August Ragone
@RagoneAugust
Award-winning Writer, Special Features Producer & Author of "Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters." Host of the first-ever Anime & Tokusatsu event in the US.
Damon Foster climbing out of my then-future window in '85 for his video flick, "Androidman." Wow, haven't seen my first Tokyo house in forever! Located in Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, it was demolished in the '90s for an office building, also since replaced with most of the street.
Commemorating Toho's 1,000th movie, THE THREE TREASURES features an all-star cast led by Toshiro Mifune in a mythical epic of Gods & Monsters released for the first time on Blu-ray! See Mifune battle an 8-headed serpent in this new HD transfer dropping in Japan on August 20th!
Honda & Tsuburaya's BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959) gets a Blu-ray upgrade via Toho Visual! While porting upgraded extras from the '04 DVD, this also includes for the first time, the longer "work print" version w/alternate shots & temp optical animation! Dropping in Japan on Aug 20!
JULY 17, 1966: THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF "ULTRAMAN" DEBUTED IN JAPAN! "Ultra Operation: No. 1" (Teleplay: Tetsuo Kinjo & Shinichi Sekizawa, Director: Hajime Tsuburaya, Special Effects: Koichi Takano). #Ultraman #Tokusatsu #EijiTsuburaya #TsuburayaProductions
New #Godzilla 4Ks Announced: EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (1966), SON OF GODZILLA (1967), ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (1969), GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (1972), and GODZILLA VS KING GHIDORAH (1991). These will screen in select cinemas in Japan and hopefully followed with physical media releases.
Coming in July is the next pair of Banpresto Crane Game prize in the "Enshrined #Kaiju" brand, #Rodan 1964 from "Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster"! The two colorways are the "Regular Color Version" (l) & the "Sonic Image Version" (r). #Rodan #Toho #Godzilla
GOT "CONDORMAN"? The first four episodes of Toei's tokusatsu hero series, created by Kohan Kawauchi, are now available with Eng fansubs via @BlueCherrySubs! Even in 1975, Condorman was a throwback to Kawauchi's earlier heroes, such as Moonlight Mask & Rainbowman. Check it out!
20 years after its Japanese DVD release, Shue Matsubayashi & Eiji Tsuburaya's unnerving World War 3 spectacle THE LAST WAR (starring Akira Takarada, Frankie Sakai & Yuriko Hoshi) has received a new HD transfer. This pending Blu drops from Toho Visual on August 20, 2025!
Here's a fantastic shot of the very popular iteration of the Big G from Honda & Tsuburaya's #MOTHRA VS. #GODZILLA (Mosura tai Gojira, 1964). Coupled with the great performance of suit actor Haruo Nakajima, this is generally considered the quintessential Godzilla. #Toho #Kaiju
This awesome shot was captured during the production of GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (Gojira-no Gyakushu, 1955), released 70 years ago on April 24, 1955. We love you, Anguirus/Angilas! You're not getting older, you're getting better! #Anguirus #Angilas #Godzilla #GodzillaRaidsAgain
Here's a cool shot of the Big G after body-slamming #KingGhidorah from THE GREAT MONSTER WAR (1965). The beloved 6th entry in the #Godzilla series was released to the US in 1970 as "Monster Zero." Currently, #Toho is marketing this film worldwide as "Invasion of Astro-Monster."
On July 29th @discotekmedia orders SUPER RESCUE SOLBRAIN (1991) to save us! All 53-episodes released for the first time in North America on SDBD. Pre-order from Crunchyroll or your favorite disc retailer! #MetalHeroes #メタルヒーロー Pre-order: tinyurl.com/SolbrainSDBD
On July 29th @discotekmedia unleashes the 3rd Showa Kamen Rider series, KAMEN RIDER X, for the first time in North America! Pre-order this Blu-ray set from Crunchyroll or your favored disc importer! #KamenRider #仮面ライダー Pre-order: tinyurl.com/XRiderBlu
Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mothers of Ultra out there! #MothersDay2025 #MotherOfUltra #Ultraman #母の日 #ウルトラの母 #ウルトラマン
"It'll be like old times, Miyoshi. They'll never stop us." #StarWarsDay #TheWarInSpace #惑星大戦争
#Netflix worldwide has dropped THE BULLET TRAIN EXPLOSION, director Shinji Higuchi (Shin Ultraman)'s sequel to Junya Sato's popular 1975 disaster flick of the same title (which inspired Jan de Bont's "Speed"). Available in multiple languages and subtitles. #ShinGodzilla
植物怪獣ビッグアイ (Big Eye, The Plant Monster) ブルマァクの怪獣シリーズ (Bullmark's Kaiju Series) #ミラーマン #ソフビ #やまなや #一番星 #Bullmark #Mirrorman #Sofubi #Yamanaya #IchibanBoshi
鋼鉄竜アイアン (Aian/Iron, The Steel Dragon) ブルマァクの怪獣シリーズ (Bullmark's Kaiju Series) #ブルマァク #ミラーマン #ソフビ #やまなや #墓場の画廊 #Bullmark #Mirrorman #Sofubi #Yamanaya #GalleryofHakaba
暗黒怪獣ダークロン (Darkron, The Monster of Darkness) ブルマァクの怪獣シリーズ (Bullmark's Kaiju Series) #ブルマァク #ミラーマン #ソフビ #Bullmark #Mirrorman #Sofubi #Kaiju
Here's the magnificent cover by Shinji Higuchi for a new, 160-page Japanese book devoted solely to #Godzilla's 6th film from 1965, "'Invasion of Astro-Monster' Completion"! This Hobby Japan book hits shelves in Japan on April 28th! #kaiju #monsterzero #rodan #kingghidorah
