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    Source: Toho Co., Ltd., Funko press release Official Site: godzilla.com Special Thanks to Sarah Allen Funko Games has partnered with Toho International for the Godzilla: Tokyo Clash Strategy Game. The game is on sale now at Target, and will be available from other retailers in August 2020. In Godzilla: Tokyo Clash Strategy Game, you are Earth’s most fearsome Kaiju — Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Megalon — battling for dominance as the most terrifying monster in Japan! Stomp across the vintage Tokyo cityscape, unleash devastating attacks, and throw trains, tanks, and battleships at your enemies. Master each Kaiju’s unique battle style to gain dominance before the humans drive the monsters from the city! The game features an impressive 3-D table-presence with large-scale figures, buildings, and a modular gameboard so every game is unique! ■ Interesting Gameplay Features •

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    Movie Releases August 18 Source: Avery Guerra Official Site: notzilla.movie Facebook: facebook.com/NotzillaMovie A trailer has been released for the award-winning kaiju comedy spoof NOTZILLA. Creepy Ex-Boyfriend Productions has joined forces with distributors Indie Rights for digital and Allied Vaughn for the physical media releases of the movie in North America on August 18, 2020. For more information on NOTZILLA please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: Award-Winning Kaiju Comedy Spoof NOTZILLA Releasing August 18th

    Ultraman and Ultraman Zett demonstrate the Cross Touch. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS © ULTRAMAN Z PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM?TV TOKYO

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: ani.tv/ultraman_z, m-78.jp/z (Japan) Official Twitter: twitter.com/ultraman_series In celebration of Ultraman Day (the anniversary of Ultraman’s first appearance on Japanese television on July 10, 1966), Tsuburaya Productions has released a new short film in which the new hero Ultraman Zett pays his respects to the original Ultraman. In the ULTRAMAN DAY SPECIAL MOVIE video, the nervous young Ultraman pays a visit to five of the original Ultra Brothers and also learns the "Cross Touch," a symbol of the connection between Ultramen. In related news, Ultraman Zett appeared today on the official Twitter for the ULTRAMAN Z television series to send a live post to the 6 Ultra Brothers. And fans can now track Zett`s daily activities on a free special feature page of the premium digital media service TSUBURAYA?GALAXY. Tsubiraya has also launched a commemorative stamp campaign for fans

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    Source: 3Y Film Official Site: nezura1964.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Avery Guerra A new teaser trailer has been released for kaiju film reboot NEZURA 1964 (???1964). Produced by 3Y Film in association with Kadokawa, NEZURA 1964 is a drama about the infamous unmade kaiju movie by Daiei. The film is co-written, produced and directed by Hiroto Yokokawa (THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL) and stars Yukijiro Hotaru (Gamera Trilogy, GMK), Masanori Kikuzawa (THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL), Kazuma Yoneyama (THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL), Yoshiro Uchida (GAMERA), Ippei Osako (SHIN GODZILLA, DEATH NOTE: Light up the NEW World), Himawari Ono (GAMERA THE BRAVE), Noboru Sato (CHANGEMAN KEN!, TAMPOPO) and Mach Fumiake (GAMERA: SUPER MONSTER). The staff includes supervisor Kensaku Sakai, creature designer Keisuke Yoneyama, production artists Takuma Asai, Karin Yamada and Hiroto Yokokawa, and consulting producer/publicist Avery Guerra. NEZURA 1964 is scheduled for a December 2020 release in Japan. Be sure

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    Source: Crunchyroll press release Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo Crunchyroll has premieed a new trailer for THE GOD OF HIGH SCHOOL that highlights the three main characters and their unique fighting styles. THE GOD OF HIGH SCHOOL tells the story of three main characters who participate in a martial arts tournament -- Jin Mori, Han Daewi, and Yoo Mira. • Jin Mori – A sixteen-year-old whose renewal taekwondo, which he learned from his grandfather, makes him undefeatable. Nothing is more important to him than being the best fighter of all, and his current record out of 299 fights is 297 wins and 2 draws. He decides to participate in the God of High School tournament, an interdisciplinary martial arts competition, after suffering the first loss of his life against Judge R, one of the tournament’s judges. • Han Daewi – One of the

