BREAKING: Masami Suda, animator and character designer of Hokuto no Ken passed away. He worked for some of the major studios as TOEI Animation and Tatsunoko. He was the character designer for legendary anime such as Slum Dunk and Hokuto no Ken. Rest In Peace. #須田正己 #北斗の拳
This is the cover of a Terebi-kun Magazine from January 2000, when Kamen Rider Kuuga was revealed for the first time and this was the first impressions on internet (thread).
#仮面ライダークウガ
BREAKING: BIOMAN Red One actor Ryosuke Sakamoto announces he's beaten cancer! His fellow Bioman's Pink Five friend Michiko Makino share the news yesterday. On August 27, 2016, Ryosuke was told by his doctors that he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He is cured now!
#GoRedOne
One of the most heartbreaking stories in Super Sentai's world. On August, 2016, Ryosuke Sakamoto, the Red One in BIOMAN was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. In the same year, the TBS program "Bakuho! The Friday" release a special about it. (VIDEOS on this thread).
BREAKING: 'Drive My Car' starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, the Kamen Rider BLACK SUN protagonist has won the 2022 Oscar for Int. Feature Film. Hidetoshi just become the first starring in the history of Kamen Rider to hit and win Oscar-related awards.
#西島秀俊 #仮面ライダーBLACKSUN
Revista HERÓI comemora hoje 28 anos! Em 01/12/1994 foi lançada nas bancas pelo preço de R$1.95 e revolucionou o mercado editorial de super heróis, desenhos e séries. Foi também a primeira revista a mencionar no Brasil 'Os Cavaleiros do Zodíaco' e as séries de Tokusatsu.
BREAKING: The Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare responsible for maintaining work standards in Japan advises TOEI to correct overtime pay for a woman that worked on Kamen Rider Revice staff. [1/2]
Behind KAMEN RIDER REVICE glamour: an anonymous article to the Union reveal darker side for workers.
Revice's film crew complaints to the Union about work rules in set, agreements, overtime pay and sexual harassment. #仮面ライダーリバイス
Source: Sogou Support Union (
@sougou_u
)
BREAKING: Yuka Motohashi, Yellow Racer on CAR RANGER announced to the public that she was diagnosed with cancer. The announcement was made by the actress himself in his blog.
"Currently, I am receiving chemotherapy and fighting vigorously agains the desease.
This is the cover of a Terebi-kun Magazine from January 2000, when Kamen Rider Kuuga was revealed for the first time and this was the first impressions on internet (thread).
#仮面ライダークウガ
James Cameron, one of the most influential filmmakers of his time, sent a message to his friend Hiroshi Fujioka and congrats. him for 50-yrs of the Kamen Rider franchise and for his influence on the Tokusatsu universe. The unusual dialogue took place at the Tokyo Int. Film Fes
Sunrise has previewed Masaaki Endoh's new song titled "All Brave Tells Me" that will be included in the collection "DX BRAVEST" to the 30th Anniversary of the Brave Series, it is set to be released on January 19, 2022. #勇者シリーズ30周年 #遠藤正明
BREAKING: Veteran suit-actor Seiji Takaiwa, also known as "Mr. Heisei Kamen Rider" leaves JAE and become a free agent now. Takaiwa joined JAE in 1988 when he worked on Kamen Rider BLACK. In the Heisei-Era he was the main suit actor in 18/20 of the Kamen Rider series. #高岩成二
Yuka Motohashi, YELLOW RACER on CAR RANGER is a brave woman. Sharing your cancer story is a deeply personal choice and after the diagnosis Motohashi decided to share her journey with the disease in her personal blog. Let us all pray for her
#GoYellowRacer
KAGEYAMA will return to Super Sentai: It was announced today by a Nippon Columbia press release that JAM Project leader Hironobu Kageyama will sing a song in Zenkaiger.
Almost 16 years have passed since his las song in Sentai franchise (in 2005's Magiranger). #影山ヒロノブ
Infelizmente, o blog do jornalista Alexandre Nagado foi apagado. Um reporter que trouxe BONS e INTELIGENTES TEXTOS DE TOKUSATSU E ANIMES desde a revista Herói de 1994 até hoje. Uma pena.
Sua opinião política, religião, time de futebol e o que faz na vida pessoal não me importa.
