Let's Do The News! (January 24, 2013)

River's Diary

Right, what's the news today you spoiler-laden TARDIS journal?

Milky Holmes cast to join Japanese dub for My Little Pony!

Japan will be the next country to produce...well BRONIES! That's right BRONIES! Anyway, back in late 2010, US-based famous toy maker, Hasbro (famed for Battleship, Monopoly, Transformers, Scrabble and other toys and games) rebooted their long-hibernated My Little Pony franchise with a brand new TV show titled My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It was a huge success with kids until something weird going on around here...

Men...grown men are starting to watch this show and became pony lovers or BRONIES, which became a phenomenon especially on the internet. Bronies love this show so much, it spawned fan-made radio shows, fanfics, fan clubs, fan arts, etc, etc etc, well you get the idea.

Anyway, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is coming in Japan via TV Tokyo this Spring 2013 and what I heard, the Milky Holmes girls will be part of the Japanese dub.

• Suzuko Mimori (Milky Holmes' Sherlock Shellingford) as Pinkie Pie
• Sora Tokui (Milky Holmes' Nero Yuzurisaki) as Applejack
• Mikoi Sasaki (Milky Holmes' Hercule Barton) as Rarity
• Izumi Kitta (Milky Holmes' Cordelia Glauca) as Rainbow Dash

So, the girls got the roles, but question is, whose going to dub as Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy? Find that out on a special event this March as told by Bushiroad!

Once aired in Japan this April, look out! THE BRONIES TAKE JAPAN!

Scoop: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-23/milky-holmes-cast-to-voice-my-little-pony-in-japan

The end of THQ

In my youth years, I still remember the game creator, THQ, which made responsible with some of the finest games played by many. Nickelodeon also partnered with THQ for video games based on popular Nickelodeon cartoons such as Rugrats, Rocket Power, Spongebob Squarepants, and more. Does anyone old enough to remember those? For the hairy-chested gamers, THQ even made the most hardcore games such as the Saints Row franchise, Darksiders series, real-time strategy game called Company of Heroes, and the Metro series, which was the post-nuclear science-fiction survival horror game series based on a Russian novel, Metro 2033. They also teamed up with WWE for a yearly of WWE video games for fans worldwide. They were once working for a new South Park role-playing game titled South Park: The Stick of Truth but sadly, there goes the bad news...

I'm afraid that THQ is now bankrupt and one of their franchises has a new owner. Please take note that these sales are pending approval from U.S. bankruptcy court and not yet final. A hearing in Delaware will follow shorty.

Here are some of the key info:

- SEGA accepts purchase to Relic, developer of Company of Heroes 2 and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War.

- Koch Media (the company that owns Dead Island publisher Deep Silver) is willing to buy Saints Row developer Volition as well as the publishing rights to the Metro franchise.

- Crytek, a company that is currently developing Homefront 2, now has the rights to the Homefront series.

- Take-Two, the parent company of 2K Games and Rockstar, accepts the purchasing to WWE video games and Turtle Rock Studios’ project codenamed Evolve.

- Ubisoft purchased rights to the upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth video game as well as THQ Montreal, the current developer of Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets’ project codenamed 1666.

There's no word who will take the rights from the developers behind the Darksiders series as of now. Brian Farrell, the CEO of THQ, and Jason Rubin, the president of THQ, said that they expect that most employees of the entities included in the sale will be offered employment by the new owners but they can't say what these new owners may intend, and there are likely be some positions that are not required under the new ownership. If there was an employee of an entity that is not included in the sale, THQ REGRET THAT THESE POSITIONS WILL END.

I wish them good luck to those who are affected by this news...

Scoop: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/23/thq-dissolved-saints-row-company-of-heroes-darksiders-devs-acquired

Doctor Who Series 7 Part 2 coming March 30!





Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen because Doctor Who's coming back this Easter 2013! Our favorite alien boy/time boy/chin boy The Doctor returns on March 30 and it's going to pack with new threats, new adventures, and new surprises as well as the question everyone's been asking for; Who is Clara Oswald, the woman twice dead?

In the UK, it's airing this March 30 on BBC One and BBC One HD. In the USA, same date but it's on BBC America as well as its new series Orphan Black and The Nerdist TV show. In Canada, same date also but it's on SPACE.

See you there!

Berjaya Auto Philippines is the new distributor for Mazda in the Philippines

2013 Mazda Atenza

A couple of months ago, we heard that Malaysia's Berjaya readies its acquisition to Mazda Philippines from Ford Group Philippines because of the Ford-Mazda breakup. Now, it's official. Berjaya Auto Philippines is now the distributor for Mazda models in the Philippines and it's ready for action. The first shipment of spare parts ordered by the company having been delivered to all Mazda dealers earlier and at the end of January, the first shipment of cars ordered under Berjaya Auto Philippines' name will arrive in the country.

Berjaya Auto PH will also be preparing for the Philippine launch of the all new, third-generation Mazda 6/Atenza (GJ) in the summer holidays.

Scoop: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/berjaya-auto-ph-is-now-officially-open-for-business

Incredible Hulk-themed Lancer featured in KMJS

Incredible Hulk themed car

If you saw the January 20, 2013 episode of GMA's long-running TV magazine show, Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho, you might caught that in that episode, it featured a customized Mitsubishi Lancer "Itlog" which resembles the theme of The Incredible Hulk. This customization was made possible by someone named Russel Ifurung. On that clip, Jessica Soho mentions that he used to have a customized car that was themed after Bumblebee from the Transformers movies but in late 2009, his Bumblebee car got destroyed by typhoon Ondoy. Moments later, he came up with a design and his Mitsubishi Lancer was now themed after his favorite superhero, The Incredible Hulk.

On the hood, there's Hulk's fists attached as well as the markings on the hood that resembles like Hulk punching through the walls. The owner said that Hulk's fists were detachable when he's on a car show.

On the car's trunk, aside from the subwoofers attached, you'll be amazed that there's Hulk in the trunk that was made by fiberglass. Aside from that, all four doors on his Hulk Lancer were scissor-doors! The green paint though, that was marmolized in texture.

Because the suspension of his car was lowered, when he's crossing over the speed bumps, his car needs to diagonal when he's crossing through the humps.

It took six months and almost 100,000 Pesos (or about 2,500 US Dollars) to customized his Lancer into a Hulk car and with all his hard work made his car won several awards when he's on several car shows.

We all have different trips in our lives but what matters here is we're doing good things to keep our lives on the road ahead.

(I also appreciated to the taxi driver featured on that episode, whose hobby is collecting global currencies though)