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  • FINALLY... some Ninja80 original pics!Because, well, ALL my stuff has girls in costume whether it makes sense or not (although the familiar FPU girly spreads WILL make the transition to N80, the tried and true Unknown Pu…

  • SHADOW HUNTERS!Anyone wanting a grim, brutal, sardonic, blood-soaked chambara-sploitation romp, I can highly recommend the "Kage Gari" movies, which are coming to the States from Animeigo.In a great instance of the snake…

  • Quick FX on a quick snap, but a decent result...Got this looking like a decayed photo out of a Turnbull book in under 3 minutes.About a week away from the ever-so-delayed Ninja80 photo shoot, HOPEFULLY! The props are rea…

  • Wuxia Ninja?I was actually wondering when this was going to happen:Shinobi: The MovieShinobi is a new film from Japan, but resembling the "liquid sword" epics from China of the last five years, sort of a ninja-Crouching …

  • Anyone know where I can pick one of these up???GIANT plush shuriken from "Naruto"!!!Man, I hope my pal down at Jungle Anime can score these... it's not a matter of want, it's a matter of NEED!

  • OK... back to the ninjas...Ryutaro Otomo really is just THE SHIT, isn't he. Like a Japanese Harrison Ford, he mastered multiple franchise-caliber characters in one career. Besides playing Jubei Yagyu, and the one-eyed/on…

  • Addendum to the below:Back to the Autry on Saturday, just to stroll through the exhibit one more time, and to see A Fistful of Dollars at the intimate Autry theatre. Sir Christopher Frayling gave a great lecture before h…

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