Space Ironmen Kyodyne was a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. The show, like numerous others of its type and era, were produced as a joint effort between manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and Toei Company producer Hirayama Tôru. It premiered in 1976 and ran for 48 episodes. The show is well known for its strange plot and costume design, rapid-fire and purposefully disorienting editing, and unique, sometimes surreal, atmosphere. The late Yūsuke Natsu and Takeshi Sasaki starred as Skyzel and Grounzel respectively.
Japanese study overview
Uchuu Tetsujin Kyodain is a Japanese drama of 159,928 characters, with 6,149 unique words and 1,390 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,149 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 健治Kenji×802
- 博士expert×359
- 早くearly×285
- 待つto wait×219
- 兄貴elder brother×218
- 兄ちゃん(one's) older brother×216
- 地球Earth×180
- 大兄older brother×178
- 星star (usu. excluding the Sun)×163
- 私I×157
- 小smallness×144
- 竜治Tatsuji×144
- 海堂Umidou×133
- 葉山Uiruson×99
- エツ子Etsuko×94
- 防衛軍defence forces×89
- 譲治Jōji×86
- 少尉second lieutenant×42
- 鉄人iron man×41
- 星人person from (the planet of)×38