2007 was a great year for the Transformers franchise, thanks to the first live-action movie that brought the brand to the mainstream audience. 2007 was also a great year for Apple thanks to the mas…
Nov 11, 2021 • Subscribe
More like this
One Shots / “One and Seventy”
Being the genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist that he is, Tony Stark has come a long way from the clunky Model 1 and has built up quite the…
One Shots / “Unexpected Assistance”
In an alternate reality where neither Great Mazinger nor Tetsuya Tsurugi exists, an unknown yet familiar robot comes to aid the badly damaged Mazinger Z. The unidentified robot,…
One Shots / “Nostalgia Gundams”
Back in the late 90s, I often found myself rushing to get home from school to catch the latest Gundam episodes from a local TV station. Starting with…
One Shots / “The Earth Guardian”
This weekend marks the start of a new Ultraman series, Ultraman Arc. It’s a constant reminder of how time flies really fast as around this time one year…
One Shots / “Pockets and Waltz”
The Holidays are once again upon us, and Gundam enthusiasts have a particular way of celebrating it. Some do a tradition of watching marathons of either Gundam 0080:…
One Shots / “Double Axe Salute”
It’s already 2022, but I’d like to insert this last One Shot for 2021. Earlier in December, fan-favorite creative Derrick J. Wyatt passed away. He was involved in…
One Shots / “Triple Getter Attack!”
Summer 2021 saw the release of Getter Robo Arc, the anime adaptation of what Ken Ishikawa intended as the final entry in the Getter Robo franchise, if not…
Armageddon, Getter Robo, Getter Robo Arc, Getter Robo G, New Getter Robo
One Shots / “Subversion of Expectations”
Mobile Suit Gundam made its premiere in April of 1979, making 2024 the 45th anniversary of the franchise. Subsequent Gundam series followed suit, having premieres in April before…
One Shots / “Gadgets in Disguise”
Time and time again, Optimus Prime has become a beacon of hope and saved countless lives across the multiverse. In the process, he has already taken countless forms…
One Shots / “Fists of Fury”
As seen during the Gundam 45th Anniversary special, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Mobile Fighter G Gundam. To those unfamiliar, G Gundam is the first non-Universal Century…
One Shots / “40-Year Legacy”
Every year is an anniversary, and 2024 is a special one for Transformers fans as it’s the 40th of the franchise. Besides the usual deluge of commemorative figures…
One Shots / “Sunset and Silver”
On March 21, 1974, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla was released in Japanese theaters. This marks the first appearance of the mechanized kaiju in the franchise and for fifty years,…
One Shots / “A Simpler Explanation”
Outside of ancillary literature, none of the sequel trilogy movies provided an explanation why C-3PO had a red arm coming into Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’m inclined…
One Shots / “Phantoms and Witches”
Happy Halloween! The Gundam franchise only had phantoms previously with the Phantom Gundam. But ever since Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury came out, we now have…
One Shots / “Same Idea, Different Interpretation”
In no less than 10 years since the First Bloody Valentine War, mobile suit and mobile weapons technology in the Cosmic Era has progressed continuously, and aggressively. The…
One Shots / “Some Samus Aran Business”
I wasn’t really planning on taking a One Shots photo of this figure. It just so happened that I was doing some maintenance following the arrival of my…
One Shots / “Creative. Classic. Comic… Gimmick?”
In 2021, the stars might have aligned for the folks within Tamashii Nations and Sen-Ti-Nel as they came up with practically the same gimmick for their next set…
One Shots / “Tools of the Messiah”
Love him or hate him, Kira Yamato is undeniably one of the most bankable characters in the Gundam franchise. And for the first time in twenty years, he…
One Shots / “Passing the Beam Rifle”
Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury is the latest ‘mainline’ Gundam series to follow Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS along with a seven-year gap. It provides a…
One Shots / “Straight Out of… Box”
“Straight out of camera” is what I wanted to say, but this photo was created though focus stacking in post, a technique I should’ve tried sooner. Anyway, I…
One Shots / “The Fallen, Office Invader”
It’s your typical workday week, and the rush hour traffic outside turned out to be typically egregious. After pondering, you decided to wait for the hustle and bustle…
One Shots / “Samus Aran, Bounty Hunter”
As of this post, Nintendo has revealed the next installment in the Metroid franchise, Metroid Dread. Thus, it’s only fitting we get ourselves acquainted, once again, with the…
One Shots / “Let’s Talk About Tendencies”
Having seen what Aerial is capable of doing, RX-78-2 quickly decided that an immediate therapy session is definitely needed as they wouldn’t know what to expect if Aerial…
One Shots / “Tribute to Toriyama-sensei”
At the time of posting, it was recently announced that Akira Toriyama, known to most as the creator of Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball has passed away. I…
Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, Gundam Build Fighters, Gundam Build Fighters Try, Iron Man
One Shots / “Aesthetics: Artistic and Stylistic”
We are very much in the ‘SEED’ zeitgeist with the release of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM, so I will take this opportunity to express one particular nitpick.…
