Kaiju Club: Fictional Special Effects Youth Chronicle

is a television drama broadcast on MBS in June 2017 during the late-night Dramaism slot, spanning four episodes.https://www.crank-in.net/news/49652/1https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2017/05/21/49575.htmlhttps://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2091082/full/
The series is set against the backdrop of a real-life kaiju film fan group and is produced in collaboration with Tsuburaya Productions. Each episode features classic kaiju from the series, appearing as "program footage seen by the characters."https://m-78.jp/news/n-4712https://mag.japaaan.com/archives/55300
==Synopsis==
Set in the 1970s, a period when tokusatsu TV shows and movies, epitomized by the Ultraman series, were predominantly viewed as "children's programs" and not something adults would typically watch, this story follows a group of young men who were captivated by tokusatsu despite societal norms.
The "Kaiju Club" was a real-life group dedicated to the tokusatsu series. They meticulously studied kaiju from various perspectives and held editorial meetings to publish a kaiju fanzine. The drama uniquely portrays their enthusiastic editorial meetings, where they thoroughly researched actual episodes of Ultraman and Ultraseven across four episodes.
In an era before the now commonplace TV recording features existed, how did they make these works their own and engage in discussions? Viewers will be amazed by the techniques shown in the drama and overwhelmed by their passion for kaiju.https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20170627-kaijyu/
==Episodes==
No.	Title	Airdate 	Screenwriter 	Director 	Guest kaijus
1 	 	June 5, 2017 	Kota Fukihara	Takashi Sumida 	Alien Metron
2 	 	June 12, 2017	Yu Tomisaka 	Takahiro Aoyama	Alien Guts
3 	 	June 19, 2017	Kota Fukihara	Takashi Sumida 	Zetton
4 	 	June 26, 2017	Kota Fukihara	Takahiro Aoyama	Alien GhoseAlien Baltan
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No.	Title 	Airdate
1 	Master and waitress afterwards #1	June 7, 2017
2 	Master and waitress afterwards #2	June 13, 2017
3 	Master and waitress afterwards #3	June 19, 2017
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==Staff==
*Planning, composition and scriptwriting cooperation: Kensaku Sakai
*Planning and production: Keiko Matsumoto
*Directors: Takashi Sumida, Takahiro Aoyama
*Scriptwriters: Kota Fukihara, Yu Tomisaka
*Music: NAOTO
*Planning cooperation: Tsuburaya Productions
*Research cooperation: Kaiju Club (Yuji Kaida, Shinsuke Nakajima, Hiromitsu Nishiwaki, Tomoo Haraguchi, Ryusuke Hikawa...), Toshihiro Iijima
*Logo and illustrations: Nielsen
*Production cooperation: Dreamax Television
*Produced and copyrighted by Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
==Music==
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**Artist: Rico Sasaki
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*GEEKDOM
**Artist: Traffic Light.
==Home Media==
Kaiju Club: Fictional Special Effects Youth Chronicle was released on Blu-ray on October 25, 2017, and also includes bonus features such as behind-the-scenes footage and special appendices.
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==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*Kaiju Club's official website at MBS
*Kaiju Club's X (Old Twitter)
==References==
Category:Series
Category:Heisei Series
Category:Non-Ultraman Series