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Update: New Zero Trooper F Trailer

Remember the low budget Ultraman take-off that I’ve mentioned before? The one that was looking mighty good, despite its non-existent budget? Well, now an official trailer has appeared: For past posts — including the film’s opening sequence — go here. … Continue reading

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Update: Zero Trooper-F

The US Ultraman-inspired film Zero Trooper-F looks like it is coming along very nicely indeed. Check out this reel of SFX moments. They’re rather impressive on a miniscule-budget, I would have thought: Previous posts on Zero Trooper-F Source: Avery

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Update: Zero Trooper-F

This clip — the first three minutes of Zero Trooper-F, the low-budget homage to such Japanese daikaiju/superhero epics as Ultraman, which appeared on the Backbrain a while back — has just been released on Twitchfilm.net. Man, am I ever impressed! … Continue reading

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El Eternauta

“El Eternauta” (The Eternaut) is a serialised graphic novel written by Argentinian comic writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld and initially drawn by Francisco Solano López. First published in 1957-1959 in three-page weekly episodes in the magazine Hora Cero (Zero Time), it … Continue reading

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American Tokusatsu

The latest Japanese genre to meet with an enthusiast’s attempt to replicate it for the West is the kaiju-tokusatsu, giant-monster vs superhero genre of such TV series as Ultraman. Zero Trooper-F is a 39-minute film directed by an indie filmmaker … Continue reading

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Giant Monster Movie List

This ongoing, ever-growing list of giant monster films is divided into several parts. The main division is between the Western or Hollywood tradition and the Japanese tradition (daikaiju eiga), which, though it developed from the Western tradition, became so distinctive … Continue reading

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