In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan gets to see where Tokusatsu truly started as he gets to review the first solo manga by Shotaro Ishinomori, Cyborg 009 He also discusses the cold war, the various racial stereotypes that Ishinomori utilized in this manga and how it inspired many future properties and the genre of tokusatsu. Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -What's The Justice by Keiko & Marc ( Cyborg 009 (2001) OST ), Background Music - Cyborg 009 (70's version Main Theme) by Kosugi Taichiro & Urushibara Masahisa ( Cyborg 009 (1979) OST), Background Music - Teaser Theme by Kentaro Nabia ( 009 Re: Cyborg OST ), Ending Music - Genesis of Next by Tetsuya Komuro & Marc ( Cyborg 009 (2001) OST ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store http://www.amazon.com/shops/spiraken Random Question of the Week: Which cyborg ability would you want to have?
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