Wake up, babe, Godzilla is pink now!
Yesterday's big reveals from Brazil's Comic Con Experience (Ccxp) included a first look at "House of the Dragon" season 2, but another powerful lizard stole the show today. The first trailer for upcoming MonsterVerse movie "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" teased a team-up between the two titular monsters, and both of them are sporting a hot new look.
King Kong acquires a mechanical brace on his arm, presumably due to a run-in with monster ape villain Skar King. But Godzilla won the prize for best-dressed kaiju by emerging from his frozen hibernation with pink energy lighting up his spines, gills, and eyes. Did Godzilla spend the summer watching "Barbie" and find himself infused with atomic Kenergy?
In combination with the blue that's also featured in the trailer," "Godzilla X Kong" continues the cinematic trend that's come to be known as "bisexual lighting" --...
Yesterday's big reveals from Brazil's Comic Con Experience (Ccxp) included a first look at "House of the Dragon" season 2, but another powerful lizard stole the show today. The first trailer for upcoming MonsterVerse movie "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" teased a team-up between the two titular monsters, and both of them are sporting a hot new look.
King Kong acquires a mechanical brace on his arm, presumably due to a run-in with monster ape villain Skar King. But Godzilla won the prize for best-dressed kaiju by emerging from his frozen hibernation with pink energy lighting up his spines, gills, and eyes. Did Godzilla spend the summer watching "Barbie" and find himself infused with atomic Kenergy?
In combination with the blue that's also featured in the trailer," "Godzilla X Kong" continues the cinematic trend that's come to be known as "bisexual lighting" --...
- 12/4/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Yoko Higuchi turns in another impressive project with his latest short film, “Synthetic Love.” Besides directing, Higuchi wrote the screenplay along with Michael Evans, and while the shooting took place at Oguchi Dam, located in the Ishikawa Prefecture of Japan. Making her acting debut is Myuri, an established model and dancer, and she performs opposite Takumi Matsumoto, who some viewers may remember for appearing in Takashi Murakami's “Jellyfish Eyes.” “Synthetic Love” premiered at the One Art Space in New York in a double feature showing with one of Yoko's previous shorts, “Everydayman: A Fantasy Tokusatsu Parody.”
One rainy day, a female robot named Motoko awaits her boyfriend, Shinji, to arrive while standing atop a dam overlooking the river below. Upon arrival, he cheerfully gives her a present to celebrate their three-month anniversary. Yet, much to his dismay, the humanoid machinery announces she's breaking up with him, claiming their time together has expired.
One rainy day, a female robot named Motoko awaits her boyfriend, Shinji, to arrive while standing atop a dam overlooking the river below. Upon arrival, he cheerfully gives her a present to celebrate their three-month anniversary. Yet, much to his dismay, the humanoid machinery announces she's breaking up with him, claiming their time together has expired.
- 10/28/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
By Corey Kirby
Tokusatsu and Kaiju, what better a combination? Shin Ultraman, part of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe Project, is the third film in a series that takes classic Japanese media and brings it to the modern big screen. Hideaki Anno co-directed this film alongside Shinji Higuchi, as well as serving as the script writer, co-producer, and co-editor. As a result, just as with the pair’s previous project together (Shin Godzilla), this has Anno’s aesthetic and sensibilities all over it; this being evident in terms of cinematography, philosophical themes, and the score. Speaking of the score, Shiro Sagisu did an excellent job with the material used for the film. The musical score includes original material composed by Shiro Sagisu as well as reused material from previous Ultraman series such as the 1965 series Ultraman Q, along with several unused tracks from previous projects that were composed by Shiro...
Tokusatsu and Kaiju, what better a combination? Shin Ultraman, part of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe Project, is the third film in a series that takes classic Japanese media and brings it to the modern big screen. Hideaki Anno co-directed this film alongside Shinji Higuchi, as well as serving as the script writer, co-producer, and co-editor. As a result, just as with the pair’s previous project together (Shin Godzilla), this has Anno’s aesthetic and sensibilities all over it; this being evident in terms of cinematography, philosophical themes, and the score. Speaking of the score, Shiro Sagisu did an excellent job with the material used for the film. The musical score includes original material composed by Shiro Sagisu as well as reused material from previous Ultraman series such as the 1965 series Ultraman Q, along with several unused tracks from previous projects that were composed by Shiro...
- 7/10/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nowadays, parody entertainment tends to get a bad reputation due to the excessive amount of atrocious spoof movies released, particularly out of Hollywood. Features that are painfully unfunny, merely cashing in on the success of what is popular then and simultaneously coming off as insulting, have almost become a cursed tradition in modern filmmaking. Sadly, a commendable art form such as tokusatsu entertainment has frequently fallen into this trap. Yet, if remarkable talents such as Mel Brooks have proven anything, it's that parody projects can be good. They can also come from a place of love of the material being reimagined for comedic effect. The internet has even seen its fair share of funny parodying of popular properties. A recent example is Yoko Higuchi's fun non-profit short film “Everydayman: A Fantasy Tokusatsu Parody.”
