Obscure superheroine movies

Thought it might be nice to kick off a thread for obscure superheroine appearances on screen, to provide a list for fellow fans who might want to track stuff down. If you come across a references to a rare heroine appearance (that isn't extensively documented on the web already, so Darna etc. doesn't count) then document what you know here -- maybe other fans will be able to track some video down. Who know, if enough people contribute to this thread then perhaps it might even qualify as useful enough to become a sticky(?)

Wander Woman Si Ako



So I'll kick of with Maria Teresa Carlson as "Wander Woman" in Wander Woman Si Ako, a 1980 Filipino movie based, judging by the picture, on Wonder Woman. Very likely inspired by the Lynda Carter tv show of that same era. Carlson was an actress and former beauty queen who appeared in a number of comedy and action roles around that time -- sadly she committed suicide in 2001 after allegedly suffering years of abuse from her husband.

I've looked, and there doesn't appear to be much data on Wander Woman online. However, one visitor to this YT channel that uploads old Filipino movies very recently left a comment requesting Wander Woman be uploaded... so fingers crossed.

Komics: Alpha Omega Girl

The next obscure superheroine is also from the Philippines, but a bit more recent. Alpha Omega Girl is a one off superheroine who appeared as part of the Komics tv show -- season 2, episode 11 (2006). The series features a number of superheros translated from comicbook sources, including another heroine called Lightning Roda (season 2, episode 3.) A low quality segment from Alpha Omega Girl's episode is available on YouTube .

Super Klenk....*sigh*

ElF

Let me add a few superheroine shows from Japanese kids tv. These are kids shows, so the level of violence is on a par with the 70s Isis, Wonder Woman or Bionic Woman shows. Although these are well known to many dedicated heroine followers (for example many of the Giga heroines are heavily based on these shows), there's often precious little video of them in the West or available from the English speaking parts of the Web. Some of these shows have been uploaded to Japanese equivalents to YouTube, but unfortunately the content is region locked and cannot be played outside of certain countries.

好き!すき!!魔女先生

Late 1960 / early 1970s. A young woman with magical abilities arrives in Japan and becomes a school teacher. She uses her magic to secretly help her pupils and fight monsters (seems to be a bit like a mix of the Bionic Woman and Bewitched!) In later episodes (season 2?) she transforms into a masked crime fighting costume whenever she goes into combat. Not sure in any of these were shown outside of Japan as the series doesn't appear to have alternative names. A couple of Dailymotion examples...

www.dailymotion.com/video/x95r96_tv-%E3%...%E5%9B%9E_shortfilms
www.dailymotion.com/video/x11ov5o_%E5%A5...85%EF%BD%8F_creation

Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine

1980s A young Japanese girl is given a superpowered identity by a god after she prays at a shrine. The twist is, if anyone learns of her secret identity she will be transformed into a frog. Episodes vary from fighting gangsters, to supernatural villains. In the second season Poitrine acquires a junior sidekick, and a regular supervillain who appears in many episodes. All 52 episodes are available here -- switch from SD to VLD if you want the videos to stream smoothly.

en.channel.pandora.tv/channel/video.ptv?...egid=36009662&page=2

A spoof followup was made many years later, with the same (supposedly) girl now grown up into a middle aged housewife and mother, still fighting crime and monsters as a masked heroine. It goes by the name of "La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine" or "美少女仮面ポワトリン" or "Bishōjo Kamen Powatorin" or "Socialite Belle Panchanne: The Wife Is a Superheroine!" Episodes of this are available on YT and elsewhere.

Mahou Shoujo Chuuka na Paipai! -- aka "魔法少女ちゅうかなぱいぱい！" or "Mahō Shōjo Chūka na Pai Pai!" ... translates as Magical Chinese Girl Pai Pai!

Late 1980s. A young teenage girl with magical abilities finds herself in Japan. She disguises herself as a regular girl and is adopted by a family who (it seems) are unaware of her true nature. She uses her magic powers to help the family, and (by transforming into a red costume) fights crime and monsters. Here's a few videos -- switch from SD to VLD if you want the videos to stream smoothly. She usually doesn't switch into her action/combat outfit until the final part of the episode:

en.channel.pandora.tv/channel/video.ptv?...egid=36009662&page=1
en.channel.pandora.tv/channel/video.ptv?...egid=36009662&page=1
en.channel.pandora.tv/channel/video.ptv?...egid=36009662&page=1

Most(?) of the episodes are on www.nicovideo.jp but they are region locked.

Mahou Shoujo Chukana Ipanema -- aka "魔法少女ちゅうかないぱねま！" or "Mahō Shōjo Chūka na Ipanema!" ... translates as Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema!

Late 1980s / early 1990s. What do you do when the title actress in your series doesn't want to return for another season? Well you recast the part, and revamp the show as a sequel to the original by claiming a second superherojne has also shown up in Japan in similar circumstances. Yet again a princess with magical powers hides herself as an everyday teenager, and is adopted by a Japanese family who seem unaware that she's secretly fighting crime etc. If you scout about you'll find a few videos available for the first three episodes, plus assorted low qualify clips on sites like DailyMotion.

lfan wrote: Super Klenk....*sigh*

ElF

Just give it up lfan, it's never gonna happen. Never gonna happen, my friend...

R5

five_red wrote:

lfan wrote: Super Klenk....*sigh*

ElF

Just give it up lfan, it's never gonna happen. Never gonna happen, my friend...

R5

Hehe

TwiceOnThursdays wrote:

Andy T wrote: Ultra (2006)

A single superhero juggles her crime-fighting career with the demands of her active social life.

An unrealeased pilot. Almost impossible to find.

Funny as it has Peter dinklage and Lena Heady pre-game of thrones. And it is weird seeing her young and flighty after Sarah Conner and cersei lannister.

Had a nice scene of Lena lifting a trailer tractor off a car.... . Kinda deviates from the series a bit. I always thought the theme was kinda Sex in The City with Superpowers, but Pearl's (and I think they used a different name) relationships with the other girls are never mentioned, much less explored.

ElF

Another hidden treasure from the Philippines ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komiks_Presents:_Dragonna

Dragonna was a short lives 2009 series, 8 episodes, about a young woman who can turn into a flame-throwing superheroine whenever she becomes angry.


R5