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Japanese Spider-Man

20:29 / 23.01.06

Perhaps this belongs over in the Film forum, but I think comic-book fans will appreciate it best.

It must be seen to be believed...

Don't forget to clean your ears!

22:27 / 23.01.06

My God.

What an awesome show. For all of the wrong reasons, of course.

That Power Rangers/Transformers thing had me boggled, as I could never recall Spider-Man fighting anyone like that. The Japanese take on Spidey was just freaking odd.

Thank you for digging that up. It gave me a good laugh.

23:04 / 23.01.06

This is like having an out-of-body experience that involves Mr. Sparkle eating your soul.

Spyder Todd 2008

16:43 / 24.01.06

... that was horribly enjoiable in the worst way

now I want to see more japanese Spider-Man...

12:57 / 05.02.06

Unreal. And hilarious. Thanks for this.

15:41 / 05.02.06

I'd just like to say this is my favouritest show EVAR!
Go Go Spider Car!

23:56 / 05.02.06

Yet, strangely, for all it violations and alterations... still vastly more entertaining to me than virtually any American-done Spider-Man. Down with bonehooks and Iron-Spider uniforms! More giant robot! C'mon, Peter just stepping on Morlun would've made 'The Other' much cooler. And those Sam Raimi movies never had anything as cool as the fact the motorcycle in the opening credits looks suspiciously like Spidey's mask.
Was there ever a decent English-language version of the Spider-Man manga? I remember a scanlation appearing online some time back, but it seemed to've been translated by someone not fluent in either Japanese or English, unfortunately.

Moving off of this... Peter Parker as that guy from 'Black Tights Killers', yes/no? Swinging sixties adventure with a dumped-on sucker, the elderly influence in his life living upstairs, and random cute girls falling for him and his camera while doing nothing to improve his outlook or even his opinion of himself. Humor pervades.

08:46 / 06.02.06

That is so cool. I did not know that Spiderman prompted the Power Rangers. Now I am happy.

20:32 / 24.07.06

I'd like to know more about this online-scanned Japanese manga. I recently discovered that the original Japanese version (as published from 1970 to '71) was extremely violent, but then the majority of the violence was edited out of the English translation published by Marvel in the late '90s. But then, Marvel didn't even publish the entire series, just 7 of the 9 stories.

But as for the show, I'm coming closer and closer to just buying it from one of the many auctions for the complete DVD set you'll find on Ebay. The series was released officially in Japan, so you'll find all kinds of perfect-quality bootlegs on Ebay. I've watched most of those Youtube clips, and they're all as entertaining as hell.

I HIGHLY recommend everyone check out the clip on Youtube where Spider-Man takes on the "annoying band." Features the greatest ending to any superhero/supervillain confrontation EVER, as Spider-Man, after being tortured by the annoying band's music, gets in his Spider-car to escape, spots them playing afar on his way out, and then just fucking GUNS THEM DOWN IN COLD BLOOD.

I'd like to see THAT in Spider-Man 3.

21:22 / 24.07.06

I think the sex/y/ual stuff posed more problems for Marvel's safety editors, than the violence. It was the nineties, when things like 'Carnage: Mindbomb' came out with a Comics Code approval on them. But, girls stripping down at the beach (in a dream sequence, if I recall) was a bit much for Marvel, at the time, possibly because the breasts weren't ballooned and there may have been a functioning spine present. Again, it was the nineties.

But, yeah, the Japanese comic did tend to deal with 'proportionate strength of a spider' a little more rationally than the typical American/Marvel angle. Spidey punches you, you go down, and so forth. With broken bones and a big 'Why?' zapping through your skull.