Never-before-seen Ultraman blooper reel found after 47 years 1

Never-before-seen Ultraman blooper reel found after 47 years

Never-before-seen blooper reels of Ultraman, the original series that spread tokusatsu (Japanese-style special effects), has been found after over 40 years since it originally aired. Experts are calling  it “a rare and precious specimen that takes us behind-the-scenes of how Japan’s now world-renowned special effects industry was created.” Tokusatsu is a genre of entertainment that utilize …

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Pikachu kitty packs quite a punch 2

Pikachu kitty packs quite a punch

Pokemon X & Y are out, so here comes the Pokemon posts! Here’s the “I’m too busy to sit for a minute Vine version”: And the full video: I own that exact black leather office chair that’s briefly shown at the end of the video. I’m kind of weirded out right now.

Play Super Mario Bros. in your <strike>Bowser</strike> browser right now 3

Play Super Mario Bros. in your Bowser browser right now

The world-famous Super Mario Bros., originally released for the FC/NES, is now playable in a web browser. Made entirely with HTML5, FullScreenMario.com allows for a much more expansive experience compared to the FC/NES original, as its width is determined by your screen size. There’s even a “Level Editor” function that allows users to make their …

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Super Saiyan yourself with official Dragon Ball Z hair wax 5

Super Saiyan yourself with official Dragon Ball Z hair wax

CreerBeaute released “DRAGON BALL Z HAIR WAX” series of hair wax. The wax is contained in a container that resembles a Dragon Ball, and will cost 980 yen ($9.9) each. Based on Akira Toriyama’s anime Dragon Ball Z, the hair wax series comes in Natural, Hard, and Super Hard varieties. The waxes contain a ginseng extract …

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Attention seniors! Video games can revitalize your brain, making it up to 50 years younger 6

Attention seniors! Video games can revitalize your brain, making it up to 50 years younger

Video games such as Brain Age made waves when it first launched in the early 2000s, and many praised its potential for improving our brains while other scientists refuted it. Recently, researchers have seen spectacular results from seniors playing games, with some patients scoring even higher than young adults in their 20s. However, not all …

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Ultraman recognized by Guinness World Records as TV series with most sequels 7

Ultraman recognized by Guinness World Records as TV series with most sequels

On 9/12, Tsuburaya Productions’ tokusatsu series Ultraman celebrated its inclusion into the Guinness World Records as the TV series with most derivative works. Ultraman, with its first series premiering in 1966, became the template for 27 series, with the latest being Ultraman Ginga (literally, Ultraman Galaxy), which started this year in July. The record was authorized by …

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