Posts in "Japanese Pop Culture"

#v#flv_metal.jpg#v#Living in Japan can be brutal at times - especially for those who love Anime - its on everyday and keeping up with everything can be tough. But thanks to the G5 iPod - I'm getting through slowly but surely the series of Speedgraphe...

So you read me babbling on about how the HG 1/144 scale figures were aimed at 2 audiences - the younger generation (because these kits have few parts and easy to put together and are generally cheap) and the extreme hard core modeler - Today we are g...

I made this MG a while ago and it was only a matter of time until I got round to taking some more decent pics. You can see a very short "the making" that I posted just over a year ago! I really like Guncannon - the design and colors. It kind of looks...

#v#flv_igpx.jpg#v#I've kept you waiting but the waiting is over - you've been keen to see the Anime in the ipod for IGPX since Monday - and here it is! Todays Anime in the iPod is sponsored by Mizuki Takase. Oh, and thanks all for the feedback re wh...

A quick scan from this months Hobby Japan. The hands on <strong>Freedom</strong> do look quite odd actually. The pics we saw in the previous ads had clear/transparent hands - but not with the final retail release it seems. I guess Bandai wanted to cu...

The World Hobby Festival (otherwise known as WHF) is an event held throughout the year in Japan - the next one is December 23rd and I will be going to take a zillion photos and bring you a report of whats on show. Just imagine a huge hall full of Gun...

Here is some good news (a bit old though) for those of you who loved all of the Ghost in the Shell stuff and are in the middle of watching the current series of Blood but want more from Production IG. <strong>IGPX</strong> has recently started its ru...

Well I have kept you waiting long enough - here it is at last - the PG RX 178 Gundam MK II Gallery. The gallery opened quietly this morning with the USB stuff and here are the rest of the photos. This was my first kit I made and chose the Titans colo...

If you own a PG kit, you will know by now that the eyes light up (if you didnt know then you didnt put your kit together properly!) But you would also have noticed that the batteries run out in no time meaning that your Gundam can only look cool with...

Now I know why Bandai dont include etching decals with their kits and instead include gross looking stickers which spoil your work. The reason is that they want to make money from their line of water transfer decals (refresh that link if you dont see...

I know it can be a bit difficult (and expensive) getting hold of Japanese mags outside of Japan - so I thought I would share some of my monthly mags with you from now (it means I have to cut them up otherwise I cant get a good scan - but anything for...

I've posted pics before of Aya Natsume before but none taken with the new camera - so here they are ;-)

#v#flv_speed.jpg#v#Speed Grapher's first run on TV Asahi has just finished and I must say that its one of the coolest pieces of anime I have seen (I end up saying that about all the anime I review though). Speed grapher is another cool product releas...

Review of Maia from Daphne in the brilliant blue,

#v#flv_eureka.jpg#v#So you've already read my post on Eureka Seven ,seen the LFO mechas and think it looks good but are wondering whether its good enough to spend lots of your precious time hunting after it. Well hopefully todays Anime in the iPod sh...

This is Acguy from Bandai's HCM Pro series. These 1/200 scale figures came out last year - they are dirt cheap (about [currency=1500]) ,incredibly detailed and so maneuverable that you can pose them doing just about anything you want. And being 1/200...

#v#flv_gunsword.jpg#v#Todays Anime in the iPod is Gun Sword now showing on TV Tokyo at 1.30 in the morning every Monday. Van (who looks a lot like Spike from Cowbow Bebop) is on the lookout for some clawed dude who killed Vans lady. Van bumps into We...

So you have now seen 1/1 scale mechas, 1/1 scale anime figures and now some more 1/1 scale stuff from Japan... Until I came to Japan, I thought that "sex dolls" all looked something like this. Orient Industry have other ideas what these dolls shoul...

kotobukiya brings us Top wo nerae 1.5 in their One coin figure series. They call it "1.5" because it includes figures from Top wo nerae 1 and 2. Before I went to live in Seattle for 5 months last year, I spent a few hundred dollars on these "one coin...

Out from the folks at Alter in Feb of 2006 is Meg from Bakuretsu Tenshi ( which is apparently called Burst Angel in the west ). You can reserve yours at places like AmiAmi for [currency=3739]. Meg is 1/8 scale and just like Maia, you can remove the m...

So here are the most asked questions that I get every day! <ol><li><span class="boldblack">Where do I get Top Coat from?</span><ul><li>Well it depends on where you live - if you live in Japan - there are hobby shops just about everywhere (I have one...

<div class="BlogImgContainer"><img src="/blogimg/bug_bug.jpg" width="400" height="407" alt="BugBug" title="BugBug" border="0" class="BlogImg"></div><a href="http://www.sun-magazine.co.jp/~bug/bug/bug.html">BugBug</a> is another Eroge mag with all the...

<div class="BlogImgContainer"><img src="/blogimg/tech_gian.jpg" width="400" height="425" alt="Tech Gian" title="Tech Gian" border="0" class="BlogImg"></div>Just like <a href="/blogg_post/eng/241/">Pasokon Paradise</a> <a href="http://www.enterbrain.c...

<div class="BlogImgContainer"><img src="/blogimg/pasokon_paradise.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Pasokon Paradise" title="Pasokon Paradise" border="0" class="BlogImg"></div>Continuing to take a look at market research mags, <strong><a href="http:...