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    Operation Barbatos: Form 1

    Fourth Gundam armor straight, here we go. We’ve kept it strictly Universal Century up until now – from the OG RX-78-2 to the Unicorn and skipping back in the timeline a bit to the Nu. But because there are no brakes on the Iron Blooded Orphans hype train, we’re gonna take a slight divergence and go with the Post-Calamity War’s…

  • Animu,  Life

    Anime Expo 2015: Day 4

    Dawn of the final day. Not enough hours remain. Anime Expo 2015 is finally drawing to a close – though I say finally, it really did pass by in a blur. I think part of that is because we split our cosplay days up evenly, so it didn’t feel too drawn out but at the same time passed quicker than…

  • Animu,  Life

    Anime Expo 2015: Day 3

    Happy independence day. Nothing like some animu, cosplay, and gratuitous spending to celebrate our beloved nation. We didn’t quite stick around long enough today to see some LA fireworks (we have in the past) but we had some good fun in the Entertainment Hall just perusing in cosplay the whole time.

  • Animu,  Life

    Anime Expo 2015: Day 1

    We made it. Got through day one somehow, though I didn’t personally enjoy it much. I have to admit, AX is getting a bit old. I’m not feeling the same excitement anymore for the event as a whole, so it may very well be my last time. Either way, the actual convention is as big and as loud as ever;…

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    Operation 𝜈 : Turn 5

    The last phase is at hand; Anime Expo is technically already in session but I’m lagging a bit so here’s the last episode of our armor-crafting adventure this year. We barely scraped together and only did our first actual full-final fitting at the Expo on Day 1.