This love letter to live-action superhero shows lacks flash, but makes it up with a deep appreciation for tokusatsu fandom both local and larger franchises. Join the team at the Monster Development Department as they design monsters on a budget (while maintaining a work-life balance).
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Jean-Karlo
Nick, you and all the folks who’ve read more than one entry of This Week In Anime know I love tokusatsu, specifically the transforming heroes like Kamen Rider or Ultraman. But folks don’t often think about the monsters in those shows. There’s a very poetic moment in the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers comic where Finster, Rita’s long-serving monstrous artisan who literally…
Nick, you and all the folks who’ve read more than one entry of This Week In Anime know I love tokusatsu, specifically the transforming heroes like Kamen Rider or Ultraman. But folks don’t often think about the monsters in those shows. There’s a very poetic moment in the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers comic where Finster, Rita’s long-serving monstrous artisan who literally…
