Spider-Man (tokusatsu)

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Spider-Man
Genre Action-Adventure
Creator(s) Toei Company
Country of origin Flag of Japan
No. of episodes 41
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Tokyo 12 (Now TV Tokyo)
Original run May 17, 1978 – March 14, 1979

Spider-Man (スパイダーマン Supaidāman?) is a Japanese tokusatsu television program produced by Toei Company in the 1978.

This version of the famous web-slinging Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man, was part of a deal that Marvel made with Toei, namely that for a four-year period, Toei could use Marvel's characters in any way they saw fit. So in 1978, a Spider-Man tokusatsu series was produced for Japanese television by Toei Company Ltd. While Spider-Man's costume was certainly based on the original, the storyline had nothing to do with the Marvel character. The series had a major impact on Japanese animation (Anime) by popularising the trend to use mecha (or giant robots) to defeat other giants despite being controlled by a human, a convention begun with shows like Jumborg Ace.

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[edit] Plot

Spider-Man fighting one of the more unusual foes in the series
Spider-Man fighting one of the more unusual foes in the series

Young motorcycle racer Takuya Yamashiro sees a UFO falling to earth, in fact a combat spacecraft named the "Marveller". Takuya's father Dr. Hiroshi Yamashiro, a space archaeologist, investigates the case. The incident also brings the attention of Professor Monster and his evil Iron Cross Army (Tetsu-Jyuuji-Gun), an alien group that plans to rule the universe.

[edit] Cast

  • Takuya Yamashiro/Spider-Man : Shinji Todou
  • Professor Monster : Mitsuo Ando
  • Niiko Yamashiro : Izumi Ooyama
  • Hitomi Sakuma : Rika Miura
  • Amazone : Yukie Kagawa

