Apparently, I Should Watch Classic Gundam Shibuya246 has a photo piece on a wedding recently held at the giant Gundam model in Tokyo. This is amazing to me on many levels. Even though my time to watch anime and manga is severely limited these days, I am going to have to move the original Gundam
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Let the catch-up begin.
August 14th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy I’m back from my vacation and man do I have a lot of catch-up to do. ^_^; I’ll work it in as best as I can. Still, I have to say that after ten years without a vacation, I was certainly overdue. It was great seeing so many friends and family members, hitting the beach,
Tenchi Muyo! OVA Blu-ray Release…if you don’t mind importing it.
July 29th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy As many of you know, I’m a big fan of the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki franchise. As such, I get lots of questions about things Tenchi to include asking about the possibility of FUNimation or other company bringing back the Geneon USA-licensed titles such as the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA‘s (OVA 1, Night Before
Suzumiya Haruhi no Zangai
July 24th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Ever since Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (aka: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) came out in anime form, I was convinced that KyoAni had developed a marketing gimmick by which they developed a great deal of buzz and generated more ratings by doing something unthinkable — playing the episodes of their anime in non-chronological order. It
So, a Live-Action "Space Battleship Yamato," eh?
July 20th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy TokyoGraph reported on Saturday that ISHIGURO Noboru, the animation and episode director of for the various Space Battleship Yamato anime series (MATSUMOTO Leiji being the main director) confirmed at the 2009 Otakon convention that the Japanese are doing a live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie and that the part of Kodai will be played by SMAP
Happy Independence Day for those in the U.S.
July 4th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy It’s July 4th and that means officially it is a time for we Americans to celebrate our independence from Great Britain. Unofficially, that thought never enters our mind as it is a time for hitting the road for vacation, firing up the grill or barbecue, hitting the beach or pool, and generally just taking it
The Latest Japanese Cafe — The Cat Cafe
July 3rd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy The Latest Japanese Cafe — The Cat Cafe So you are in Japan and want to go to a cafe. Unfortunately a maid cafe doesn’t seem like something you’d like and a cosplay cafe just isn’t your cup of tea. However, you do love cats. Well are you ever in luck — Cafe Calico is
"Anime and Manga Elitism" or "Consumer Choice?"
July 2nd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy I’m a firm believer in supporting what you like. Going back to my teen years, I would purchase audio tapes to score my favorite songs when I was able, though most of my music came from recording from the radio or copying tapes of friends. After I left home and joined the military, I began
