#kyodai hero

[chernobog13]

Illustrations from a Japanese children's book depicting Thunder Mask battling Devil Beast Tirema while the evil Devil Dekanda watches.

#Thunder Mask #Devil Beast Tirema #Devil Dekanda #Devil Beasts #kaiju #maju #Kyodai Hero #Japanese superheroes

[magicaldogtoto]

The defender of Earth and enemy of the Jotuns... Ultraman Mjolnir!

I came up with this idea for a Norse-inspired Ultra while watching Ultraman Nexus around the same time that I was researching Norse mythology (for another project I've been working at in the background). And recently I commissioned BattyWanderer to draw him.

I have a lot of fun headcanons and ideas for what Mjolnir's world would be like, and I can go into more detail later on. As Thor is known to fight Jotuns, it made sense that the kaiju of this universe would be referred to by that name (though people tend to picture Jotuns as giants, they actually appear in multiple shapes and sizes, sometimes even looking like animals--the term itself translates into something like "devourer"). The Jotuns are said to come from the world of Jotunheim; in Ultraman Mjolnir's universe, Jotunheim is something of a combination of the Monster Graveyard and Tartara Island, but with a more northern, colder weather.

I suggested a pose that gave the impression that Mjolnir was about to slam his fist down on some Jotuns--echoing Thor using his hammer--and BattyWanderer decided that the Ultra Slash attack would fit best. In-universe, the actual Mjolnir works as this Ultra's Beta Capsule.

#ultraman #ultra series #norse mythology #thor #mjolnir #ultraman mjolnir #tokusatsu #kyodai hero #ultra oc #art #my posts

[tokujenny]

I'm like 55 pages into my book about a kyodai hero in the same vein as Ultraman and I still haven't settled on a final name I don't hate for them. The placeholder is Gigaman but that suuucks.

#tokusastu #toku #kyodai hero #writing #writer

[titleknown]

“NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING BROTHER! I KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA GET AWAY WITH THIS! YOU THOUGHT THAT BLUE BULL WASN’T GONNA TELL YOU THE COUNT O’ TEN FOR ALL THAT PROPERTY DAMAGE! 

WELL LEMMEE TELL YA SOMETHING, ALL THE BULLHONKEYS* IN THE STATE, THE COUNTY, THE TRI-STATE AREA, THE WORLD, WEREN’T GONNA STAND, NO THEY WEREN’T, FOR THE BLUE BULL NOT STANDIN’ UP! SO I STAND FOR ‘EM! 

AND I’M GONNA TELL YOU-”

-Blue Bull doing an introductory speech... 

...before getting immediately tackled by Guagh and Lagalle

Who is this heroic her-bo? More on her past the break!

Appearing roughly a few months after the Mother Conquest incident, the figure who calls herself Blue Bull (Despite her outfit having approximately zero blue on it) is a ray of hope in the public eye, a hero and an inspiration, fighting off malevolent kaiju across the world. 

With her high level of strength relative to other kaiju, her “sunbeam teleport,” her ability to create solar-energy beams and constructs (Most notoriously her Solar Sword) and her immense array of elaborate wrestling moves, she is flashy, powerful, and a powerful ally to humanity, getting along extremely well with Jiira and Bash and complete with so very; very much in the way of merchandise oficial and bootlegged alike!

Unlike other kaiju, she is also very talkative. Like, comically, extremely talkative. In the bombastic manner of dinosaur-tranquilizer fueled ranting-and-raving exactly like you would expect from a pro-wrestler, which has helped endear her to the public.

And while it is perhaps slightly unfair to call her “dumb as hell,” she has a tendency towards naiivety and towards her sense of style and flashy presentation tripping her up in actual fights. She does, however, have a surprising depth of emotional intelligence, and is shockingly good at talking other kaiju down when she can, “because that’s what heroes do”

Though, despite her talkative nature, her actual origins and nature are an enigma, despite the numerous interviews she’s given (including an all-timer with DW Devlin), but a few things have slipped. 

She has stated her power comes from an entity “not of our sun, but of THE SUN, the true Sun” from “the realm between the shining dawns and glittering dusks,” and she will ramble on and on about this if you let her. Despite the fact that her explaination is in fact slightly more incoherent than; say; the time the Ultimate Warrior made a comic book.

She also has a human identity, but she has been very tight-lipped as to who, supposedly to avoid attacks on her, but there’s suspicions other reasons factor in as well. It is speculated she is a major pro-wrestler in her daily life due to how adept she is at the art and how easily she is able to get around the world to witness fights despite the distance limits of her “sunbeam teleport” being within a city at most.

