Fang Shih Yu and Hsi Kuan face off in The Shaw Brothers’ HEROES TWO.
© 2007 Shaw Brothers

HEROES TWO Details
Source: Richard York, Media Blasters

Media Blasters has provided some information about their upcoming release of the Shaw Brothers/Chang Cheh classic, HEROES TWO, due out April 8th.
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©1958 Toho Co., Ltd.

A Look Back at a Lost Classic.
Author: CreatureScape

More than 50 years after his cinematic birth, Godzilla is essentially a global household name. Like Elvis, James Bond, and Marilyn Monroe, he occupies a space in pop culture that is so large; one need never have seen a Godzilla film to recognize him. In his shadow are still towering figures. Rodan and King Ghidorah (a. k. a. Monster Zero) have both had rock bands named after them and Mothra garnered her own four film franchise . . . not including appearances in several Godzilla films.

In contrast, even kaiju fans know very little about Varan, despite the fact that he is one of only a handful of Toho terrors to have his own film.
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Climax Stories: Ultraman Nexus DVD cover
©2008 Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. / CBC

Re-living the adventure in 60 minutes!
Author: James M. Ballard
Official Website: Bandai Visual

With the latest feature film GREAT DECISIVE BATTLE! THE SUPER 8 ULTRA BROTHERS (Dai Kessen! Chou Urutora Hachi Kyoudai) due to hit cinemas across Japan in September, it is time to re-visit the latest generation of Ultra heroes. Therefore, from December 2007, Tsuburaya Productions and Bandai Visual began releasing re-edited, direct-to-DVD episodes of the Heisei Ultraman TV series under the banner of “Climax Stories” (see the original article.) Last month saw the release of CLIMAX STORIES: ULTRAMAN NEXUS (Kuraimakkusu Sutooriizu Urutoraman Nekusasu) from the show’s original screenwriter Keiichi Hasegawa and director Yuichi Abe.

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©2000 Toho Co., Ltd

A Look at This Year’s WonderFest!
Author: Ed Godziszewski

Sunday February 24 marked the semi-annual ritual of collecting avarice and odd behavior in Japan known as Wonder Festival. Held at the massive Tokyo Big Sight on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay (think of the conclusion of GODZILLA VS. DESTROYER), WonderFest is akin to a pilgrimage of fans of all types. On this cold and extremely windy day (with sustained gusts over 40mph), 30,000+ people jammed the huge convention center for shopping, socializing, costume play (i.e. cosplay), and ogling new and upcoming toys and models from small and large companies alike. To judge how serious people are about this event, one need look no further than the entrance line, which 15 minutes prior to opening stretched from the Big Sight doors out to the local monorail station and all the way down the line to the previous station!

Ed Godziszewski presents an on-site report from this year’s WonderFest!
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