From the Gundam Wiki :
The movie will be released on Blu-Ray & DVD in Japan by Dec 25, 2010 (Christmas); however it's North American release is tentatively slated for 2011.

Unfortunately for me, I was hoping being able to watch the movie before Xmas. They screened it in Japan and in NYC during anime convention, but what about the fans from all over the world? I know some of you reading this blog are from the UK, the Philippines and all over North America. What about us? Bandai should know better! Gundam 00 is one of their most prolific show from the last 6 years and there's a huuuuuge fan base in North America. More enough for 1 screening! They could, at least, push the release date for North America to be the same one! Most of us (I believe) watched, or are watching, 00 with subtitles since the Japanese voices sound way more realistic than the dubbed one. I don't mean any offense to the voice actors doing the dubbing, but Gundam should always be in Japanese with subtitles. There's a thing you can't change.

Hopefully, they'll release the movie early in 2011.....I hope.


The Social Geek.

HIGH GRADE INVASION!

More GunPla kits are on the way!

I've just received a mail from my aunt in Vancouver telling me that RX-93-2 Hi-NU Gundam, SHIN MUSHA Gundam and a valiant(and dirty cheap since he was on sale) GN-000 0 Gundam (Roll out Colors) left yesterday to slowly make their way here in Halifax.

Gundam UNICORN is almost completed and EXIA Avalanche is next on the list! I never been so excited to build a HG model...I'm expecting it to be quicker than my usual 30-40 hours for a MG model.

Oh.
And the 0 Gundam is also a HG model, but I'll show you the main reason why I bought it!

Isn't wonderful? The wing-shaped particle release from the GN Drive is included in the kit!
And for those who never saw the RX-93-2 Hi-NU....well.....here it is too!

I'll probably build a whole article on SHIN MUSHA later this week!

The Social Geek.

Macross Frontier.

Lately, I was looking for something different. I can only listen to Gundam 00 and SEED / SEED : Destiny so often (well, I almost know them by heart now!) that I've started watching MACROSS FRONTIER a week ago.

It isn't as good as Gundam. I can refer to it as my standard for Mecha-style anime. But the part girls and relations take in this anime is different that what I am used to watch.

Take a look at it. You might like it. You might not. But you'll never know before you try it!

Oh. The mechas are AWESOME also. Seeing a TOMCAT-style fighter turning into a robot is a wicked concept. I'm loving that!

The Social Geek.

Flashes From The Past / Patlabor.

When was the first time you saw Mecha-genre anime? I can recall mine from back in the 90's. The canadian cartoon channel used to air Patlabor : Mobile Police once in a while and during Xmas time play one or two of the OVAs. I kinda forget about that until last year, I started watching the serie again, from the beginning and put the OVA where they belong in the whole storyline. It was probably what help me go through a rough period I faced last year when one of my friend died.

It does sound lame. Instead of looking to my friends or family for support in time of distress, I watched anime and stayed home. But it felt great. It reminded me of all the great time we had and how awesome my childhood was with my friends watching awesome robots. I didn't understand everything back in the day from Patlabor, I was mostly looking for the action scenes. But now, with age, I see the whole story unfolding before my eyes, the more intricate facts that I couldn't grasp then.

I'm still a Gundam fan at heart, but Patlabor is so well directed, the art is simply amazing and I could compare it to a good bottle of wine. It does age pretty well. The dates are a bit out-of-phase now, but I disregard it like I would disregard the dates on a Jules Verne story.

Today, I asked Mark from BIGPFEIFFER to order me a MG kit of the Ingram from Patlabor. I would like to see one looking at my Gundams with the signature police shotgun. It would add a bit of diversity to all those beam sabers and other futuristic weapons.

And visit the guys from BIGPFEIFFER on their website. If you're in the Halifax region, they'll help you find whatever you need in anime goodies. I can say now that from now on, I'll try to buy less stuff from online retailers, Sakura Media, Amazon.ca or whatever else and order from those guys. They have a wicked service and are friendly as hell. It's not a free ad, just pure honesty.

On that?

I'll keep you posted on more later this week.

The Social Geek.

Monday. What A Great Day.

Once again, the postman stopped by my door at lunch time! Thanks again to my aunt in Vancouver that can find me whatever I'm looking for (and also to Terry at Sakura Media in Metrotown Center in Vancouver for ordering whatever funky I'm looking for!) I just received today 2 new GunPla kits!

I told you this weekend that I was waiting for some. Well....UNICORN ain't completed, SINANJU either and now......EXIA Avalanche and KSHATRIYA just showed up.

I know, those are HG models and I usually only stick to MGs....but you have the money to buy the resin KSHATRIYA? I don't. So if you do and you would like to see it in that blog, well, send me a message and I'll be glad to give you my adress so you can send me one! And Avalanche? Well....it's only made in HG and I love this model so much that I couldn't NOT order it...

Tonight? Well...I'll be busy completing UNICORN so I can start putting EXIA together and maybe, by this weekend, both are going to be completed!

Now, next problem......
Where am I gonna put even more Gundams.......

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