    Main director Kiyotaka Taguchi. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS © ULTRAMAN Z PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM?TV TOKYO

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: ani.tv/ultraman_z, m-78.jp/z (Japan) Official Twitter: twitter.com/ultraman_series Tsuburaya Productions has provided SciFi Japan with an update for ULTRAMAN Z (ZETT) ????????(???), Urutoraman Z (Zetto)?. The latest Ultraman series focuses on two young heroes: Haruki Natsukawa (played by Kohshu Hirano), a new pilot for the anti-monster robot force “STORAGE,” and Ultraman Z, a new hero and disciple of Ultraman Zero with a passionate heart. ULTRAMAN Z will begin broadcasting on Japanese television at 9am on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Tsuburaya recently announced the theme song of ULTRAMAN Z is “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endoh, while the ending song is “Connect the Truth” by Nami Tamaki. Riku Asakura (played by Tatsuomi Hamada), the main character of ULTRAMAN GEED (?????????, Urutoraman J?do, 2017) will guest star in the new series. Tsuburaya has also released a video revealing additional forms for Ultraman

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    Source: Avery Guerra The trailer for Minoru Kawasaki`s MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS (???????, San Daikaij? Gurume) has been released. The comedic daikaiju film will begin its theatrical roadshow tour in Japan on May 23, 2020. For more information on MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS -- First Look at Upcoming Kaiju Movie Poster and Full Cast Revealed For Minoru Kawasaki`s MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS

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    With the constantly increasing popularity of new age videogames, developers are more than keen on expanding their budgets for the AAA games. However, the issue with expanded budgets is bigger risks. Games with bigger budgets must sell extremely well to compensate for the higher costs. And when the risk of financial failure is high, companies cannot afford bigger risks in development. That’s the reason why we see studios sticking to certain archetypes, regardless of the better game quality available today. The exponentially increasing betting on eSports is also a contributor, as punters like betting on titles which they are well aware of. So, what you get is soft science fiction, Tolkien-esque fantasy and some supernatural creatures thrown in to make it complete. The issue is the limitation in the genres you can choose from. And that’s where the latest sci-fi-type genre -- New Weird comes into the

    Concept art of the Mammoth Nezura and the giant rat swarm from the upcoming movie, NEZURA 1964. Image courtesy of 3Y Film. © 2020 3Y Film, KADOKAWA

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    Author: Keith Aiken Source: 3Y Film Official Site: nezura1964.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Avery Guerra A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE SciFi Japan is pleased to close out 2019 with an exclusive look at an upcoming giant monster-themed movie: NEZURA 1964, courtesy of 3Y Film. The origins of this project date all the way back to the early 1960s. At that time, the Daiei Motion Picture Company was looking to replicate the domestic and international success that rival studio Toho had achieved with their monster movies featuring the likes of Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra. Taking further inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock`s worldwide smash THE BIRDS and recent news reports of a rat outbreak on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Daiei began work on a movie about a swarm of rats, mutated to giant size by a new experimental food

    The Ultramen Orb, X, Victory, Ginga, Taiga, Geed, Blu and Rosso share the screen in ULTRAMAN TAIGA THE MOVIE: NEW GENERATION CLIMAX. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©ULTRAMAN TAIGA FILM PARTNERS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/taiga/movie (Japan) Official Twitter:twitter.com/ultraman_series A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information, poster art, large photos and a trailer for ULTRAMAN TAIGA THE MOVIE: NEW GENERATION CLIMAX (??????????????????????????, Gekij?-ban Urutoraman Taiga Ny? Jene Kuraimakkusu). The latest Ultraman theatrical feature film will open in Japanese cinemas on Friday, March 6, 2020. ULTRAMAN TAIGA THE MOVIE continues from the ULTRAMAN TAIGA (?????????, Urutoraman Taiga) television series that ends its TV Tokyo broadcast run on Saturday, December 28, 2019. The son of the legendary Ultra Brother, Ultraman Taro., Taiga formed a team called the Tri-Squad with two other Ultramen, Titus and Fuma. The three heroes have integrated with Hiroyuki Kudo (played by Yuki Inoue), allowing the earthling to transform into multiple Ultramen. ULTRAMAN TAIGA is the latest of the “New Generation Heroes” series that

    Lin Shaye and Tara Westwood in THE GRUDGE, the reboot/sequel to the long running Japanese and American horror film series. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment. © 2018 CTMG, All Rights Reserved.

