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Dan breaks down the Blu-ray features for Howl From Beyond the Fog , released by SRS Cinema, a company that has done an incredible job bringing Kaiju and Tokusatsu films to U.S. audiences that would otherwise be nearly impossible to obtain or might never receive an official English-subtitled release at all. SRS Cinema’s Blu-ray distribution has played a major role in helping the kaiju fandom grow over the past several years. Released in 2019, Howl From Beyond the Fog  is a kai

Note: This article was originally published in 2022 on Godzilla Island and his since been revised. Zone Fighter!   Toho’s 1973 tokusatsu series has always held a strange sort of mystique among Godzilla fans especially in the West. With its 26-episode run, giant hero battles, and guest appearances from Godzilla, King Ghidorah, and Gigan, it feels like a missing chapter from the Showa era. It fits right into the Godzilla timeline, taking place between Godzilla vs. Megalon  and

Monster Name:  Kiko Monster Appearances:   Son of Kong Kiko, the albino son of the legendary King Kong, is a large, white-furred gorilla who stands around 12 feet tall. He’s not nearly as massive as his father, but he’s still a powerful creature in his own right. When Carl Denham returned to Skull Island, he discovered Kiko trapped in a quicksand pit and rescued him creating a bond between the two. Kiko’s biggest battle was against a massive cave bear roughly equal to his siz

Note: This Review was originally published in 2022 on Godzilla Island. At the time this was written this is what Frank's Ultraman viewing was up to chronologically he has now completed Ultra Q-80, as well as Blazar, & Arc. Return of Ultraman is the fourth entry in the Ultra Series it aired for 51 episodes from April 1971 to March 1972. The series stars Jiro Dan as Hideki Go, a race car driver who gives his life to save a young boy and his dog during a kaiju attack. Ultraman

Monster Name: Nebula Monster Appearance:  Howl From Beyond The Fog Nebula is a sauropod-style monster that dwells in the lake of a small village on Kyushu Island. This four-legged dinosaur has a long neck and a massive body overgrown with moss and algae, so thick that fallen tree limbs can rest on its back. Nebula’s primary strengths are its sheer size, power, and nearly impervious hide, which makes it resistant to gunfire and cannon blasts. Its only displayed special abilit

Monster Name: Jikiro Monster Appearances: Zone Fighter Jikiro is a reptilian robot sent to Earth by the Garogas after Zone Fighter defeated Red Spark. This all-metal kaiju has a long neck, red metallic spines, a large red antenna on its back, a right hand equipped with four cannons, and a sharp spiked claw on its left hand. Jikiro can generate magnetic fields to slow and trap its enemies, fire bullet-like blasts from its hand cannons, and shoot focused bolts of magnetic energ

Monster Name: Mognezun Monster Appearances:  Return of Ultraman Mognezun is a prehistoric kaiju covered in sharp spikes. Its modern-day awakening gave it a deadly new ability: expelling poisonous gas. This development was caused by leftover chemical weapons from World War II Japan had dumped yellow toxic gas in the area where Mognezun had been hibernating. Feeding on the gas triggered this lethal adaptation. Besides its poisonous breath, Mognezun is an expert digger, capable

Monster Name: Antlar Monster Appearances:  Ultraman, Ultraman Max, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, Ultraman Retsuden, Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle, Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman X, Ultraman Orb Antlar is a beetle-like kaiju with a prominent horn and two massive pincers, which it uses expertly in combat. This monster can burrow underground and fires a powerful electromagnetic beam capable of disabling fire

Monster Name: Stegon Monster Appearances: Return of Ultraman, Redman Stegon is an ancient dinosaur related to the Stegosaurus, with a body that looks almost like a pile of walking fossils. Stegon walks on four legs and has the ability to burrow underground. Its body constantly secretes a powerful acid capable of dissolving organic matter strong enough to be lethal to humans. Stegon can also spray a mist from its mouth that can extinguish fires or act as a smokescreen. Its dur

Monster Name: Dangar Monster Appearances: Return of Ultraman, Redman Dangar is an odd-looking kaiju with long, fleshy appendages that hang around its head like a lion’s mane. It also sports a single tusk-like fang protruding from the front of its mouth. Its hands end in hook-shaped claws, which Dangar uses to slash at enemies. While it lacks flashy special abilities, Dangar can burrow underground and relies on its raw physical strength and thick hide to fight. The first Danga

