SPC and the Media

[cartoonking10749]

I don't know about you, but there are SPC shadows within the media. I meant by certain qualities associated with SPC files themselves into modern media. Here are some examples:
Puffy Ami Yumi- The two girl japanese band, popular in America resembles the Pointless Sisters

Power Rangers- Average folk powered up in new suits, powers,weapons etc with monster of the week just like the daily routine of SPC, also having a goliath fighting (MegaZord-like) robot.

[ApacheMan2K]

Puffy AmiYumi = cheap imitation. what more can i say?

[Marurun]

Power Rangers- Average folk powered up in new suits, powers,weapons etc with monster of the week just like the daily routine of SPC, also having a goliath fighting (MegaZord-like) robot.

Power Rangers was made in the 70's though. Wouldn't that make SPC the shadow? 

[cartoonking10749]

Maybe. In Japan, Power Rangers or Sentai Task Force were before SPC. But then any media hype before and after SPC is accepted. Thanks for pointing out anyway.

[D-Mac]

I believe Master Mew 007 once pointed out how many ideas the Pokémon anime takes from SPC.

- 3 main protagonists, including your "somewhat stupid" male lead hero, a second male who thinks he's God's gift to women, and the female who often beats the living daylights out of both males, and is in love with the "stupid hero".

- 3 Likable lead villians, whose "Evil Robot of Week" tactics always fail miserably.


Edited, due to mixing up words with words that are different words.  @_@

[Daisensei]

I don't know about you, but there are SPC shadows within the media. I meant by certain qualities associated with SPC files themselves into modern media. Here are some examples:
Puffy Ami Yumi- The two girl japanese band, popular in America resembles the Pointless Sisters

Power Rangers- Average folk powered up in new suits, powers,weapons etc with monster of the week just like the daily routine of SPC, also having a goliath fighting (MegaZord-like) robot.

Puffy Ami Yumi? You are too young, aren't you?  In my childhood (in the 70's) Pink Lady were the aidorus (idols) in the Japan, click here to see them.

Power Rangers? I used to read the adventures of Go Ranger in Japanese mangas, click here to learn more. Unfortunately the TV show was not aired in Brazil.     Nevertheless when I was kid I had played performing Go Ranger with my friends.

Yeah, I'm old, I must admit it. 

[SCerviche]

i never understood how putting on spandex and plastic helmets made the power rangers stronger

ahh the good old days.

[Marurun]

I believe Master Mew 007 once pointed out how many ideas the Pokémon anime takes from SPC.

- 3 main antagonists, including your "somewhat stupid" male lead hero, a second male who thinks he's God's gift to women, and the female who often beats the living daylights out of both males, and is in love with the "stupid hero".

- 3 Likable lead villians, whose "Evil Robot of Week" tactics always fail miserably.

Aren't a lot of animes like that though?

[adam808]

Also, maybe a lot of anime has similarities because the creators want to keep up with recognizable conventions...

[Violet]

Power Rangers was made in the 70's though. Wouldn't that make SPC the shadow? 

How did you figure that??  But, yes, that type of show is fairly old (but PR isn't that old).  KNT, although it borrows a lot from the traditions of other anime (like giant robots, and transforming heros), is a very unique show in many ways.  The robot-animal characters, the Edo-modern setting, the style of humor, that's not something you'll find else where.

The Pointless Sisters / Lovely Mipple and Puffy Ami Yumi:  "Idol" singers have been a regular thing in Japan for as long as they've had radio.  That's an example of the show working in some Japanese culture and placing it into the Edoropolis setting, something a lot of episodes are based on.  Puffy Ami Yumi just have the advantage of being fairly well know outside of Japan currently because of the Teen Titans theme music.  Probably more well known in Japan are Morning Musume, Double You, Utada Hikaru, Maki Goto, and a pile of others (Men can be idol singers too).    Image is just as important as the music in that business.

[Supersonic]

- 3 main antagonists

Surely you mean "Protagonists"? Antagonists are the villains!

[D-Mac]

Whoopsie! That was indeed a slip up on my part. 

[Marurun]

Power Rangers was made in the 70's though. Wouldn't that make SPC the shadow? 

How did you figure that??  But, yes, that type of show is fairly old (but PR isn't that old)

Whoops! My mistake! I was just thinking of sentai shows in general.

[Puutarou]

Power Rangers? I used to read the adventures of Go Ranger in Japanese mangas, click here to learn more. Unfortunately the TV show was not aired in Brazil.     Nevertheless when I was kid I had played performing Go Ranger with my friends.

Yeah, I'm old, I must admit it. 

Heh, that's cool! I'm a huge Sentai fan!

[Daisensei]

One important feature of the SPC/KNT series is the anthropomorphic animals. Although the ideia is not new (since Ub Iwerk created the Mickey Mouse in 1930's), it had been carried out brightly in the show. 
Another anthropomorphic animal art that I like very much is the work of Eric Schwartz. He put the home computer's animations in new level and was revolutionary in the early 1990's. I like very much his work due to its quality and for introducing little more adult themes (before him, the anthropomorphic animals arts are intended to childish audience). Nowadays we can find a lot of this kind of the art, or furry art as one says. I must warn you, some furry art site have contents that is not suitable to children.

[SBaby]

Puffy Ami Yumi are like the Pointless Sisters!!!!!!!!!!!!  Someone besides me has put 2 and 2 together!! 

Oh, here's another one for you and everyone will agree. 

Powerpuff Girls rips endless stuff from SPC.  First, they have 3 protagonists that constantly bicker with each other.  Second, they have an...  'alternate lifestyle' villain, if you catch my drift.  Third, Mojo Jojo is a direct reference to Mojo Rojo of the Rude Noise from SPC.  Anyone there that can think of anything else?  I'm sure there's more.

Oh, yeah!  The Narrator. 

[Methid Man]

Another anthropomorphic animal art that I like very much is the work of Eric Schwartz.

Eric Scwartz is the man. His comic Sabrina Online is among the best furry webcomics out there. [Warning: may contain sexual content]

-- Sam the Methid Man

[SBaby]

Ed, Edd, and Eddy.

Sarah is like Princess Vi on steroids.

Pokemon.

In the first season, they tried so hard, I have to give them that.  The Narrator actually made a few puns and would do comparisons.  Also, Team Rocket used to mention stunt doubles, and filling a half hour.  Classic SPC references.  After Season 1 they got away from that (coincidentally, the show went downhill in my book after that).

[cartoonking10749]

FLINT THE TIME DETECTIVE- In a few episodes, villainess Petrafina transforms her time travelling craft into a cat-faced fighting machine with the illustration of a cat bell on torso.

I agree that Pokemon and several anime share some wit and gimmicks from SPC.

[Daisensei]

FLINT THE TIME DETECTIVE- In a few episodes, villainess Petrafina transforms her time travelling craft into a cat-faced fighting machine with the illustration of a cat bell on torso.

I agree that Pokemon and several anime share some wit and gimmicks from SPC.

Flint... I had almost forgotten this show. It enjoyed me very much years ago, the story is very crazy!

I used to watch Pokemon, but year after year the episodes turned to be repetitive, I feel that the story haven't grown.