production went along. At first, the planned series "Woo" had a  corporeal space creature with eyes, who befriended a reporter named  Jôji Akita, but the Self Defense Forces were after him. This was  basically the monster version of _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv), and  Woos personality was comical. Then they planned "Bemular" (retitled  "Science Patrol 