Category Archives: Ultraman

Ultraman Russo and Ultraman Bull Changer and Gimmick Items Revealed

More information has been released about the upcoming Ultraman series for 2018, this time in the form of high-resolution pictures of the changers used by Ultraman Russo and Ultraman Bull. Based on the scans, it seems the default form for each Ultraman will be Russo Flame and Bull Aqua, based on Taro and Ginga, respectively. […]

Ultraman Russo and Ultraman Bull Revealed

Good news for Ultraman fans today, as Ultraman Russo and Ultraman Bull have been unveiled, each with multiple forms. Seen in the scans below, Ultraman Russo and Ultraman Bull each have Aqua, Flame, Wind, and Ground forms, but details on the overall plot are lacking at this time. You can see the designs for the […]

Ultraman Geed: A Noob’s Perspective

Ultraman Geed recently wrapped up its initial broadcast run, and as it was airing, I decided to finally take the deep dive into the crazy world that is Ultraman. This is the story of a veteran Toku fan’s attempt to branch out into the wider world. Riku, as Geed, springs into action following his transformation […]

Ultraman 2018 First Image Released

Some exciting news is coming out of Tsuburaya Productions today as we have been given our first glimpse at the 2018 Ultraman, at least in silhouette form. In the image below, we get our initial look at the new character, unnamed as of this writing. Tsuburaya has trademarks for three new character names currently, leading […]

SODO Sundays – January 28th, 2018

Hello, tokusatsu community! Joshua Perry here to talk about SODO figures on my biweekly series, SODO Sundays. This time is the longest one yet with news from Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, and Ultraman. Kamen Rider Build Usually, Ganbarizing exclusive Kamen Rider forms never get any sort of figure but Build has changed that with the […]

SODO Sundays: October 8th, 2017

Hello, tokusatsu community! Joshua Perry here to talk about SODO figures on my biweekly series, SODO Sundays. This week we have news from Kamen Rider Build, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, and the Ultraman franchise. Kamen Rider Build Last week, Bandai revealed the lineup for SODO Set 2, due out at the end of October. The final […]

The Truth About Tokusatsu

Tokusatsu or “Special Effects Filming” is probably one of the most misunderstood genres in the west – assuming enough people are even aware of it to misunderstand it. We’re all familiar with the “Is that Power Rangers?” enquiry and, while it doesn’t bother me as much as it does others, it highlights an interesting disparity […]