Anime, Otakism and the Rantings And Ravings of Japanese Popular Culture
After reading 0ne’s introduction to Freedom Formula, I knew that I just had to read it. After all, I fell in love on first sight with the mecha design ever since I spotted the figurines at STCC a couple of months ago. It’s great that Kinokuniya imported it in.
It’s finally out. After months and months of waiting, Revoltech has finally announced an official date for the Laevatein’s release! 15 August!!! You can check out the details at Amiami.
Never have I wanted an action figure so badly, but this is the FREAKING ARX-8, so I suppose I can!
I’ve been waiting forever for the release date for the ARX-7 by Alter to be announced, but after almost a year of playing the waiting game, there was still no hint. Only some prototypes at the various figurine events. In Wonderfest ‘08, there seemed to be no pictures of the ARX-7 taken. I started to worry that it might have been dropped.
Then, I saw this.
This is why you should frequent GA Graphic. They cover stuff no one else covers.
Looks like there’s another Revoltech release to look forward to. Recently, at the Revoltech Expo, this was one of the new prototypes showcased. I did not realise that Laevatein was at featured at the Expo until someone in IRC mentioned it.
Even though the current prototype is not coloured, it already looks awesome. Looks like this would be another must-buy Revoltech Figurine, like Ayanami Rei and Gurren Lagann.
There is currently no official release date for Laevatein, but my guess is some time around May or June.
Full Metal Panic Armslaves seriously need more mecha love. There are only extinct trading figurines of some of the Armslaves, and no official statement on the 1/60 scaled versions. Hopefully, Alter would surprise us with the long awaited announcement. And even if they fail to do so, I do hope that Revoltech continues to complete all the Armslaves. Especially ARX-7 and M9.
Source: GA Graphic
Many have noted the similarities between the main star of Gundam 00, Setsuna F. Seiei, and the male lead from Full Metal Panic, Sagara Sousuke. There are indeed quite a few similarities between the two, such as both of them having a past as a child soldier, and both being pilots of some form of mecha. However, I would like to think that despite their similar backgrounds, Sagara is a few hundred levels better than Setsuna.
Let me explain why.
Continue reading ‘This is Why Full Metal Panic has a Better Male Lead Character than Gundam 00′
Great anime needs awesome storyline and/or animation graphics. No doubt that without them, an anime would be 100% crap. But, it seems that with quite a large number of anime possessing these 2 traits. Hence, there is intensive competition within the anime industry, with anime series to outshine each other in the various aspects. However, how successful an anime (note: I dont use the word ‘awesome’) is would have to be dependent on it’s viewers.
Hence an additional trait has to be included. It happens to be the classification of anime.
The classification of anime can be divided into 3 main parts. The genre, the target audience and the theme. The genres are similar to the ones that exist within mainstream movies/dramas, with common genres such as ‘Action’, ‘Drama’ and ‘Romance’. For the target audience, the sex and age group of the audience is considered. Common classifications include ‘Shonen’, ‘Shoujo’ and ‘Seinen’. And finally, themes. As stated in this post’s title, this is what I will be writing about in detail.
Continue reading ‘Your Favourite Themes that Have to Exist in Anime’
I just bought my Gurren Lagann Impact Model around 2 weeks ago when I was in Akihabara. The picture below is of the model which I own.
Now, there’s another model of it coming out. With wings. Woohoo!
Continue reading ‘Gainax sure does know how to milk Anime Fans…’
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