Box Daze

In today’s mail arrived Kinema Junpo magazine (キネマ旬報　1961年　6月下旬号　第287号　通巻1102号 (KINEJUN, late June 1961, No. 287, Vol. 1102) covering “motion picture times.” Inside is can be found the profound questions posed by Kyosuke Saki (柾木恭介) in his article. Read more

Shonen Magazine

I was excited when I found it and so glad it arrived. This is February 5, 1969 edition of Kodansha 1967 (Showa 42) manga magazine weekly Shonen Magazine 1967 (講談社 少年マガジン1967年(昭和42年)).

Godzilla Singular Point Fan Guide

To go along with my figures, I had to get the Godzilla Singular Point Fan Guide. It is full of great illustrations. The book is 128 pages, published by Futabasha.

Godzilla Gang

Picked up another Godzilla from the Mattel Godzilla Gang set released back in 1979. So happy to have another.

Ultra Family

My good friend Eric surprised me with the awesome 8″ Ultra Seven Mega figure. We found his big brother Ultraman at the House of Fun.

Jet Jaguar

I’m in love with Jet Jaguar from Godzilla Singular Point. It’s always great to start with a Bandai figure. Looking forward to more vinyl representations.

A Box of Books

I decided to finally drop the money for 平成ゴジラ大全 1984-1995 and filled up the box with more books on Eiji Tsuburaya, Ishiro Honda, and more.

Godzilla Ultima

Godzilla Singular Point has been great. So gotta start collecting the figures. First up, Godzilla Ultima.

Godzilla All Monsters Encyclopedia

The recently released Godzilla All Monsters Encyclopedia (Kodansha Pocket Encyclopedia Series; Picturebook of Godzilla & All Monsters) (ゴジラ 全怪獣大図鑑 (講談社ポケット百科シリーズ), full-color 370-paged small thick book) has arrived. It continues the long history of these pocket-sized books published by Kondansha, Shogakukan, Keibunsha and Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Good buy for the book collection, small to fit on the shelves, and with furigana if you are learning Japanese too 😃
Available on Amazon Japan for about $16.

Yuji Murakami Godzilla Store postcards

During my trip to Kinokuniya in Edgewater, NJ, I purchased three beautiful Godzilla Store postcards by Yuji Murakami.