Approx length: As a canon, it's... huge. Hundreds of characters connected to various degrees. The most practical approach is to focus on a character/team and just watch shows things that feature them (stage shows tend to last between 30min to 1 hour).
For my planned requests, watching all the shows in which the characters appear together takes about 3 hours, and consuming their most important individual shows will bump that up to about 5hrs.
Feel free to contact me if you'd like me to send you copies of the shows, I know that between the pages being in Japanese, the payment systems they use and getting the subtitles to work on a webpage, accessing them can be a pain.
What is it, in summary?: "Local Heroes" are essentially mascots created to promote places and companies in Japan. Their main activities are stage shows and meets & greets, and depending on the skills of the person playing them, they'll do all sort of things - from acrobatics to sword fights, to simply talking about why the food of their hometown is the best.
What do you love about it?: I find the concept in general very charming, and I love all the different aspects that go into the production of a stage show. I'm also a sucker for masked characters, so I find a lot of them very handsome!
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'm planning to request fic of Shuraomaru and Tiefedorf! Shuraomaru is an immortal ninja who embraced darkness in order to become strong enough to fight against the evil in the world, while Tiefedorf is a former crow god who now serves the King of Darkness. Since they both share a love for interesting people and strong opponents, they immediately hit it off, and they end up becoming friends and well as partners in Tiefedorf's attempts to gather power for his master.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: As Shuraomaru is actually a rather prolific villain, I think the three shows featuring him and Tiefedorf (Sapporo, Wakayama and Kitakyushu) stand reasonably well on their own.
Japanese Local Hero City Mascots
Title: Japanee Local Hero City Mascots
Media: Live action
Approx length: As a canon, it's... huge. Hundreds of characters connected to various degrees. The most practical approach is to focus on a character/team and just watch shows things that feature them (stage shows tend to last between 30min to 1 hour).
For my planned requests, watching all the shows in which the characters appear together takes about 3 hours, and consuming their most important individual shows will bump that up to about 5hrs.
Where to find it: You can start here https://lvlh-hub.dreamwidth.org/
Feel free to contact me if you'd like me to send you copies of the shows, I know that between the pages being in Japanese, the payment systems they use and getting the subtitles to work on a webpage, accessing them can be a pain.
What is it, in summary?: "Local Heroes" are essentially mascots created to promote places and companies in Japan. Their main activities are stage shows and meets & greets, and depending on the skills of the person playing them, they'll do all sort of things - from acrobatics to sword fights, to simply talking about why the food of their hometown is the best.
What do you love about it?: I find the concept in general very charming, and I love all the different aspects that go into the production of a stage show. I'm also a sucker for masked characters, so I find a lot of them very handsome!
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'm planning to request fic of Shuraomaru and Tiefedorf! Shuraomaru is an immortal ninja who embraced darkness in order to become strong enough to fight against the evil in the world, while Tiefedorf is a former crow god who now serves the King of Darkness. Since they both share a love for interesting people and strong opponents, they immediately hit it off, and they end up becoming friends and well as partners in Tiefedorf's attempts to gather power for his master.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: As Shuraomaru is actually a rather prolific villain, I think the three shows featuring him and Tiefedorf (Sapporo, Wakayama and Kitakyushu) stand reasonably well on their own.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): N/A.