Comments on: But All The While You Hear The Tokusatsu Kaiju Creeping Up Behind

But All The While You Hear The Tokusatsu Kaiju Creeping Up Behind

KokuRyu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:44:56 -0800

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as performed by Ultraman "kaiju" monsters

Takashi Okamura (岡村隆史) of the comedy duo "Ninety-nine" leads the group. A list of Ultraman Kaiju monsters. A few photos from Flickr.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:47:39 -0800

Does what it says on the box (which is great).

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:59:41 -0800

The length of some of the monster write-ups on Wikipedia makes me happy, even if some seem to be written by fanboys on a caffine binge. Also, the video makes me happy. Thanks!

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:04:54 -0800

My 7-year-old son has been into Ultraman for the past few years. We have stacks and stacks of DVDs relatives have burned for us dating back to the 1960s UltraQ shows, plus a ton of picture books with encyclopedic detail about every single monster and Ultraman avatar. The detail he memorizes is just astounding.

By: oddman

oddman — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:41:34 -0800

I liked the long line of Ultraman judges.

By: donkeymon

donkeymon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:15:29 -0800

Hey I saw that on TV the other night! All of the monsters were auditioning for the director to be in a new Ultraman movie. Okamura has been doing his character Pressure Seijin for a long time on MechaIke, so he joined the audition and made a farce of the whole thing. But in the end, he's an excellent dancer The monsters overcame competition and petty squabbling, and finally all the monsters got into the movie. There's a little preview for it at the end.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:26:48 -0800

Thanks for deciphering it, donkeymon. I Googled "プッレシャー星人" (presumably Okamura's MechaIke character) hoping to come up with some sort of monster and couldn't find anything.

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:52:59 -0800

Man, those monster suits are awesome. I may need to, er, "consult" the internet availability of these Ultraman series.

By: Megami

Megami — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:11:03 -0800

Thanks for introducing a new 'sub-culture' I was totally unaware of yet totally unsurprised to find existed.

By: lumensimus

lumensimus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:50 -0800

By: dead cousin ted

dead cousin ted — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:23:05 -0800

Megami, you might want to check out kaiju big battel, it's highly entertaining.

By: Ghidorah

Ghidorah — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:13:43 -0800

Like donkeymon, we watched that the other night. The entire show was hilarious. The idea was essentially that Okamura-san's character was essentially a noob, and the other monster's didn't like him. You see a bit of it in the recap section, but most of the show the other kaiju were beating the snot out of him. Lot's of tripping, pushing, and a couple well placed surprise drop kicks. For some reason, mascot violence has always been the easiest way to make me laugh. Now, though, I've found a new, funnier form. One of the best bits, shown briefly in the video, was Red King. He would, when Okamura-san did something/said something stupid or wrong, start beating his head against the wall in abject rage, then try to charge Okamura-san, with the other kaiju trying to stop him. Tears rolling down my face, it was hilarious.

By: misozaki

misozaki — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:19:40 -0800

I love Okamura-san! He's such a funny little "ossan" and a fabulous dancer to boot!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:07:50 -0800

I like this a lot. Thank you!

By: Henry C. Mabuse

Henry C. Mabuse — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:07:07 -0800

You'll probably like Big Man Japan.

By: exhilaration

exhilaration — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:07:32 -0800

I'm sure you've all seen this it, but I'm still obligated to post a link to Indian Thriller, the greatest Thriller after the original.