steriaca Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I'll admit that the magical girl genre was invented in Japan in the 60s and the magical girl superhero was introduced in the 70s with Cutey Honey who more or less marked the transition point between the Japanese equivalents of Silver and Bronze age. I've just always thought that it would be interesting to be a Japanese superhero during the Occupation at a point when any Japanese superhuman would be interned. One can say that the Magical Girl thing predates the 60's, as one of the earliest examples was created by Tesuka himself. Unforcently, the early examples did not fight crime or monsters, but instead used her 'instant adult' powers to taje care of her brother and sister after there parents died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 One can say that the Magical Girl thing predates the 60's, as one of the earliest examples was created by Tesuka himself. Unforcently, the early examples did not fight crime or monsters, but instead used her 'instant adult' powers to taje care of her brother and sister after there parents died. Er...no. Marvelous Melmo was 1970, so past the importation of Bewitched that sparked the birth of the magical girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Er...no. Marvelous Melmo was 1970, so past the importation of Bewitched that sparked the birth of the magical girl. I stand corrected. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 A lot of these feel like modern characters shoved back in time. They don't really feel like Atomic or Silver Age characters to me.I disagree. Red Hammer is a perfect Silver Age USSR Communist. So much so that even when burned by his government, he is still loyal and loyally waiting for new orders from the Kremlin (and working for others...a loyal comrade needs to keep busy). And Gooz-gooz Ghagla is your Atomic Age giant alien like in Tales To Astonish. As for the rest, well, we try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I guess for the villains, it might depend on how the character is runned. Note that a villain is simply a pile of points. It is up to the game master to shape the pile of points into a character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomGM2602 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 The GM also must make the PC or NPC villain as believable as possible look at all the movie serial villains created by republic pictures or WB in the 1940's and 50's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted November 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 On 3/9/2017 at 6:55 PM, PhantomGM2602 said: The GM also must make the PC or NPC villain as believable as possible look at all the movie serial villains created by republic pictures or WB in the 1940's and 50's That is true. Oh, and bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Guardian The hero of the Soviet Union who appeared in 1959. He has the same powers as the famous America superhero Ultraman. Real name Ivan Zhukov, an the official story is that he is the creation of Soviet Super Science. Retconned origin: He is the son of the Ultraman who was stolen by a time traveler and given to the Soviets in order to prolong the Cold War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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