“In the story, a new costume for Takuya is introduced, and it helps setting him visually apart from Peter,” Vecchio told CBR. “I rewatched episodes and clips of the Japanese Spider-Man show ...

Spider-Man's costume has remained the definitive Marvel hero suit, but there's an elegance with the Phoenix that surpasses Spider-Man.

The original Japanese Spider-Man show, which ran for 41 episodes in 1978-1979, made use of the classic costume and powers, while featuring the mecha and kaiju common to children’s entertainment ...