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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Since this topic has been brought up, I wonder where Shotaro Ishinomori got his fear of a secret revival of fascism, which shows through in his robots since Cyborg 009? He is too young to remember militaristic Japan. Is it the influence of a difficult post-war childhood or stories / works of elders?

He was born in 1938, so his earliest childhood memories would have been of WWII-era Japan. That said, I do remember reading something about this once but it's been years now; I want to say it was either on the V3 dvd notes or in some of the episode notes that went up with fansubs from the Showa series (maybe KITSubs?). Maybe it was on Igadevil's old site, I'm not sure. I don't remember enough details to provide a thorough answer, but I remember that there was something in the cultural zeitgeist that explained why fascist organizations and stuff like hidden Nazi gold showed up a lot in 70s Rider.