Japanese company Toei is launching a designated YouTube channel to give fans access to classic Tokusatsu genre shows from the 1960s to the 1990s, it announced Wednesday. The channel, “Toei Tokusatsu ...
Though specifically speaking to the topic as it relates to Japan, Neon Genesis Evangelion creator and noted tokusatsu enjoyer Hideaki Anno recently hit upon a growing worldwide sentiment when he ...
It’s tough to describe Dom Dom Burger. It’s both Japan’s oldest and most often overlooked hamburger chain, and yet it consistently creates shocking new sandwiches that demand attention, both in terms ...
The tokusatsu genre of movies and TV series, which relies on tangible “analog” special effects, is one of the best-loved elements of Japanese pop culture. The genre involves creatively filming highly ...
Our monster is scaly, spiky, reptilian — a cross between a dinosaur and an irradiated insect that shrieks like an angry bird. Our hero is lean, faintly muscular in a rubbery skintight suit with ...
Between licensed comics like BOOM! Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Marvel's The Rise of Ultraman and creator-owned books like Radiant Black, the tokusatsu genre is thriving in the comic book ...
The shows include titles such as “National Kid,” “Captain Ultra,” “Yokai Begeicho” from the 1960s, the Super Sentai Series’ “Gorenger,” “Jakq,” “Message From Space” from the 1970s, the Metal Hero ...