Now for something a bit different. I FINALLY found Vol 5 of ROBOT from Udon Press. If you don't know what ROBOT is then you should check out this page for the latest news: http://www.udonentertainment.com/robot/ You can pickup ROBOT at just about any major bookstore. I would suggest joining Borders Membership thingy and getting your hands on a 30% off coupon to save yourself some good money if you want to pick it up.
Anyways one of the main reasons why I started getting the English version of Robot, oh so long ago, was because I was interested in Range Murata's art work and thought hey why not check it out. Well ever since that first volume about three years ago I found that I really liked MOST of what I found in the book and have been picking it up ever since. I loved the large city expanses done by Imperial Boy. I almost ended up with only three volumes however and I was very sad to find out that the original distributor for the book dropped it like a hot potato after only three volumes. Thankfully Udon Press came along and picked it up so that I can still enjoy ROBOT.
Anyways one of the main reasons why I started getting the English version of Robot, oh so long ago, was because I was interested in Range Murata's art work and thought hey why not check it out. Well ever since that first volume about three years ago I found that I really liked MOST of what I found in the book and have been picking it up ever since. I loved the large city expanses done by Imperial Boy. I almost ended up with only three volumes however and I was very sad to find out that the original distributor for the book dropped it like a hot potato after only three volumes. Thankfully Udon Press came along and picked it up so that I can still enjoy ROBOT.
It's just fraken annoying right now that it takes FOREVER for new additions to come out. This was supposed to be a quarterly release per year but has turned into a bi-annual release instead. Hopefully they work out the kinks and start releasing it in a more timely manner. I also found out that starting this month there will be another full color manga anthology released along side ROBOT called APPLE and focuses more on Korean artists which is good because it will have great art work from another artist I like Hyung-Tae Kim. I haven't been able to find that just yet though but I'm looking.
Some more images"
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/44902111@N00/2654373666/
Another interesting book that I picked up recently was the Super GT Race Queen Guide of 2008. I ended up ordering this straight out of Japan after finding it while I was looking for a Super GT Umbrella to use while out filming the autocross events. I figured hey why the heck not it wasn't that expensive to begin with (shipping was almost more than the book) and well who can pass up a bunch of hot Race Queens in skimpy cloths parading about. Plus it was helping me look for that super cool Super GT race team umbrella. It took about three weeks total to get the book in my grubby lil' hands though but once I did it was well worth it. Now if I could just find one that was for the cars as well. That would be great, it's hard for me to identify some of the cars that are racing around this year.
Some more images"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44902111@N00/2653548345/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44902111@N00/2654373666/
Another interesting book that I picked up recently was the Super GT Race Queen Guide of 2008. I ended up ordering this straight out of Japan after finding it while I was looking for a Super GT Umbrella to use while out filming the autocross events. I figured hey why the heck not it wasn't that expensive to begin with (shipping was almost more than the book) and well who can pass up a bunch of hot Race Queens in skimpy cloths parading about. Plus it was helping me look for that super cool Super GT race team umbrella. It took about three weeks total to get the book in my grubby lil' hands though but once I did it was well worth it. Now if I could just find one that was for the cars as well. That would be great, it's hard for me to identify some of the cars that are racing around this year.While this is written entirely in Japanese you really don't need much to translate just how cute these ladies are so check out some more images:
So that's the latest interesting reading material that I've picked up lately I have my eyes open for that First Vol of APPLE along with the Full Colored Witchblade Manga that was just released last month as well. so until next time
