So how many of you here has built a Gundam before? You know how much hard work it takes right? So imagine a scenario where your suspect your mom wants to throw it all away. Does that justify attempted suicide by trying to burn down your house with you inside? Apparently this man in Kasai city seems to think so.

Police in Kasai City near Kobe have arrested a 29-year-old factory worker named Yoshifumi Takabe on suspicion of burning down his own home on Sunday. The suspect reportedly doused his room …

Remember the recent post bluesnow made about the Fate/Stay Night Movie? Well there’s been some updates.

According to ANN,
The September issue of Kadokawa Shoten’s Newtype magazine will confirm on Monday that the Fate/stay night film will be an entirely new work covering the Unlimited Blade Works storyline from Type-Moon’s game franchise. A teaser website already revealed the film’s existence and indicated that it will cover that storyline. The film will open in Tokyo’s Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro and at least 11 other theaters throughout Japan on January 23, 2010.
So. a January 2010 …

Remember when I talked about the never ending Endless Eight arc of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu in my recent Saki post? We’re finally going to get off this crazy rollercoaster which most viewers probably slept through the last 6 episodes of. It’s ENDING!!!

So anyone here heard of 4Kids before? They’re like the company that brought Anime titles such as One Piece and Pokemon to the North American market.

The paidContent.org website for digital media news is reporting that the 4Kids Entertainment licensing and broadcasting company has put itself up for sale.
I for one loved this company for they were the ones supplying the English-dubbed Pokemon episodes which I used to watch many moons again. Then after more or less giving up on the Pokemon Anime, this company slipped off my radar till now. …

So yes. Shounen Jump just launched a website that allows people to read the 1st 3 chapters of 22 listed manga titles from Shounen Jump. This ‘offer’ lasts till 31st August.

The official website for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan has posted the first chapters of 22 different manga series online in Japanese for a limited time on Monday.

So the last time I did a post on Saki was sometime around 3 weeks back and I’ve an itch to write about it again. Why? Because it’s so awesome they take 5 weeks to play the last round of Mahjong.

Yes. This show is beginning to feel like Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu’s Endless Eight arc, without the repeating scenes each week of course. While I still very much like this show because it features:

Mahjong
Cute Girls
Special Effects
Powerful Seiyuu Cast
the occassional Yuri scenes
the very much frequent Sweaty Thighs scenes
Haramura Nodoka
and Amae Koromo

Etopen. …

So, according to HobbyMedia, Cup Noodles from Nissin will come with a 1/380 Gunpla, on 31st August, the last day in which the Giant 1/1 Gundam in Odaiba will be standing.

These CUP NOODLES MINI GUNPLA from Nissin will be released on 31th August: the last day of the 1/1 Gundam in Odaiba. It’s quite ironic since the Gunpla contained are in 1/380 scale: the smallest Gundam model kits ever produced! There are 4 different mini model kits: Gundam RX78, the DOM, CHAR ZAKU II (red) and ZAKU II (green).
There are …

And contrary to Optic’s belief, this week will feature the lovely Shizuka Itou instead of Yui Horie

Name: 伊藤　静
Date of birth: 1980-12-05
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Blood type: O
Website: http://www.kenproduction.co.jp/member.php?mem=w5
Blog: http://ameblo.jp/beerlover-shizuka/

So. Ever heard of the Mahjong anime, Saki? Well basically it’s all about cute girls playing mahjong and apparently the whole of Japan treats Mahjong as a national sport. Girls, Mahjong. Does that actually sell? Well, for me it does. But it took a little more before I became hooked to the show.

Presenting the one-reason why I’m super hooked to the show. AMAE KOROMO!!!

more Koromo (Cute Side)

and Koromo again. (Demon Side)
So. Yeah. If you haven’t started watching Saki but don’t have a reason to, let me list the things that …