Monthly Archives: March 2014

News wrap: March 30

Posted on March 30, 2014 by kevnder

Here’s a look at what all was announced/advertised over the most recent week. Let’s start with trailers: The biggest thing has to be the announcement of a new Macross TV series, seeing as how it’s not an anniversary divisible by … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Daimajin (1966)

Posted on March 28, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Daimajin (1966, dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda) Subgenre: Historical fantasy, Kaiju Available from: Mill Creek When this movie came up on my random movie generator, I thought: “what’s the point in talking about this? Everyone’s seen Daimajin!” Yet, that may not necessarily be … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Ring – Kanzen-ban (1995)

Posted on March 27, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Ring -Kanzen-ban (1995, dir. Chisui Takigawa) Subgenre: Kaidan Available from: fansub-only Lots of casual J-horror enthusiasts compare and contrast the American remake of The Ring with Hideo Nakata’s 1998 original, neglecting to mention that Nakata’s film is not the … Continue reading →

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Maser Patrol podcast episode 10: Godzilla in America

Posted on March 25, 2014 by kevnder

For something with a Godzilla reference right in the name, we don’t talk about Godzilla very much, do we? Let’s fix that. For this episode, Andy and Kevin talk about the King of the Monsters’ frequently wacky history in the USA, … Continue reading →

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Weekend news brief: Whole lotta robot trailers edition

Posted on March 23, 2014 by kevnder

Lots of robot trailers came to my attention this week, here goes: Kikaider Reboot, giving us about a 1.5 second glimpse. I hope the other 99.97% of the movie is just as cool. The trailer for Kenzen Robo Daimidaler came … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Uzumaki (2000)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Uzumaki (2000, dir. Higuchinsky) Subgenre: Kaidan Available from: Discotek Uzumaki (meaning “spiral/vortex”, but not to be confused with Ring sequel Rasen, which also means “spiral”) is based on a manga by Junji Ito, so if you’re familiar with his … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Iron Girl (2012)

Posted on March 15, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Iron Girl (2012, dir. Masatoshi Nagamine) Subgenre: Henshin Hero Available from: Switchblade Pictures My DVD copy of Iron Girl began to stutter during the final minutes of the movie, but rather than return it for a glitchless copy, … Continue reading →

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News Round-up

Posted on March 15, 2014 by kevnder

The next issue of Newtype the Live seems to be promoting a new Gamera movie, just in time for the franchise’s 50th anniversary. Since there hasn’t been a great non-deconstructionist/parody kaiju picture from Japan since the last Gamera film, this … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Yellow Fangs (1990)

Posted on March 14, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Yellow Fangs (1990, dir. Sonny Chiba) Subgenre: Kaibutsu (sort of?) Available from: Cinema Epoc It’s rare to see Sonny Chiba in the director’s chair, and Yellow Fangs (or, as it was called in Japan, Remains: The Beautiful Ones) … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Samurai Zombie (2008)

Posted on March 13, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Samurai Zombie (2008, dir. Tak Sakaguchi) Subgenre: Zombie Available from: MVM (Region 2 UK DVD; beware of fansubs) Ryuhei Kitamura has been tantalizing fans with the idea of a sequel or remake of Versus since 2000, and at … Continue reading →

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Weekly news summary (Lots of Ultraman stuff edition)

Posted on March 10, 2014 by kevnder

Wow, a lot of Ultraman-related stuff has come out in the last week: Tsuburaya registered a trademark for something called Ultraman Victory. [via The Tokusatsu Network] An Ultraman-themed bar called Kaiju Sakaba opened in Kawasaki. The Ultra Family have also been promoting Hawaiian tourism: … Continue reading →

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Amateur Annotations on Yamamoto’s MM9

Posted on March 9, 2014 by kevnder

I once again made another person read Hiroshi Yamamoto’s kaiju-meteorology novel MM9, because it’s a fantastic, amazing little book, and found myself explaining several subtle nods to the genre I noticed. I was told that I really ought to write … Continue reading →

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Weekly news round-up

Posted on March 1, 2014 by kevnder

Movie news: There’s a new full trailer for Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla: Oh, wait. That’s a Snickers commercial. (I’d still totally watch that movie.) Here’s the real trailer: In other news: The Osaka police department have hired Robocop for a campaign … Continue reading →

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