Transformers: Animated series to launch on the Cartoon Network
With all the new Transformers brouhaha with the impending release of the live-action/CGI movie (sure, Optimus Prime will be cool again), here’s news for Transformers fans. They’d be doing another animated run called Transformers: Animated which will launch on the Cartoon Network by fall in the US. This would be the newest installation on animated Transformers since they’ve turned Optimus into a butt-scratching cyborg...
Maria Ozawa goes mainstream
Yes, it’s true. Team Sugoi’s favorite celebrity appears “briefly” in this music video of the Yokohama hip-hop group, DS455. Is this a hint of what is going to be a momentous turnabout in Ms. Ozawa’z career? Hmm… all we can do is wait and see. But for now, let’s watch this video of the song, “Summer Time in the D.S.C.” And Maria Ozawa makes it hot, hot, hot! WARNING: PG13 stuff...
Bandai releases a $250,000 platinum Gundam
You read it right. Quarter of a million United States green for a pure platinum (pt10000) Gundam model. Measuring 5 inches and weighs 3 pounds, this little baby took 2 years to make. It will be put on display in a Ginza jewelry shop after it tours the world starting in BASELWORLD 2007 jewelry show in Basel, Switzerland. I’mma fulla bling, baby! Drool, Gundam fanatics ’cause fat chance this baby will be yours. :p Source:...
Japanese pop culture is owning Korea
Ang Pinoy magaling manggaya! [Filipinos are great imitators.] But even with that statement, we don’t feel threatened. I mean, after four centuries of colonization, some influence from other cultures have definitely rubbed off. And we don’t just imitate. We own! Take the jeepney for example. That’s a US Army jeep that we made into our own funky transport system. Same goes with our telenovelas, teleseryes and...
Suppa saizu mi!
Okay, so whenever I think of “fat” and “Japan” I think of sumo. But get a load of this, the fattening machinery MacDonald’s is now making our ordinary Japanese friends into super sized fatsos. Uy, akin lahat yan! Take a load of this monster. It’s the Mega Mac. A large lard burger with 4 patties. And MacDonald’s Japan made it available this year. Ever heard of the Okinawa Crisis? The next...