Electric transformer boxes in the town of Sukagawa in Fukushima Prefecture is currently adorned with these awesome silhouettes of Ultraman characters, to celebrate series creator and hometown hero Eiji Tsuburaya. More pics at Pink Tentacle.com.
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October 01, 2009
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Would be fun to put a magnet shaped like a voice bubble on there. Change them out each day, or just use a dry erase marker on a white coated magnet.
Hey! Ultraman original series is on Netflix. Three volumes total and the first one is available. Hmm...I think there's like 30+ episodes. I wonder if I can switch from English to Japanese as well.
Posted by: vagrant | October 01, 2009 at 02:35 PM