Booms

Some booms happened in the hero program of Japan. I will introduce them this time.

The first Kaiju boom

Kaiju means a monster. In Japan, a monster is called Kaiju.

Once a monster boom is settled, it came into fashion again. Therefore, there are two kinds of monster booms. The broadcast of the "Ultraman" series of a monster boom is a cause. I think that you also know because Ultraman was introduced last week. In fact, before Ultraman was broadcast, the tale of the monster "Godzilla" was showed. But it was a movie. Since not all people can go to see a movie, it not very be in fashion.People were able to see the monster only in the movie theater. However, since the Ultraman series was telecast, everyone was able to see it. And some children could see the monster now on television every week.Children become absorbed in a monster and came to do Kaiju Gokko. “Gokko” means “making-believe play”. Before, although children had been doing ninja Gokko, they changed to monster Gokko.

However, the program in which a monster appears costs a lot of money. It became severe that a work company continues making programs. Then, the work company devised so that making programs cost a lot of money. For example, Ultraman made a setup that he could be in the earth only for 3 minutes. They are setting up the time limit and tried to reduce the battle scene what requires money as much as possible. The setup is still succeeded. The newest Ultraman is not to be able to be in the earth only for 3 minutes, too. It has been Ultraman's absolute conditions.

The second monster boom

Even after the first monster boom went away, the program in which a monster appears was broadcast. After, the doll of the monster came to be sold.

This became a cause of the second monster boom. When children got the doll of a monster and came to have played, instantly, the program in which a monster appears became popularity. And Ultraman what broadcast had stopped was newly broadcast. The title is "Ultraman who came back." The doll came to be sold whenever a new monster appeared. Although the making cost of the program became insufficient before, the sales of the doll came to be used as a making cost. The work company could make a program now more comfortably.

Transformation boom

"Kamen Rider" came to be broadcast at the same period as "Ultraman who came back." By broadcast of Kamen Rider, children came to imitate the transformation of it. This is a "transformation boom." Children yearn after Kamen Rider and came to do imitation of the transformation pause of it, a punch, or a kick. When a transformation belt (it used when Kamen Rider transform) came to be sold as a toy, the transformation boom was in fashion more. The child absorbed in imitating Kamen Rider involved in the fatal accident.

Even now, Ultraman and Kamen Rider are popular. We can buy the doll of a monster, and a transformation belt in a toyshop.