{"id":64,"date":"2003-11-22T01:57:12","date_gmt":"2003-11-22T01:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2022-08-20T18:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T02:46:40","slug":"inner_otaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/inner_otaku\/","title":{"rendered":"Otaku outed at Bandai Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marks 7 days until I gotta go back to SF so I decided to do something absolutely silly.<\/p>\n

I went to the Bandai Museum in Matsudo where I saw stuff like this:<\/p>\n

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Right next to Matsudo Station on the JR Joban Line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Entrance on the other side of Matsudo eki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Quick, identify every character here!\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the Bandai Museum and there are features on every show and franchise Bandai holds.<\/p>\n

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Kamen Rider, the first from 1971 and the start of the franchise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The original Gorangers, the first of the Super Sentai series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Gundam part of the museum is upstairs.<\/p>\n

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IMG 0048<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here you are immersed in the world of Universal Century (UC) Gundam.<\/p>\n

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A 1\/30000 scale model of a O’Neill cylinder that the Earth Federation built for space colonization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of several infographics that explains the physical attributes of a Zaku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Only nine?\u00a0 A Zaku looks heavier than that.\u00a0 Especially with its onboard nuclear reactor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A life size Zaku head with illuminated mono-eye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zakus usually fall to this guy<\/p>\n

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A life size RX-78 Gundam head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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IMG 0063<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These cosplayers are here for an event. Nice!<\/p>\n

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IMG 0071<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And of course, you’ve got the Gift Shop at the end where there are silly things to see and buy<\/p>\n

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Haro, pink Haro and a Zaku head…all plushy!\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Come again!\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Do as the sign says, otherwise….”swatch!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks 7 days until I gotta go back to SF so I decided to do something absolutely silly. I went to the Bandai Museum in Matsudo where I saw stuff like this: This is the Bandai Museum and there are features on every show and franchise Bandai holds. The Gundam part of the museum … <\/p>\n

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