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SASUKE on the fence
23 Apr 2018

SASUKE on the fence

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

I hope you’ve all pre-ordered Dr. Stephen Turnbull’s Ninja: Unmasking the Myth (available May 3rd). I’m about finished my review copy and am working on both a review and with luck an interview with the good doctor himself. In the meantime, … Continued

Sarutobi Sasuke, Sarutobi Sasuke Senjogadake no Himatsuri
From our beloved readers…
9 May 2015

From our beloved readers…

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

Let’s all help some readers ID some great old newspaper and magazine clippings: Ryan Jones runs a great tumblr called Oldtype/Newtype — archiving old issues of Newtype magazine, and ran across this article from September of 1987. Neither of us … Continued

Sarutobi Sasuke
An obscure old gem back in print!
12 Jul 2014

An obscure old gem back in print!

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

If you’re a dinosaur like me, then you still dig physical media and package art when it comes to your video library. To that end, I’m a regular customer of the Warner Archive DVD-On Demand service. Tons of great titles, … Continued

Magic Boy, Sarutobi Sasuke
18 Aug 2010

Yet somehow it works…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 5 - Art and Advertising | 0

So how many different schools of character design can you have in one anime? The early 60’s TV version of Shirato Sanpei‘s re-imagining of Sarutobi Sasuke sure did probe that question:

Sarutobi Sasuke, Shirato Sanpei
19 Jul 2010

Did you miss Sasuke Weekend?

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

In a nice bit of coinkidink, this past weekend Roy Ware of the awesome Black Sun posted some great imagery of an entirely different Sasuke, an animated film known in English-speaking markets as “Magic Boy.” Occurs to me, with a … Continued

Sarutobi Sasuke
18 Jul 2010

Shoulda known it’d end up being SASUKE! (Part 2)

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

Discovering Sarutobi Sasuke Senjogadake no Himatsuri has been an eye-opener. The below caps will attest to how well-rounded the film is, hitting genre beats from both the super hero sorcerer spectacle-50s and the grim and grittier shinobi-spy 60s at the … Continued

Sarutobi Sasuke
16 Jul 2010

Shoulda known it’d end up being SASUKE! (Part 1)

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

Four months ago or so I ran some vintage publicity stills from movies I couldn’t identify. Well, thanks to VN commenter Robert “ShinobiShaw” Kibodeaux we got some IDs soon after, and I’m finally getting around to putting up these caps … Continued

Sarutobi Sasuke
4 May 2010

SASUKE Book-n-Record

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

This kid’s book-and-record (flexi-disc that is) Sarutobi Sasuke: Ninja Shugyou (Ninja Training?) is from 1973, and I know little more than that. The art throughout its 10 cardboard pages is no great shakes – and is actually quite stiff at … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Sarutobi Sasuke
17 Feb 2010

A Tonbei-esque 1:6 kitbash

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

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

1:6 Scale, Samurai Fiction, Sarutobi Sasuke, The Samurai, Tonbei
5 Feb 2010

SAMURAI SPY – Quick Close-Ups

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

Wrapping up our 4-part look at the visual qualities of Masahiro Shinoda’s Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke Evidenced by the previous entries in this series, director Masahiro Shinoda and cinematographer Masao Kosugi were out to baffle the viewer visually as much as … Continued

Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke

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