July 29, 2008

Yasumicon Info by Chris 10:53 A.M. EST
If you're going to be attending Yasumicon, here's the information for the Gundamn! live panel. As it usually does, Yasumicon will take place at the University Park Campus of Florida International University. The podcast recording will take place Saturday from 2:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M. in GC (Graham Center) 150. If you've been to the convention before, it's the same room where we've had MAHQ panels previously. Although it's not mecha related, I'll be part of a One Piece panel in the same room from 5:45 P.M. - 7:45 P.M. Also, on Sunday I'll be part of a panel on 1980s anime (which is mecha related) from 1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. in panel room 2. On the last bit of Yasumicon news, congratulations to the winners of the VIP contest.

On a separate note, there's some new Macross Frontier lineart for the RVF-25 "Super" Messiah, VF-25G Messiah and VF-25G "Super" Messiah courtesy of crashandburn.

July 25, 2008

Gundamn! @ San Diego Comic Con by Chris 4:44 P.M. EST
If you haven't been following the thread on the Mecha Talk forums, check it out for information on Gundamn!'s coverage of San Diego Comic Con. Adam and Paul are both on location on the con and have been blogging and podcasting daily from the show. You can see photo albums and hear the first mini-podcast here. After the convention is over, the mini-podcasts will be edited together to form episode 14, which will also include recordings of several panels, an interview with Gundam expert Mark Simmons and more. Next week, Adam and Paul will join me in Miami for Yasumicon and our live recording of episode 18. Specific location and time information will be posted soon.

Yasumicon VIP Reminder by Chris 1:00 P.M. EST
I hadn't explicitly mentioned it in the previous post, but time is running out if you're interested in getting a VIP pass for Yasumicon. Please see the July 14 post for instructions on what to do. I'll still be accepting any entries that are postmarked BEFORE 12:00 A.M. Monday, July 28. After that deadline passes, winners will be contacted via e-mail.

July 14, 2008

Lineart Updates by Chris 9:08 P.M. EST
For the first update in quite awhile, there's a load of new lineart. First up, there's some new lineart in Macross Frontier for the Macross Quarter and Cheyenne II, courtesy of asterphage. Next, there's new stuff for FRAME ASTRAYS, with lineart for the Raigo Gundam and Speculum Raigo Gundam, courtesy of Nightwing03. There's also new lineart for Gundam 00, covering the 00 Gundam, Arios Gundam, Cherudim Gundam and Seravee Gundam, courtesy of Red Zaku. Finally, there's some Gundam Unicorn lineart for the Jesta courtesy of asterphage. Many have probably noticed that lineart updates for the past few months have mainly focused on 00, Frontier and Code Geass, to the exclusion of everything else. Unfortunately, it's going to stay this way for the foreseeable future. Covering two shows that are currently airing with a third about to start up is very demanding, both in anime reviews and mecha profiles. The burden should ease up once Frontier and R2 are over, but this is how it'll be for awhile.

On an unrelated note, the organizers of Yasumicon are making a special offer for fans of Gundamn! and MAHQ. I've got five VIP passes to give away to fans. If you're wondering what a VIP pass is, here's what it gets you:

-Premiere Entrance into the Dealer Room
-Premiere seating for our large events
-Premiere front row seating for our performances
-Entry into our Friday Night Pre Registration Party (Free of Charge)
-Fastlane Autograph Signing
-Access to our Staff Cafe (Three free meals for both Saturday and Sunday)
-Free Yasumicon Goodie Bag

For practical purposes, this is obviously limited to people who live in South Florida or will be in South Florida for Yasumicon. And in the interest of fairness, it's not open to any MAHQ reviewers or Mecha Talk moderators. If you want to get the passes, here's what you do. Send me an e-mail with "Yasumicon" in the subject line and your real name in the message body. I will randomly pick five winners, who will receive notification via e-mail. Winners will pick up their passes at the convention.

July 13, 2008

Gundamn! News by Chris 10:38 P.M. EST
This is basically just a news post regarding the podcast, but there's a lot of stuff to cover. First, the URL www.gundamn.net is finally live and directs to our blog, but you can still reach it via gundamnmahq.blogspot.com. Second, we'll be doing a live call in session when we record episode 17 next Sunday. At 2:00 P.M. EST, you can log on to Skype and call username shinjuku-station to get on the line with us. It'll pretty much be an open line session like a live radio show, so you can call in and ask us a question about anything or make a comment. Next, although I won't be there, Adam and Paul will be going to the San Diego Comic Con, which runs from the 24th - 27th. Say hello if you run into them. They'll be doing short daily podcasts from the show, which when edited together will become the lost episode 14. Finally, during the weekend of August 1-3, Adam and Paul will be joining me in Miami for our second live show, this time at Yasumicon. I'll be posting details on that later on.

July 9, 2008

Life Support by Chris 3:18 P.M. EST
For those who have been wondering, regular updates will be resuming soon. In the meantime, episode 16 of Gundamn! is now available (unplugged version only right now). In this episode, Peter joins our discussion of current mecha anime that we're watching, the state of the North American anime industry and the Gundam Round-up for Char's Counterattack.

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