If ever you needed to know how influential Hideaki Anno is in Japan, look no further. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and its many reboots has more recently ushered in a new, unprecedented ...

One of the more delightful things—aside from the movies themselves—to come out of Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno’s “Shin” tokusatsu movies is the Shin Japan Heroes project, a merch collab that mashes ...

Mario and Bowser are two of gaming’s most recognisable characters, although two new toys portray the Nintendo icons as you’ve never seen them before. Set to be released by Bid Toys in Japan later this ...

Japan has a thing for big monsters, so it was only a matter of time before Bowser was introduced to Godzilla. The Nintendo icon is a kaiju in his own right, but his lackluster schemes turns Bowser ...

Both of these Mario and Bowser toys are made of vinyl and are designed to call to mind characters people would see in the superhero series. MA-NULTRA wears a suit that’s nearly identical to the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s interesting to see how Bid Toys has managed to capture the essence of both Mario and Ultraman ...

Which Mechagodzilla toys are best? The debut of Mechagodzilla in 1974 was inspired by the popularity of the mecha genre, a form of Japanese manga or anime that focuses on robots, cyborgs, space ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...