It is also, from things she has let slip, speculated that her human form is AMAB transfemme, but deeply in the closet due to reasons both personal and career-related, and that Blue Bull is perhaps an expressionf or who she views as her “true self,” hence the level of stage-y theatricality she has, and also the times she’s “accidentally” stepped on various fundamentalist megachurches and buildings belonging to the United States Republican Party.

As an aside, her powers do not work particularly well in areas without sunlight, such as at night or against monsters like Daiogin with darkness powers, leaving her energy constructs/beams very weak and her sunbeam teleport nonexistent. These can be mitigated by positive psychic energy in the immediate area however, such as with; say; thousands of screaming Bullhonkeys* granting her their strength…

...Also, even if you ask her, she will not step on you. Because “That’s not what heroes do…”

*Note that “Bullhonkeys” as a name for her fans started as an ironic joke based on the Internet’s extreme level of Homestar Runner-poisoning, and then ended up becoming unironic, because that’s how these things always happen...

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SO, I felt I just had to make a tokusatsu-type hero for this iteration of kaijune, and I went with trying to do one who was very archetypical as a do-gooder, since I haven't really had anything specifically in that Ultraman-y kyodai-hero-type vein in my Kaijune setting.

I kinda ended up making her a female-himbo-type and a pro-wrestler-type because; A) Kaiju Big Batel and B) Because it's always really fun to write. And the mystery of her identity is a fun hook for anyone who wants to use her in anything!

On that note, as per usual with Kaijune, this silly statuesque stomper is free to use as you see fit under a CC-BY 4.0 license so long as I; Thomas F. Johnson, am credited as their creator! 

And, if you wanna support me, maybe check out my Patreon (Tho it's more of a tip jar for now as I transfer to my new dwellings to focus on it), or even just send a Ko-Fi my way! Every penny is appreciated, and I am eternally grateful for those who donate!

Or, if you wanna commission me for a pic like this, my commission info is thisaway!

#my art #character design #tokusatsu #kaiju #kaijune #creature design #kyodai #kyodai hero #female himbo #wrestling #pro wrestling

[otakunoculture]

The Fight is Real! Shin Ultraman Brings on the Nostalgia, and What's Next After Fantasia 2022?

The Fight is Real! #ShinUltraman Brings on the Nostalgia! There's one more screening @FantasiaFest #fantasia2022! #tokusatsu #kaiju #superhero #Moviereview and next screening info at:

Next Fantasia 2022 Screening on July 30, 12:00 PM at the Auditorium des diplômés de la SGWU (Théâtre Hall) When Hideaki Anno was offered a chance to update Toho’s most beloved kaiju, not everyone knew what he would do until Shin Gojira played at movie theatres. Some fans hailed it as a masterpiece, while others said it was too talky. This talent behind the writing of Neon Genesis Evangelion even…

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#Debut #Hideaki Anno #Japan #Kyodai Hero #Shinji Higuchi #Tokusatsu #Tsuburaya Productions

[daikikaijuboyo028tblr]

The Demoness with a Kind Heart

Devil Lady: Those pesky beasts are gone, you have my word that you´re safe as long as you stick with us ;)

Lan Asuka: =[inner thoughts]= So...this is Jun´s Giga Form...it does give honor to its name while spreading fear against our foes...is that all or perhaps...naaah- it aint all =[she concludes for the time being and yells out to Jun´s handheld passanger]= She´s right you know! we´re friends!...now, please. if you would be so kind "Big D"

Devil Lady: *chuckles* alright, let´s take you back home. DEVIIIIIIL WIIIIIIIIING-!!

Bet you fellas didn't saw this one coming, am I right? [that and the fact that I'm a Devilman fan as well...maybe], so basically I wanted to mix some stuff for Devil Lady, her OVA and Manga styles as best as I could plus the size-shifting transformation akin to 1970 Toei's Devilman [which itself is inspired by the Tokusatsu craze of Henshin Heroes and Kyodai Heroes as well].

=Link to my DeviantArt's post of this drawing ^u^ at the bottom=

#artists on tumblr #gt/tiny #gentle giant #giantess #gt tiny #gttiny #gentle giantess #fanart #devilman #Jun Fudō #devilman lady #devil lady #jun fudo #jun fudō #lan asuka #ran asuka #pov #handheld #wholesome giantess #go nagai

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 374 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

tagline 1 No.374 Butterfly Effect　　堀越耕平 ナンバー374 バタフライ　エフェクト　　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 374 BATAFURAI EFEKUTO   Horikoshi Kouhei No. 374 Butterfly Effect   Kouhei Horikoshi

tagline 2 声は届かず、そして目覚めた黒霧‼︎ヒーローVS敵の激闘は新たな局面へーー‼︎ こえはとどかず、そしてめざめたくろぎり‼︎ヒーローバーサスヴィランのげきとうはあらたなきょくめんへーー‼︎ koe wa todokazu, soshite mezameta Kurogiri!! HIIROO BAASASU VIRAN no gekitou wa aratana kyokumen e---!! His voice didn’t reach, and then the awakened Kurogiri!! The fierce battle of Heroes VS Villains enters a new phase---!!

