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Categories: Meta3 feedbacks » •So I've more or less given up on this site, at least for the time being.
When I write things about cartoons and post them on the internet they show up here:
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Send feedback » •Pretty cool to see one of my favorite anime series (Bubblegum Crisis) on a big sign right near Akihabara station, even if it credits AIC instead of ARTMIC.
Categories: JapanSend feedback » •I'm currently going through the extensive program listing for the Tokyo International Film Festival, which is running next month from the 18th to the 26th. In addition to an awesome anime lineup, they've got a whole bunch of interesting films. But at 1000yen per screening, I don't think I'll be attending as many as I'd like.
Chances are I'll be checking out the Tezuka Osamu Experimental Film Works, Phoenix 2772, Spring and Chaos and maybe Godzilla vs. Hedorah. And I haven't even begun looking at the "real" movies yet.
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Marquee for Sega's new arcade shooting game, RAMBO.
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Dr. Slump socks on sale at Jeans Mate, the only 24 hour clothing store in east Ikebukuro.
Categories: The WebSend feedback » •Things have been picking up over at Colony Drop.
Jeff wrote about Starship Troopers, the Studio Nue/Sunrise OAV from the late 80's that isn't nearly as good as you might have hoped.
Mark just wrote about Patlabor On Television, the woefully underrated TV series that tends to get overshadowed by the much darker Patlabor movies.
I recent wrote a couple of articles, one about Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield, the greatest Gundam game most people will never get to play and Lolita Anime, the very first hentai anime.
Send feedback » •Halloween is right around the corner, and I guess I know what I'm going as. I think my favorite part is the inflatable wings.
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The smart otaku in Tokyo have region free DVD players and buy American anime releases at twice the MSRP. It's a depressing statement about Japanese DVD costs when all is said and done and it's cheaper than picking up the Japanese releases. They even had Bandai Visual's awesome Patlabor movie limited editions at 50% off the 14,500yen price, which is about what I paid when they came out back in 2006.Tucked into a building near Akihabara station, anime only made up about 1/5th of the store's floor space. Most of the customers seemed more interested in the imported American pornography than copies of Slayers and Evangelion with English dubs.
Categories: Video GamesSend feedback » •I've been putting off mentioning this for a while, but the game has just gone up for pre-order so I figure it's as good a time as any. From the developers of the Gundam Battle series (check out my review of Gundam Battle Chronicle) comes the first Macross video game since 2003's Playstation 2 game.
Due for release on October 9th of this year, Macross Ace Frontier looks to build off the developer's experience on the PSP platform with the Gundam Battle series and all signs point to it being a pretty good game. Macross games don't come around often and when they do they're usually crap, so this game is looking really promising. Much like the Gundam Battle series, Macross Ace Frontier will feature mecha and characters from every major Macross series (no Macross II, though).
The official website for the game can be found here and features a streaming teaser for the game (if you can't get it to work, here it is on YouTube) as well as a look at the gameplay and some of the mecha featured in the game. At this point you should notice the game has the VF-19 Fire Valkyrie so it could very well be the coolest Macross game yet. More screen shots can be found at Gamespot Japan.
2 feedbacks » •If it hadn't been for the fact Gundam Expo Tokyo 2008 took place about ten minutes from my house and had free admission, I would have felt a bit ripped off. While showing off some novelties for Gundam fans, the whole expo only took about half an hour to go through and none of the exhibits were particularly mind-blowing.
The most impressive parts of the expo were the large, man-sized 1/10th scale statues of the RX-78, Hyaku Shiki, Zeta Gundam and other Mobile Suits. These were spaced out throughout the expo, as each portion of the expo focused on a different series (the original Mobile Suit Gundam, Z Gundam, Char's Counterattack, SEED, etc). Also on display were a couple large dioramas, lots of movie posters, Master Grade kits and flat screen TV's playing footage from different series.
The final portion of the expo really laid on the advertising, with areas set up for the upcoming Igloo 2 and the ongoing Unicorn Gundam and a hallway full of current Gundam merchandise like models and toys. The expo had a number of exclusive items for sale, the most interesting of which were a pair of 3D lenticular posters which were selling for the painful price of 10,000yen a piece. You could purchase these exclusives at the Expo's shop area, along with an assortment of books, model kits and other goods. Adjacent to the shop was a small room where they were showing various Gundam series on a projection screen.
It was fun to walk through, but didn't offer much you couldn't already see in toy shops or online. A fun way to spend thirty minutes on a hot Tokyo afternoon, but wasn't anything going out of your way for. The Expo also happened to fall on the O-Bon holiday, which meant when I went the place was pretty crowded and packed with kids that kept running around and ruining my shots.
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