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Supa Robotto Reddo Baron - Hissatsu! Fenikkusu Senhou
episode 4 / Super Robot Red Baron - Sure Kill! The Phoenix Maneuver
Japan 1973
produced by Nippon Gendai, Senkosha Productions/Nippon Television Network
directed by Koichi Takano
starring Yosuke Okada, Rei Maki, Pepe Hozumi, Hisashi Kato, Tetsuo Ohshita, Isao Tamagawa, Hiroshi Ikaida, Taimei Suzuki (voice), Nobuyuki Ishida, Hisakazu Maruyama, Azusa Koyama, Kazuhito Matsubara, Rie Terao
created by Yashiro Nobohiro, music by Bob Sakuma
TV-series Super Robot Red Baron
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Giant robot Red Baron, as piloted by Ken (Yosuke Okada), is pitted
against a giant robot from the evil Iron Alliance (see last
episode). But Ken doesn't even
defend himself as the other robot is piloted by his thought-dead brother
Kenichiro (Noboyuki Ishida), and thus the other robot has no problems
pretty muich taking Red Baron apart. Of course, what Ken doesn't know is
that the other robot isn't really operated by Kenichiro, just a android
made to look like him to fool Ken - and it worked obviously. When Red
Baron's no longer operational, Deviler (Hiroshi Ikaida), leader of the
Iron Alliance, orders for all humans to be enslaved. However, the Iron
Alliance goes about this rather willy nilly, just picking random people
off the street to make into slaves. And when bicycle insprector Kumano
(Isao Tamagawa) witnesses a bunch of kids being dragged away by Iron
Alliance soldiers, he races to the rescue, soon joined by Ken. Somehow the
two botch it up though and are made captives themselves. But one of Ken's
allies at the SSI, Mari (Rei Maki), is quick to infiltrate the Iron
Alliance posing as a nurse, and she and other SSI members are quick to set
Ken, the inspector and the kids free again. Then Ken finds the previously
perceived lost schematics of Red Baron and the giant robot can be repaired
after all. Ken pilots Red Baron into a re-match against the robot operated
by his brother, but now knowing he's only an android, Ken doesn't hld back
- but is lured into a trap and Red Baron is almost burnt to a crisp (the
other robot sure is), but ultimately ... just isn't, and humankind is
saved for another episode. There are some fun moments in this
episode, like when the other robot tears off Red Baron's arm and beats him
with it, or when both robots end in front of mighty flamethrowers, and
actually this episode packs a lot of plot and action into its half hour to
sure make this one of the more entertaining entries into the series.
Nothing close to perfect, but if campy giant robot action's your thing,
you might enjoy this one quite a bit.
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