1 時は現在に戻りアメリカ・ワシントン州 ときはげんざいにもどりアメリカ・ワシントンしゅう toki wa genzai ni modori AMERIKA WASHINTON shuu Time returns to the present, USA - Washington State

2 日本で突如発生した巨大な積乱雲は現在も急速に発達しており にほんでとつじょはっせいしたきょだいなせきらんうんはげんざいもきゅうそくにはったつしており nihon de totsujo hassei shita kyodai na sekiran’un wa genzai mo kyuusoku ni hattatsu shite ori “A giant cumulonimbus cloud that suddenly appeared in Japan is still rapidly developing.”

3 今後ジェット気流に乗って北米にも影響を及ぼす可能性があります こんごジェットきりゅうにのってほくべいにもえいきょうをおよぼすかのうせいがあります kongo JETTO kiryuu ni notte hokubei ni mo eikyou wo oyobosu kanousei ga arimasu “From here on, there is a chance it could ride a jet stream and affect North America as well.”

1 気象局によれば同時多発的局所温度上昇により発生した対流と南西からの熱帯低気圧が合流したことによって きしょうきょくによればどうじたはつてききょくしょおんどじょうしょうによりはっせいしたたいりゅうとなんせいからのねったいていきあつがごうりゅうしたことによって kishoukyoku ni yoreba douji tahatsuteki kyokusho ondo joushou ni yori hassei shita tairyuu to nansei kara no nettai teikiatsu ga gouryuu shita koto ni yotte “According to the weather bureau, due to the convergence of convection generated by multiple simultaneous local temperature rises with the tropical cyclone from the southwest,”

2 かつてない程の大規模な"火災積乱雲"が形成されたのではとの事です……………… かつてないほどのだいきぼな"かさいせきらんうん"がけいせいされたのではとのことです……………… katsute nai hodo no daikibo na “kasai sekiran’un” ga keisei sareta node wa to no koto desu.................. “it is said an unprecedented large-scale ‘pyrocumulonimbus cloud’ was formed..................”

3 ……ブラジルでの蝶の羽ばたきはテキサスでハリケーンを引き起こすか ……ブラジルでのちょうのはばたきはテキサスでハリケーンをひきおこすか ......BURAJIRU de no chou no habataki wa TEKISASU de HARIKEEN wo hikiokosu ka “......Will a flapping butterfly in Brazil cause a hurricane in Texas?”

4 光る赤子から始まった超人社会はカオスに呑まれる定めなのでしょうか ひかるあかごからはじまったちょうじんしゃかいはカオスにのまれるさだめなのでしょうか hikaru akago kara hajimatta choujin shakai wa KAOSU ni nomareru sadame na no deshou ka “Is the superhuman society that began with a shining baby destined to be swallowed in chaos?”

5 世界は一人の力で変えられます せかいはひとりのちからでかえられます sekai wa hitori no chikara de kaeraremasu “The world can be changed by the power of one person.”

6 メリル？急にどうした？ メリル？きゅうにどうした？ MERIRU? kyuu ni dou shita? “Meryl? What happened all of a sudden?”

7 私は政府が…世界がAFOに阿ろうとしている現状に断固として反対します！ わたしはせいふが…せかいがオール・フォー・ワンにおもねろうとしているげんじょうにだんことしてはんたいします！ watashi wa seifu ga...sekai ga OORU FOO WAN ni omonerou to shite iru genjou ni danko to shite hantai shimasu! “I strongly disagree with the status quo where our government...where the world is trying to pander to All For One!”

8 CM行けCM‼︎ああ シーエムいけシーエム‼︎ああ SHII EMU ike SHII EMU!! aa “CM, go to CM!! Aah” (Note: I assume “CM” means “commercial.”)

small text ダメだもー終わった ダメだもーおわった DAME da moo owatta “No good, it’s already over.”

1 日本　神野区　（轟、荼毘確保） にほん　カミノく　（とどろき、だびかくほ） nihon KAMINO-ku (Todoroki, Dabi kakuho) Japan, Kamino Ward (Todoroki and the secured Dabi)

2 なんだこの火力は‼︎ なんだこのかりょくは‼︎ nan da kono karyoku wa!! “What’s with this fire power!!”

