Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Chojin Sentai Jetman Series Review Part 2

Number of episodes: 51
Movies: N/A
Action Director: Michihiro Takeda
Special Effects Supervisor: Hiroshi Butsuda
Episode Directors: Shouhei Toujou (16 episodes), Keita Amemiya (14 episodes), Masao Minowa (13 episodes), Kiyoshi Arai (4 episodes), Taro Sakamoto (4 episodes)
Episode Writers: Toshiki Inoue (29 episodes), Kenichi Araki (11 episodes), Naruhisa Arakawa (6 episodes), Mami Watanabe (2 episodes), Hiroyuki Kawasaki (1 episode), Kunio Fujii (1 episode), Takahiko Masuda (1 episode)
Suit Actors:

Kazuo Niibori, Hiroshi Maeda - Red Hawk
Hirofumi Ishigaki, Tomihisa Naruse - Yellow Owl
Naoki Ofuji - Black Condor
Yuichi Hachisuka, Masato Akada - White Swan
Shoji Hachisuka - Blue Swallow
Hideaki Kusaka - Jet Icarus, Jet Garuda, Great Jet Icarus, Grey
Yasuhiro Takeuchi - Tetra Boy
Takeshi Miyazaki - Dimension Beasts

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Toku Week In Review (6/23/2013)

Another week, another batch of tokusatsu news! This week, more information on the Kikaider revival project is revealed, a new trailer for the live action adaptations of Gatchaman and Tiger Mask are released online, toys galore, a familiar face joins the Kamen Rider Wizard movie and more! Hit the jump for all the toku news you can handle.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Chojin Sentai Jetman (1991-1992) Series Review Part 1

Air Dates: February 15, 1991 - February 14, 1992
Head Director: Keita Amemiya
Head Writer: Toshiki Inoue
Music: Kazuhiko Toyama
Producers: Atsushi Kaji, Takeyuki Suzuki, Kyozo Utsunomiya
Created by: Saburo Hatte
Starring:

Kotaro Tanaka - Ryu Tendoh/Red Hawk
Rika Kishida - Kaori Rokumeikan/White Swan
Ikko Tadano (credited as Tomohisa Naruse) - Raita Oishi/Yellow Owl
Sayuri Uchida - Ako Hayasaka/Blue Swallow
Toshihide Wakamatsu - Gai Yuki/Black Condor
Mikiko Maki - Commander Aya Odagiri
Daisuke Tachi - Count Radiguet
Maho Maruyama - Maria/Rie Aoi
Miku Kuga - Tran
Yutaka Hirose - Emperor Tranza
Yuzo Hayakawa - Jiiya

Voice Only Roles:

Hideaki Kusaka - Grey
Tsutomu Taeki - Narrator

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Toku Week In Review (6/16/2013)

Man of Steel has launched into theaters across America this weekend with huge box office numbers. While that's great for American superheroes, how are their Japanese counterparts faring? Turns out it was a huge week for new toku information: we have a name for our next Kamen Rider series, Koichi Sakamoto's newest film is announced, New Ultraman Retsuden's first promo arrives, the original Ultraman finally gets its long-awaited Japanese Blu-ray release, the Go-Busters return with the launch of its V-cinema special and more! Hit the jump for all the non-video gaming and all-tokusatsu news you need to know this week!


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

No Toku Week In Review this week

Hey everyone, sorry about not posting a news recap over the weekend like I usually do. I had gotten started on writing the post, but I kept putting it off until it was clear that it was too late to try posting it. I will try to bang out one this week, so there's that to look forward to. In the meantime, the most interesting thing that happened this past week was the loads of information we got on Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger The Movie: Gaburincho of Music and Kamen Rider Wizard In Magic Land: The Movie (Deathryuger is the name of the villain of the Kyoryuger film, not KyoryuNavy). So, here's the theatrical trailer for the double-feature, coming out on August 3rd.

Here ya go

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Spider-Man Series Review Part 2

Number of episodes: 41
Movies: Spider-Man (Released on: July 22, 1978 Length: 24 minutes)
Stunt Coordinators: Osamu Kaneda, Junji Yamaoka
Episode Directors: Koichi Takemoto, Katsuhiko Taguchi, Takaharu Saeki, Kimio Hirayama, Hideo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Episode Writers: Shozo Uehara, Susumu Takaku, Kuniaki Oshikawa, Hirohisa Soda, Mikio Matsushita
Ratings Average: 8.0%
Opening Theme: "Kakero! Spider-Man" (Run, Spider-Man!) Performed by: Yuki Hide
Ending Theme: "Chiaki no Ballade" (The Oath's Ballade) Performed by: Yuki Hide
Episode Length: 24 minutes
AKA: Japanese Spider-Man (Marvel.com title)

Toku Week In Review (6/2/2013)

All right, we've now in the sixth month of the year! Summer's around the corner, which means it's time to finally dig our teeth into info and promos for the next Super Hero Time movie double feature! Plus, new images surface for Ultraman Ginga, a new original tokusatsu series is announced, and Akibaranger gets a little closer to its dream of becoming official. Hit the jump for all the toku news you can handle!