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    Anime Jungle is giving SciFi Japan readers a chance to win KIKAIDA BROTHERS posters personally signed by the shows` stars Ban Daisuke and the late Shunsuke Ikeda. Photo courtesy of Anime Jungle. © Ishinomori Production Inc. and Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Posters Signed by Lead Actors Ban Daisuke and Shunsuke Ikeda, courtesy of Anime Jungle Source: Anime Jungle Special Thanks to Tetsu Shiota and Yoichi Kakuma SciFi Japan would like to thank Anime Jungle and everyone who entered our recent "KIKAIDA BROTHERS Poster" giveaway competition. Five prizes were originally announced, but the response was so positive (and polite) that we decided to throw in a couple more prizes. So the following seven randomly drawn entrants have each one a poster signed by both Ban Daisuke (KIKAIDA) and the late Shunsuke Ikeda (KIKAIDA-01): Stephanie Chaplin Richard Shirley Jim Flack Matt Burkett Chris Daniel Sana Souratha Treveno Colley Congratulations to all the winners! More contests are planned for 2010 so keep checking back with SciFi Japan for additional opportunities to win some cool stuff! Anime Jungle is located at 319 East 2nd Street #103, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Additional information

    Stunt Crew from KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT, nominated for a daytime Emmy award in the category of Oustanding Stunt Coordination. ©2008 Adness Entertainment Co., Ltd.

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    Interview with Producer/Director Michael Wang. Author: Bob Johnson Official Website: Kamen Rider Dragon Knight CW 4Kids-TV Kamen Rider Dragon Knight A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Although the CW has parted ways with KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT, the series continues to receive the notice of fans and now television peers. Recently it was announced that KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination. The nomination came for episode 18, in which Len (aka; Kamen Rider Wingknight) battles the Cho Brothers. The nominees for this award were: GENERAL HOSPITAL ABC TIM DAVISON, STUNT COORDINATOR KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT CW TELEVISION NETWORK DORENDA MOORE, STUNT COORDINATOR ONE LIFE TO LIVE ABC DANNY AIELLO III, STUNT COORDINATOR VINCENT CUPONE, STUNT COORDINATOR AS THE WORLD TURNS CBS JAKE TURNER, STUNT COORDINATOR THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS MIKE CASSIDY,

    Nerdy Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) becomes the crime fighter Kick-Ass. © 2010 KA Films LP

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    SciFi Japan Presents a Second Look at the New Superhero Movie Author: Kim Song-ho Official Movie Site: kickass-themovie.com KICK-ASS is a superhero film without superheroes. The masked and costumed vigilantes appearing in KICK-ASS are all normal, without super powers. For example, our protagonist Dave, who later becomes the titular hero, is a less-than-average geek. He is not so athletic, has no relationships with girls and sometimes he is picked on by the local thugs along with his equally nerdy friends. One distinctive feature Dave has is a vision. A vision that changes his life forever - having been frustrated by the fact no one ever tries to be a superhero, he decided to become one himself. KICK-ASS is in a similar vein with films like HANCOCK which, in some degrees, are a spin to the superhero genre. Though Dave`s new moniker Kick-Ass has no such powers

    Poster for Lionsgate`s new superhero movie KICK-ASS. © 2010 KA Films LP

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    Author: Kyle Byrd Official Movie Site: kickass-themovie.com KICK-ASS is the story of a nerdy high school kid named Dave (played by Aaron Johnson), who becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a real life superhero. While his friends laugh at the idea, Dave becomes determined to prove that such a feat is possible. He orders a wetsuit online and becomes Kick-Ass. While he doesn’t do much of what his name would imply, he becomes an Internet sensation practically overnight. On the other end of the spectrum are Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit-Girl (Chloe Moritz), who he has trained to become a vigilante killing machine like himself. Big Daddy is working on taking down the group of mobsters responsible for his wife’s death. The mobsters are lead to believe that Kick-Ass is to blame for their current difficulties. Subplots develop from there including a

    A new take on Astro Boy wraps up with the 8th volume of Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2008 Naoki Urusawa /Shogakukan Inc.

