Hirosaki University Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science Assistant Professor Ryohei Sugahara cooperated in the production of "Kamen Rider BLACK SUN", which has started distribution on Amazon Prime Video.It provides knowledge about the ecology of grasshoppers, etc., and the credit of "Hirosaki University Environmental Entomology Laboratory" is flowing in the end roll.
According to Hirosaki University, grasshoppers are the motif of the Kamen Rider series, which has been produced as a popular character in many TV dramas and movies.For this reason, Assistant Professor Sugahara, a grasshopper expert, provided the production staff with knowledge of locust ecology and characteristics, as well as physiology and anatomy.
Assistant Professor Sugahara commented, "In addition to photographs from the time of Shinzo Masaki's laboratory, which was the predecessor of Shinzo Masaki, appear in the work, the biological knowledge of locusts was used as a reference for the creation of the work."
Kamen Rider BLACK SUN is a reboot version of "Kamen Rider BLACK" broadcasted on TBS series in 1987-1988, and was produced for distribution on Amazon Prime Video.Hidetoshi Nishijima and Tomoya Nakamura are in the lead roles, and Kazuya Shiraishi, who has worked as a megaphone in movies such as "Kinkyo" and "The Worst Guys in Japan", is the director.The work is all 10 episodes.
