ZZ Gundam Masterpiece Book (On Sale)

The ZZ Gundam Masterpiece (book) went on sale this past March, and is a publication that belongs to the Masterpiece series. Although I have no idea how long the series has been running, but it is designed to immerse fans into the Gundam world, to describe in great details about the technical aspect of the mobile suit design & weaponry as if they were real.

Although details are sparse, but it seems the book is quite popular in Japan. The ZZ Gundam Masterpiece went on sale late March at a price of $2,500 Yen.

Images from GA Graphic

1/100 AMS-129 Geara-Zulu Conversion Kit (From NeoGrade)

The 1/100 AMS -129 Geara-Zulu (Angelo Sauper ver.) conversion kit is currently a pre-order item from NeoGrade (Korea). This conversion kit is priced at about $139.00USD (plus shipping & handling), with a release date of May 18th. This conversion kit requires the MG Gyan frame for construction, which is sold seperately.

Not sure if there might be a possible MG release for the Geara-Zulu, but hardcore Gundam Unicorn fans might want to check this one out.

Images from NeoGrade (http://www.neograde.co.kr/)

E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) 2011 - Latest Gaming Videos

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Halo 4

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Kinect Star Wars 

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Gears of War 3

Mass Effect 3

Tomb Raider



Gundam 00 Movie 'A Wakening Of The Trailblazer' Blu-Ray & DVD Release Info

Blu-Ray / Complete Edition - Initial Limited Edition
10,500 Yen (tax included) Blu-ray 2 discs
233 Min = Movie 120 Min, Special Features 113 Min
Movie Disc: Dolby Sound - TrueHD (5.1ch), Linear PCM Stereo), etc etc..
Special Feature Disc: etc / Japanese Subtitles Included
●Debut
１.Illustration Collection、２.Scenario Collection、３.Actual Film Used In Theatre, 4. 40pg Booklet (Characters, Interview with Mizushima Seiji,, Kuroda Yousuke, Footage from press conference, others, 5. Press Regarding to be released items
●Also Included in the Debut
Special Features Includes:１.Special Announcements、２.Preview、３.TV Commercials、４.Extra Footage、５.TV Series Guide、６.Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Anastasia、７.Supporter's Gathering 2010、８."Celestial Being" Movie、９.Footage of the Premier、１０.Cast Talk Show
●Others
1. Artbox by Egawa Kanetake, Mechanic Designer
2. BD-LIVE Compatible, Staff and Cast commentary, Design Drawing Gallery (planned)


Blu-ray【Normal Edition】
￥7,350（Tax Included）
BCXA-0284：120min／DolbyーTrueHD（5.1ch）・ LinearPCM（Stereo）／AVC／BD50G／16：9（1080p HD）／Japanese Subtitles
※BD-LIVE Compatible
●Special Included: 16pg Booklet (Characters and Mechanical Explanation, Mizushima Seiji Interview, and others)
●Also included: Jacket designed by Mechanic Designer Nakatani Seichi.

DVD
￥6,300（Tax Included）
BCXA-4051：120mins／Dolby Digital（5.1ch・Sterio）／Dual Side DVD／16：9（Squeeze）／Vista Size／Japanese Subtitles
●Special Included: 16pg Booklet (Characters and Mechanical Explanation, Mizushima Seiji Interview, and others)
●Others: Jacket designed by Character Designer Chiba Michinori

GUNDAM UC Episode 2 'The Red Comet' Event In Japan

Special premiere of Gundam UC Episode 2 'The Red Comet' in Shinjuku, Japan on 10/30.

Premiere of "OVA Mobile Suite Gundam UC Episode 2 'The Red Comet' Event will be held 10/30 (Sat) at Shinjyuku Piccadilly

Participants: Furuhashi Director, Fukui Harushito, Uchiyama Kouki (Banagher Links), Ikeda Shuichi (Full Frontal).
Date/Time: 10/30 (Sat), After the showing at 8:30 and before the 10:30 movie
Location: Shinjyuku Piccadilly, Screen 1
Ticket Price: 1,200 yen

How to obtain Ticket:
Ticket will be sold starting 10/26 (Tues) from 9:00 at Shinjyuku Piccadilly 3rd Floor Ticket Counter. If there are remaining seats after 15:00, we will sell over the Internet.

