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The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror XXXIII in 2022 included a brilliant spoof of Death Note titled “Death Tome,” nailing everything from the opulent music to the animation (using an animation studio that worked on the real Death Note!) to Lisa thinking she’s bringing justice as …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -A Rumor of Live-Action Lupin -A New 2D Fighter ready to take on all challengers -And A Warning that the Red Comet is coming To Japan?! All that, and the first ever 2010 …Read more »
That's right, THE Daisuke Ban. Known most fondly for his role as Jiro in the '70s tokusatsu classic Kikaida —though equally heroic and awesome in the lightning-powered superhero series Inazuman —Ban will be making an appearance at the Nisei Week Festival in LA this month. …Read more »
We can all identify with the existence of those otherworldly masked wonders in one way or another, but who is that familiar man with the windblown hair dressed up as Kikaida's Jiro below!? Why, it's none other than our fearless Editor-in-Chief, Patrick Macias, pictured once …Read more »
I already considered Hawaiians a bunch of lucky ducks due to their wise reverence for classic tokusatsu television shows like Kikaida and Kamen Rider . Now there's another reason to be mildly to very envious of them, because One Piece Film Strong World , the …Read more »
On January 2nd, 2010, the Saturday morning ABC Kids line-up debuted the first episode of what fans have called Power Rangers: Remastered . Boasting improved picture and sound, these re-runs of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are taking the place of the usual yearly Super Sentai …Read more »
Tokusatsu is the green eggs and ham of entertainment; once you finally try it out you'll want it any way and anywhere you can get it. At least, that's how it played out in my experience, which was only half-formed back when I first …Read more »
[Excerpted from the October 2007 issue of Otaku USA magazine.] My main collecting habits center around soft vinyl figures of Japanese characters. Known in Japan as "Sofubi, " these toys trace their heritage back to the mid-1960s when now-legendary companies such as Marusan and Bullmark …Read more »
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