Trooper in Tokyo and Japanese spiderman
Today is Setsubun. I will link to my past post . Good Recycle :-) Today's post is links to pages I have found. The theme is American and Japanese subculture mix. he he he
I herad the original writer Stan Lee liked Japanese Spiderman. I did't know we had such a TV show before. Spiderman, Badman, American Heroes were insect. Japanese also has Kamen Rider, he is a glass Hopper. Oh! Kamen Rider had an enemy named Spider man =Kumo Otoko Here it is. (picked up the trash!) And this is Bee Woman = Hachi Onna. (I found this on Google by searching Hachi Onna. Her site is a misterious world)
I like this Star Wars stormtrooper appeared in Tokyo. It is him. I thought some American did it. He is a Japanese. By the way, my American friend showed me Star Wars cartoon. Is it popular in the U.S.? I have never known it.
Talking about American cartoon in Japan. Wacky Races is very popular in Japan, the Japanese title is "Chiki Chiki machine mo race". The Dog Muttley is named "Ken Ken" in Japanese version. The Princess Masako who has mental stress has a nickname Ken Ken. (ha ha ha) When I was a kid, some Hanna-Barbera cartoons aired in Tokyo area(now on CATV). My favorite one was The Herculoids; it's Japanese name is "Kaijyu ou Targan" =The king of Monster Targan. Yes the guy's name was Targan and parent-child rice cakes were Hyu-Hyu and Po-Po.
Danny's not Japanese - he's a British lad of the 'asian persuasion'
Posted by: Owen | Monday, February 20, 2006 at 09:19 PM
Hi There
Usually Japanese Hero is stoic, you know such mood from it's theme song. That is strange to me.
Posted by: Mari | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 10:20 AM
I believe the "rice cake" creatures in the original were called Gloop and Gleep.
Posted by: Esther | Tuesday, February 07, 2006 at 06:16 AM
Japanese Spider-Man has his own super giant robot. How cool is that?!
Posted by: kawa | Monday, February 06, 2006 at 02:35 AM
The Dog Muttley is named "Ken Ken" in Japanese version. The Princess Masako who has mental stress has a nickname Ken Ken. (ha ha ha)
Poor Masako-sama. Ken ken = Muttley, but calling a girl a "mutt" or "dog" means she's very ugly.
Posted by: taro | Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 08:03 PM
I don't know why but I thought I read about a sushi video from your site. anyway, here's a link http://www.youtube.com/?v=E8c2fMDatoU hope u like it. have a good weekend!
Posted by: tabehodai | Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 06:48 PM
oh and might I point out that Takashi Miike's film Zebra Man is a great parody of the genre.
Posted by: Claytonain | Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 05:52 PM
Mari, I'm glad you enjoyed the spider-man link I sent you!
Posted by: Claytonain | Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 05:50 PM