Monster Name: Ghostron Monster Appearances:   Return of Ultraman, The Ultraman, Redman Ghostron is a large, dinosaur-like kaiju with a body and facial structure very similar to Arstron. Instead of a horn, however, Ghostron sports a large head hump that extends into a frilled ridge down its back. Because of these shared traits, many fans consider Ghostron and Arstron to be cousin species. Ghostron also has extremely poor eyesight and relies almost entirely on sound to navigate

Monster Name: Gorbagos Monster Appearances: Return of Ultraman Gorbagos is a rock-bodied kaiju with an incredible chameleon like ability to camouflage itself so effectively that it can turn completely invisible. Along with stealth, this nocturnal monster can burrow underground and launch fireballs from its mouth. At night it becomes fiercely aggressive, but during the day it’s sluggish, peaceful, and prefers to hide rather than fight if disturbed. Gorbagos was discovered by a

Monster Name:  Alien Bira (Alien Villa) Monster Appearances:   Ultraseven Alien Bira are a strange and intimidating extraterrestrial race. Their bodies are covered in a hard exoskeleton similar to a lobster or shrimp, with long spine-like torsos, small heads perched on top, and four legs positioned close to their tail. Despite their odd appearance, the Bira are highly intelligent invaders. They can levitate, fire beams and toxic gas from their mouths, and even change their si

Monster Name: Twin Tail Monster Appearances:  Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Mebius, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, Ultraman Ginga, Ultra Fight Orb, Fireman Twin Tail is an ancient kaiju species that was historically preyed upon by Gudon. Its body structure is unusual Twin Tail stands upright like a worm, with its head pointed downward toward the ground. When it rises from the ocean or underground, the tail is the first t

Monster Name: Gudon Monster Appearances:   Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Mebius, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, Ultra Zero Fight, Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman Ginga S, Ultraman X, Ultra Fight Orb, Redman, Fireman, Ultraman Decker, Ultraman Arc, Ultra Zone Gudon is a two-legged underground kaiju known for relentlessly hunting Twin Tail, its ancient natural prey. Gudon has two long pincer-like horns on its head that can stab or

Monster Name: Miclas Monster Appearances: Ultraseven, Heisei Ultraseven, Ultraman Mebius, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, Ultraman Ginga Miclas is one of the strangest-looking kaiju in the Ultraman universe. It stands on two legs and has four prominent horns on its head, giving it an instantly recognizable silhouette. Miclas is one of Ultraseven’s capsule monsters, summoned when Dan Moroboshi is un

Monster Name: Eleking Monster Appearances: Ultraseven, Ultraman Taro, Heisei Ultraseven, Ultraman Max, Ultraman Mebius, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, Ultraman Ginga, New Ultraman Retsuden, Ultraman Ginga S, Ultraman X, Ultraman X The Movie, Ultraman Orb, Ultraman Geed, Ultraman Taiga, Redman, Ultraman Blazar, Ultraman Arc Eleking is one of the most iconic monsters in the entire Ultraman franchise. Eleking are amphibio

Monster Profile: Alien Pitt Monster Appearances: Ultraseven, Ultraman Max, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey, Ultraman Orb, Ultraman Geed, Ultraman Taiga The Pitt are an all-female alien race with humanoid bodies and insect-like heads. Despite their unsettling true appearance, the Pitt possess the ability to disguise themselves as human women, which they frequently use to manipulate and deceive humans. They are aware of how easily people (especially men)

Monster Name: Alien Waiell (Alien Wyaan) Monster Appearances: Ultraseven The Waiell are an alien race of sentient plant lifeforms. In their natural state, they resemble two-legged, humanoid plants covered in leaves and vines. One of their most dangerous traits is their ability to grow from small humanoid sizes into massive giant forms when threatened. The Waiell possess the disturbing ability to disguise themselves as humans. They achieve this by capturing victims and encasi

Monster Name: Windom Monster Appearances: Ultraseven, Heisei Ultraseven, Ultraman Mebius, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, Ultraman X, Ultraman Z, Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad Windom is one of Ultraseven’s friendly Capsule Monsters, serving as a loyal mechanical ally in battle. Windom is a robotic kaiju that stands on two legs and is entirely constructed of metal. Thanks to its immense strength, Windom is capable of jumping great heights an