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The Golden Bat (黄金バット, Hajime Sato, 1966)
Skeletal superhero Golden Bat is woken from his 10,000 year slumber to fight for justice when the Earth is threatened with destruction in Hajime Sato’s delightfully silly tokusatsu…
OGON BAT
Originally appearing in pulp novels and kamishibai (storytelling using pictures on illustration boards) in the early 30’s, OGON BAT [黄金バット] ...
The Bat Planet
The Bat Planet TV Episode 111 TV Episode Summary: The episode begins showing us various parts of a city, then focus…
Daimajin (1966) review
“A wonderful and refreshing blend between the jidai-geki/chanbara and the kaiju genre.”
Irezumi (1966) review
“Masamura delivers a phenomenal narrative, a true post-war classic.”
Kentaro Miura (1966-2021)
“When you’re a cartoonist and working at home you sit at your desk pretty much all day,” Kentaro Miura once said in an interview. “You get most of…
Black Tight Killers (1966)
A stylish and visually dazzling romp with lots of action and sensuality
Lycoris Recoil #08 — Bat Man
That's what must've made him immune to rockets in the face. I was able to get this out, but Engage Kiss will have to wait until the…
Chainsaw Man #03 — Man Bat
Why do we keep showing people cowering from harm? Impressions: It's very weird how the show casually explodes entire city blocks and is happy to show the…
86 – 18 – A Bat Into Hell
There was no new episode of 86 last week, nor will a new episode air next week. Instead, this eighteenth episode whets our appetite for the final desperate…
Golden Bat: Japan's First Super Hero
Before Superman, Before Batman, before One Punch Man, before My Hero Academia, before manga, comic books, & anime as we know it, there was a laughing skeleton…
Kentaro Miura (1966-2021): A Tribute
In which I talk about the recent passing of a manga legend.
Chainsaw Man (Volume 2) – Chainsaw vs. Bat
Denji is determined to touch boobs and will even fight the Bat Devil to accomplish his goal. But will the reality of Power’s boobs live up to his…
The Threat (脅迫, Kinji Fukasaku, 1966)
An ambitious executive is confronted with the emasculating nature of the salaryman dream when escaped convicts invade his home in an early thriller from Kinji Fukasaku.
Tutorial: How to Make Dragon or Bat Wings
Related Tutorials: How to Make Butterfly Wings How to Make Simple Shoujo Wings Making cellophane wings is slightly more difficult than other methods, but it’s…
The ANN Aftershow - Power VS The Bat Demon
Things really heat up as Denji and his new fiend partner track down her missing pet. Also: Updates on the Bayonetta 3 controversy, the Gundam punch heard 'round…
A Water Mill (물레방아, Lee Man-hee, 1966)
A wandering soul stumbles on a death rite that may in some senses be his own in Lee Man-hee’s haunting feudal drama.
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Samurai Wolf (牙狼之介, Hideo Gosha, 1966)
A wandering samurai squares off against a corrupt postmaster in Hideo Gosha’s uncharacteristically aventgarde chambara.
Carmen from Kawachi (河内カルメン, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
Suzuki’s anarchic take on Bizet’s opera sees its heroine transcend the forces which oppress her to find true freedom and independence.
Green Rain (草雨 / 초우, Chung Jin-woo, 1966)
The false promises of the post-war era are brought home to two romantic youths dreaming of an illusionary future in Chung Jin-woo’s anti-romantic melodrama.
Shojo yutai / 処女受胎 (‘Immaculate Conception’, 1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #146 Ayako Wakao This Daiei production stars Ayako Wakao as Aiko, a modernist oil painter who has hit a creative w...
Yakuza Hooligans (893 愚連隊, Sadao Nakajima, 1966)
A gang of petty criminals get in over their heads while working with the yakuza in Sadao Nakajima’s ironic crime movie.
Cross Game Review: Break My Heart With A Baseball Bat
Cross Game is one of the most touching and heart breaking manga and anime i've experienced. A beautiful story about love, ghosts and baseball. This review will go…
Finishing a Chapter Where My Heroine Vanquishes a Bat-Dragon
I've been working on a novel for the last three years. The book is close to finishing, but is still months out from being done. I have ap...
