feature, Origins - Spirits of the Past, was touted as a breakthrough in terms of animation and production ...
Posted in Anime, Movies | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Via Wired
Wired has written an all important guidebook for identifying the various different species of the geekus maximus genus spotted in the wild. Here's one of my favorite : The Gamer
Disposition: High DEX and INT scores, low CHA (thus, the lack of friends). Given to indecipherable insults ("I pwn3d ...
Posted in Anime, Gadgets, Games | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Via Mainichi Daily News
A 3-meter tall bronze statue of a Gundam was erected just outside of the Kami-Igusa Station in Japan where Sunrise, the production studio of Gundam was located. The statue was unveiled on Sunday as part of the local council's effort to revive the town. I dunno 'bout ...
Posted in Anime, Gundam | 1 Comment »
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Continuing off from Episode 1, Danny brings us more goodies from his tour at Good Smile Company. Enjoy !
Danny Choo- Japanese Office Tour Episode 2
Posted in Anime, Figures | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Via IGN Network
IGN Network and Yahoo has an exclusive piece on the upcoming Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS platform. The title which is currently being developed by Vicarious Visions features a Guitar Grip device that plugs into the NDS's GBA slot that acts as the fret buttons on the ...
Posted in Games | 4 Comments »