Brunei Gundam & Model Competition 2011

Brunei Gundam & Model Competition 2011 will be held at E.A Con this July. Read on for more info!

To all modeler enthusiasts and anyone interested in trying their hands in plastic modeling, this event is a golden opportunity for you to take part in! The Brunei Gundam and Model Competition 2011 is designed for modelers who want to push their skills to the next level so if you think you are up to it, hurry up and sign up now!

The competition is divided into 3 categories:

Category A – 1/144 Scale
- Only Gundam franchise models are permitted to enter the competition.
- The 1/144 scale model can be of any grade (whether FG, HG or RG)
- Weathering and battle damage is permitted.
- Diorama construction and the use of commercial full resin or resin conversion kits are not permitted.
- Aftermarket conversion or special Hobby Japan/Dengenki models are not permitted to enter the competition.

Category B – 1/100 Scale
- Only Gundam franchise models are permitted to enter the competition.
- The 1/100 scale model can be of any grade (whether NG or MG)
- Weathering and battle damage is permitted.
- Diorama construction and the use of commercial full resin or resin conversion kits are not permitted.
- Aftermarket conversion or special Hobby Japan/Dengenki models are not permitted to enter the competition.

Category C – Open Category
- Any plastic models are permitted to enter this category e.g. military models, car models, gundam models (irrespective of the scale), transformer models, etc.
- Weathering and battle damage is permitted.
- Diorama construction and the use of commercial full resin or resin conversion kits are permitted.
- Entries can be entered as part of a diorama. However, the base dimensions of the diorama cannot be larger than 30cm long and 30cm wide.
- A diorama can consist of more than 1 model.

Judgment criteria:
a) Technical ability (10 points): Build, finish, modifications and enhancements.
b) Painting (10 points): Quality and detail
c) Presentation and Creativity (10 points): Beauty of presentation of entry



How to join?
To register:
1. Email us the information as shown in the example below:

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Name: Will Smith
Age: 28 years old
Contact number: 8123456
Category: A
Model Kit: HG 1/144 Zaku II MS-06
Title: Pinky Zaku

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2. Attach 3 photos (front, side and back) of your model in your email. Each photo cannot exceed a size of 800 x 600 pixels.

3. Email your details and photos to plamobrunei@yahoo.com before 7th July 2011.

4. Submission fee: To be confirm.

5. All participants must bring their own models on the actual day of the competition. More detailed information will be given in due time.


Additional information:
1. Participants may only submit one entry per category.
2. An entry cannot be entered across multiple categories.
3. Participants must collect back their entries after the prize ceremony.
4. Event organizers shall endeavor to take care of all submitted entries. However they shall not be held liable for any loss or damages should they occur.
5. The judges’ decision is FINAL; no further correspondence will be entertained.
6. Prizes won cannot be exchanged for cash or any other form.
7. The rules may be subject to change without further notice.
8. For any enquiries, please do not hesitate to email us at plamobrunei@yahoo.com.

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E.A.Con Launches It's Official Website, Updates on Ticket and Competition

E.A.Con has launched it's official website! Click Here to view the official page~

Previously known as DevMeet, Brunei`s one and only convention that is dedicated to anime, manga, games and Japanese pop culture!

This event will be held on 16th and the 17th of July, YES! It is a two-days event which will be held at Asma Hotel, Jerudong, Mezzanine Level. Tickets will be announced soon and it will be available at Chong Hock Toynation and TFF Esport Centre, Gadong.

Various Competition will be held on the event such as;

• Cosplay - You can get the EA CON COSPLAY COMPETITION REGISTRATION FORM HERE! Prizes of this competition will be given to The Best Cosplay Group, The Best Female Character Cosplayer, The Best Male Character Cosplayer and The Best Costume Award! Prizes will be announced soon.
• Drawing Competition
• GunPla Competition
• Gaming Competition

And more..........

Stay tuned for more updates!^^,
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Fate/Zero PV

Fate/Zero is a prequel series to prequel to Type-Moon's visual novel Fate/stay night. It is an anime adaptation of the light novel by Gen Urobuchi, illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. You can watch the PV using the player below:



The storyline of Fate/zero takes place 10 years prior to the events of Fate/stay night, detailing the events of the 4th Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.[1] The War of the Holy Grail, pursuing the power of the "Holy Grail" which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the fourth war commenced again.

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Top 50 Godly Anime of 2001-2010

BiGlobe Anime asked 4000 anime fans on what they consider to be the most “godly” anime of the first decade of the 21st century. This only includes anime series that aired from 2001 to 2010.

