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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Stick Around For Japanese "Spider-Man"

"Spider-Man", aka "Supaidāman" is the Japanese superhero television series produced by Toei Company in 1978, based on Marvel's "Spider-Man".

"...Young motorcycle racer 'Takuya Yamashiro' sees the combat spacecraft 'Marveller' fall to earth. His father 'Dr. Hiroshi Yamashiro', a space archaeologist, investigates the case. The incident also attracts the attention of 'Professor Monster' and his evil 'Iron Cross Army', an alien group that plans to rule the universe...".

Producers Tôru Hirayama and Susumu Yoshikawa originally wanted to make the series faithful to the web-slinger's comic book origins, but Bandai, one of the sponsors, told the studio to add more giant robots.

And the rest is history.

Sneak Peek Japanese "Spider-Man"...