GUNDAM GUY: 08/23/11

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

GG INFINITE: Our New Website 'GG Infinite News' Is Now Live! [STICKY POST]

Our new GG Infinite News website is now live and in service. There are still functions & services yet to be implemented, but all the mission critical functions are ready. We will continue to modify our website as we go, so please bear with us in the meantime. Please come check us out and bookmark us at @ GG INFINITE NEWS!

What is this new website?

- GG Infinite News is the official sister website for our GG Infinite Store. The purpose in to create a clean & easy to use interface for our readers to access their daily hobby fix. We will be revamping our main store site next. =)

What kind of contents can we expect?

- Consolidated updates from Gundam Guy, Mecha Guy & Kamen Rider GG. All in one location.

- Simple to use interface to access just the content you want to see.
- Team GG's gunpla & figure reviews (work in progress)

- Regular GG Infinite Store updates & promotions (work in progress)

- Members' Gunpla Gallery w/ rating system (work in progress)

....and more exciting stuff to come!

Are you going to close down Gundam Guy?

No, or at least not yet. We will run all our current blogs (Gundam Guy, Mecha Guy & Kamen Rider GG) in parallel with our new website. Isn't that redundant? Yes, but redundancy is actually a good practice when implementing a new website, as we need more time to observe it's performance. We will maintain all the bloggers sites until the beginning of 2012, when we would review if there is any need for change. So in the meantime, feel free to continue reading our current blogs and try out our new website. =)

Who's doing the 'Team GG's Gunpla & Figure Reviews'?

Our current Team GG (review contributors) comprise of members: Falldog, PatrickGrade, JosieBeara & Figure Guy. Our goal is to provide reviews with a bit more substance and most importantly...the reviews will be in english. They will be doing a variety of written & video reviews for the recent releases of Gunplas & Figures.

What type of Special Promotion can we expect?

From time to time, we will be placing info on sales & special coupons under the website 'Store' tab.

What are some exciting stuff to come?

Well, we are currently working on partnering up with another great source to further expand our love for Gundams & hobbies! (A bit vague for now, more on this later). And also, Mecha Guy (the guy who created Mecha Guy blog, but hardly update it) & I are currently working on something that we hope would please our readers, is still in conceptual phase, so more about that later. We are also working on building a page on this website, where registered members can submit / post their gunpla works, and we would have a rating system & comment box for folks to show their appreciations.

More updates will follow as our website matures... but for now please take a look around the new site! If there are any hiccups here & there, it only means that we are still working on it. =) And your comments/feedbacks are always welcome. Thanks everyone!

*** Our GG INFINITE's September Lucky Draw will be celebrating the launching of this website.***

To celebrate this special occasion we are choosing 20 Winners this time!!!

We will officially begin our Sept's Celebration Lucky Draw starting from Aug 23th (today) - Sept 25th (Sunday). To participate in this lucky draw, we would like to have you give us some feedback & suggestions for this new GG Infinite News website of ours. We would love to hear what you like thus far and what we should improve upon. To enter the contest, please follow the instruction & rules below.

And on Sept. 28th (Thursday), we will draw and announce the 20 winners to win the following prizes:

- (Winner 1) Mystery Prize

- (Winner 2) MG 1/100 Delta Plus

- (Winner 3) HG 1/144 GM III

- (Winner 4-10) GG INFINITE $10 Online Coupon

- (Winner 11-20) GG INFINITE $5 Online Coupon

Here are the instructions & rules:

- To post your comments, you MUST register a wordpress account (HERE) and post your comments under this post 'GG INFINITE NEWS SEPTEMBER 2011 LUCKY DRAW', it is the banner located at the sidebar of our GG Infinite News website.

- You may post more than one time, but your name will ONLY be counted once.

- No profanity / name calling is allowed in your comments or your post will be deleted. And further alteration to this rule is subject to change if deemed necessary.

- You MUST post comment at the specified location. Posting in the chatbox or anywhere else will not be a valid entry.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS!

PS3: Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Arrving In December 2011

Sieg Namco Bandai!!! Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. will be coming to PlayStation 3, confirmed by Famitsu, Japan’s premier video games magazine.

Namco Bandai will be porting over the Gundam Extreme VS arcade title to the PlayStation 3. The PS3 port is currently 70% complete and will be released on December 1st 2011, priced 8,380 yen (roughly $109USD)
The arcade been ported from is Namco System 357 and the system itself has been based from the PS3 which will make it much more easier for Namco Bandai to finalize the full port of the highly anticipated game for PS3 Gundam fans.
New supports for the home version include original modes (currently unspecified) and a BGM edit mode that lets you use custom soundtracks from your PS3. The game will also features online play via PlayStation Network (PSN).

The September 8 issue of Enterbrain's Famitsu magazine is announcing on Thursday that Bandai Namco Games will bring the arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. to the PlayStation 3 console on December 1. The new version will feature the mobile suit Crossbone Gundam Full-Cross, the final version of the Crossbone Gundam that Tobia Arronax pilots in the sequel manga Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Kōtetsu no Shichinin.

Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs., the ninth in the decade-long Gundam Vs. line of games, debuted in Japanese arcades last fall. The PlayStation 3 version will be the first appearance of the game line on the current generation of home videogame consoles; the previous incarnations appeared in arcades and on the PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, GameCube, and PSP platforms.

