Message from Planet C: Akakage in Adaptation

Ando Masanabou as Akakage in 2001's Red Shadow: Akakage.

Ando Masanobu’s turn as the machine-gun wielding Kiriyama in 2000’s adaptation of Battle Royale caught everyone’s attention. For a while there, Ando could do wrong. It may seem strange then that his next films were a Catalonian film festival nominated medical drama… and an adaptation of a comic from 1966.

SODO Sunday – May 19th, 2024

‘Geiz’ a minute of your time for more candy toy figures! Let’s dive in for an ‘ultra’ edition of SODO Sunday! Good day everyone, Scott here with a brand new SODO Sunday! It’s certainly felt like it’s been a hot minute since the last one, right? As much as I love minipla reveals, it’s nice […]

Memorial Edition Go-Phone Announced as Go-Onger Prepare for a Full Throttle Return

With the crossover imminent between the current car themed series, Bakuage Sentai Boomboonger, and 2008’s Engine Sentai Go-Onger, what better time for Bandai Japan to announce a brand new Memorial Edition Go-Phone? Do you feel the need? The need for speed? Clearly, Premium Bandai does! This announcement of a Memorial Edition release for Engine Sentai […]

The Weekly Ride Review with Ethan Legendary Feature: Kamen Rider Gotchard Legend Arc Episodes 32-35

Gorgeous greetings, one and all! That’s right, that man is making his legendary show debut! Will he stick around or is he just showing up to shill his new toys? Let’s jump in and find out! Welcome, Riders, to a bumper edition of The Weekly Ride Review. In this edition, we’re taking a look at […]

The Weekly Ride Review (At The Movies): Kamen Rider The Winter Movie – Gotchard and Geats Strongest Chemy★Great Gotcha Operation

Cast your mind back to December, when episode 15 ended with the clearly evil Licht Kugimiya and X-Wizard looking ominously at our cast from a bush. Whatever happened with that? Well, now that the BluRay is out, we can finally find out! Compared to my other movie reviews, we are going to do things a […]

Rumour Mill: Everything We Know About Kamen Rider Gavv

With the trademark being revealed for Kamen Rider Gotchard’s successor, it’s time to take a dive into the rumour mill and see what we know about the Rider of 2024! Before we get in deep in here – obligatory warning: these are all rumours. Please take them with a grain of salt until we have […]

New Series: Kamen Rider Gavv Trademark Filed

A new trademark ‘Kamen Rider Gavv’ has been filed by Toei, therefore confirming the title of Kamen Rider Gotchard’s successor. Toei Company Ltd. has filed a new trademark for the next Kamen Rider series under the name of Kamen Rider Gavv. The trademark has recently been approved by the Japanese Intellectual Property Database. This series will succeed […]