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Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0

1978 · 24 min

A brisk, campy superhero romp with rubbery monsters, giant robots, and earnest tokusatsu charm.

Directed by
Koichi Takemoto
Genres
Action, Science fiction
Overview
The Iron Cross Army are sabotaging oil-tankers with the help of their monster, the Sea-Devil, a semi-mechanical anthropomorphic swordfish with an ability to shoot torpedoes from its mouth. Spiderman employs the help of the interpol agent Juzo Mamiya to help him stop the Iron Cross Army.
How it feels
Campy, light, earnest and absurd. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Survival, justice, technology, violence
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Koichi Takemoto
Genres
Action, Science fiction
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • justice
  • technology
  • violence
Places
  • sea
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror2
Humour5
Realism1
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
action, science fiction
Directed by
Koichi Takemoto
Written by
Shozo Uehara, Susumu Takaku
Starring
Shinji Tôdô, Noboru Nakaya, Mitsuo Andō, Yukie Kagawa, Rika Miura, Izumi Oyama, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Fuyuki Murakami
Music
Chumei Watanabe
Runtime
24 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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