Yoko Higuchi is an independent filmmaker and cinephile, frequently active online, sharing his admiration for the art of filmmaking.
Yoko Higuchi is an independent filmmaker and cinephile, frequently active online, sharing his admiration for the art of filmmaking.
- 4/6/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Following the excellent “The Flowers of Evil”, Noboru Highuchi, who had already for some time moved away from the Yoshihiro Nishimura group, stayed away from movies for a couple of years, instead directing for TV. In 2022, though, he returned with a rather low-budgeted idol film, which also moves into sci-fi/anime ways. In that regard, it is also worth mentioning the idols featured which include Brazil of Migma Shelter, Kaede Fuuka of Qumari Depart, Miyu Nakagawa of Maneki Kecak and Kaoru Kudo from Up Up Girls. The Blood Cherry group, who provide the adversaries of the protagonists, consists of Hachigatsu-chan (ex. Oyasumi Hologram), Younapi (ex. You’ll Melt More), Rutakame Run (Melon Batake a gogo),Candy Yamauchi (The Grateful a MogAAAz), Mao (Senosister), pippi (electric ribbon), Rere (Migma Shelter), Kaho Hiniata (Zombie Powder). It is also worth noting that the movie was produced by Gyuzo of the Tokyo Shock Boys...
- 2/11/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The critic Viktor Shklovsky once described the durability of certain poetic images as a kind of immortality, for it’s as if they were never created, but constantly being found, in new but recognizable forms. The poetic image of the Japanese superhero Ultraman is now in its 56th year of rediscovery, with over a half-century of revival and reconfiguring amounting to a vast constellation of TV series, one-off specials, films, manga and video games. This enormous store of moving images is a testament to not only the popularity of Ultraman the character, but to several generations of artists, of many stripes, who’ve sculpted this franchise in an ever-changing flow of new styles and ideas. Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno make their own addition with Shin Ultraman (2022), the second film in their series of reimagined classic tokusatsu (special effects) films. It follows Shin Godzilla (2016), a restoration of the Godzilla film...
- 1/12/2023
- MUBI
Rebooting a vintage superhero for modern audiences is never easy, but Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno were not only up to the challenge, they pulled it off with zeal and respect. With Shin Ultraman, the creative duo behind Shin Godzilla carve out another considerable and clever update of a beloved Japanese icon. The towering, humanoid superhero from another galaxy doesn’t receive a significant physical makeover in this new big-screen adventure, however his origin story is retooled with fantastic results.
Ultraman has never been off the air or out of the public eye for too long since his debut in 1966; Earth’s utmost extraterrestrial guardian has, in some form or another, been featured in a number of TV series, films, anime and video games. And to say Japan is well aware of Ultraman’s presence is an understatement. He is as famous as he is ubiquitous. Shin Ultraman, on the other hand,...
Ultraman has never been off the air or out of the public eye for too long since his debut in 1966; Earth’s utmost extraterrestrial guardian has, in some form or another, been featured in a number of TV series, films, anime and video games. And to say Japan is well aware of Ultraman’s presence is an understatement. He is as famous as he is ubiquitous. Shin Ultraman, on the other hand,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Shin Ultraman” wouldn’t be the first time filmmakers Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi reimagined a popular tokusatsu character. A few years prior, they gave audiences “Shin Godzilla,” an alternate title for the feature being “Godzilla Resurgence.” It is a film that is not only an entertaining monster flick but a suspenseful political thriller with clever commentary. Also reinstated are the themes of the original “Godzilla” directed by Ishiro Honda on the horrors of nuclear warfare. In conjunction with that is satire inspired by the Japanese government’s poor handling of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Japan is thrust into panic and chaos when a giant creature appears and starts causing destruction. The beast is referred to as Godzilla, and it is constantly evolving. The government works to prevent further catastrophe while overcoming bureaucratic red tape. The story is simple but engaging, balancing humor...
Japan is thrust into panic and chaos when a giant creature appears and starts causing destruction. The beast is referred to as Godzilla, and it is constantly evolving. The government works to prevent further catastrophe while overcoming bureaucratic red tape. The story is simple but engaging, balancing humor...
- 8/13/2022
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi are living the tokusatsu dream. Both grew up loving “Godzilla,” “Ultraman,” and “Kamen Rider,” and here they are adapting films of their favorite childhood properties while adding their unique stamps to them. But, of course, being a fan of something does not automatically guarantee quality content. One’s admiration for a franchise is acknowledgeable, but the feature can fail as a solid piece of entertainment and feel like an overproduced fan project lacking substance. Yet, if “Shin Godzilla” proved anything, directing a solid movie comes first for Anno and Higuchi, as not only was that a fantastic reboot of a long-running franchise but an excellent film on its own merits. Moreover, considering both directors’ outspoken love for “Ultraman,” especially the classic 1966 television show, one can only assume their love letter would be a fun feature without feeling too on the nose with fan service. Thankfully,...
- 7/24/2022
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
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