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The film that introduced this hero, blending scientific gadgets with martial arts, was inspired by the global smash hit Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee and the resulting kung fu craze.
00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is Hurricane Polymer.
00:20Influenced by the worldwide hit "Moi o Dragon" starring Bruce Lee and the kung fu boom, this film features a hero who combines scientific gadgets with martial arts.
00:43Hurricane Polymer was produced by Tatsunoko Productions and aired for a total of 26 episodes from 1974 to 1975.
00:58The story begins with the delivery of a tape recorder to the International Police Agency headquarters from the thieves of Flying Squirrel Island, announcing their plans to steal from nearby waters.
01:10Detective Chief Car of a third-rate detective agency located near this headquarters intercepts this information over the radio and attempts to capture Flying Squirrel Island.
01:21He immediately heads to the scene of the crime threat with his subordinate, his rookie assistant, Gaim, and his secretary and office building owner, Nambateru.
01:33Again on the tape recorder, they announce that International Police Agency Chief Onigahara has been taken hostage and that Kinkai will be exchanged for the chief.
01:44In fact, Chief Onigahara was a father who had touched his son, Takeshi, after a certain incident.
01:53After receiving the nearby waters, Flying Squirrel Island breaks its promise and flees without returning the hostages.
02:01At that moment, Takeshi's transformed form, Polymer, appears and chases after Flying Squirrel Island.
02:06Later, he rescues Chief Onigahara, who is about to be killed at the base on Musasabi Island, and at the same time captures the hunting of Musasabi Island.
02:17This is where Hurricane Polymer's battle against evil crime begins.
02:24First, let me explain about the main character, Gaim.
02:29He is hired as a rookie detective at the Car Detective Agency, but in fact his real name is Takeshi Onigahara, and he is the son of International Police Chief Onigahara.
02:42He is a brilliant mind and a master of martial arts and combat sports.
02:47I am moved by this because of the Dr. Olegar incident that occurred due to his arbitrary selection.
02:54The incident in question was one year ago, when the International Police were investigating a case in which they were unable to save Dr. Olegersutter, who was attacked by the Demon Lizard Gang, and ended up dying.
03:07At that time, the professor entrusts him with the Polymet, which the Demon Lizard Gang was after, and he then takes over the professor's will, hiding his true identity and fighting against evil organizations as the detective Gaim.
03:22Among the colleagues at the Car Detective Agency where Take works is the head of the Car Detective Agency, who calls himself the second Sherlock Holmes, but is actually a third-rate, incompetent detective.
03:37Because they stick their noses into everything, the detective agency is no longer functioning and they haven't paid their rent for three years.
03:45Contrary to what he says, he rarely does anything active, and spends his days either complaining or praising himself about his own fashion sense.
03:56Also, Nambateru, the secretary of the detective agency, is the owner of the building where the office is located, and in exchange for rent, she is involved in detective work, which seems to provide interesting adventures and thrills.
04:10She is a woman who enjoys eccentric fashion, but she also has excellent execution skills, demonstrating great skill in martial arts and vehicle operation.
04:22And then there's Baron, an old dog who used to be a police dog but is now living at the detective agency.
04:30While he is the only one who knows that Takeshi is a polymer, he is fed up with the victim, the car detective chief, who calls Takeshi useless.
04:42Throughout the play, monologues are spoken in human words.
04:47Toragoro Onigahara, the head of the International Metropolitan Police, an international police force that deals with increasingly serious crimes, is like Takeshi's Zip and can be a little airheaded, but he takes on crime with a resolute attitude and is quite a sharp character.
05:07Although he was moved by Takeshi, he was worried deep down, and there was a scene in the film where he spoke his true feelings to Polymer, not realizing that he was his son.
05:18Later, Polymer finds out that Takeshi is actually him, but after understanding his actions, he officially allows him to work at the Car Detective Agency.
05:29The helmet that Takeshi Yoroi needs to transform into Polymer is called a Polymet, and is a polymer, a high molecular weight compound invented by Dr. Olegar Sutter, which allows humans to transform and overcome any environment on Earth.
05:52The process is as follows: First, six types of microcapsules with programmed functions are selected through the registered user's main gate using a microphone built into the Polymet.
06:06Then, according to computer instructions, the polymer particles, powered by an electromagnetic field, undergo a transformation and coat the wearer's body, allowing them to transform into a reinforced polymer suit or one of five other mechanical forms.
