Style & Design Jul 22, 2018
Now that's ironic: Untrendy fashion trends
by Samuel Thomas
Japanese street style can't help looking back to all those things you thought would never come into fashion.
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Digital | ON: GAMES Oct 22, 2017
Fun with zombies, kaiju and Mario in your living room
by Brian Ashcraft
Hungry for a new PSVR experience? For those who haven't yet purchased the PlayStation VR, Sony is releasing an updated version, model number CUH-ZVR2. Unlike the original PSVR, the new one has a new processor unit, integrated stereo earphone cables and a slimmer connection lead. In ...
National Aug 29, 2017
An official Ultraman store has opened in the hometown of the superhero's creator. Makoto Tsuburaya, 57, the son of a cousin of Eiji Tsuburaya — the creator of the science fiction series that has generated great enthusiasm among children over the last five decades — ...
TV | CHANNEL SURF Jul 22, 2016
'Lockheed Incident Document 40th Year Shocking Scoop'; 'Yassan'; Xflag
by Philip Brasor
Thanks mainly to a first-person "biography" written by former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, there is renewed interest in disgraced former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. NHK is presenting a series of special programs, some of which are dramatizations, about the scandal that brought Tanaka down: ...
National Jun 22, 2016
Superhero Ultraman thwarted by JR Meguro Station staff
by Daisuke Kikuchi
Superhero Ultraman was spotted around JR Meguro Station in Tokyo last week and again on Tuesday. Awed eyewitnesses spoke in hushed tones as Ultraman, or a fan dressed as him, entered the station and then turned around and left after station staff asked him to ...
Culture Jan 1, 2016
Ultraman: 50 years battling monsters
by Shinichi Satake
Young boys and girls jumped up in excitement shouting, "Ultraman!" when three characters from the iconic series appeared on stage during an event in Kuala Lumpur in November. The Japanese superhero, who premiered in 1966 in the live-action special effects (tokusatsu) television series bearing his ...
Style & Design | ON: FASHION May 9, 2015
Catch the last day of Harajuku Kawaii!!; Undercover is going mad; Ultraman for the everyman
by Misha Janette and Samuel Thomas
Catch the last day of Harajuku Kawaii!! Today's the last day of the annual Harajuku Kawaii!! festival, which, now in its sixth iteration, has long outgrown its original venues and spread across event spaces, shops and side-streets to take over the whole Harajuku area of ...
Culture | Japan Pulse Mar 27, 2015
Ultraman monsters invade your travel show
by Tom Hanaway
Fuji TV One is letting the monsters from Ultraman loose in a new travel program called “Ultra Monster Walk.”
National / Media | Japan Pulse May 25, 2014
Ultra Hawai’i: Even superheroes need a vacation
by Daphne Mohajer-Va-Pesaran
Your favorite Ultraman characters finally get a break and hang ten in Hawaii.
Film Jan 11, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about Godzilla but were afraid to ask
by Jun Hongo
The sound effects team initially tried to create Godzilla's distinctive shriek by using animal roars that had been tweaked through editing. They sampled all kinds of birds and mammals, but nothing seemed to be a suitable match for the reptilian noises such a monster ...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo Dec 26, 2013
by Jun Hongo
Here's an opportunity to have an ultra-special time this holiday season. The popular Ultraman superheroes, including the superhero himself and new hero Ultraman Ginga, will be in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, from Dec. 27 until Jan. 5 for the Oshogatsu Dayo! Ultraman Zenin Shugo (It's ...