Check out the full list below:

1. Angel Beats!
2. Bakemonogatari
3. Clannad
4. K-ON!
5. Code Geass
6. A Certain Magical Index
7. Toradora!
8. Haruhi
9. Gintama
10. A Certain Scientific Railgun
11. Ore no Imouto
12. FullMetal Alchemist
13. Durarara!!
14. Gundam Seed
15. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
16. GitS: Stand Alone Complex
17. Darker Than Black
18. Strike Witches
19. Aria The Animation
20. Working!!
21. Eureka Seven
22. Kamichu!
23. Lucky Star
24. Black Lagoon
25. Planetes
26. Hidamari Sketch
27. Air
28. Mushishi
29. Hayate no Gotoku!
30. Elfen Lied
31. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
32. Scried
33. Fafner in the Azure
34. Baccano
35. Shakugan no Shana
36. Bleach
37. Gun x Sword
38. Slam Dunk
39. Honey and Clover
40. Basilisk
41. Aoi Hana
42. Cowbop Bebop (Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door)
43. Naruto
44. Jewelpet Tinkle
45. Sousei no Aquarion
46. Bamboo Blade
47. Inuyasha
48. Solty Rei
49. Zipang
50. Sky Girls

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Thelma Aoyama feat. 4minute - WITHOUT U PV

Music video for Thelma Aoyama's upcoming single WITHOUT U has been revealed! You can watch it using the player below:



The music video features UMJ’s movie, “RUN 60“, and unfortunately for 4minute fans, Aoyama Thelma is the only artist seen in the PV, as the rest of it shows segments of the movie.

The movie is shot in segments where each piece is part of an artists’ song, and the first one revealed was mihimaru GT’s “Master Piece“. The second is Aoyama Thelema, and the other three artists are Choshinsei’s “Kuriunnare – Kimi ni Aitakute“, Cherie’s “Koi no Fushigi“, and NERDHEAD’s “Doushite suki nandarou feat. Mai.K“. Each song is set to release this within the next week through UMJ’s official YouTube.

Listen to the English version here!

Source: Tokyohive
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New Hana-Kimi Live Action Series

19-year-old Atsuko Maeda of the all-female pop group AKB48 will have her first lead role in a television series with Hana Zakari no Kimi-tachi e ~Ikemen Paradise, a new live-action series which will premiere in Japan's Fuji TV network this July.

Hisaya Nakajo's Hana Zakari no Kimi-tachi e (Hana-Kimi) shōjo school romance manga followed a girl named Mizuki as she disguises herself to attend the same all-boys school as her idol. Several of the dorm residential advisors, including a boy named Minami Nanba, discover Mizuki's secret but vow to keep quiet.

The manga already inspired a 2007 live-action series of the same name with then rising stars such as Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri, and Toma Ikuta. That earlier series had an average rating of 17.3%. Maeda said that she is familiar with the earlier live-action series, and that she is also a big fan of the original manga.

AKB48 will perform the theme song for the new live-action series, and the new single will go on sale in August. Maeda is also starring in a film adaptation of Natsumi Iwasaki's Moshi Kōkō Yakyū no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management o Yondara (Moshidora) business novel on June 4.

Via ANN
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Teaser Trailer

Teaser trailer for COD: MW3 has been revealed. You can watch it using the player below:



Modern Warfare 3 will reportedly include 15 missions that take place across "a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London. Spec Ops is back as well, with the mission-based co-operative offerings from Modern Warfare 2 accompanied by a new "Survival" mode. There are seven "Mission" maps and five "Survival" maps listed.

More info can be found here.
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Tekken Blood Vengeance Debut Trailer

TEKKEN PROJECT lead, Katsuhiro Harada and Namco Bandai Community Manager, FilthieRich have just announced an original CG feature titled… TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance!



Directed by Youichi Mouri, the same man behind the TEKKEN 5 & TEKKEN 6 opening cinematics, with screenplay by Dai Sato from Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex fame… this action packed film is filled with all star talent, including CG production from Digital Frontier, the artists behind Capcom’s Resident Evil: Degeneration CG feature! TEKKEN: BLOOD VENGEANCE is slated for a SUMMER 2011 release!

Source: sdtekken.com
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New Rider: Kamen Rider Fouze

The next rider after Kamen Rider OOO has been revealed! It will be called Kamen Rider... Fouze??

A bit info on the new rider:

• There's a switch on his belt. This switch can change his arm and weapons. It can give him rockets, or even turn is arm into a manipulator.
• Fouze's motif is based on astronauts and the protagonist is high school student.

