Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser
{{Infobox television
| image = Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser (LDs).jpg
| caption = LDs packages showing the Aztecaser romanization
| alt_name = Pro-Wrestling Star Aztekaiser
| genre = Tokusatsu, Action, Martial Arts, Pro-Wrestling
| creator = Go Nagai
Ken Ishikawa
| writer =
| director = Kiyosumi Fukazawa
| creative_director =
| developer = Bunzo Wakatsuki
| presenter =
| starring = Miki Shimamura
Futoshi Kikuchi
Tadayoshi Kura
Akira Oizumi
Rika Yazaki
Takumi Usuda
Shouhei Yamamoto
Asao Matsumoto
Antonio Inoki
| voices = Joji Yanami
| narrated = Toshio Furukawa
| theme_music_composer = Toshiaki Tsushima
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer = Toshiaki Tsushima
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 26
| company = Tsuburaya Productions
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer = Akira Kitsu
| editor =
| location =
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 22-26 minutes
| channel = NET (now TV Asahi)
| first_aired = {{start date|1976|10|07}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1977|03|31}}
| related =
}}
{{Nihongo|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 {{Nihongo|Aztecaser|アステカイザー|asutekaizā}}, published in different magazines by Shogakukan.{{Cite web
| url = http://www.mazingerz.com/SF/BATTLE.html
| title = Battle Hawk & Aztecaser
| accessdate = 2008-10-26
| author =
| date =
| publisher = The World of Go Nagai
| location = Japan
| language = Japanese
| quote =
}} 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).{{Cite web
| url = http://www.d-world.jp/dv/gonagai.php?action=aztekaiser
| title = AZTEKAISER
| accessdate = 2008-10-26
| publisher = d/visual
| location = Japan
| language = Italian
| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090303031206/http://www.d-world.jp/dv/gonagai.php?action%3Daztekaiser
| archivedate =2009-03-03
| url-status = dead
}}
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.
See also
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External links
- {{in lang|ja}}[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85847 Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser] at allcinema
- {{in lang|it}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20090303031206/http://www.d-world.jp/dv/gonagai.php?action%3Daztekaiser Aztekaiser (manga)] at d/visual
- {{in lang|ja}}[http://www.mazingerz.com/SF/BATTLE.html Battle Hawk & Aztecaser (manga)] at The World of Go Nagai webpage
- (Italian) [http://www.gonagaiworld.com/azteckaiser-il-tokusatsu-di-nagai-e-ishikawa-che-diventa-anime/ Aztekaiser, il tokusatsu di Go Nagai e Ken Ishikawa] at [http://www.gonagaiworld.com/ Go Nagai World].
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Category:1976 Japanese television series debuts
Category:1977 Japanese television series endings
Category:Japanese television series with live action and animation
Category:Tsuburaya Productions
Category:Japanese martial arts television series
Category:Professional wrestling television series
Category:Tokusatsu television series
Category:TV Asahi original programming
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