Kent

February 9, 2015

Composer Riichiro Manabe Passes Away at 90

This very sad piece of news is just making its way to the states via August Ragone. Composer Riichiro Manabe, who composed scores for Godzilla vs. Hedorah and Godzilla vs. Megalon, passed away January 29th. He was 90 years of age. Fans of […]
February 5, 2015

You Choose the next TokuZone!

Fellow daikaiju and Tokusatsu lovers: Soon we’ll be approaching the end of our Ultraman and Iron King TokuZone segments. When Ultraman ends, we’ll either start Ultra Q or Ultraseven. With Iron King, we aren’t quite sure; so we’re taking the […]
January 6, 2015

Kent Reviews “There Goes Tokyo!” by Michael Grant

In late 2013, we were approached, via email, by Michael Grant to read over, and possibly review, his ebook, There Goes Tokyo! A Smashing Celebration of Kaiju Eiga a.k.a. A Fan’s Love of Giant Monster Movies. Mr. Grant’s ebook attempts to […]
November 22, 2014

EDIT: Our BIG Christmas Giveaway!

*EDIT* Deadline has moved to December 20th The holiday season is upon us and that means it’s time for our Daikaiju Network Christmas Giveaway!! Here’s what’s in the bundle: You’re wondering how you enter. Well, it’s VERY, VERY simple: Either […]
November 20, 2014

Kent Reviews “Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot”

*SPOILERS AHEAD* Despite having been a kaiju fan for 22 years, as of this review, the Tokusatsu genre had been very elusive for me until December 2012 when I got my hands on the original Ultraman TV series. That show opened […]
September 7, 2014

Kent Reviews the “Godzilla X Megaguirus” Score

Michiru Oshima makes her debut scoring Godzilla X Megaguirus. Oshima also has the distinct honor of being the first, and so far the only, female to compose a Godzilla score. Many fans consider Oshima’s work to be some of the best […]