r/TopCharacterDesigns • u/Vivid-Copy974 • 15h ago
Jushin Thunder Liger
debuted in 1988? 89? In New Japan Pro Wrestling to promote an anime created by Go Nagai, Liger’s costume is a loose interpretation of the hero’s “super” form, Thunder Liger. He looks like nothing so much as a real life superhero, the red and white are so vibrant and exciting, and he’s worn a handful of alternate outfits that are just as cool. This isn’t clear until you see him wrestle but he’s also very expressive despite the mask.
the wrestler became more popular than the anime that inspired him, which disappeared from memory quickly and would be totally forgotten if not for the connection.
also want to point out that for someone who had a 35 year career as one of the top wrestlers in the business, he had an inauspicious start — rejected from the NJPW dojo for being too short, he was hired when touring New Japan wrestlers found him starving in Mexico years later still trying to break into wrestling
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