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This work initially targeted older viewers and began as a life-sized hero series, but midway through it shifted to a giant hero format, with the title changed to ‘Silver Mask Giant’.
00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is Silver Mask.
00:21Although it was a children's program, it was a hero story with a realistic and suspenseful feel, and from the middle of the program, the heroes changed from life-sized to giant heroes, and it was also a rare program in that the name of the program was changed.
00:43Now let's take a look at this work.
00:47Silver Mask was produced by TBS and its predecessors and aired for a total of 26 episodes from 1971 to 1972.
01:02The story begins with a scene of a house on fire.
01:07The owner of the house and the designer of the Kosh rocket, Dr. Kasuga, was murdered by the Sigris aliens who were after the blueprints, and the house was set on fire during the murder.
01:22Dr. Kasuga has five children, and somehow the blueprints for the Kosh rocket were hidden inside the bodies of these children.
01:34The second son, Kosh Rocket, was also given the power of silver, the ability to transform into Silver Mask.
01:42In the first episode, after avenging their father and defeating the Sigrisians, the brothers try to solve the mystery of the blueprints in order to complete the Kosh Rocket, but they also fight against aliens who have stolen the rocket blueprints and are trying to expand their domination of space, as well as aliens who feel threatened by humanity's expansion into space.
02:06The brothers also travel around Japan, enduring the cold stares and behavior of people who do not understand them.
02:19Let me start by introducing the main characters, the Kasuga brothers.
02:24First, there is the boy Koichi, a 26-year-old rocket engineering expert who is strict with himself but provides calm judgment to his brothers.
02:36The second son, Koichi, is 23 years old and is the physically strongest of his brothers, so his father gives him the ability to transform into Silver Mask.
02:48The eldest daughter, Hitomi, is 21 years old and is studying at a university medical school with the goal of becoming a doctor.
02:54He also had a fiancé who developed radar.
02:59The third son, Koichi, is a 20-year-old university student, but his impulsive personality often makes him a troublemaker.
03:10Because his father was killed by an alien, he harbors hostility towards all aliens, and even murderous intent.
03:17The second daughter, Haruka, is 18 years old and mentally and physically weak, so in episode 8 she is left in the care of an acquaintance, Dr. Abe, and has not appeared in the story since.
03:32Also, while my father was alive, he was given anti-aliens equipment, including a luminous gun mounted high up, a sniper gun in his eyes, and spectral glasses that could identify aliens.
03:49The brothers' father, Katsuichiro, was a genius rocket engineer, but because he warned about the threat of aliens, he was treated as a lunatic by society.
04:02Upon learning of the successful development of a lattice rocket, a high-performance rocket, the aliens, Tigris, kill him, but leave the blueprints in the bodies of five children, so the brothers try to unravel the mystery.
04:20Another character is the brothers' uncle, arms dealer Michio Ohara.
04:27At every opportunity, he tries to make money by obtaining the secret of the lattice rocket, but because his attitude is so obvious, the Kasuga brothers don't take him seriously at all.
04:40In addition, Dr. Tsuyama, the director of the Tsuyama Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, who was his father's student, and his daughter, Rika, also appear in the story.
04:49In order to protect his brothers and the Earth from the threat of aliens, his father, Katsuichiro, modified his second son, Koji, to create Silver Mask.
05:03In the show, this transformation ability was called the Silver Power or Silver Power.
05:10To transform, place your right fist against the palm of your left hand and shout "attack" to transform into a life-size Silver Mask.
05:22His abilities are not explained in detail, but in the film he is shown moving a tanker truck with his bare hands.
05:30However, they do not seem to have any special abilities such as killer moves, and when fighting aliens, they are often seen finishing off their opponents with guns carried by Koichi or Hitomi.
05:44If we had to say, the Silver Kick, which he used to defeat the Pirma Alien and the Gorgon Alien, is considered to be his special move.
05:52Then, from episode 11, Silver Mask is able to grow to a gigantic size after being exposed to photon energy leaking from the photon engine.
06:07To distinguish him from his life-size form, he is called Silver Mask or Giant.
06:14Its specifications are height: 50m, weight: 50,000 tons.
