528. The Monster of Terror, Daimajin (1966)!

                      The first Majin movie was a complete surprise to me, since I hadn't seen many samurai movies in the mid-70s.

Majin, the Monster of Terror - U.S. TV Trailer

Daimajin blu ray

Who knew this would be possible, much less available in such a nice format?  And at such a great price point?  It's all less than $20 for all three movies, subtitled and with English dubs.  I'm still amazed that it exists at all.

Majin Monster of Terror 1966 trailer

The eyes have it. When Majin finally comes to life and begins stomping the baddies down (literally, in some cases), it's the eyes that really help portray the vengefulness of this god. It's a well done transition from stone face to "real" face in the movie.

Demon Hunter Mitsurgi

this is a cool show. it only lasted only 12 episodes, but used stop-motion for a lot of the monsters. it's not great animation, more like a Rankin-Bass type than even "Land of the Lost" but it's still really cool they tried something different.