Author August Ragone is not only well-versed on the subject but brings real legitimacy, being well-entrenched within the Japanese film & TV industry. The book is over 200 pages of insight and a veritable treasure trove of really cool pictures, many of which I've never seen before - and I've been collecting & reading about the subject for over 30 years. If you enjoy old school GODZILLA and his legion of city-smashing brethren or if you're a fan of ULTRAMAN and all of his monster-boxing kin then you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of this book and discover the ins & outs of the industry and learn the real story of the man who almost single-handedly established the special effects technique most commonly referred to today as Suitmation, (more often lovingly dubbed Man-In-Suit acting). Eiji Tsuburaya and his trusted, talented team of technicians were able to do more with less back in the day than hundreds of CGI animators armed with the latest cutting edge technology and millions of dollars can do today. What this man did with some fairly measly resources never fails to astound me. Seriously! His contributions to the industry and their far-reaching effects simply cannot be understated.
EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS is chock full of interesting, obscure, and thoroughly fascinating info on one of the greatest contributors to film & TV visual effects in cinematic history - and a major (if unintentional) contributor to world-wide pop culture.