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After what feels like an eternity, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 international release is nearly upon us. As serious Evangelion fans my partner and I were planning to see this film in Japan until a certain something happened. In the early days and months of the pandemic I was hoping that the film would be delayed until things had significantly improved in the global situation but obviously that was - and is still going to be - a very long time, so it’s understandable that it would be released sooner and it’s a good development for the anime industry to embrace digital theatrical releasing, although I’ll have to temporarily abandon my avoidance of greasing the palms of the Amazon machine (although using and losing the free Prime trial is the plan).

We’re rewatching the Rebuild films (just 3.33 to go now) and it’s interesting to see how many things don’t happen that do happen in NGE, which my brain kinda fills in subconsciously but actually for anyone new to Evangelion would seem kinda rushed or strange. I still think 2.22 is better than 1.11 and I still think NGE (excluding D+R and EoE) is the best, and I doubt 3.0+1.0 will change any of that. I’ve also seen plenty of spoilers but even so, the endlessly captivating thing about Evangelion is that you can rewatch it and always find something new, or have a different opinion on something you though you understood. With that in mind, I think the final Rebuild film will still be interesting to understand how Anno wanted to (eventually) wrap this interpretation of Evangelion up, even though it’s likely very different to what he first had in mind when approaching this film, let alone 3.33.

And to see it off in style, of course we’re going to put some of our Eva merchandise to good use! And yes, to confirm, you could probably live off Eva merchandise alone…

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I hadn’t seen news of this before but Konami have realised a new Busou Shinki arcade game “Battle Conductor”. There’s a couple of neat features - there’s a ‘charging base’ for physical Busou Shinkis (just like the original ones Konami released and which I modded) but the really cool feature is the hologram display so you can see your virtual Busou Shinkis even more realistically. I’d love to be able to see this in person and give more info, but at the moment it’ll have to wait on the wishlist.

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Sources: https://www.otaquest.com/busou-shinki-battle-conductor-released/ and https://twitter.com/souhan0083/status/1342008018653724673?s=19


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They’re bad on so many fronts, but Pop Tarts are so nostalgic for me and I couldn’t resist a little ‘pick me up’ treat. Since you can usually only get a couple of flavours in supermarkets in the UK, I bought a few small packs online from American Fizz. They came well packed and I’ve already enjoyed a couple of them!

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Despite the restrictions that many of us are facing at this time, Pomock’s managed to briefly enjoy the spring blossom in my garden before being brought back safely indoors!

I hope you are all staying safe, taking care of yourself and others, and finding ways to stay entertained. Rekindle an old hobby or start a new one - why not try figure photography if you’re an otaku!

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Desktop Army updates from MegaHobby Expo 2019

「ケイカンオウ」 (Keikanou) mecha-chicken prototype arrives, not eggs-actly what you’d expect in the Desktop Army world…

Although the illustration has a Sylphy pilot, it looks like there may be a B-121s pilot in the prototype (more about the new series below).

There’s another painted teaser of the F-606s Frea series, this time in the red variant. Another detail I’ve noticed from the Nabbit sister figures is a neck tie instead of a bow tie.

There’s also a new Frea colour variant, not appearing in the Nabbit sisters line-up, and mecha labelled as the F-666d series.

There are more of the B-121s Sylphy II series, with a colour variation along similar lines to the Y-021d Millenia series.

Megahouse showed off illustrations of the fan-designed Arisa series.

Finally, not in the core Desktop Army series but deserving of a mention due to all those mechanical parts is a crossover with the Alice Gear Aegis character Kaneshiya Shitara.

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My 3D printer was making noise through the floorboards, which wasn’t loud but was still annoying. I’d seen people use tennis balls for reducing the transfer of vibrations between surfaces, so I came up with an idea of placing my 3D printer on a shelf and using lasercut pieces to hold tennis balls in place for the shelf to balance on.

Attempt one was a failure, as I’d measured the diameter of the tennis balls but forgot and used the measurement as the radius instead! Those are now being used as miniature tables…

The photos show the second and successful attempt. There’s no glue - the pieces hold together with a compression fit. And would you believe it - these actually work! There’s a lot less vibration coming through and thus the vibration noise is much quieter than it was before. There’s still a bit of noise from the motors and fans but it’s much better than it was before.

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One of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s ukiyo-e works is called ‘Cats suggested as the fifty three stations of the Tokaido’ and, as it’s name unsubtly suggests, depicts each station of Japan’s historical Tokaido route as cats.

My wife has a cushion of the cat representing Shinagawa, shown at the top of the picture in this post, which she bought at a shop in Ueno Station in Tokyo. We’ve been trying to work out how the cat and its name are connected with Shinagawa, as some of the other cats in Kuniyoshi’s work are puns or plays of the names of the stations.

I’d be really grateful to anyone able to help solve this little mystery, so that we can know our cat better!

Picture source: https://www.wikiart.org/en/utagawa-kuniyoshi/cats-suggested-as-the-fifty-three-stations-of-the-tokaido

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