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Archive for May, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Just caught Indy 4 at the cinemas. It wasn't exactly what I had in mind but nevertheless it is still an entertaining movie. Harrison Ford's age is really catching up with him in this movie but he still managed to pull Indy off pretty convincingly. There are some references ...

Free Legal Anime on YouTube

Friday, May 30th, 2008

  Via Jean Snow Kadokawa, the company that owns the rights to the ever popular Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star is set to post up some of their contents on YouTube for free. This is an interesting strategy to get more people to buy their DVDs and other merchandise after ...

Gundam Support for Olympic Athletes

Friday, May 30th, 2008

  Via Mainichi News Daily ISE, Mie -- A 4-meter-high Gundam statue holding a banner wishing good luck to Ise-native and reigning Olympic women's marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi has been set up at a shopping center here. The banner bears a message wishing Noguchi success at the Beijing Olympics, where she will attempt ...

Hobby Complex 2008

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

  FooBarBaz  has posted the first part of his coverage on Hobby Complex 2008 being held in Osaka, Japan. He has 7 pages of photos and this is just part 1. Some images are NSFW, so consider yourself warned :D . Can't wait for part 2 ! FooBarBaz.jp - Hobby Complex ...

Mac Experience : The Finder

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The Finder is your first stop when working with files in MacOS X. Think of it as Windows Explorer on a Mac. The first major difference that you will notice is that Mac's Finder doesn't present you with any kind of tree or hierarchical structure of your file system. Coming ...

Gundam Model Kit Mid Year Challenge 2008 @ Sungei Wang Plaza

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Fellow photo blogger Anston of DaisyCave has some good coverage photos of the Gundam Model Mid Year Challenge held at Sungei Wang Plaza which started last week and ending on the 29th of this month. There's a good number of models on display as well as an exclusive preview of ...

The $600,000 Gundam !

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Via Sankaku Complex Artist Hisashi Tenmyouya’s “RX-78-2 Kabuki-mono 2005 Version”, went for HK$4.8 million (about $600,000) at a recent Hong Kong auction; certainly a gorgeous illustration by any estimation. Hisashi Tenmyouya covers both classical and more modern themes in his art, though always in a finely executed classical style. According to the ...

Steampunk Gundam !

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Gundam Musou is no doubt how I'd imagine a Steam Punk inspired Gundam would look like ! Check out those brass pipes connecting to the various parts of the body. The design is heavily influenced by 12th century samurai armor as evidenced by the choice of colors and shape of ...

More Rie Fu goodies …

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Adlina from Junjou.info dropped a comment last week which prompted me to check out the ending theme song for Darker Than Black by Rie Fu entitled "あなたがここにいる理由 ~ Anata ga Koko ni Iru Riyuu (The Reason Why You Are Here)". I fell in love with it instantly. You could probably ...

Nausicaä Cosplayers to Represent Japan for World Cosplay Summit 2008

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Via Anime News Network A duo cosplaying as characters from the famous Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä Valley of the Wind anime won the qualifying round to represent Japan in the World Cosplay Summit 2008 which will be held in Japan this August. I have to admit, despite Hayao Miyazaki's success in animes, ...