Created by Go Nagai
Ken Ishikawa First episode date 7 October 1976 Number of seasons 1 Cast Antonio Inoki | Written by Bunzo Wakatsuki Final episode date 31 March 1977 Number of episodes 26 Program creators Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa | |
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Also known as Pro-Wrestling Star Aztekaiser Genre Tokusatsu, Action, Martial Arts, Pro-Wrestling Directed by Kiyoto Fukazawa
Akira Okazaki
Kanji Otsuka
Shouhei Tojo Starring Miki Shimamura
Futoshi Kikuchi
Tadayoshi Kura
Akira Oizumi
Rika Yazaki
Takumi Usuda
Shouhei Yamamoto
Asao Matsumoto
Antonio Inoki Similar Battle Hawk, Dinosaur War Izenborg, Saru No Gundan, Majokko Tickle, Jumborg Ace | ||
Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser (プロレスの星 アステカイザー, Puroresu no Hoshi Asutekaizā, officially romanized as Aztecaser and translated as Pro-Wrestling Star Aztecaser) also known as Pro-Wrestling Star Aztekaiser is a Japanese pro-wrestling-themed tokusatsu/anime superhero television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, and created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa. Nagai and Ishikawa created three manga series, simply named Aztecaser (アステカイザー, asutekaizā), published in different magazines by Shogakukan. None of them are related between them or the TV show. They were compiled in a single tankōbon in 1978 (Futabasha), 1986 (Asahi Sonorama) and 2001 (Futabasha).
This primarily live-action series is unique, in that, during each climactic battle with the weekly demonic menace, the titular wrestling superhero is able to transform his entire live-action surroundings into anime footage, enabling him to perform superhuman wrestling techniques that are otherwise impossible to perform in live-action.