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Kaiketsu! Zubat
(By Jmaruyama)
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| Production
Information |
| Japanese
Name |
Kaiketsu!
Zubato |
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| English
Name |
Resolved!
Zubat |
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| Air
Dates |
Wednesday
7-7:30 P.M.; Tokyo TV |
| Number
of Episodes |
32 |
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| Production
Company |
Toei/Tokyo
TV (Channel 12) |
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Cast |
Miyauchi,
Hiroshi (Hayakawa, Ken)
Ogi Michiko (Asuka, Midori)
Nakano Omuyuki (Terada, Osamu)
Saito Tadashi (Higashijo, Shingo)
Ozaki Jiro (Asuka, Goro)
Hayami Yuuji (Leader ‘L’) |
| Series/Movie
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Story
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Scientist
Asuka Goro has created the Super Suit code-named “Zubat”
and a Super Car “Zuba-Car”. The Criminal
Syndicate “Dagger” is interested in these
inventions and attempts to kidnap Asuka. Childhood friend,
Hayakawa Ken (a private investigator) intervenes and
saves Asuka who is severely injured in the process.
“Dagger”
tracks down Asuka to a local hospital and kills him
right before Ken’s horrified eyes. Ken swears
an oath of vengeance and promises to avenge his friend’s
death. Finding the location of Asuka’s laboratory,
he dons the Zubat suit and sets out on a quest to find
the killers.
Ken’s
only allies are Asuka’s sister Midori and child
tag-along Terada Osamu who follow after Ken on his Japan
cross-country quest.
Ken’s
College Classmate, Inspector Higashijo, Shingo also
pursues Ken hoping he will lead him to “Dagger”.
He is the only one who knows Ken’s real identity. |
| Episodes/Enemy |
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| #1
– “Sasurai Wa Bakuha No Ato De” (After
The Bomb Comes The Loneliness) – Jikoku Ryu (Hell
Dragon), Lancock
#2 – “Hono No Naka No Wataridori”
(From The Flames Comes A Wanderer) – Black Star,
Kaze, Ryunosuke
#3 – “Kanashiki Shuukin No Tenshi”
(The Melancholy Angel of Gold) – Kin Kamen (Gold
Mask), Koroshiya ‘Joe’ (Joe The Killer)
#4 – “Namida No Tekichu Toppo” (Sympathy
for the Defeated) – Oni No Kanzo (Kanzo The Devil),
Waltz Lee
#5 – “Hana Uri Shojo To Shiroi Kona”
(The Flower Girl and The White Dust) – Ko Chichu
(Crimson Spider), Hisatsu ‘Hustler’
(The Deadly ‘Hustler’)
#6 – “Umi Ni Hoeru Machinegun” (The
Machinegun “Howls” In The Sea) – Red
Boa, Kaizoku Kid (Kid The Pirate)
#7 – “Nikui Kaze Da Zei MinatoMachi”
(The Hateful Winds of the Port Town) – Fujimi
No Tousai (The Invincible Tousai), Great
Kong
#8 – “Kanashimi No Propane Bakuha”
(The Tearful Propane Explosion) – Miki Yazan,
Jikoku Ichi
#9 – “Namida No Kawa O Furikaeru”
(Look Back on the River of Tears) – Tetsu No Tsume
(Iron Claw), Choshi Jyubei
#10 – “Yakyu No Teki O Jyogai Ni Tobase”
(Throw The Baseball Enemy Out) –Tomy The Trumpeter,
Kuro Yamori (Black Lizard)
#11 – “Shinu Na Tomo Yo! Kiki Ichibiyo Mae”
(Don’t Die On Me Now! The One Second Crisis) –
Gold Tiger, Kuroi Golfer Sa
Tan (Black Golfer Satan)
#12 – “Shikei Shiko Juu Biyou Mae”
(Time Till Execution – 10 Seconds) – Kurayami
Gumi Gumicho (Darkness Gang Boss), Boomerang
Jack
#13 – “Shonen Koroshiya No Ballad”
(Ballad of the Young Assassin) – Doku Sasori (Poison
Scorpion), Komuso Saburota (Priest
Saburota)
#14 – “Shirahana No Ya –Namida No
Wakare” (White Feathered Arrow – Tears of
Goodbye) – Shaku Ji, Kanjiro The Carpenter
#15 – “Kanashiki Haha No Ko Komori Uta”
(Tearful Lullaby of a Mother’s Child) –Wolf
Guy, Komatayu
#16 – “Koroshi No Nuregine – Kanashimi
No Ken” (Death of the Innocent-The Power of Sadness)
– Nazi Jaguar, Bartender Sakoji
#17 – “Nageki No Imoto – Futari No
Ken” (A Sister’s Grief – The Two “Kens”)
– Hayakawa Ken Doppelganger
#18 – “Ayaushi! Jumbo Oh No Koi” (Dangerous!
