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Char Custom Toyota Auris Commercial Model Revealed, Now looks 3 Times More Awesome with these Promotional Videos 26 Aug 2013 | 02:21 pm
Zeonic Toyota continues to impress the fans of the Gundam series by releasing 3 new promotional videos on the Char Aznable Custom Toyota Auris yesterday. The newest promotional video features animatio...
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Model kits Announced 25 Aug 2013 | 03:45 pm
Found a magazine scan that mentions the production of model kits from Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt - a manga written by Yasuo Ohtagaki, published by Shogakukan and serialized in Big Comic Superior m...
Gundam Unicorn – MSV CG Images 24 Aug 2013 | 01:49 pm
Was informed that the official Gundam Unicorn website has been updated with a MSV section that showcases a few CG images of Mobile suits from Gundam UC – MSV. These are CG images of the Unicorn Gundam...
Culture Japan Convention Day 2 23 Aug 2013 | 02:12 pm
Today we’ll take a look at Day 2 of Culture Japan Convention, loaded with tons of awesome cosplays - if you missed out Day 1 then take a look at some of my photos taken at day 1 here. In day 2 there’s...
Culture Japan Convention Day 1 21 Aug 2013 | 04:42 pm
Had an incredible time in Penang over the past few days. I was there to attend an event called Culture Japan Convention (CJC) 2013, jointly organized by Penang Global Tourism and Danny Choo’s Culture ...
Gundam Shouryouuma for Obon Festival 15 Aug 2013 | 02:38 pm
I just happen to know that it’s Obon this week in Japan and I’ve found some interesting photos of shouryouuma for the festival. Before I can explain on what is a shouryouuma, I’m going to tell you a b...
Yuuna Tsukikawa 14 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm
Yuuna Tsukikawa Introducing Yuuna Tsukikawa, the mascot character for Desmond Chieng’s website. The kanji of her name is “月川 優娜”. Basically her name means “The Gentle, Graceful Moon River”. At this mo...
Pacific Rim Director Visits Odaiba’s Gundam 12 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro visited Japan’s Odaiba along with Pacific Rim actresses Rinko Kikuchi (Mako Mori) and Mana Ashida (Young Mako). In a Japanese TV program he talks about the mech...
Origin of the name of Unicorn Gundam “Phenex” 4 Aug 2013 | 04:33 pm
Ever since I blogged about Unicorn Gundam Phenex, I have been wondering about the origin of the word “Phenex”. Initially, I thought the folks at Bandai/Sunrise made a mistake on spelling out the word...
HGUC 1/144 Unicorn Gundam Unit 3 Phenex (Destroy Mode) Ver.GFT Photos by Gundam.info 3 Aug 2013 | 03:01 pm
As I mentioned previously, this exclusive HGUC Unicorn Gundam Unit 3 Fenix (Destroy Mode) will be for sale for 2,500 Yen only at Gundam Front Tokyo in Odaiba, Japan. Yesterday, Gundam.info has posted ...