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more about #manga more comments → Invisible-Echidna: Asian countries are in a pissing contest for the biggest replica robot now? What's next? the real thing? It. has. begun... more » ThisDudeRufus: I can't wait to see the news, "Giant Robots save Japanese economy". Or is that destroy? more » jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware: Can we please build a 500ft Sentinel facing west somewhere on Hawaii? It would incorporate a missile defense system that fires from the robot's exte... more » maven2k: I don't know, it sure seems like a good hiding place for some kind of secret weapon if you ask me. more » Dr. H. F. Danger: Soon to be neighbors...Eva unit01 and Escaflowne more » kitsuneconundrum: gotta fight/scare those pesky north koreans. Nukes? Pwfah! We got here some mecha! more » sharked: What a bootleg-ass version of Mazinger Z. Can't the Koreans do anything original. Maybe a lifesized Starcraft base or somthing. more » sm753: I'll get flamed by Koreans but here it goes. Korea has always been trying to "one up" Japan and China for decades. They're also notorious for "borrowi... more » OMG! Ponies!: Sadly, after the failed "Pink Goo" Statue of Liberty experiment, the US has continued to lag in the Giant Frakkin' Robot arms race. It is a sad day w... more » rogsim: Now they needs ones for the Robotech VF-1 and Voltron (lion and vehicle). more » xAnarChisTx: Alright, if us Americans were to build a robot to represent for our country, who would we build? And no talking about past plans for Michael Jackson ... more » Noobs-R-Us: Too bad Michael Jackson is dead or he would be all over this like flies on shit. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: It still feels weird that Right-Stuf isn't mentioned at all. more » Jakooboo is going to Chicago Tardis!: Danny, I'm worried about you. You want a boy toy, If I am reading correctly? more » aviarun: he's got machine guns.....in his butt? more » -
#robots
Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (59 and 60-feet, respectively), now Korea is building this freakin' huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. More » -
#astroboy
New Astro Boy Trailer Makes Me Want This New Astro Boy Toy
Check out this wicked Astro Boy figurine recently spotted at Hong Kong's Ani-Com show. I can't wait for the big-screen CG reboot of everyone's favorite Pinocchio-like android kid with arm canons. Speaking of which, new full-length trailer after the jump! More » -
#doraemon
Doraemon Gadgets
Boing Boing Gadgets has six of the hundreds of thousands of gadgets Doraemon—the Japanese anime gadget cat—pulled out of his magic pouch over the years. Above: the Polaroid-esque Voodoo Camera. [Boing Boing Gadgets] -
#trailers
Astro Boy Teaser Trailer Starts The Speed Racer Healing Process
Okay...not much to go on here but so far, so good. Astro Boy, the 60's era manga series about a crime-fighting, nuclear-powered, robot kid is set to hit theaters this fall. More » -
#fatastroboy
Japan's Astro Boy Robot Redesigned As a Fat Ass
Astro Boy, the robot Mickey Mouse of Japan with a machine gun in his ass and laser on his fingertip, has received his first major graphic overhaul in years. And they made him fat! The formerly svelte, doe-eyed bot with 100,000 horsepower looks like a cross between a fish lips and a mini sumo wrestler. More » -
#cellphones
Japanese Manga Phones Offer the Cheap Customization That I Want
These new Softbank phones headed to Japan are styled out with designs from the manga Gacchaman. In addition to the outer shells being painted, the icons and wallpapers also sport the theme. I don't understand why we don't have more painted phones here in the States. It seems like a pretty cheap way to make phones customizable and more unique, no? I'm just saying I'd love to rock a phone with My Little Pony all over it. That'd be the coolest! Check the interior themes on these phones after the jump. More » -
