Comic Book Movies
Inception, The Comic
Leonardo Dicaprio in Inception, now playing in a prequel comic near you! I get it all the time. “Do you have the comic that ______ was based on?” My usual response is, “No, I’m sorry. […]
Movies and TV
Anime
The History of the Gunpla part 1: The 80s
By Loran While I take a small break from GM Cannon articles to get some painting done, I figured I should go over another important topic-the many lines kits come from. Gunpla has evolved considerably […]
Awards
Congratulations to Dean Haspiel
The Daily Planet would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Dean Haspiel, cartoonist extraordinaire and overall swell fella, on his Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Main Title Design for his work […]
Anime
Build Log: Part 3
By Loran After many hours spent watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes on my laptop with my hobby knife in one hand and putty in the other, this kitbash is starting to come to a […]
Anime
Build Log: Part 2
By Loran Well now, this project has been proving to be a bit more complex than I figured. Well, actually, just as complex as I figured. After finishing up the head and waist parts, I […]
Comic Book Movies
TRON Legacy Check-In, July 8th
It’s been a bit since The Daily Planet presented any news bytes on its most anticipated movie of 2010, so let’s check in and see what’s shaking! Empire Magazine’s new issue features, among other geeky […]
Anime
The History of Gundam and America: Part 1
Happy belated 4th of July everyone! I assure you while you were off celebrating your independence this weekend; I was off suffering through “The Last Airbender”, which was truly terrible. […]
Anime
Review: The HGUC GM
By Loran Every good science fiction or mecha series needs a good-guy cannonfodder of some sort, and of course, Gundam was no exception-heck, it pretty much gave it to the genre. The GM is pretty […]
Anime
Build log: GM Canon part 1
By Loran This time around, in lieu of a kit review, I’m going to do something different-a build log! More specifically, a kitbash one. For… well, as many weeks as this takes me, I’m going […]
Anime
G-Gundam: The World Cup of Gundam
by Christopher Troy Soccer mania has swept the planet as the World Cup, which started several weeks ago , and in a surprising turn of events, America actually cared this time around. This probably had […]
Anime
Gundam Double OH YEAH: The Meisters: Conclusion
By Christopher Troy Better later than never right? After a few weeks of delays, I’m ready to complete my look at the OO Meister’s line for the time being with the 4th and final meister- […]
Anime
HGUC Guntank Review
By Loran oor Guntank. This guy has to be one of the most neglected designs in Gundam’s fiction. While it had a pretty prominent role in the original TV series, it was replaced by a […]
Anime
Weapons of the One Year War part 2-Zeon
By Loran Now that the Federation weapons have all been covered, it’s time to dive into the Zeon weapons. Early on, the Zeon weapons were very abstract-looking, but as time went on, they gained the […]
Comic Book Movies
Marvel’s Inaugural Flick Under Disney Banner: Dr. Strange?!
As reported by Deadline, Marvel Studios has commissioned Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, writing team behind 2011’s CONAN, to write a Dr. Strange film. Marvel Studios has hired Conan scribes Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer […]
Anime
Weapons of the One Year War part 1-Earth
By Loran Welcome to part one of two of a special on what I think is one of the most important parts of any mobile suit: the weapons. Some suits are known for their distinctive […]
Anime
Review: 1/100th Scale HGGW Epyon
By Loran For today’s article I’m gonna do something special. Originally I was going to do a two-parter but I haven’t had much drive or energy to put the other kit together. Anyway, a few […]
Anime
Top 5: Favorite Gunpla Kits (part 2)
By Christopher Troy By now, most of you have died due to suffering from anxiety attacks related to what 3 Gunplas I would pick to round out the top 3. To those who have survived, […]
Anime
HGUC Guncannon Review
By Loran When they HGUC line got started in the summer of 1999, it began with stuff people didn’t really expect. The 08th MS Team line gave fans a chance to get designs from the […]
Anime
Darker Than Angels
By Mat K. Okay, so there are a lot of nifty things coming in this week, and right now we have to go over the first and fore most: Darker Than Black Omnibus Edition written […]
Anime
Top 5: Favorite Gunpla Kits (part 1)
by Christopher Troy Heya readers! Been slow to update as of late, with the upcoming summer anime convention starting up! Loran’s been nice enough to cover for me as I prep for my events for […]