Changes: G.I. Joe

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G.I. Joe is a line of military-themed action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro.

It is a historical toy brand released in 1964, and has been released under the name "Combat joe" through Takara in Japan.(As a bonus, in order to make G.I.Joe, which was a rugged masculine design wearing a military uniform, more familiar to the Japanese, the facial impression was also softened and the whole body was made with clear parts, and then internal mechanical parts were added. In this way, the Henshin Cyborg(変身サイボーグ) series, a series that benchmarked G.I Joe, was released. The difference is that Henshin Cyborg is a concept that completes the robot vegetables by dressing them in the clothes of the popular anime or Tokusatsu hero at the time.)

In the case of the second series, as the Vietnam War continued, everyone began to be more cautious about producing military or war-themed works, and as anti-war and anti-war movements took place across the United States and the Western world, it was no longer used as a military toy. The result of Hasbro, who decided it would not be popular, quickly changed the mood. As a result, the theme changed from 'soldier' to 'adventurer', and of course the model changed a lot.

Also, the figures produced at the time were famous for their strange hand movements called Kung-Fu Grip, which are still used today. The hand gesture the figure in the picture above is doing is a kung fu grip. In a nutshell, you can put all kinds of toy parts (guns and other equipment) into your hands as if you were holding a stick in your fists. Now you're probably thinking, "What's so great about this kind of advertising?" But look at the '60s figure. There was no such thing. Even at this time, it was an innovation in the figure industry. In addition, in the later model, various variations were made, such as the addition of a gimmick that can move up to the hand joints instead of the kung fu grip, and the addition of an 'eagle eye' gimmick that rotates the eyes when the lever on the back of the head is operated.

The third series is a reboot series, and the size is smaller than the previous series. Using One Source Multi-Use, it started to attack with animations and comics from the start, and as a result, it was a huge success. In 1985, it won the honorary title of 'Best-selling toy in America'. In Japan, it was released through Takara like the 1st and 2nd generations, and was released as the original name like the 2nd generation, not Combet Joe.

Although the production of the 3rd generation figure was stopped in 1994, a variety of figure series are steadily coming out to this day.

There were also quite a few TV animations. From 1983 to 1986, the series produced by Sunbow and Toei Animation and the theatrical version for video were very popular, but the series produced by Dic Entertainment, G.i.joe fans, hardly heard the sound so good that it was treated as a Worst history.

Afterwards, an anime series called Sigma 6 was produced at Studio Gonzo (Unfortunately, unlike the 1983 series in Japan, it was not aired), Resolute, an adult animation subcontracted in Korea, and G.I. Joe: Here is Renegades. However, only one Renegades Series was released, probably due to sluggish toy sales.

A movie starring Korean actor Lee Byung-hun was released in 2009 and 2013, and a spin-off film starring Snake Eyes will be released in 2021.

The name G.I. Joe was created by David Breger when he was asked to do a comic strip for United States military magazines during World War II. Breger came up with the title "G.I. Joe" from the term "G.I." His strip debuted June 17, 1942 in the military's YANK magazine and Stars and Stripes newspaper. In 1945, United Artists released a movie titled The Story of G.I. Joe, directed by William Wellman and starring Burgess Meredith as acclaimed war correspondent Ernie Pyle.

On the other hand, They also crossover with Transformers, a famous toy from the same company! Later, They also crossover with toy brand characters such as Micronauts.

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