Category: Comics

One thing that I’ve always tried to get across when I write about tokusatsu is that it’s fun. These shows are, and should be viewed as, big dumb action capsules filled with special effects and men in tights. They are also for children. I love watching giant shoes fight multi-colored heroes, and I like when Ultraman’s time on Earth creeps in the danger zone for the 73,372nd time, but I don’t pretend that there’s Something Crucial going on here.

I’ve stressed to people on numerous occasions that, by and large, the community of fans that watch these shows are the most humorless collection of mouth-breathers you could possibly imagine. Even the “professionals” do their extensive work on the topic little justice by coming out of their caves and shaking fact-scribbled sticks at one another before going back to their rooms to watch Japanese stuntmen brutally hump monsters to death.

Here’s a fun example (mull over the replies by August and ZoneFighter)!

Soul-sucking instances like these are exactly why, whenever it comes to fruition, Henshin Pimp will fight for great justice.

Today I had the DQ® Chili Meltdown Grillburger. Here are some excerpts from my thoughts on the adventure, presented in pull-quote style for all you ad wizards. I suspect the Queen’s minstrels will no doubt be stealing these:

“The top bun split from the excitement, like cracked earth directly above rising, pulsating magma.”

“One deep, delicious bite and I already had chili on my shirt, shorts, and shoe… no foolin’!”

In less interesting news, an article I wrote that originally appeared on Otaku Booty, has been repurposed (by me, of course) for the “Asian cinema crowd,” or whatever the fuck that is.

Check it.