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MIFV Interview Series: A Chat with Rebecca Reynolds, Author of The Ultra Academy Book Series

Rebecca Reynolds is living the life, as far as I care: she gets to write middle grade books about Japan’s favorite superhero, Ultraman. Book 1 of The Ultra Academy, entitled Beware the Baleful Baltan, was published last fall by Sky Turtle Press as part of Tsuburaya Productions push to make the Ultra Series an international brand. I discuss the writing process and why Ultraman is more important than ever with Rebecca and her publisher, the Eisner Award-winning Steve Smith. Intro music by Kairi (Shun Yogei). Buy the book: https://a.co/d/4NpSRe1. Watch the original video version of this interview on the MIFV YouTube (link). Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3! We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, Sam Allred, and Devin Torrence! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 20 monster podcasts! (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/monster_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives, #MonsterIslandFilmVault, #Podcast, #kaiju, #MIFV, #giantmonsters, #books, #booktube, #ultraman, #ultraacademy © 2025, 2026 Moonlighting Ninjas Media The post MIFV Interview Series: A Chat with Rebecca Reynolds, Author of The Ultra Academy Book Series appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.

Episode 107 Epilogue: “Ignoble Sacrifice” | Season 4 Storyline Finale

Jimmy From NASA breaks out of Uber-Moguera’s last escape pod, which floats in the Pacific near Monster Island. He is rescued by Kaguya on the HEAT Seeker. She tells Jimmy his mecha crashed on the Beta Site, and he demands to be taken there—to find Nate. Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3! We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, Sam Allred, and Devin Torrence! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 20 monster podcasts! (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/monster_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives, #MonsterIslandFilmVault, #Podcast, #kaiju, #MIFV © 2025. 2026 Moonlighting Ninjas Media The post Episode 107 Epilogue: “Ignoble Sacrifice” | Season 4 Storyline Finale appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.

MIFV Interview Series: Dr. Jeffrey Angles on ‘The Luminous Fairies and Mothra’

Nathan sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Angles for a conversation on his next upcoming kaiju novel translation: The Luminous Fairies and Mothra. This short three-part book was the world’s introduction to the “Queen of the Monsters,” and it has a potent place in Japanese history and literary tradition. Learn about this and more in this interview! Order the book: https://a.co/d/016Tybg. Watch the original video version of this interview on the MIFV YouTube (https://youtube.com/live/NPwJ0zTjPGk?feature=share) or The Worlds of Nathan Marchand YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/live/7IYvHjV2YKA?feature=share). Listen to Nathan and Becky “Bex” Smith discuss Mothra (1961): https://tinyurl.com/MIFV-59-Mothra-1961. Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3! We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, Sam Allred, and Devin Torrence! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 20 monster podcasts! (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/monster_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives, #MonsterIslandFilmVault, #Podcast, #kaiju, #MIFV, #Mothra, #LuminousFairiesAndMothra, #giantmonsters, #books, #booktube © 2025 Moonlighting Ninjas Media The post MIFV Interview Series: Dr. Jeffrey Angles on ‘The Luminous Fairies and Mothra’ appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.

Episode 107: ‘The Amazing Colossal Man’ & ‘War of the Colossal Beast’ | Patreon | Season 4 Finale

