by Hello, this is Rikao Yanagita from the Institute of Science and Technology. I enjoy thinking about manga, anime, special effects programs, etc., from the perspective of science fiction. By the way, today’s research report is.
Fake heroes are an integral part of special effects programs.
Fake products have appeared in Ultraman, Ultraseven, Spectreman, Kamen Rider, and Mito Komon.
They impersonate heroes and do bad things, detracting from genuine credibility and honor.
What about this as a strategy?
For example, suppose a fake comedian appears on the stage in various places and continues to do uninteresting stories. In that case, he will be told that “that entertainer has become boring,” and his reputation and image will be damaged. If successful, the fake operation may be surprisingly effective.
However, I feel like it’s going to come out.
Whether it’s a comedian or a hero of justice, it’s attracting public attention. That’s why it has a meaning to lose its reputation, but as it draws attention, the actual appearance is well known, and even if a fake comes out, it may be immediately noticed.
However, the people in the show are always fooled! For some reason, it was easy to think that it was “genuine.”
Why is no one aware of it? In this article, I would like to consider this issue.
It’s a fake because you see it!
The fake thing that impresses me is the fake Ultraman.
The ghost of the Alien Zarab had his eyes hanging up from the real thing. There was also a black line on the pattern on his body. His toes were also sharp and curled up like the shoes Aladdin wore.
A fake that you can tell at a glance! The Alien Zarab is also an ugly copy.
Nevertheless, the earthlings were easily deceived.
When the fake Ultraman suddenly appears and begins to destroy the city, he believes it is Ultraman and no doubt.
Captain’Cap’s Muramatsu of the Science Special Investigation Corps was at a loss initially. Still, he was angry with “Even Ultraman, if it goes wild, Mr. Xu,” and he was attacking the tank corps of the Earth Defense Force without hesitation.
It is attacking the Alien Zarab, so the result is correct, but is that all right, the people of the earth !?
Since the appearance of fake Ultraman is the 18th episode of “Ultraman,” the Earthlings have been indebted to Ultraman 17 times by then.
If Ultraman suddenly begins to rampage, think, “It’s strange. Is there any reason?”
In the first place, what’s wrong with not noticing the noticeable difference between hanging eyes and tongue-shaped toes?
Where do you observe from?
The height of Fake Ultraman is 40m, which is the same as the real one.
Suppose humans observe this from the ground. For example, when looking up from a point 40m away, the angle of the line of sight that the observer looks up at is 45 degrees because a right-angled isosceles triangle is formed by connecting the top of the fake Ultraman, the feet of the fake Ultraman, and the observer.
――When you draw it in a diagram, you can only see the lower half of your face!
With this, it may be difficult to notice the eye feature of “hanging eyes.”
Moreover, if it is 40m away, various objects such as buildings and automobiles will be between the observer and Ultraman. It may be difficult to distinguish the shape of the toes because they block the line of sight …!
It can be said that the distance of 40m is too close to observe a massive alien with a height of 40m.
Since the Earth Defense Force shells were also flying around, it would be better to be about 1km away for safe observation.
Then, the observation target looks very small this time.
Fake Ultraman is 24 times taller than humans, so observing him from a distance of 1km is the same as looking at an average human at a length of 42m. The features of his face and the fine lines of his body are very indistinguishable.
First, it is necessary to know the real thing well to detect that “He is a fake!”
As mentioned above, Ultraman has appeared 17 times before that.
But Ultraman isn’t standing still. As soon as he appears, he fights a fierce battle with the monster and returns in a hurry within three minutes. 3 minutes x 17 times = 51 minutes!
What’s more, it would have been difficult to photograph them in an era when people didn’t carry their smartphones with them, as they didn’t know where they would appear every time.
In other words, it is highly possible that Ultraman’s appearance is not correctly recognized by the Earthlings in the play because it is vast, always rampaging, and lacks endurance.
That means that I’m going to consider the rough copy of Ultraman as a problem, but that’s enough to deceive me !? A surprising conclusion …!
What about Kamen Rider?
A fake has also appeared in “Kamen Rider.” Moreover, six people!
The name in the play was “Shocker Rider,” and this copy was perfect. It may be natural that Shocker converted Takeshi Hongo and Hayato Ichimonji into Kamen Rider, and it was Shocker’s progressive organization, Gel Shocker, sent the fake rider.
However, the colors of the boots, gloves, and muffler were different.
The actual No. 1 rider transformed by Takeshi Hongo has a red muffler and silver boots and gloves. On the other hand, the fake rider who appeared was all yellow in this three-piece set.
It looks like it will come out soon, but I don’t even notice Tachibana Tobei. I don’t even know the people of the Anti-Shocker Alliance who are fighting with Kamen Rider.
No one noticed until Hayato Ichimonji, the No. 2 rider who came back from South America, pointed out, “When did you start that muffler?”
However, I feel that this can’t be helped.
Looking back on myself, I am confident that I will not notice. First of all, I don’t remember what color tie the working partner I met earlier was wearing.
In the case of Kamen Rider, the muffler and boots are removable, so even if it changes, you wouldn’t think, “It’s a fake !?”
Instead, I feel that Hayato Ichimonji, who responded to a single muffler, is too sensitive.
This is not the case when Ichamon is attached to a hero who has found a fake.
The question here is why the gel shocker changed the muffler and other colors.
As mentioned earlier, there were six fake riders. Moreover, although the boots and gloves were all yellow, the colors of the mufflers were yellow, white, green, blue, purple, and pink, all six of whom were different. Why such coordination !?
If you take the position of a shocker rider, you can do it.
Suppose the fake riders look precisely the same as the Kamen Riders. It’s hard to tell which one is the real thing, and you could end up fighting each other.
That said, if all six had a yellow muffler, it would be like telling Tobei Tachibana and Kazuya Taki, who know that there are only two real riders, “Yellow is a sign of a fake.”
In other words, since there are six fake riders, all of them had to be disjointed designs and confused.
In any case, the failure of any fake is to fight the real thing in the end.
If the Alien Zarab and the shocker riders were all focused on doing bad things in the absence of the real thing, the credibility of the real hero would be lost, and it would have had some effect.
If there are any fake things in “Shin Ultraman” or “Shin Kamen Rider” in the future, please be careful.
