Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #1

January, 1996

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• Introduction - by John Marshall - A trip-down memory lane as regards childhood recollections of Japanese superhero and fantasy TV shows.

• Ultra Seven on TNT - by Lenell Bridges - A report on the recent airing of the Tsuburaya Productions' series on US cable network TNT.

• News from the East - reports on Japanese sci-fi and superhero TV shows currently in production or actually being aired in Japan.

• Twenty Years of Super Sentai - by Jim Cirronella - A review of the history of Japanese super-team TV series since their early days.

• Superhero Rollcall - by August Ragone - A listing of many Japanese superheroes, broken up by decade.

• Minoru Nakano SPFX Tech Extraordinaire - by Guy Mariner Tucker - An interview with Eiji Tsuburaya's staff member who worked on Ultra Q and Ultraman.

• Zone Fighter! - episode guide by Damon Foster - A detailed summary of each of the 26 episodes of Toho's Zone Fighter series, including those featuring Godzilla, Gigan and King Ghidorah.

• Super Sentai Sensation - by Kevin Grays - A critique of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the various changes effected upon the Japanese shows butchered to make Power Rangers in the US.

• Walter Jones the original Black Ranger - by Kevin Grays - A profile of the actor who played the first Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.