FIF#217-The Ultraman

Earth, the 21^st Century, is under attack from monsters of unknown origin.  The Science Defense Squad fights a neverending battle against them.  But they’re not without help.  Unbeknownst to them, their newest recruit, Hikari Chouichirou, has bonded with an advanced Alien, an Ultra Person, called Ultraman Jonias.  Though this joining, Hikari is able to become Ultraman, the titanic guardian who has the power to fight the Monsters on their own terms. 

 
So this one came as a bit of a surprise for me (a friend stumbled across one of Shout Factory’s 24/7 series streams).  Of course I know of the current Ultraman Netflix CG Anime but I never knew that Ultraman had an Anime adaptation prior, especially one dating as far back as the late 70s.  This seems fitting considering the 70’s were all about Giant Mecha teams being used to fight against Kaiju and Aliens.  So why not one of Japan’s most iconic superheroic defenders? 
 

T5W#477-Top 5 Sexiest Assassin’s in Anime

Last week we got our first look at the long awaited spin off of the John Wick franchise, Ballerina.  I’ve been excited for this one for a while for a couple of reasons.  First, the John Wick movies are freaking awesome, with plenty of room for stories beyond our titular hitman.  The second is Ana de Armis.  If you haven’t seen her in movies like Blade Runner 2049 or Knives Out, you should cause she’s a fantastic actress.  More importantly to todays topic, in her criminally underutilized role in the James Bond film No Time to Die, Ana’s Paloma kicks a tremendous amount of ass in a sequence that is probably the reasons she landed the role of titular Ballerina Eve Maccaro.  Personally it’s also kind of obvious but she is as gorgeous as she is a talented actress.  Got me thinking about Anime femme fatales who have a penchant for taking on deadly jobs with the odds stacked against them and making good use of their arsenal of weapons and to die for good looks.  And today we’re giving these ladies a shoutout on Top 5 Wednesday with the Top 5 Sexiest Assassin’s in Anime.