Archive for December, 2009

New Gundam plans on the horizon?

Posted under News, Toys/Games on Friday, 25 December 2009 by Willy Tan
At the Anime Festival Asia 2009, we barged right under the nose of Wong Kah Fai, deputy general manager of Bandai Singapore. We had a little chat with him about what we can expect from Bandai in 2010. He was pretty tightlipped about it, we must...
New Gundam plans on the horizon?

Finding A Way: Plainsunset Interview

Posted under Interviews, Music on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 by Willy Tan
Fresh from releasing their latest album Collabor-8, we talk to frontman Jonathan Chan and guitarist Norsham Husaini of Singapore veteran indie rock outfit Plainsunset. Collabor-8 sees the quartet work with several guest musicians, ranging from electronic producers to rappers which are a...
Finding A Way: Plainsunset Interview

Decade’s best 30 albums #30

Posted under Avanti!, Music, Reviews on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 by Willy Tan
By Keith Boi By this time of year, I suppose most folks, magazines and blogs who care about such things would be done with their best-of-decade lists. I originally wanted to put out mine, a list of my favorite 30 albums released between 2000 and 2009, before Christmas but it turns out to be not...
Decade’s best 30 albums #30

Rudra’s ‘Hymns From The Blazing Chariot’ video out on YouTube

Posted under Music, News on Saturday, 19 December 2009 by Willy Tan
According to film-maker Jacen Tan, the music video 'Hymns From The Blazing Chariot' which he shot for Singapore Vedic metal act Rudra is a heavy metal re-imagination of the ancient Sanskrit text, The Bhagavad Gita. The video tells the story of Prince Arjuna and his reluctance at the start of the...
Rudra’s ‘Hymns From The Blazing Chariot’ video out on YouTube

Interview with the Moe Moe Kyun Café girls

Posted under Avanti! on Saturday, 19 December 2009 by Willy Tan
During this year's Anime Festival Asia, the organisers threw in a maid café. What the hell is a maid café you ask? According to our friends from Wikipedia: Maid cafés (メイドカフェ Meido kafe) are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés,...
Interview with the Moe Moe Kyun Café girls

No more Mr. Nice Spy: more Chuck TV promos

Posted under News, TV on Thursday, 17 December 2009 by Willy Tan
One more month to go before the 3rd season of Chuck starts again! NBC releases a slew of TV promos for the season premerie. <object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie"...
No more Mr. Nice Spy: more Chuck TV promos

Full Iron Man 2 trailer out…

Posted under Movies, News, Screen on Thursday, 17 December 2009 by Willy Tan
Director Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) was Tweeting excitedly today about the new full trailer for Iron Man 2. And excited we were after watching the trailer! The bit with War Machine at the end is causing this fanboy to wet his pants a little... Screengrab courtesy of...
Full Iron Man 2 trailer out…

Storm Lion & Production I.G unveil Titan Rain

Posted under Anime, News, Screen on Thursday, 17 December 2009 by Willy Tan
As announced at the Animation Asia Conference last month, Singapore’s Storm Lion Pte Ltd and Japan's leading animation studio Production I.G, Inc. will be collaborating in the creation, development and production of a full 3D CG animated feature film. Said movie Titan Rain will utilize unique 3D...
Storm Lion & Production I.G unveil Titan Rain

GIVEAWAY: Plainsunset’s Collabor-8 out on 18 December

Posted under Music, News on Monday, 14 December 2009 by Willy Tan
Friday 18 December sees Singapore rock icons Plainsunset put out their most daring album to date, Collabor-8. As we have reported previously, the band's 5th release features collaborations with rapper Sheikh Haikel, dubstep producer Dubwise, keyboardist Amanda Ling and a remix by The Lard...
GIVEAWAY: Plainsunset’s Collabor-8 out on 18 December

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