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Monsters and Masks 2009

The best VN Halloween/monster features in one easy list!
25 Oct 2015

The best VN Halloween/monster features in one easy list!

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

One wouldn’t normally think of a site like this for creepy and monster-y Halloween content, but man over the years we have BROUGHT IT! Here’s a one-stop-shopping list of Vintage Ninja‘s finest “Monsters and Masks” features: The Demon of Mt. … Continued

Monster vs. Ninja Month, Monsters and Masks 2009, Monsters and Masks 2010, Monsters and Masks 2011
1 Nov 2009

October is MONSTERS AND MASKS MONTH!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 7 - Ninja Miscelany | 0

In celebration of Halloween, all posts this month feature SCARY SHINOBI, DEMON-MASKED ASSASSINS and  NINJA VS. MONSTERS!!! Three to five times a week we’ll be assaulting you with images of swordsmen riding giant toads, shinobi superheroes battling sponge-suit creatures and … Continued

Monsters and Masks 2009
31 Oct 2009

DOKURO NINJA in vinyl

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

Kaiketsu Lion Maru‘s simple skull-masked ‘shockers’ were absolutely awesome, and I believe for the first time there’s a licensed action figure representing them! This 5″ vinyl boutique figure is from RealxHead / Fewture Models. Jointed arms, rotating hands and head, … Continued

Lion Maru, Monsters and Masks 2009
31 Oct 2009

Skull shinobi and Saori’s shorts in LION MARU (part 2)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 2

Yesterday we looked at the early 70’s TV sword-girl standout Saori – whose taut legs and exposed athletic thighs were obviously secondary concerns to her self-accomplished heroism, kick-ass attitude in a man’s world, and defiance to the salacious agendas of … Continued

Akiko Kujo, Lion Maru, Monsters and Masks 2009
31 Oct 2009

Skull shinobi and Saori’s shorts in LION MARU (part 1)

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

As a post Halloween bonus, we’re going to honor the Latin world’s Dia de los Muertos with a look at some skull-masked shinobi. MONSTERS AND MASKS month has been sadly bereft of our beloved Sword Girls, too, so we’ll wrap … Continued

Akiko Kujo, Lion Maru, Monsters and Masks 2009
30 Oct 2009

Find yourself a copy of DEMON OF MOUNT OE!

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

You think you have enough ‘heroic band of samurai with signature weapons vs. shape-shifting evil magicians’ movies in your collection, and then BOOM, a gem like Demon of Mount Oe surfaces! Bandits vs. samurai, magicians vs. Mikado, demon bulls kidnapping … Continued

Demon of Mt. Oe, Monsters and Masks 2009, Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu
29 Oct 2009

Alas, I have no idea…

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

…what movie (or movies) these are from, but they certainly are on-topic for the month! If anyone can shed some light on the images above, drop yer beloved e-publisher a line at unknownpubs-at-yahoo-dot-com.

Monsters and Masks 2009, Ryutaro Otomo, Thai press kits
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

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