The Marvel heroes are kind of one step away from being Power Rangers like heroes, right? They have costumes and a few more or less have transformation sequences (look at Iron Man, he may as well shout ...

Tokusatsu is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, and often deals with science fiction, fantasy or horror. The most popular types of ...

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It’s a good time to be a fan of Tokusatsu fan. The genre of superhero, kaiju, or robot series (Tokusatsu literally translates to “special filming,” denoting heavy special effects) is having a major ...

Grotesque aliens and flamboyant robots may be the stuff of fantasy but, decades after first appearing on Indonesian television screens, they still captivate Komutoku’s thousands of members. Short for ...

The fight or flight response is so embedded in the human psyche that we unconsciously apply it to art. The most obvious example of this occurs in the horror genre, as most monster movies fall into one ...

Walking around the convention floor of the Japan World Heroes convention in Pasadena, California you can’t go a minute or two without hearing a cry of, “That’s so awesome!” No, it’s not an over eager ...

Editor’s note: Nerdist is a subsidiary of Legendary Entertainment. While comic books manage to seamlessly translate from the printed page to the big screen, anime and manga haven’t had the same luck.