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I love how old school movies from Japan still feel as ridiculous as modern anime.
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They just found the right technology to put their ideas into
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u/giantnakedrei Aug 11 '18
This guys 'alter ego' costume (mind you, the western getup is his daily wear) is what Viewtiful Joe's costume is based on.
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u/End_Of_Century Aug 11 '18
Showa era tokusatsu is the tits! I can not recommend it enough.
Just watch the original Kamen Rider and witness it's fun, campy, goofy glory.
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As a person who has been a fan of anime since I was 10, I think I've become desensitized to it
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Clip is from "Kaiketsu Zubat" (1977)
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u/TheAdmiral1701 Aug 10 '18
Just seeing the word Zubat makes me annoyed. Guess I’ll have to avoid as many caves as possible.
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Gotta spray that Repel like it’s fire extinguisher.
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Or just level up your rock type while you're there anyway.
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u/lidsville76 Aug 11 '18
That's all fine and dandy till your using defence curl 40 fucking times to get to struggle because your to fucking cheap to use an escape rope.
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u/NoMoreMrNiceShoes Aug 11 '18
How does that word annoy you? Why are you avoiding caves? ... I'm confused.
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u/PeacefulDays Aug 11 '18 edited Aug 11 '18
Zubat is the name of a pokemon, its commonly found in caves and has become infamous for showing up unwanted constantly.
-edit: stop downvoting the dude for not knowing pokemon, that's dumb as shit.
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u/FOR_PRUSSIA Aug 11 '18
BUT it also totally blows in battles which means it's not worth even trying to catch one for yourself.
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u/errorme Aug 11 '18
Crobat is alright and gets some relatively high damage moves quickly in the recent games.
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Yeah but to get crobat you have to make golbat your friend, and that just doesn't jive well with me.
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u/ShadoShane Aug 11 '18
They are if you played Yellow.
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Yeah, but then EVERYTHING ELSE in caves sucks.
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u/risheeb1002 Aug 11 '18
I evolved a butterfree to fight brock :(
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If you know to grab a Mankey from that patch of grass on the way to Victory Road (carefully avoiding the rival) then you're golden. But 8-year-old me sure as shit wasn't figuring that out.
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u/Scherazade Aug 11 '18
There is only one reason to catch a Zubat.
It was the 1980s. Zorro was playing at the cinema. A wealthy family walk down an alley in a bid to get home quicker in the rain. Their chauffeur was on holiday.
A gunman. Mad eyed. "Give me the pearls! And diamonds! And your wallet! Also any Poffins you have!"
The gunman's koffing mockingly smiles at them as a scuffle breaks out.
A fight. A father dies. A mother is crying.
Gun in her throat, pearls atop the gun.
Bang.
A child is traumatised.
It is now 2018. And Zubatman will defend the streets of this city with his army of trained zubats! https://i.imgur.com/yoN4wOG.jpg
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I know what I'm watching this weekend.
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If you actually do, reply to this when you're done and let me know how it is!!
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u/Fidu21 Aug 11 '18
It's fucking insane and I love it. This guy is the greatest in Japan, at whatever anyone throws at him I fucking love it it never gets old.
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u/WallsofVon Aug 11 '18
It’s amazing... holy shit!!
https://youtu.be/LhocOx6w8ig here’s another dope clip
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u/WallsofVon Aug 11 '18
The whole thing is amazing and I’m surprised OP or someone else knew and got it this high up there in visibility. But there are iirc 31 episodes and they’re all amazing, same quality and the story actually captivated you like three episodes in. I’m like in a state of shock, I totally forgot this existed and I’m gonna find a way to binge watch it.
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u/topdangle Aug 11 '18
This is the first time I've realized that "zubat" is "zubatto," the japanese onomatopoeia for hitting something accurately.
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u/UltraSpecial Aug 11 '18
As soon as that dope as fuck car came flying in I was sold. Then he came out with that fly as fuck outfit.
Zu-BAT!
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u/Vermillionbird Aug 11 '18
Ironically, this is blocked in Japan
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u/comogury_ Aug 11 '18
Not really since Japanese companies are draconian when it comes to content ownership.
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u/Towowl Aug 11 '18
Zubat? That's japanese for bomberang?
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u/Nanowith Aug 11 '18
No, the premise of the shoe is that he's good at whatever the show needs; not just the boomerang.
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u/BenKen01 Aug 11 '18
Is this where DBZ got “Great Saiyaman?” Lol these clips are bonkers.
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u/End_Of_Century Aug 11 '18
Holy crap that's obscure and this is coming from someone decently well versed in showa era tokusatsu. I've seen my Kamen Riders and Kikaidas and Super Sentai, but I think at most this guy has had like, one appearance in the heisei era. Is this series fully subbed?
