Interviews – Henshin Justice Unlimited

Oct242018 by Justin MullisNo Comments

Scholars Talking Toku: Interview with Seth Kim – Pt. 2

Anime, Articles, Blog, Comics, Culture, Interviews, Kaiju, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Toku, toku, tokusatsu, Ultraman

Welcome to the second installment of Scholars Talking Toku's interview with Seth Kim; Assistant Professor in the Program of Cinema and Media Arts and Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University. Kim is the author of several essays on Japanese superheroes and tokusatsu including “Kamen Rider vs. Spider-Man and Bat-Man” which appeared in the book Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture (2017, McFarland Press) edited by Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr. My own essay, “Notes from the Land of Light: Observations on Religious Elements Seen in Ultraman”, was also published in this same collection so we both recommend you pick it up! In the first half of our interview, we discussed Kim's essay “Kamen Rider vs. Spider-Man and Bat-Man” as well as his thoughts

Oct232018 by Justin MullisNo Comments

Scholars Talking Toku: Interview with Seth Kim – Pt. 1

Anime, Articles, Blog, Culture, Interviews, Kaiju, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, toku, tokusatsu

Welcome to a brand new installment of Scholars Talking Toku. My name is Justin Mullis and I’m a scholar working in the academic field of religious studies who also happens to harbor a life long love of Japanese pop-culture. Last year an essay I wrote, “Notes from the Land of Light: Observations on Religious Elements Seen in Ultraman”, was published in the book Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture (2017, McFarland Press) edited by Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr. I recommend you pick it up! One of my fellow contributors to Giant Creatures in Our World is scholar Seth Kim who is an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University. Kim's contribution to our book was a fascinating and provocative essay on the kaijin from the original Kamen Rider (19

Dec222017 by Justin MullisNo Comments

Scholars Talking Toku: Interview with Tom Gill – Pt. 2

Animation, Anime, Articles, Blog, Books, Comics, Culture, Dairanger, Interviews, Movies & TV, Power Rangers, Space Sheriff, Super Sentai, Toku, toku, tokusatsu, Ultraman

Welcome to the second installment of a brand new series here on HJU, Scholars Talking Toku. My name is Justin Mullis. I’m a scholar working in the academic field of religious studies with a life long love of Japanese pop-culture. Earlier this year an essay I wrote, “Notes from the Land of Light: Observations on Religious Elements Seen in Ultraman” was published in the book Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture (2017, McFarland Press) edited by Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr. I recommend you pick it up! As a result of my work on this essay I came to realize that there were a number of scholars, like me, who were interested in the topic of Japanese superheroes, through separated both geographically and by areas of expertise. The goal of this s

Dec212017 by Justin MullisNo Comments

Scholars Talking Toku: Interview with Tom Gill – Pt. 1

Anime, Articles, Blog, Books, Culture, Interviews, Kaiju, Kamen Rider, monster, Movies & TV, Super Sentai, Toku, toku, tokusatsu, Ultraman

Welcome to the start of a brand new series here on HJU, Scholars Talking Toku. My name is Justin Mullis. I'm a scholar working in the academic field of religious studies with a life long love of Japanese pop-culture. Earlier this year an essay I wrote, "Notes from the Land of Light: Observations on Religious Elements Seen in Ultraman" was published in the book Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture (2017, McFarland Press) edited by Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr. I recommend you pick it up! When I started working on this essay I believed that I was breaking new ground, that work by academics on Japanese superheroes was probably minuscule to nonexistent. What I soon realized however was that a number of scholars were in fact interested in this...

Mar292016 by UkiyaSeedNo Comments

Reuben Langdon Talks About Post B-Fighter Kabuto, Power Rangers Work

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In part 2 of Toy Bounty Hunters' interview of actor Reuben Langdon, we learned what he did after B-Fighter Kabuto and how he got into mocap. (more…)

Mar212016 by UkiyaSeed2 Comments

Reuben Langdon Talks About Working in Japan & B-Fighter Kabuto

Interviews

Toy Bounty Hunters recently interviewed actor Reuben Langdon, in which he talked about his experience working in Japan and how he ended up in B-Fighter Kabuto. (more…)

Oct32014 by Jim Ballard1 Comment

Ultraman Nexus 10th Anniversary Interview Series: Hiroyasu Shibuya and Keiichi Hasegawa

Interviews, Video Update

10 ago today, on October 2nd, 2004, the first episode of the TV series ULTRAMAN NEXUS (ウルトラマンネクサス, Urutoraman Nekusasu) was broadcast in Japan. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series, SciFi JAPAN TV presents the first in a series of interviews with series producer Hiroyasu Shibuya, writer and series organizer Keiichi Hasegawa, and directors Kazuya Konaka and Yuichi Abe. In this week’s episode, “Origins”, the staff discuss the early stages of the show’s development. (more…)

Sep162014 by Jim BallardNo Comments

Interview with Yoshimitsu Banno, Executive Producer of GODZILLA 2014

Interviews, Video Update

SciFi JAPAN TV has an exclusive 20 minute interview with Yoshimitsu Banno, the director of 1971's GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER (aka GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH) and Executive Producer of this year's GODZILLA from Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures'. In the interview, Mr. Banno discusses working with legendary director Akira Kurosawa and special FX pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya, directing HEDORAH, his efforts to make the IMAX short film GODZILLA 3-D, his involvement in the new GODZILLA, and much more! (more…)

May302014 by The_EmperorNo Comments

Interview with Blue Dino Thunder Ranger Kevin Duhaney

Interviews, News

This is part 2 of 3 in a series of Ranger interviews I did last weekend at SuperFan ComicCon in Toronto. In this installment, I sat down with Blue Dino Ranger Kevin Duhaney and asked him about various things including his thoughts on the news of an upcoming Power Rangers film! Find out what he said after the jump... (more…)

May292014 by The_EmperorNo Comments

Interview with White Dino Thunder Ranger Jeff Parazzo

Interviews, News

Last weekend, I attended SuperFan ComicCon in Toronto where Kevin Duhaney and Jeff Parazzo were present at their first local convention in the city which they are from. I had the opportunity to sit with them for an interview and ask them about various things including their thoughts on the news of the upcoming Power Rangers film! In part one of three interview posts, I talk to Jeff Parazzo who played the White Dino Thunder Ranger. Find out what he said after the jump... (more…)