Kamen Rider Fouze is already been registered but as of now, no images of it have surfaced. And with that, a rumored staff list had spread in the interwebs!

Please take rumors with a grain of salt!

• Producer: Naomi Takebe (current producer of Kamen Rider OOO)
• Director: Kyota Kawasaki (worked on Ultraman Tiga, Dyna and Ryukendo)
• Writers: Chiaki J. Konaka (a bunch of anime series and Ultraman Gaia) and Sho Aikawa (Kamen Rider Blade and Decade Episodes 1 to 12)
• Music: Toshihiko Sahashi (Kamen Rider Kuuga, Agito, Hibiki and Den-O, and bunch of anime series)
• Character Design: Keita Amemiya (Kamen Rider J, ZO, Shin, Garo and Hakaider)

Accordingly, Kamen Rider Fouze will be stylized as Kamen Rider 40, with "40" be read as "Fouze," "Four-zay" or something along those lines. And as per rumors, Fouze is a high school student who suffers from memory loss. He inherited the Rider System from his father and he fights "Noa."

Via JEFusion. Image via http://sikmaggot.deviantart.com/art/masked-rider-chibi-21846357
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Update on E.A Con

Just a minor update regarding the event!^^,

E.A Con will be held on the 16th and 17th July. YES! It'll be a two-days event but do not worry, you will only need to buy one ticket for the event.

Previously known as DevMeet, Brunei`s one and only convention that is dedicated to anime, manga, games and Japanese pop culture.

More info will be posted soon! XD
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Final Destination 5 Trailer

Trailer is now available! You can watch it using the player below:



Twelve years after the explosion of Flight 180, Sam Lawton (Nicholas D'Agosto) has a premonition about the bridge he is on collapsing, killing him and many around him. As the vision becomes reality, Sam manages to save himself and a few others. However, Sam and his girlfriend Molly, discover that Death is still after them and the ones who survived the gruesome accident.

The movie will be available in theater on August 12!^^,

Source: Coming Soon
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X-Men: First Class Mystique Character Trailer

X-Men First Class Character trailer for Mystique has been released! You c an watch it using the player below:



X-Men First Class will hit theater on June 3. You can watch the character trailer for Banshee, Havok and Beast here!

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Thelma Aoyama feat. 4minute - WITHOUT U

New single from Thelma Aoyama, featuring the vocals of Korean girl group 4minute. You can listen to the song using the player below;



“WITHOUT U” will be released as Thelma Aoyama’s 13th single on May 25th, and will carry a total of three new tracks.

Source: Tokyohive
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E.A Con Replaces DevMeet

E.A Con; Expressive Art Convention will be held somewhere in July this year! The teaser poster has been released this morning(pictured above).

Previously known as DevMeet, Brunei`s one and only convention that is dedicated to anime, manga, games and Japanese pop culture! According to Shafie Rai, the organizer(?) of this event said on Facebook "details about everything will be posted slowly starting today." He also stated that the official website is still under construction.

More info to come soon! Stay tune~
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Happy Birthday Shoko-tan!!

It`s her birthday today!!! ^w^ Happy 26th Birthday to Shoko-tan!! XD



One of my favorite song from her.. Enjoy!^^,


Picture hijacked from her blog!
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The Meanings of Kamen Rider Names

An interesting post about the meaning of Kamen Rider names!! XD

On one thread on Henshin Justice Unlimited called, "Do the names of shows have meaning? (Gokaiger, etc)" created by PsychoGokaiker and Kamen Rider guru, Igadevil posted the meanings of Kamen Rider names from the original till Kamen Rider Kiva!

Kamen Rider = Masked Rider, self explanatory.

Kamen Rider V3 = Depending on who you ask, it stands for "Version 3" (because he's the third Rider) or "Victory 3" (the third and final triumph over Shocker, since Gelshocker and Destron are direct descendants.) Or both.

Kamen Rider X = You ready for this? It's complicated: The idea was that since he was the 5th Rider, they'd use the Roman Numeral for 5. Coming so soon after V3 though, they couldn't just call him Kamen Rider V. An early title for the series was in fact Kamen Rider W! Read as Kamen Rider Double-V though. Eventually they messed around with it enough and someone realized that if you put one V on top of an upside-down V, it looks like an X. And there you go (the opening theme lyrics even make mention of the "V & V" thing.)

Amazon = He's from the Amazon. Hey, what other Rider is?

Stronger = Not sure of the history of this one, other than that an early name was "Kamen Rider Spark" so it was going to start with an "S" for a while. Stronger also just is catchier than "Strong".

