This is pretty exciting! Got a new format for the vlog complete with intro and outro. HobbyLink Japan sent over a couple of toys for me to review, the Souchaku Henshin x Kubrick gashapon trading figures and the HCM Pro Hi-Nu Gundam. You can purchase them directly from HLJ:

• Souchaku Henshin x Kubrick Vol 1
• HCM Pro Hi-Nu Gundam

Next Wednesday, I’ll be making an announcement for our first Angry Zen Master giveaway contest where you can win the full set of Souchaku Henshin x Kubrick Kamen Rider gasphapon trading figures!

CORRECTIONS: It’s HobbyLink Japan with no space between the Hobby and Link. I’ll correct that on the video when I get back home. Also, the Kamen Rider Kubricks are trading figures, not gashapon as I said on the review. Gashapon come in capsules. Trading figures come in blind boxes.

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A friend of my mom’s who works at the National Zoo gave us a behind-the-scenes tour early last Sunday. I brought along a camera to capture some animals doing really cute things. The pandas are just as cute up close as they are from far away.

The panda trainer ran out of panda treats and the young one, Tai Shan, let out a cute whimpering sound. Here’s that clip by itself so you can hear a panda cry.

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A very rough pencil test of the AZM Vlog intro all painfully drawn and animated by your’s truly. Click on the image for the vid.

Hibiki or I guess Todoroki rocking out is close to finished. Ultraman has some lineart that I can deal with. The others are quite rough. I think I’m going to have Godzilla munching on a train. The last scene will be Sho Nuff yelling “MASTAH!!” I want to try to have this close to finished fairly soon to coincide with something really cool that might be happening on the vlog, but I’ll have to keep it hush hush for now. After this is done, on to Monster Cutie which will be 30 seconds of animation hell!

Oh, I used Flash for the animation. It’s all key framed by hand. No tweens or objects save for the background behind Todoroki. All the characters will be hand keyed (hand animated). I’ll probably fudge the backgrounds with tweens and patterns and other happy stuff. Enjoy!

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Short report about our weekend trip up to New York. Forgot to mention just how freaking cold it was and how madly insane Times Square was this weekend. It’s a wonder the shoppers there don’t boost the economy all by themselves! New York has been added to a list of other cities for us to live. Dammed expensive, but we can always dream.

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It’s the new millennium and still minorities are under and misrepresented in comics. Time for a rant!

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I want to do an animated intro to the vlog so I’ve come up with an Angry Zen Master theme song. I’ll probably re-record it for real some time in the far future, but for now, this will serve my needs. Feel free to download and share and do parodies or hell, animate your own intro if you like. Just don’t charge moneys.

And now, I present the Angry Zen Master theme song! And yes, I know “go” means five.

Direct link: AZMTheme.mp3




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Space ice cream is a dismall treat. It’s chalky and full of yuck. But if it were cold, would it taste more like regular ice cream? Let’s find out!

Also, picked up some new equipment to make these a little better. Next on the to do list, an actual intro for this silly show!

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Spidey could be singing on Broadway, MI6 wants to diversify its recruits, and I get some sexay photos.

• Spidey meets Julie Taymore
• MI6 wants distance from Bond
• Joker
• Kamen Rider Kiba

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My rant was inspired by this blog post over at Newsarama’s Blog. But first, let’s enjoy Jet Li kick some epic martial arts ass!

Correction: Apparently, Marvel and DC sent assy “shut down or we’ll shut you down” threats instead of less assy “please take our stuff down” letters. Thanks to scrantinax for the correction.

Update: Marvel has complied with Z-Cult’s policies and sent them a new letter asking Z-Cult to stop serving Marvel comics. Z-Cult has complied. No letter from DC yet. Thanks again to scrnatinax for the follow up!

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Could there be a practical reason for a Time Lord to carry a pocket full of tasty Jelly Babies while fighting Daleks and Cybermen? Let’s find out!

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