Two pub stills / lobby cards from the Spanish market release of the Taiwanse Wu Tang vs. Ninja or Ninja Hunter as it is know here. This is a pretty good piece of Mandarin ninjasploitation, with lots of colorful characters, … Continued
Ukido Ninja Warriors is a nice new line of well-researched and superbly executed ninja collectibles distributed out of Australia. Pictured here is the assortment of 3.5″ figures, but the same designs are available as keychains, and imprinted on wallets, journals … Continued
Thanks to Roy Ware of the awesome Black Sun blog for sending me this: Yes, shinobi cheezy-poofs! Getting my ass down to Little Tokyo grocers right f’n now! Meanwhile, check out Roy’s great feature on Gekko Kamen up right now, … Continued
My pal Lili Chin is the bomb! She bought these for me on a recent vacation to Japan. Obviously “inspired by” Sonny Chiba’s Hattori Hanzo in Kage no Gundan. I was shocked when these actually fit my gaijin yeti feet. … Continued
Have seen this posted on a few blogs, but wanted to credit back to the source before I passed it along. Afrodisiac artist Jim Rugg did some ninja illustrations for McSweeny’s that were sadly cut. Check them out at his … Continued
The highly regarded alt-manga blog Same Hat! Same Hat! has some photos up of the amazing GARO exhibition at the Center for Book Arts in NYC. I haven’t studied up much on GARO, but it seems to me (from a … Continued
The aquatic Thai fantasy epic known as Legend of the Tsunami Warrior in many English-speaking markets is predominantly Pirates of the Carribean / Lord of the Rings fare, but there’s a surprise ninja scene in the middle of it with … Continued
Was contacted by the good folks behind the semi-historical espionage-action-comedy thing that is Norwegian Ninja. This one’s a bit of a head scratcher, but I’m intrigued as hell. Read the Wiki for the low down on the controversial property. Twitch … Continued
When I went through the 80’s ninja craze, I did some embarrassing stuff. I’d dress in improvised night gear and sneak around the neighborhood, cut myself aplenty fashioning weapons out of household hardware implements, I’d vehemently argue the scientific validity … Continued