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Gundam & Figure store owes 4 billion

April 16, 2008 By: marvin Category: news, Stray Thoughts, weblinks, Gundam No Comments →

Gunota reports that online Gundam/figure store T.J. grosnet has accumulated a total debt of 4 billion yen and has filed for bankruptcy protection in Wakayama district court. Apparently the company has overestimated their expansion plans due to good sales during previous year. check out Gunota for more info.
image below stolen from Danny Choo. ^^;
T.J. grosnet

Gundam Musou saved games

April 16, 2008 By: marvin Category: Games, weblinks, Gundam No Comments →

Gundam Musou
Problem with casual playing is that one would take forever to get those unlockables to appear on your game. Thus for folks who don’t really have the time for some serious gameplay, they would probably never have the joy of using these more powerful unlockables in their game. In my case, I really wanted to try playing gundam musou using the Musha Gundam, but didn’t have the time to devote on the game and finish it using every single character and MS available. so what can one do to remedy the situation? download some saved games of course. check out the downloadable gundam musou saved games on gamefaq here and gundam musou special here.

Spielberg takes interest on Anime: Ghost in the Shell

April 16, 2008 By: marvin Category: Anime, news, Movies, weblinks 2 Comments →

Ghost in the shell
Dreamworks has announced they have acquired the rights to do a Ghost in the Shell live action movie. Most fans are probably keeping their fingers crossed in hopes that this doesn’t turn into another godzilla (kochira). But personally I wouldn’t worry that much.
Details below taken from Variety

DreamWorks has acquired rights to the Japanese manga “Ghost in the Shell” with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature.
Story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.
Created by Masamune Shirow, “Ghost in the Shell” was first published in 1989. It went on to generate two additional manga editions, three anime film adaptations, an anime TV series and three videogames. The second anime film, “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence,” was released in the U.S. by DreamWorks in 2004.
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce and brought the project to the studio. Jamie Moss has been tapped to pen the adaptation.
Universal and Sony were also chasing “Ghost in the Shell,” but Steven Spielberg took personal interest in the property and made it happen at DreamWorks.
” ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is one of my favorite stories,” Spielberg said. “It’s a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks.”
DreamWorks prexy of production Adam Goodman said “Ghost in the Shell” is a property “that epitomizes 3-D live-action motion picture possibilities.”
Avi Arad is at the forefront of comicbook-based material, having produced the three “Spider-Man” films, the three “X-Men” movies, the two “Fantastic Four” picss and the upcoming “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk.”
Moss’ writing credits include “Street Kings,” which bowed Friday, and “Last Man Home,” in development at Universal.

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Papercraft candidates

April 16, 2008 By: marvin Category: news, weblinks 2 Comments →

fold US president 
Want to have the the power to manipulate the United States presidential candidates around with your little finger? well you can, just download them from foldUScandidate.com. link via Japan probe.