Great stuff over at Ultra Guro
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
Resin Commandos
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
More BAND OF ASSASSINS
Missed this one in our February post on Shinobi no Mono poster art. God I love that post-tinted color!
Great FUJIMARU stuff…
…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
Shogun’s Sanada
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
A salt with a deadly pepper
Shinobi salt and pepper shakers via Patina:
Hoods on eBay
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
A Tonbei-esque 1:6 kitbash
Fooling around with some sixth-scale stuff last weekend, put together this Tonbei the Mist-like kitbash: I have all sorts of 1:6 shinobi cluttering my place, but I always wanted to do an elder suppa figure, a crafty old spy. And … Continued
Shinobi-based ‘Sugoroku’ game
Have owned this “sugoroku” illustrated game board for years but am finally discovering the actual nature of it. Essentially a Japanese version of Chutes and Ladders, these thin paper game boards have been produced for centuries in one form or … Continued