#review Japan loves Spider-Man. I mean they LOVE him. It's not the same with other American superheroes—Batman, Superman, and most of the recent Marvel movies tend to do poorly in at the Japanese box office. Even Avengers didn't get a major push in the Japanese media until after it proved to be a financial success in the West—and it's not coming to theaters until August. But Spider-Man has always been popular in Japan. Perhaps it's due to his similarity to Japan's own masked superhero—heck, he even had a live-action, power ranger style show in the late 70s. Because Spider-Man is a sure hit in Japan, his movies often get released in Japan before the rest of the world. Spider-Man 3 came out three days before its release in the West. The latest, The Amazing Spider-Man, opened in select theaters last weekend—nearly two weeks before the rest of the world. And Kotaku East was on hand to review it. More »