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Ryusei Ningen Zon 25
episode 25 / Zone Fighter - Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. The Allied Terror-Beast Forces
Japan 1973
produced by Kimihiko Eto, Shunji Takahasi, Yoshio Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka (executive) for Mannen-Sha, Toho/NTV (= Nippon Television Network)
directed by Kengo Furusawa
starring Kazuya Aoyama, Kazumi Kitahara, Takashi Sato, Shoji Nakayama, Sachiko Kozuki, Shiro Amakusa, Munemaru Koda (voice), Kiyoshi Kobayashi (voice)
written by Yoshihisa Araki, created by Susumu Takeuchi, music by Goh Misawa, special effects by Koichi Kawakita
TV-series Zone Fighter, Godzilla
review by Mike Haberfelner
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While hiking in the woods, Zone Angel (Kazumi Kitahara) and her friend
Mina are caught in an eartquake, but are saved by Zone Fighter (Kazuya
Aoyama) and Zone Junior (Takashi Sato). Only, it wasn't a real earthquake
but caused by the Garoga's nearby monster stomping ground - but only Mina
has witnessed that and is since in shock. However, the Zone family is soon
convinced that Mina was telling the truth and investigates - when they
find miniature Garoga monsters in containers littering the neighbourhood
and upon investigating them realize they're built to grow to giant size in
a mere three hours if they aren't destroyed first. And soon, the first
monster, Kabutogira, grows to giant size, but Zone Fighter is quick to
destroy it. In the meantime, Zone Angel and Mina go back to the forest to
get evidence of the monsters Mina claims to have seen, and really three
more, Moguranda (from episode Terrifying Attack! The Garoga
Robot), Spider Uros (episode
Find the Secret of the Red Spider!) and Garoborg (episode Hair-Raising! The Birthday of
Terror) turn up, and when Zone Fighter tries to grow to giant size
the monsters prevent him and ultimaely he's knocked out. Zone Junior flies
to the rescue in the Zone family's shuttle ship Smoky, and Godzilla shows
up as well to give the monsters a sound beating. In the meantime, Mina
saves Zone Figher, he grows to giant size, then shoots down the Garoga
monsters with his missles and death rays, to save the world for yet
another day. The idea of having Zone Fighter face multiple
monsters is of course not new but at least promising, even if most
monsters just return from earlier episodes. But that said, to squeeze a
bit of set-up, a monster one-on-one, a monster battle royale and a subplot
about blossoming romance between Zone Fighter and Mina all into one
episode actually makes the whole thing extra-rushed and the plot
under-developed - even by Zone Fighter standards. It's still some
fun to watch for silly monster fights, it just has little beyond that.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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