Gundam UC Episodes 1-3 Linearts

When I was leaving from the Rainbow Gala 9 doujin event last Saturday, I noticed that there were some Gundam UC (Unicorn) stuff on display in an open area of KITEC. The biggest feature of the displays were linearts used for the first 3 episodes of the OVA. Most were for the background and scenary, especially Industrial 7 space colony and Palau asteroid.


Unicorn Gundam's head unit


Logos of various organisations and factions


Barnagher Links, the protagonist of Gundam UC


Haro the mascot robot


Suberoa Zinnerman, captain of Neo Zeon ship Garencieres


Bright Noa, captain of Ra Cailum


Unicorn Gundam's cockpit




Industrial 7 colony


Inside Industrial 7


Observatory in Industrial 7


Central port in Industrial 7, where Garencieres docked in disguise as a space freighter



Anaheim college


Vist Foundation's mansion


Overhead view inside Industrial 7 colony


Command module of Magallanica, the space colony builder belonging to Vist Foundation that was docked at Industrial 7


Draft sketch of asteroid Palau



Final drafts of Palau
The little dot inside the circles labelled "ＭＳ大" (click images for large size) denotes the size of an MS in comparison


Streets of Palau


Overhead view of Palau's residential area




Full Frontal's room



Sketches showing how the EFSF's attack on Palau will carry out with explosions and their consequence on the asteroid itself


Other stuff were on display as well:


A Unicorn Gundam statue was on display on a stage


The darker counterpart Unicorn Gundam Banshee was also there on display


Gundam UC (the game) and Gundam Extreme Vs were available on PS3 console for free play


HGUC 1/144 Gunplas that appear in Gundam UC were on display
None of the new or unreleased ones were shown though


MG 1/100 Gunplas were also on display on the other side of the glass shelf


The novels were on display as well, of which the OVA was based on


Just as I was about to leave, I saw the sign explaning that e-Max will hold a show that will air Gundam UC episodes 1-4 in one go on 22nd and 29th April, with the upcoming episode 5 to premier on 22nd May. A Unicorn Banshee phone strap is available for a special package that includes tickets for all 5 episodes, but is limited to 500 pieces only.


And finally, a huge rotating HARO was near the entrance to greet the visitors, and wave goodbye to those who were about to leave~


It's not very often we get to see such animation sketches and linearts in public! The details depicted in some places, such as the exterior of Industrial 7 colony and Full Frontal's room, were quite breathtaking as if they really exist. Gotta give the illustrators a big thumb up on this, and the organisers for displaying them to us for free!
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Rainbow Gala 9

I reecntly overheard from twitter and forums that there is a local Hong Kong doujin event called Rainbow Gala, which first appeared in late 2007 according to its website. As the title of the post suggests, this is the 9th event and it took place today. Having never been to a doujin event before, I decide to give this a brief visit just to see how it's like.


The venue was a round hall in Kownloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (aka Kitec), which is not particularly big, as I took this picture from one end of the hall looking at the other end with entrance visible towards the left.


Posters of Precious Memories card game were dotted around the hall pillars. It's quite eyecatching so I took a picture of it.



Apologies for the blurry pictures, but these Precious Memories character cards on display are apparently signed by their respective seiyuu themselves.


AKB48 cushions for sale.


A rather cute bag of Inori eating onigiri from Guilty Crown


Drawing tablets were being sold in one of the stalls.



Doujin arts in the form of artbooks and posters. I gotta say these ones look really good.



A few pull up banners were there.


Inazuma Eleven Go cards and a rather cute "diorama" on display




Various stalls and their goods. Big thanks to them for letting me to take pictures of their tables!


Kyubey (aka "QB") recommends Mahou Shoujo Osaka, a crossover between Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Azumanga Daioh! ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼


My purchase was a doujin art book called Jigen Utahime (literally "Dimensional Songstress") from Spirit α. It's rather thin, but it does have some rather nice art so I thought it won't hurt to pick one up.


Here are a couple of shots: Rise from Persona 4 and Inori from Guilty Crown


Tsubasa from Senki Zesshou Symphogear and Sakuya from Shining Blade


My first observation was that there were more girls than guys in the event. Not surprisingly that means there are more stuff oriented for girls than guys, but that does not necessarily mean it's all boy love and yaoi ^^;

It's interesting to see what doujin stuff and other anime-related goodies people can come up with. Although I've seen smaller sections of them available in the much bigger annual ACGHK events, this is my first time hopping into an event that is mainly doujin-oriented.

I always wanted to go to one of these events as I never been to one before, and luckily with more contacts and gossips from various places it will help me get to see more them myself in the future!
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DD WRS?

DD WRS. This one is not mine though.

Came across this custom made DD (Dollfie Dream) WRS recently. Admittedly I have been looking for a seamstress to make such request to complement my BRS, but someone has beaten me to it. Surprisingly, the seamstress is actually someone I have come across before. We had a brief chat going through what will be included and what not, and she sent me these two photos for reference. The seamstress will make the costume, while I have to get the head, eyes, wig, body, and shoes myself.

There is no real timetable as for when I will finally get my hands of one, but it shall be something I will get myself to look forward to this year.


I know I have been obsessed by this character design before, and I am still intoxicated by it. It's funny how it makes me so, much to a few particular readers' disappointment (I know, I know). Oh well. But it does somehow drive me to look forward to something though.

For those who do not know who WRS is, she is a character who only appears in Black Rock Shooter THE GAME. Essentially a white version of Black Rock Shooter (but is a separate character), it is suggested that "White Rock Shooter" is the long name for WRS, though this is never mentioned in the game or even in game manual.

A side note: This particular WRS looks a little bit busty; should I ever get my hands on one too I will reduce it to a smaller one to get the image closer to the original design.

こそれこそ私が望んだゲーム！
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