Images from A.E.Media

Info from AnimeNewsNetowrk

Dengeki Hobby and Hobby Japan collaborate on a Gunpla Builders booth at Chara-Hobby 2011 C3 x Hobby!

Chara-Hobby 2011 C3 x Hobby, to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on August 27th and 28th, will feature a Gunpla Builders booth hosted by Dengeki Hobby and Hobby Japan.
■ Chara-Hobby 2011 exclusive kits on sale at the Bandai booth!
Special kits of the "Forever Gundam GPB-D colors" from Gunpla Builders D in Dengeki Hobby and the "Beginning 30 Gundam GPB-J colors" from Gunpla Builders J in Hobby Japan will be on sale at the Bandai booth. Each special coloring kit is sold with an Action Base 3. Don't miss your only chance at these kits!

※ Each set will be sold exclusively at Chara-Hobby 2011. Neither will be available outside the event.
※ Supplies are limited.
■ Gunpla Builders D&J Chara-Hobby 2011 Gunpla Competition
At Chara-Hobby 2011, a Gunpla competition based on the Gunpla Builders "D" and "J" series will be held.

The theme is "if I were to ented a Gunpla Builders tournament like in the anime, I'd want to be piloting this!"

All entries will receive a prize for participation, with winners receiving a cash prize and an appearance in both magazines! Entries will be displayed on the 27th, with winners revealed on the 28th! Check out the modelers' skills up close!

Also on display will be official build of Gunpla Builders suits, character and mecha concept designs, and on the 28th a Gunpla Builders Beginning G panel!

Plus, the official booths will have quiz games with a Gunpla Builders postcard set to match the limited kits' Action Base 3s as a prize, and other fun events!

For more info, check out Chara-Hobby 2011 C3 X Hobby Official Site!

Chara-Hobby 2011 C3 x Hobby

[Venue] Makuhari Messe halls 1, 2, and 3 (Chiba-shi Mihama-ku Nakase 2-1)

[Days] August 27th and 28th, 10:00 AM – 5:15 PM　　　

[Admission] ¥1,300 in advance / ¥2,200 for a 2-day pass / ¥1,500 at the door

※ 6th grade and under admitted free

Source: Gundam.Info

BS Animax celebrates its anniversary with a free broadcast of Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 1 on October 1st!

The anime-only channel Animax will begin free-to-air broadcast to mark its anniversary at noon on October 1st.

Six anime hits, including Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 1, will go out free-to-air.

Anyone with a BS Digital-capable antenna and tuner will be able to watch in HD for free!

Plus, on the 16th at 6:00 PM, both Mobile Suit Gundam UC episodes 1-3 and "Aka no Shozo - Char, soshite Frontal e Kanzen-ban" will air. Stay tuned for more details!

For more info on "BS Hoso Kaishi Kinen Bangumi: Anime Miru nara Animax," click here!
⇒ http://sp.animax.co.jp/bs-animax_sp/
For information on receiving BS Animax please click here.
Link: Animax Source: Gundam.Info

Robot Damashii (Side MS) OZ-OOMS2B Tallgeese III - New Official Images [Updated w/ Large Images]

Robot Damashii (Side MS) OZ-OOMS2B Tallgeese III (Release Date: Aug 27th 2011, Price: 3500 Yen)

Images from Gtoys Blog

Gundam Manga by Blame's Nihei, Gundam AGE Manga to Launch

Manga by Biomega/Shidonia no Kishi's Tsutomu Nihei in winter; Gundam AGE in September

The October issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Gundam Ace magazine is announcing on Friday that creator Tsutomu Nihei will launch a Gundam manga series this winter. Nihei created such manga as Blame!, Biomega, and Shidonia no Kishi. Tokyopop published Nihei's 10-volume Blame! manga in North America, while Media Blasters released the net anime adaptation of Blame! in 2005. The Micott and Basara production company (Appleseed films) announced plans for a computer-animated film version of Blame! at the Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2007, but the plans did not come to fruition before Micott and Basara filed for bankruptcy this year.

The October issue of Gundam Ace is also announcing that Hiyon Katsuragi's manga adaptation of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam AGE anime will launch in the next issue in September. This manga adaptation is separate from the one that Shogakukan's Corocoro Comic magazine is also serializing.

[Via Manga News] Source: AnimeNewsNetwork

DeAgostini to Launch Weekly Gundam Perfect File

Newest offical magzine to launch September 20th 2011

The publisher DeAgostini Japan announced on Tuesday that it will launch the latest official Gundam magazine, Weekly Gundam Perfect File, on September 20. The publication will cover all aspects in the three decades of the robot anime franchise, from the television series to plastic models and games.

Similar to other DeAgostini magazines, each issue will be split into the Mechanic File, Personal Profile, Timeline, World Guide, Glossary, and Gundam Topic sections. The first 36-page issue will include a free binder and have a special price of 290 yen (about US$3.80), but future issues will cost 590 yen (US$7.70). The first issue will cover Unicorn Gundam, Gundam Exia, Prototype Gundam, and other topics.

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eAgostini Japan also published works for Evangelion, Space Battleship Yamato, Kamen Rider, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, and World Masterpiece Theater.

Source: Nikkei (AnimeNewsNetwork)