History YMMV / SpiderManJapan

* NarmCharm: The show is kind of cheesy, but it still works because of the awesome kaiju fights and this continuity's Spider-Man still being true to what the character is about.

* AmericansHateTingle: While western viewers tend to frown on it now, it ''was'' fairly popular in its native Japan at the time. Subverted that there are American fans of the show though, mostly from being curious of the show's premise.

* DancingBear: Most people are aware of this series becuase spiderman now is a HenshinHero who has a GiantMecha.

* SoBadItsGood: Part of the show's appeal to fans is how hilariously hokey it can get at times.

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oey8s7eteqk The opening theme, Kakero! Spiderman by Yuki Hide]].
** Also the ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcVQKiUS3qg Chikai no Ballad]] also by Yuki Hide.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Yes, there's a lot of cheese, but the Spider-Man suit is pretty good, especially when you consider how bad the suit in ''Series/TheAmazingSpiderMan1978'' looked.

* AmericansHateTingle: While western viewers tend to frown on it now, it ''was'' fairly popular in its native Japan at the time. Subverted that there are American fans of the show though, mostly from being curious of the show's premise.

* HilariousInHindsight: One episode has [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 the plot point of having Spider-Man perform a blood transfusion to save someone's life]].

** Also the ending theme,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcVQKiUS3qg Chikai no Ballad]] also by Yuki Hide.
* AmericansHateTingle: While western viewers tend to frown on it now, it ''was'' fairly popular in its native Japan at the time.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While it does work almost note-for-note like a typical ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, ''Spider-Man'' contains some rather impressive violence for its time. There's blatant murder in the show (see CryingWolf on the main page), shots of civilians being killed on-screen are commonplace, and one particular scene (used in the ''official Website/YouTube trailer by MARVEL'', no less) where a cat gets sliced in half with a katana. While it is true that there is [[BloodlessCarnage very little or no blood in the show to speak of,]] the amount of violence in the show would be rather unsettling for modern child and pre-teen viewers. However, the way they show the cat (which was, to be fair, a murderous cat demon) being sliced in half is by freezing the frame on the cat and having the image split apart on screen. Also notable is the fact that about halfway through, the [[ReTool episodes get noticeably]] [[LighterAndSofter lighter]] and focus more on Spider-Man helping out kids and less on the somewhat unnerving brutality of the earlier episodes.

* EarWorm: The opening, dear god the opening.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Yes, there's a lot of cheese, but the Spider-Man suit is pretty good, especially when you consider how bad the suit in the American television show looked one year before.

* NarmCharm
* SoBadItsGood

* FridgeLogic: A good example appears in Episode 3, in which Professor Monster recruits a jewel thief as a Spider-Man impostor... [[http://imageshack.us/a/img194/7562/spidermangag.jpg but seems to forget one very small detail.]]

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oey8s7eteqk The opening theme]].

* AmericansHateTingle: While western viewers tend to frown on it now, it ''was'' fairy popular in its native Japan at the time.

* FanNickname: To differentiate it from other ''Spider-Man'' shows or movies, Western fans typically call this one "Supaidaman".

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While it does work almost note-for-note like a typical ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, ''Spider-Man'' contains some rather impressive violence for its time. There's blatant murder in the show (see CryingWolf on the main page), shots of civilians being killed on-screen are commonplace, and one particular scene (used in the ''official Website/YouTube trailer by MARVEL'', no less) where a cat gets sliced in half with a katana. While it is true that there is [[BloodlessCarnage very little or no blood in the show to speak of,]] the amount of violence in the show would be rather unsettling for modern child and pre-teen viewers.
** However, the way they show the cat (which was, to be fair, a murderous cat demon) being sliced in half is by freezing the frame on the cat and having the image split apart on screen.
** Also notable is the fact that about halfway through, the [[ReTool episodes get noticeably]] [[LighterAndSofter lighter]] and focus more on Spider-Man helping out kids and less on the somewhat unnerving brutality of the earlier episodes.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Yes, there's a lot of cheese, but the Spider-Man suit is pretty good, especially when you consider how bad the suit in the American television show looked one year before.

* AwesomeMusic: [[http://youtu.be/jPX-FX0KStE The opening theme]].

* SpecialEffectFailure: Many, many examples.
** How do they show Spider-Man clinging to walls, for instance? By having him jump at the wall and ''freeze the frame when he's touching it''.
** The second version of Leopardon's TransformationSequence actually has one segment played ''backwards'', showing the panels on what become its legs splaying out instead of folding in.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Yes, there's a lot of cheese and the budget shows, but the Spider-Man suit is pretty good, especially when you consider how bad the suit in the American television show looked one year before.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Stan Lee, no less, ''loves'' this series.

* EarWorm : the opening, dear god the opening.

* AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFz2VgKwbzI The opening theme]].