this weak in anime

the bastard

frikkin' loves

gundam unicorn!

never have i followed a series that takes so long to produce. 

never have i followed a series that continues to deliver the goods.

and never will a series leave me waiting around with baited breath for the next installment.

the bastard will be sad when it's done

—the bastard

this weak in anime

The bastard is kinda digging the new gundam anime.

it's a little young considering I'm actually waiting patiently for gundam: the origin

but it'll do

—the bastard

this weak in anime

wow guy.

screw me?

no

screw YOU!

—the bastard

this weak in anime...

Steins;Gate is rapidly becoming my favorite time travel show

at least until Doctor Who comes back this fall.

then all bets are off.

—the bastard

last weak in anime...

wanted to put this up last week.

should have built a time machine to tell future me.

—the bastard

this weak in anime

well i have NO IDEA who else would.

the bastard just got finished watching 50 episodes of depressing dirge fest tegami bachi letter bee and i initially liked it except for it's

depressing

full of unresolved story lines

and the protagonist cries his ASS off in every episode.

i mean seriously, the bastard likes sad but this kid cried so often in fifty episodes that i had become desensitized to the depressing story line of a world that exists with no daylight save for an artificial sun that subsist on the souls of the living.

so if you'd like to get depressed, have a watch

—the bastard

this weak in anime...

watched episode 3 of gundam unicorn.

these things air once every 3-4 months and each one is a masterpiece of animation.

i saw some fantastic death scenes in this one. 

top ten list death scenes worthy.

i'll write that down one day.

along with my top 5 steaks.

and top 10 mistakes i made in my life.

—the bastard

this weak in anime...

gundam unicorn

episode 2

was sooooo dope!

that is all

—the bastard

this weak in anime

i don't believe in me.

i believe that you believe in me.

what the hell does that even mean? do you know wh o the hell i AM?

—the bastard

this weak is not anime

truth to tell, the bastard has been obsessing over mi-5 of late.

which is called spooks in great britain.

but you can't call a show spooks on american television even if it's airing on pbs.

what'd ya want? a dissertation on it?

—the bastard

this weak in anime

 haruhi suzumiya wants your money

—the bastard

…the white ogre

the bastard actually started working on the ogre a few weeks ago after my bout with the 1/144 real grade.

aside from putting the hands together, this won't be too too hard to build.

however it's the paint job that'll be the challenge.

but the bastard is confident that between a screw, a candle, and a bachelors in fine art, he can figure out how to make this thing look like it's been though the ringer.

—the bastard

…on cons…

…and comics


this just in.

there's a giant gundam in manhattan.



and little goth girls attacking giant monsters


and comics about ayn rand. yeah you guessed it jerks.

the bastard went to the comic convention. my friend, the builder, invited me to hang out at the show where I saw many things.

for one, too many adults are wearing headbands from naruto for my taste. and there were many disheveled super heroes to be found.

way too many of them.

and left hand rob was there.

and the tin man

and the scarecrow.

and alot of women in thigh highs and latex.

you see

I'm used to going to gun shows and the only people in costume there are wearing camouflage anyway.

so this was something new.

—the bastard

…on the beast

so the bastard has come into some robots.

this is through an ongoing job I'm doing for the builder.

which reminds him, I have to learn more about web.

I've never been much of a reader. I've been more of a doer. it's a terrible personal failing I know so I may very well just get a damn book anyway.

but I digress.

I came across these models from the builder and he threw in the latest model as a bonus. it's called real grade.

it's 1/144 sized, which makes it approximately 6 inches tall at completion but it has more parts than most 12 inch master grades.

it is supposed to be representative of a realistic robot in the gundam ethos but I think it was essentially designed my a crew of sadists over at whatever company designs gundam models.

sadists! no one with hands like mine needs to be building something so small and so intricate.

three hours across two evenings to build two feet and part of a leg.

8 more to finish both legs and the torso.

alternating plates of white and off white for added realism.

it's awful.

but it's fun.

and so I'm a masochist.

oh well,

sure beats a sharp stick in the eye.

—the bastard

this weak in anime...

stan lee wouldn't make fun of psychic powers if he was you.

—the bastard

more things the bastard bought at a Japanese big box store

for your consideration…






…ultraman lemonade

the bastard bought this because it looked like a robot. the builder told me what it's contents were.

I will leave all urine related discussion about the contents of this can of lemonade to the mad Russian.

because it's a goddam gimme.

—the bastard

…on new builds

the bastard has stupid hobbies.

he plays in traffic.

kicks old ladies.

robs liquor stores.

and he builds robots.

aren't you happy you asked?

i put together a logo for the builder's website and he's paying me in robots

I look at it like this,

at best, when I'm done, I've done 250-300 dollars work in the short run and a poor bastard like me can't pay much in the way of bills on that.

but,

building 250-300 dollars of robots can at least entertain me through this crap economy .

now if only there wasn't misprints in the all Japanese directions.

oh well

go to hell.

—the bastard

this weak in anime

In gundam, even the robots complain

—the bastard

…on traveling without moving

I have this old friend.

and he's indirectly responsible for every this weak in anime installment the bastard has ever put on this blog.

because he's part and parcel responsible for getting me into anime,

and building models,

and eating something else with noodles that isn't fucking spaghetti.

anyways,

I'm doing a job for him, the builder and he invited me out for noodles yesterday to discuss business and visit a little pocket of japan that is across the river in edgewater new jersey.

and the ramen was rock solid.

and it was PACKED with Japanese people there just to buy shit for their house.

you wanna make sushi?

go down aisle 5 and get a frikkin brick of tuna.

want some noodles for yer home?

we got three aisle of what you're looking for.

it's essentially a big box store of Japanese things for you the consumer.

and there was a fair going on in the parking lot too, so there was no shortage of people in traditional garb and one or two gothic lolitas or Asian guys in pompadors.

did I mention the ramen was good?

—the bastard

this weak in anime

the bastard couldn't agree more.

—the bastard