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You can use anime mecha weaponry to open your mail with this awesome Gundam letter opener【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2020 - Tweet
It’s how Char would handle his fan mail.
- Japan
- (anime • Char Aznable • cool • Gundam • letter openers • mecha • Premium Bandai • robots)
Gundam face masks will help you stay safe when you have to be mobile during the pandemic【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 20, 2020
Maybe if we all wore Char Custom masks, the pandemic would be over three times as quickly.
- Japan
- (anime • Char Aznable • cool • face masks • fashion • Gundam • masks • Premium Bandai)
This Gunpla builder designs amazingly life-like Gundam dioramas out of plastic model kits
- Dale Roll
Oct 11, 2020
This is the mark of a truly dedicated hobbyist!
Grand opening date announced for Japan’s new moving life-size Gundam anime robot
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2020
We finally know when we’ll be able to get up close and personal with Yokohama’s 18-meter (59-foot), 25-metric ton (55,500-pound) mobile suit.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size • life-size Gundam • robots • RX-78 Gundam • Yokohama)
Gundam can now be part of your signature in Japan with Mobile Suit Gundam personal seals【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2020
But could you really trust a signature endorsed by Char Aznable?
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Gundam • hanko • inkan • personal seals • Premium Bandai)
Japanese video arcade introduces free punching service for sore versus game losers
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2020
Tired of the dai pan problem, arcade seeks to channel fists towards more appropriate target.
- Japan
- (Arcades • clever • funny • game centers • Gundam • Gundam Extreme Vs. • video games • weird)
Life-size Gundam statue in Japan can now move, and it looks incredible【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2020
18-meter (59-foot) anime robot now in motion in Yokohama.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size • life-size Gundam • robots • RX-78 Gundam • video • Yokohama)
Japan’s new life-size Gundam is complete and standing proud in Yokohama!【Photos/Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 7, 2020
Shinto priests bless 55,000-pound anime robot’s head in jotoshiki ceremony.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • life-size Gundam • robots • video • Yokohama)
Evangelion, Spice and Wolf LED manhole covers installed in otaku-friendly neighborhood in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2020
Beautiful salutes to nearly two dozen anime/manga franchises light the way to the newest otaku destination.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Evangelion • Gundam • LED • manga • manhole covers • otaku • Slayers • Spice and Wolf • Tokorozawa • Tokorozawa Sakura Town • travel)
And now, an important message of hope from Gundam about the challenges of life in 2020【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2020
Real robot anime knows real life is hard these days, but challenges us to show the power of what we can do as long as we care and hold on to hope.
Limited edition Gundam models made of 100% Gundarium on sale
- Master Blaster
Jul 23, 2020
The fictional metal Gundarium was realized just for this model kit.
- Japan
- (anime • Bandai Spirits • Gundam • Gundarium • Gunpla • Luna Titanium • plastic models)
China is getting its own Gundam life-size anime robot statue
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2020
18.03-meter (59.2-foot) statue will be the first outside of Japan.
- China, Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Freedom Gundam • Gundam • Gundam SEED • life-size Gundam • robots • Shanghai • statues)
Gold Gundam tofu appears in Japan, requires “painting” with real gold for full effect【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2020
Forget Gunpla. Today it’s all about the Gun-tofu!
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • food • gold • Gundam • robots • Sagamiya Foods • SNJO • taste test • tofu)
Even Gundam not immune to coronavirus as pandemic cancels moving life-size statue’s preview event
- Casey Baseel
May 30, 2020
Sorry, Gundam won’t be seeing you this summer.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • Yokohama)
In these non-sober quarantine days, use your leftover alcohol bottles for Gundam models【Pics】
- Eli Pang
Apr 27, 2020
In quarantine, every hour is wine and dine. Make do with a new hobby before losing your sanity!
- Japan
- (alcohol • anime • cool • coronavirus • Gundam • Gundam Wing • Gunpla • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • models • robots • self-isolation)
Fans rate the top 10 backstabbing anime characters in survey
- Shannon
Apr 24, 2020
10 anime icons to remember, but not to trust.
- Japan
- (anime • Assassination Classroom • Attack on Titan • Bleach • COK • Crayon shin-chan • Gundam • Lupin the Third • Naruto • survey)
Gundam as god – Photo shows real-life giant anime robot getting deep respect
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2020
Fan’s theory also hold that famous anime robot’s merciful majesty will heal the people like Buddha.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • funny • Gundam • life-size Gundam • robots • Yokohama)
Moving life-size Gundam statue’s debut date, new home in Japan announced【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 21, 2020
After leaving Tokyo, the original life-size Gundam is establishing a new base in another major Japanese city.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • Yokohama)
Newest, final short in the Gundam vs. Hello Kitty Project has Amuro and Kitty join forces【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Jan 20, 2020
We also see exactly how Hello Kitty would attack if she were a Gundam: very, very cutely.
- Japan
- (anniversary • crossover • cute • funny • Gundam • Gundam vs. Hello Kitty • Hello Kitty • Sanrio • sunrise • wtf)
Japan’s Yodobashi Camera store celebrates New Year 2020 by rolling out a huge cardboard Gundam
- Katy Kelly
Jan 6, 2020
Start 2020 out right, by picking up your Gundam Gunpla sets from a gigantic RX-75 Guntank.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • Gundam • Gunpla • Guntank • Mobile Suit Gundam • New Year's 2020 • Yodobashi Camera)
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