Monthly Archives: February 2013

Comic Review: Giant Monster (Steve Niles, 2005)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Okay, right off the bat, what kind of title for your giant monster story is “Giant Monster”? It’s like calling a western “Western”, or kung fu story “Kung Fu” (okay, bad example) or your scary movie “Scary Movie” (okay, worse … Continue reading →

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Monster Attack Team returns in new #1

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

It’s been a couple of years since Monster Attack Team, arguably the best-written tokusatsu magazine currently printed in English (sorry G-Fan!), returned from a long hiatus for its 8th issue. After a handful of delays getting fully relaunched and some … Continue reading →

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Garo third season trailer

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

The trailer for Garo: The One Who Shines in Darkness, the third Garo TV series, should be enough to get any fan of the franchise salivating. This series is a departure from everything that has come before in the franchise … Continue reading →

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Akibaranger season 2 behind-the-scenes promo

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

It’s an exciting time to be an Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger fan. There’s been a lot of controversy about costume changes, and the the cast switch of Shione Sawada replacing Kyoko Hinami as the blue Akibaranger, and this latest behind-the-scenes promo … Continue reading →

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Robert Baldwin to Portray KyoryuCyan

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

It’s difficult to report this without stepping on racial sensitivities, but I’ll do my best: in general, the main actors in Japanese hero shows tend to be ethnically Japanese. Exceptions to this tend to get noticed, such as Robert Scott … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Ultraman Saga (dir. Hideki Oka, 2012)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

As you may know, there seem to be two major branches in US tokusatsu fandom: those that watch because of Godzilla, and those that watch because of Power Rangers (yeah, there are lots of J-horror fans, but they’re not organized). … Continue reading →

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Media Blasters rescues Super Robot Wars anime (also, Onechanbara Vortex)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Like a lot of DVDs released by Bandai Visual, the long out-of-print American Super Robot Wars: Original Generation discs are fetching a ludicrous price on the secondary anime market. While the show itself isn’t exactly amazing (it’s based on a … Continue reading →

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