Tokutember 2024 Day 20: Japan's *other* most famous superhero, the motorcycle-riding "henshin" cyborg grasshopper-man, the Amazing KAMEN RIDER (Toei; 1971)! Created by Shotaro Ishinomori and Toru Hirayama. #tokutember2024#tokutember#tokutsatsu
Tokutember 2024 Day 19: The first major tokusatsu superhero of the 1970s, the super-cyborg from the Nebula Star, SPECTREMAN (P-Productions; 1971)! #tokutember2024#tokutember#tokutsatsu
Before I do today's Tokutember entry, I'm reposting the last one, for a slight correction. :) #tokutember2024
Tokutember 2024 Day 18: Movie monsters of 1967! (Outside of Toho.) Namely, there's Shochiku's GUILALA/THE X FROM OUTER SPACE, Nikkatsu's GAPPA, and the South Korean co-production, Keukdong's YONGARY! #tokutember2024#tokutember#tokutsatsu
Tokutember 2024 Day 17: Takeru Ibuki, the titular MONSTER PRINCE (P-Productions/Nippon Special Effects; 1967), with his companion, the powerful fire-breathing Brontosaurus Nessie! #tokutember2024#tokutsatsu#tokutember
Awesome! Ishinomori was one of them!
Tokutember 2024 Day 16: Mitsuteru Yokoyama's creation, the mighty GIANT ROBO (Toei; 1967), controlled by young boy Daisaku Kusama! They are best known in the US as JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT! #tokutember2024#tokutember#tokutsatsu
Tokutember 2024 Day 15: The most popular and beloved follow-up to Ultraman by fans, here's Japan's Man of Steel, ULTRASEVEN (Tsuburaya; 1967)! The last Ultra Series hero created by Eiji Tsuburaya. #tokutember2024#tokutsatsu#tokutember
Tokutember 2024 Day 14: Japan's most famous superhero, and created by one of the men Godzilla calls "Dad" (Eiji Tsuburaya), here's the silver & red alien giant from M-78, ULTRAMAN (Tsuburaya; 1966)! #tokutember2024#tokutsatsu#tokutember
