Ultraman R/B is now only a month away. The new series follows the adventures of two brothers who discover the power to become giant heroes when an enormous monster attacks their home city. Katsumi and Isami transform into Ultraman Rosso and Ultraman Buru, the red and blue co-leads of this year’s entry into Tsuburaya Productions’ […]
The reign of the Century King continues into the 21st century, as this new Kamen Rider Black fan offering returns the hero to the battlefield to protect a maiden in her hour of need. The 1987 series Rider Kicked off to wide acclaim, to date, the only transforming hero in the mainstream Kamen Rider television […]
The land is plentiful with rich fruit from the seeds that Tsuburaya Productions has planted this year, as they continue releasing more gems from their vast vault of voluminous vindicators. As we gear up for another entry in the enduring Ultraman live-action franchise with the upcoming Ultraman R/B, we have another piece of kaiju history […]
Shout! Factory continues its string of releases from the Super Sentai action hero franchise with two new DVD sets in the coming months. The first is the pleasant surprise of 1991’s Choujin Sentai Jetman, the only series to be domestically released in the US that was not directly linked to Saban’s Power Rangers brand, which […]
The Power Rangers franchise surely isn’t messing around this year, is it? I can’t walk three steps without tripping over some new announcement concerning the spandex-clad heroes that have filled my imagination since the early 1990s with adventure and charm. No sooner than I’ve let it sink in that Saban Brands has broken up with […]
After declaring a winning verdict in their ongoing legal dispute over the international rights to their long-running Ultraman brand, Tsuburaya Productions swiftly bounces back with excellent timing, releasing the first major promotional piece for the upcoming Ultraman R/B. The new series about a pair of heroic monster-fighting brothers will debut mere months from now, perhaps […]
Here’s a trailer for Toho Animation’s Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, the 2018 sequel to last year’s 3D animated kaiju flick, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. This Polygon Pictures release marks the second in a proposed trilogy which tells the story of a post-apocalyptic future Earth ruled by giant monsters. Godzilla: City on […]
Well, here’s a twist. One place where you’re almost sure not to find any patented daddy issues in the tokusatsu subgenre this year is the upcoming Hero Mama League, a wholly unexpected crossover event that gathers three heroines from Super Sentai television history, for a story about these superpowered ladies balancing their lives as world-saving […]
What a time to be a Power Rangers fan. A certain number of years ago, the thought of more seasons of the show would have seemed farfetched, let alone the release of a feature-length film, a live streaming show, an addictive mobile game, and a successful line of ongoing comics to add on top of […]
Another day, another crossover event in the land of cool guys who rarely look at explosions as their enemies pun all the way to fiery doom. This time, it’s Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger who steps up to bat. The series about a crew of space-faring heroes fighting against the unscrupulous Jark Matter only recently ended its […]