An Interview with: Taka From kotetsu toys Shop ! Recently we were able to do an interview with Taka, a very nice guy from Japan who runs a tokusatsu toy shop. for distinction Dawn is the interviewer, and Taka is Taka! We have made no alterations to the interview, and we all hope you enjoy. […]
Hey Everyone, been a while hasn’t it? Over the past few months lots of new fun things have happened and been announced, and we believe its time for a recap! Shall we begin? Media Releases Popular home media distributor Mill Creek Entertainment announced back in 2019 that they had acquired a tremendous amount of […]
Yesterday, PlatinumGames shocked the world with the announcement of their new upcoming game, “Project G.G. A Go-Go!” Now, the title is a work progress, but the game itself is heavily influenced by the tokusatsu genre. From the trailer which fans can view below, the game will feature a hero that transforms into an Ultra-like being […]
“If Kamen Rider were available, which series would you want to see first?” This is the question posed to the Twitter audience last week, in a poll provided for fans of the live-action special effects genre by TV and streaming service TOKU. The Olympusat Inc. venture has been providing tokusatsu aficionados with an array of […]
HurricaneYellow isn’t out of the monster-fighting biz just yet. Actor Yamamoto Kohei, known to many Super Sentai fanatics as super-ninja Bito Kota on Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger, is hard at work on a new project for Toei Company. The developing TV series will feature a new hero not affiliated with the likes of Toei’s usual suspects […]
Welcome to the second installment of Scholars Talking Toku’s interview with Seth Kim; Assistant Professor in the Program of Cinema and Media Arts and Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University. Kim is the author of several essays on Japanese superheroes and tokusatsu including “Kamen Rider vs. Spider-Man and Bat-Man” which appeared in the book Giant Creatures […]
Welcome to a brand new installment of Scholars Talking Toku. My name is Justin Mullis and I’m a scholar working in the academic field of religious studies who also happens to harbor a life long love of Japanese pop-culture. Last year an essay I wrote, “Notes from the Land of Light: Observations on Religious Elements […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where sometimes heroes don’t follow the script correctly. This week introduces the mysterious woman (no really, that’s what she’s called in the opening credits) who possesses her own R/B Gyro and seemingly also possesses a very long lifespan based on her comment about knowing a historical figure who died […]
As fans of Japanese Henshin Hero shows, most of our focus inevitably falls upon three franchises: Super Sentai / Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman. But there’s a vast array of other heroes out there. Beyond The Big Three is an occasional series that looks at tokusatsu films and TV series that lie beyond those […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where matching t-shirts are a necessity for a family picnic! Yes, it seems as though their villain has not been discouraged by his defeat and has kept the pressure up on our dual heroes. What better cure than a family outing, complete with colour-coded water guns! Meanwhile the aforementioned […]