Monthly Archives: December 2017

Travel log: Godzilla at the Museum (Nagoya)

Posted on December 31, 2017 by kevnder

Amanda wasn’t able to make it to G-Fest this year, so she did the next best thing: Went to check out the “Godzilla at the Museum” exhibit in Nagoya! Here’s her report: It took me about an hour and a … Continue reading →

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News recap to ring in the new year!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by kevnder

Happy new year! As a send-off to 2017, here’s a recap of last week’s Japanese genre-fiction goings on: Remember how one of the first posts on this blog was for the 50th anniversary of TV anime? Well, with 2017 being … Continue reading →

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Self-congratulatory 5th anniversary post

Posted on December 31, 2017 by kevnder

Wow, Maser Patrol has been running for five whole years as of today! Over the years things have branched from a simple news aggregate (meant to kill time during long grad school experiment runs) into several articles, reviews, translations, presentations, … Continue reading →

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X-mas weekend news recap

Posted on December 25, 2017 by kevnder

Merry X-mas! Hopefully the Ultra Father left you a nice present, your concert wasn’t crashed by a giant turtle, and nobody’s blood turned blue. We’ve talked so much about various Japanese Christmas specials in previous years that I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Slow news week recap

Posted on December 17, 2017 by kevnder

There’s not a whole lot of interesting developments this week, but in lieu of that, I encourage kaiju fans to support the Howl from Beyond the Fog Kickstarter campaign; it’s still under 50 backers so far and I can’t fathom … Continue reading →

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Another slightly late news recap

Posted on December 12, 2017 by kevnder

I took a bit of a road trip last weekend to go to Ed Godziszewski’s presentation on his new Ishiro Honda biography (and also caught The Shape of Water while I was in town), which ate into blogging time. However, … Continue reading →

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Weekend News Recap: Tokyo Comic Con edition

Posted on December 3, 2017 by kevnder

Lots of neat stuff out of Tokyo Comic Con this weekend! Daisuke Sato’s Howl from Beyond the Fog, a puppet movie inspired by Ray Bradbury’s The Foghorn but set in samurai times, is seeking a (quite modest) amount of support … Continue reading →

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