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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Privatization!
Safe to say GML is officially dead (or Undead :) so I am privatizing this blog. I've removed all authors. Now it's my blog (again).
No promise what will go in here... Somethings not suitable for Facebook, I guess...
No promise what will go in here... Somethings not suitable for Facebook, I guess...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Chinese scan of Gundam Unicorn
I hope it's somebody with time on their hands, as when I look at one of the pages, it's mostly text, not comics, so there are tons of stuff to translate. I will probably grab it when I visit Hong Kong in a few months...
Unicorn Chinese translation on Gundam Ace
Fantastic Super Robot site SRW Hotnews posted scans of the Traditional Chinese translation of Gundam Unicorn Sect. 1-4.
No I haven't read it yet; bug the other guys around to translate for ya.
No I haven't read it yet; bug the other guys around to translate for ya.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Ecopla: Green like a Zaku
At the Shizuoka Hobby Show Bandai's promo mechandise will include Ecopla (via Gunota). Ecopla is a line of HGUC (Gundam, Zaku, Gundam Mk.II and Gouf) made from recycled materials. From the dark color (all the kits are molded in the same dark green) it looks like pre-consumer recycled plastic. Or perhaps it's post-consumer material (i.e. the runners)? That would be more interesting.
In theory, Ecopla makes sense for hobbyists who prime and paint every kit anyway (including all the pros). In East Asia, this group might be large enough to make a difference. Of course this is just experimental phase for now. Any promo product at hobby shows are more likely to be collected so having these eco variants of the HGUC doesn't displace consumption of the non-eco variants. So in the end the net environmental impact is negative.
On the other hand, every year at Shizuoka Bandai put out promo kits, so this year choice is greener than, say, metalized version of 1/100 G00 kits (somewhat surprised that's not what we are getting).
Of course this is a small reflection of the bigger problem: the environmental movement have to play in the commercial PR arena to have any chance of success, but allows companies, organizations and governments to score PR points with fake eco initiatives. So every initiative meet the kind of mildly-cynical second guessing that I just gave.
It shouldn't detract from the fact that it's really a good move. Bandai!
In theory, Ecopla makes sense for hobbyists who prime and paint every kit anyway (including all the pros). In East Asia, this group might be large enough to make a difference. Of course this is just experimental phase for now. Any promo product at hobby shows are more likely to be collected so having these eco variants of the HGUC doesn't displace consumption of the non-eco variants. So in the end the net environmental impact is negative.
On the other hand, every year at Shizuoka Bandai put out promo kits, so this year choice is greener than, say, metalized version of 1/100 G00 kits (somewhat surprised that's not what we are getting).
Of course this is a small reflection of the bigger problem: the environmental movement have to play in the commercial PR arena to have any chance of success, but allows companies, organizations and governments to score PR points with fake eco initiatives. So every initiative meet the kind of mildly-cynical second guessing that I just gave.
It shouldn't detract from the fact that it's really a good move. Bandai!
Gundam 00 and Code Geass Comparison
After a casual viewing of both Gundam 00 and Code Geass, it's become clear that there are a number of similar plot points between the two series. This post is intended as an easy way to list some of them. However, due to the spoiler nature of these plot points, they'll be found in the first post in the Comments section.
Make of all of this what you will...
Make of all of this what you will...
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