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PODCAST

The Monster Island Film Vault

Moonlighting Ninjas Media

A Podcast Seeking Entertainment and Enlightenment through Tokusatsu. Hosted by the ”kaiju academic” himself, Nathan Marchand.

tv & film film history

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205:04

Episode 108 – ‘Ultraman: The Adventure Begins’ vs....

The Monster Island Film Vault ·

2026/02/12

Hello, Kaiju Lovers, and welcome season five! It kicks off with the appropriately-titled Ultraman: The Adventure Begins, an animated movie produced in 1987 by Hanna-Barbera. Yes, the studio that brought you Superfriends and Scooby-Doo made the first all-original Ultraman movie! Nate could think of no better guests for this than Drew Dodgen and Jacob Heron (who also created the cover art for this episode) from The Cel Cast. Given that this episode officially marks MIFV’s induction into the Culture

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Episode 107.5: MIFV Season 5 – “The Ultra Journey” |...

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2026/02/11

The Ultra Series is celebrating its 60th anniversary, and MIFV is throwing a year-long own party! Join Nate Marchand as he gives on friends new and old to discuss the greatest cinematic outings of Japan’s favorite superhero, Ultraman. Not only that, you get more “Godzilla Redux” and an amazing assortment of Patreon-sponsored episodes! Now, if only Nate can figure out what’s giving him such a headache….Check out the full list of (tentative) season 5 episodes on the MIFV website:

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MIFV Season 5 Prelude: “I Should Be Dead” | Storyline...

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2026/02/11

Nate finds himself floating in oblivion. Terror’s teeth tear into his very soul. A bright silhouette reaches for him, and he takes his hand—and wakes up surrounded by Uber-Moguera’s burning wreckage, unscathed. His rescuer, Jet Jaguar, takes him to the Island’s infirmary. Aside from piercing headaches, he has a clean bill of health. But something haunts him. Something that saved him…something that shares his body…something…or someone? Ultraman Nu theme song by SilvrSage

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108:08

MIFV Interview Series: A Chat with Rebecca Reynolds,...

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2026/01/28

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

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Episode 107 Epilogue: “Ignoble Sacrifice” | Season 4...

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2026/01/21

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,

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MIFV Interview Series: Dr. Jeffrey Angles on 'The...

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2026/01/13

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

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Episode 107: 'The Amazing Colossal Man' & 'War of the...

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2026/01/12

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,

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64:40

Gamera Saves Christmas | A Belated MIFV Holiday Special

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2026/01/06

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

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Episode 106 Epilogue: “Kindred Intuition”

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2025/12/18

Nate, Jimmy, and Kaguya track down their final quarry on their "world tour": an "Octopus Monster" that escaped back to Mexico. While Nate seethes like a jealous middle schooler at the happy couple, they're ambushed by an even bigger creature, who smashes into Uber-Moguera with a deadly tentacle. But to their surprise, Kaguya takes a stand against it.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

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Episode 106: Gareth Edwards’ ‘Monsters’ (2010) vs....

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2025/12/05

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! Nate and company reach the end of their world tour with a jump across "the Pond" to Mexico, where they cover Gareth Edwards' cult classic indie film, Monsters (2010). Mitch and Hayden from Entertain This! join him for the first time on MIFV to discuss the little-movie-that-could that got Hollywood's attention and led to Edwards later directing movies for not one, not two, but three franchises. Those being Godzilla (2014), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and most recently, Jurassic

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138:49

Godzilla Day 2025 Special: Ranking the Godzilla...

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2025/11/03

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! To celebrate the end of Big G’s 70th anniversary on Godzilla Day, I’m publishing an episode of the Patreon-exclusive podcast, MIFV MAX, where I ranked all the Godzilla movies and TV series on a tier list. With Godzilla Minus Zero coming soon, it’s a great way to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in this incredible franchise. Feel free to leave comments on the YouTube version of this bonus episode or hit MIFV up on the socials to share your agreements and disagreements with

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58:40

The Kaiju Krypt Presents: 'Green Thoughts' by John...

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2025/10/31

Happy Halloween, Monster Children! Your host, Vinnie Kami, returns to introduce another classic monster tale--but not his disgruntled butler, Kappa Joe! No, Joe gave himself the night off and sent his carnivorous Gen Z slang-speaking plant, "Violet," to fill in for him. It's apropos, because this episode's story is "Green Thoughts" by John Collier, which inspired 1960's The Little Shop of Horrors, which led to an off-Broadway musical in the early 1980s, and finally to a 1986 film adaptation of the

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MIFV 6th Anniversary Livestream | Ft. MIFV Jeopardy...

