03.12.2016: Return to the Monster Garage

Kevin DeAntonia, Dell Martinez, Bob Johnson, Loren “Butch” Portillo and Barrie Evans return to the Monster Garage and the Kaijucast! Back from the depths of the past, we return to the Monster Garage to chat with our friends from the Bay area. Bob Johnson, Barrie Evans, Butch Portillo, Kevin DeAntonio and (newcomer to the Garage) Dell Martinez got together in that wonderful Monster Garage to talk Japan and other tokusatsu stuff with me. MONSTER GARAGE MUSIC: 1. Space Battleship Yamato theme by Isao Sasaki from Uchuu Senkan Yamato (1974) 2. Susume! Gorenger by Isao Sasaki, Mitsuko Horie & Columbia Cradle Club from Gorenger (1975) 3. US Version of Spectreman Theme Song (1978) 4. Go, Go Kikaida  by Yuuki Hide from Kikaider (1972) 5. Opening Theme by Kazuo Koike, Chuumei Watanabe from Great Mazinga (1974)   SUGGESTED VIEWING: ScifiJapan.com Scifi Japan on FB BAFE on FB CATASTROPHIC EVENTS: 3/11 – 3/13 Monster Mania in Cherry Hill, NJ w/Kenpachiro Satsuma & Mizuho Yoshida 4/1 – 4/3 Spooky Empire in Orlando, FL w/Kenpachiro Satsuma, Tom Kitagawa & Bun Furuya 4/22 – 4/25 Monsterpalooza in Pasadena, CA w/Haruo Nakajima, Keizo Murase, Shinichi Wakasa, Shinji Nishikawa & Linda Miller! 6/10 – 6/12 Eternal Con in Garden City, NY with Yuuta Mochizuki & Reiko Chiba MONSTER MARCH MADNESS: Head over to our Monster March Madness page and grab your bracket. Fill it out and send it in! DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION: Our next Daikaiju Discussion film is Yamato Takeru, or as it’s known in the US (because of the ADV release) Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon. If you want to be a part of the episode, make sure to send your homework in before Thursday, March 24th.