3 轟くん　君も灼ける今再戦は無理だ！"燐"で限界の筈だ！ とどろきくん　きみもやけるいまさいせんはむりだ！"りん"でげんかいのはずだ！ Todoroki-kun kimi mo yakeru ima saisen wa muri da! “rin” de genkai no hazu da! “Todoroki-kun, now that you’ll burn too, a rematch is impossible! This is surely the limit of Phosphor!”

4 全員限界だよ！皆限界を超えて頑張ってる！ ぜんいんげんかいだよ！みんなげんかいをこえてがんばってる！ zen’in genkai da yo! minna genkai wo koete ganbatteru! “This is the limit for all of us! Everyone is surpassing their limits and trying their best!”

5 でも…あいつだけが！ demo...aitsu dake ga! “But...only this guy!”

6 まだ… mada... “He’s still...”

7 動いてるんだ！ うごいてるんだ！ ugoiterunda! “moving!”

1 俺だって親父の血が流れてる筈なのに……！ おれだっておやじのちがながれてるはずなのに……！ ore datte oyaji no chi ga nagareteru hazu na no ni......! “Even though I, too, have father’s blood flowing through me......!”

2 燈矢兄だけが動いてるんだ とうやにいだけがうごいてるんだ Touya-nii dake ga ugoiterunda “Only Touya-nii is moving.” (Note: “Nii” is a suffix meaning “older brother.”)

3 エンデヴァーは群訝か… お父さんはぐんがか… otousan (kanji: ENDEVAA) wa gunga ka... Father (read as: Endeavor) is at Gunga, huh...

4 遠すぎる…分断ってやっぱクソだわ… とおすぎる…ワープってやっぱクソだわ… too sugiru...WAAPU (kanji: bundan) tte yappa KUSO da wa... Too far away...the warp (read as: division) really was shitty...

5 このまま焦凍と継戦して…土産を持って出向くには… このまましょうととけいせんして…みやげをもってでむくには… kono mama Shouto to keisen shite...miyage wo motte demuku ni wa... To continue fighting with Shouto as things are...I’ll be coming back with souvenirs...

6 身体が からだが karada ga [My] body

7 保たねえや もたねえや motanee ya won’t last.

1 飛んで親父の下に行く気だ！ とんでおやじのもとにいくきだ！ tonde oyaji no moto ni iku ki da! “I intend to fly and go to where my old man is!”

2 気力でどうこうできる範疇を超えてる！ (?)でどうこうできるはんちゅうをこえてる！ (?) (kanji: kiryoku) de dou kou dekiru hanchuu wo koeteru! That’s beyond the scope of what he can do with willpower! (Note: The furigana reading of the kanji for “willpower” is illegible.)

3 おかしい！体質が合ってないんじゃなんかったか⁉︎ おかしい！たいしつがあってないんじゃなんかったか⁉︎ okashii! taishitsu ga attenainja nankatta ka!? How strange! Wasn’t it that he doesn’t have the constitution [for that]!?

4 何でまだ原型を保っていられる‼︎ なんでまだげんけいをたもっていられる‼︎ nande mada genkei wo tamotte irareru!! Why is he still able to endure that prototype!! (Note: I think she means: “Why can he endure that move (Phosphor) he only just learned?”)

5 待て‼︎まだ俺は動けるぞ‼︎ まて‼︎まだおれはうごけるぞ‼︎ mate!! mada ore wa ugokeru zo!! “Wait!! I can still move!!”

6 俺を殺すんだろ おれをころすんだろ ore wo korosundaro “Aren’t you gonna kill me?”

7 そっちこそ中途半端じゃねえかよ‼︎ そっちこそちゅうとはんぱじゃねえかよ‼︎ socchi koso chuuto hanpa ja nee ka yo!! “Aren’t you also being half-hearted!!”

8 ファザコン！ FAZAKON! “Father Complex!”

9 話しかけるなと言っておいてなんだが朗報だ はなしかけるなといっておいてなんだがろうほうだ hanashi kakeruna to itte oite nan da ga rouhou da “I told you not to talk to me, but there’s good news.”

1 旅費は無料で済むらしい りょひはタダですむらしい ryohi wa TADA (kanji: muryou) de sumu rashii “It seems the travel expenses are completed for free.”

1 雄英校舎「緑谷VS死柄木」 ゆうえいこうしゃ「みどりやバーサスAFO」 yuuei kousha 「Midoriya BAASASU AFO (kanji: Shigaraki)」 The UA building, Midoriya VS All For One (read as: Shigaraki)

2 風が強くなってきた水の調整がブレるかもしんない…！ かぜがつよくなってきたみずのちょうせいがブレるかもしんない…！ kaze ga tsuyoku natte kita mizu no chousei ga BUREru kamoshinnai...! “The wind is getting stronger, so the water adjustment may be shaky...!”

