The Emissary from Hell himself!
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HOW many mambos are you gonna do over there!?!
dude did you seriously just put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up?
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Kamen Rider Gotchard episode 9 was easily my favorite episode of the series so far, so here are some of my favorite moments from it.
THIS is what I want out of a high school age Kamen Rider: a group of friends getting up to hijinks and having a blast, unbridled enthusiasm for _everything_ and a monster/evil force working in the background trying to take them down.
I especially loved getting to see Minato in a role that wasn't just showing up at the end of the episode to mind-wipe everyone. He was protective of his students and looked like a true badass here.
I'm so excited for this Kyoto field trip to continue next episode.
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Ah yes, a beloved superhero team's origin story, in which one character manipulates another character she knows is in love with her into coming along on a completely untested, highly unethical, definitely illegal space flight using her blatant and weirdly placed jingoism. Neat.
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Kaiju Week in Review (June 11-17, 2023)
Tsuburaya Productions released a five-minute trailer for Ultraman Blazar, focused on the human cast. Between this and the unveiling of a bunch of the monsters (a combination of originals and some deep cuts), it continues to look extremely promising.
Toho launched a Twitter account for their next Godzilla film on June 12. It's been counting down all the "core" (live-action and Toho-produced) entries in the series at the rate of one per day, starting with Shin Godzilla. Presumably, they'll reveal the poster, title, and maybe more for the new one at the end (so July 11). The way they're doing this also lends credibility to the rumored Godzilla Zero title.
Hoshi 35, Megumi Odaka's triumphant return to movies, released a trailer, poster, and a bunch of stills (gathered on Wikizilla). Alas, no shots of the daikaiju in the trailer, just the baby.
Bandai's finally going to be producing Ultraman toys for the U.S., with the first wave focused on the animated Netflix movie due next year.
For those of you headed to G-Fest next month, the full schedule is out, and they finally announced the Friday and Saturday movies at the Pickwick: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla (2014), respectively. King Kong Escapes will also replace Shin Ultraman on Thursday. Dunno if I'll go to GXMG (I just rewatched it before the Tokyo SOS Fathom Event), but I'm lunging at the chance to see G14 properly-lit and with booming sound. They showed it in 2017 too and it was a blast. For the hotel's film festival, the big title of interest is Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo, a Yoshikazu Ishii joint set during the pandemic. And if you haven't caught Iké Boys yet, that's playing twice (very much before the audience it was intended for).
Also, go to my friend Alana's panel about designing kaiju gijinkas for cosplay (Saturday at 1). If you've been to either of the past two cons, you probably remember her Mothra costumes, and we're both working on a bunch more for this year.
Oh yeah, and there's a third North American kaiju con, Super G, starting up in the fall... well, sort of. It might be better termed a convention within a convention (Northern National Collectors’ Convention). September 29-October 1 in Windsor, Canada, right on the Michigan border. Not many specifics yet, but the press release says, "Super G will offer fans a variety of guest celebrities and artists, direct from Japan and around the world, who worked on Kaiju franchises making either their first-ever or first-Canadian convention appearances. Inclusion opportunities feature program panels, contests, experiences, theatrical showings, collectables, cosplay, and more."
I haven't been keeping up with Godziban's multi-episode collaboration with Televi-Kun—seems like pretty routine stuff—but then they had to pay homage to Sharknado in the newest installment. I knew, of course, that this day would eventually come. Now which one of you said sharknadoes weren't kaiju back when I was unhealthily obsessed with that series?
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Lego gameboy with batteries
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Now he’s got that NEO GEO
This add is absolutely crazy, and it only gets worse when you read the copy. “Other systems don’t even come close… and lately, neither does he”
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One of the craziest things to me when I look back at old console video game ads is just how dang affordable the consoles themselves were. I mean, a Genesis, with Vectorman, for $99? That's a steal considering new games for the system are $60 or even $70! The same was true for the SNES, N64, and even through to the Playstation and Saturn generation.
Game prices, it turns out, have stayed pretty much the same for a very long time now (they're maybe even down a bit, since we don't have to make expensive cartridges anymore). However, the console costs themselves have skyrocketed. That's a real bummer for the "I'd like to own all of these" gaming crowd.
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Most PC-98 software has such a ridiculously unique look.
Paradise Arena (1994) by Janis.
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