This is the real deal folks. Kamen Rider and other tokusatsu programming is headed to the U.S. OFFICIALLY. Toei Japan Channel, a new internet streaming pay channel coming this month, is originally a dedicated offering for the US’s four hundred thousand Japanese residents, but in about a year’s time will begin airing programs with English […]
In March of 1996 Tsuburaya opened Ultraman Land. A theme park dedicated to their signature franchise and heroes. Sadly, as with many things today, the place has closed town.
We’re less than a month away from the premiere date of Shougeki Gouraigan and in the past few weeks, several more characters were revealed. One of them happened to be Wakamatsu Toshihide, better known as the actor who portrayed Black Condor/Yuuki Gai in Chojin Sentai Jetman, which was also the last time Amemiya Keita and Inoue […]
In a move everyone hoped but no one saw coming, during a Pokemon Direct presentation  it was announced that the three Kanto region starters Blastoise, Charizard and Venusaur will be getting the much debated mega treatment.
If you haven’t heard, Shout! Factory has unfortunately cancelled the release of the VR Troopers Season 2. Those who made the pre-order off Amazon should be getting an email regarding this and the listing will be taken down soon. This seems to’ve hit the lead hero of the show pretty hard. Here are his thoughts…. […]
Mikasa Ackerman is unleashed in the war against the Titans…and Max Factory is posed to release her Figma action figure.
It seems someone took the Gaim music from the trailer and spliced it together into this very rough sample of the Kamen Rider Gaim opening theme. It rocks, has a roaring epic feel, and is set to rocket the 24th Kamen Rider into samurai sword slinging adventure October 6, 2013.
For those that missed it: ShoutFactory will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers with the release of a special 98 disc DVD box set. Power Rangers The Legacy is an archive of the first 20 years of Power Rangers. That’s every series from Mighty Morphin to Megaforce all contained in a box designed after […]
How is this for some world wide recognition? Our beloved genre gets mainstream attention in the New York Times and is even called tokusatsu by name and not some kind of condescending “weird Japanese Power Ranger stuff.” While it’s nice to get some respectful mainstream recognition sadly though the main focus of the article is […]
[Artist Credit] Amit Bhaumik is back again to tell us an incredible tale of what could have be with Power Rangers Samurai. If you were a fan of his treatment of Power Rangers: THE HEXAGON that would have been the crossover finale series we all dreamed of, now he’s back to show you how he’d […]