3 物間大丈夫か⁉︎ ものまだいじょうぶか⁉︎ Monoma daijoubu ka!? “Monoma, you okay!?”

4 この戦い絶対　教科書に載るでしょう!!? このたたかいぜったい　きょうかしょにのるでしょう!!? kono tatakai zettai kyoukasho ni noru deshou!!? “This battle will definitely be put in the textbooks, right!!?”

5 僕のおかげで勝ったって文科省に書かせますよ‼︎ ぼくのおかげでかったってもんかしょうにかかせますよ‼︎ boku no okage de katta tte monkashou ni kakasemasu yo!! “I will make the Ministry of Education write that we won thanks to me!!”

6 まだ中でエッジショットが まだなかでエッジショットが mada naka de EJJISHOTTO ga “Edgeshot, who is still inside”

7 ルミリオンがジーニストが RUMIRION ga JIINISUTO ga “and Lemillion and Jeanist”

1 緑谷が頑張ってるんだ みどりやががんばってるんだ Midoriya ga ganbatterunda “and Midoriya are all trying their best.”

2 たかが瞬き一つこらえるだけで たかがまばたきひとつこらえるだけで taka ga mabataki hitotsu koraeru dake de “To just hold back one blink of the eye”

3 弱音吐くワケないでしょう‼︎ よわねはくワケないでしょう‼︎ yowane haku WAKE nai deshou!! “is no reason to whine!!”

4 青春時代の経験が せいしゅんじだいのけいけんが seishun jidai no keiken ga “Experiences from adolescence”

5 人の一生を決定づける ひとのいっしょうをけっていづける hito no isshou wo ketteidzukeru “determine a person’s whole life.”

1 僕は何より ぼくはなにより boku wa nani yori “I, more than anything,”

2 人の感情を信頼している ひとのかんじょうをしんらいしている hito no kanjou wo shinrai shite iru “trust in people’s emotions.”

3 暗い人生を歩んだ彼が抱く友への想い… くらいじんせいをあゆんだかれがいだくともへのおもい… kurai jinsei wo ayunda kare ga idaku tomo e no omoi... “Feelings for a friend harbored by one* who walked a dark life...” (*Note: I used “one” to make it sound good in English, but in Japanese the word used here is the pronoun “he.”)

1 群訝山荘跡 （エンデヴァーVS AFO） ぐんがさんそうあと （エンデヴァーバーサスオール・フォー・ワン） gunga sansou ato (ENDEVAA BASAASU OORU FOO WAN) Gunga Mountain Villa Ruins (Endeavor VS All For One)

2 情報を持たぬ黒霧が即行動できるよう"志村の手"にはマイクロデバイスを埋めてある じょうほうをもたぬくろぎりがそくこうどうできるよう"しむらのて"にはマイクロデバイスをうめてある jouhou wo motanu Kurogiri ga soku koudou dekiru you “Shimura no te” ni wa MAIKURO DEBAISU wo umete aru “So that Kurogiri, who has no information, could immediately act, I embedded a micro-device in Shimura’s hand.”

3 伊口くんは成った！ いぐちくんはなった！ Iguchi-kun wa natta! “Iguchi-kun has succeeded!”

4 お父さん…!!! おとうさん…!!! otousan...!!! “Father...!!!”

5 そして soshite “And”

1 ホォォオオオオオクス…！ HOOOOOOOOKUSU...! “Haaaaaaaawks...!”

1 哀れな男の死は あわれなおとこのしは aware na otoko no shi wa “The death of a pitiful man”

2 一人の少女の胸に"敵意"を生んだ ひとりのしょうじょのむねに"てきい"をうんだ hitori no shoujo no mune ni “tekii” wo unda “gave birth to animosity in the heart of one young woman.”

3 全てを巻き込み怨恨を晴らしたい男は すべてをまきこみえんこんをはらしたいおとこは subete wo makikomi enkon wo harashitai otoko wa “A man who wants to swallow up everything and dispel [his] resentment”

4 そして少女に傾国の一手を与えた そしてしょうじょにけいこくのいってをあたえた soshite shoujo ni keikoku no itte wo ataeta “and then gave to the young woman the one method to destroy a country.”

5 さァ見ようじゃないか鷹見くん さァみようじゃないかたかみくん saA miyou ja nai ka Takami-kun “So now, shall we see, Takami kun?”

6 君があの時彼を最優先に処分していなければどうなっていたのか きみがあのときかれをさいゆうせんにしょぶんしていなければどうなっていたのか kimi ga ano toki kare wo saiyuusen ni shobun shite inakereba dou natte ita no ka “If you hadn’t disposed of him as your top priority back then, what would have happened?”

tagline 邂逅、再びー かいこう、ふたたびー kaikou, futatabi-- Chance encounter, once again--

7 ーーーそいつを殺せ‼︎今すぐ‼︎ ーーーそいつをころせ‼︎いますぐ‼︎ ---soitsu wo korose!! ima sugu!! “---Kill that guy!! Right now!!”

