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It’s almost Valentine’s Day. If you’re still looking for a card for your significant other, Toho International, Inc. is suggesting you might like some of their kaiju cards. They explained on their site: “Toho International, Inc. has released an assortment of Valentine’s Day cards themed …Read more »
In anticipation of the upcoming Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Japan’s TV Asahi held a night of Godzillabrations November 12. While the main event was a screening of Shin Godzilla, the network also held what it dubbed the Godzilla General Election. 10,000 fans from around …Read more »
Keizo Murase, a longtime sculptor of suits for kaiju films, including many in the Godzilla franchise, has died at the age of 89. The cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. Murase, who was born in Hokkaido in 1935, began working in Toho’s special …Read more »
A megamullion is a seabed made by being exposed to the mantle under the planet’s crust, and it creates a rise formed like a dome. The megamullion about 370 miles from Okinotorishima island is three times bigger than Tokyo, and it’s been officially dubbed the …Read more »
What’s it like to zipline into the mouth of the world’s first life-size Godzilla? No, not the stuff of kaiju fans’ dreams—you can now do this at Nijigen no Mori. The Godzilla Experience – dubbed ‘Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji’ – opened at Nijigen no Mori on …Read more »
Amongst all of Netflix’s 2021 anime announcements, Godzilla: Singular Point is getting some serious attention. The title from Bones and Orange is currently keeping its secrets, but has revealed a few surprises. For one thing, more than character from the kaiju‘s franchise will be making an appearance… …Read more »
Oh, no! There goes Tokyo. And Shanghai. And New York City. And Paris, France. And Paris, Texas. And pretty much the entirety of the Earth’s habitable landmass. In fact, no quotation from a 1977 Blue Oyster Cult song can adequately sum up the degree of …Read more »
Fans of the King of the Monsters, Godzilla, will soon be able to directly support his relentless destruction. The first official Godzilla retail shop in the world is about to open in Tokyo, with the appropriately-named Godzilla Store Tokyo to invade Shinjuku starting on October …Read more »
Funimation added a real monster to its stable this weekend with the announcement of the rights for Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's Godzilla: Resurgence , AKA Shin Godzilla . The initial announcement was made during San Diego Comic-Con, and Funimation followed up with more details …Read more »
Created by Eiji Tsuburaya, the man responsible for bringing the original Godzilla to life, Ultraman has become a Japanese sci-fi staple after the first entry of the series, Ultraman , aired in Japan in 1966. The weekly monster show was a spin-off of the highly popular …Read more »
Godzilla: Final Wars begins where other Godzilla films end, and I don’t intend that as hyperbole, it actually begins where another one of these Big G flicks ends. Our favorite mon-star is getting ready to take the kaiju ice bucket challenge just like during the …Read more »
From left: UFO from Battle in Outer Space, Gamera, Godzillla, Ultraman, Yamato Hey, this is Patrick. And what would you know? Another year is actually coming to an end, which means that the inter-dimensional space-time anomaly known as “2010 is 1980” is about to conclude. …Read more »
If the name in this article's subheader doesn't ring an immediate bell, then you need some serious schoolin'. I don't say that in a remotely belittling way, either, because you already know who Ishiro Honda is, whether you're aware of it or not. The man …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 »
Butterflies are the bane of humankind. They may be pretty and they may pollinate beautiful flowers that bring us joy, but butterflies also do everything in their power to unleash hordes of dinosaurs upon our cities. Don't believe me? It happened in Ray Bradbury's A …Read more »
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