While reading up on Matsushita yesterday I learned of their involvement with National Kid, a live action hero show from 1960 that I'd never heard of (news flash: I didn't grow up in Japan in the late 1950's) so I went to YouTube et viola, he's the first in a string of heroes in this brain-meltingly cool montage. After watching these cut scenes set to OP themes I'm convinced that the Toku shows post 1989 tend to bite. I'm also reminded of how weird Brazil is.
Our Classic Manga Wish List
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It might not feel like it, but right now we're living in a golden age! A
golden age of English releases of classic Japanese manga, that is. The pile
of loc...
PlaidStallions is moving! (slowly)
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So, after 14 years, we've decided to upgrade PlaidStallions and move both
the site and the blog here.
I plan to convert the entire site to WordPress, tha...
KOUSOKU ESPER
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, is the result of two major companies
merging in 1939. The first was Tanaka Seizosho who manufactured telegraph
equipme...