Voltron: Legendary Defender‘s eighth season will be its last, but before this pleasant surprise of a show takes its final bow, the space-faring Paladins of Voltron have another few months of universe-saving left in them. Here’s the trailer. With Lotor defeated and Shiro recovered, the Paladins are finally able to set a course for Earth. […]
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(Kyoryu) Brave New World Tokusatsu hero shows, and the worldwide fandom surrounding them, have changed greatly over the past fifteen years. Beyond genre, beyond formula, beyond character archetypes, beyond even cinematography and direction, the greatest way that change has manifested is cross-pollination. Super Sentai—in its original, unedited form—currently gets official DVD releases in the West. […]
Kamen Rider Build‘s 6th entry into the SODO line continues to add new Riders to the mix, along with a movie exclusive/ganbarizing form and upgrade forms for the show’s characters. First, let’s start with Kamen Rider Grease. This figure looks great and (unsurprisingly) uses a lot of similar pieces and ideas from the Cross Charge […]
Everything old is new again. Toei Company’s fondly remembered but not ongoing Metal Heroes superhero franchise continues to sneak into the building through the side entrance while all its other, more currently popular titles in the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider camp stroll through the front. Whether it’s Space Sheriff Gavan‘s new Type-G doing guest […]
Super Robot Vesper Team Hyper Force, Go! It’s a family affair on this episode of Power Rangers HyperForce. Traipsing through time, this new team of live roleplaying heroes have made it back to their place of origin, where they quickly come into contact with more links to the legacy sparked by 2001’s Power Rangers Time […]
Promises, promises. It’s all determined salutes and solemn vows on this episode of Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger. And as we settle into this “cops and robbers” series, it hits me just how much the franchise has begun to change its tune. I think we were onto something when we speculated that, in […]
SODO set 5 makes a huge comeback after the lackluster set 4 for the Kamen Rider Build series. We have the return to form with 3 full figures (4 if you count the re-release of Night Rogue but I already have him from set 2 so we’ll only be focusing on the new figures). First […]
In just a few hours, it will be that time, once again, fellow Power Rangers Legacy Wars fans: the Megazord Event! HJU readers are likely familiar with nWay’s wildly popular mobile game, and possibly familiar with the game’s twice-per-month event of battling Zords and giant monsters. This event has quickly become the game’s premiere focus […]
Pacific Rim: Uprising is almost upon us. The bright and sunny sequel to the dark, rainsoaked Guillermo Del Toro original is set to rally the troops for an all-out brawl against the other-dimensional Kaiju, who have returned to the post-war-torn world believed to have been saved from their monstrous wrath in the last installment. Just […]