Tag Archives: ESPer

Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Tokyo – The Last Megalopolis (1987)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by

Today’s selection: Tokyo – The Last Megalopolis (1987, dir. Akio Jissoji) Subgenre: Historical Fantasy Available from: ADV Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis is a great film: It has very high production values, some stellar performances, excellent recreations of the time period … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Travelers – Dimension Police (2013)

Posted on September 12, 2013 by

Today’s selection: Travelers: Dimension Police (2013, dir. Koichi Sakamoto) Subgenre: Parallel world Available from: Kadokawa (R2 Japanese DVD has English subtitles) If someone were to ask “what’s Koichi Sakamoto all about”, you could reply with a list: dutch angles, leering … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: ESPY (1974)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by

Today’s selection: ESPY (1974, dir. Jun Fukuda) Subgenre: Esper Available from: Paramount (dubbed, censored VHS. Fansubs also available.) Today I refer you not to the annual ESPN award show, but the “spy” movie with “ESP” (get it?). It’s like James … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Isola (2000)

Posted on July 16, 2013 by

Today’s selection: Isola (2000, dir. Toshiyuki Mizutani) Subgenre: ESPer Available from: Adness Isola is based on the first novel from Yusuke Kishi, who also wrote the base story for the recent anime From the New World. It’s a mid-range psychological … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Alive (2002)

Posted on July 10, 2013 by

Today’s selection: Alive (2002, dir. Ryuhei Kitamura) Subgenre: Kaijin, Esper Available from: Media Blasters Alive was Kitamura’s follow-up after breaking into the spotlight with Versus in 2002. It follows Versus in that it’s also stylish, with thumping techno score, muted … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Aquarian Age- Juvenile Orion (2009)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by

Today’s selection: Aquarian Age – Juvenile Orion (2009, dir. Hidetaka Tahara) Subgenre: ESPer (I guess?) Available from: Discotek Ugh, when this popped up in the random selector, I seriously considered hitting refresh, but decided not to cheat and went with … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Parasite Eve (1997)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by

In an effort to raise awareness of the wide variety of neat Japanese SFX titles available (and otherwise), I’ll be posting about a randomly-selected movie each day, unless I’m traveling without internet. These will be fairly short, depending on how … Continue reading →

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