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Song of Seven Colour Mask | 七色仮面の歌

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Here are the lyrics of a song from a 1950s tokusatsu show, Nanairo Kamen or Seven Colour Mask. とけないなぞを さらりとといて このよにあだなす ものたちを デンデントロリコ やっつけろ デンデントロリコ やっつけろ 七つのかおの おじさんの ほんとのかおは どれでしょう ゆめは七色 きれいなにじの みんなよんでる しあわせを デンデントロリコ もってくる デンデントロリコ もってくる 七つのこえの おじさんの ほんとのこえは どれでしょう とけないなぞを さらりとといて このよにあだなす ものたちを デンデントロリコ やっつけろ デンデントロリコ やっつけろ 七つのかおの おじさんの ほんとのかおは どれでしょう ゆめは七色 きれいなにじの みんなよんでる しあわせを デンデントロリコ もってくる デンデントロリコ もってくる 七つのこえの おじさんの ほんとのこえは どれでしょう Toke nai nazo o sarari to toi te kono yo ni adana su mono tachi o de n de n tororiko yattsukero de n de n tororiko yattsukero nanatsu no kao no ojisa n no ho n to no kao wa dore deshou yume wa nana iro kirei nani ji no mi n na yo n deru shiawase o de n de n tororiko mot te kuru de n de n tororiko mot te kuru nanatsu no koe no ojisa n no ho n to no koe wa dore desho u toke nai nazo o sarari to toi te ko...

Silver Kamen vs Alien Krygys | シルバー仮面vsキルギス星人

Silver Kamen vs Alien Tigris | シルバー仮面vsチグリス星人

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Why is Silver Kamen Ep 1 so Dark? | シルバー仮面第1話はなぜ暗いのですか?

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Ahhhhhh! The Alien Tigris suit. Silver Kamen was a unique tokusatsu show created by many staff formerly from the Tsuburaya production team. They included Akio Jissōji, Yamagiwa Eizō and Tōru Toyama. If you are familiar with Silver Kamen, you'll know it's a show with a dark tone and serious story, but how about the episode where there is literally poor lighting? That is none other than Episode 1, "My Hometown is Earth". Watch the first 6 minutes of the video below. There is a very surreal feeling to the prologue, and it has very low lighting. The darkness was actually intentionally employed. Read on to find out why. At first, the production team had difficulty selecting the cast for the show, and so the filming was delayed to 4th November. At that time, Tsuburaya's Mirrorman was scheduled to be aired because TBS could not obtain the permission of another show's creator. Mirrorman would then  go on to compete for audience with Silver Kamen . Meanwh...

Ultra Fight Gomora and Episode 196 | ウルトラファイトゴモラ • 196話

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Title Card looks very different from other episodes Ultra Fight was a low budget show created by Tsuburaya Productions when the company was in a critical situation after several of their shows failed to gain popularity. Ultra Fight itself was well received by viewers, and Tsuburaya managed to produce 196 episodes compared to the planned 130. Though there is something strange about episode 196, Monster Morgue ( 怪獣死体置場) , which features Woo as well as Gomora who never appeared in any of the other 195 episodes. Episode 195 was supposed to be the final episode, airing on 2nd July 1971. However, some episodes of Ultra Fight were re-edited fight scenes from Ultraman and Ultraseven . Thus, when Ultraseven episode 12 was banned , episode 9 of Ultra Fight (production ep 45), featuring scenes from there, also had to be sealed and could not be rebroadcast. So, Tsuburaya hastily created an episode to replace that. It aired on 6th July. Why was Gomora used? I have...

GUYS' Weapons Based on Previous Defence Teams ② | 以前の防衛チームに基づくGUYS兵器 ②

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In 1968, Ultraseven fought the robot King Joe, whose Pedanium Armour proved to be too strong for the hero. Eventually, a certain Dr Dorothy Anderson developed Ryton R30, the only material that can destroy Pedanium. The Ultra Garrison fired a Ryton R30 Bomb at King Joe and the robot stopped moving before sparking and exploding. Ultra Garrison firing the bomb Then in Ultraman Mebius , GUYS developed a Space Mine, the Ryton R30 Mine . As its name suggests, it is installed in space to prevent invaders from entering Earth. We are now technically safe from King Joes!! Unfortunately they are still attacking in alternate universe of  Ultraman X  .Aditionally, I wonder how they do not explode when Earth spaceships fly into space, but they might be harmless to materials other than Pedanium. The mines exploding

GUYS' Weapons Based on Previous Defence Teams ① | 以前の防衛チームに基づくGUYS兵器 ①

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During episode 39 of Ultraman Ace , way back in 1972, Yapool's agent Alien Fire a powerful choju, Firemons , on a rampage. Ace was not able to defeat him, with Firemons withstanding his Metallium Ray and ended getting stabbed with the Fire Sword. TAC then produced a powerful cannon called Silver Shark  that destroyed Firemons easily, implying that the laser is stronger than a Metallium Ray. This is the first time TAC destroyed a choju (doesn't that mean they are not successful as a defence team?). In Ultraman Mebius ,   another Silver Shark was introduced, c alled Silver Shark G . This was a large beam gun placed beside the GUYS headquaters, the Phoenix Nes t.   It boasts range and precision that can destroy  meteorites  falling to Earth.