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‘Pacific Rim’ Director Guillermo Del Toro Explains The Impact The Original ‘Godzilla’ Had On Him

January 3, 2023

Toho’s Gojira is a benchmark of cinema that stood the test of time. Its warnings about the bomb and nuclear testing are a product of its time but they resonate clearly today. Moreover, the film set a trend crea...

Vice News Runs Hit Piece Equating Loli Manga To Real-World Child Pornography, Blacklists Video From Showing In Japan

Nerdigans Inc.

November 28, 2022

Censorship, Manga

From the same news publication that has ran a sympathetic piece putting forth the idea that an attraction to actual minors is nothing more than an understandable sexual orientation, Vice News has taken to calli...

Luffy reunites with Uta for the first time since Dawn Island in One Piece Film: Red (2022), Toei Animation via YouTube

Japanese Human Rights Lawyer Accuses ‘One Piece Film: Red’ Of Being “Anti-Revolutionary, Anti-Feminist And Anti-Democracy,” Says Japan Should Take Lessons From Disney

Nerdigans Inc.

November 21, 2022

Anime, Censorship

Luffy and the straw hat pirates are sailing to new heights with One Piece Film: Red, but not everyone feels so sanguine about its continued success. Joy Boy returns in Eiichiro Oda's cover art to 'One...

From Worst To First: Ranking Every Fuji TV Digimon Series

Jacob Smith

August 15, 2022

Anime, Television

In the late 1990s, Digimon: Digital Monsters was introduced to a worldwide audience and became a smash hit almost overnight. In the course of 25 years, Digimon has given birth to several movies, video games, ma...

UN Women Accuse Ad For Tawawa On Monday Manga Of Promoting “A Minor Woman As A Male Sexual Target”

Nerdigans Inc.

April 22, 2022

Anime, Manga

The United Nations Women's organization has taken issue with an ad for the latest volume of Kiseki Himura's slice-of-life manga, Tawawa on Monday (Getsuyoubi no Tawawa), which they believe is "about a min...

New Toho Godzilla Movie Could Be In the Works

JB Augustine

February 21, 2022

Movies

Toho Co. has largely hit pause on homemade live-action Godzilla movies since Shin Godzilla in 2016 although they were generous since that time with animated content between the Netflix anime trilogy and Singula...

Roland Emmerich Did Not Want To Make His Divisive Godzilla Movie

JB Augustine

January 31, 2022

Movies

Fans largely pan Sony Pictures’ 1998 Godzilla remake save for those who enjoy it as a standalone monster movie and those that like to think the creature - christened GINO (“Godzilla in name only”) and Zilla for...

Indie Comic Artist Shares Godzilla Sketches Made For Terminated Project

JB Augustine

January 7, 2022

Comic Books

The list of unmade Godzilla movies is lengthy and historic enough but we are bereft of one more project - a comic that will, fortunately, be taking another form as an original concept. Source: Shin Godzilla...

Robert Pattinson Unmasks In Japanese Trailer For The Batman Which Director Matt Reeves Calls The Scariest Film In Franchise History

JB Augustine

December 14, 2021

Movies

Matt Reeves has stated he was a fan of the Adam West Batman series growing up and, as a kid, he took it seriously despite its colorful campiness. The director, however, will leave that tone far behind in his en...

4K Remaster Of Gojira Trom 1954 To Premiere At Alamo Drafthouse On Godzilla Day

JB Augustine

October 8, 2021

Movies

Godzilla’s 67th birthday is going to kick off in a kaiju-sized way come Godzilla Day in November. As part of the celebration, the 4K restoration of the 1954 film that started it all premieres at the home of boo...

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