Category Archives: Series, Columns and Features

SODO Sundays – June 23rd, 2024

May your wallet feel no fear, no pain over the newest premium SHODO set! Catch the ‘fire’ additions to Kamen Rider Gotchard’s roster in todays SODO Sundays! What’s up toy fans? We got another SODO Sunday for you today! This time we get a new Premium SHODO set; haven’t had one of those in a […]

SODO Sundays – June 16th, 2024

It’s ‘Game On’ for more candy toy Rider figures! Level up your Kamen Rider Ex-Aid collection with the newest addition to SODO Chronicle! Good day everyone! Scott here with another entry in SODO Sunday; albeit, a smaller edition than what we’re usually used to as we only have one contribution to make today: SODO Chronicle […]

Hero Historia Holidays: Miyauchi Day!

Hero Historia returns this June 14th, flying the flag for the anniversary of the day of the glorious birth of Miyauchi Hiroshi. It’s June 14th! In the United States of America, that makes it Flag Day, the day that the stars and stripes design was accepted as the symbol for the nation back in 1770-whatever. […]

SODO Sundays – June 2nd, 2024

It’s about to get wild with todays edition of SODO Sundays! Take a bite out of the latest SHODO news and get a giant look at this months CHODO Ultra offerings! Good day folks! We’re back with another edition of SODO Sundays. For Kyoryuger and Power Ranger Dino Charge fans, we get a good look […]

SODO Sundays – May 26th, 2024

Get a deeper look at the new YUDO coming ‘Boon’! Rider kick your way into the latest SODO Gotchard as we have a grand time making way for the new SHODO-XX set! Hey everyone; Scott here with a brand new installment of SODO Sundays. Plenty of reveals ahead of us with this months release of […]

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 […]

MCM May London 2024: Toku Power Taisen is Back!

This past year saw Toku Power Taisen at London MCM Comic Con recently provided an exhilarating experience for toku fans, showcasing a fantastic array of content and offering an opportunity for enthusiasts to come together. Organised by fan group, Toku Power Taisen, here are all the details on the next meet up in May! MCM […]

Hero Historia: The (Overly) Complete Guide to GARO (Part 2)

On the last edition, you discovered what GARO is and why you should watch it. In this Hero Historia, we take you through an exhaustive lesson on how to watch it, and in what order! Welcome back to the second half of the Historia guide to the 18+ fantasy toku, GARO! If you don’t know […]

Hero Historia: A(n Exhaustive) Beginner’s Guide to GARO

What is GARO? And why should you care? On this edition of Hero Historia, come discover why every tokusatsu fan should be watching the series. Everybody here knows Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai, and many of us know other series from Toei and Tsuburaya Productions. But the modern era of tokusatsu has some other […]