) the likenesses of Adam West and Burt Ward. In America much of the merchandising done in conjunction with the show used generic art based on the look of the character from the comics (usually the 'New Look' Batman but even using the 'black bat' pre-yellow oval/short cylinder utility belt look at times). In Japan, though, most everything released when the show started airing was based on the TV show characters. I was particularly happy to see the Batmobile be the George Barris version.The sonorama is taken from the 1st season "Zelda The Great/A Death Worse Than Fate" episodes nine and ten. It follows them rather closely up until the ending...you can see how things turned out here in the photos
.Also, Zelda and Eivol Ekdol were never referred to as such, instead being called simply the "Bank Gang".There are many items shown in Batman's "arsenal" that Westerners might find puzzling. There is the regular stuff like the Batzooka, All Purpose Rope, Speaker (Megaphone), and Searchlight. There are familiar things with stranger names, like the Bat Lock (Batarang with rope). And then there are things like the Laser Gun, Dynamite (the thing that looks like a pen shooting out a ray), and the delightful Magic Lighter
. Because every hero in Japan needs an energy weapon, something that blows things up, and a lighter. ;PI love all iterations of Batman (Batman Vs. Superman was great...oh yes it was!!!), but my favorite is the 1943 Serial Batman followed by the 1949 Serial Batman and the 1966 TV Batman. When comic book site IGN had a Batman trivia app that let you go head-to-head with players from around the world, I was in the top 500 worldwide even playing against native English speakers, and within Japan I was ranked #1. I was not only the fan Batman needed, but the one he deserved