MG Sinanju Rocket Bazooka (Arrived)!!!

The MG Sinanju's Rocket Bazooka was delivered to my home today.

I had purchased this item from a fellow Gundam blogger "An American Salaryman in Tokyo" (from Japan). I was so excited when I saw the package on the front step of my home this morning.

To celebrate the occasion, I put on my favorite T-shirt... SIEG ZEON!!!!

The package came with both the 8th edition of the Gundam UC novel, as well as the rocket bazooka kit.

The bazooka has now been placed into queue in the order of gunpla(s) that I plan to build soon.

RTX-440 Ground Assault Type Guntank from Mobile Suit Gundam IGLOO 2 (Episode 3)

This April's edition of HJ, it gives us a nice look at the Earth Federal Force's RTX-440 GunTank. This unit will appear in the 3rd episode of MGS Igloo 2, which would be available in late April 2009.

RTX-440 Ground Assault Type Guntank
Unit type: ground assault artillery mobile suit
Overall height: 13.7 meters
Armament: 220mm cannon x 1, arm cannon x 2, missile launcher x 1
Pilot(s): Arleen Nazon, Milos Karppi, Doroba Kuzuwayo

Normal Mode

Assault gun mode

Image from HJ (June)

Other images of vehicles & land cruiser

Mobile Suit Gundam Senki U.C.0081 (PS3) - Game Info Updated

Here are some translated info from the game's official website:

Missions Preview:

Mission 1: Libyan Desert
Earth Federal Force, the Phantam Sweep Team is deployed in Africa to destroy the remnants fo the Zeon forces there.

Mission 2: Syrian Desert
The Phantom Sweep Team is sortie to rescue supply transports. In a time limited mission, you must fight off the Zeon remnants or suffer a supply shortage...

Mission 3: Odessa Base
Odessa Base, an Earth Federal military bases located in Central Asia. The Zeon forces dare a surprise attack on the base, and the Phantom Sweep Team deploys to repel the attack.

Gameplay Elements:

Cooperative Gameplay (up to 8 players online)

A Mobile Armor has massive overwhelming firepower, but with cooperation with teammates online, it can be defeated!

Or play coorperatively in a defense mission against enemy from attacking a radar facilities at a mountain summit!

Fight in the rain and use buildings for shielding.

Fight in the forest and be sure to keep your eye on the radar.

Mobile Suit Selection (more will be updated later on the offical website)

Story Characters:
Mobile Suit: Phantom Gundam Unit No.7
EARTH FEDERATION PHANTOM SWEEP TEAM
Hughes Curro: Male. Age 32. A veteran officer who leads the Phantom Sweep special forces unit charged with hunting for Zeon remnants. He has a bitter experience in which his unit was annihilated in the past.
Sherry Allison: Female. Age 24. She was serving as a test pilot but was assigned to the special forces unit as a replacement.
ZEON FORCES INVINCIBLE KNIGHTS
Erik Blanque (Blank): Male. Age 20. A young officer whose family is a distinguished family in the Principality of Zeon. He takes command of the "Invincible Knights" in order to execute a counterattack operation against the Earth Federation Forces.
Story: The time is Universal Century 0081. One year has passed since the war. Although the world was regaining order, small-scale battles continued in various places by the Zeon remnants who still continued to resist. During the situation, a veteran soldier of the Earth Federation Forces is appointed to a cleanup operation of the Zeon remnant forces. Feelings mix on the battlefield as the young Zeon officers advance their secret strategy for the revival of Zeon...

PS3 - Mobile Suit Gundam Senki U.C.0081 (Preview)

Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 is a new PS3 game that was announced a couple months ago to commenmorate Gundam's 30th Anniversary. I just can't say enough just how excited I am about all the Gundam stuffs that had came out / will be coming out later this year. From Gundam 00 2nd Season's ending --> MGS Senjou no Kizuna Portable --> MSG Igloo 2 --> to the announcement of Gundam Unicorn series --> and definitely to this game. IS DEFINITELY A UC YEAR!

