Spectreman (1971)

Original title

スペクトルマン

Genre

tokusatsu, science fiction television series

Country

Japan

Length

3 seasons, 105 episodes

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A humanoid alien hero named Spectreman fights giant monsters and evil forces threatening Earth. He transforms from a human identity to battle villains using superpowers and a special vehicle.

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What happens

Spectreman (スペクトルマン, Supekutoruman) is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by P Productions and created by producer Souji Ushio, the series aired on Fuji TV in Japan from January 2, 1971 to March 25, 1972 with a total of 63 episodes (divided into three segments), not counting the pre-series pilot episode. This was the first major Japanese superhero show of the 1970s, as it began airing three months before Tsuburaya Productions's The Return of Ultraman and Toei and Ishimori Productions' Kamen Rider. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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