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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 25

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

The scent of cherry blossoms in the air heralds the return of spring for the people of Edo. But for Ichi, the season of renewal only brings painful memories of lost love… Get it from Nyaa or Mega. This is … Continue reading →

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Tetsujin #28 (1960 live-action) – Ep 01 (1963 anime) – Ep 84-85

Posted on July 25, 2017 by

Here’s Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s seminal giant robot, in both live action and animated monochrome flavors. The first TV adaptation of Yokoyama’s 1956 manga was this live action series. Like many other Japanese superhero shows of the time there seems to be … Continue reading →

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Cyborg 009 (1968) – Episode 14

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

006 speaks broken Japanese with a thick Chinese accent, and it’s tricky to get across his tortured grammar in the subtitles. I certainly don’t plan on taking it in a Benny Hill style “Me so solly, flied lice” direction. This … Continue reading →

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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 24

Posted on March 5, 2017 by

A shopkeeper’s unsavory past come back to haunt him, in this tale of mystery and intrigue. Get it from Nyaa, Mega, or Userscloud. And don’t forget to thank our partners in this joint project, over at Hokuto no Gun. About … Continue reading →

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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 23

Posted on February 18, 2017 by

This episode is a tragic tale of two orphan brothers. Both are skilled thieves who love the same woman, one wants to go straight and one wants to continue their crime spree. You can definitely get a sense that this … Continue reading →

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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 22

Posted on February 4, 2017 by

In this week’s episode: a good old fashioned murder mystery, complete with parlor scene. Plus, Midori has to come to terms with that problem wives of police detectives have had for centuries: it’s only a matter of time before your … Continue reading →

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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 21

Posted on January 20, 2017 by

In this episode, Sabu & Ichi take on a gang that is smuggling opium from Nagasaki, and using it to run an opium den in Edo. The gang all wear masks, but Sabu slashes one of their masks open and … Continue reading →

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