Being a failure as a teacher and a family man, Shinichi tries to escape everyday life by dressing up as "Zebraman", the superhero. Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escape fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He gets more then he could ever wish for when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.
Directed by Miike Takashi, Zebraman captures that Japanese oddball culture, while also being an entertaining film in its own right. Leaning heavily on the superhero satire sub-genre Miike is having a great time poking fun at stuff like Kamen Rider, while also reminding me of the film Big Man Japan (2007) with it's self-aware campiness.
It definitely could have benefitted from being 20-30 min shorter, I don't really think there's material here for a two hour film, and the first half gets it right with all the hilarious costumes which gets replaced later by silly CGI aliens. That aside, Zebraman is ridiculous and fun.
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
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