L'Uomo Ragno

This is legitimately my favorite TV show. I have yet to find anything so purely fun and entertaining as Toei's ridiculous, amazing, absurdly fantastic Japanese Spider-Man.

Strangely enough, this show actually served as Toei's first outing into the sentai Power Rangers "summon giant robot to battle giant kaiju" formula. If this show has one failing, it's that they hadn't yet figured out that having Spidey one-shot every villain isn't particularly thrilling.

Even so, the robot battles tend to be an afterthought to an otherwise wacky action show. You'll see Spidey gun down puddies with an SMG, or web-sling onto an actual helicopter, or drive a motorcycle to hunt down a bike gang, or any number of far-out shennanigans. The latest episode I watched had him literally die, go to Hell, re-kill a monster he'd sent there, and then fight his way to back to land of the living. He does stuff like that ALL THE TIME.

It is still possible to watch this on TV.com, for some reason. Everywhere else, even Marvel.com (which recently took down the episodes to free up server space), has decided it's not worth it.

Do yourself a favor and watch an episode of this show. You will not be disappointed.

I'm not saying it's a bad show or anything, but, personally? Not my favorite series!

When a strange UFO lands on Earth, young motorcycle racer Takuya Yamashiro hears a voice calling to him. However, when he arrives to the spaceship known as the Marveller, he finds his father dead. He meets Gaira after being attacked by foot soldiers of the Iron Cross Army, led by the evil Professor Monster, and at death's door, the last surviving being from planet Spider saves young Takuya by injecting him with his own blood, which gives Takuya spider-like powers. Now Takuya become Spider-Man to fight against the Iron Cross Army and its selection of Machine Bem.

A Japanese adaptation of the wall-crawler, this show does do things differently, but it manages to keep some elements of the original Spidey in (like the death of a loved one). It also does things unique, like give Takuya/Spider-Man a spaceship that can turn into a giant robot called Leopardon to fight giant monsters (an addition that was soon put into Sentai, resulting in it becoming Super Sentai, as each team would have a giant robot).

It is a series that needs to be seen to believe, but this is not one for the younger fans of the webhead. As this show is from Japan, expect a lot more violence (people die from Iron Cross attacks in some episodes) and religious figures (the second episode has a scene in a church where Takuya looks at a statue of Jesus being crucified).

This show is the discription of what it means to be misunderstood.

In my opinion its truely a masterpiece. It gaves everything i ever wanted to see even when i did not know at all that i wanted it. 10 outa 10.

This show is one of the most 70's Japanese action show things I've ever seen and it's great. It knows how crazy and campy it is and takes full advantage it. The stunts and production value is genuinely impressive. The editing style give the show an incredible amount of personality. The music is amazing and incredibly catchy. The show has a drug trip quality to it that makes it very entertaining. The show does not try to be a Spider-Man show and instead a crazy Japanese action show and as that it is the best it could be. It seems like everyone was having the time of their lives making it and you can tell watching it. It is one of the most entertaining shows I have ever seen and everyone should watch it. Every episode is on YouTube, so you have no excuse not to.