Gundam

The Mobile Suit Gundam franchise is living the high life this year, celebrating the franchise's fortieth anniversary with the expected launch of a Gundam styled satellite as a part of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and several other announcements. While the h…

When you talk of anime of the 80s, you talk of the Japanimation. It is the north-American amalgamation of Japan and anime, and it preceded the word 'anime'. Mostly the anime made in the 80s didn't make it to retailers in the market and remained visibly unknow…

More Fantastic Anime Figures from Mega Hobby Expo Autumn 2019

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the original Sony PlayStations release. Its one of the most successful and influential video game consoles of all time, and while it may be best known for ushering in a new era of 3D gaming, perhaps its finest artistic …

Nintendo eShop Nintendo Switch01./01. Pokémon Sword (The Pokémon Company) 02./02. Pokémon Shield (The Pokémon Company) 03./03. Romancing SaGa 3 (Square-Enix) (had launch offer, 20% off)04./04. Choujuu Giga Taisen (SilverSt…

Mobile Suit Gundam has been around for decades now, so you can say it has some clout. The mech series helped bolster the sci-fi genre in Japan while introducing a new kind of robot. For many fans, the series' ingenuity has kept it fresh and made Gundam a fran…

Over the last decade, the fantasy genre has dominated anime as much as it has the rest of television, be it live-action or animation -- particularly in the shadow of the Game of Thrones phenomenon. Though always a prescient device in manga and anime, magic an…

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced in May that it will be working together with the University of Tokyo to launch Gunpla models into space next year to commemorate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. After the satellite launches it will transmit a s…

The holiday season is upon us, and people are getting into their most festive mode. Christmas is a matter of weeks from now, so there is no shortage on Christmas trees and holiday gifts. Of course, plenty of families will add in a few nerdy things to their fe…

A bit ago, I wrote about some awesome-looking new Star Wars models coming from Bluefin. Well, they were nice enough to send me the Millennium Falcon model and I finally finished it over the weekend. It was such a blast. I love building models, and this was no…