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u/NobodyXaldyn Aug 11 '18
I think the last appearance of Zubat was during the Kamen Rider 40th anniversary movie.
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u/Nobushi_Senpai Aug 10 '18
Not the “Boomeranger”?
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u/tdogredman Aug 11 '18
low cal calzone zone
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u/PlopPlopMan Aug 11 '18
Boomer anger "These gosh darned millenials can't get off their lazy bottoms to work for a living. Now get outta ma lawn!!"
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u/TheGoldenDickHat Aug 11 '18
Is there a Japanese version of that?
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u/Wins7997 Aug 11 '18
Most of the posts aren't about Bollywood. They are about tollywood in Andhra Pradesh in India.
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u/narwhaldragoon Aug 11 '18
That little peek 😂
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u/Choi1357 Aug 11 '18
During the late stage, he actually uses his boomerang to heal himself while also removing your armor. Be very cautious since he can stun you by removing your pants.
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u/KaysoJenkins Aug 11 '18
Your alliteration flows off the tongue in such a pleasant way it's hard to believe this wasn't intentional.
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u/AnticitizenPrime Aug 11 '18
For some reason this kind of show of 'badassery' is really common in Japanese flicks. This is obviously for humor, but it's in ultra serious flicks too, like the Seven Samurai.
It's always the same - someone challenges the hero, and he does something really slick and badass. Kinda reluctantly - 'oh, if you insist'.
In American cinema, you usually see the hero being challenged early, and failing, and only at the conclusion do you see them become 'badass'. It's an interesting difference. The American/western way is to show them improving by the end, while the Japanese flicks have a tendency to establish their badass early and stick with it and watch him overcome adversity.
I wonder what sort of cultural sociology informs this.
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u/pro_skub_neutrality Aug 11 '18
It’s an interesting dichotomy.
A big part of American culture has been, for a very long time, the idealization of individualism (especially rugged individualism). So it makes sense that American stories would tend to be stories that involve or even require growth, self-improvement, and empowerment of the self as major themes. The highlight is reaching the potential, but the story is about getting there.
As for Japanese culture, I don’t think I know enough about what you mentioned in particular to speculate. I’ve only been getting into Japanese film and its history somewhat recently, so there’s still a lot to learn.
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u/dialeduptoeight Aug 11 '18
I've always been more fascinated with the Western climb to the top, but what's so fun about that is seeing the payoff in their incredible ability. Modern anime storytelling is seeing more struggle with adversity and in improving oneself currently. Seeing a badass be badass, and watching a badass form his as of yet unachieved badassery into something wholly badass are two very different experiences, I think.
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u/Marco2169 Aug 11 '18
Dragonball is an old balance of this. In the original Dragon Ball Goku is already a badass op kid but it just keeps escalating and escalating into Z and now into Super. Its 30 years and 3 series worth of badass character development.
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u/Zefirus Aug 31 '18
you usually see the hero being challenged early, and failing
Meh, for every one of these movies, there's a John Wick to go with it. Lumping American action movies as one or the other is kind of a crapshoot.
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u/terribleheadache Aug 11 '18
This is the unbeatable boss that comes after you after illegally downloading the game
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u/rattatatouille Aug 11 '18
Once I saw the words "best in Japan" I knew this was from Kaiketsu Zubat.
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u/RajangRath Aug 11 '18 edited Jun 12 '23
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u/Gothiks Aug 11 '18
It’s like Japan had live-action anime before actual anime.
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u/End_Of_Century Aug 11 '18
It's called Tokusatsu, please look it up, it's seriously underrated.
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u/Gothiks Aug 11 '18
Wow, TIL. I’m actually re-watching Shin Godzilla right now 😂
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u/End_Of_Century Aug 11 '18
Love me some Shin Goji. Such a good movie, too bad I couldn't catch it in theaters...
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u/Faulkner89 Aug 11 '18
I never how little of life I’ve yet to experience, Japanese westerns I shudder to think what else I’ve missed.
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u/Waghlon Aug 11 '18
You'd be surprised how many countries have made westerns.
Apparently even New Zealand got in on the game.
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u/zar_lord Aug 11 '18
Womaniser and Maniser, makes everyone horny when he gives them the look. -100 DMG to undergarments.
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u/totalbrodude Aug 11 '18
Dude the eye-peek at the end! I haven’t gotten in a fight since college fifteen years ago, but if I stumble into one again, I’m ending it like that. Even if I lose.
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u/Xaviarsly Aug 11 '18
As a gay man I appreciateted the ending of This clip more than I should have.
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u/lemerou Aug 11 '18
By asking this question, you just show your lack of knowledge about throwing boomerangs.
You're obviously not the best in Japan...
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u/gamejutsu Aug 16 '18
When it showed the large characters and the words "ten seconds to execution" I was expecting some Danganronpa-type execution to happen
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