I don't follow the news much though it appears that an ill wind is blowing Stateside. Therefore, I'm going to send a cheerier side of Godzilla, his collaboration with Hamtaro as Godziham-kun.
Here are several items that I scored from the 390¥ Mart. (3 9 = San Kyu = Thank You Mart).
My new mouse-pad.
The Welcome Mat at my front stoop.
A lint roller to keep my suit spotless.
A small tote bag.
A pouch to keep my stuff from jangling in my tote bag.
A rubber coaster.
Two key chains.
Finally, a tiny pillow upon which to rest my weary head.
I'm going to go back to watching the Daryl Dixon spinoff from Walking Dead. It's less depressing.
Who should have been running...
ps. RiP to Quincy Jones, producer of Thriller amongst innumerable other works.
Remember, remember the Fifth of GOvember! It's Guy Fawkes Night/ Bonfire Night/ Fireworks Night primarily in Great Britain, though some Canadians in Newfoundland also celebrate it.
You may know this as the "V for Vendetta" visage, or Anonymous, or an easy way to get yourself arrested in Hong Kong. Others will know it as a Guy Fawkes mask. Feel free to burn me in effigy.
I don't have a Burning Godzilla handy at the moment, so here are a few images I scammed from the web of Gojira aflame.
I took the day off from watching Godzilla flicks and instead watched a few alternate Kaiju films.
First up, The Giant Behemoth from the UK in 1959 which has special effects by Willis O'Brien and a really high body count.
Next up was The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, about a rampaging Rhedosaurus, with contributions by two Rays, Bradbury who wrote "The Fog Horn" upon which it was based and Harryhausen who provided the special effects.
Ray Harryhausen also contributed the third movie, It Came from Beneath the Sea about a slithering sixtopus as he called it because he didn't have the budget for an eight-legged creature.
I just happen to have a figure of this "pus".
Be sure to click the Harryhausen label and you can dig through my Ray archives.
Spare a penny for the Guy and go buy some fireworks!
I spent Culture Day today lounging around the apartment and enjoying the 70th Anniversary showing of Gojira (the version without Raymond Burr.) Mainly because this is the day that North America celebrates the anniversary.
Sure I've seen it before, but rarely with subtitles.
Then I watched the 40th Anniversary of Godzilla 1984, also the version without Raymond Burr.
Then I watched Shin-Godzilla, mainly because it was offered on my Twitch channel with the above two.
The above photos were taken from this book which I got on sale last Saturday and which I'll be delving into from time to time.
I just happen to have my Shin-kun hand-puppets available, so here they are embracing.
I'm going to show some videos starring Shin-Kun that happens to be one of my most viewed. Never hurts to get a few more views in. Drinking from a geyser.
Meeting Gundam.
He meets the Statue of Liberty!
I also have a Shin-Godzilla figure handy, so I hung him up for a photo op.
I drank 2/3 of this bottle of Gojira-sour last night and they warn that it's spicy. It was but highly diluted it gets better. I'm polishing off the last third as I write this.
I drank it out of my '54 tumbler.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my annual stupid joke about Culture Day. I ate some yogurt for its culture.
Today at noon, the Godzilla YouTube channel hosted a Godzilla Day 70th Anniversary Fest with several guests, and goodies to be sold in the near future.
As you will see, I snapped a whole bunch of photos from my TV screen.
Up first was this stuffed toy, a recreation of the Oxygen Destroyer. Kids will have hours of fun with this!
A new figure will be released with a fleshy and bony version available.
Uniqlo is collaborating with Toho to produce several new shirts, but online only. There's a mini movie at that link showing the products.
And they've also come out with a line of Chibi-Godzilla Ts and things.
I'll be heading to the supermarket shortly to see if I can find some of these products.
I'm not sure but it seems that some of the products get some upscale packaging.
Not to be outdone, those little panda biscuits are hooking up with Godzilla and friends, though it seems it's only for the packaging, not the cookies themselves.
And more upscale packaging (I think you have to order online.)
I just found the site, Pandamonium! it's 1180 per box!
But there are only 1000 of them, so it might be worth your while. If you can figure out how to order.
My bucket list item is to go here. Of course, my heart may give out on the zip-line and I'll kick the bucket, but it'd be worth it!
I need to go before March!
There is going to be an Art Exhibit at Parco Tokyo. Looks like a big deal.
Something else I need to check out is the crossover with Kaiju 8. I don't know much about it, though it appears to have a Kaiju in it. (Here's mine)
Even Chibi-Godzilla gets in on the act.
Finally there appears to be a special item for sale, one of the spikes from Godzilla's back.
And it's a bargain at only 90,000 yen!
If you'd like to watch this yourself, you can go to the Godzilla channel.
Go to the 23:30 mark for a little movie about the Art Show.
If I see any of the food items, I'll let you know. NOT in my local supermarket yet...