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 374 #bnha 374 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final showdown spoilers #yes yes shit hits the fan and all #but honestly #i think fandom has been snoozing on the ominous weather #that's clearly the big shit incoming #definitely getting some heroes rising vibes about it too

[meltorights]

in some ways this is a golden age of tokusatsu. compared to like 2011. it's just so hard to believe the quality and expansion of ultraman alongside regular really good godzilla movies..... and they told us daikaiju and kyodai heroes were dead.

#tep.txt

[jimpluff]

My kyodai hero novelette Harboring is now available to order!

Matt Frank, writer/artist of Redman: The Kaiju Hunter, says that in Harboring, “The complex inner life of an alien hero is all the more relatable when seen through the eyes of someone innately curious and thoughtful about the world around them. The hero’s story is clearly written from the perspective of someone truly in-love with life, culture, food…and tokusatsu!”

Please check it out!

#harboring #kaiju #tokusatsu #godzilla #ultraman

[jedivoodoochile]

Tokusatsu, ("filmación especial") es un término japonés que se aplica a cualquier película o serie de televisión de acción real en la que se haga un uso intensivo de efectos especiales.

Las producciones de tokusatsu suelen englobar mayoritariamente los géneros de ciencia ficción, fantasía o terror, pero otros géneros también tienen cabida. Los tipos más populares incluyen el kaijū, películas de monstruos como las franquicias fílmicas Godzilla o Gamera, series de televisión de superhéroes como Kamen Rider y Metal Hero, y series de mecha como Giant Robot.

Algunas producciones combinan varios de estos subgéneros, por ejemplo Ultraman y Super Sentai Series.

El tokusatsu es uno de los modos de entretenimiento más populares en Japón y, salvo algunas excepciones notables, sus producciones no son ampliamente conocidas fuera del mercado asiático.

El tokusatsu tiene sus orígenes en el antiguo teatro japonés, específicamente en el kabuki con sus escenas de acción y lucha, y en el bunraku que utilizaba algunas de las primeras formas de efectos especiales en las marionetas. El tokusatsu moderno, sin embargo, no comenzó a tomar forma hasta principios de los años 1950, con el nacimiento de Godzilla, uno de los monstruos kaijū más famosos de todos los tiempos.

El artista de efectos especiales Eiji Tsuburaya y el director Ishirō Honda se convirtieron en los responsables de Godzilla. Tsuburaya se inspiró en la película estadounidense King Kong para formular muchas de las técnicas que se convertirían en señas de identidad del género, como la llamada suitmation, que es el uso de un actor con un disfraz para interpretar a un monstruo gigante combinado con el uso de ciudades en miniatura. Godzilla cambió para siempre el paisaje de la ciencia ficción, la fantasía y el cine japonés, creando una visión japonesa única en un género normalmente dominado por el mercado estadounidense.

En 1954, Godzilla inició el género kaijū en Japón, que mantuvo una gran popularidad durante varias décadas, liderando el mercado personajes como el mencionado Godzilla, Gamera y King Ghidorah.

Sin embargo, en 1957, Shintoho produjo la primera serie en la que apareció el superhéroe Super Giant, haciendo que la popularidad se dirigiera a los héroes enmascarados. Junto con el anime Astro Boy, las series de Super Giant tuvieron un profundo efecto en el mundo del tokusatsu. Al año siguiente, se estrenó Moonlight Mask, la primera de numerosas series de televisión de superhéroes que conformarían uno de los subgéneros tokusatsu más importantes.

Tras estas producciones, llegaron las primeras series tokusatsu en color, Ambassador Magma y Ultraman, que auparon el género kyodai hero, en el que un protagonista de tamaño normal crecía a tamaños gigantes para luchar contra monstruos también gigantes.

#tokusatsu

[chernobog13]

Thunder Mask sonorama.

#Thunder Mask #Concorne #devil beast #maju #kaiju #Kyodai Hero #tokusatsu #Japanese superheroes #sonorama

[magicaldogtoto]

A while back I saw someone on Twitter mention how Ultraman’s rise sequences are a lot like magical girl transformation sequences. Not surprising, they are both henshin heroes in the broader context.

I was watching Ultraman R/B and thought Aizen’s transformation device looked familiar…

#ultraman r/b #hirogaru sky precure #soaring sky pretty cure #Ultraman orb dark #makoto aizen #cure sky #sora harewataru #ultra series #pretty cure #kyodai hero #magical girl #tokusatsu #my posts #text

[tokujenny]

Hey guys, slightly time sensitive question:

Are the terms Kyodai hero and Henshin hero officially recognised or just fan terms thrown around by the Toku community?