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    Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment Official Movie Site: thegrudge.movie In 2003, Sam Raimi’s (EVIL DEAD, SPIDER-MAN) production company Ghost House Pictures licensed the remake rights to JU-ON (呪怨), the Japanese horror film series from director Takashi Shimizu. Shimizu was hired to direct the US version, released in 2004 as THE GRUDGE. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), THE GRUDGE was a box office hit, grossing $188 million worldwide. Shimizu returned for the less successful sequel, THE GRUDGE 2 (2006), starring Amber Tamblyn (JOAN OF ARCADIA). A straight-to-video sequel, THE GRUDGE 3 followed in 2009. That appeared to be the end of THE GRUDGE series in America, but Sam Raimi is back with what is promised to be “a twisted new take of the horror classic.” Directed by Nicolas Pesce (THE EYES OF MY MOTHER), the new

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    Anyone who is planning to visit Japan and is thinking about a place to stay, the first decision she/he would need to make is whether to stay in a modern-day hotel or a conventional inn (also referred to as ryokan). In the event that you opt for the former, you will next need to decide what type of a modern hotel you’d like to book a room in? Whether it will be a no-frills pro-level business hotel? A super luxury hotel? Or a compact kind of capsule hotel? Or, an upcoming and fourth alternative -- an eSports hotel?! If you’re someone who’s into competitive video games and is well-versed with the top-rated eSports titles played in all parts of the world, it would be music to your ears that Japan is soon going to have an 8 story building in which only 4th to 8th floors will

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    Author Bob Johnson Official Site: Chrono Clash System Special Thanks to Mitsuha Minaminaka and Yoshito Moteki of Bandai Co., Ltd. In September of 2019, Bandai released a new card game based on the King of the Monsters, Godzilla. The game was designed and created by Ryan Miller and runs on the new Chrono Clash game system. Instead of traditional turn-based play, in this system players share a power resource track, moving the token back and forth based on the power value of the cards they play. The position of the token determines when play passes to the other player. The game includes four pre-constructed 50-card decks (one deck for each player) plus a 16-card sideboard, as well as 24 double-sized cards, 4 turn sequence cards, 4 play mats, and a multi-language play manual. The Godzilla card game is intended for 2 to 4 players, ages 6

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    Source: Crunchyroll press release Special Thanks to Mark Karges Crunchyroll has posted "The ONE PIECE Timeline (1999-2019)" video in honor of the series` 20th anniversary. It took a month for the Crunchyroll team to create this video. Tim went through the entire canon of ONE PIECE arcs (31 total); watched 15 ONE PIECE movies (there are 16 -- the latest one is not out yet in US theaters); played or saw footage of every single ONE PIECE game ever made (44 total); and researched 20 live ONE PIECE events to assemble this ultimate video tribute. About Crunchyroll Crunchyroll is the world’s largest destination for anime and manga, boasting a global community of more than 45 million registered users and over 2 million subscribers. Fans connect through the most complete anime library including NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, ATTACK ON TITAN, and DRAGON BALL

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    The first two television series that kickstarted Tsuburaya Productions’ global franchise make their High-Definition debut! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment, movieSPREE Official Site: moviespree.com/ultraman Special Thanks to Barrett Evans The recently launched transaction-based streaming service movieSPREE is pleased to announce the availability of ULTRA Q and the iconic ULTRAMAN TV series to purchase and stream exclusively in high-definition on movieSPREE’s website and apps! Both series are available to purchase and add to your movieSPREE library for $29.99 each. You can also watch a free 10-minute SPREEview of the first episodes of ULTRA Q and ULTRAMAN at moviespree.com/ultraman. The original series ULTRA Q was one of the most expensive television series ever produced in Japan and a raging success. Originally airing in 1966, it spawned a revolution in “Ultra” content that has seen series after series, movies and merchandising created; and originated a landmark global phenomenon. The classic ULTRAMAN

