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Shotaro Ishinomori is one of the most influential men in Japanese entertainment. In his youth he was the president of a manga study group and got his first big break working as an assistant to [[Osamu Tezuka]] himself (who famously remarked that Ishinomori, then going by the name Onodera, resembled a talking potato) on the ''Denkou The Invisible Robot'' story in ''[[Astro Boy (Mangamanga)|Astro Boy]]''. On the manga and anime side, he created ''[[Cyborg 009 (Manga)|Cyborg 009]]'', which was one of the first animated super-teams.
 
But more importantly, he created ''[[Kamen Rider]]'', one of the major live-action [[Tokusatsu]] franchises. KR was based on Ishinomori's ''[[Skull Man (Manga)|Skull Man]]'' manga, which is now currently being remade by his protege, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, who was specifically commissioned to do so. He also created ''[[Himitsu Sentai Goranger]]'', launching the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise, though he had little to do with it after ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]''.<ref>In fact, ''Goranger'' and ''JAKQ'' were merely considered spiritual predecessors to ''Super Sentai'' for a long time instead of actual installments.</ref>
 
Due to the large number of superheroes he created, many of them much grimmer and more "realistic" than what the competition was putting out at the time while still retaining an endearing sense of over-the-top garishness, he is often considered to be the Japanese equivalent of [[Stan Lee]].
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=== Notable Ishinomori Series: ===
* ''[[Zero Zero Nine One (Anime)009-1|Zero Zero Nine One]]''
* ''[[Akumaizer 3]]''
* ''[[Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine]]
* ''[[Cyborg 009 (Manga)|Cyborg 009]]''
* ''[[Daitetsujin 17]]''
* ''[[Flying Phantom Ship]]''
* ''[[Ganbare Robocon]]''
* ''[[Gilgamesh (Anime)|Gilgamesh]]''
* ''[[Henshin Ninja Arashi]]''
* ''[[Himitsu Sentai Goranger]]''
* ''[[Inazuman]]''
* ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]''
* ''[[Japan Inc (Manga)|Japan Inc]]'' / ''[[Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon]]''
* ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]''
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]''
* ''[[Kikaider (TV)|Kikaider]]''
* ''[[Kyoudai Ken Byclosser]]''
* An [[OEL Manga]] [[The Legend of Zelda (Mangamanga)|adaptation]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Sentai Robin]]''
* ''[[Robot Detective]]''
* ''[[Seiun Kamen Machineman]]''
* ''[[Skull Man (Manga)|Skull Man]]''
* ''[[Space Ironmen Kyodain]]''
* ''[[Voicelugger]]'' (the last series he worked on before his death)
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* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]: Who needs [[Spider-Man|radioactive spiders]] or [[Fantastic Four|cosmic rays]] when there's tons of perfectly "realistic" ways to give your heroes superpowers? Like lots and lots of [[Zeerust|transistors]].
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]: A recurring theme in many of his works, starting with ''009'', Ishinomori could be considered the patron saint of this trope.
* [[Playing Withwith Syringes]]: By the same token, his bad guys tend to resemble the stars of a Medical Fetishist's wet dreams.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Yuusuke Onodera, the new [[Kamen Rider Kuuga|Kuuga]] in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', has Ishinomori's original surname; Shotaro Hidari, the hero of ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'', obviously shares his first name.
 
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