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ThunderMask (By
Jmaruyama)
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| Production
Information |
| Japanese
Name |
Suanda
Masku |
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| English
Name |
Thunder
Mask |
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| Air
Dates and Times |
10/3/1972-3/27/1973;
Tuesdays 7:00 PM-7:30 PM; Nippon TV |
| Number
of Episodes |
26
Episodes |
| Production
Company |
Mushi
Pro/Hiromi Pro & Toyo Agency |
Cast |
Sugawara
Kazutaka (Inochi Koichi)
Tomita Kotaro (Prof. Katase)
Noguchi Kazumi (Katase Mayumi)
Kuroda Hideo (Katase Masami)
Fuji Toshio (“Roppongi” Eizaburo)
Kaji Kentaro (Inspector Yano)
Kataoka Eiko (Lin)
Izuka Shozo (Voice: Emperor Bem King)
Imanishi Isao (Voice: Evil Lord Deganda) |
| Series/Movie
Info |
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Story
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Space
Archeologist Prof. Katase, uncovers a ten thousand year
old article which prophesizes the coming of a demon
lord called Deganda, who will use his powers to destroy
mankind. The book also tells that a hero/savior will
also awaken to save mankind. Prof. Katase goes to the
location where the hero’s capsule lies dormant
and revives the hero called “Thunder Mask”.
Thunder Mask takes on the human guise of Inochi Kosei
and joins the “Science Team” to battle the
forces of Emperor Bem King, and his minon Evil Lord
Deganda. |
| Episodes/Enemy |
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#1
– “Me Yo Aki No Nidan Henshin” (Look!
His Two-Step Transformation at Dawn) – Konkoron
#2 – “Majuu Ou Ayatsuru Shonen” (The
Youth Who Controls The Beast) – Taiyama
#3 – “Hi Ou Haku Majuu” (The Fire Breathing
Beast) – Barujuuton
#4 – “Maoh Reitou Sakusen” (The Demon
Lord Hibernation Plan) - Raidon
#5 – “Kiyuketsu HanGiyojin Samera” (The
Vampire Amphibian Samera) - Samera
#6 – “Tokyo Sabaku Da – Hakaida”
(Tokyo Is A Desert – Hakaida) – Hakaida (Not
Hakaider from Kikaider)
#7 – “Chikyu No Abura O Kuitsukusei”
(Drain the World of its Oil) - Boeruu
#8 – “Jumbo Jet O Kuitsubose” (Ravage
The Jumbo Jet) - Benbon
#9 – “Chikyu O Fuketsu Ni Akerou!” (Sink
The Earth Inside An Airhole)- Doriringuu
#10 – “Dorodoron! Ningen Domo O Hone Ni Shiro”
(Dorodoron! Melt The Humans To Bone) - Dorodoron
#11 – “Majuu Tachi No Machifuse Da”
(The Reckoning of the Demon Beasts) - Zaribazan
#12 – “Zankoku! Thunder Mask No Shiyokei”
(Abominable! Thunder Mask’s Execution) – Megatron
(not from the Transformers),
Ryusei Ken Kamen
#13 – “Harukana Ginga No Hatte” (Enlightening
the Limits of the Milky Way) – Megatron
#14 – “Majuu O Youbu Kemuri” (The Beast
Summoning Smog) - Gaenbo
#15 – “Shi No Kiteki Da – Deigon H”
(The Harbinger of Death – Deigon H) – Deigon
H
#16 – “Iki Kaetta Deganda” (The Return
of Deganda) – Girigorin
#17 – “Denpa Majuu Telebingu” (Electronic-Wave
Beast Telebingu) - Telebingu
#18 – “Majuu Battelar – Electric Giyakushu”
(Beast Battelar – Electric Revenge) - Battelar
#19 –“Thunder Mask Hakyo” (Thunder Mask’s
Madness) – “Shinna” Man (“Shinna”
as in Paint Thinner – See Trivia)
#20 – “Fujimi Majuu Gyatabiran” (The
Indestructible Beast Gyatabiran) - Gyatabiran
#21 – “Shi No Gai Ni Kutabare” (Die
And Turn To Ash) - Genshiron
#22 – “Abunai! Kimi No Omocha Wa Majuu Da”
(Beware! Your Toy Is A Monster) - Mizara
#23 –“Kwaidan! Kyuketsuki No Kiri To Yoru
(Ghost Story! The Vampiric Fog and Night) - Gasutangu
#24 – “Kozume No Tokyo Ou Tsuku” (Escape
From Frozen Tokyo) - Raidogon
#25 –“Dai Giyakuten! – Tetsujin 13 Go”
(Major Defeat! Iron Man Number 13) – Tetsujin 13
Go
#26 –“Saraba Yusha Kagayaku Sei Yo”
(Good Bye Hero – Towards The Stars) – Tetsujin
13 Go |
| Characters |
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Thundermask
Thunder Mask Statistics:
Height (Metric): Variable: 180 cm – 40 meters
Weight (Metric): 150 Kilo – 40,000 Tons
Height (American/British): Variable 5.9 Ft. – 131
ft.
Weight (American/British): 330 pd. – 9,842 Tons
When humans first started appearing on Earth, the Evil
Lord Deganda saw this as an opportunity for conquest and
set off towards our galaxy. Witnessing this, the citizenry
of Thunder Star send one of its heroes to stop the conqueror.
However, they underestimated the difference in time between
the galaxy systems (One Hour of Universal Time =10,000
years of Earth Time) and both are plunged into deep hibernation.
When Evil Lord Geganda is the first to awake and begins
his conquest, Prof. Katase goes to awake Thunder Mask
as foretold in his research. In
addition to extraordinary physical properties and superhuman
senses, Thunder Mask’s powers include energy weapons
such as his “Thunder Shoot”, “Thunder
Arror”, and “Thunder Beam”. He also
utilizes various “kakutou waza” (special
attacks) such as his “Thunder Chop”, “Thunder
Kick” and “Thunder Punch”.
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| Evil
Lord Deganda
Hails from Deganda Star which is eternally
shrouded in black darkness and which emotes poisonous
gases. He commands an army of “Majuu” beasts
which have the properties of various Terrain vehicles,
object and weapons (Tanks, Missiles, Tires, Gas Tanks,
Planes etc.) He has vast Psychic Powers than enable
him to masquerade as human. His cape can repel various
forms of energy and his scepter can fire deadly forms
of energy. His golden necklace can be used to suffocate
enemies and his claws can slash through most materials.
His serves the equally diabolical Emperor Bem King who
has vast dark magic abilites. |
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| Additional
Information |
| Review |
No
opportunity to review yet. |
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| Trivia |
Based
on the Shukan Shonen Sunday Manga Series by Tezuka Osamu.
Originally planned as a film, a pilot was planned with
the title “Majin Garon” (Demon God Garon).
However, Mushi Pro suffering financial problems, scrapped
the project and the development team of this project ended
up being transferred to one of Mushi Pro’s film
divisions, Hiromi Pro. There, the “Majin Garon”
project was scaled back and redeveloped into a Tokusatsu
Program we now know as “Thunder Mask”. While
the original pilot “Majin Garon” was never
aired, pictures and photos of the project are available
(the “hero” is decidedly more wicked looking).
Tezuka Osamu also did a manga based on the original pilot.
Episode
#19 – is possible the most outrageous in the series.
The story details the life of a “Paint Thinner”
drug addict who has basically overdoses and becomes
the Majuu “Shinna Man”.
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