Line #2 YMMV/SpiderManJapan


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2	* AntiClimaxBoss: The final battle between Spider-Man and Professor Monster in the final episode feels very rushed and anti-climatic, with Monster doing barley any damage to Spider-Man's robot Leopardon and being defeated with ONE attack.
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
4	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oey8s7eteqk The opening theme, "Kakero! Spiderman" by Yuki Hide]] is a stirring, triumphant tune urging our favourite web-slinger to fight on to victory, even as it laments the sacrifices and suffering he endures to continue his battle against the forces of evil, making it a very on-point song that perfectly captures the spirit of all Spider-men.
5	*** Made even better when, following the release of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiB10Q9fGHM one intrepid AMV maker pointed out how well the song applies to the three-live action film Spider-Men!]]
6	** The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcVQKiUS3qg "Chikai no Ballad"]] also by Yuki Hide is a great way to wind down from the actions and adventures of Spider-Man.
7	* CriticalBacklash: A weird example. Very few people would call the show bad, but thanks to a [[MainstreamObscurity large portion of people who only watch clips of it online]], many think the show is [[SoBadItsGood just stupid slack]]. Many, especially in the Toku fan community have tried to push back on this perception. Despite all the goofiness it is a well written show that understand Spider-Man's character, and core themes.
8	* CompleteMonster:
9	** [[BigBad Professor Monster]] is the alien leader of the Iron Cross Army, leading them on a crusade of death and terror throughout the galaxy that led to the destruction of Planet Spider and all the misery in the show that follows in his subsequent schemes to take over Earth. Monster creates [[MonsterOfTheWeek Machine BEMs]] by having innocents kidnapped and transformed into monsters which kill dozens, even unleashing some on their loved ones, while enforcing a [[LeaveNoWitnesses no-witness policy that kills dozens more]], [[TheHero Takuya Yamashiro]]'s father included. Throughout the series, Monster attempts to create an army of modified humans by subjecting countless people to [[PlayingWithSyringes torturous experiments]], resurrecting those who die numerous times; attempts to annihilate all the major cities in Japan with missiles, and separately attempts to annihilate Tokyo simply as his four-hundredth "anniversary" on Earth; reveals he [[ImmortalityImmorality maintains his immortality]] by harvesting and drinking the blood of countless people; attempts to unleash a [[DeadlyGas lethal nerve gas]] on the Interpol building, having it tested on people the Iron Cross has trapped in debt slavery; [[BadBoss tortures and abuses his minions]], even sacrificing a base full of them; and finally attempts to wipe out every major city in the world to take over whatever remains, even murdering his commander Amazoness for having failed him.
10	** The [[AmbitionIsEvil Amazoness]] is the savage [[TheDragon right-hand]] of Professor Monster and a brutal, unforgiving woman who embodies a ChildHater killer. [[TheHeavy Carrying out]] Professor Monster's wicked demands, Amazoness leads attacks to kill countless civilians and murder the innocent while setting up a cult to sacrifice others to Professor Monster. When Takuya begins getting involved with helping children, Amazoness is always there to [[WouldHurtAChild try to murder them]], starting with her attempt to gouge out a little girl's eyes, attempting to use nerve gas on a little boy after practicing its use on adults, trying to burn a child alive, and trying to blow up a packed amusement park and leading terrorist attacks through Tokyo while gloating one targeted building has eight thousand people in it. Amazoness is also fond of torture on captives, while later capturing martial artists to fight death matches to determine who will be turned into Professor Monster's machine slaves, with her greatest ambition being to assist in utterly annihilating humanity for the Iron Cross army to rule the remainder.
11	* ColbertBump: Most comic book readers are aware of this series because the character appears in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' and ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' (and, in-story, a Spider-Man with a giant mecha provides an edge that most Spider people lack). Other people may have become aware of it thanks to the ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' video (and the usual PanderingToTheBase section came up empty, they admitted that nobody really asked for that video, but rather they made it by their own initiative).
12	* FairForItsDay: For a Showa-Era Tokusatsu made in the 1970s, ''Supaidaman'' was also remarkably ahead of the curve in showing various competent women as both villains and friends, with few, if any, getting StuffedInTheFridge.
13	* FanNickname:
14	** The series is commonly referred to as ''Supaidaman'' by English-speaking audiences, both to differentiate it from other Spider-Man projects and because it sounds cool.
15	** Meanwhile, this version of Spider-Man is occasionally referred to as "Toei Spider-Man" to differentiate him from other versions.
16	* HilariousInHindsight:
17	** Episode 5 has [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 a plot point of Spider-Man performing a blood transfusion to save someone's life]].