BREAKING: Shinichiro Sawai, who worked as director in Uchuu Keiji Shaider and Juukou B-Fighter passed away. He was 83 years old. The offical announcement was made by Toei Company early today. Rest in peace Mr. Sawai!
#澤井信一郎
BREAKING NEWS: Legendary action director Mr. Junji Yamaoka passed away. There is no official informations but former JAC members confirmed in posts on social media early today. He was the main action director in CHANGEMAN and FLASHMAN. #山岡淳二
BREAKING: The anonymous article to the Union (read our previous post) also revealed the identity of the suit-actor involved in the sexual harassment in Gaoranger event: Her name is Eri Nakayama and she said:
“ーI wish I could have been a catalyst for someone's courage”.
BREAKING: A video from Gaoranger 20th event has not gone down well by the fans who are accusing the actor Kazuyoshi Sakai of Sexual Harassment on young Gao White's suit actor while she is doing his job. The video below clearly shows him touching his ass and laughing about it.
One of the most heartbreaking stories in Super Sentai's world. On August, 2016, Ryosuke Sakamoto, the Red One in BIOMAN was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. In the same year, the TBS program "Bakuho! The Friday" release a special about it. (VIDEOS on this thread).
Media Blasters Inc. (
@mediablasters1
) will released the 90s Kamen Rider Films on Home Video in US. They are a leading independent publisher of popular anime and Asian cult Live Action contents in North-America.
Source:
@UkiyaSeed
BREAKING: Shin Kamen Rider director Hideaki Anno drew a logo sketch on his bonbon paper lamp for the annual Bonbori Matsuri (Paper Lamp Festival) at Kamakura, Japan. Annno traditionally contributes a lantern every summer to this festival.
#シン仮面ライダー #庵野秀明
"According to the woman, it was normal to work more than 13 hours a day during the production of Revice". In addition to overwork, she claims that she suffered sexual harassment from freelance male staff and assistant directors at the production site. [2/2]
Japanese news agency Daily reported that the actor Taiyo Sugiura (ULTRAMAN COSMOS) had participated in TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY CEREMONY held in Tokyo. Sugiura showed off his main pose in the show. He was the third tokusatsu actor to be part in ceremony.
First thoughts in 2001 when INTERNET saw Kamen Rider AGITO first leaked images from Terebi-kun.
"There seems to be a robot" said a user (thread with details)
#仮面ライダーアギト
FIRST KAMEN RIDER BLACK APPEARANCE!! The image below is taken from the 1987 Terebi-kun, revealing for the first time Toei's biggest bet for the KR franchise. The magazine also reveals the hero's alter ego, Kotaro Minami, and describes his Henshin pose
#仮面ライダーBLACK
BREAKING: [1] #倉田てつを Tetsuo Kurata, the Kamen Rider BLACK, was accused by fans of asking for money and block on social media those who refused to pay him. First of all, our intention is not to "cancel" but to expose facts that occurred and published on the internet ...
BREAKING: HASBRO, Paramount, SABAN, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Daewon Media, Warner Bros and SATO Company celebrated the TOEI 70th anniversary at VARIETY magazine currently US edition. This issue also has a special interview with
@cron204
by Mark Schilling about TOEI's legacy.
Happy birthday to Yuichi Hachisuka! He played a lot of female ranger in Super Sentai history from Fiveman until Go-Busters! and Power Rangers ZEO until Power Rangers Dino Fury #蜂須賀祐一
BREAKING: Kamen Rider BLACK SUN main actor Hidetoshi Nishijima was elected today one of the Best Actors of 2021 by the New York Times. The 13 other names are Kristen Stewart, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Joaquin Phoenix.. He was elected as the fourth actor
#仮面ライダーBLACKSUN
EXCLUSIVO: O que levou a KALUNGA uma empresa que pretende fazer um IPO (de R$ 1 BILHÃO, segundo fontes) na bolsa em breve a ABANDONAR seu Investimento na LOADING??? Confira nessa thread exclusiva, nossa análise sobre o caso
#loading
BREAKING: A video from Gaoranger 20th event has not gone down well by the fans who are accusing the actor Kazuyoshi Sakai of Sexual Harassment on young Gao White's suit actor while she is doing his job. The video below clearly shows him touching his ass and laughing about it.
Thuy Trang, aka Trini (Yellow Ranger) from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, shares a moving account of her journey to escape communist Vietnam.
