Veteran Actor Toshiaki Nishizawa Passes Away

 

 Veteran tokusatsu actor Toshiaki Nishizawa has passed away at age 77. Nishizawa is perhaps best known by toku fans for his lengthy role as Commander Qom in the first Metal Hero Series Uchuu Keiji Gavan and his continuation of that role in Uchuu Keiji Sharivan and Uchuu Keiji Shaider. True to his character Nishizawa even returned to play Commander Qom in the recent Uchuu Keiji Gavan The Movie.

Hot Wheels Star Trek Die-Cast Ships

 

Hot Wheels designers pay tribute to the Star Trek franchise with this assortment of 1:50-scale models based on the movies and television shows.

Anime That You Should See Before You Die

 

In the latest MyNavi free-for-all poll (as opposed to one of their semi-scientific ones), over seven thousand fans responded to a query asking what is THE anime you should see before you die. Predictable answers were mixed with a few real head scratchers that bombed in sales and ratings. 

The results included:

1. Clannad
2. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
3. Madoka Magica
4. Gintama 
5. K-on!
6. Angel Beats!
7. Bakemonogatari
8. Natsume Yuujinchou
9. (tie) Neon Genesis Evangelion
9. (tie) Toradora!
11. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
12. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
13. Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
14. Fate/zero
15. Steins;gate
16. A Certain Scientific Railgun
17. Detective Conan
18. Higurashi When They Cry
19. (tie) Ginga e Kickoff!! (a recent soccer anime)
19. (tie) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
21. Hanasaku Iroha
22. Eureka 7
23. Squid Girl
24. Gurren Lagann
25. (tie) Atchi Kotchi (a recent 4 panel gag manga adaptation)
25. (tie) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
27. Nadia Secret of Blue Water
28. Zoids Genesis
29. (tie) Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (first season)
29. (tie) Guilty Crown
31.  (tie) Jewel Pet Twinkle
31. (tie) Kannagi
33. Ben-to
34. Blood-C
35. Bleach
36. Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere
37. Kill Me Baby
38. (tie) Kanon (the newer one)
38. (tie) Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Rumble Hearts)
40. (tie) Darker Than Black
40. (tie) Galaxy Express 999 (the movie)
42. (tie) Baby and Me
42. (tie) Akazukin Chacha
44. From Up on Poppy Hill
45. The Familiar of Zero 
46. Umineko: When They Cry
47. Ōkami Kakushi (a Ryukishi07 game adaptation)
48. (tie) Fractale
48. (tie) Betrayal Knows My Name
50. Togainu no Chi