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Oct 4 2011

Review: Hero Gossips & Roman Album

The latest official books were released last week, and both finally arrived. These books cover the entire series, in addition to them there are the second volumes of the previous guide books coming later in October. I’ve only had time for a quick glance through both of them, but since they seem to be selling quite fast I figured it’d be best I do a quick review before they’re sold out, incase someone’s still pondering which one to get.

Tiger & Bunny Official Guide Book HERO GOSSIPS [contents]
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
ISBN: 9784048547123
Size: A4 / 112 full color pages
Price: 1050 JPY
Available at: [CDJapan] [Hobby Search] [Amazon.jp] [AmiAmi] [YesAsia]

Tiger & Bunny Roman Album [contents]
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
ISBN: 9784197203390
Size: A4 / 120 pages
Price: 1200 JPY
Available at: [CDJapan] [Hobby Search] [Amazon.jp] [AmiAmi]

The books may or may not be in stock in the places listed above, but they’re the most reliable ones I know.

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Oct 4 2011

S.H. Figuarts Wild Tiger getting a reprint

Missed out on Wild Tiger figure? Hope’s not lost, he’s getting a reprint and rerelease on October 15th. Thanks to PJA for the heads up.

(So sorely tempted myself to go for it, but then I look at my preorder list and sigh… Besides, the Figuarts Zeros are my priority.)

Oct 3 2011

Animation comparison charts

Animation comparison charts rom both cours, pilot, and TV to BD/DVD comparisons (via Otanews). Most of the BD/DVD fixes may look weird at first but they actually look way better once you see the animation in movement. Click for full sizes, and more under the cut.

(I was going to post these earlier but I had already been pretty bloggy the day I found them so I forgot… Derp.)

1st cour comparisons

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Oct 2 2011

Interview with Inoue Gou from the Roman Album

Hi guys, long time no see! Today we have for you an interview with Inoue Gou from the Roman Album.

Inoue-style moe ahead, be warned.

Scans for translating were provided by a kind anon. Thank you! And thank you again! Photos added now that our own copy arrived.

Disclaimer: not a professional translator, doing this for fun, etc. Standard fantranslation rules apply.

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Oct 2 2011

So you want to buy merchandise…

It's all mine.

We got some questions on Twitter about buying merchandise from Japan, and I figured I’d be able to answer them better here. This is all based on my experiences so your mileage may vary. Note also that I live in Europe. It is cheaper and faster for me to order directly from Japan than wait for American sellers to stock these items – and eventually some of the merchandise will get a release in the States for the fans there, it has been confirmed by Viz.

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