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31 Jul 2011

AKAKAGE kids book covers

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 2 - Books and Manga | 0

Interesting, villain-centric book covers featuring tokusatsu hero Masked Ninja Akagage. I guess if the character or book series is established enough, the different villain-du-jour becomes the selling point.  

Akakage, tokusatsu
2 Jan 2011

KAMUI and a Decade of Digital Ninja (part 2)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 3

OK, so the Kamui Gaiden manga had a major pedigree in Japan, and its ground-breaking U.S. release separated the men from the boys of late-craze ninja fans. So why are we just getting a movie now? The “Island of Sugaru” … Continued

Akakage, ALIEN VS. NINJA, AZUMI, GI Joe, Goemon, kamui, Owls's Castle, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
22 Dec 2010

Something I bought for myself LAST Christmas…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

When you’re a niche geek within an already geeky niche you tend to do your own gift shopping. My session of retail therapy last holiday season was these: While I’m not the biggest tokusatsu fan out there, I do like … Continued

Akakage, Maki Fuyukichi, Red Shadow, tokusatsu, vinyl
28 Oct 2009

Kaiju in AKAKAGE (part 2)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

The Red Shadow kid’s TV series ran 52 episodes over two years. Six of those episodes were later cut together into movies released under titles like Ninjascope (The Magical World of the Ninjas) in Australia and Latin America. They were … Continued

Akakage, kaiju, Maki Fuyukichi, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Monsters and Masks 2009, Red Shadow
27 Oct 2009

Kaiju in AKAKAGE (part 1)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 4

Seems Japan has been beset by giant monsters forever, and luckily for us today heroes like Ultraman are around to fend them off. But in the fuedal era, centuries before any space-faring monster fighters, laser-weilding science patrols or little kids … Continued

Akakage, kaiju, Maki Fuyukichi, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Monsters and Masks 2009, Red Shadow
25 Oct 2009

Coming soon: Watari and Watari…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

Somehow, it’s the last week of October… Time flies when you’re running around in an Oni mask like a maniac. Actually, some mid-month travel put a dent in what I wanted to be a more prolific output for MONSTERS AND … Continued

Akakage, Lion Maru, Maki Fuyukichi, Monsters and Masks 2009, Watari
16 Sep 2009

Sonosheets from Japanese eBay – Part 1

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 2 - Books and Manga, 4 - Collectibles | 0

It’s not that you can’t win auctions over international eBorders, but it’s a bit logistically tough – there’s the kanji barrier, shipping rates, communication delays over the dateline, etc. and so forth. All these are excuses enough to keep me … Continued

Akakage, HENSHIN NINJA ARASHI, Red Shadow

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