Trans Allegories in Film: 'Robots' (2005)
Animation as a medium of storytelling can be thought to be open to all ages and as I hope my readings will reveal, they could be interpreted as transgender stories.
Outer Man
For 50 years, "Outer Man" has been a cultural icon in Japan, a superhero TV series as ingrained in the national psyche as Ultraman. Generations have grown up watching the heroic Outer Man defend Earth from the monstrous Sylvie Seijin. But the line between fiction and reality blurs when a giant alien, identical to Outer Man, descends upon Tokyo.
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For 50 years, "Outer Man" has been a cultural icon in Japan, a superhero TV series as ingrained in the national psyche as Ultraman. Generations have grown up watching the heroic Outer Man defend Earth from the monstrous Sylvie Seijin. But the line between fiction and reality blurs when a giant alien, identical to Outer Man, descends upon Tokyo.
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Genre:Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Written By:Masakazu Migita, Minoru Kawasaki
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:River Top
Cast
Minoru Kawasaki
Director
Shun Shioya
Haruo Adachi
Yasuhisa Furuhara
Hideki Yoshino
Junki Tozuka
Koichi Moriwaki
Takumi Tsutsui
Dr. Fukuyama
Gen Ichikawa
Staff Officer Hayashi
Yuki Ikushima
Akio Hara
Eiichi Kikuchi
Toru Idesugi
Ryûki Kitaoka
Investigator Imai
Ryu Manatsu
Chief of Staff Oshima
Shunichi Okita
Shojiro Eda
Kojiro Takahashi
Hiroshi Sato
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