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Stan Lee on Toei’s tokusatsu Spider-Man.
“I liked the way they did it in a Japanese style. It wasn’t really like the American version. It had its own flavour — even the way he walked.”(YouTube, 09:46.)
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Gene Pelc, Marvel’s man in Japan, interviewed.
“(Stan Lee) said that in all his experience of writing for people, if they could see (Sun Vulcan) in America on Saturday morning, it would wipe out anything because it’s full of action and very entertaining.” (See also.)
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Haim Saban interviewed.
“I’m laying in bed in my hotel room in Japan. … just three channels playing game shows … All of the sudden there were these five kids in spandex fighting monsters. Don’t ask me why, but I fell in love. It was so campy!”
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The woman who saved Power Rangers.
“Despite Super Sentai enduring in its native Japan, no one on Loesch’s side of the Pacific saw the potential.”
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Saban sells, buys, sells Power Rangers.
“Over the years, the franchise has spawned more than 900 television episodes and billions of dollars in sales of toys and other merchandise.”
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