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U-Treasure Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku) will be accepting pre-orders for “signature rings” engraved with famous lines from the popular characters “Ultraman Z” and “Ultraman Zero” from the “Ultraman Series” at the U-Treasure Online Shop and U-Treasure Concept Store Ikebukuro from March 11th (Tuesday) to March Read More …
On the 22nd, Ikeda Junya, an actor from the “Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger” series, who was arrested and sentenced to prison for participating in a special fraud case in October last year, updated his X (formerly Twitter) for the first time since the incident. Before entering Read More …
The download/streaming distribution of theme songs and insert songs from 17 Metal Hero series works, from “Space Sheriff Gavan” to “Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack”, which began in June, has been well received. In response to this, it has been decided that the distribution of the original Read More …
The latest key art and Japanese trailer for the CG animation movie “Ultraman: Rising” co-produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Netflix have been released. It has been announced that Sakurai Hiroko, known for playing Fuji Akiko in the first Ultraman, and Hayami Akari, who played Funaberi Read More …
“Ninja Sentai Kakuranger”‘s first new work in 30 years [Part 3: Middle-aged Struggles] will be distributed at Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club this summer. https://tokusatsu-fc.jp/ Today, May 11th (Saturday), “Ninja Sentai Kakuranger” 30th Anniversary Fan Meeting ~, the cast reunited at Theater G Rosso! It was Read More …
“Ultraman Arc,” the latest installment in the “Ultraman” series, will be broadcast on July 6th at 9 p.m. The main character will be played by new actor Totsuka Yuki. The latest series “Ultraman Arc” is about a messenger of light who descends from the galaxy Read More …
The 30th anniversary of “Ninja Sentai Kakuranger” will happen on February 18th. But a post on X is that there will be a special announcement at 17:30. What could it be? “Ninja Sentai Kakurangers” began airing in February 1994-February 1995 and is considered one of Read More …
`Ultraman Blazar” is a masterpiece that everyone who hasn’t seen it yet, as well as those who have seen it once, should definitely watch again. Passionate, fun, warm, and harsh, “Ultraman Blazar” is a work that contains many innovative elements in the recent Ultraman series. Read More …
The finale to “Ultraman Blazar” episode 25 has been released. With the series airing on TV Tokyo (instead of TBS), the series episodes was set at 25 episodes and for the most part, many people loved the series team-driven storyline but also elements of kaiju, Read More …
When it comes to “Ultraman”, there are two kaiju that excites longtime fans and that’s the appearance of Red King (first appearance back in “Ultraman” episode 8) and the ape-like kaiju, Guigass (first appearance in “Ultraman” episode 25) who appeared in 1966 and 1967. And Read More …
On May 10, 2023, it was announced that an Ultraseven 55th Anniversary concept movie, Ultraseven IF Story “The Future 55 Years Ago” was released by TSUBURAYA PROD. Ultraseven. Even after half a century has passed since its initial broadcasting, his story is still etched into Read More …
Tsuburaya Productions tokusatsu drama “Ultraman Blazar” premiered worldwide on July 8th. The second episode will be released on July 15th on the TV Tokyo network, while many will see it released on YouTube with multi-language subtitles and Japanese/English audio.
Seven years after the movie “Shin Godzilla” (2016), the title of the latest Japanese version of the “Godzilla” series produced by Toho has been decided as “Gojira -1.0” (Godzilla Minus One), Godzilla destroying Japan after the war. A specials video showing the was released. A Read More …
Tsuburaya Productions tokusatsu drama “Ultraman Blazar” will be premiering worldwide on July 8th. The first episode will be released on July 8th on the TV Tokyo network, while many will see it released on YouTube with multi-language subtitles.
It was revealed that the box office revenue of the movie “Shin Kamen Rider” (currently open) exceeded 2.02 billion yen, setting the highest record in the history of “Kamen Rider” movies. “Shin Kamen Rider”, written and directed by Anno Hideaki, is based on the tokusatsu Read More …