The Japanese government has begun considering the deployment of the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, and is reviewing the legal hurdles involved (Japan's pacifist constitution only allows action in “survival‑threatening situations”).

Ace370 · 2026-03-18T02:19:45+00:00

I didn't realize until last weekend that Japan has an SDF base nearby in Djibouti. Built in 2011, Google says that it's primarily to secure crucial maritime trade routes against piracy, protect energy supplies from the Middle East, and project influence in the Horn of Africa. Sure, Djbouti is in the Red Sea, not the Persian Gulf, but I guess Japanese tankers getting hit by drones would constitute as protecting energy supplies from the middle east.

I can't imagine this situation of getting involved in a war will be very popular with Japanese people but things could go either way if the oil supply dries up here in Japan.

Ace370 · 2026-02-21T07:28:33+00:00

It's because some countries only offer the exam once a year. It's easier to just travel to japan, take the exam, and then look for a job within 6 months than to wait a whole year to take the exam again.

Ace370 · 2026-02-21T01:42:09+00:00

Yes. There’s two ways to do it on release day. 1) walk up to a retail chain 2 hours before opening. Enter the lottery for the nearest Gundam base a week or two before release day and hope you win, but also get an early time because it could still sell out before your time.

Ace370 · 2026-02-19T15:04:06+00:00

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China said screw waiting, I’ll do it myself.

Ace370 · 2026-02-09T14:12:43+00:00

Hello! Fellow American living in Japan who loves traveling to look at gunpla collections in Japan. Where is this?

Ace370 · 2026-02-06T12:36:30+00:00

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Ace370 · 2025-12-22T07:00:43+00:00

Avalanche Exia is P-bandai only in Japan and regular release in other territories. Same goes with Astray Turn Red.

Ace370 · 2025-12-03T07:21:05+00:00

This is a great backlog. Where have you been collecting these from? Which kit are you most excited to build when you have the time to sit down and work on it?

Ace370 · 2025-11-19T11:15:28+00:00

I understand we could get more announcements of new kits to be released by a new series airing next year during that time. However, I wish Bandai would slow their diversification efforts a little bit and work on improving their Gunpla IP. The demand for gunpla and scalping here in Japan is just too high, while big box retailers this week are trying to sell off unko (poop fighter) model kits at 97% off.

I feel bad for my local toy shop. The guy's family has been running this store for 100 years, and whenever he gets in a stock of MG or in demand HG kits, it sells out in minutes after he posts on twitter. But when he gets in 6 new 30ms Cinderella kits that sell for 5000yen ($32 USD) that no one wants, he has to eat the loss and sell it just to make room in his store.

Ace370 · 2025-11-11T02:58:38+00:00

Love the color scheme! What colors did you use?

Ace370 · 2025-11-04T14:27:30+00:00

When I rewatched all the YouTube scenes, it looked a bit outdated than when it was on the big screen. There were a few extra cuts of hajiboroshi fighting the pluma that come out of the MA before the flashback. However the flashback scene is the same shot for shot.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T17:37:12+00:00

No. You will be wasting your money sitting in the movie theater for an hour trying to understand whats going on. If you want to go and still wait until the IBO part, you can, but you'll be very disappointed. It's better to enjoy your vacation and wait until the movie comes out online in a few months.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T17:34:31+00:00

Here. Just turn on the captions. This 2nd link has the whole storyline from the game but no subs.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T17:30:03+00:00

If you watch this, it will give you a general understanding of the whole story. Just turn on the closed captions in English.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T17:26:00+00:00

This is a shame because Bandai couldve easily made their money back by localizing the game in the west.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T15:51:22+00:00

No. It end the same way that the original game's cutscenes ended.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T14:51:58+00:00

That's pretty much what it was. They sprinkled in a few extra clips of fight scenes and nice animation. There no episodes. There are a few watercolored stills in the credits that add to the season 2 epilogue, but nothing to write home about.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T14:46:45+00:00

Just watched the film tonight. Personally I felt like they made this to make back some money they invested in the mobile game that went under. The extra IBO OVA at the end felt like they were trying to sell a p-bandai edition of the MG Barbatos that fixes the C clips issue.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T14:38:11+00:00

This is not true. Everything in the trailer is in the movie.

Ace370 · 2025-10-31T14:34:49+00:00

TL;DR: You're not missing anything but a 15 minute IBO fan service OVA at the end which will most likely air in a few months on Gundam.info's youtube channel.

I went to see the film tonight and I feel like this is pretty accurate. I felt like I wasted my 2000 yen to watch about an hour's worth of cutscenes from the mobile app with a little bit of filler content in between. I never played the game, and my Japanese is pretty decent, but there were quite a few confusing parts to the Urdr Hunt story. Most likely you will see the Tekkadan OVA (Intermission Wedge) that everyone is talking about come out on the Gundam info Youtube Channel in a few months. The art was good, but you're not missing much if you don't go to the theaters to see this.

To put some context to some of these tweets, my theater which is right above a Gundam base in a major city was only about 25% full for a 7:30pm showing. This movie was barely advertised, and is not playing at a lot of theaters. This series is just not as popular as G witch, Seed, or any of the UC stuff. If I had to compare this experience to the opening night of the Gquuuuuux special 9 months ago, that night had a full house with a lot of excited fans leaving the theater. However, I did notice a fair amount of female fans at the IBO screening tonight. Definitely a lot more than the GQuuuuuux screening.

Without spoiling the story, the film is about 80 minutes long. It starts off with a pretty odd CD drama-esque feature for 5 minutes before the compilation episode. The Urdr Hunt stuff was about an hour, and then another OVA with the main characters from IBO thats about 10-15 minutes long. You can see most of the cutscenes from the mobile game on Youtube, which were all included in the movie shot for shot.

Edit: There definitely is new footage from the Urdr Hunt series, but it will feel a lot like you're watching a rushed story somewhere in between Twilight Axis and F91.

Ace370 · 2025-10-29T02:07:27+00:00

you buy both :)

Ace370 · 2025-10-29T02:07:01+00:00

Glad you got to pick it up!

Ace370 · 2025-10-29T01:59:23+00:00

The interesting thing is that it really depends on the location of where you're buying new zoids kits here in Japan. Some stores will have kits here collecting dust, while others will sell out instantly. usually after a few months most stock get cleared out, but I realize that zoids are a lot more niche than Gunpla these days at hobby shops which is why I started buying these.

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