Prolific anime screenwriter Gen Urobochi (Gargantia on the Verderous Planet, Expelled from Paradise) is once again back to write a new mecha series -- with series directors Hiroki Yamada and Seiichi Shirato, and animation production by Buemon, best known for their CG animation. The series is titled OBSOLETE and it be a YouTube Originals exclusive … Continue reading Gen Urobochi ✕ Buemon: YouTube Originals Anime “OBSOLETE”
Tag: Mecha
Gunpla 40th Anniversary: HG Gundam G40 (Industrial Design)
Last July, the Ken Okuyama-designed RX-78-2 Gundam was revealed as part of the Gundam 40th Anniversary celebration. It was also revealed that a kit of the design will be released as part of the Gunpla 40th anniversary next year. And as the All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2019 opens, Bandai Spirits has finally revealed … Continue reading Gunpla 40th Anniversary: HG Gundam G40 (Industrial Design)
HG ✕ S.H.Figuarts: Collectors & Hobby Spirits
Days ahead of the All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2019, Bandai Spirits teased something that, in all honesty, is interesting but not so much anything else. In what appears to be a collaboration between its two brands -- Bandai Hobby and Bandai Collector / Tamashii Nations -- they are releasing two items that would … Continue reading HG ✕ S.H.Figuarts: Collectors & Hobby Spirits
Kotobukiya Non-Scale LUDENS (EVA Creative Suit)
Mecha musume (def.) isn't the niche subgenre of mecha that it was a couple of years ago. While Bandai Spirits is still getting a proper foot hold with their Figure-rise Standard kits, Kotobukiya is hitting every mark with their Frame Arms Girl and Megami Device releases. So here is Kotobukiya, once again flexing their mecha … Continue reading Kotobukiya Non-Scale LUDENS (EVA Creative Suit)
First Exposure to High Grades: HG W-Gundam Zero Custom (Wing Gundam Zero EW)
This is just me rambling about the 1998 kit HG W-Gundam Zero Custom, or Wing Gundam Zero EW as it's known today, which is getting a reissue thanks to the HGAC Gundam Sandrock kit that recently came out. I started building Gunpla back in 1999 and, thanks to my limited exposure and budget, most of … Continue reading First Exposure to High Grades: HG W-Gundam Zero Custom (Wing Gundam Zero EW)