I'm working on a college essay and can't find a solid reputable source (academic or even some official marketing material) that uses the terms, would be a huge help if someone could point me in the right direction!

#tokusastu #godzilla #goji #gojiposting #kaiju #toku #toho #ultraman #mothra #kyodai hero #henshin #henshin hero #kamen rider #super sentai #power rangers #viewtiful joe

[vinntea]

Bsd spider-man au cus of course

Bungo Stray Spiders. Someone has to do it so that someone will be me. This half is just a list of powers and titles, if you want all the details and backstory you can read the other half below this one! Atsushi, Spider-Kachi: Spider sense, Strength, Speed, Agility, Walking on walls, Extra spider-like limbs sprout from his back, Spider-like fangs, Claws, and Self-regeneration. Dazai, Spider-Jisatsu: Intelligence, Some agility, some speed, and his own version of 'Spider sense'. He can stunt the spider abilities of others, other than that he's just kind of a regular guy with webs and a high tech suit. The suit allows him to walk on walls, enhances his physical mobility, detects danger, and acts as a layer of armor. Kunikida, Spider-Riso: Spider sense, Agility, Speed, Strength, Super Accuracy, Stamina, and Walking on walls. He often uses gadgets similar to guns to take advantage of his exceptional aim. Ranpo, Spider-Kojo: High Intelligence. His suit aids him similarly to Dazai, but the ocular part of the suit has technical modifications to further examine clues. Night vision and heat vision, for example. Kyoka, Spider-Kurai: Spider sense, Strength, Accuracy, Super Agility, Super Speed, Walking on walls, and a Spirtual connection with Spiders. Her suit gives her web shooters along with built in blades, taking advantage of her experience as an assassin. Yosano, Spider-Shi: Spider sense, Strength, Accuracy, Agility, Speed, Walking on walls, and a Healing ability. Her suit gives her webshooters, long blades along her arms, and butterfly-like extensions that act as medical tubes, connecting her blood with theirs to heal them. (She can heal through her breath, but any form of her dna works). Kenji, Spider-Arashi: Spider sense, Agility, Speed, Stamina, Super Strength, Walking on walls, and is Nearly indestructable. His suit has webshooters and magnets that give him a better grip on metal objects. Junichiro, Spider-Kyodai: Spider sense, Agility, Speed, Strength, Stamina, Walking on walls, and he Spews a gas that causes hallucinations. His suit has webshooters and a spider like pair of fangs that reach around his mouth where the gas comes out of. It helps to better manage the output of gas. Fukuzawa, (Retired) Spider-Samurai: Super Speed, Super Agility, Super Stamina, Super Strength, Super Accuracy, and Natural Webbing. His old suit merely acted as armor and a disguise. He of course also had a blade. Mori: Owner of PortCorp and leader of the Mafia. He has an endless amount of gadgets he uses if ever in combat. Chuuya, Fujin: Manipulation of matter, so basically the same except it's presented more like wind and weather. Akutagawa, Aku-Tako: Rashomon is essentially the same, just presented more like tentacles and sometimes spider limbs. Elise, Girl Goblin: She's a robot with a child-like appearance. Elise has a glider and various gadgets, mostly bombs. Now for the backstories! Instead of an ADA we have Agency Kumo (Kumo means Spider in Japanese) a spider themed collection of super beings working for the original Spider-man, who is now retired. They mostly fight to protect Yokohama due to its rise in crime the past few decades, but occasionally a threat comes along that forces them to fight for all of Japan and even the world. (Cough) the rat (cough).

Fukuzawa retired as Spider-Samurai (Spiderman) because he saw himself taking advantage of his power, even if it wasn't with ill intent. Soon after, though, a boy named Ranpo showed excellent intelligence into the minds of criminals that he in his prime could only dream of. Fukuzawa didn't want him to take the same path as he did, so he took Ranpo in. Little did Fukuzawa know that the local laboratory would soon lose several radioactive spiders, the same ones that bit him. Ranpo's hero title is Spider-Kojo. (Kojo meaning deduction in Japanese)

Fuku's childhood friend and old enemy, Mori, runs that laboratory and secretly experimented on Yosano, an orphan he took in. Yosano had a miraculous ability to heal people with her new powers, making it easy for Mori to experiment on people without permanently changing their lives. While they did agree to it, the non-stop torture of it drove them insane. The volunteers were under contract and unable to do anything until their time was over. Mori, determined to recreate Fukuzawa and Yosano's abilities, forced the girl to continue healing them which further prolonged their suffering.

