Here's a fun ad from an industry magazine circa 1966, courtesy D.T.! Why not wreak havoc on YOUR competition with Gigantor ? Thanks ...

editors note: this post has been completely revised as of March 2013 to reflect new information. The cute little unicorn Unico first ...

All this time I'd been thinking the name of this show was "Rampoo", but a more accurate translation is "Ranpou". ...

Not as famous as Astro Boy or as automotive as Speed Racer, Marine Boy was a '60s Japanese cartoon (from Japan Tele-Cartoons aka TV Film...

One of the things my pal Matt Murray has done, besides making wacky short films as part of the Corn Pone Flicks filmmaking collective, is s...

This is an ad for Yusei Shonen Papi (Prince Planet to me!) chewing gum from a 1965 issue of SHONEN MAGAZINE. This gum came with all ...

Menko card of Robin from RAINBOW SOLDIER ROBIN, from my small collection of Menko cards. Menko cards are a Japanese phenomenon, a bas...