#kyodaihero

Did I send these images of Alien Zetton from Ultraman in a group chat, largely unprompted? Yes, yes I did. (I had a reason. I promise.)

Also, I’ve always thought the head looks like a cross between a raisin and a fig.

#Ultraman #ScienceFiction #SciFi #tokusatsu #kaiju #kyodaihero #AlienZetton #Zetton
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Well, even a paleonerd can’t spend ALL his time reading thick fossiliferous tomes, now can he?

Meet Pigmon, from Ultraman. Ultraman is a Japanese kaiju/kyodai hero/tokusatsu television series that is something like Godzilla meets superheroes with a dash of Star Trek. I’m primarily speaking of the original series, which first aired in 1966, and the franchise has continued in one variation or another even unto today (it’s still ongoing). I’ve slightly oversimplified the fascinating complexity of the series, but you get my drift.

Swipe to see clips from Ultraman, episode 37, “The Little Hero” to see just why I love Pigmon so much. I mean…you get it, right?

(All rights belong to Tsuburaya Productions; clips shown here protected under Fair Use.)

#Pigmon #Ultraman #ScienceFiction #SciFi #tokusatsu #kaiju #kyodaihero #paleontology #dinosaur #dinosaurs
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