• Another Friday, another week of reviews! Yowamushi Pedal and why Machimiya and Arakita are mirror images, the trick of suspense in Gundam Build Fighters Try, and one-sided romance in Denki Gai.

• It’s time for Tumblr’s year in review! Here are the 20 most reblogged anime and manga on the site.

• Want to rent an apartment modeled after the Jellyfish Princess anime, complete with real pet jellyfish? Now you can.

• What happens when a guy who doesn’t know anything about anime watches anime. Now here’s an unusual perspective on our hobby.

• Why was episode six of Shirobako taken offline? Anime News Network says it’s a copyright infringement, but for what? One blog claims the estate of playwright Samuel Beckett had it removed since it portrayed women performing the play, Waiting for Godot. Whether human or anime, the estate has a history of banning female actors. HT @miangraham.

• This is the coolest Gunpla mod I’ve seen in a while. I thought I was looking at pictures from the anime, not a photograph!

Universal Gundam laugh via gokusen-10kai