06:24Other transformations besides the suit include Polymer Hawk, which is a flying form; Polymer Grampus, which is an underwater form; Polymer Drill, which is an underground form; Polymer Machine, which is a high-speed running form; and Polymer Roller, which is an assault form.
06:44This transformation feature does have some weaknesses.
06:51First of all, because wearing the suit prevents the skin from breathing, there is a 46 minutes and 1 second limit on the transformation time.
07:00Also, because it is powered by an electromagnetic field, the transformation will be canceled if the temperature drops below -50 degrees Celsius, which is the shutdown temperature, or if the magnetic field is disturbed.
07:12Hurricane Polymer, Yoroi Takeshi, uses Garyu's sword technique, Hurricane Dragon, which he developed to bring out the polymer's performance, to defeat evil.
07:25Hurricane Dragon is a sword technique that combines martial arts such as karate and judo, and is a tactic that uses rotations and centrifugal force to get behind the enemy and efficiently defeat large numbers of enemies.
07:39Special moves include the Phantom Hurricane, which dazzles or tosses the enemy around, causing them to fall, and the Vacuum One-Handed Piece, which lifts the enemy in one hand, spins them at high speed, and throws them away.
07:54The Hurricane Polymer is the enemy that the series faces, but there is no single enemy that runs through all 26 episodes; instead, the series involves defeating evil organizations and monsters that appear in each episode.
08:07Hurricane Polymer was remade as an OVA in 1996 and 1997, titled New Hurricane Polymer.
08:21However, the character settings and other aspects are significantly different, so the content is different from the original version.
08:29Additionally, in 2017, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Tatsuno Co-Pro, a live-action film version starring Junpei Misohata and directed by Koichi Sakamoto was released in theaters.
08:46However, the developers of the polymers were the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Ministry of Defense, and polymer editing used polymer suits in addition to polymets, and there were multiple polymer suits, so the content was quite different from the original anime version.
09:09Now, finally, it's the final episode.
09:12The final episode, episode 26, is a sequel to the previous episode, episode 25.
09:20Chief Onigahara, who discovered his son, Takeshi, was traveling in a police vehicle.
09:27However, upon learning that Takeshi's true identity is Polymer, the general of Sea Turtle Island, Bekkouda, and his gang attack the car.
09:36Later, Detective Chief Kuruma and Teru learn that the Chief and Takeshi have been kidnapped and taken to Turtle Island, so they head out to rescue them.
09:48Meanwhile, before they arrive, Bekkouda blows up the base on Sea Turtle Island and moves on to another base.
09:57Then, when Takeshi refuses to transform into Polymer even after being tortured, he realizes that the secret of Polymer lies in the helmet he wears when he transforms.
10:09So, they send the Gold Bat to the Car Detective Agency to steal the Polymet, but are stopped by the old dog, the Baron.
10:19The International Police, noticing something strange, engage in a shootout with the Turtle Islanders. Blending in with the locals, the Baron, wearing a Polymet helmet, sneaks into Turtle Island's mecha and heads towards Takeshi, who has been kidnapped.
10:35Also, by attaching a detector to the retreating mecha, the International Police, the Car Detective Agency, and Teru track down the mecha and rescue the two.
10:49However, instead of escaping immediately, he is captured again while investigating the base, and just before he is executed, Takeshi receives a Polymet from the Baron, allowing him to transform into Polymer, and after a life-or-death battle, he defeats Bekkouda and the Golden Bat.
11:09At the end of the battle, Takeshi confesses to the Car Detective Agency, Teru, and his father, or Chief Onigawara, that he was Polymer, and surprisingly, Chief Onigawara expresses his gratitude to Takeshi.
11:26However, convinced that Takeshi would not return to the detective agency, Kuruma Detective Agency was about to close the agency and return to the countryside when Takeshi, with his father's permission, told them that he would be returning to detective work.
11:42The program ends with the Kuruma Detective Agency deciding to continue the agency by making Takeshi the detective agency in his place.
11:56Now let's take a look at Hurricane Polymer in action.
12:02Come on, G-K-Polymer, punch punch punch, hellish devil,
12:25Take it, dancing in the sky, cloud or illusion, deadly, illusion, hurricane polymer,
12:39Deceive the enemy, shadow, shadow, shadow, I am a hurricane hurricane polymer,
12:51Dun, dun, dun, dun, den, dun ...
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14:51I was watching the show and imitating that call back then.
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