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Monday, August 22, 2011

C3 x Hobby 2011: Shadows of Shinobi G Color Resin Kit

Shadows of Shinobi G Color Resin Kit

Non scale: about 130 mm tall

6 colors resin-made color kit

Sculpted: NAOKI

Price: 20,000 yen (Tax included) *images below is the prototype*

THE LEGEND Mechanical Designer Kunio Okawara Exhibition @ C3 x Hobby 2011

"THE LEGEND Mechanical Designer Kunio Okawara Exhibition" will be held at this year C3 x Hobby 2011 event on August 27 (Sat.) - 28th (Sun.). On the 28th, Kunio Okawara will there to host a live talk show and an autograph session.

Event Summary:

More than 30 years of work by Kunio Okawara will be on display. There will also be sculputres exhibit of his work and also a corner merchandise booth to sell some memorable goods. Kunio Okawara will be there in person to host a live talk show at the Dengeki Hobby/Hobby Japan Magazine booth and an autograph session. Tickets will be needed to participate for the talk show & autograph session, and will be distributed in limited quantity at the merchandise booth.

Schedule:

1:30 PM ~ Kunio Okawara 'Okawara Factory' Talk Show

4:00 PM ~ Kunio Okawara Autograph Session

* Tickets will be distributed to customer at the merchandise booth at "THE LEGEND Mechanical Designer Kunio Okawara Exhibition" on Aug 27th (Sat.) & Aug 28th (Sun.).

* There will be limited/exclusive items sold at the merchandise booth only avaliable at this year's C3 x Hobby 2011.

Source: Gtoys Blog

HGFC 1/144 Master Gundam & Fuuunsaiki - Review Part 4

HGFC 1/144 Master Gundam & Fuuunsaiki (Release Date: Aug 25th 2011, Price: 2730 Yen)

Part 4 Review by Ossan-OBahan (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3)

More Images: HERE

Namco Bandai, DeNA to Set Up Joint Social Game Venture

The Japanese conglomerate Namco Bandai Holdings (NBH) and the mobile social game company DeNA announced on Monday that NBH's Namco Bandai Games and DeNA will establish a joint venture for social games worldwide on October 1. The joint venture, BDNA, will be initially funded with 100 million yen (75% by Namco Bandai Games, 25% by DeNA).

Shin Unozawa, Executive Vice President & Representative Director of Namco Bandai Games, will head BDNA. The board of directors will have Hirotaka Reizei (Division Manager of Namco Bandai Games' Production Division), Hideyuki Okabayashi (Assistant Manager of Namco Bandai Games' Production Department 4), Isao Moriyasu (DeNA's President and Representative Director), and Keigo Watanabe (DeNA's Manager, Business Development Department, Social Game Head Office).

DeNA operates the Mobage social game platform for mobile phones. Since July of 2010, Namco Bandai Game has released such Mobage games as Gundam Royale, which has 3 million players, and Digimon Seikatsu.

Source: ITmedia via animeanime.biz (AnimeNewsNetwork)