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    The Exciting Finale of Naoki Urasawa`s Mega Popular ASTRO BOY Update Source: VIZ Media press release Special Thanks to Evelyn Dubocq VIZ Media will be releasing the much anticipated 8th and final volume of Naoki Urasawa`s manga masterpiece Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka on April 6th. Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka is a modern reinterpretation of the work by the master of manga, Osamu Tezuka. In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something is after the seven great robots of the world. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case – and he eventually discovers that he is one of the targets! In the final volume Atom is back, and the fate of the earth is in his hands! Now that Atom has all the answers to the unsolved mysteries around Pluto, Bora and more, he`s prepared to put everything

    Official title logo for the Korean series RAYFORCE. Photo courtesy of T3 Entertainment. © 2009 T3 Entertainment

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    A Conversation with the Production Crew of the Upcoming Korean SFX Hero TV Show Author / Translator: Kim Song-ho Official website: T3 Entertainment (RAYFORCE website coming soon) RAYFORCE demo footage on YouTube Special Thanks to Ko Jeong-jin, Jun Jae-hoon, Hong Gi-hun and the members of Big Monster Club A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE On October 22, 2009, the Korean game company T3 Entertainment announced the production of a new SFX Hero TV Show called RAYFORCE, WAR RECORD OF TIME AND SPACE (Shigongjeongi Reifosu). Shortly before the official announcement, T3 released a 4-minute video demo of the show on YouTube. The quality of the demo was enough to attract attention from genre fans, and RAYFORCE has become one of the most anticipated SFX shows in Korea. T3 Entertainment is a prolific company that develops and distributes game software. Notable titles from T3 includes HELLGATE, WARCRY, MYTHOS and

    Zone Fighter join forces with the monster of justice, Godzilla! ©MCC, Toho Co., Ltd

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    Godzilla, King Ghidorah and Gigan feature in classic Toho TV series Author: Jim M. Ballard Special Thanks to Keith Aiken, John Paul Cassidy and Oki Miyano History Episode Guide Cast & Characters Staff Heroes & Terror-Beasts Theme Song Interview: Kazumi Kitahara & Sachiko Kouzuki HISTORY RYUUSEI NINGEN ZOON (Zone The Meteor Man) was a superhero TV series produced by Toho Eizo that aired weekly on the Nippon Television Network (NTV) between April 2nd and September 24th 1973. Toho has registered the series with the United States copyright office under the English title ZONE FIGHTER. The series is centered around a family of aliens known as the Zone Family, whose home planet Peaceland was destroyed by the villainous Garoga Baron aliens. Seeking refuge on Earth, they take on their new identity as

    The VIZ manga Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White has won a 2008 Eisner Comic Industry Award. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2007 Taiyo Matsumoto

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    Latest News Includes New Manga Titles for 2009, an Eisner Award, and the Launch of Stan Lee & Hiroyuki Takei`s ULTIMO Source: VIZ Media Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan’s largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa and is a global ex-Asia licensor of Japanese manga and animation. The company offers an integrated product line including magazines such as SHONEN JUMP and SHOJO BEAT, graphic novels, and DVDs, and develops, markets, licenses, and distributes animated entertainment for audiences and consumers

    Three powerful forces will decide the future of Gotham City in THE DARK KNIGHT, the highly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed BATMAN BEGINS. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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    Batman returns in the sequel to BATMAN BEGINS Source: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Official Website: THE DARK KNIGHT Special Thanks to Gemma Cacho and Donna Elyassian SPOILER WARNING: This article contains plot details for a new film. The following production notes were created by Warner Bros. Pictures for THE DARK KNIGHT, opening in theaters this Friday, July 18. The text is © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Batman and all related characters are TM & © DC Comics. The follow-up to the action hit “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and the committed new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham City for good. The triumvirate initially proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves

    The 6-disc KIKAIDA 01 Box Set © 2007 Ishimori Production Inc. and Toei Coi., Ltd. /JN Productions, Inc.

