Japanese Spiderman (1978)
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Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Shinji Tôdô
Takuya Yamashiro
Mitsuo Andō
Professor Monster
Yukie Kagawa
Amazoness
Rie Rinehart
Rita
Tina Margo
Bella
Toru Ohira
Narrator
Rika Miura
Hitomi Sakuma (voice)
Izumi Oyama
Shinko Yamashiro (voice)
Yoshiharu Yabuki
Takuji Yamashiro
Susumu Takaku
Creator
Noboru Nakaya
Jūzō Mamiya
Shozo Uehara
Creator
Hirofumi Koga
Spider-Man (suit actor)
Saburo Yatsude
Original Story
Yuuki Hide
Theme Song Performance
Stan Lee
Original Film Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 17, 1978
Original Nameスパイダーマン
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes41
Running Time25m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Spider-Man (Japanese: スパイダーマン, Hepburn: Supaidāman), also referred to as Japanese Spider-Man or Toei Spider-Man, is a Japanese live-action tokusatsu superhero television series produced by Toei Company, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name through a contract negotiated by producer Gene Pelc. The series aired for 41 episodes on Tokyo Channel 12 from May 17, 1978, to March 14, 1979. A theatrical episode aired at the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival on July 22, 1978. From March 5 to December 24, 2009, Marvel uploaded English subtitled versions of the episodes to their website.
While Toei's version of the character, Takuya Yamashiro/Spider-Man (portrayed by Kōsuke Kayama (Shinji Tōdō)), wore the same costume as his Marvel Comics counterpart and had similar powers, the series' storyline and the origin of his powers differed from the source material. In addition to fighting, he piloted the giant mecha Leopardon, which he would summon to fight off enlarged versions of the show's monsters; the giant robot concept would later be used in Toei's Super Sentai franchise. Yamashiro later appeared in the comic storylines Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon.