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Cosplay in front of explosions and flames at the upcoming fiery Baku Festival

Experience the thrill of being an action movie star while posing in front of professionally controlled explosions.

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Who needs a real weapon? Salaryman makes awesome FX battle video using a traffic cone【Video】

With the power of special effects and video editing, and awesome martial arts skills, you, too, can be a traffic cone master!

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Mythbuster’s Adam Savage explores Ghost in the Shell’s coolest practical effects【Video】

 

The Hollywood Ghost in the Shell turned to master prop makers from Weta Workshop to achieve their detailed practical looks.

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Godzilla takes over limited-time retrospective exhibit at the Fukuoka Art Museum this summer

On July 15, the King of the Monsters is set to trample all over Japan’s southern city of Fukuoka! Er, well, maybe just the art museum…

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Director dad displays dastardly deeds of dino daughter with cool special effects【Video】

When raising a toddler, the one thing on every parent’s mind is: Nap time is critical. When you miss nap time, there can be tantrums, screaming, crying and your sweet little one can transform into a kaiju-like terror. One couples’ child had such an incident and it resulted in the destruction of Little Tokyo by Godzilly – King of Daughters. Luckily, dad was there to capture the rampage.

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The surprisingly classy secret of where Godzilla’s roar comes from

Awesome as Godzilla may be, in most of his best-loved appearances it’s pretty easy to tell that the world’s most famous kaiju is being portrayed by a guy in a rubber suit. What’s less obvious, though, is how the creature’s unmistakable roar was created, and it turns out there’s actually a rather high-brow origin to the King of the Monsters’ signature sound effect.

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