Tag: Kaiju
Monster Movie Pool Party
So you’ve found yourself blessed with being fully vaxed and ready to get back into the world this summer. There is no better time...
Toku Tuesday: Godzilla Monsters and Protectors #1
When I was looking forward to kaiju in 2021 I had somehow completely left off IDW’s new ongoing comic book written by Erik Burnham,...
Toku Tuesday: Ultramega Issue #1
Par for the course, whenever I make a list of upcoming material I always miss something. In this case I literally missed a GODZILLA...
Upcoming Tokusatsu and Kaiju Media in 2021
We are entering an unprecedented era of tokusatsu media. Whether it be books, movies, or TV Series, the remainder of 2021 has some huge...
Monster Madness
Thrifting is one of my favourite pastimes. Specifically when it comes to looking for books. Spending hours in some dusty basement of a store...
An Appreciation for the Tokusatsu Fanbase in 2020
This year has been a hard one for all of us. As the year ends it feels like a good time for reflection. Despite...
Toku Forgiveness
One of the greatest recurring themes in Tokusatsu is the act of forgiving oneself after contemplating your own actions or upon discovering a sin...
NOTZILLA (2019): King of the Kaiju Spoofs
Kaiju parody has been done a lot. Whether it is minor snippets of other spoof movies such as the truly dreadful ‘Spermzilla’ from Chillerama...
Recommendations from the Non-Fiction Godzilla Library
Getting accurate information and history for giant monster films is difficult. There are a lot of voices out there and many of those voices...
Kaiju Con-Line
The virus is for now here to stay and with that all of the common summer hobbies we’ve all grown to love have been...
Kaiju Fandom Survives the Quarantine
The Quarantine and Stay at Home orders have affected the entire world. The Tokusatsu and Kaiju Genre is no different. This has led to...
Get Down with Godzilla: Big G’s Music Video Appearances
Godzilla has meant a lot of things to a lot of people. If his recent appearances in the realm of music videos are of...
The Weird World of Kongsploitation: From 1933 to 2020
This week for Toku Tuesday we are delving into a truly bizarre subgenre in the world of giant monsters, Kongsploitation. This is a subgenre...
Reptilian (2001): A Good-Bad Time
The term “good-bad movie” has come under some fire as of late. How can a movie truly be bad if you find yourself enjoying...
A Toku Tuesday Look at Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is not a nice game. It challenges you at every turn and any mistake you make will be met with...
Toku Tuesday: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)
Eventually, this article series will get into the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise and my complicated feelings upon it. The ambiance and small moments of...
Toku Tuesday: Project Nemesis, the Series
In the past we discussed the comic adaptation of Jeremy Robinson's novel Project Nemesis, this week we're discussing the series as a whole. Lasting...
Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, A Canadian-Italian Kaiju Fever Dream
A few months ago we discussed Kaiju and giant monsters that have attacked Canada. In my research for the article, I missed the biggest...
Reading Project Nemesis: the Comic
Project Nemesis began life as a novel by Jeremy Robinson written in 2012 and it has become one of the most popular entries in...
Reevaluating Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
In the realm of Kaiju fandom, there is a lot of stigma and critical assumptions you have to combat. People write off the films...
Canada’s Kaiju: An Exploration of the Great White North’s History of Giant Monsters
Canada is the second largest country in the world, as such if giant creatures were to exist you'd expect for at least a few...
Replanting Godzilla Vs. Biollante (1989)
Originally the Big G was intended to sit out of this column for quite some time, as there have been a copious amount of...
6 Things I Learned Writing In the Shadow of Extinction
You can learn a lot writing a book. Learn something about yourself, your understanding of genre, and maybe hopefully how to be a better...
Shinichi Sekizawa and Flipping Formula On Its Head
I’ve got kaiju on the brain. At the time of this writing, the Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) SDCC trailer is a hot topic...