Anibros Podcast Episode 93 – Baseball Bat and a Short Skirt
Patrick returns to give you the best deal available in podcasting. In his own special way he reviews the first episode of several…
Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
A recently released yakuza attempts to join the new society by going straight but finds his efforts frustrated by upstart gangsters in Seijun Suzuki’s postmodern noir.
Hit and Run (ひき逃げ, Mikio Naruse, 1966)
A grief-stricken mother hatches a desperate plan of revenge against the woman who killed her son in Mikio Naruse’s dark psychological drama.
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Ebirah, Horror Of The Deep (1966) review [The Godzilla Project]
A pleasant Kaiju film that continues to emphasize the imaginary dynamic of us (i.e. societal harmony) against them (i.e. the Otherness that threatens it)
The History of Mushi Pro – 02 – Anime business (1965-1966)
While I’m hesitant to speak of “golden ages”, if Mushi Production had one, it was certainly the years 1965-1966. Still riding on Tetsuwan Atom’s prodigious popularity, the studio…
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Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2020]
Introduction Kota Takeuchi is man of many creative talents, but whatever he does – be it painting, filming, or sculpting – it is related to historical or contemporary…
Shinmai Renkinjutsushi no Tenpo Keiei – Episode 5 – Smelly Frost Bat Hunting
Episode impressions of Shinmai Renkinjutsushi no Tenpo Keiei Episode 5 as Sarasa managed to have her atelier repaired while making a lot of money selling some stuff. However,…
The Great White Tower (白い巨塔, Satsuo Yamamoto, 1966)
The medical system is just another corporate body filled with egotistical salarymen and dangerously narcissistic careerists in Satsuo Yamamoto’s tense political drama
The Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦, Tetsuya Yamanouchi, 1966)
A classic tale of intrigue and revenge leads to revolution against the feudal order in Tetsuya Yamanouchi’s tokusatsu ninja movie.
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Episode #89 (S11E9) – Tokyo Drifter [東京流れ者] (1966)
Director Seijun Suzuki is a really unique figure in the world of Japanese cinema, with a style all his own. In this episode, Japanese film scholar Jennifer Upton…
Rub Out the Past (日本暗黒街, Masaharu Segawa, 1966)
A restaurateur’s attempts to shake off his violent past are frustrated by the nature of his transgressions in Masaharu Segawa’s noirish drama.
The Virgin Witness / 処女が見た / Shojo ga mita (1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #120 Michiyo Yasuda Kazue (Michiyo Yasuda) is an 18-year-old orphan who has been adopted by her uncle and aunt, with...
Toei and early TV anime – Part 2: the rise of gekiga anime (1966-1968)
Many of Tôei’s promising artists, who had for the most part worked on Fujimaru, were determined to follow up on the possibilities the TV show had opened. This…
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The Kamikaze Guy (カミカゼ野郎 真昼の決斗, Kinji Fukasaku, 1966)
A bumbling pilot becomes embroiled in a conspiracy after an encounter on a ski slope in a goodnatured action comedy starring a young Sonny Chiba.
RISE AGAINST THE SWORD (1966): When Toshiro Mifune No Longer Needed the Seven Samurai
On what would have been Toshiro Mifune’s 102nd birthday (I covered his centennial in three blog posts in 2020), I look at a lesser-known historical drama starring Mifune,…
High School of the Dead (episode 04): with your baseball bat, break through to heaven!
Ramblings about the latest High School of the Dead, episode 04. Komuro = Kamina
Having A Look At Seiyuu Motivations (Also Known As: Yui Horie Is A Creepy Old Bat)
Do me a favor and tell me how long you can stomach this video. Not long, right? I’ve loved Vanilla Salt, the first ending theme from Toradora, ever…
Břetislav Pojar and Miroslav Štěpánek #2: The largely Štěpánek-directed “Hey Mister, Let’s Play!” entries (1966-67)
Watch the films discussed in this article with English subtitles by viewing them on YouTube here! …or, download copies for personal viewing here! When we left off in…
