Kekkō Kamen
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| Kekkō Kamen | |
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| けっこう仮面 | |
| Genre | Comedy, Hentai |
| Manga | |
| Author | Go Nagai |
| Publisher |  Shueisha |
| Serialized in | Monthly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | September 1974 – February 1978 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| OVA | |
| Director | Koji Morimoto |
| Studio | Dynamic |
| Licensor |  ADV Films |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Released | March 22, 1991 |
| Live action film | |
| Director | Hikari Hayakawa |
| Studio | Japan Home Video |
| Released | 1991-03-22 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Live action film: Kekkou Kamen 2: We'll be back... | |
| Director | Yutaka Akiyama |
| Studio | Japan Home Video |
| Released | 1992-03-27 |
| Runtime | 80 minutes |
| Live action film: Kekkou Kamen 3 | |
| Director | Yutaka Akiyama |
| Studio | Japan Home Video |
| Released | 1993-04-23 |
| Runtime | 95 minutes |
| Live action film | |
| Director | Takafumi Nagamine |
| Studio | Art Port |
| Released | 2004-02-06 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Live action film: Kekkou Kamen: The MGF Strikes Back | |
| Director | Takafumi Nagamine |
| Studio | Art Port |
| Released | 2004-07-23 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Live action film: Kekkou Kamen Returns | |
| Director | Takafumi Nagamine |
| Writer | Go Nagai, Yuki Okano |
| Studio | Art Port |
| Released | 2004-10-31 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Live action film: Kekkou kamen: Surprise | |
| Director | Takafumi Nagamine |
| Writer | Go Nagai, Yuki Okano |
| Studio | Art Port |
| Released | 2004-10-31 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Live action film: Kekkou Kamen Royale | |
| Director | Hiroshisuke Suzuki |
| Released | 2006 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
Kekkō Kamen (けっこう仮面?) is an adult rated manga and anime series from Japanese creator Go Nagai. The series is about the misadventures of a student named Takahashi Mayumi who attends a boarding school called "Toenail of Satan's Spartan Institute of Higher Education" that is run by sexual predators. The teachers are constantly looking for ways to torture or humiliate the students, and from this the teachers derive sexual satisfaction. Takahashi's only protection is from a mysterious figure known as Kekkō Kamen.
Kekkō Kamen is a female superhero whose costume consists solely of red boots, gloves, scarf and a mask with long bunny-like ears. Her fighting style is graceful, and her finishing move involves driving the opponent to the ground with a flying headscissors takedown which presses her groin into the victim's face.
Kekkō Kamen is a parody of hentai, magical girl shows, and the classic Japanese superhero Moonlight Mask (the name, especially, is a pun of Moonlight Mask's name in Japanese: "Gekkō Kamen"). As well as the similarity in name, both Kekkō Kamen's and Moonlight Mask's true identity is never revealed.
Seven live-action films have been made of Kekkō Kamen, along with at least one anime movie and several anime episodes. A photobook has also been made, featuring a martial artist as Kekkō Kamen. A sequel photobook featuring Kekkō Kamen's daughter, Kurenai Kamen, has also been made.
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[edit] Live-action films
There have been seven live-action films dedicated to Kekko Kamen. Go Nagai has been intricately involved in the production of the films.
The titles and order of the eight live-action Kekko Kamen films are as follows:
- Kekkô Kamen (1991)
- Kekkô Kamen 2 (1992)
- Kekkô Kamen 3 (1993)
- Kekkô Kamen (2004)
- Kekkô Kamen: Mangurifon no gyakushû (2004)
- Kekkô Kamen: Returns (2004)
- Kekkô Kamen: Surprise (2004)
- Kekkô Kamen Royale (2007)
- Kekkō Kamen Premium (2007)
Note that in both 1991 and 2004 films were produced under the simple title "Kekko Kamen". In the West, the 2004 film is often differentiated from the original by the title "Kekko Kamen NEW".
[edit] Parodies
- Angel Blade is a hentai parody produced in the Vanilla Series.
- Neko Kamen is a character from the webcomic Kitty Honey who was partially named after this character.
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Kekkou Kamen (1991) at the Internet Movie Database
- Kekkou Kamen 2 at the Internet Movie Database
- Kekkou Kamen 3 at the Internet Movie Database
- Kekkou Kamen (2004) at the Internet Movie Database
- Kekkou Kamen: The MGF Strikes Back at the Internet Movie Database
- Kekkou Kamen Returns at the Internet Movie Database
- Kekkou Kamen: Surprise at the Internet Movie Database
- (Japanese) Kekkou Kamen Royale, allcinema entry.