All the screenshots looks just awesome to say the least. And gameplay looks to be pretty close to the old PS2 game Gundam Lost War Chronicle. That game was pretty fun too, but this game looks to top that in everyway with an intricate animated story line, better squad command, multiplayer, and very good in-game graphics. Sweet! Now I just need to be patient and wait for an official release date.

Screenshots from Famitsu

2009 C3 - Hong Kong (1st time held outside of Japan)

The city of Hong Kong has the role of host to the first C3 event held outside of Japan. The inaugural event in Hong Kong is taking place now during this month (April) while the annual C3 X Hobby event in Japan will be held in city of Chiba Japan in August. C3 also announced that Hong Kong will also host the event in 2010 as well. No location or time for that has been announced. Hong Kong is already home to the annual Ani-Com which is held at the Hong Kong Convention Center during the summer time frame.

Here are some pics (From The Bonkurasu Brigade & Toysdaily)
Oh man.....Senjou no Kizuna...drool

That's just WRONG! Very very wrong...

Gundam Unicorn Updates at the Official Site

From now until winter, I will be constantly looking for updates regarding the upcoming Gundam Unicorn anime.

All images from the offical website: http://www.gundam-unicorn.net/

Translation from Cosmic-Era w/ additional info from wikipedia:

BANAGHER LINKS

16 years old.
Main character. When his mother died, he has been entrusted to a father that he has never known and went to the Anaheim Electronics school on the Industrial 7 space colony. His encounter with the mysterious Audrey Burne will involve him in the trouble surronding the “Box of Laplace”.

Additional info - A boy who is a student at Anaheim Industry Technical School in the colony "Industrial 7". He is described as seeing war as something akin to fiction, as he was born after the One Year War ended and did not experience the more isolated wars that followed it. However, upon meeting Audrey, he is drawn into a new conflict. He does a part-time job clearing space debris with a miniature MS.

________________________________
AUDREY BURNE
16 years old.
Heroin. Important member of the antigovernment organisation “Sotsudeki”. For an unknown reason, she boards the Garencières to reach Industrial 7. Her fate will change when Banagher saves her from a deathly danger.

Additional Info - A girl from a noble family, whose life changes after she meets Banagher. Her name appears to be derived from famed actress Audrey Hepburn. Recently revealed herself as Mineva Lao Zabi.

________________________________

Mobile Suit:
RX-0 GUNDAM UNICORN
A prototype Mobile Suit developped under the “UC project” in the secret base of Anaheim Electronics for the Earth Federation Forces. His characteristics are his pure white armor and horn. Nickname : Unicorn. This unit hides a secret that will change the future of mankind.

Will update more when news becomes avaliable.

Additonal Info - A pure white MS produced by the "UC Project," part of the Federation Space Force's reorganization plan. The entire movable frame of this experimental machine forms a psycoframe, and its responsiveness is extremely high. It also incorporates a special "Laplace Program" OS and a system known as "NT-D (Newtype Drive, called Newtype Destroyer System by Full Frontal)." When NT-D is activated, the internal frame expands and the entire figure is transformed. In the process, the armor separates along its seams, and slides are released. A red glow can be seen where the internal frame is exposed by the gaps in the armor, and this is believed to be a psycoframe luminescence phenomenon. The machine's performance, in particular its mobility, is dramatically increased when NT-D is active. In its normal mode, it sports a head resembling that of mass-produced MS like the GM. Equiped with beam magnum, hyper bazooka, NT-D type shield, four beam saber and beam gatling gun as an option.

Takkeman Blastor (Customized) - Part 2

It was very hot today in Los Angeles (near 100 degree), but still I need to finish this kit for a paying friend. So I've begun painting. Although I am nowhere near finish... I thought I would post an update.

This was where we left off from last time... all parts had been primed.

I've painted most white areas with white w/ gray shading, bright silver for the spear, and clear yellow & goldleaf for all the yellow part of the kit.

Whenever painting is in progress, my hobby room is a big mess. Hopefully I will be done with the kit within the next few days, and have nicer pictures to show.

Until next time....