#PowerRangersOnceAlways
MEGARANGER has been revealed!! (1997): In this thread we show the first images and IMPRESSIONS on internet 24 years ago when the serie was annouced. Below the first images to come out in March 1997 on the Terebi-kun and Terebi Magazine's cover (more in this Thread)
Maskman Behind the Scenes:
Masato Akada (Yellow Mask) with Yuki Nagata in 1987.
as we mentioned before Akada is now paralyzed from the neck down fighting for his life day by day.
TRIGGER ALERT.
BREAKING: Newspapers are reporting the death of Sayaka Kanda, who played Sora in Kamen Rider Den-O movie and is well known for dub Anna in Jap version of Frozen. It was a possible suicide attempted. She fall from the hotel where she stayed in Sapporo. #神田沙也加
“ーDuring the production of Kamen Rider REVICE, it was common practice to work more than 13 hours a day.”
An female crew member also said:
“ーI was sexually harassed by two members of the gun team”.
One of the most iconic locations of 80s heroes: Shinjuku Mitsui Building. You can't go to Shinjuku without bump with this large buildings.
Credits to TINO for the photos.
Coincidence or not, Toei Co (not Toei Animation) shares fell strongly (-6%) in the last Friday, when anonymous accusations about working conditions in the Kamen Rider REVICE were released
Behind KAMEN RIDER REVICE glamour: an anonymous article to the Union reveal darker side for workers.
Revice's film crew complaints to the Union about work rules in set, agreements, overtime pay and sexual harassment. #仮面ライダーリバイス
Source: Sogou Support Union (
@sougou_u
)
20 years ago, Hiroshi Tsuburaya, the SHAIDER passed away. His grandfather was the famous EIJI TSUBURAYA. He died of liver cancer due to alcoholism developed through the years. He was 37. His best friends at the time Hiroshi Watari and Kenji Ohba attended in his funeral. #円谷浩
BREAKING: According to multiple Japanese sources legendaty singer ICHIRO MIZUKI has just passed away. His last performance was last week and it was so sad to see him in that day. May he rest in peace. #水木一郎
OMG!!!! Takanori Shibahara, SHAIDER suit actor, almost suffered a serious injury while shooting a scene. That's a tough job. As you can see in this footage he almost hit the ground in this danger Jump scene.
He retired one year later, after JASPION
BREAKING: Ichirou Mizuki, Tokusatsu and Anime Song singer announced to the public that he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
"a cancer with lymph node metastasis and brain metastasis was found. The cancer was found at the beginning of the year and the surgery took place last month"
TOEI was planning the next Kamen Rider when the 9/11 event happened. Shirakura (
@cron204
) remembered that time in a interview to AERA magazine in 2018:
“ーWe got a memo from TV Asahi saying ‘now more than ever, we need to teach kids about justice’” said.
#Remember911
BREAKING NEWS: Ultraman Trigger episode one has JUST HIT THE MILLION VIEWS on Tsuburaya Official Channel in YouTube! Now Trigger is the BIGGEST PREMIERE in Tokusatsu history ever! 1 MILLION in 48 hours. Congrats to
@TsuburayaGlobal
and main actor
@M9_raiga
#ウルトラマントリガー
KAGEYAMA will return to Ultraman: It was announced today that Hironobu Kageyama will sing the ULTRAMAN DECKER ending theme.
Almost 25 years have passed since his las song in Ultraman franchise (Ultra High in DYNA).
#影山ヒロノブ #ウルトラマンデッカー
[RARE CONTENT] See the first-ever image of JASPION! It was released in the beginning of 1985, on Terebi Magazine, three weeks before the begin of broadcast on TV.
Such illustration was made by Masaki Watanabe and later sold at Mandarake store in Japan.
Em Kamen Rider Vol 3, da
@editoranewpop
nos deparamos com uma tradução curiosa. No balão abaixo omitiram "politicos que vcs JAPONESES elegeram" por "..consigo mesmo, que elegeu o ATUAL GOVERNO". A mudança é sutil, e nos parece carregada de ideologia por trás. Tire suas conclusões
Happy Birthday to famous novelist Mr. Kunio Fujii, 75, writer who worked on CHANGEMAN, FIVEMAN, JETMAN, METALDER, JIRAIYA, JIBAN and many more. #藤井邦夫 #チェンジマン