I woke up this afternoon, around 3PM and was surprised to find the 2008 Transworld Am Issue! I had forgotten I was even subscribed to Transworld, so it was a treat. Right as I opened the front cover, blam! Rodrigo TX in an Extremely Sorry Ad. Hopefully that DVD comes out soon this year.

Getting on to the Warm-Up Spot, guess who's Proactiv's new celebrity endorser? Yeup, you guessed it, no other than the biggest sellout in skateboarding, Ryan Sheckler. I've hated him the first day I saw him and my hatred only grows stronger! And the sick thing is he's pocketed $3-million, that damn pimple-faced bitch. I regret even showing his face for you, but it's necessary.

Anyway, moving onto the more important stuff, the featured Am's include:

David Gravette, taking the front cover.

Ramiro "Furby" Salcedo

Levi Brown

Wes Kremer

Matt Miller

Torey Pudwill

Daryl Angel

Cody Mcentire

Justin Brock

Nick Trapasso

Sean Malto

I don't wanna tell you too much though, so go pick yourself up a copy and have a nice read on these up and coming Am's; all promising too. You should be able to find it in most stores already if you don't have a subscription.

The newest Gundam series to hit Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, has been licensed for release in North America. (Link) That hasn't stopped me however, as I already have had the privilege to watch it how it was meant to be. Mendoi-Conclave, (Menclave) who have already subbed the first twenty-five episodes, did a spectacular job with the translations. Aside from that, they have preserved the quality of the anime, with a 720p quality release. It's the first Gundam to be produced in high-definition (HD) and let me tell you, on my 20" iMac, even fullscreen, it looks superb! The first season has already been aired in Japan, with a second season slated for October 2008. Gundam has still yet to show its age and with this series and it is the first to be set in a non-fictional time period, Anno Domini (A.D.).

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is set in the 24th Century, where humanity has run out of fossil fuel reserves. The only option left for the world was to develop a new source of energy. Now, humans rely on the power of the sun, with three orbital stations and subsequent orbital elevators to reach them. The three factions on Earth are the Union, the Advanced European Union (AEU), and the Human Reform Leauge (HRL), each with control of a portion of the world. In a race to bring peace to the world, Celestial Being, a private paramilitary force founded by scientist, Aeolia Schenberg, must intervene all conflicts on Earth. The four Gundam pilots in Celestial Being, Setsuna F. Seiei, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism, and Tieria Erde must stop the Union, AEU and HRL in their tracks, while at the same time protecting themselves from the hatred of the world. No date set on a North American airing, but it will most likely air on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

The steez has begun!