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Lightspeed Esper is a story about an ordinary boy who becomes a superhero by wearing a powered suit, solving bizarre incidents and phenomena—including those involving aliens—to protect Earth.
00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is High Speed Esper.
00:19In this work, High-Speed Esper, an ordinary boy puts on a powered suit and becomes a superhero, solving strange incidents and phenomena involving aliens and protecting the Earth.
00:40Now, let's take a look at this work.
00:43High Speed Esper was produced by its predecessor and aired for a total of 26 episodes from 1967 to 1968.
00:58The story begins when an explosion of the planet Esper, located in the Andromeda Galaxy, is confirmed at the Electric Observatory.
01:08At that time, a junior high school student, Azuma Hikaru, was enjoying a sightseeing balloon ride with his parents when an unidentified flying object suddenly appeared and caused the balloon to crash.
01:23This flying object was a man and woman from the planet Esper, which had just exploded, and when it arrived on Earth, the impact of the sound waves from its flight caused the balloon to crash.
01:35These aliens, a man and a woman, are a married couple who appear in the bodies of Hikaru's dead parents, becoming Earthlings and at the same time helping Hikaru, who is still breathing.
01:47After the accident, Hikaru recovered and returned to his normal life, unaware that his parents were Esper aliens. However, his Esper parents sense that the Argument aliens, who destroyed Planet Esper, have come to Earth.
02:05Therefore, they use telepathy to send the structural formula of the powered suit to the brain of Hikaru's uncle, Dr. Asakawa, who is developing the suit at the Wide-Range Energy Research Institute, and complete the suit.
02:21Dr. Asakawa chooses the elderly Hikaru to be the test pilot for the completed powered suit, and names Hikaru "Esper" once he's wearing it.
02:35The name Esper was given to Hikaru by his mother, an Esper planet alien, using telepathy to have Dr. Asakawa give him the name so that he would not forget the Esper planet.
02:48At that time, the Gillonians were telepathically controlling a fighter jet belonging to a certain country, and were planning to start a war by dropping a hydrogen bomb on the enemy country.
03:02After receiving this report from the United Nations, Dr. Asakawa gives the esper his first mission: to stop a hydrogen bomb attack by fighter jets.
03:11The esper rushes to the scene, but somehow manages to catch the hydrogen bomb that is dropped right in front of him, and heads straight into space, where he successfully defuses the bomb.
03:23After this, he goes on to solve a number of incidents, including the invasion of Earth by the Gillon aliens.
03:32Now, let me introduce the characters.
03:38First, the main character, Touko, is a middle school student who is chosen to wear the powered suit developed by his uncle, Dr. Asakawa.
03:50They are called espers, and with the cry of "E Esper," they transform and go into action.
03:57This powered suit is equipped with seven abilities.
04:03The seven abilities include the suction ability, which uses a tube extending from the tank on the back to attract and suck in everything.
04:13A light ability that allows him to fly at high speeds using the high-wave energy in the tank.
04:20The computer's ability to see and analyze afterimages, etc.
04:23Combining light abilities with advanced transistor abilities, he has the ability to shrink his body.
04:33Telecommunications capabilities that allow for long-distance communication and the protection of all information using the helmet's antenna and receiver.
04:43Heat ability, using heat guns attached to his boots.
04:47There is also the psychic ability to reverse the function of a suction tube, making it have the effect of a cooling gun.
04:56This reinforced suit is a perfect insulator that can withstand the shock of a nuclear explosion and high heat, but on the other hand,
05:07The high wave energy stored in the tank had a weakness in that it could only be used for a certain period of time in areas where sunlight could not reach.
05:16Meanwhile, from episode 3, a bird-shaped calculator named Shika, a gift from Esper's father, Masato, appears as Esper's partner, providing him with advice and support.
05:30In fact, Shika is the mother's alter ego, a mecha created to protect the espers.
05:37Other characters include Hikaru's parents, Azuma Masato and Shizuka.
05:46In fact, both died in accidents during sightseeing balloon flights.
05:51Afterwards, the esper alien couple who were the cause of the accident are possessed and switch bodies.
05:59However, Hikaru is unaware of this fact.
06:03In addition, Dr. Kotaro Asakawa, the son of Dr. Yotaro Asakawa, who developed the reinforced suit,
06:12After returning from the United States, he completed the spaceship, Luster,
06:17In the film, he explores the unknown universe with the espers.
06:22And Dr. Kotaro Asakawa's son, Koichi, is given a non-functional powered suit by his grandfather.
06:29Wearing a similar spacesuit, during the investigation and exploration of the Luster,
06:36By piloting the Super No. 2, a special machine with a barrier function,
06:40He will play an active role as Esper No. 2.
06:43In addition, Koichi's cousin and friend, Kotaro Asakawa,
06:49There was also her younger sister, Michiru.
06:51He is an enemy who faces off against espers, but until about the middle of the show,
06:58This is an episode about strange incidents and phenomena involving the Gillon aliens.
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