Category Archives: TV Shows

Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Costumes On Display At Tokyo’s Hottest Toy Shop

Posted on September 8, 2022 by tokyofox

  In the wake of the Star Wars prequels coming to an end in 2005 I have to say that I never thought I’d see the day when actor Ewan McGregor returned to his role as a Jedi Master. A … Continue reading →

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The Complete List Of Live Leicester City Matches On ITV In The Early 1990s

Posted on August 5, 2022 by tokyofox

When Sky gained the rights to show Premier League games live from the 1992-93 season onwards it meant the end of live top flight English football on terrestrial TV. In the absence of ‘The Match‘ on ITV on Sunday afternoons … Continue reading →

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Farewell Neighbours! Looking Back On My 5 Trips To Ramsay Street In 5 Different Years!

Posted on July 30, 2022 by tokyofox

  After 37 years and nearly 9000 episodes the iconic Australian soap ‘Neighbours‘ came off air this week ending on a real high as some legendary characters reappeared for a final farewell to a show that many people have great … Continue reading →

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A Themed Tour Of Tokyo’s Football Manga Mecca

Posted on July 9, 2022 by tokyofox

Think of Japanese footballers that have had an impact overseas and the likes of  Hidetoshi Nakata, Junichi Inamoto, Shunsuke Nakamura, Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa or Leicester legend Shinji Okazaki might come to mind. However, it is arguably an animated character … Continue reading →

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The Ewoks Cartoon Challenge Part 2 – Binge Watching Season 2 In One Day!

Posted on May 3, 2021 by tokyofox

When Disney+ announced in March that the Ewoks cartoon was being added to their selection of Star Wars programmes from April 2nd (2021) onwards it was quite a surprise as I thought they were kind of embarrassed by such content. … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by tokyofox

Admittedly I only ever found out about this movie thanks to the title being parodied by ‘The Simpsons‘ when the dysfunctional family visited Japan way back in season ten (S10E23) of the long-running American animation comedy. The contrast between the … Continue reading →

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15 Years Of Tokyo Fox: The Posts With The “Most” Hits For Each Year

Posted on February 17, 2021 by tokyofox

Fifteen years! How the hell did that happen!! There’s not much more to say than what I wrote in my ‘10 Years of Tokyo Fox‘ post five years ago about how it all began and the journey so far. Instead … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Alternative Star Wars Movies & TV Shows

Posted on December 14, 2020 by tokyofox

  In the last five years it’s become custom to spend the Autumn and early Winter working my way back through all the theatrical Star Wars releases in anticipation of new films in December. However, ‘The Rise Of Skywalker‘ (2019) … Continue reading →

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Binge Watching The 1985 Star Wars Cartoon Series ‘Droids’!

Posted on September 30, 2020 by tokyofox

Whilst Star Wars content is fairly common in this day and age, there were some very lean years between ‘Return Of The Jedi‘ in 1983 and the special editions in 1997. However, there were actually some cartoons in the mid-eighties … Continue reading →

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Australia 2019 Pt VIII: To Sydney & Straight Up To Palm Beach For Some Filming!

Posted on April 18, 2019 by tokyofox

  Visiting the church where Scott and Charlene got married in ‘Neighbours‘ the day before had really got me in the mood for doing some more iconic Aussie filming locations albeit ones from a rival soap. When I first booked … Continue reading →

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