06:20Another difference from the life-size version is that the exposed mouth area is now depicted as if wearing a mask, and the transformation pose involves spreading both arms out to the sides, then lowering them, shouting "Silver," and then doing a forward somersault.
06:39In addition, weapons and special moves that were rarely seen in life-size figures are now included.
06:45Firstly, there's the Silver Sabre, Silver Butte, and Silver Shuriken, which are the sword, whip, and shuriken that he pulls out of his belt.
06:57Thin blue and silver rays radiate from the protrusions on its head.
07:02Silver Jack, a jackknife that pops out of his forehead.
07:05In addition, he also uses psychic powers such as teleportation and telekinesis.
07:16The enemies of the Kasuga brothers and Silver Mask are not the same as those from previous episodes, but rather aliens appear in each episode.
07:26As a general trend among aliens, historically there have been signs that they have tried to prevent the advancement of Earthlings into space out of distrust and fear of the Earthlings.
07:40Of course, some aliens have begun to invade Earth due to their colonial ambitions.
07:48In addition, even during his father's lifetime, he had been making Earthlings view Dr. Kasuga and his brothers as enemies by fabricating the Ruma against the Kasuga family, who were involved in the photon rocket, which was a stepping stone for Earthlings to advance into space.
08:07However, the film also features aliens with scientific capabilities far more advanced than those of Earth, so some viewers may have wondered why they are so afraid of Earthlings.
08:22As an aside, Silver Mask was aired at the same time as the popular program Mirror Man, so it did not do well in the ratings and is generally perceived as a minor special effects hero program.
08:41It is also assumed that the low viewership was due to the content being perceived as dark or difficult by children.
08:52Now, finally, it's the final episode.
08:59The film begins right at the beginning with a scene of the monster, Alien Wile E., breathing fire and destroying a city.
09:08In counterattack, Bem 5 launches an attack, but for some reason the monster disappears.
09:15After returning to base, the team discovers a spaceship on radar, so they launch Bem 5 again and shoot down the spaceship with a laser beam.
09:27Afterwards, Bem 5 lands and the brothers check the spaceship they shot down, and from inside comes a woman-like alien wearing silver clothing and holding a baby.
09:42When the brothers entered the spaceship, they found that her husband and father had died.
09:49Although disappointed, she explains that she has come from Andromeda, the Second Nebula, to make a connection to Earth.
09:58It turns out that Alien Wily was destroying the city to prevent the destruction of her planet and the Earth.
10:06Because she is injured, she is taken into protective custody along with the baby, but the structure, which has only been in contact with vicious aliens, cannot bring itself to believe her story.
10:21Then, Wily Alien appears again to eliminate the woman and baby he is protecting.
10:29So Koji transforms into Silver Mask.
10:33However, when Silver Mask is at a disadvantage due to the attacks of the Wily aliens, the alien woman comes to his aid with an earring bomb, and he is severely injured in the counterattack by the Wily aliens.
10:48And on her deathbed, she entrusts the friendship and her baby to the Kasuga brothers before passing away.
10:56The Kasuga brothers then decide to go to Andromeda to show their friendship and to bring the orphaned baby back to its mother.
11:08However, Haruka, who is in the care of Dr. Abe, and Hitomi, who has a fiance, are persuaded to remain on Earth.
11:18Also, considering the round trip timeline, which takes 60 years, Dr. Tsuyama's daughter, who is currently a child, and his uncle's son, who is his cousin, will also be going to Andromeda.
11:32For this long-term space journey, Bem 5 was also modified and fitted with auxiliary equipment that would enable it to fly semi-permanently using solar thermal energy.
11:47On the day of departure, Wily Alien suddenly appears at the Bem 5 launch site, but Silver Mask also appears and defeats Wily Alien with an electric shock attack.
12:00After this, Bem 5 successfully launches into space, and a message from Dr. Tsuyama confirms its trajectory to Andromeda, and the journey to the year 2001, the year of its scheduled arrival, begins.The program ends with a scene showing the Kasuga brothers, their two children, and the baby, all smiling but looking a little nervous.
12:24Now, let's take a look at Silver Mask in action.
12:31Silver Mask is a wandering mask, a shooting star of golden light, a dreamless time,
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