Copyright HAG ©2009 Hello, Kaiju Lovers. Jimmy From NASA here. I’m writing the shownotes for this episode, because, as you’ll hear, Nate had a hard time during this broadcast. In fact, he’s been having a hard time all season; he was just good at hiding it on the air. I wanted to let you know before hearing this. Anyway, Nate discusses a Patreon-sponsored double feature from former (and future?) MIFV MAX member Brad “Batman” Eddleman with The Amazing Colossal Man and War of the Colossal Beast (1957 and 1958, respectively). These Bert I. Gordon movies hold a nostalgic place of honor for Nate, because these were the first episodes of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 he ever saw. The first one, as Nate argues, is better than most people realize, while the sequel…isn’t. But for MSTies, these are controversial movies thanks to the widow of AIP’s co-founder. You’ll learn about these and more in MIFV’s season four finale! Episode edited by Jesse Blount and Nathan Marchand. Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3! We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, Sam Allred, and Devin Torrence! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Timestamps: Introduction and Background: 0:00-8:13 Main Discussion – The Amazing Colossal Man: 8:13-28:07 Main Discussion – War of the Colossal Beast: 28:07-42:48 Ad (Henshin Power V3): 42:48-44:57 Outro (listener feedback and housekeeping): 44:57-57:13 Credits: 57:13-end Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 20 monster podcasts! (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/monster_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives, #MonsterIslandFilmVault, #Podcast, #kaiju, #MIFV, #AmazingColossalMan, #WaroftheColossalBeast, #BertIGordon, #Patreon, #MIFVMAX © 2025, 2026 Moonlighting Ninjas Media Bibliography/Further Reading: “Amazing Colossal Man, The.” IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050118/. “Amazing Colossal Man, The.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Colossal_Man. “Bert I. Gordon.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_I._Gordon. Bogue, Mike. Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2017. Flint, Homer Eon. The Nth Man. Experimenter Publishing, Inc., 2015. Originally published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company in 1928. “Jack H. Young.” IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949640/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_2_nm_6_in_0_q_jack%2520young. “Operation Plumbbob.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob. “Shout Factory Is Very Close To Licensing The Susan Hart Films.” Posted by Tarlcabot18 on r/MST3K on Reddit. Feb. 2020. https://www.reddit.com/r/MST3K/comments/f0f561/shout_factory_is_very_close_to_licensing_the/. Stewardson, Christopher. “Thoughts on Film: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957).” Our Culture. 20 May 2020. https://ourculturemag.com/2020/05/20/thoughts-on-film-the-amazing-colossal-man-1957/. “Susan Hart.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hart. “The Amazing Colossal Man Is A Tragic Hero.” YouTube. Uploaded by Terry Talks Movies. 7 June 2024. https://youtu.be/y2fUcs3LGH8?si=FsPvBjpwbTjx5vwV. Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, Vol. 1 and 2 – The 21st Century Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2016. War of the Colossal Beast blu-ray special features:“Size Matters: Bert I. Gordon at AIP” Commentary by C. Courtney Joyner, Donald F. Glut, and Eric Hoffman “War of the Colossal Beast.” IMDb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Colossal_Beast. “War of the Colossal Beast.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Colossal_Beast. The post Episode 107: ‘The Amazing Colossal Man’ & ‘War of the Colossal Beast’ | Patreon | Season 4 Finale appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.

Gamera Saves Christmas | A Belated MIFV Holiday Special

Susan Murphy is dragged by her anthropologist parents to the Arctic so they can study the Eskimo tribe who introduced the world to Gamera. Susan is angry she will miss her last two years of high school while her younger twin siblings, Shawn and Sharon, love that they live closer to the North Pole and Santa Claus. But Susan won’t have any of this “baby stuff” and berates the twins, who run away. Susan is forced by her father to search for them, and she wrecks her snowmobile in a blizzard. When she awakes, she finds herself in the North Pole, which has the twins, Elves, a talking polar bear, and, yes, Santa Claus. If that wasn’t enough, she and her siblings get caught up with an invasion by Santa’s evil brother, Krampus, who commands an army of Goblins and a kaiju reindeer. Gamera intervenes, but he’s left-for-dead by the monstrous reindeer. Now, Susan and her new friends race against time to revive the Friend to All Children with Santa’s magic Wreath crown. But is the teenage girl’s faith strong enough to save the mighty turtle? Also features sound effects by My Soothing White Noise. Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3! We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, Sam Allred, and Devin Torrence! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) MIFV is one of Feedspot’s top 20 monster podcasts! (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/monster_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives, #MonsterIslandFilmVault, #Podcast, #kaiju, #MIFV, #gamera, #giantmonsters, #christmas, #audiodrama, #holidayspecial, #christmasspecial © 2025. 2026 Moonlighting Ninjas Media The post Gamera Saves Christmas | A Belated MIFV Holiday Special appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.