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Monthly Tokusatsu Connection (March 2025)
Some general overall thoughts I seem to have one Friday where I don’t watch Ultraman R/B and Garo. One where I am just too burnt out to watch…
Another Brief Foray into Ultraman, Another Brief Foray into Comics: A Mishap
I have only recently, as in the past five years, really nurtured my love of Tokusatsu. You guys can probably tell from some of my posts and some…
Monthly Tokusatsu Connection (Feb 2025)
Some general overall thoughts I couldn’t add Kamen Rider Geats into this because I am too far in to suddenly include it in a monthly thing, but just…
Monthly Ultra Connection (January 2025 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts Next month, I am just going into a General Ultraman thing. That means that the episodes of Kamen Rider Geats I watch and Garo…
Films I Enjoyed in 2024
Introduction As a whole, I somehow watched more anime films this year than I expected to. Though I think a major part of that comes from just watching…
Monthly Ultra Connection (December 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts December has been a busy month, so I haven’t gotten to as much Ultraman this month. Plus Arc went on break the last month…
Monthly Ultra Connection (November 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts I really need to change the cover photo I have for this post. Otherwise, it has been an interesting month of mostly good Ultraman…
Ultraman GEED – No Fate But What You Make
When it comes to newer Ultraman shows, I never know what to expect from them. Is the show going to be a pretty basic, episodic Ultraman series with…
Ultraman Ginga S: Connections Mean Something
It’s been a long while since I completed Ultraman Ginga. If you remember, I didn’t really enjoy it that much. I mean, it was a victim of being…
Monthly Ultra Connection (October 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts Trigger needs to be better, but Taro and Arc are still great. I cheated a little in this post by watching and putting Episode…
The Legacy of Ultraman and 70’s Mecha in Evangelion
Introduction Show of hands or write a comment or whatever, how many people reading this have watched Neon Genesis Evangelion without that much of a mecha background? If…
This Week in Anime - DAN DA DAN's Tokusatsu Connection
Coop joins the TWIA team just in time to discuss how DAN DA DAN is a love letter to Ultraman with Chris. Tokusatsu love is the purest love…
Monthly Ultra Connection (September 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts Another month of Ultraman, though not as much Ultraman as usual. I cut back on some of my media consumption because I had to…
(First Reaction) Ultraman: Along Came A Spiderman
I’ve been in a bit of a spot of seeing Western media and Japanese media come together. I mean, clearly one of them was Suicide Squad Isekai. You…
Monthly Ultra Connection (August 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts Here is more Ultraman stuff that almost no one cares about, but Ultraman is fun and that’s ok. It seems I wandered into some…
Monthly Ultra Connection (July 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts This was a good month for watching Ultraman stuff. I finished a couple series I really like, and Arc started up. The only really…
King Yama And Japanese Popular Culture
I was watching Ultraman Taro when a kaiju, Enmargo, appeared that caught my attention. Bearing a sword and shield, his crown adorned with the kanji for King and…
How Ultraman Rising Embodies the Ultraman Formula
Ultraman Rising's tweaks to the title character are perfectly in keeping with a character that has transformed many times over the decades.
This Week in Games - Pokémon, Kaiju, and Pals
Jean-Karlo deep-dives into Pokémon's Ultraman origins, the big update to Palworld, and classic games making a comeback!
One Shots / “The Earth Guardian”
This weekend marks the start of a new Ultraman series, Ultraman Arc. It’s a constant reminder of how time flies really fast as around this time one year…
Monthly Ultra Connection (June 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts I wasn’t able to watch as much Ultraman this month compared to the last because June has been really busy. I took a week…
Ultraman Rising – Kaiju Children Are Cute!
As we all know by now, I’ve gotten into Ultraman a while ago. I’ve written about a few of them and have a monthly update post for Ultraman…
Ultraman Rising Review: A Tale of Family and Balance
Ultraman is a series rich in history with all kinds of shows and movies over the years and the latest entry just recently released on Netflix. Now Ultraman…
Ultraman: Rising Anime Movie Review
Visually, the movie looks pretty solid as it takes some strong cues from the Spiderverse films with some stylistic flourishes. The iconic transformation is one of the coolest…
Storytelling with Audio in 'Ultraman: Rising'
Speaking to composer Scot Stafford, plus news.
Teito Monogatari: The Tale of the Imperial Capital - Volume 1 - Preface
.post p { margin:0 0 .75em; line-height:2em; text-indent:1em; } Teito Monogatari: The Tale of the Imperial Capital Author: Hiroshi Aramata …
Monthly Ultra Connection (May 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts I’m watching three really good Ultraman shows. Taro and Geed have been delights and Ginga S is so much better then Ginga so far.…
The Top 5 Japanese Albums According to AZALE
From prog rock, to symphonic fever dreams, Ultraman, and beyond!