Arina Tanemura One-Shots (with Loyola Rankin)
Covers: I.O.N., Short-Tempered Melancholic and Other Stories, and Mistress Fortune, all by Arina Tanemura Put on your frilliest dress and lace up as Loyola and Ashley discuss a bunch…
One Shots / “That’s Just Prime, Part 2”
Two years ago, I made this One Shots entry called “That’s Just Prime” to quickly account for the numerous Voyager class Optimus Prime figures being released at that…
One Shots / “Completely Same Yet Completely Different”
In 1999, Sunrise launched the Gundam Big Bang Project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise. It involved several productions, but the two most notable were Turn…
One Shots / “Extreme Versus: Maxi-Boost I”
Outside of great animated series, movies, and Gunpla, another great thing to come out of the Gundam franchise are the Mobile Suit Gundam EXTREME VS. arcade games. And…
One Shots / “By the Numbers, and Letters”
Do not be caught off-guard by their short hair and unassuming demeanors. Remember, they are androids. They may be the prettiest of warriors, but they are all about…
One Shots / “That’s Just Prime: Shades of White”
When “The Transformers” came out in 1984, it was a simple good-versus-evil story with character motivations clear as black and white. Nowadays, white isn’t the best representation…
One Shots / “Adventures in the Multiverse: Optimus Primal”
While cruising as a Cybertronnian cargo ship, Optimus Primal spots a bright green light approaching him. He tries to evade but the mysterious light seems to be catching…
One Shots / “That’s Just Michael Bay’s Prime, Part 1”
As far as the Transformers franchise goes, the name Michael Bay stirs quite the discourse among casual fans and enthusiasts. You may love him or hate him, but…
One Shots / “That’s Just Michael bay’s Prime, Part 2”
It’s not clear whether this was intentional on the part of writers and producers behind Michael Bay’s Transformers movies, but the fandom generally agrees that over the span…
One Shots / “Adventures in the Multiverse: G40 ✕ RX-78-2”
While doing routine patrols in the Gundam, Amuro starts to notice weird cracks and patterns appearing in the sky. A flash of blinding light follows and then a…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 30: Some Shorts and One-Shots
Have you ever had a memory that you weren’t exactly sure was real? Recently, when I was coming up with the list of episodes and series to cover…
Six New Indie One-Shots by Chiharu Shinagawa and Yuzuki Momoi
It’s new license announcement time! We’re adding six one-shot manga stories published by SOZO Comics and created by indie authors Chiharu Shinagawa and Yuzuki Momoi. Look out for…
The Parasite Doctor Suzune, bonus shots
Nude shots. When I made my review of the Suzune figure, this site was hosted on WordPress.com which doesn’t ban adult materials but does not encourage such contents.…
Episode 91 - SSAG 10 - Shots Fired
Our first proper episode for the 90s. The SSAG returns...for the last time? What does this mean for our video game spin-off series? Are we t...
Episode 14 – Wite-Out Energy Shots
Live on tape. We talk about the latest episodes before the Gintama x Sket Dance crossover. Plenty of jokes were had. We then read some feedback and take…
Akebi’s Sailor Uniform – 04 – Shots, Socks, and Sweets
Every day Akebi runs to school and waves good morning to the bus. Tanigawa is on that bus, and gets Akebi to agree to be her model for…
Studio Apartment, Angel Included #01 — Respectful Upskirt Shots
Right. Very cute and innocent. Impressions: And so our new season begins, with this horrid thing. Oh, yeah, it's so innocent and cute. That's why he's constantly…
Cheap Junkyard Shots – Tokyo Revengers Ep 18 Review
Kazutora and Valhalla are already playing dirty against Toman? This is a review and discussion for Episode eighteen of the Tokyo卍Revengers anime.
All About Pans (Also Slides, Multiplanes, Tracking Pans, Following Shots)
Let's learn about pans! Layout Template : https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Ggh0ZSBZWDDgb9tFWhua2XeXWE3wpJ-/view?usp=sharing Layout Template for Clip Studio Paint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZaTfJf3dC1r_GLoxsH_WBt5sBgc7aZlD/view?usp=share_link Timesheet Template: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iMmCox3gL2-2OWXRoBFj2Gu6rg15w2yl/view 0:00 Intro 2:18 Pan 4:18 Fairing 5:18 Memori Pan 6:28 Slides 7:40 Micchaku/Multiplane Pan 9:52 Tsuke/Tracking Pan 11:10 Follow Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lastanimator Check out my…
Re:Zero: Camera Shots and Angles in the Foot Fetish Scene — lystlesse
“I’m the foot fuckin’ master.” – Jules, Pulp Fiction. The third arc of Re:Zero -Starting Life in another World- begins with a tedious grind of forced misunderstandings and…
"One two, one two: mic check, one two!"
I was always fond of diaries, but I never found pen and paper to be all that intuitive because I was always prone to stopping midway through sentences…
One-Punch Man (Season One)
Following a chance encounter with a supervillain, Saitama discovered his true calling. he spent three years training his body to become a superhero, but now no one can…
ninteen anime eighty-one part one
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, manga, 1960-1990, Tezuka, Miyazaki, Ishinomori, Matsumoto, Yamato, Gatchaman, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock
Review: One Punch Man Collection One
By now you’re probably well versed with protagonist Saitama’s backstory. Only a few years before, he was unemployed with ambitious of being a businessman. Inspired to make good…