Summaries

Zebraman awakens fifteen years in the future, unclear on what has happened to him, and quickly discovers that the evil Zebra Queen has a hold on Tokyo.

Straight from the delightfully-bent psyche of Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) comes a scandalous tale of good vs. evil. The year is 2025. Tokyo has fallen, and the world cries out for a hero. It cries for Zebraman. This striped crime fighter is the only hope for those who live in fear of the Zebra Queen, a hooved seductress out to conquer the world with the aide of her Miniskirt Zebra Police. The Queen has stolen Zebraman's powers and instituted Zebra Time: ten horrifying minutes each day when murder is legal. Without his super strength, Zebraman is just a guy with a mane - a broken-down hero unable to stop the onslaught of evil. Before he can take a bite out of the bad guys, Zebraman must find the young girl who holds the secret to regaining his ass-kicking powers and prove, once and for all, that a hero never changes his stripes.—Amazon

School teacher Ichikawa (Sho Aikawa), sometimes known as Zebraman, suddenly awakes 15 years later in the year 2025. The megapolis known as Tokyo has now been renamed to Zebra City. The city has become virtually crime free due to a new measure known as "Zebra Time." Every morning and evening for five minutes "Zebra Time" is implemented, which allows the Zebra Police to eliminate any potential criminals. Soon enough, Ichikawa comes under attack by the Zebra Police, but is saved by Ichiba (Naoki Tanaka) and taken away to a safe haven known as the "White Horse House". At the "White Horse House," survivors of "Zebra Time" recover from their wounds, while plotting methods to overthrow the city's govenor who implemented "Zebra Time". Throughout all of this, Ichikawa has lost his memory and cannot remember his past as Zebraman .—AsianWiki

Shinichi Ichikawa has become world famous after defeating an alien invasion as the superhero Zebraman. He then wakes up in the year 2025 with amnesia and no memory of who he is. Tokyo has become Zebra City. Mayor Kozuo Aihara has instituted Zebra Time where all crime is legal for five minutes during which his Zebra Police attack all and anybody. The mayor's daughter Yui performs on tv as the Zebra Queen. Ichikawa is found by Junpei Ichiba who played the role of Zebraman in the original tv series, Junpei takes Ichikawa to a refuge for the victims of Zebra Time beyond the city walls run by Ichikawa's former pupil Asano who is now a doctor. There they try to help Ichikawa regain his memory. During the course of this, Ichikawa finds that a scientist conducted an experiment to remove his shadow self and that this dark half became Yui. As Yui eliminates Mayor Aihara and claims all power, wanting to export Zebra Time around the world, Ichikawa tries to regain his Zebraman powers to stand against her.—moriareviews

Details

Keywords
  • non comic book superhero
  • superhero
  • the future
  • five word title
  • city name in title
Genres
  • Action
  • Sci-Fi
Release date Apr 30, 2010
Countries of origin Japan
Official sites Official site
Language Japanese
Filming locations Tokyo, Japan
Production companies Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Company (CBC) Central Arts Bingo Y.K.

Box office

Gross worldwide $1270219

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 46m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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