New Kamen Rider = The show's just called "Kamen Rider" onscreen. Toei started denoting it with the "New" to differentiate it after the fact. "Skyrider" comes from the fact that he flies.

Super-1 = was the original codename for Oki's new cybernetic self. Outside of the show, earlier titles were Kamen Rider V9 and Technorider (!) They settled on Super-1 because he was intended to be the "New Kamen Rider 1 of the next generation", aka the 80's.

ZX = Beats me, fans made it up. Considering the "X" is read as "Cross" I think it has a lot to do with the cross-like designs on his weapons. It can also mean Silver Cross, ZX's Badan name. First became a radio show before it have a TV special.

BLACK = Gorgom called him Black Sun, he rejected the name and became Kamen Rider BLACK! (Ishinomori's manga uses lower-case, but the TV character is generally addressed in either caps or katakana.) As for how they picked the name in real life, I think it's pretty self-explanatory.

Kamen Rider Black is supposed to be called Kamen Rider 0 which is supposed to be a new origin story to Kamen Rider, hence the number "0" or "zero." Not sure how it ended to BLACK.

BLACK RX = I actually don't remember the real story is behind the RX. The logo on his chest is a heavily stylized RX though (BLACK's was supposed to be a heavily-stylized Gorgom snake-eating-an-orb.)

Shin = Because he's the true Kamen Rider and everything before and after him did/does it wrong!

ZO = It was long thought that "ZO" just looks like "20" since this was the 20th Anniversary commemorative movie... except then people remembered that ZO came out in 1993. The real meaning behind the name, according to Ishinomori, is that since this was sort of a back-to-basics scaled-down retelling of the original story (again) it's Z = Ultimate O= Starting point (it's supposed to double as a zero.)

J = Multiple stories exist for this one too. The obvious meaning is "Jumbo" but apparently Ishinomori also said it was for "Judge". Then some book went on to add "Jupiter" since he's the biggest Rider ever and all that, and some fans in the 90's thought it stood for "Justice".

Kuuga = 'Kuuga' is of course derived from "Kuwagata" or Stag Beetle, but the bigger reason behind it is Toei wanted something you could also write in Kanji, since of course it would end up being an episode title. The fact that it also means "Empty Self" (or an approximate) is one of television's miracles. Consider, earlier names were Kamen Rider Guardian, Kamen Rider Ouja (!) and Kamen Rider Otis (which I always assumed was meant to be a corruption of "Odyssey".)

Agito = Agito means "I move", which was supposed to represent how Agito kept evolving. The A in Agito is Alpha and the o is Omega. Agito is also an obsolete word for chin.

Gills = The very same kanji for agito/chin could also be for the word gills. Gills was more or less an incomplete Agito.

Ryuki = 龍騎 as it's written in Japanese. 龍 (ryu) means dragon, 騎 means roughly to mount. The guy does ride a dragon bike.

Hibiki = 響(Hibiki)- echo/sound 鬼(ki)- demon/ogre. Sound is a key element and the guy is supposed to be an ogre.

Kabuto = Kabuto is based on the kabuto beetle, but his early name was 甲斗, which is pronounced Kabuto as well. 甲(Kabuto)-Helmet 斗(to)- it's a type of measurement. His final name in Japanase was カブト, so it was slightly different.

Sasword = From the word sasori, which means scorpion, and the word sword.

Gatack = From kuwagata, the type of beetle he was based on, and attack.

Den-O = Train King. He's based on trains.

Zeronos = From the word zero and Chronos, which was supposed to show that everyone would eventually forget about him. Chronos was some sort of time god or something.

Kiva = King of Vampires, pun on the word kiba which means fang.

IXA = Read the same as the word 戦 (war, fight).

G = Because he is the true OG

Kudos to PsychoGokaiger for creating this interesting thread! Asides from Kamen Rider show name meanings, you will learn Super Sentai show meanings and probably one of the weirdest you will learn in this thread is the meaning behind 'Maji Maji Magiro' which means, 'Are we really serious?'

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Brunei Cyber Game & Cosplay Gathering

Received an inbox on Facebook this morning from the admin of Brunei Cosplayers! Good news for cospayers and gamers out there because Ranoadidas is inviting everyone to come to the upcoming Consumer Fair which will be held on the 25th til 29th May!

Brunei Cyber Game tournament will be held there, and games such as Counter Strike, Call of Duty 2, FIFA 2011, Super Street Fighter 4, Marvel vs Capcom 3 & Tekken 6 are on the list!

Cosplayers are also inveited to spice up the event!^^,

More info will be posted soon. Stay tune!

Updated: BCG Tournament and Cosplayers will be making their appearance on the 29th.
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