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Oh hell yeah

March 9th, 2009 by Roy Berman		 Mutantfrog

I don’t know who had the insane idea to make a Japanese live-action version of Spiderman, but I’m just glad that it exists. And glad that Marvel has, for some reason, decided to stream episodes for free on their web site. There’s also a very odd Spiderman manga I’ve read a bit of, which may or may not be based on the plot of this show.

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    • 6 Responses to 'Oh hell yeah'

    1. Blue Cheese Rocket Says:
      March 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

      Actually, Roy… you should switch to Astro-Archaeology. I understand there’s an opening at the Yamashiro Lab.

    2. MattAlt Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 11:55 am

      “I don’t know who had the insane idea”

      Short answer: toy companies.

      Long answer:
      http://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/09/hey_hey_hey_wow.html

    3. NB Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

      Spiderman creator Stan Lee is a fan of manga. In fact he admires the more “diverse” audience comics in Japan have. Apparently he has friends in Japan that he develops comics with too.

      See here: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fo20080515pm.html

    4. Roy Berman Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

      And how about Italian Spiderman?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU&feature=channel

    5. Durf Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

      Now all we need is for Chip Kidd to produce a garish book filled with mistranslations of the show.

    6. 2nihon Says:
      March 13th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

      What. The. Hell. Was. That.

      Wow.

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