Tag: Toku Tuesdays
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...
The Absurd Punk Energy of PSYCHO GOREMAN (2020)
Tokusatsu has a wide influence and it is never more clear how wide-reaching it is than when you see a film like Psycho Goreman...
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...
A kaiju author’s travel memoir: HOW TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE IN NORTHERN JAPAN by...
Travel is one thing that no responsible person is participating in this year. However, just because you are trapped inside does not mean your...
THE GUYVER (1991): A Movie at War with Itself
In 1990, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie became the most successful independent movie of all time. It would hold onto this honour until...
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...
An Old-Fashioned MONSTRUM Movie
South Korea has absolutely been killing it in the genre scene. Bong Joon-Ho just won Best Picture and it seems like there is a...
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 Heartfelt Absurdism of Kamen Rider Build (2017-18)
Kamen Rider is one of the pillars of Tokusatsu. Along with Ultraman and Super Sentai, it remains in production to this day. We briefly...
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...
A Beast Called Gorgo: Exploring the King Brothers’ Kaiju Comic
Gorgo is a 1961 monster film funded by King Brothers Productions after they had a huge success distributing the American version of the Japanese...