Daily Gunpla Gundam News and Other since April 7th 2011
Chara-Hobby 2011 C3 x Hobby, held this August 27th and 28th at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, will host a Director Yoshiyuki Tomino book signing for Gundam Sedai e no Teigen: Tomino Yoshiyuki Taidanshu on the 28th. Gundam Sedai e no Teigen: Tomino Yoshiyuki Taidanshu is a book version of the popular Gundam Ace column “Kotaete … Read more
The official website for the Kidō Senshi Gundam: Shin Gihren no Yabō (Mobile Suit Gundam: New Gihren’s Ambition) strategic simulation game began streaming a promotional video in 500Kbps or 1Mbps bandwidth on Friday. The game will ship for the PSP on August 25 for 6,280 yen (about US$79). In this update to the venerable Gihren’s … Read more
G-News: Town Plans to Erect Life-Size Char’s Zaku Statue in December In June, the young staff members of Mibu, Japan’s “Omocha no Machi” (Toy Town), formed a volunteer team that aims to erect a life-size version of the Zaku, the 18-meter-tall (about 59-foot-tall) mobile suit robot piloted by the Mobile Suit Gundam anime’s antagonist Char. … Read more
Mechanical designer Makoto Kobayashi (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Giant Robo, Last Exile, Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection) revealed at the closing ceremonies of Anime Expo on Sunday that he is working on a remake of Space Battleship Yamato for release next year. Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto’s Yamato space opera anime franchise began with the first … Read more
[Gundam.info Prize] by Blackbird ■ Creator’s comment A “wagtail” is a kind of bird, and I based mine off the grey wagtail. I have two boys, ages 3 and 4, and I could barely keep it away from them long enough to complete it! ■ Judges’ comment The grey wagtail was a common motif, and … Read more
Robot Damashii (Side MS) 00 Qan[T] (Quantum Burst Ver.) Black Light Base Set End Orders on 5th July ROBOT魂(SIDE MS)ダブルオークアンタ(クアンタムバーストVer.) ブラックライト台座セット Start orders from 28 April 2011 till 5 July 2011 Release date: September 2011 – Price: 7,350 Yen Made of ABS, PVC, POM – Height: 120mm (only Gundam) Manufacturer: Bandai Tamashii Web Shop