Yosano ran away and eventually stumbled upon Fukuzawa who took her in as well. He trained her to have better control over her abilities and said she didn't have to use them ever again, if that's what she wanted. While she doesn't appear in public often, she'll become known as Spider-Shi. (Shi meaning death in Japanese and also a play on she since for a while Yosano was the only woman in the group.)

After getting bit and experiencing various unnatural sensations, Kunikida had to quit his job as a teacher and focused on finding any possible illnesses he could have with extensive research. He found his way to Fukuzawa who trained him as well. Kunikida decided to become the next Spider-man. Spider-Riso. (Riso meaning ideal in Japanese). He'd be the ideal Spiderman. This caused the creation of Agency Kumo.

Dazai was constantly experimented on, becoming nearly numb to the torment. He worked for a crime organization secretly led by Mori. The attempts to give Dazai any special abilities were all unsuccessful, except for one. Mori didn't know how, but Dazai gained the ability to stun other experiments' abilities. It was akin to something like stage fright but with their dna. One of the oldest experiments, Oda, was his best friend until he took revenge on a new nemesis. Dazai promised him he'd use his power for good, and joined Agency Kumo. Dazai becomes Spider-Jisatsu. (Jisatsu meaning suicide in Japanese)

Junichiro and Kenji were also spider bite victims who quickly became new recruits for the organization. Junichiro is able to spew a gas that causes hallucinations and Kenji has super strength more so than the others and is also nearly indestructable. Junichiro is Spider-Kyodai (Brother) and Kenji is Spider-Arashi (Storm).

Atsushi's abilities were so wild and chaotic that he'd been sleep walking and terrifying the locals of his village without a single clue. Dazai finds him, recruits him, and after lots of training, Atsushi gains decent control over his powers. Those being growing spider like fangs, extra spider limbs, and claws as sharp as his teeth. He is also able to regenerate himself, but if he doesn't do so within a few moments of the damage being done, it won't work. Atsushi is known as Spider-Kachi (worth/value in Japanese).

Kyoka starts out as another enemy in the Mafia, a reluctant servant to Koyou. While Kyoka is not a bite victim, her mother was and passed down her spider dna. Mori heard of it, and had her kidnapped from an orphanage. Her abilities consist of inhuman agility, rapid reflexes, and a spiritual connection to spiders. After Atsushi rescued her, Kyoka became part of Agency Kumo and picked the title Spider-Kurai. (Dark/gloomy in Japanese).

Chuuya wasn't a spider victim, but was caught up in a freak accident at a very young age. A mythical spider spirit saved him, giving him the ability to control matter just as he did, but it also had severe consequences. Chuuya couldn't remember anything from his past, and his abilities were far too much for his mortal body to contain. His villainous identity is "Fujin" a Japanese mythical god who controls the wind.

Akutagawa was very young when he was experimented on by Mori. He went through multiple years of torture to get his abilities just right and to reach his "full potential" as Mori and Dazai told him. He, similar to Chuuya, was also given power by a mythical being. The creature's name was Rashomon. It was trapped inside his body and retaliated against him for release. After those experiments, he was able to control it, but struggled to control himself. Almost as if the being had influence over him. To aid Akutagawa, Mori created a suit that both enhanced and contained his power. (If you haven't guessed it yet, he's this au's DocOc). Akutagawa became known as Aku-Tako (Tako means Octopus).

Mori is the Norman Ozborne and Elise is the Harry/Green Goblin of this au. Mori created a robot girl named Elisa as a daughter yet also a pawn. Mori gives her technology like the glider and bombs with a childish aesthetic to make her enemies hesitant to attack her. Little do they know she's not human and in fact an AI that if destroyed can be recovered as long as her chip is undamaged. Elise is known as Girl Goblin.

Katai makes all the suits for the members, but doesn't do anything else for Agency Kumo and isn't technically a member himself.

Naomi and the other clerics are the "Guys in the chair".

I hope you liked this au! If asked, I'll make another one for the characters I left out!

#bungou stray dogs #bsd fukuzawa #bsd yosano #bsd atsushi #bsd dazai #bsd kunikida #bsd ranpo #bsd junichiro #bsd kenji #bsd kyouka #bsd chuuya #bsd mori #bsd elise #bsd akutagawa #bsd katai #bsd naomi #bsd au #spider man au

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#ttrpg #ttrpgs #tabletop rpg #tabletop RPGs

[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

Iron King is a 1972 kyodai hero show about a misogynistic gay cowboy and his comic relief sidekick/boyfriend fighting 3 different villain factions over the course of 26 episodes. It's something of a cult classic, even among other showa toku, notable for the fact that it's the comic relief sidekick, not the conventional dashing hero, who actually transforms into the titular Iron King.

i have a friend who tells me about how bad (good) it is it does sound fun