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Kamen Raida - Kaijin Kanibabura Hokkaido ni Arawaru
episode 19 / Kamen Rider - Monster Kanibubbler Appears in Hokkaido
Japan 1971
produced by Seiji Abe, Toru Hirayama for Ishinomori Productions, Toei/TV Asahi
directed by Itaru Orita
starring Takeshi Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi, Jiro Chiba (= Jiro Yabuki), Linda Yamamoto, Wakako Oki, Yasuharu Miura, Yoko Shimada, Hiroyuki Miya, Tetsuya Kaji, and the voices of Goro Naya, Shinji Nakae
written by Mari Takizawa, created by Shotaro Ishinomori, music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
TV-series Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider (original TV show)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Of late, Japan has experienced several freak yet small tsunamis -
nothing too uncommon for the earthquake prone country though. What's weird
is that along the way all the seismographs have been demolished. What
nobody knows yet, they were destroyed by crab monster Kanibubbler (Tetsuya
Kaji) of evil organisation Shocker. Not impressed by it, Rider Girls Mari
(Linda Yamamoto) and Yuri (Wakako Oki) and little Goro (Yasuharu Miura) of
the Tachibana Racing Club go to Hokkaido for a beach holiday. Of course,
Shocker has picked Hokkaido to strike big, and soon enough Kanibubbler
appears at our beach tourists' doorstep and kidnaps Kanda (Hiroyuki Miya),
their host. Enter Kamen Rider (Takeshi Sazaki), who of course saves Kanda
and also gets his hands on a Shocker radio. And with the help of the
girls, Kanda and befriended FBI agent Kazuya (Jiro Chiba), the location of
Shocker headquarters can be determined, and Kamen Rider attacks, prevents
a big tsunami in the nick of time, and ultimately destroys Kanibubbler. The
crab monster Kanibubbler sure is some fun, especially when it shoots foam
from its belly that completely dissolves people in a manner of seconds.
Other than that, the story's very routine though, if not to say totally
predictable - which to be honest was very probably totally intentional, as
this is a series targeted at a young audience who want to see a certain
kind of thing and don't care for too big variations. It just doesn't make
for great television.
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