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VFX Powers: Abilities given to Joe when he was sucked into Movieland and given his V-Watch by Captain Blue.

Slow: Using the VFX Slow, Joe is able to make everything move in slow-mo. While in slow motion, Joe's attacks double in strength, he's able to affect his environment, and his enemies become slow and encumbered.

Mach Speed: Using the VFX Mach Speed, Joe is able to move at high speed, his punches blur into a barrage of fists covered in red hot flames. He moves so fast, that he can generate after images that attack his enemies.

Zoom: Using the VFX Zoom, Joe is able to zoom in and lock onto an enemy's weak spot, giving him an edge when fighting.

Joe is the oldest child of famous actress Junko and cinematographer Jet Black, followed by a daughter named Jasmine. Joe had a relatively normal childhood until he lost his mother to a car accident when he was around 6, leaving his father alone to raise him and his newborn sister. After his mother's passing, Jet became distant, focusing mostly on their small theater to deal with his grief, leaving Joe to basically raise his little sister without much help.

Joe did his best to be a good older brother and role model to his sister, and while they often get into fights, they have a strong sibling relationship.

Not long after his mother's passing, Joe became obsessed with the movie hero Captain Blue, collecting anything and everything Captain Blue related he could get his hands on. The obsession continued through his teen years and into young adulthood, where he consistently dragged his girlfriend, Silvia, to movie showings as dates.

On one such date with his girlfriend, while watching a Captain Blue film, he noticed something off. Instead of Captain Blue winning the final battle, a shadowy villain declares victory. As it does so, it suddenly reaches out of the screen and kidnaps Silvia! As Joe watched, the hero mecha, Six Majin, is knocked out of the movie as well. After a moment of abject horror, Joe is grabbed by Six Machine and pulled into the movie as well!

Once inside this Movieland, Joe encounters his hero, Captain Blue, who gave him a V-Watch and taught him how to transform by saying the word 'HENSHIN'. Making his own spin on it, Joe called out ‘Henshin a go-go, baby!’ and transformed into a red clad superhero, with VFX powers: Mach Speed, Slow, and Zoom In. With these powers, he travels through Movieland, searching for Silvia as he fights against the villainous organization called Jadow.

During his travels, Joe is joined by a young boy named Junior, a fellow Captain Blue fan. He is the self-proclaimed protector of Blue Town, going by the name Captain Blue Jr. Despite his jealousy for Joe being Blue's successor, Junior decides to become Joe's sidekick and offers his knowledge of Movieland as a helping hand. Eventually, Junior receives his own VFX powers when Captain Blue gives him V-Yoyos.

After defeating Jadow’s top villains, Joe confronts their leader, who is revealed to have been Captain Blue, and he tries to break Joe’s spirit to defeat him once and for all. But because of the people he’d met over his travels through Movieland, he regains his confidence and manages to defeat Captain Blue and purge the dark energy that had possessed him. Joe also rescues Silvia, who is gifted a V-Watch of her own, transforming her into Sexy Silvia.

While difficult, Joe decides that his and Silvia’s relationship wasn’t the best, asking for them to just stay friends. Though sad, Silvia agrees. Despite the break up, they still continue to travel Movieland as a superhero duo, with Junior as their sidekick. Along the way, they end up finding themselves fighting against a new villainous organization, Gedow. This alien invasion was led by The Black Emperor, who was infecting the movies with something called The Black Film.