It’s not everyday that you see an anime retailer attempting to assist customers on learning how to build a basic Gundam model kit. Anime Otaku Depot LLC recently uploaded a video on YouTube for gunpla beginners. In the video, the person discusses what he believes beginners would need to know about the gunpla hobby.

The kit he uses in the video is the 1/100 High Grade Gundam Wing 0 from the “Gundam Wing” series. He shows the basic tools that most gunpla enthusiasts would recommend and describes the use for each one. Next, he explains some basic steps including confirming all parts are included, how to remove parts, and how to apply stickers. He also mentions about panel lining and shows a brief comparison between a part that has panel lines and one that doesn’t.

The video isn’t in great quality but it’s one of the few that doesn’t have random music playing in the background while a gunpla hobbyist build or details a kit. However, it doesn’t include the person building the Gundam Wing 0 in real-time but if you built a Gundam kit before you’ll probably believe it’s not necessary. The video is quite easy for newcomers to understand and may even motivate giving a gunpla a go.

What do you think?

Check out the video below.

Source: Anime Otaku Depot

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European Anime Distributors

GERMANY

Laser Eye Land
Mittenwalderstrasse 12
10961 Berlin
GERMANY
Germany / 30 / 694 78 49
shop’s business hours: mo – fr: 12.00 – 6.30pm
but thursday: 12.00 – 8.00pm
saturday: 10.00am – 6.00pm
nearest subway station – Gneisenaustrasse (2min. to walk)

(NTSC-import disks from the US, Japan and Hongkong, much cheaper than any other source in Berlin, shipping all over Europe, no credit cards, only eurocheques and money-orders, catalog/list available)

A.C.O.G. – Anime Connection Of Germany
Postfach 69
56239 Selters / WW.
GERMANY
Tel.: 02626/8658 & 1320
Fax.: 02626/1281
mo – fr: 10.00 – 19.00pm
sa: 11.00 – 14.30pm

They carry a lot stuff (CD,LD,VHS,garage-kits,vinyl,posters,sets,…)

UNITED KINGDOM

Anime FX Magazine
70 Mortimer Street
London W1N 7DF
England
Phone: (0171) 637 2587.
email: 100041 [dot] 135 [at] compuserve [dot] com
WWW: http://www.pavilion.co.uk/ashdown

This service is pretty much in the beginning stages now, so they don’t have all that much in stock (yet). However, they DO offer a ’search service’ and will try to get whatever you ask for.

Books Nippon
64/66 St. Paul’s Churchyard
London EC4M 8AA
England
Tel: (071) 248 4956
Japanese magazines, books, stationary, gifts, etc.

Cannon & Co.
18 Newport Place
London WC2
England
Tel: (071) 437 7157

A range of anime videos in PAL, although the language is Chinese!, they do have a good range that’s growing all the time. Titles available include: Cityhunter, Project A-Ko and Macross: Do you remember love?

Comet Miniatures
46-48 Lavender Hill
London SW11 5RH
England
Tel: (071) 228 3702

Kits, toys, models (not just anime-related). Wholesaler to Forbidden Planet so the same stuff is cheaper at Comet.

Forbidden Planet
71 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1DG
England
Tel: (071) 497 2150

Comics (manga both in English and Japanese), T-Shirts, kits, toys. High prices.

Japan Centre.
Picadilly Circus.
London.
Tel. 071 439 8035.
Nearest Tube: Picadilly.

Japanese magazines, stationary, food, travel, video hire.

Sheffield Space Centre
33 The Wicker
Sheffield S3 8HS
England
Tel: (0114) 275 8905
Fax: (0114) 249 3238

Small, fluctuating but interesting anime stock (one of the few places in Europe you can get Animag without subscribing). Write for mailing lists (SAE). Despite high S&H-charges (40% of total value outside the UK) – Recommended!

Anime Projects
19 High Street
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 1NP
UK
Tel: (01248) 370044
email: animeprojects [at] cix [dot] compulink [dot] co [dot] uk

Anime Projects is a new company, currently releasing AnimEigo’s anime on PAL.

Manga Entertainment Ltd
40 St. Peter’s Road
London W6 9BD
England
Tel: (0181) 748 9000
Fax: (0181) 748 0841

Manga Entertainment Ltd produces and releases high-quality dubbed anime under the label Manga Video. You cannot order videos directly from them, but you can write to them and ‘make wishes’ (addressed to Laurence Guinness at the Manga Entertainment Ltd address).

Mailed Music & Video
15-16 Thomas Street
Chepstow
Gwent
NP6 5DH
UK

(Anime, manga graphic novels, CDs, various merchandise.)

Other UK anime video labels which are still active, other than those mentioned above (Manga Entertainment Ltd., Anime Projects, and Anime UK):

East2West Films
32 Leighton Road
Kentish Town
London
NW5 2QE
UK

Kiseki Films Ltd.
Unit 5/6 Parkside
Ravenscourt Park
Hammersmith
London
W6 0UU
UK

Pioneer LDCE, Ltd.
Pioneer House
Hollybush Hill,
Stoke Poges
Slough
SL2 4QP
UK

Western Connection
Suite 18
37 Westbourne Terrace
London
W2 3UR
UK

FRANCE:

Librairie JUNKU
(This address may have changed!)
262, Rue Saint Honore
75001 PARIS FRANCE

It’s a Japanese library. Not limited to Manga that is. There’s a level dedicated to it. They do Mail Order. ask for a list with a SASE. They sell: Mangas, CD, Posters, Audio-tapes, Video-Tapes. NB: there’s NO translated manga or translated magazines. Only original ones.

DEESSE

8, Rue Cochin
75005 PARIS FRANCE

They do mail order. same as above.

They sell : Mangas, Kits, Toys…they buy directly in Japan. All Japanese Magazines : Animage, Hobby Japan, Animedia, New-Type, B-Club, New Video. US Magazines : Animag, Animenominous, Protoculture Addict. French Fanzins : Mangazone, AnimeLand, Startoys.

MADOKA
25, rue Faidherbe
75011 PARIS FRANCE

Mail order too. Goods, Art-Books, Mangas, CD, Garage Kits, Models…

Librairie TONKAM
29, rue Keller
75011 PARIS FRANCE

THE anime shop in Paris! all what you ever dreamed about Goods, Posters, Tee-shirts, LD, CD, Video-tapes, Manga, Magazines

GEGE LE CHINOIS
26, rue des trois mages
13006 Marseille

Mangas, CD, Kits…

Librairie TOUTENCARTOON
45, rue Peyrollieres
31000 TOULOUSE

Same as above : Mangas, CD, Posters…