Box Art Extravaganza: January 2024 (Updated, Jan. 24)

It may be a new month of a new year, but the monthly cycle of releases remains the same, and along with them are pretty-looking packaging art. So, let's kick off 2024 with some, and expect this to be updated as we get more reveals in the next week or so. UPDATE, Jan 24: Added … Continue reading Box Art Extravaganza: January 2024 (Updated, Jan. 24)

Stickers or Masking Nightmare? MODEROID Lio de Galon

One of the announcements that got me quite excited earlier this year during Mecha Smile Impact 2023 is MODEROID Lio De Galon, the not-final form of the main protagonist mecha from Promare (read: Promare (2019) Movie Review). The film featured a lot of outlandish designs, as with most Studio Trigger productions, and Lio de Galon … Continue reading Stickers or Masking Nightmare? MODEROID Lio de Galon

Impact Indeed! Mecha Smile Impact #MODEROID Reveals: Highly Notable Kits

Before 2021 ended, Good Smile Company and its mecha sub-brand Good Mecha Smile have been promoting Mecha Smile Impact, an event which they promise would excite and bring impact to the mecha modeling world. They promised to reveal tons of upcoming model kits and figures from both the MODEROID and The Gattai lines. They had the … Continue reading Impact Indeed! Mecha Smile Impact #MODEROID Reveals: Highly Notable Kits

Too Hot to Handle: “PROMARE” (2019) Movie Review

Promare is set 30 years after the Great World Blaze, a global disaster where masses of people started having either spontaneous combustion or sudden pyrokinetic abilities. These individuals were eventually branded as the Burnish. Come present day, we are introduced to Galo Thymos and the Burning Rescue squad who respond to flare ups caused by the Burnish terrorist group Mad Burnish, led by Lio Fortia.