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Ryusei Ningen Zon 21
episode 21 / Zone Fighter - Invincible! Godzilla Rages
Japan 1973
produced by Kimihiko Eto, Shunji Takahasi, Yoshio Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka (executive) for Mannen-Sha, Toho/NTV (= Nippon Television Network)
directed by Kohei Oguri
starring Kazuya Aoyama, Kazumi Kitahara, Takashi Sato, Shoji Nakayama, Sachiko Kozuki, Shiro Amakusa, Munemaru Koda (voice), Kiyoshi Kobayashi (voice)
written by Shinichi Kanzawa, created by Susumu Takeuchi, music by Goh Misawa, special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano
TV-series Zone Fighter, Godzilla
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Garoga send some kind of jelly to earth, that when heated up
properly will turn into terror beast Jellar - Zone Fighter (Kazuya Aoyama)
and Zone Angel (Kazumi Kitahara) intercept the delivery. So to get their
jelly back, the Garoga kidnap Zone Junior (Takashi Sato), then set up a
trap for the Zone family. They don't fall for it though, but the Garoga
get their jelly, turn it into giant monster Jellar, and when Zone Fighter
grows to giant size to defeat the terror beast, he notices it's immune to
most of his weapons. And soon Jellar pummels Zone Fighter, so much so that
Zone Angel and Zone Junior call on Godzilla for help. Godzilla gives
Jellar a sound beating and rips off one of its tentacles - out of which
grows a second Jellar, and the two give Godzilla a sound beating - but by
now Zone Angel and Zone Junior have succeeded in recharging Zone Fighter,
and as a tag team, Godzilla and Zone Fighter beat the two Jellars to a
literal pulp. Ok, the design of Jellar is somewhat charming, it
looks like a rather lazily put together tentacled monster, but looks all
the more menacing in its imperfections. Plotwise though, this episode has
little to offer in terms of originality, it really seems the same basic
plot has been over-used in this series' so far only 21 episodes already.
Sure, some of it is still fun, and Zone Fighter and Godzilla shaking hands
is worth a chuckle, as is Godzilla's cavern with sliding doors, but that's
already about it.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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