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Supa Robotto Reddo Baron - Kiributa Wa Andoroido Ekkusu
episode 3 / Super Robot Red Baron - Trump Card: Android X
Japan 1973
produced by Nippon Gendai, Senkosha Productions/Nippon Television Network
directed by Kiyoshi Suzuki
starring Yosuke Okada, Rei Maki, Pepe Hozumi, Hisashi Kato, Tetsuo Ohshita, Isao Tamagawa, Hiroshi Ikaida, Taimei Suzuki (voice), Nobuyuki Ishida
created by Yashiro Nobohiro, music by Bob Sakuma
TV-series Super Robot Red Baron
review by Mike Haberfelner
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While Ken's (Yosuke Okada) busy piloting super robot Red Baron in fight
with another robot that has the ability to disassemble and use its
bodyparts individually, his allies from the SSI led by Mari (Rei Maki) track down the
Iron Alliance's base that remote controls the other robot, and when the baddies
escape, Mari makes the startling discovery that one ot them is Ken's
thought dead brother Kenichiro
(Nobuyuki Ishida). Ken ultimately meets with Kenichiro, who asks him to
hand over Red Baron to evil Doctor Deviler (Hiroshi Ikaida), which Ken
wisely refuses - a good thing, too, as Kenichiro isn't actually Kenishiro
but Android X, one of Deviler's creatures. And in the next giant robot
fight, Ken - piloting Red Baron - is pitted against a robot piloted by
Android X, as of yet unaware that the android isn't Kenishiro. True, it would be a mistake to expect too much
sophistication of a program like Super Robot Red Baron,
which is clearly aimed at the kiddie market, but at the same time this
episode suffers from a gross oversimplification of things, so much so that
it challenges the credulity of the audience - basically how Ken can
believe Kenichiro's still alive after having seen him killed in only the
last episode doesn't quite compute, and him not suspecting foul play when
Kenichiro is accompanied by an entourage of baddies doesn't make sense
either. So no, no points for good writing, but at least the
self-disassembling robot is a fun idea, even if the execution is only
so-so.
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