CASA 0101 Theater Celebrates Fernando Valenzuela in ‘Fernandomania’

September 10, 2025September 18, 2025 Rosana Maris Arias

CASA 0101 Theater opened its Fernandomania Ten-Minute Play Festival on August 29, 2025 as part of its 25th Anniversary season. The festival featured the world premiere of twelve 10-minute plays that honor the legacy of Fernando Valenzuela, the late and great Major League Baseball pitcher and former Los Angeles Dodger who passed in October of last year.

Animation, Interview

‘Ultraman: Rising’ Embraces its Japanese Origins through Direction, Music, and VFX

November 20, 2024November 21, 2024 Laura Sirikul

Since 1966, Ultraman has been a popular character from Japan. Over 100 television series, movies, specials, and video games have been made based on the Ultra series.

Animation, Interview, Movies1 Comment

How Toshiro Mifune and Hideo Nomo Inspired Netflix’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’

June 11, 2024June 12, 2024 Laura Sirikul

In Netflix’s upcoming animated film Ultraman: Rising, Ken Sato (Christopher Sean) is a Japanese-born American baseball superstar who recently left his prestigious Los Angeles baseball team to return to Japan to play for their league. In reality, Ken returns to take the mantle of the superhero Ultraman, given to him by his estranged elderly father, who is forced to retire.

Podcasts, Sports

FDI Cast 132: Is Our Faith in Baseball Restored?

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Jamie

Our final deep dive into another podcast about Cal Ripken’s Streak. In this one, we unravel the mystery of if it was worth it for Brandon to use six hours of his life to listen to this story or if it would have been better spent eating at Rofo.

Podcasts, Sports

FDI Cast 131: Hey, Who Turned Out the Lights?

January 24, 2022 Jamie

No, it’s not our Doctor Who episode. It’s part 2 of Brandon’s recap of another podcast where they investigate whether Cal Ripken’s Streak is a true or a not.