OK, so maybe we are in another ninja boom… Mask of the Ninja, Ninja Assassin, Ninja, and coming soon from the minds behind Death Trance is this piece of sublime shinobi-sploitation: Looks like ‘Ninja Gaiden vs. The Loch Ness Monster.’ Sign … Continued
Tombstone vs. Wyatt Earp. Deep Impact vs. Armageddon. Films rushed out ahead of bigger budgeted studio tentpoles that ended up being better, more satifying and in general more FUN films. Its happened again (albeit a little late in this country) as Isaac … Continued
I’ve been a longtime fan of the Italian photo blogs Blonde Zombies and Asian Drillpop, and now the same publisher has unleashed a new stream – Ultra Guro, which seems Japanese and vintage HK themed. Some nifty sword girl imagery … Continued
Scored a weird little trio of plastic or low-grade modeller’s resin castings of shinobi a few years back, no manufacturer details alas. I’m guessing the 2.5″ ninja were scoped up from some much smaller lead gaming figure original, as the … Continued
Missed this one in our February post on Shinobi no Mono poster art. God I love that post-tinted color!
…over at Shonen King’s superb Black Sun blog! We did a series of posts on a Fujimaru book-n-record set back in July of 09, and now SK has a pile great stills from the B&W anime. I absolutely adore the … Continued
I’m not the hugest fan of the 1980 Japan Action Club vehicle Shogun’s Ninja (Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu), but you have to admire the insane stuntwork, and it’s another movie with Henry Sanada fighting with twin short swords – which I … Continued
Shinobi salt and pepper shakers via Patina:
VN’s attracted a lot of fans worldwide, and I get all sorts of compliments on the site from very happy readers. Despite all that love, none of you seem especially concerned that I do NOT own an antique armored Japanese … Continued