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In the 1970s, when psychic phenomena like Uri Geller became a huge craze, a youth alliance formed by psychic boys and girls gained attention for helping heroes defeat evil organizations. The heroes themselves also gained popularity for transforming through a two-stage process.
00:20In the 1970s, when psychic powers such as those of Uri Geller were all the rage, a boys' alliance of boys with psychic powers formed a group to work with a hero to defeat evil organizations, and the hero's transformation through a two-step process also became a hot topic.
00:46Now let's take a look at this work.
00:50The original author of Inazuma was Shotaro Ishinomori, and a total of 25 episodes were aired between 1973 and 1974.
01:04The story begins one day when something resembling a meteorite falls from the sky, and then a group of eerie figures resembling Nazi soldiers wearing helmets and gas masks are spotted walking through the city at night.
01:18Then, two boys and girls wearing orange uniforms who call themselves the Boys' Alliance appear and fight the group, but find themselves in a difficult situation.
01:29Watari Goro, a university student who happens to witness this scene with his friend, goes to help, but a new monster appears and attacks them, causing them to fall into the sea.
01:43When he regained consciousness again, he found a boy and a girl there who had tried to help him.
01:51They explain that they are a youth alliance made up of mutants with supernatural powers, and that they are fighting against the evil organization, the New Human Empire, led by Emperor Banba.
02:06Later, Captain Salah, a master of the Boys' Alliance, appears, sees through Watarigoro's psychic powers, and awakens them, transforming him into the two-stage Lightning Bolt. He then joins forces with the Boys' Alliance to fight against the New Human Empire and the Phantom Corps.
02:26First, let me introduce the main character, Watarigoro.
02:33A student at Southeast University, he has a chance encounter with the Youth Alliance, which awakens his psychic powers, transforming him into a lightning bolt and leading him to fight alongside them against the New Human Empire.
02:47He has a kind personality and a strong sense of justice, but due to his youth he can also be easily emotional.
02:56Also, his mother, who he had been separated from, was actually brainwashed by Banba, and although she is freed from the brainwashing during the film, she is later killed by the Phantom Army.
03:10Even in their human form before transformation, they are able to use psychic powers and possess tens of times the strength of humans.
03:18Additionally, if you sustain serious injuries such as broken bones, it will be difficult to transform into lightning.
03:26Initially, Watari Goro also wore the Boys' Alliance uniform.
03:31His schoolmate, who also fights alongside him against the New Human Empire, is Marmo Gosaku, a clumsy, comic relief Kyushu man with a strong sense of justice.
03:43Although he does not have any supernatural powers, he has knowledge of martial arts and uses his incredible strength to defeat his enemies.
03:49In the play, he also struggles with money, and there is a scene where he works part-time physical labor to pay for his tuition.
04:00The Youth Alliance, which Watarigorō joins and cooperates with, is a secret organization founded by Captain Cellar, who appears in the first episode, to counter the New Human Empire.
04:12The members of the unit are boys and girls with psychic powers, and wear orange uniforms decorated with silver egg-shaped decorations and special helmets.
04:26With a specific shout, he jumps and spins around, instantly changing from his street clothes into the Boys' League uniform.
04:36The base is located in the basement of the Metropolitan Defense Agency, with a telephone booth as the entrance.
04:44Members typically patrol on special bicycles called Electroboys and use flag-shaped badges called Pits as communicators and weapons.
04:56From the second half of the show, the boys gradually stopped wearing uniforms, and the activities of the Boys' Alliance itself were less frequently depicted.
05:08Watarigoro transforms into Inazuma, but he cannot transform from his human form immediately, and must first transform into Sanagiman, the first stage of the transformation process.
05:21Sanagiman has an appearance reminiscent of a rock, and is a form that is better at defense than attack. Although it is powerful, it does not have any special moves, and in battle its sole purpose is to accumulate energy to transform into lightning.
05:42However, if Watarigorou's physical damage is severe, he will need to accumulate more energy than usual to transform into lightning, as he will need to cover up the damage.
05:58The energy accumulation can be checked on the gauge on his belt, and when the gauge reaches its peak, he can shout "Super Power Future" and Sanagiman's skin will burst off, transforming into lightning.
06:10This final form of transformation, Lightning, is characterized by long butterfly-like antennae on its head, and its entire body is primarily blue in color.
06:25The psychic powers he can use are diverse, including viscous powers and teleportation, and his signature special move is the Super Lightning Drop, in which he fires a rapid succession of red beams from both arms, then swoops down on the enemy's head and punches them.
06:43Another frequently used technique was the Reverse Chest, which uses psychic powers to replicate an enemy technique and return it to the enemy with the same weapon.
06:55In addition to these supernatural powers, sword techniques such as lightning swordsmanship and wheelbarrow reversal also appeared frequently.
07:04The train that Inazuma rides as his means of transportation is the Raijin train.
07:10Originally, it was a multi-purpose combat vehicle given to Watarigoro by Captain Salah, the leader of the Youth Alliance, and it has a capacity of five people.
07:21As for its appearance, the front part opens and closes like an animal's mouth to bite the enemy, and inside it is equipped with missile cannons, nets, smoke screens, etc.
07:34It can also be remotely controlled and automatically piloted, and by unfolding its wings it can fly at Mach 3 and take off and land vertically.
07:46In addition, the base vehicle is the Isuzu Bellett GTR.
