Tag Archives: Mecha

Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Yatterman (2009)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Yatterman (2009, dir. Takashi Miike) Subgenre: Henshin Hero, Mecha Available from: Discotek Many have called Miike’s Yatterman a zany, self-aware parody of the classic Tatsunoko children’s anime of the same name, but let’s face it, both the original … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Gunhed (1989)

Posted on September 16, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Gunhed (1989, dir. Masato Harada) Subgenre: Mecha Available from: ADV Gunhed is the crowning jewel of practical-effects giant robot movies, rivaled perhaps only by Robot Jox. Ironically, it almost wasn’t: as originally conceived, it was going to be … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Spider-man “Episode 0” (1978)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Spider-man (1978, dir. Koichi Takemoto) Subgenre: Henshin hero, Mecha Available from: rip-only, previously available streaming at Marvel.com Reposting an old review from a previous ‘blog, with slight updates. In case you missed it, Marvel used to stream the entire … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 12, 2013 by kevnder

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: Sexy Rangers (2011)

Posted on August 31, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Sexy Rangers (2011, dir. Shinji Nishikawa) Subgenre: Henshin Heroine Available from: Cinema Epoch This is your regular reminder that while the Super Sentai franchise has never been officially released in North America, we do have official subtitled DVDs … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Hentai Kamen (2013)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Hentai Kamen: Forbidden Super Hero (2013, dir. Yuichi Fukuda) Subgenre: Henshin Hero Available from: Still on theatrical circuit in North America I’ve talked about it before on this ‘blog, but Hentai Kamen, the film adaptation of Keishu Ando’s … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Cromartie High School (2005)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Cromartie High School (2005, dir. Yudai Yamaguchi) Subgenre: Defies categorization Available from: Media Blasters The director of Battlefield Baseball is really the perfect choice for adapting the madcap adventures of Cromartie High School into a movie, not because … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Attack of the Super Monsters (1982)

Posted on August 11, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Attack of the Super Monsters (1982, dir. Toru Sotoyama, Tom Wyner) Subgenre: Kaiju Available from: Televista This is one of those US-made compilation movies, in this case combining four episodes of the 1977 Tsuburaya series Dinosaur War Aizenborg. … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: King Kong Escapes (1967)

Posted on July 6, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: King Kong Escapes (1967, dir. Ishiro Honda) Subgenre: Kaiju Available from: Universal (dub only release, but fansubs exist) Toho’s second (and final) King Kong movie is actually a sequel to Rankin Bass’s The King Kong Show more than … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: 20th Century Boys 2- The Last Hope

Posted on June 27, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: 20th Century Boys 2- The Last Hope (2009, dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi) Subgenre: *defies categorization* Available from: Viz I guess a problem of randomly-selected movies is that sometimes you wind up with something like this. Would I recommend today’s … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Giant Monster (Steve Niles, 2005)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by kevnder

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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Book Review: Ready Player One (Ernest Cline, 2011)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by kevnder

Swordquest was a famous series of video games in the 1980’s, promoted by an unusual gimmick: Atari hid numerous clues, “Easter eggs”, in the games, and the first player to uncover them all and reply to Atari would receive a … Continue reading →

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