Inspired by some collectibles based on the Guyver movies popping up at auction recently, Tokusatsu Gesundheit ends the year examining the ONLY American Guyver flick you can currently stream: 1994’s The Guyver 2: Dark Hero. The DVD Cover Plot Rundown One year after gaining his alien super suit in defeating the Zoanoids of the Kronos…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, back for Halloween with the final flick in the Godzilla’s Heisei Series, 1995’s Godzilla Vs. Destroyah! Plot Rundown Japan and the rest of the world have two major problems coming to a head at once: In the wake of a nuclear incident that obliterated Birth Island, Godzilla’s biological nuclear reactor has…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re once again turning our eyes to the Gosei Sentai Dairanger (guess which Sentai I finished most recently?), this time to the Kujaku arc/subplot. Kujaku and her boyfriend ShiShiRanger Plot Rundown The Dairangers defeat a mirror monster working for Gara, one of the three generals in the Gorma Triumvirate, and…
Plot Rundown The five core Dairanger have already been assembled, bonded with their mecha, and gained the power to destroy the monsters sent by the Gorma Tribe (more on them below). This calls for an escalation on the Gorma’s part, so they send their holy man High Priest Saw and his bodyguard Iron Face Chouryou…
Welcome back to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where this week we are celebrating today’s release of Spider-Man: Far From Home by watching the first Spider-Man movie ever intended for theaters! BRIEF BACKGROUNDThis flick was produced for the Toei Manga Matsuri festival (much like the previously covered Metalder movie). As such, it is a glorified episode of the…
Highlights The use of “Titans” as a loose species name for the Kaiju of the Monsterverse, covering literally every creature of every morphology, sets it apart from its Japanese counterpart and most other franchises that use giant monsters. King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan make their debut in American created media (well, other than the IDW…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re continuing our extended look at the Heisei-era Godzilla series with Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II. Plot Rundown G-Force, the U.N.’s military answer to the ongoing Godzilla problem, has two super-weapon projects in final stages: Garuda, a high-tech fighter/bomber meant for fighting kaiju, and Mechagodzilla, a 100% robotic Godzilla based on…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where today we’re continuing our trek through the films of the Heisei Godzilla series by watching 1991’s Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. Plot Rundown A UFO arrives in Japan arrying a crew of time-travelers from the year 2204. They warn that industrialization and the rise of nuclear power is fated to bring…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where I was moved by the snow to start marathoning the Heisei Godzilla series! We begin with the starting point of the series, 1984’s Return of Godzilla. Plot Rundown Thirty or so years after Godzilla’s original attack on Japan, the fishing boat Yahata Maru goes missing at sea. Reporter Goro Maki…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where I’m preempting the planned examination of some Strange Times & Places to highlight a recent Power Rangers short film that dropped on YouTube: Power Rangers Legacy Wars – Street Fighter Showdown AKA “The Early 90s Strikes Back”. Plot Rundown Ryu & Chu-Li (of Street Fighter fame) find themselves stranded in…