07:53Inazuma's enemy is the Phantom Army, an evil group of psychics and the New Human Empire formed by Emperor Banba.
08:03When we consider the problems the Earth will face 50 years from now, such as food crises and artificial explosions, we believe that mutants with psychic powers will become the leaders of the Earth and either dominate or eliminate the older humans who do not have psychic powers.
08:22Emperor Banba has a terrifying appearance, three long fingers, and supernatural powers beyond lightning.
08:31From secret bases across the country, he issues orders to mutant robots and phantom soldiers to wipe out the old human race.
08:39They are mutant robots that serve as the hands and feet of Emperor Banba, but they are also mutants with evil hearts, cyborgs that are created through modification surgery by a new human race.
08:51Many of the motifs are natural phenomena, chemical substances, or abstract things.
09:00Furthermore, the Phantom Soldiers, who serve under these mutant robots, have three huge claws on their right arms and primarily use rifles as weapons.
09:13His body is flushed with green blood, and underneath his mask is a green, jelly-like substance.
09:21Now, it's finally time for the final episode.
09:27Udesper, the warrior who appeared in the previous episode, launches an attack on the Phantom Corps' base.
09:35He then took the Phantom soldiers he had taken alive to a temporary hideout and had them step on a mask bearing the face of Emperor Banba that was placed on the floor, in order to decide whether to kill them as enemies or let them live as allies.
09:49Around that time, Watari Goro received a phone call from the New Human Empire, and when he went to the designated location, to his surprise, he found Emperor Banba and his three guards, the Black Brothers, waiting for him.
10:06And then, to my surprise, it was Bamba who proposed that they make peace and join forces.
10:14Goro is surprised, but there is no way he will reconcile with Bamba, who killed his own mother, so he flatly refuses.
10:21At that moment, a traitorous Phantom Soldier who had defected to the arm spar appears and places psychic power-eliminating rings on Goro and Banba, preventing them from using their psychic powers.
10:35It was then that Goro finally understood why Banba had tried to reconcile.
10:41The two are then taken to the execution site and tied to a tree when a motorcycle rider arrives for an arm spar.
10:52Upon arriving, they immediately try to begin the execution, but Bamba tells Arm Spar that he has already installed a visual fluctuation device that will sink the Japanese archipelago in an underground active fault line, and that if things continue as they are, he will be taken down with him.
11:09However, Bamba thinks that the arm spar is his final attempt, and first attempts to execute Goro.
11:19At that moment, members of the Youth Alliance, such as Sadoko and Katsumi, appear, so Goro takes advantage of that moment, removes his psychic power-eliminating ring, transforms into lightning, and fights Arm Spar, but for some reason Arm Spar retreats.
11:36Meanwhile, for some reason, Sadoko and her friends were on the run with Bamba.
11:43However, he is sandwiched between enemies from the front and back, and just when he thinks he can use Banjicus, a bolt of lightning appears and defeats the enemies.
11:52Banba, whose subordinates are already gone, decides to help him by telling Goro the location of the visual fluctuation device.
12:00Banba takes Goro to his base, but breaks his promise and locks him in a special energy-absorbing prison, attempting to kill him.
12:13However, he manages to escape by transforming into Lightning and using his body parts to create a psychic power amplifier called Zeber.
12:23After escaping, they find Banba and engage in a final battle.
12:31Banba transforms into an ugly monster and enters the battle, but is ultimately defeated by Inazuma's new special move, the Zeber Lightning Shock.
12:42Before there is even time to bask in the afterglow of their victory, Udespa appears again, signaling the arrival of a new enemy: the Despa Army led by President Geisel.
12:54He also reveals that Banba was, in fact, only the commander of the Deathpara Corps.
13:02Then, at the same time that a deformed fighter jet from the Despa Army appears, President Geisel, with his pale face and red eyes, also appears on the cliff, and with this, the program's title, Lightning, ends, and from the next episode, the new program title, Lightning Flash, begins.
13:24Now let's take a look at Lightning's performance against the New Human Empire.
13:54Chess chess chessisations!
13:57Fight, our lightning.
14:03Be strong and move, even blow away mountains.
14:09Shoot down the Devil's Empire's new human, Wantom Bamba!
14:17Chest
14:19Chest
14:21Chest
14:23Chest
14:25Chest
14:27lightning
14:29lightning
14:37went
14:39Chest
14:41went
14:43Fight
14:45Our
14:47Chrysalis Man
14:49It's strong
14:51Iron too
14:53Burning
14:55Empire of Terror
14:57Forests
14:59Mutant Robot
15:01Beat me
15:03Chest
15:05Chest
15:07Chest
15:09Chest
15:11Chrysalis Man
15:13Chrysalis Man
15:15Chrysalis Man
15:17Chest
15:21Chest
15:23Chest
15:25Chest
15:27Chest
15:29Chest
15:31Chest
15:33Chest
15:35Chest
15:36Chest
15:37Chest
15:38Chest
15:39Chest
15:40Chest
15:41Fight
15:42Our
15:44Raijingoal
15:47It's fast
15:49The Earth
15:50straddle
15:53When it's big
15:57of
16:12Raijingoal
16:13Raijingoal
16:15When it's big
16:17What did you think?
16:27When the show first aired, my friends were quite interested in the sight of Banba being chased by his former subordinates, who were also combatants, and wondered if it was really a hunt.
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