Originally from the Bronx, now residing Richmond. I'm an independent cartoonist and occasional animator/filmmaker.
Joined November 2011
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15 Nov 2025
At last, the first official teaser for my original kaiju project, REKIRA THE SUPER-MONSTER! Animated in Blender.
And yes, that's Rekira's new original roar (which was completed last year, after 15 years in the making)!
#RekiraTheSuperMonster #indieanimation
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I always thought Hanna-Barbera was a better fit for Archie Comics than Filmation!
Anyway, here's a sample from the Japanese dub of JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (Hanna-Barbera; 1970), based on Dan DeCarlo's Archie comic series, SHE'S JOSIE (which I always thought was better)!
『ドラドラ子猫とチャカチャカ娘(Josie and the Pussycats）』
で牧伸二師匠が声をあてたキャプテンドッキリのセリフの中に、「大正テレビ寄席」のロンパリルームのネタが出てくるのがわかる人は少なくなっていると思うでありんす
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BTW, that's comedian Shinji Maki doing the voice of the guest villain.
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Exactly!
The reason Godzilla’s evolution from villain to hero worked in the Showa era (more so than other eras) was because it was *earned.* Godzilla’s first hero years started with being a reluctant antihero throughout the 1960s, and that was quite relatable.
Showa Godzilla has the best character development compared to the rest of his counterparts, but nobody wants to talk about that
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In the Heisei and Millennium Godzilla series, the sympathy and eventual heroism was forced, because Toho needed to have these popular qualities in a rote way. Maybe it was the toy merchandise? Maybe the kid demographic? Nostalgia?
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Jun 15
Awesome work from the great Canadian animator Robert Valley! You've seen his work with Gorillaz, the BEATLES ROCK BAND game, LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS, and his award-winning short PEAR CIDER & CIGARETTES.
This is often what I compared the style of Ultraman in ULTRAMAN: RISING to!
"Dance Central" Intro (2010, Xbox).
Animation director & character designer: Robert Valley.
catsuka.com/player/dance_cen…
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Jun 15
In my opinion, the single darkest Ultra Series episode ever made! Episode #40 ("MAC Annihilated! The Flying Saucer is Alive!") of ULTRAMAN LEO (Tsuburaya; 1974) begins with most of the supporting characters (including MAC) all fridged by the monster Silver-Bloome.
Jun 15
おはにちばん！
「レオ」40話
トラウマ回
隊員の誕生日を祝い中に円盤生物シルバーブルーメが基地を襲撃してきた
隊員達は脱出しようとするが基地ごと生きたまま丸呑みされ殉職
そして地球でも暴れゲンの恋人達は倒壊するビルによって命を落としてしまう
ここからレオの1人での戦いが始まった
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Jun 15
This episode marks the debut of a new main villain, the one who dispatched Silver-Bloome, Black-Directive, an alien who resembles Dishonest John or Snidely Whiplash, but is *far* more evil than those two! Black-Directive would be the main villain for the remainder of LEO.
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Jun 15
Oh, the things Americans missed out on!
Chip, the robot from Episode #11 ("The Man-Made Answering Machine Robot") from ARMY OF THE APES (Tsuburaya; 1974). One of *many* things left out of Sandy Frank's 1987 compilation film, TIME OF THE APES!
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Jun 15
Anyone recognize Toho veteran Kazuo Suzuki as one of the main villains in KAMEN RIDER SUPER-1 (Toei; 1980)?😉
His character's name is Professor Ghost.
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As he appeared in TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (Toho; 1975) as a Black Hole Alien, for example.
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Jun 15
If Lupin III were animated by Richard Williams...
I wonder if anyone’s ever managed to find the HD version of the Lupin III ESSO commercial
it’s a crime that they were able to make “Lupin III in the style of Roger Rabbit”, only for the shots have VHS blur obscuring that on even the BEST versions of it 😔
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Jun 15
Hecate transforms into a cat in Osamu Tezuka’s PRINCESS KNIGHT (Mushi; 1967)! This is adorable. Isao Tomita’s Tom & Jerry-style music suits this scene perfectly!
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Jun 14
The monster Megatonra from Episode 36 (“The Sad Underground City”) of SCIENCE NINJA TEAM: GATCHAMAN II (Tatsunoko; 1978)! 😉
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Jun 14
Ultraman fights the insectoid monster Antlar in Episode #7 (“The Blue Stone of Baradhi”) of ULTRAMAN (Tsuburaya; 1966), the first fight where Ultraman needed a bit of help to defeat this monster…
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Jun 14
From 1960, a stop-motion animated commercial for Asahi Beer! Animated by Kihachiro Kawamoto (who would soon work with Rankin-Bass’ Videocraft until WILLY McBEAN AND HIS MAGIC MACHINE in 1965, before going indie)!
#VHSサルベージ
1960年 アサヒビール１分CM(西部劇もの)
民放３０年記念番組(1983年放送)の中にフルで入っていた。
川本喜八郎氏の仕事と思われますが、この後川本氏がチェコに行って弟子入りする人形アニメの巨匠、イジー・トルンカの「草原の歌」(1949)によく似てます…！
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Jun 14
Exactly!
I liked how Ralph Bakshi gets the appeal of anime at a time when many of his contemporaries in animation were dissmisive of it
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Jun 14
Toho’s first tokusatsu film in color! Here’s an excerpt from their Hong Kong coproduction, THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE SERPENT (Shaw Brothers/Toho; 1956), based on the romantic Chinese fairy tale. Director of special effects: Eiji Tsuburaya.
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#祝殿堂入り円谷英二と日本の特撮
『白夫人の妖恋』（1956年）
金山寺に匿われた許仙の引渡しを法海禅師（徳川夢声）に拒まれた白娘（山口淑子）は小青（八千草薫）と共に妖力で大洪水を起こす。
『地球防衛軍』（1957年）『日本誕生』（1959年）でも見せた逆回転で巻き上がる湖水の描写が異様な迫力。
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Jun 14
The opening title sequence (from Episode #2 onward) of LIGHT SPEED ESPER (Senkosha; 1967), the penultimate tokusatsu superhero series of the 1960s! Based upon mangaka Riji Asano’s kid superhero mascot for Toshiba Electronics. This is a surprisingly good series!
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The star of the series is Kiyotaka Mitsugi, who you’ve seen as one of the ZAT members in ULTRAMAN TARO (Tsuburaya; 1973), the star of WHITE LION MASK (Yamato Planning; 1973), and also appeared in the 14th Super Sentai, EARTH TASK FORCE FIVEMAN, among other series!
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