[edit] Episode List

  1. 復讐の時は来たれり! 撃て鉄十字団!!
    Fukushū no Toki wa Kitareri! Ute Tetsu Jūji Dan!!/The Time of Revenge Has Come! Beat Down Iron Cross Group!!
  2. 怪奇の世界! 宿命に生きる男
    Kaiki no Sekai! Shukumei ni Ikiru Okoto/Mysterious World! The Man Lives to Fate
  3. 怪盗001vsくも男
    Kaitō Daburu-Ō Wan Tai Kumo Otoko/Mysterious Thief 001 VS. Spider-Man
  4. 恐怖の半魚人! 奇蹟を呼ぶ銀の糸
    Kyōfu no Han Kyojin! Kiseki o Yobu Gin no Ito/The Terrifying Half Merman! Calling the Miracle Silver Thread
  5. 激突マシンGP-7! 兄弟の誓い
    Gekitotsu Mashin Jī-Pī-Sebun! Kyōdai no Chikai/Crash Machine GP-7! The Oath Siblings
  6. 戦慄の実験室! 悪魔のモンスター教授
    Senritsu no Shikkenshitsu! Akuma no Monsutā Kyōshu/Shuddering Laboratory! Devilish Professor Monster
  7. 恐ろしきヒット曲! 歌って踊る殺人ロック
    Osoroshiki Hitto Kyoku! Katte Odoru Satsujin Rokku/Fearful Hit Tune! Song Dancing Murder Rock
  8. 世にも不思議な昔ばなし 呪いの猫塚
    Yo ni mo Fushigi na Mukashi ba Nashi Noroi no Neko Chō/Once Upon a Time in the Mysteriousless World: The Cursed Cat Mound
  9. 動くアクセサリーは恋のカブト虫スパイ
    Ugoku Akusesarī wa Koi no Kabuto Mushi Supai/Motion Accessory is a Loveful Beetle Insect Spy
  10. 炎地獄にへび女の涙を見た
    Honō Jigoku ni Hebi Onna no Namida o Mita/To the Flaming Hell: See the Tears of the Snake Woman
  11. モンスター教授のウルトラ毒殺
    Monsutā Kyōshu no Urutora Dokusatsu/Professor Monster's Ultra Poisoning
  12. 華麗なる殺人マシーンへの変身
    Karei Naru Satsujin Mashīn e no Henshin/Becoming Splendid: To the Murderous Machine of Transformation
  13. ドクロ団対悪魔の霊柩車
    Dokuro Dan Tai Akuma no Reikyūsha/The Skull Group VS. The Devilish Hearse
  14. 父に捧げよ 戦えぬ勇者の歌を
    Chichi ni Sasage yo Tatakae nu Yūsha no Uta o/Giving Father! Fight to the Song of the Hero
  15. ぼくたちの命の約束
    Boku tachi no Inochi no Yakusoku/The Life of Our Arrangement
  16. 名犬よ 父のもとへ走れ
    Meiken yo Chichi no moto e Hashire/Fine Dog! Run to the Under of Father
  17. プロレスラー サムソンの涙
    Puro Resurā Samuson no Namida/Pro Wrestler Samson's Tears
  18. 母の胸に甦る少年
    Haha no Mune ni Yomigaeru Shōnen/In the Mother's Chest: Ressurect The Young Boys
  19. まぼろしの少年 地図にない村
    Maboroshi no Shōnen Chizu ni nai Mura/The Boy Phantom: To the Villageless Map
  20. 謎が謎を呼ぶ私の出生の秘密
    Nazo ga Nazo o Yobu Watashi no Shuushō no Himitsu/Riddle: Calling the Riddle of My Secret Birth
  21. 大空に散る父の愛
    Ōzora ni Chiru Chichi no Ai/Fall to the Great Skies: Father's Love
  22. 暗い運命に泣け 父と子
    Kurai Unmei ni Nake Chichi to Ko/Shedding Tears to the Dark Fate: Father and Child
  23. 家なき子たちに愛の学園を
    Ienakiko Tachi ni Ai no Gakuen o/To the Love Acedemy of the Homeless Children
  24. ゴキブリ少年大戦争
    Gokiburi Shōnen Dai Sensō/Cockroach Boy: Great War
  25. 秘宝と犬と複成人間
    Hihō to Inu to Fuku Sei Ningen/Treasure, Dog, and Double Grow Human
  26. 絶対ピンチのにせものヒーロー
    Zettai Pinchi no Nise mono Hīrō/To the Absolute Crisis: The Imitation Hero
  27. さらば戦友 愛しのセパード
    Saraba Sen'yū Itoshi no Sepādo/Farewell War Buddy: Beloved German Shepard
  28. 駅前横町の少年探偵団
    Ekimae Yokochō no Shōnen Tantei Dan/The Front of the Alley: Boys' Detective Group
  29. 急げGP-7 時間よ止まれ
    Isoge Jī-Pī-Sebun Jikan yo Tomare/Hurry, GP-7: Time of Stop Sign
  30. ガンバレ美人おまわりさん
    Ganbare Bijin Omawarisan/Good Luck, Beautiful Police Officer
  31. 明日なき子連れ刑事
    Ashita naki Kotsure Keiji/There is no Child-Taking Detective Tommorow
  32. 甘くささやく妖女
    Amaku Sasaku Yōjo/Sweet Whispering Enchantress
  33. 男の子をイビる野性の凄い少女
    Otokonoko o Ibiru Yasei no Sugoi Shōjo/The Boy Teases the Horrible Wild Girl
  34. びっくりカメラ殺人事件
    Bikkuri Kamera Satsujin Jiken/Surprising Camera: Murderous Event
  35. 秘境アマゾンから来たミイラ美女
    Hikyō Amazon Kara Kita Mīra Bijo/From the Unexplored Amazon: Here Comes the Mummified Beautiful Woman
  36. たまねぎ鉄仮面と少年探偵団
    Tamanegi Gin Kamen to Shōnen Tantei Dan/The Onion Silver Mask and the Boys' Detective Group
  37. 地獄からの密使 えん魔大王
    Jigoku Kara no Missha Enma Daiō/From the Secret Messenger of Hell: Great King Enma
  38. ブリキの一番星と少年探偵団
    Buriki no Ichibanboshi to Shōnen Tantei Dan/The First Tin Plate Evening Star and the Boys' Detective Group
  39. 格闘技世界一大会
    Kakutōki Sekai Ichidai Kai/Sports World: One Great Meeting
  40. さらばゼロ戦の謎
    Saraba Zero Sen no Nazo/Farewell Zero Battle Tricks
  41. 輝け熱血の勇者
    Kagayake Nekketsu no Yūsha/The Hero's Shining Hot Blood

