In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is much richer. Rather than focus on what the rest of the world has already encountered, Mark Schilling provides an encyclopedic compendium of books...
25 January 1938 – 28 January 1998) was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009, the Super Sentai series (later adapted into the Power Rangers series), and the Kamen...
In addition to Toru Iwatani, Miyamoto is another pioneer of modern gaming. He created Mario, Zelda, and served as a co-creator of Pokemon. In case you didn’t know, the default name for the blue version (or green in Japan) of Pokemon in the Japanese release happens to be Shigeru, whi...
Hungarian version of Chinese president's book on governance launched in Budapest Panda's fitness fun on the monkey bars China re-examines its relations with DPRK President Xi calls for 'restraint' over Korean Peninsula situation during phone call with Trump Captive panda successfully mates in the ...
In one version of the story, a young boy sees a girl in a window. When the girl notices that she is being watched, she smiles and throws herself out of the window. The boy recoils in horror as he realizes that the girl is completely missing the lower half ...
Yuma Terada and Ryosuke Saegusa of Tokyo-based management company CTB explain why Hollywood struggles to adapt Japanese IP.
(I bet that figure is hung up in licensing issues) I found this bad boy at Toys R Us. Its nice they let them use the VW Bug for Bumblebee. I will probably pick up this one pretty soon. I have seen the Takara version on eBay for a bit, but I am always worried about picking ...
France, 1944 – As part of a covert US Rangers operation to weaken the Atlantikwall fortifications along the coast of Brittany, elite marksman Karl Fairburne makes contact with the French Resistance. Soon they uncover a secret Nazi project that threatens to end the war before the Allies can ev...
who was contacted to do the movie after toy manufacturer Bandai saw his work onA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master. Meant to invoke Japanese practical effects filmmaking, the film was going for a classic Toho vibe but ended up as a stylizedPower Rangers.The recut American version extend...
Although Zack would return to life, with the revival of the Coinless world inShattered Grid'saftermath, it only delayed the inevitable, as thePower Rangers Unlimited: The Coinlessone-shot revealed the final fate of the original Black Ranger. Upon finding anewly zombifiedversion of Zack, Kimber...