Yutaka Ozaki was a legendary rock musician of the 80s. He sang about grievances with society, the struggle to fit in and the desire for freedom, which made him popular with the youth of the time. Ozaki is considered a musical icon in Japan, and his songs continue to be covered by both famous and unknown artists to this day. He was found dead at the age of 26. Many of his fans believe he was murdered. However, this is just a theory ..read more

As I’m a bit tired of superhero stuff and formulaic things, and I don’t always have things to upload, I thought about extending the site’s scope a bit once again. So, how about music? Haven’t really done that before. Obviously, we’re not talking Kawaii Pop, but the more obscure and underrated stuff that’s largely inaccessible to English-speaking netizens. The underground is where you find the most interesting things. King Giddra (named after Godzilla’s adversary, of course) was a Japanese conscious hip hop group that was popular in the 90s. This particular song is about the dark sides of the ..read more

DDL | Archive Released by Yatsutama Productions in 2013. It’s a live action Precure-type thing with Kigurumi suits. Story: Two fairies came from the land of sweets. Their names are Sweet Cherry and Sweet Honey. In order to share their happiness with all the people of the world, they take the form of human girls and study the sweets of the earth in order to become full-fledged fairies. On the other hand, Perorinko and Baccino, two little devils from the devil world, have kidnapped the pudding fairy Caplin and are trying to take over all the pudding in the world. Can the sweet fairies save Capl ..read more

DDL | Archive Released by CI in 2001. Pantheon’s new host has amnesia similar to Shoichi from Agito and joins the police force in this one. There’s a necronomicon stand-in that brings monsters from the underworld into reality. Pantheon’s enemy is the Eel King, a perverted monster from the Kansai area who speaks in a funny dialect. They say he’s been dreaming of screwing Pantheon for thousands of years! Story: The popular “Pantheon” action series that kicked off the tokusatsu battle heroine boom. To confront evil, a pure and innocent girl transforms into the goddess Pantheon and charges into b ..read more

DDL | Archive Released by TIFA Corporation/CI in 1999. Special guest appearances by Hurricane Ryu and Minoru Kawasaki. It’s been a whooping 6 years since I last posted one of Pantheon’s movies, and someone specifically requested this one a couple years ago. Well, on the off-chance you’re still visiting… enjoy, I guess! This is the pre-revised version with a different actress. Story: Pantheon and Akira continue to fight. However, Pantheon’s soul separates from Akira and wanders through nightmare space. Akira decides to return to being a normal high school student, but as she hands in her badge ..read more

Courtesy of Gossameru Fansubs, Koakuma/My Sweet Devil is now fully (I think) subbed in English ..read more

Let’s continue with our new series of introduction posts. Shit I don’t currently own, but that’s worth keeping a tab on. J-Soldier A series of indie shorts by Ryoichi Sakai produced for the Kamen Rider Fan Club “Phoenix”. A total of 13 movies were produced between 1981 to ??? … They were made mostly for club screenings and AFAIK, no VHS releases exist. Most of the cast members were relatives or friends of the director. The first one was even called Kamen Rider J before being renamed to J-Soldier, predating the official one. Henshin Goddess Alpha There is zero information on these online, but ..read more

So I’m aware this site is mostly dedicated to video archiving, but I like just writing about things sometimes, even if I don’t own them, and especially so if English and even Japanese sources are hard to come by. Sukeban Deka had a massive cultural impact in the 80s, so it’s unsurprising that it would inspire a wave of imitators. Sailor Fuku Deka Late 1980s original video action drama directed by Gojuhiro Yamamae that depicts the battle between high school girls who suddenly become detectives one day and an evil army. After discovering a mysterious sword, three high school girls become sailor ..read more

Note: This is NOT a movie that I have, so I cannot provide a rip or anything else like that. I just want to create a record that this thing did in fact exist. I was waybacking a certain studio’s old website (2002) when I suddenly stumbled upon something… interesting. All of the videos in the “special effects” sections are parodies of classic tokusatsu properties, save for one notable exception… Yes, that’s an X-rated parody of Tom Holland’s 1988 horror masterpiece “Child’s Play”, aka. “The Killer Doll”, aka. “The Devil’s Doll”, add like a hundred other alternative titles, you know the one. H ..read more

DDL | Archive The infamous live action adaptation of Sailor M_ _n that aired on Japanese TV… what, 20 years ago?! The one with idols and talking plushies. Most of the episodes floating around online seem to be encoded at 30fps, but much like Phase 1 Heisei KR, this show used early digital cameras that shot at a smooth frame rate of 60fps. Early 00s plastic flip phones! The creator of the original manga had more direct involvement, and even called it her favorite adaptation. ~Info Video: 8-bit x264, CRF18 (Preset: Slower) 720×540 (Anamorphic 4:3), CFR 30fps Audio: Japanese, 2 Channels, A ..read more