Kow Yokoyama, in addition to creating the sci-fi model kit series SF3d for Hobby Japan (now known as Maschinen Krieger) worked on a whole range of projects in the 1980s. The Japanese cover of Bruce Sterling’s cyberpunk novel Schismatrix, monocycle designs for the film VenusWars, and a series of Pocari Sweat commercials starring Cindy Crawford. Extremely talented guy.
Our new favorite TV show is a Japanese program in which Kaiju and space aliens from Ultraman stroll around different parts of Japan, sightseeing and eating local cuisine. It’s called Ultra Kaiju Sanpo (”sanpo” means “walk” or “stroll” in Japanese) and instead of trying to conquer these cities and towns, these monsters are busy enjoying the heck out of them.
“The kaiju talk and interact with each other like your typical Japanese celebs, cracking silly jokes, and eating ramen. Japanese comedians Tokyo03 provide the voices—and the wisecracks—for the kaiju and the aliens.”
One of the best things about Kaiju Sanpo is that the show is produced by This clever show is from Tsurubaya Productions, the same company that makes Ultraman, so all these awesome monster costumes are the real deal.
For more photos and clip from this wonderfully weird TV show follow Kaiju Sanpo on Twitter.
A predominantly black church in Oakland, California, was warned it would be fined more than $3,500 this week. The crime? Hosting choir practices too loud for some of its neighbors’ liking. The church has been there for 65 years, so what changed? Gentrification.