145 Riding Bean

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Vintage Henshin's Mike Dent to discuss Kinji Fukasaku's 1978 space opera Message From Space starring Vic Morrow, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Etsuko Shihomi!Full cast and credits at IMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito You can buy the Eureka Region B release of Message From Space here!Check out Vintage Henshin for all your classic tokusatsu needs!bit.ly/VintageHenshinFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] blogpost with gifs here!Timestamps(0:00) Intro(0:31) Why Message From Space(5:37) Behind the scenes(14:16) Strengths of Message From Space(21:52) Back of the VHS(22:33) Movie talk(1:19:43) Final thoughts(1:24:12) Mike plugs(1:25:20) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we begin our summer arc of Hollywood blockbusters from Asian cinema with the 1977 giant monster film The Mighty Peking Man, directed by Ho Meng-Hua and starring Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, and Ku Feng!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected]:00 Intro1:19 Why The Mighty Peking Man22:46 Back of the VHS22:24 Movie Recap1:10:18 Final thoughts1:13:11 Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Josh McKenzie to discuss the 1989 original video animation, Riding Bean created by Kenichi Sonoda!Full cast and credits at Anime News NetworkCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoListen to Josh on Swimfans!Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] post with gifs!Timestamps(0:00) Intro(1:04) Why Riding Bean(23:44) OVA Discussion(51:32) Plugs and what we've been watching(59:06) Training for next week

 Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we conclude our first look into the works of Zhang Yimou with the 2018 desaturated wuxia epic, Shadow!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] Yimou Q&A at TIFF in 2018Come see Carlos host a talk back for the premiere of Africa: A Kung Fu Story along with Executive Producer and Composer of the film, Arnold Cifax Jr.! June 5th, at the Milwaukee Art MuseumTimestamps(0:00) Intro(2:24) Carlos on a panel about Africa A Kung Fu Story(4:03) Our Shadow history(5:53) Shadow is a mixed bag visually(15:41) Pretty with no charisma(20:40) Shadow Visuals(29:31) Getting into the movie itself(30:09) Amazon synopsis(30:37) (56:53) Final thoughts(58:57) Overall Zhang Yimou thoughts(1:07:04) Plugs and training for next week(1:07:35) Surprise Fanmail section!(1:13:38) Training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast. This week we discuss Zhang Yimou's wuxia follow up to Hero, 2004's House of Flying Daggers starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] episode with gifs here!

The video of our 2025 VGM Con panel "The Bruce Lees of Fighting Games" is now on youtube! Plus us chatting about VGM Con a bit. Please check it out in the link below!https://youtu.be/40Rs0v_hpYY

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're in the thralls of preparing our VGM CON panel, so please enjoy this short discussion on Cause: The Birth of Hero and a little preview of our upcoming panel!Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected]

Today on Heroes Three our very regular hosts have a very normal time talking about the very regular film The Avenging Fist directed by Andrew Lau from 2001!Full cast and credits at HKMDB  http://swimfanspod.com/

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we discuss the worldwide hit film Hero from 2002, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Yen!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] check us out live at VGM CON, April 11-13th! We will be hosting a panel on the influence of Asian cinema on video games Saturday at 1:30pm! More info at the VGM CON website HERE!Full blogpost with gifs here!

Welcome to the latest episode of Heroes Three podcast! This week we are continuing our look at the works of Zhang Yimou with 1994's To Live, starring Ge You and Gong Li.Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoTimestamps(0:00) Intro(1:01) Why To Live(15:05) Technical aspects of the film(20:55) Novel talk(22:46) A bit about puppets(25:34) Movie talk(41:50) Tanget on 90s alt comedy(42:41) Movie talk 2(1:07:59) Book ending and final thoughts(1:13:41) Plugs and Training for next week