“I was able to go to Monsterpalooza held in Burbank, CA during the weekend of April 12-14, 2013, and got to meet Susumu Kurobe, who was Shin Hayata, Hiroko Sakurai, who was Akiko Fuji, and Bin Furuya, who was Ultraman’s suit actor, as well as Amagi in Ultraseven. It was really fun, and they are […]
No, this is not an April Fools Day Joke. What you’re looking at is the next entry in World Box Studio’s Lakor Baby Line: Ultraman…um…yeah…it’s certainly an odd looking piece so hit the jump to find out more!
For the first time ever, the unsung heroes of Japanese film are finally being honored in the Japan Action Awards! Tokusatsu alumni and more are in the running! More info after the jump! In recent years, Japanese film and television have been trying to step up their action game. Proof positive of this has been […]
 Back to Vanguard boys and girls and this time we look at toku enemies in the game. Don’t be surprised to see a few Category Kings and Ultra monsters trying to thwart our heroes. So click the link and see who’s snuck in and joined the fight!
Yes generally Toho if famous for being the guys who brought us Godzilla. But they have done other things as well. Such as my subject for this reviews, The Mysterians. A 1957 sci-fi movie directed by the legendary Ishiro Honda, with music Akira Ifukube and special effects headed by the icon himself Eiji Tsuburaya. And […]
Now I have been looking back at films from the giant monster genre of the Japanese variety. In fact I’d wager if you ask the average person on the street to name a giant monster  you’d probably get the usual suspects. You know Godzilla, Gamera maybe somebody would name King Kong. But there are several giant monster films […]
Imagine if you will (not being said by Rod Sterling) it’s the 1960s. You’re a movie production company called Daiei and you’re seeing how much attention Toho’s Godzilla series is getting. Naturally you’ll want to cash in yourself. But you don’t want to go with another giant lizard, so you go with a fire breathing turtle, and […]
A word of warning before we get started. This review I did years ago for the old Japan Hero site. It never saw the light of day, so I figured let me dust it off and tweak it a bit. So this one is a little older (a retro Retro Review?) and the style may […]
I’m sure a lot of you have heard of Godzilla, Gamera, Mothra, Rodan. But how many of you have heard of Varan? Varan the Unbelievable, also known as Daikaiju Baran, was a Toho film released in 1958. Directed by the Ishiro Honda, with special effects directed by the Eiji Tsuburaya. The story itself was done […]
Seen every Godzilla movie hundreds of times over? Gamera flixs don’t seem as exciting as they once were? Think you’ve might have seen it all where US releases are concerned? Maybe maybe not. A few years ago, as part of their “Icons of” line, Sony/Columbia Pictures released Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection. A three disc collection of […]