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    KIKAIDA 01 DVD Box Set Review Author: Bob Johnson Official Website: www.generationkikaida.com Special Thanks to JN Productions and Generation Kikaida When Toei’s KAMEN RIDER TV series hit the airwaves in 1971, it changed the face of Japanese superheroes. Before Kamen Rider, Japanese superheroes fell into two basic camps; the giant alien or robot (aka; Ultraman, Giant Robo, Magma Taishi) or US inspired heroes with capes and/or masks (aka; Moonlight Mask, Starman). Kamen Rider was the first of the henshin cyborgs. Part human, part machine. Suddenly Japanese superheroes had another identity. One that still persists today. Hot on the heels of KAMEN RIDER were a number of sequels and imitators. Literally dozens of cyborg and transforming heroes began facing off with the forces of evil on weekly Japanese TV in the 1970s. One of the more popular also came from Toei and, like Kamen

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    Author: Robert Saint John Source: Hobby Search The Japanese collectible website Hobby Search has announced that it is accepting pre-orders for a March release of a 6 3/4″ Spectreman pre-painted vinyl figure, based on the superhero of the tokusatsu TV series produced by P Productions and aired on Fuji TV in 1971-72. The figure is being manufactured by Inspire, and list price is 3,850 yen (approximately $32.00 US). Click on the image caption to visit the page.

    The popular Kamen Rider franchise continues with the new series MASKED RIDER DEN-O. © 2007 Ishimori Productions/TV Asahi/ADK/Toei Co.,Ltd.

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    Toei’s latest Rider appears January 28th Author: James Ballard Official Site: TV Asahi Following the climax of MASKED RIDER KABUTO (Kamen Raidaa Kabuto, 2006) this Sunday, the latest entry in the Masked Rider series, MASKED RIDER DEN-O (Kamen Raidaa Denou), premieres on January 28th. MASKED RIDER DEN-O is the seventeenth entry in the long running television franchise produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, a collaboration which began with the hugely popular MASKED RIDER (Kamen Raidaa) in 1971. Masked Rider Den-O (the Japanese “Den” meaning “electric” and “Ou” meaning “king”) is an all-new hero, crossing through different times and dimensions. Den-O’s transformation is accomplished through various Rider Tickets which are to be used with the Rider Pass on his belt. As well as Den-O’s basic red “Sword Form”, he will initially be able to adopt three other forms; a blue “Rod Form”, a yellow “Axe Form” and

    Cover of the original program for the KAGAKU NINJA TAI GATCHAMAN film. ©1978 Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd.

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    Author: Robert Saint John Source: Press Release Official Japanese Site: Imagi Animation Studios Imagi Animation Studios announced this week that it will co-produce with Tatsunoko Production a feature-length CG animated film version of Tatsunoko`s popular TV anime series, SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN. Originally produced in 1972, KAGAKU NINJA TAI GATCHAMAN was in many ways the forefather of the live action Super Sentai genre (known in the US as POWER RANGERS), and GATCHAMAN and its sequels were later made popular worldwide through English adaptations such as BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, G-FORCE and EAGLE RIDERS (originally Gatchaman`s sequel series, GATCHAMAN II). Gatchaman made its first big screen debut in 1978 with a feature comprised of key episodes from the series and a new orchestral soundtrack, similar to Office Academy`s 1977 release, SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (Uchu Senkan Yamato). More recently, Gatchaman has been undergoing a revival in popularity due

    Takashi Miike will remake the classic film DAIMAJIN and Media Blasters will release the director`s ZEBRAMAN on American DVD. DAIMAJIN © 1966 Kodakawa Pictures. ZEBRAMAN photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © 2004 Zebraman Partners

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    Director to helm a new DAIMAJIN for Kadokawa/ Media Blasters brings ZEBRAMAN to US Takashi Miike has developed a reputation as one of the most prolific, talented, and controversial filmmakers in the world with credits such as AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER, GOZU, ONE MISSED CALL, IZO, ULTRAMAN MAX, THREE EXTREMES, and the “banned” episode of Showtime’s MASTERS OF HORROR. This past week saw two big announcements concerning the director; one from Japan, the other from America. Following 2005`s THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, Kadokawa Pictures has hired Takashi Miike to helm a remake of the classic film DAIMAJIN. At Anime Boston, Media Blasters revealed that they would be bringing Miike’s hilariously entertaining 2004 favorite ZEBRAMAN to America for the first time. Robert Saint John and Clay Holden provide some early news plus a look back and forward to these projects... DAIMAJIN REMAKE ON

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