A blogger's view on The Ryū Trilogy

Here is my view on The Ryū Trilogy.

Don't you all know who really was the man behind Cyborg 009 and Skull Man, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider? Was he also the king of Tokusatsu? He was Shotaro Ishinomori.

The three protagonists are all called Ryū in the manga trilogy (anime spinoff included).

The first one is a prehistoric stonepunk fantasy ancestor, who (surprisingly) happens to be a part-alien himself in the manga version. His loincloth-cum-leotard closely resembles that of Tarzan's in both the silent films and the earliest comics, except it is yellow in colour and fashioned more like a yukata. Like him, he was raised as a fosterling by a middle aged hominin named Kitty in both manga and anime versions. He has an estranged birth mum named Esta and four companions called Tekedon, Kiba, Ran and Don. His many rivals often try to thwart his adventures, but they all lose their mojos at the end.

The second one is a leading delinquent named Ryū Todoroki. He has various acquaintances which include a one-eyed queer girl named Akame who never speaks very much, plus there are various other (mostly unique) besties out there. He also has a very sexy girlfriend. Their main enemies are mostly robots (one of whom had killed the main delinquent's dad).

The third one is a future descendant named Ryū Shibata. His mate is Maria Andersen/Henderson, whose brother is Jimmy. They have numerous friends like Isaac the robot, hominin Peki, bearded cyborg Kami, and a one-eyed monster child. Their many foes include men with tails, carnivorous trees and the like.

What is a pulp opera?

HELLO Curious teenagers! Let me show you how I coined the term pulp opera. 

The term pulp opera refers to any cheap novel with large amounts of drama, action, and adventure. 

The Gora Gopal conundrum

The Gora Gopal conundrum

Gora Gopal is a comic character created by Spanish artist Carrillo. Unlike various other Jungle Guys and Girls out there, it seems that Gora Gopal, in Carrillo's original version, was a post-war Anglo-Indian (albeit of British descent) 'lost child/man' named Tom Colvin raised by elderly mentor and guru Chandenagor in the jungles of Bengal. His girlfriend is Carolina.

My three other Indo-centric projects will be Rikki Tikki Tavi (the mongoose in this version will be a short tailed one) and The Tea Lords. One of which is Rudyard Kipling's story whereas the latter is by Hella Haasse. Rikki will be relatively short for a full length film at 52 minutes, whereas The Tea Lords will be a sprawling tv series set in colonial Java.