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Huh, interesting. We've known about this in my anime club for a while, though most hadn't seen it, and we're watching the full episodes for a 'Bad Anime Night' next semester.
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What the Saint Turtle can't even power up into his ultimate form? I gotta say the guy who drew the mestastone powered shredder clearly does not work in the same buildings as the guy who drew the unpowered version.
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You know, maybe this is an observation based on my ignorance of anime . . .
But from watching this, and especially watching Digimon, the Japanese superhero image seems to be concerned with the temporary transformation to a more powerful state. This is interesting when compared to the American version, where the more powerful state is always there, simply hidden under an innocuous disguise. Superman is always behind Clark Kent, but the turtles require a transformation to become Super Turtles. The state is not latent, but new; and yet it is almost always a temporary one.
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Well, there's also usually gradual power growth, punctuated by dramatically timed jumps. Huge motif in Japan, not so much in the US. You can see why RPG video games really took off first in Japan.
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