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    Source: Avery Guerra The independent kaiju film THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL (????, Daibutsu Kokaiku) will have its North American premiere at this year`s G-Fest, running Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. The film will screen on Saturday at 10:00am, and on Sunday at 10:30am. Members of THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL production team will also be on hand to present the film. Actors Peggy Neal (THE X FROM OUTER SPACE) and Akira Takarada (GODZILLA) are Guests Of Honor at the convention, and Avery Guerra, the movie`s Consulting Producer, Casting Director, and Publicist, will be in attendance the entire weekend. Directed by Hiroto Yokokawa, the movie is a remake of the long-lost 1934 film by Yoshiro Edamasa, which was quite possibly the first-ever daikaiju film from Japan. For further information and updates on THE GREAT

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    Source: Avery Guerra The makers of ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER (??????????????????????, Atakku Obu Za Jaianto T?ch?, 2019) have provided trailers, poster art and more photos from the new independent daikaiju film. Directed by Yoshikazu Ishii (ULTRAMAN GINGA, GAME MASTER DEATH SUSHI), the movie will have its premiere at this year`s G-Fest, screening on both Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 at 2pm. For more on ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan.

    SciFi Japan presents a photo and video gallery of the festivities surrounding the world premiere of GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS in Hollywood. Photo by Bob Johnson. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. © 2018 WARNER BROS. ENT. © LEGENDARY 2019

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    Authors: Keith Aiken and Bob Johnson Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Official Site: godzillamovie.com (US), godzilla-movie.jp (Japan) Official Twitter: #GodzillaMovie Special Thanks to Melanie Klein and Marlena Green Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures` GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is now playing worldwide, dividing critics and (mostly) pleasing moviegoers. Two weeks ago, SciFi Japan was among the media outlets invited to attend the film`s World Premiere at the famed TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, CA. We are pleaed to share this photo and video gallery from that event... Godzilla Smashes the Cinerama Dome Godzilla`s takeover of Los Angeles began earlier in May with an invitation-only special screening of the film at Pacific Theatres` Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard. The theater features an incredible display of Godzilla`s head bursting through the roof of the famous dome and firing his breath into

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    Dubai’s Stunning 160-Story Burj Khalifa Lights Up with Moving Images of Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan as Godzilla’s Mighty Roar Pierces the Night Source: Warner Bros. Pictures press release Official Site: godzillamovie.com (US), godzilla-movie.jp (Japan) Official Twitter: #GodzillaMovie Special Thanks to Melanie Klein In anticipation of the Dubai opening of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, four of the most awe-inspiring monsters the world has ever known took over the world’s tallest building -- the magnificent Burj Khalifa -- to showcase the film’s incredible visuals and audio on a massive scale. On May 28th, beginning at 9:35 p.m. local time (10:35 a.m. PDT), the towering Burj Khalifa in Dubai came to life as giant moving images of the three-headed Ghidorah, the winged Mothra, the fiery Rodan and, finally, the king himself, Godzilla, appeared on its soaring structure. The one-time event marks the

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    Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Official Site: godzillamovie.com (US), godzilla-movie.jp (Japan) Official Twitter: #GodzillaMovie Warner Bros. Pictures has provided interview videos with the cast and director of GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS. The movie hits theaters worldwide beginning May 31st. About Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures has been at the forefront of the motion picture industry since its inception and continues to be a leading creative force in the industry. Warner Bros. Pictures produces and distributes a wide-ranging slate of some 18-22 films each year, employing a business paradigm that mitigates risk while maximizing productivity and capital. Warner Bros. Pictures either fully finances or co-finances the films it produces and maintains worldwide distribution rights. It further monetizes its distribution and marketing operations by distributing films that are totally financed and produced by others. Current

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