The Big King’s Love) – Kuro Hige (Black
Beard), Shine Gami Sammy (Sammy
the Death God)
#19 –“Hiren Yaburareta Loveletter”
(Unrequited Love – The Torn Loveletter) –
Saint Devil, Redford
#20 –“Onna Dragon – Namida No Chikai”
(Lady Dragon – Pledge of Tears) – Jiyumonji
Aobei, Red Dragon
#21 –“Saraba Ken No Haha” (Farewell
To Ken’s Mother) – Yasha Maru, Cook Imahei
#22 –“Shonen Boxer – Namida No ChiChi”
(Young Boxer – Tears of a Father) Mister Z, Canaus
Drey
#23 –“Ogami Iekazu Zoku No San Shimai Tou
Tenichi Bou” (The Three Ogami Sisters and the
Kid) – Beni Fox (Crimson Fox),
Dandy Harry (The Magician)
#24 –“Namida No Ken – Mishirane Machi
No Koibito” (Melancholy – The Lovers from
a Mysterious Town ) – Uri Kellar, Don
Tenzan
#25 –“Kojinyama – Namida No Wakare”
(Kojinyama – Tearful Goodbye) – Oni Taihi
(Captain Devil), Daltanian
#26 –“Yuruse! Wagako Yo” (Forgive
Him! My Son) – Mushujin, Doc Woody (“Poison
Woody)
#27 –“Igai! Asuka Koroshi No Hannin”
(At Last! Asuka’s Killer) – Boss Hebi Maru,
“Wind” Ugon, “Thunder” Sakon
#28 –“Soshite Daremo Inaku Naru” (And
So Everyone Is Gone) – Akuten Bou, Black Cross
#29 –“Fubo Naki Ko – Namida No Fukushu”
(Orphaned Boy – Tears of Revenge) – Yami
No Kokuhei (Kokuhei The Dark), Jintaro
The Tennis Player
#30 –“Kanashiki No Sei To Shi No Aida Ni”
(The Sadness Between Life and Death) – King Bow,
Gulliver Baba
#31 –“Kaiketsu! Shin Hannin Shirou L”
(Resolved! The Culprit is Leader ‘L’) –
Leader L, RyuOhMaru, RyuTenMaru, RyuKaiMaru
#32 –“Saraba Masu No Hibi” (Farewell
“Big Dipper” Sky) – Soutou ‘D’
(President D), RyuOhMaru, RyuTenMaru, RyuKaiMaru |
| Characters |
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Zubat
The Zubat Suit:
Ken’s main weapon in his war against “Dagger”
is the “Zubat” suit. Originally designed by
Asuka Goro for moon exploration, this suit endows its
wearer with superhuman abilities (strength, speed, endurance,
agility, stamina, fortitude). With these powers Zubat
can easily battle the various “Daggar” henchmen
and minions that he encounters.
Unfortunately, the Zubat suit had a certain flaw. The
Zubat powers are only temporary and will start to fade
in five minutes time. If the wearer does not take the
suit off after five minutes, the suit will eventually
kill its wearer. Zubat keeps track of the time allotted
via a “dial” headset he wears on his helmet.
Ken as Zubat also makes use of a bull-whip which he uses
to ensnare and bind his opponents. Ken
stores his Zubat suit in a secret compartment in his
guitar.
Ken
loves to antagonize his opponents and often quips that
their skills only rank #2 in the world while his, he
gleefully exclaims are “No. 1”. |
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Dagger
“Dagger” is a multi-national criminal syndicate
operating from a secret base in Japan. They deal in a
multitude of criminal ventures and have incredible resources
to fund their illegal operations. “Dagger”
is composed of a eclectic band of fiends, most of whom
seem to be culled from Japanese Yakuza circles. Its “puppet”
leader is the mysterious robed figure known only as ‘Leader
L’. However, the real mastermind behind this organization
is the masked “President D” who in fact is
revealed to be Interpol Agent Jin Tatsuya, an associate
of Shingo and a friend of both Ken and Asuka Goro.
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| Weapons/Powers |
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The
Zuba-Car
Zubat’s transportation vehicle. Originally
conceived as a moon exploration vehicle, Ken now uses
it in his guise as Zubat. Has a top speed of 350 Km/h
(217 Mph) and can be modified to fly using its huge Jet
Engines. |
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| Additional
Information |
| Review |
No
opportunity to review yet. |
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| Trivia/Factoids |
Main
Theme Data:
“Jikoku No Zubato” (Zubat of Hell)
Performed by: Mizuki Ichiro
Lyrics by: Ishinomori Shoutaro
Composed by: Kyo, Kesuke
Kyo
Kesuke is also the composer behind the music of the
Toho Movie “ESpy” and the Toei Tokusatsu
Series “Kagaku Sentai DynaMan”.
Developed
as a pure starring vehicle for Miyauchi Hiroshi.
Many
of the “Dagger” Agents appear to be parodies
and/or satirical stereotypes of various famous Japanese
Samurai, historical and film celebrities and 70’s
icons.
Supposedly
inspired by the Nikkatsu Film Series “Watari Dori”
(Wanderer – Lit. Migratory Bird) 8-Part Film Series
starring Shishido Jo as a guitar playing/gun wielding
wanderer who battles various thugs and assassins as
he roams the Japan Countryside, longing to return to
his daughter and his previous peaceful life.
The
Films of the Watari Dori Series:
“Guitar
Ou Mouta Watari Dori” (1959) – (The Guitar
Carrying Wanderer)
“Kuchibue Ga Nagareru MinatoMachi” (1960)
– (The Whistling Music of the Port Town)
“Watari Dori Itsu Mata Kaeru” (1961) –
(Wanderer – When Will You Return)
“Akai Sekiyo No Watari Dori” (1960) –
(The Wanderer Bird In Setting Sun)
“Okusa Gen No Watari Dori” (1960) –
(The Wanderer of Okusa)
“Hatou O Koeru Watari Dori” (1961) –(The
Wanderer Conquers The Waves)
“Watanohara Ou Iku Watari Dori”(1961)-(The
Wanderer Goes To Watanohara)
“Watari Dori Kita E Kaeru” (1962) –
(The Wanderer Returns To The North)
The
name “Zubat” is most likely an onomatopoeia
derived from the sound of a bull-whip and possibly the
Japanese word “patto” (quick).
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