18	** He introduces himself as "The emissary of Hell, Spider-Man!" This was over 25 years before ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''.
19	** This incarnation of Spider-Man so far is the only one with a Spider Mobile called Spider-Machine. The Platform/PlayStation5 game ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' has Peter suggesting getting a Spider Mobile after a random crime is thwarted by both him and Miles.
20	* MemeticMutation:
21	** "The emissary of Hell, Spider-Man!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Takuya's CatchPhrase, usually used to highlight just how ''different'' the series is from the mainline title.[[/labelnote]]
22	*** "The man who (insert activity here), Spider-Man!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Takuya's [[MadLibsCatchPhrase more variable catchphrase]], which can be snowcloned.[[/labelnote]]
23	** ''[[MoodWhiplash CHANGE LEOPARDON]]''[[labelnote:Explanation]]The show's opening makes it seem like a Showa-era Japanese take of the original comics right up until the halfway point where this line hits and it's revealed that this Spider-Man has a giant robot, something that tends to throw those not expecting it for a loop.[[/labelnote]]
24	** The [[Franchise/{{PowerRangers}} Megazord]] exists because of Spider-Man.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to Leopardon's popularity with audiences, when Toei created ''Series/BattleFeverJ'', they decided to give the team a giant robot of their own. This trend would continue on for the rest of the franchise, with western audiences getting exposed to it when ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' debuted. Many discovering [[invoked]][[FanNickname "Supaidaman"]] for the first time are surprised to learn the trend started there.[[/labelnote]]
25	** The scene where Spider-Man picks up a machine gun and actually uses it is popular as both a reaction meme, and because of how absurd it is.
26	** A scene of Spider-Man hitting the ground with a wrench became an object-labelling meme.
27	* NarmCharm: Par for the course with Showa-Era Tokusatsu, 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.
28	* RetroactiveRecognition:
29	** Yukie Kagawa (Amazoness) would go on to play the similarly-named-but-unrelated villainess Amazon Killer in ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan''.
30	** Jun Tatara (Thief 107 in #25) went on to play Barza in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''.
31	** The young boy who gets a blood transfusion from Takuya Yamashiro went on to play Masaru in ''Series/BattleFeverJ''.
32	* SignatureScene:
33	** Takuya climbing the side of Tokyo Tower in the show's opening sequence. For bonus points, it was a stunt actually done live on location!
34	** The very first instance Spider-Man refers to himself as "The emissary of Hell" in the show's premiere episode.
35	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTAOPON4jmM Spider-Man using a gun]] is an infamous example of a Spider-Man willing to use lethal force when necessary.
36	* SoBadItsGood: Part of the show's appeal to fans is how hilariously hokey it can get at times. Also, unlike most adaptations of beloved properties, even the show's sharp deviations from the source material are widely considered part of its charm, precisely because of how ridiculous they tend to be. It helps that, despite how ridiculous and atypical the series is, ''Supaidaman'' captures the spirit of Spider-Man shockingly well.
37	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some have cited Toei not using any established villains from the comics as wasted potential, especially since several of them (like Lizard, Rhino and Green Goblin) shouldn't be too hard to retool into monsters of the week. Especially Lizard, who in the comics is also a human turned into a monster; exactly the kind of plot this show frequently uses.
38	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In one episode, Spider-Man has to give a kid a blood transfusion. The kid does ''not'' gain superpowers.
39	* VindicatedByHistory: In a way; while the show ''did'' quickly become a big hit in its native Japan, western viewers who even knew about its existence back in the day tended to regard it as a silly curiosity at best. However, the rise of the Internet has helped raise the show's profile tremendously in the West, especially after Marvel themselves began streaming the entire series on their website in 2009[[note]]Unfortunately, the episodes were later taken down, due to presumably the same licensing issues that had made it difficult for Toei to re-release the show back in Japan[[/note]], culminating in Takuya and Leopardon getting to appear in the actual comics alongside Marvel's main Spider-People (including Peter Parker himself).
40	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome:
41	** 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.
42	** In general a great deal of effort was put into the series from the camera team and the stunt actors, resulting in some impressive actions scenes that have Spider-Man display exactly the kind of athleticism you might expect. There are even numerous scenes where he climbs on walls, which couldn't have been easy to do back in the Seventies.
43	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While it does work almost note-for-note like a typical tokusatsu 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 ([[BloodlessCarnage bloodlessly]]) with a katana. 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--though this still didn't stop them from jacking up the willingness of secondary villain Amazoness to [[WouldHurtAChild hurt children]] to startling levels.

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