Noboru Iguchi’s Space Girls (Eng Sub)
DDL | Archive Released by SOD in 2001. Story: An alien virus descends upon Tokyo. Those infected start vomiting blood and later turn into crazy violent zombies. In…
Monthly Ultra Connection (April 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts I watched a lot of good Ultraman episodes this week. Holy crap, there is a lot of good material and episodes. I think it…
Ultraman Blazar: Questioning The Boundaries
This is the latest Ultraman series and it’s crazy how different it is from the time breaking love story in Ultraman Decker. In fact, Blazar also broke a…
Ultraman Z – Development and Fanservice
Z is a series that starts out mostly like most Ultraman series do with some interesting twists. There is an elite group called storage that fights kaiju with…
Suehiro Maruo’s Rubber Hell: Showa Horror & Tokusatsu
Suehiro Maruo crafted a world of erotic nightmare, but lingering in the corner are Godzilla and Ultraman. Let’s look at how tokusatsu has influenced the work of this…
Suehiro Maruo’s Rubber Hell: Showa Horror & Tokusatsu
Suehiro Maruo crafted a world of erotic nightmare, but lingering in the corner are Godzilla and Ultraman. Let’s look at how tokusatsu has influenced the work of this…
Ultraman Orb – Something Unique
Oh man, where to start. Well, Ultraman Orb is a series that takes a more modern approach to the Ultraman formula by turning the usual pseudo team of…
Ultraman Ginga – A New Beginning
Ultraman Ginga is a simple yet complicated show to write about. Mainly because of its place in the world of Ultraman series. This is the first series in…
Monthly Ultra Connection (March 2024 Edition)
Introduction You may notice the lack of Ginga and Geed watching here. Yeah, it was a busy month. I didn’t have all the time in the world to…
Ultraman Ace – For The Kids
Writing this post is a big reminder of how far I’ve gotten into the showa era Ultraman series. Not counting UltraQ, Ace is the fourth Ultraman series. Before…
Time for Tokusatsu
Following the epicness that is Mecha March, It’s time for Tokusatsu. This is what I am choosing as my transition from Mecha March to general content. It’s going…
Box Art Extravaganza: March 2024 (Updated, Mar. 18)
UPDATE, Mar. 18: Added packaging art for upcoming kits of interest released days ahead of this post. We are back with another round of new packaging art, and…
Box Art Extravaganza: March 2024 (Updated, Mar. 11)
UPDATE, Mar. 11: Added packaging art for Bandai Spirits kits of interest released during the week of March 16th. As mentioned in the original post, there’s only one…
Finally Pulled the Trigger on Earth Garon: S.H.Figuarts Earth Garon Mod. 2/3/4 Option Parts Set
When Ultraman Blazar was first revealed earlier in 2023, one of the things that caught my attention was Earth Garon or the Type 23 Special Tactical Armored Kaiju…
Monthly Ultra Connection (February 2024 Edition)
Introduction This month, I added Ultraman Taro to my watchlist after finishing Ace. Ace was a bit of a mess, which you will see in my review soon.…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: February 5 – February 11, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Farming Life in Another World, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, MF GHOST, UNDER NINJA
The Birth of Kamen Rider
A look into the history of the creation of Japan's most iconic superhero (not Ultraman). My original Zimmerit article on the subject: https://www.zimmerit.moe/kamen-rider-behind-the-mask/ Zimmerit Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ZimmeritEX Translations by @WindiiGitlord Sources: The…
Monthly Ultra Connection (January 2024 Edition)
Introduction This month’s Ultra Connection is a bit of a different one. Blazar just ended and I also finished Z and Orb. That means I added Ginga and…
Monthly Ultra Connection (December 2023 Edition)
Introduction With Ultraman Blazar going on break and me ending two shows this month, it really is a wild time to watch all of these Ultraman series. I’ve…
Monthly Ultra Connection (November 2023 Edition)
Introduction Another round of Ultraman episode batches are here and there is some good stuff going on. I have gotten a bit more sporadic with Orb and Z…
Monthly Ultra Connection (October 2023 Edition)
Introduction I don’t have as many episodes for some shows this time because I took a break for one day to watch all of them due to some…
This Week in Games - Trust The Fungus. Touch The Fungus.
Nostalgia wave hits us this week with Gigabash x Ultraman collab, Super Mario Bros. Movie 30th anniversary, and Touch Detective coming back to the US!