Martial Arts Paperbacks
If I had a bigger pad, I’d do nothing but trawl used bookstores and paperback collector shows for vintage martial arts pulps. Fill an entire wall like it was an old Walden Books from Shopper’s World in Framingham. (apologies for … Continued
Revenge of THE DOMINATION
Last week a horror movie label called Scream Factory released Ninja III: The Domination on Bluray and DVD. Just going to let that statement slow burn for a second… Not a label with a large martial arts back catalog, not … Continued
It’s a sword. Hold it like one, dammit!
I just adore this article by my pal Maria Alexander — “Why I Hate (Most) Photos and Drawings of Women with Swords.” Read it. RIGHT NOW. I’ll wait. There are dozens of tumblrs out there dedicated to babes-n-blades, and they … Continued
Happy 4th Anniversay, Darlings…
Every year we celebrate the site’s birthday by reposting the very first thing we ever did — a look at vintage press still from Akai Kageboshi. AKAI KAGEBOSHI – the other ‘red shadow’ (originally published June 7, 2009) Can a … Continued
Aint no Ninja in this Dragon’s Den!
[Sing that title like an old blues number] Back in the craze daze, we were all victims of “Shinobified” movie titles — kung-fu flicks, often from the 70’s, with no ninja content whatsoever shamelessly retitled to the likes of Fist of Ninja, Dragon … Continued
LADY NINJA from ABC Toys
I’ve said repeatedly here that the wild and unknown territory that is generic and bootleg figure collecting affords a lot more joy of discovery and amazing mutated finds than tracking down better known and licensed collectibles from the past. The … Continued
Review: NINJA: THE MISSION FORCE — parody executed with more skill than its source
What do you do with a half-dozen mail-order ninja suits, some black eye-liner, a few friends willing to tumble around a public park like idiots and a heap of public domain films? Well, in the 80s if you were Godfrey … Continued
VN REVISITED: A ‘Tonbei the Mist’ Primer
I reposted this fantastic publicity still of Maki Fuyukichi as Tonbei the Mist from Greg Newman over at the Facebook “The Samurai” Group. Got a lot of attention, so I thought this would be a good time to revisit a … Continued
FIVE ELEMENT NINJA African marketing
This amazingness from the mobile “cinemas” of Ghana, Africa is on eBay right now, for a steal, too! Plenty more goodness here, as well!
MIRAI NINJA figures
Superbly sculpted and detailed 6-9″ figures from Toy Crowd (2001) of Shiranui and Shouki from the 1988 effects-romp we know as Cyber Ninja. I dig these toys as much as I do the film, an indie that spends its modest budget … Continued