Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser

Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser
LDs packages showing the Aztecaser romanization
Also known asPro-Wrestling Star Aztekaiser
GenreTokusatsu, Action, Martial Arts, Pro-Wrestling
Created byGo Nagai
Ken Ishikawa
Developed byBunzo Wakatsuki
Directed byKiyosumi Fukazawa
StarringMiki Shimamura
Futoshi Kikuchi
Tadayoshi Kura
Akira Oizumi
Rika Yazaki
Takumi Usuda
Shouhei Yamamoto
Asao Matsumoto
Antonio Inoki
Voices ofJoji Yanami
Narrated byToshio Furukawa
Theme music composerToshiaki Tsushima
ComposerToshiaki Tsushima
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerAkira Kitsu
Running time22-26 minutes
Production companyTsuburaya Productions
Original release
NetworkNET (now TV Asahi)
ReleaseOctober 7, 1976 (1976-10-07) –
March 31, 1977 (1977-03-31)

Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser (プロレスの星 アステカイザー, Puroresu no Hoshi Asutekaizā, officially romanized as Aztecaser and translated as Pro-Wrestling Star Aztecaser) also known as Pro-Wrestling Star Aztekaiser is a Japanese pro-wrestling-themed tokusatsu/anime superhero television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, and created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa. Nagai and Ishikawa created three manga series, simply named Aztecaser (アステカイザー, asutekaizā), published in different magazines by Shogakukan.[1] None of them are related between them or the TV show. They were compiled in a single tankōbon in 1978 (Futabasha), 1986 (Asahi Sonorama) and 2001 (Futabasha).[1][2]

This primarily live-action series is unique, in that, during each climactic battle with the weekly demonic menace, the titular wrestling superhero is able to transform his entire live-action surroundings into anime footage, enabling him to perform superhuman wrestling techniques that are otherwise impossible to perform in live-action.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Battle Hawk & Aztecaser" (in Japanese). Japan: The World of Go Nagai. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
  2. ^ "AZTEKAISER" (in Italian). Japan: d/visual. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2008-10-26.


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