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Danny Choo vs. Toysrevil @ Anime Festival Asia 2009

Posted under Manga, News, Toys/Games on Friday, 11 December 2009 by Willy Tan
We were at the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) 2009 a couple of weeks back. We plonked Tokyo-based YouTube sensation/ alpha otaku Danny Choo and Singapore-based toy blogger ToysREvil's asses down for a chat. Both uber-geeks shared with us on their love for toys, their thoughts on how the 2009...
Danny Choo vs. Toysrevil @ Anime Festival Asia 2009

Your first look at War Machine in Iron Man 2

Posted under Manga, Movies, News, Screen on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 by Willy Tan
As Yahoo News has reported earlier in the day, here's an quick glimpse of Don Cheadle's iron pajamas in Iron Man 2. It seems a bit of a Mach 2 and greyish black to me. We will be eagerly waiting for the full trailer to see it in action. Check out the bromance next May 7...
Your first look at War Machine in Iron Man 2

The Storm Warriors final trailer

Posted under Manga, Movies, News, Screen on Thursday, 5 November 2009 by Willy Tan
As hardcore fans of Hong Kong swordfighting or wuxia comic series Fung Wan would know, horror movie maestros Pang Brothers are releasing the sequel to 1998's The Storm Riders. Both Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng reprise their roles as the pugilists Cloud (步惊云) and Wind (聂风)...
The Storm Warriors final trailer

Robots invade Earth!

Posted under Anime, Gadgets, Manga, News, News on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 by Willy Tan
Well, at least Kobe, Japan, that is. For the 2nd time this year, Japan hosts a 1-to-1 scale model of one of its most beloved robot creations: Gigantor to the English-speaking world or Tetsujin 28-go (鉄人28号モニュメント). The giant robot started life in a 1956 manga written and...
Robots invade Earth!

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption trailer

Posted under Manga, Movies, News, Screen on Sunday, 20 September 2009 by Willy Tan
The final instalment of the Japanese sci-fi trilogy 20th Century Boys has been out for a while though it hasn't hit our Singapore shores yet. Apparently, the movie will have a different ending from Naoki Urasawa's epic manga series which was named after a tune by 70's British glam rock band...
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption trailer