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  • 2007
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  • 2007
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  • 1 h 55 m
Zebraman

Summary Shinichi is an unfortunate family-man who tries to escape his unhappy life by dressing up as his favorite TV super hero, Zebraman, and going out on dangerous mission. One night, he runs into a man dressed as a Crab. After the two fight, Shinichi realizes that the world is in terrible danger and only he can save it.

Directed By: Takashi Miike

Written By: Kankurô Kudô

  • 2007
  • Media Blasters
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2007
  • Media Blasters
  • 1 h 55 m

Zebraman

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Shinichi is an unfortunate family-man who tries to escape his unhappy life by dressing up as his favorite TV super hero, Zebraman, and going out on dangerous mission. One night, he runs into a man dressed as a Crab. After the two fight, Shinichi realizes that the world is in terrible danger and only he can save it.

Directed By: Takashi Miike

Written By: Kankurô Kudô

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
62
63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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75
It's goofy as hell but devilishly smart about it, which is why it's such great fun.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
A family-friendly fantasy that finds the director working in an uncharacteristically gentle mood.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Utterly delightful.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
70
The special effects are quality fun, the humor only a little Japanese, and the story boasts the offbeat genre twists Miike lovers clamber for.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
60
Driven less by civic duty than by the need to escape his dreary life, Zebraman is a tragic, touching figure too often obscured by Kankurou Kudo’s hyperactive screenplay and a special-effects team drunk on alien slime.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
It pains me to report that his Zebraman is a disappointment.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
Goofy, raunchy and very Japanese, Miike's film will probably play best to fanboys who love "Power Rangers" and "Ultraman" -- and there are plenty of them to go around.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bingo Y.K., DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), Mainichi Shinbunsha, Shogakukan, Sponichi - Supootsu Nippon Shinbun, TBS Pictures, Toei Company, Toei Video Company, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), WOWOW, Zebra Partners
Release Date Aug 15, 2007
Duration 1 h 55 m
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Awards

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 1 Nomination

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