Category Archives: Series, Columns and Features

This Week in Tokusatsu – Week 2, 2019

Kamen Rider Woz debuts! The police have finally begun to suspect the identities of the phantom thieves, and we get a new anime Godzilla movie courtesy of Netflix. Lupinranger vs Patoranger Episode 46 Picking up right after the Christmas special, Keiichiro believes (correctly) that he has figured out the identities of the Lupinrangers. He takes […]

This Week in Tokusatsu – Week 1, 2019

With the New Year’s holiday this past week, it was a light week for Tokusatsu. We’ll be discussing the finale of Jinga. Spoilers for the series finale of Kami No Kiba: Jinga below. Lupinranger vs Patoranger and Kamen Rider Zi-O are off this week for New Year’s Day. Kami No Kiba – Jinga Episode 12 […]

This Week in Tokusatsu – Christmas 2018

The police and thieves take a break from the action for a Christmas special, Jinga ramps up to a thrilling conclusion and Zi-O continues the battle against his future self! Let’s dive in, shall we? Lupinranger vs Patoranger Episode 45 Obligatory Christmas special! There is a major shift in tone this week, as we take […]

This Week in Tokusatsu – Week Ending December 23rd, 2018

The police and thieves learn the truth of Noel’s past and Zi-O sees his future for the first time! Let’s dive in, shall we? Lupinranger vs Patoranger Episode 44 Coming off the heels of last week’s revelation that Noel is not entirely human, we learn a great deal more about his actions and his heritage, […]

This Week in Tokusatsu – December 14th, 2018

Lupinranger vs Patoranger’s final arc continues this week, with a revelation about a longtime ally. Zi-O’s Ghost Arc closes out and Decade joins the cast. Let’s dive in, shall we? Lupinranger vs Patoranger Episode 43 A second French operative for GSPO returns to Japan this week, and is revealed to be none other than the […]

Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid RPG proves HUGE SUCCESS for Renegade Game Studios.

Remember, way back in October 2017, when I spoke about the upcoming Power Rangers Hyperforce and the potential this had in igniting a fire in the tabletop community for a co-opertative Power Rangers role playing game? Well, guess what? It did and now we’re getting one courtesy of Renegade Game Studios! Here’s my thoughts on […]

Kamen Rider Build: The Story, Thoughts and Opinions So Far

With what the series has done with developing the story despite being roughly only halfway through it’s running time, Kamen Rider Build is, in short, amazing. Today, I’m going to discuss and point out some things I noticed in Kamen Rider Build, and my thoughts on the series so far. Warning: You should have watched up […]

SODO Sundays- February 25th 2018

Hello, tokusatsu community! Joshua Perry here to talk about SODO figures on my fortnighly series, SODO Sundays. This time we have some news from the Kamen Rider Build line. Kamen Rider Build Set 7 of the Build SODO figures releases at the end of March. Already revealed was SmarphoWolf but the rest of the set […]

Kamen Ranger’s Ramblings: Kamen Rider Goes To Hollywood

With our MCUs and DCEUs and Sony & Fox’s hilarious failures to even keep up with DC we live in a world saturated with Superhero media which got me thinking: How would an American movie adaptation of Kamen Rider work? Or would it even at all? The short answer is yes it could, but they’d […]

Kamen Ranger’s Ramblings: Mask or Helmet?

Now it might seem silly to even debate this point. The title of the show is “Masked Rider” after all. However, this has been something that’s bugged me slightly ever since Samurai Flamenco brought it up in the first episode: Is Kamen Rider’s mask actually a mask or is it a helmet? The definition of […]