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Gift Guide: Manga and Anime For Western Comics Fans
Gift Guide: Manga and Anime For Western Comics Fans
Gift Guide: Manga and Anime For Western Comics Fans
From its days as unfamiliar black-and-white single comics discovered as if by chance in Western comics shops, manga has become the biggest-selling sector of the comics industry, and an influence on dozens of creators in the North American industry. Much like Western comics, manga is for everyone, so if you know someone who loves comics but has never got into manga, we've put together a gift guide with great ideas for books and movies that you can buy them this holiday season.
50th Anniversary 'Ultraman' Marathon Airing This Sunday
50th Anniversary 'Ultraman' Marathon Airing This Sunday
50th Anniversary 'Ultraman' Marathon Airing This Sunday
The official position of ComicsAlliance --- or at least of our senior writer --- is that no matter how much tokusatsu you have in your life, you could always use a little more. I mean, think about it. Have you ever been in a situation that couldn't have been improved if a giant hero showed up and started shooting laser beams at a monster? Fortunately, we're all getting the chance to put a little bit more of the Specium Beam in our lives. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Japanese debut of Ultraman, and to mark the occasion, Shout Factory TV is doing a marathon of episodes, streaming for free at ShoutFactoryTV.com.
New SH Figuarts Ultraman Figure Comes With A City To Destroy
New SH Figuarts Ultraman Figure Comes With A City To Destroy
New SH Figuarts Ultraman Figure Comes With A City To Destroy
Longtime ComicsAlliance readers might recall that among my many weaknesses is an inability to resist buying high-end Japanese action figures of some of my favorite heroes, particularly the Bandai/Tamashii Nations SH Figuarts Line. They're just so great, and while the figures themselves are always awesome, with plenty of articulation and screen-accurate details, it's the accessories that really make it. Weapons, interchangeable hands, even extra faces have all convinced me to drop way too much money on action figures in the past. But now, they've topped themselves. This summer, they're putting out a set honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Ultraman TV show, featuring a new Ultraman figure and the single best accessory ever: A tiny little city street that he can demolish while fighting with his alien opponents.
Buy This Book: Shimizu and Shimoguchi's 'Ultraman' Vol. 1
Buy This Book: Shimizu and Shimoguchi's 'Ultraman' Vol. 1
Buy This Book: Shimizu and Shimoguchi's 'Ultraman' Vol. 1
If you're looking to get into Ultraman, Eiji Tsubaraya's long-running, world-famous tokusatsu franchise, now seems like a pretty good time. There's Ultraman X, of course, which just became the first ever toku series to be broadcast simultaneously worldwide via Crunchyroll, but for those of us who prefer our superheroes on the printed page rather than live action, there's something else, too: A new manga from Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. Billed in bold type right there on the cover as 'THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AGE', the first volume dropped digitally this week from Viz Media, and while there are parts that read like a pretty standards superhero reboot, it's well worth checking out --- if only so that you can get to the awesome ending.
'Ultraman X' is First Tokusatsu Show Simulcast In America
'Ultraman X' is First Tokusatsu Show Simulcast In America
'Ultraman X' is First Tokusatsu Show Simulcast In America
The weeks around San Diego are always pretty big for live-action superheroes, but if you were caught up in all the movie news that came out of Comic-Con, you might've missed one of the most interesting announcements of the year. On Tuesday, Ultraman X, this year's iteration of the venerable franchise created by Eiji Tsubaraya, became the first tokusatsu show to ever be broadcast simultaneously in Japan and America, thanks to the Crunchyroll streaming service.
Town Honors Eiji Tsuburaya With Four Ultraman Statues
Town Honors Eiji Tsuburaya With Four Ultraman Statues
Town Honors Eiji Tsuburaya With Four Ultraman Statues
My tokusatsu preferences have always leaned towards the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider franchises, but it's impossible to overstate the popularity of Ultraman. Created by Eiji Tsuburaya, the series launched in 1967 and has continued with a run of popular TV shows and movies ever since. Now, the alien hero from the Land of Light is getting a tribute in the form of four new statues in Tsubaraya's hometown of Sukagawa. The statues feature both Ultraman and Ultraseven, the first two heroes of the franchise, posed to deliver their finishing moves at statues of two of the show's monsters, Gomora and Eleking.
Ultraman Takes His Parents To Hawaii In Fun Tourism Videos
Ultraman Takes His Parents To Hawaii In Fun Tourism Videos
Ultraman Takes His Parents To Hawaii In Fun Tourism Videos
This past fall I had the pleasure of visiting the island of Maui, where I got to eat a bunch of shave ice, surf while shark fins visibly poked up from the waves and eat at this place that housed a giant sculpture of a sea turtle eating pizza. It was dope. Still, as always, it seems I've been bested by Tsuburaya's Ultraman, who seemed to have an even better time vacationing in the Hawaiian islands

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