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The Doctor Who Domination is now in place; we are talking only days before the 50th anniversary celebration happens, so brace yourself. Starting Monday, BBC America will start the countdown on some killer Doctor Who programming, and the rest of the world will be doing the same thing. I expect to see some excellent video releases, interviews with the principles, and distributions of tons of extra goodies we have never seen before. This next week or two should be very amazing indeed!

I gathered a ton of Halloween stuff to post about, and the day did an end run right around me and was gone that quick! At this point, I don’t care; I am going to post stuff anyways, even if I did miss out on getting it for the day itself. This particular image is what you get when you carve a pumpkin to look like Bender, wrap it in tin foil, and let it be photographed into something that can be used to create a drawing, in this case a pencil sketch.

Bender Pumpkin
A pumpkin, carved into Bender

There have been museums and clubs and cans and so much more, but never before has there been an Anime/Manga Theme Park; J-World now fills that bill. Primarily sponsored by Shonen Jump, the weekly Manga with so many excellent series in it, the place has some good immersive displays to explore. The very popular Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto are the core of the park, but it includes several of the other Shonen Jump favorites, like Bleach. This is not a get-on-the-ride kind of theme park, but a place a lot like the Doctor Who Experience, where they put you in the center of a 360 degree environment that makes you feel like you are there. Thanks to the folks at Otaku USA for the heads up on this one.

J-World Theme Park Logo

It has been quite the expedition this week, with all kinds of amazing and exciting events, but it has also been exhausting, and at this point even The Luggage is ready to go home and take a break. We will all be resting up and thinking about everything we want to make sure we can attend next year, but for now a gaping Luggage yawn followed by the fluffy sound of impacting face first into the pillows is the best thing for us. See you all again soon!

Yawning Luggage
Yawning Luggage