It’s been a big week for Godzilla in his hometown of Tokyo. We reported the other day in a giant Godzilla statue that’s been set up in a park in Tokyo, and the new Godzilla film is finally opening in Japan this Friday. Well, thanks …Read more »
For anime fans, it’s one of Tokyo’s must-sees: the 1:1 scale Gundam statue. Completed in 2009, the real-life RX-78 currently keeps watch over the Gundam Front theme park in Odaiba, Tokyo. It’s an impressive tribute to the continued popularity Gundam has had over the decades, …Read more »
File this one under “adorable.” Believe it: this plush toy, which went viral earlier this week thanks to blogs like Boing Boing, is, indeed, a plush but reasonably realistic version of a giant isopod ( bathynomus giganteus , to be exact). According to the manufacturer, …Read more »
Matt Schley