[edit] Theme Songs

  • Opening Theme
    • 駆けろ!スパイダーマン
      Kakerou! Spider-Man/Go For It! Spider-Man
      • Music/Arrangement by: Watanabe Chumei
      • Lyrics by: Hatte Saburo
      • Vocals: ‘Hideyuki’
  • Closing Theme:
    • 誓いのバラード
      Chikai Ballad/Declaration Ballad
      • Music/Arrangement: Watanabe Chumei
      • Lyrics: Hatte Saburo
      • Vocals: ‘Hideyuki’

[edit] DVD Release

On December 9, 2005 Toei released the entire Spiderman series on a 8 disc DVD boxset.

8 Disc DVD Boxset
8 Disc DVD Boxset

[edit] Trivia

  • In this version of the character, Spider-Man's costume was not worn under everyday street clothes. Instead, the super suit was released from a wrist device worn by the hero, Takuya. Upon activation, the costume would eject from the bracelet and spring through the air (much like the expanding costume for DC's The Flash when released by Barry Allen's ring), literally sweep down, and "cover" the young man from the top of his mask down to his feet. The scene would be quickly followed by a close shot of the hero zipping up the costume at the back at the neck, and then taking a heroic pose having transformed into the wall-crawler.
  • This was the first series to have a superhero (as opposed to a costumed pilot) ride a giant robot. The success of this series led to the revival of the Sentai series as the "Super Sentai Series." "Batoru Fîba J" (1979), the third Sentai Series, was the first "Super Sentai," as the five heroes therein rode a giant robot.
  • Producers Tôru Hirayama and Susumu Yoshikawa originally wanted to make a series faithful to the famous web-slinger's origins, but Bandai, one of the sponsors, told the studio to add a giant robot (as giant robots were all the rage in Japan). Hirayama and Yoshikawa met their demand with complete incredulity, and they reluctantly rewrote Spidey's origins completely for the show. [1]
  • Spider-Man's transforming giant robot Leopardon (which transforms from the huge spacecraft Marveller, named in honor of the Marvel Comics Group) was featured in America in both Mattel's Shogun Warriors toy collection (only the 3" figure version, named "Leopardon") and Bandai America's Godaikin toy line (Bandai Japan's deluxe diecast toy with complete transforming features). However, only a few people in America knew that this robot was somehow tied with everyone's favorite web-slinger. A new Leopardon toy will be produced in 2006 under Bandai's Soul of Chogokin line.
  • Toei's budget for special effects ran out by Episode 5, and after Episode 10, no more footage of Leopardon could be done. Rumor has it that someone had stolen the robot costume and thus the Leopardon was limited to stock footage, with new footage of the monster-of-the-week (reacting to and being destroyed by the "Swordvicker" attack) spliced in.
  • One of the monsters in the show has a resemblance to Marvel's Ben Grimm, aka The Thing.
  • Stan Lee, in an interview conducted by TOEI, stated that he enjoyed the way Spider-Man was done, especially with Leopardon and the way that it was filmed. He also stated that he was invited by TOEI to do a future sequel to Spider-Man with him doing the storyline. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Spider-Man Page, Japan Hero Encyclopedia. Retrieved on February 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Stan Lee interview, Volume 8, Spider-Man DVD Boxset.

[edit] External links


 v • d • e Spider-Man
Publications Main continuity: Amazing Fantasy • The Amazing Spider-Man
The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) • Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man • Astonishing Spider-Man • Spider-Man Family

Other continuities: Ultimate Spider-Man • Marvel Adventures Spider-Man • Spider-Girl • Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
Spider-Man: Reign
Television Spider-Man (1967) • Spidey Super Stories (1974, live action) • Amazing Spider-Man (1978, live action) • Supaidāman (1978 - Japanese) • Spider-Man (1981) •Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) • Spider-Man (1994) •Spider-Man Unlimited (1999) • Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) • The Amazing Spider-Man (2008)
Films Spider-Man (2002) • Spider-Man 2 (2004) • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Other topics
Fictional history of Spider-Man • Spider-Man supporting characters • Spider-Man villains • Spider-Man's powers and equipment •
Video games • Alternate versions of Spider-Man • Spider-Man in other media
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