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2025/10/03

Join Nathan, executive producer Damon Noyes, Drew Dodgen (The Cel Cast), and Jake Hambrick (Henshin Power V3) to celebrate six years of kaiju/tokusatsu podcasting! Stay tuned for giveaways to audience members in the chat, and watch as Nathan's guests compete to prove who's the biggest MIFV fan with MIFV Jeopardy!Watch the original live video: https://youtube.com/live/GaRJBb6EPt4. Featuring “10 Minutes of Hypothermia” by Metal Man. Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power

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Episode 105 Epilogue: “Battle at My Wit’s End”

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2025/10/02

Nate is confronted by his longtime nemesis WHG3—who just wants to treat him to dinner...with his snooty friends. Nate reluctantly agrees. They meet in one of London’s poshest pubs, the Britannia, and Nate quickly finds himself the target of many insults amid a furious debate over what is England’s greatest kaiju movie.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

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124:45

MIFV Interview Series - A Chat with Kurt Carley, the...

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2025/09/30

In the second of the new interviews being released to the podcast feed today, Nathan sits down and, for the first time, interviews a Godzilla suit actor—but not the one you’d expect! Today, he chats with Kurt Carley, for a hot second in the infamous Godzilla (1998), directed by Roland Emmerich, played the divisive “G.I.N.O.” (“Godzilla In Name Only”) as a man in a rubber suit. Not CGI. Not mocap. But the conversation won’t stop there. Nathan will ask Mr. Carley about what got him into acting and his

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108:39

MIFV Interview Series - James Santana, Writer of...

The Monster Island Film Vault ·

2025/09/30

In the first of not one but two interviews Nathan has conducted in the last month, he sits down to with James Santana (again), but this time to discuss James's first full-length tokusatsu-inspired comic book, Nebulon: Knight of Justice #1. If you love Power Rangers, Ultraman, and/or Kamen Rider, this comic is for you!Watch the original video interview: https://youtube.com/live/lCaJs6xlTrE. Support Nebulon on Kickstarter:

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ANNOUNCEMENT - MIFV 6th Anniversary Livestream Coming...

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2025/09/25

Join us Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 7pm EST on MIFV’s YouTube channel, Twitch channel, and Facebook page to celebrate the podcast’s 6th anniversary with a special livestream! Guests will include Damon Noyes, Christopher “Sentai Guy” Riner, and Matt Walsh (But Not That Matt Walsh). There will be giveaways and MIFV Jeopardy! Don’t miss it!YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtube.com/live/GaRJBb6EPt4. Featuring “10 Minutes of Hypothermia” by Metal Man. Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin

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03:30:39

Episode 105: ‘Gorgo’ vs. Bex vs. Encyclo | The...

The Monster Island Film Vault ·

2025/08/13

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In this, the penultimate episode of the “Monster Island World Tour,” Nate is joined by MIFV staple (and Jessica's "bestie"), Becky “Bex” Smith, but this time, she brings her “husbando,” Encyclo, along! They discuss arguably the best (or at least most iconic) British kaiju film, Gorgo, the last of the 1961 European kaiju movies. Why? To pay off a joke that goes all the way back to episode 18! This is the third Eugene Lourie monster film Nate has discussed on the show, so he may

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57:22

Episode 105: 'Gorgo' vs. Bex vs. Encyclo | The...

The Monster Island Film Vault ·

2025/08/12

PART 2: Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In this, the penultimate episode of the “Monster Island World Tour,” Nate is joined by MIFV staple (and Jessica's "bestie"), Becky “Bex” Smith, but this time, she brings her “husbando,” Encyclo, along! They discuss arguably the best (or at least most iconic) British kaiju film, Gorgo, the last of the 1961 European kaiju movies. Why? To pay off a joke that goes all the way back to episode 18! This is the third Eugene Lourie monster film Nate has discussed on the show, so

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02:33:30

Episode 105: 'Gorgo' vs. Bex vs. Encyclo | The...

The Monster Island Film Vault ·

2025/08/11

PART 1: Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In this, the penultimate episode of the “Monster Island World Tour,” Nate is joined by MIFV staple (and Jessica's "bestie"), Becky “Bex” Smith, but this time, she brings her “husbando,” Encyclo, along! They discuss arguably the best (or at least most iconic) British kaiju film, Gorgo, the last of the 1961 European kaiju movies. Why? To pay off a joke that goes all the way back to episode 18! This is the third Eugene Lourie monster film Nate has discussed on the show, so

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