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Ponyo (Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, literally “Ponyo on the Cliff”), initially titled in English as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena…
Tintin and the Picaros (French: Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, in Belgium it was…
Cigars of the Pharaoh (French: Les Cigares du Pharaon) is the fourth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children’s supplement Le Petit…
The finished model: In the manga: The Area 88 manga is home to a wide variety of aircraft. Besides the well-known “signature” planes, our heroes are often forced into flying temporary loaners. One of these is the F-5A Freedom Fighter…
The finished model: In the manga: Shin’s F-5E Tiger II really shouldn’t need much of an introduction. It appears in the manga a few chapters in, after Shin’s F-8E Crusader gets shot down, and becomes the first of several planes to…
The finished model: In the manga: As I said before, the F-8E Crusader is one of the most iconic planes featured in the Area 88 manga. It almost jumps off the page when it’s introduced in the first few pages…
The finished model: In the manga: The Yak-38 Forger plays an important starring role in the manga during the early stages of the relocation of Area 88 to the mountain base. Known as “Operation: Skylark” the Anti-Government Forces deploy a…
The finished model: In the manga: Does the F-8E Crusader really need to an introduction? Turn the first page of the manga and BAM! Shin’s iconic blue Crusader almost slams into your face… in all it’s ever-lovin’ shark-mouth glory. Shin’s…
The finished model: In the manga: The Soviet-made T-62 is the main battle tank used by the Anti-Government Forces. Although it appears throughout the manga story, it is prominently showcased in both the opening scenes of the story as Shin…
Tintin in America (French: Tintin en Amérique) is the third volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children’s supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from September 1931 to…