Tag: Japan

[Interview] Narō TV’s CEO Todd Silverstein & VP of Content Production Jordan Smith

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Good morning Heroes, and happy Monday, as we are one day away from celebrating Halloween 2023! Now, today we have an interview that has been sitting in our backlog since last December. However, what delayed everything was scheduling, editing mishaps, and ‘corporate okays’ pertaining to what our guests could say. Unfortunately, during this time, the educational streaming Narō TV announced it would be closing its door by 2024. Yet, rather than cancelling the interview outright, our guests are allowing us to share what Narō TV was about. Especially, since the…

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[Tokyo Comic Con] AKARI: Tokusatsu Re-Imagined Campaign Announced

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Recently at Tokyo Comic Con, former Tsuburaya Productions director and producer Takeshi Yagi announced a new tokusatsu project. Titled, AKARI, the production is a proof-of-concept that is in association with the online video service, Narō. For those unaware, Narō is an on-demand video service that creates programs on Japanese culture, and veterans from its professions. Whereas, the programs are filmed as a hybrid between a documentary, and a master class course on the profession featured.   Now, the service is expected to release a course on tokusatsu hosted by Takeshi Yagi…

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Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Maxi Boost ON Open Beta Announced

Michael Lederhos

Bandai Namco Entertainment released a new trailer today for the upcoming PS4 version of Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Maxi Boost ON revealing the Open Access Beta for the game. The beta will be available to all Playstation 4 players and will run every Friday to Saturday beginning June 19, 2020 and running through July 25, 2020. The game is scheduled to release on July 30, 2020 worldwide as a Playstation 4 exclusive. No details have been given for how the game will released in North America and the United Kingdom. Details on this game’s release will likely be released in the coming weeks but fans can enjoy the…

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Bandai Hobby May/ June 2020 Model Kit Release Info – Gundam, Ultraman & More!

Michael Lederhos

Not to be outdone by yesterday’s Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise Second Season news, Bandai Hobby rolled out solicitations for several model kits scheduled to be released in May and June 2020. We will not be covering every single Bandai Hobby Model Kit announced, as there is a few too many, but we will be focusing on releases from the Gundam, Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Digimon franchises.   May 2020 Releases: HG 1/144 GAT-04 Windam [Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny] Price: 1540 yen Accessories: Beam Rifle, Beam Saber x2, Offensive Shield Type E, Jet Striker Pack   HG…

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Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Teaser Trailer Released

Michael Lederhos

Last year, during the Japanese Theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam NT, Gundam fans were treated to a short teaser for the next Universal Century movie, Hathaway’s Flash. After the North American screenings, the teaser was released online with the release date of Winter 2020. Flash forward several months (and a NA Char’s Counterattack screening), we finally have a full trailer for the film. https://youtu.be/GjPigquaRcE From the new teaser trailer we can gather quite a bit of previously unknown information about the film: The English title of the film is now “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway”…

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RRPG Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 10 (Final Fantasy XIII & Fabula Nova Crystallis)

Kyle R. Smith

Today, Hero Club is proud to present the next installment of RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective, Episode 10: Final Fantasy XIII & Fabula Nova Crystallis. Now, this episode features a look at how Yoshinori Kitase and his team got in charge of bringing forth the official, thirteenth installment to Square Enix’s flagship franchise. This installment would also be the start of a new compilation project called Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy. However, the project eventually became overly ambitious with the core Final Fantasy XIII game, its pair of sequels, the many…

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Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare Announced

Michael Lederhos

Japan receives multiple Mobile Suit Gundam video games a year, but very few seem to make it over to the West, especially mobile games. This lead to quite the surprise when it was revealed that Bandai Namco’s upcoming mobile game, Gundam Breaker Mobile, will be released in North America as Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare. This new mobile game is based on the Gundam Breaker video game series which is very popular in Japan. However, the Gundam Breaker Series hit a wall with the release of New Gundam Breaker in 2018 which ended up being a critical, and commercial…

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Name of Japan’s Newest Era Confirmed

Pak Hanu

Recently a conference was held in Japan by the Japanese government to announce the new era for the country. The new era is tentatively known as the “Reiwa Era,” which translates to Harmonic Peace. The name is derived from the Manyoshu, a collection of historic Japanese poems. Now, Reiwa Era will effective begin on May 1st under Japan’s new emperor, Emperor Naruhito. For those who are not familiar with Japanese history, era names were first conceived by Emperor Kōtoku in 645. The first era in Japan was known as the…

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Gundam The Origin – Eve of the Red Comet Premiere Date & Details Announced

Michael Lederhos

Originally announced during the Mobile Suit Gundam’s 40th Anniversary Project launch event on November 21, 2018, the TV broadcast version of Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin finally has details on its premiere. The 6-part OVA will be recompiled into a 13 episode broadcast version for television. This is similar to Mobile Suit Gundam UC re:0096 which was a 22 episode recompilation of the 7-part OVA series.   The recompilation will be titled Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin – Eve of the Red Comet in order to differentiate the TV version from the OVA. It remains to be unknown…

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New Gundam Breaker Third Game Trailer Streamed

Pak Hanu

Bandai Namco Entertainment has recently updated their official Youtube channel with a new trailer for New Gundam Breaker. The latest trailer features Kamille, Fa, Emma, and Reccoa from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.  The trailer also features the game’s theme song, “Snatchaway,” performed by SKY-HI. https://youtu.be/eiQG6w4Zwgk New Gundam Breaker is set to release worldwide for the Playstation 4 and Steam on June 22. The game will first launch in Japan on June 21 in Japan. Source: ANN, Bandai Namco Entertainment 

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