In life he was a heroic warrior sorcerer of Atlantis; now, a century later, he is awoken from tomb to continue his task as the all-powerful super-mummy: the GOLDEN BAT!! Aided by a pair of sibling children and their scientist father, Golden Bat seeks to save the world from the forces of evil, most notably, the fiendish masked supervillain: DR. NAZO and his many minions and monsters!
-My spin on Japan’s fist superhero is mainly based on the original 1933 kamishibai versions of both him and Dr Nazo, but with a few twists! Would love someday to make a comic of this guy, has so much potential to work with!
Tiger 7 at the mercy of Rokuro Genjin, who looks like he's trying to steal old school Golden Bat's style.
When Golden Bat first made the scene in 1931 in kamishibai ("paper theatre") stories, he was costumed more like one of the Three Musketeers. That was the prevailing image of him for over thirty years, although he soon lost the hat (probably kept blowing off his head when he was flying).
Still from the 1950 Toei film Golden Bat: Frankenstein Skyscraper, aka Golden Bat: Skyscraper Monster, with our hero wearing a costume very faithful to the kamishibai look. Unfortunately, other than the film poster and a few stills, this film is lost, which is a freakin' shame.
As far as I can determine, Golden Bat did not take on his now familiar all-gold look until the 1966 Toei film.
And kept alive by doofuses like me cosplaying at conventions.
"Hey! Dat's-a me!"
"Hey! Dat's-a me, too!"
Of course, with the shape I'm in these days, I'll go with Golden Bat's original appearance if I ever cosplay him again. There's a lot less sucking-in-the-gut involved.
"Kamishibai" (紙芝居) by Asano Takeji (浅野竹二), c. 1950
Kamishibai, i.e. paper plays, were a form of street theater and storytelling wherein an itinerant narrator utilized a portable stage and illustrated boards to entertain impromptu audiences, popular from around the 1930's to the early 1950's
"Kamishibai" (紙芝居) de Asano Takeji (浅野竹二), c. 1950
Kamishibai (es decir, obras de teatro de papel) eran una forma de teatro callejero y narración de cuentos en la que un narrador itinerante utilizaba un escenario portátil y tableros ilustrados para entretener a audiencias improvisadas, popular desde alrededor de los años 1930 hasta principios de los años 1950
Someone requested I translated this, and I was interested, so I did! :D This is grandma Emi, she's so sweet! Listen to her tell you about the story of Chirin's Bell!
Ogon Bat is a Japanese superhero from 1931, which makes him one of the oldest superheroes out there. There are people who consider him to be the first. He originally debuted in a kamishibai, which was a form of storytelling popular in Japan of the Great Depression. Kamishibai involves painted pictures that the storyteller places in stage-like holders, and then tells the story based on them. It used to be very popular, before the television took over as main form of entertainment.
Ogon Bat is a being from Atlantis sent forwards in time to battle evil. His stories are based on science. He also has superpowers: Superstrength, invulnerability and flight. He was popular enough to survive the decline of kamishibai, and lives on in manga, anime and live action movies.
Japanese pop-culture’s first modern supervillain, Dr Nazo has been either a disfigured human scientist or an evil alien tyrant! However, no matter the origin, this costumed clawed madman left a infamous legacy of evil schemes, from creating monsters, to building many a death ray, to trying to hurl a rouge planet right at Earth, Nazo’s misdeeds would go to inspired many a villain in both anime and manga! Only the legendary GOLDEN BAT, the super-mummy from Atlantis, has the power and means to stand in his way!
Primer "Encuentro para la Conciencia" 2024.
📬 #ConcienciaSolidariaOng los invita a participar de un ameno #Encuentro, para chicos y grandes. Un espacio para aprender jugando, sobre el cuidado del ambiente y el planeta 🌎.
✅ Nuestro invitado: Martin Crespi, docente y escritor de libros para las infancias, presentará su libro “Caperucita, un cuento clásico para tiempos modernos”.
📆 Los esperamos el domingo 18 de febrero a las 17hs en Barzana 2088, Villa Urquiza, CABA.
🧮 Podrán disfrutar de juegos didácticos y un teatro de papel Kamishibai.
🍕🥟Y en nuestro buffet, habrá cositas sabrosas y saludables para disfrutar!! 😋
❗️La entrada es libre y gratuita.
😉 ¡Los esperamos!
“It can’t be allowed to happen a third time.I want to tell that to as many children as possible.And I hope that they will tell it to their own children when they grow up.” These are the words of Kajiya Fumiaki, who uses kamishibai to convey his experience of the bombing at the age of six.
I. Czym jest teatrzyk obrazkowy Kamishibai
Kamishibai (jap. kami – papier, shibai – sztuka) to inaczej „papierowy teatr”, nazywany również „teatrem obrazkowym” albo „teatrem narracji”. Większość kamishibai to bajki, baśnie lub opowiadania składające się z kilku lub kilkunastu ilustrowanych kart z tekstem na odwrocie. Ich prezentowaniu towarzyszy wyjątkowy nastrój, powstający za sprawą…