Though Bandai has released Master Grade kits for the Gundam Unicorn and the MSN-06S Sinanju, they aren’t moving fast enough for some fans. So Korean modeler “08team pia” took it upon himself to scratch build this 1/100 NZ-666 Kshatriya. That’s one gorgeous looking mobile suit! Man, Katoki Hajime’s designs look so damn good in real life. They should have hired him to design the Transformers for the movies.

If Unicorn does indeed get an anime, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before Bandai releases a Master Grade kit for this beasty. But if you can’t stand to wait, you can purchase a garage kit of the Kshatriya for 279,000 won which is about $223 USD.

[Via Gunota.info and Bonkurasu Brigade]

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Alright, already! Enough of this election shit. It’s GUNDAM WEDNESDAY!

This was sent to me by AZM Allies Kensei Dave, Solkana, and Wayne W. Academics from some of Japan’s highest regarded universities will come together next year as the “virtual faculty” of Gundam Academy. The aim of Gundam Academy is to develop technologies based on the fictional universe of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Mobile Suit Gundam. Experts in the fields of astrophysics, engineering, anthropology, medicine, linguistics, and urban planning will work to develop practical applications of some of Gundam’s more fanciful technologies. Says Osaka Prefectural University professor of urban planning and architecture Shinya Hashizume:

Gundam presents the reader with many challenges that we will encounter. It is vital to begin conducting research into these. Scientific research in Japan desperately needs a flow of new ideas.

University of Tokyo professor of astronautics Shinich Nakasuka says:

Studying fiction is an excellent way to get ideas about the future. Scientists often restrict their way of thinking to what they factually know. The comic shows how ordinary people without much deep scientific knowledge can come up with very good ideas.

When the call for mobile suit pilots goes out, I’m so there! I also hope they develop a real life Haro. I really want a little floating ball squeaking my name. “Jami-des! Jami-des!” Not sure how I would feel about moving to a colony. Too many assholes trying to drop them on earth. Really looking forward to how far Gundam Academy will develop the technologies of the show.

[Via Times Online]

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I love you, America. I want to give you a big sexy hug.

I was speechless when MSNBC declared Obama the winner last night at 11pm. I held my breath. I wouldn’t believe it until McCain gave his concession speech. Sure enough, there was old man McCain up on stage conceding the election. It was all so very true. I teared up.

Truly, this is a time of celebration. Yes, these next four years are going to suck hard. We’ve got this horrible financial crisis on our backs, two very ugly wars to fight, a country horribly divided against itself (”uniter” my yellow ass), strained international relations, Prop 8 passed (idiots!) and that’s just the highlights. But for now, I choose to bask in the glory of this moment. Truly, anything is possible in this insanely crazy country of ours. Anything.

God, I’m still shaking I’m so excited. You have a Giddy Zen Master for today folks.

So, in the words of one George Clinton, “God bless chocolate city and its vanilla suburbs.”

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According to AZM Ally Mike Dent, this is a trailer for the latest episode of Damned Next, a French Tokusatsu fan series. You see, France loves Tokusastsu much more than we do as evidenced by France Five.

Back to Damned Next. According to Mike, our hero is a resurrected Dark Mage with a demon locked inside him. Should he use up too much of his magic, the demon would take over his body and go all Super Sayajin 3 on a mother fucker which really sucks because when fighting demons from the nethers, you kinda need some magic. Turns out that some of the France Five folks are involved in this show as well.

Win! Who knew France had awesome demon ninjas?

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With election day comes ART FIGHT HIGH SCHOOL day!

Nick and Marty have put Dead of Summer to rest (for now) leaving the world of a zombie infested Baltimore behind to tackle high school. Art Fight High School that is. Episode one is up and running and damn, that’s a sexy comic. This marks the first time Nick has used the digital crayons to color his comic and I must say, I dig the results. They’re running a Tuesday, Thursday update schedule and I can’t wait for more.

[Via Art Fight High School]

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Erfworld 116 went up during Gundam Wednesday, but I thought it’d be more fun to talk about it today. In a few sentences, Rob managed to make my life hell drawing this one frame, “Wanda uncroaks thousands of Jetstone troops. Oh, and their armor changes color and emblem.” But I think the results were worth it. I actually enjoy trying to fit in lots of little guys in crowd scenes. You can cheat the background characters as long as there are some strong focal characters in the foreground. Enjoy! And Happy Halloween from Erfworld!

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“Bruce Campbell is the greatest actor of his generation!”

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Angry Zen Minion James-Paul sent along this trailer for Bruce Campbell’s latest masterpiece, My Name Is Bruce.

Pure. Fucking. Genius.

The man himself, Bruce Campbell, is taking the film on tour. He’ll be in Baltimore November 14 and Washington, D.C. November 15. If you can’t make it to a screening, it comes out on DVD January 2009. Can’t friggin wait!

[Via My Name Is Bruce]

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This isn’t exactly Gundam, but it has a boy and a giant freaking robot so it’s good enough for Gundam Wednesday! Besides, it’s GIANT ROBO!

The 70’s were awesome. Earth, Wind, and Fire was topping the charts. I was born. And the live action tokusatsu version of Giant Robo was dubbed into American and released as Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot! And now, through the magic of the internets, you can watch the first ten episodes of the American dub of Giant Robo thanks to Hulu. Here’s the first episode.

If Audrey and I have a boy child, I’m going to sneak in and tell the doctors we want to name him Johnny Sokko Noguchi while she’s still conked out and medded up. The just screams hot blooded Japanese Toku justice! Seriously, I love Hulu for delivering such awesome. The 26 episode series is out on DVD in Japan, but this is probably as close as we’re going to get to a domestic release of the show. I’m usually a subtitle snob, but in this case, I’m really enjoying the classic dubbing.

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Ahhh… it’s like Gundam crack!

Gundam Musou 2 is scheduled to drop December 18 in Japan and first quarter of 2009 for the rest of us. Looks like all the suits and pilots from the first game are returning for this round. We get some new mobile suits, Nu Gundam, Sazabi, F91 with Seabook, Victory 2 with Uso, Strike Freedom along with Kira, Infinite Justice with Athrun, Destiny with Shinn, and Musha Gundam II who appeared in the PS2 version. We also get some new mobile armor, Psycho Gundam, Psycho Gundam Mark II, Quin Mantha, and Alpha Azieru. And we also see the Gyan, Devil Gundam, and Turn X in this extended trailer. I hope we get to unlock them somehow. I’ve always wanted to control a Devil Gundam Cell infected colony! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

No Gundam Duberu Oh suits will appear in Musou 2. Also conspicuously absent are any 0080 or 0083 suits. Man, can you imagine how insanely badass the Dendrobium would be! Kampfer would be fun as well. And no sign of the Sentinel Gundams. Ah well. I can dream. I’ll still pick this up because I had so much fun with the first one.

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YAY! That’s my brother giving a thumbs up to the camera and taking a picture of the audience!

I also love that BLOSHOCK and BUNGLE were nominated. I’m glad that Bungie won and not Bungle because I don’t know how people would take this on stage:

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