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Following a plane crash, the twin brother—a baby at the time—goes missing at sea and is raised by dinosaurs. Years later, he reappears before his parents and simultaneously battles the invaders attacking Earth. This is the story of “The Monster Prince.”
00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is the Monster Prince.
00:20In this film, the Monster Prince's twin brother goes missing at sea as a baby due to an airplane accident and is raised by dinosaurs.A few years later, he appears before his parents and fights against invaders attacking the Earth.
00:39Now, let's take a look at this work.
00:43Monster Prince was produced by Tokyu Agency and aired for a total of 26 episodes from 1967 to 1968.
00:57The story begins with a scene of Dr. Ibuki, a science researcher, appearing on an airplane with his wife and twin children.
01:05However, a sudden visual disturbance occurs, causing a volcanic island to appear, and a passenger plane flying over the island becomes caught up in it and makes an emergency landing on the sea.
01:18The professor and his family somehow manage to survive on the boat, but lose sight of his twin brother, Takeru, due to the rough waves.
01:25Then, several years later, a man who is shipwrecked on a volcanic island discovers a boy and a dinosaur, but is attacked by an unidentified creature and leaves the island again, and is fortunately rescued by a passing ship.
01:44After his rescue, the media interviewing him reports that there is a human child and a dinosaur on the volcanic island.
01:53Around that time, Dr. Ibuki begins investigating a volcanic island to determine the cause of frequent undersea earthquakes.
02:03When the research team, including the doctor, enters the volcanic island and immediately begins their investigation, they discover giant footprints all over the island.
02:14The professor remembered the boy and dinosaur featured in the media, and his mind was drawn to his missing son, Takeru.
02:23As the doctors continue their investigation, they are attacked by a strange, unidentified flying humanoid creature.
02:33The National Defense Forces, which were accompanying the plane as an escort, contacted the Air Force and requested the dispatch of fighter jets.
02:40Before they could reach the island, the squadron of fighter planes was attacked by the Sea Captain Terranodon and was wiped out.
02:47Meanwhile, the research team is under attack from a mysterious enemy, and as the guards fall one by one, they find themselves in a desperate situation.
02:59Dr. Ibuki and his team prepare to die, but then a boy and a dinosaur appear and engage in battle with the enemy.
03:07When Dr. Ibuki sees the boy's face, he is astonished to see that he looks exactly like Mitsuru and Ori, twins in Japan.
03:15However, these boys and dinosaurs suddenly appear and begin defending the Earth from invaders.
03:27Now, let me introduce the characters.
03:30Dr. Ibuki is the protagonist of this work, as well as Dr. Ibuki's child, or twin brother.
03:40At 10 months old, he went missing near a volcanic island after a passenger plane crash.
03:47After being lost at sea, he was raised by the dinosaur Prontosaurus.
03:52A few years later, when he saves his father, Dr. Ibuki, who was conducting research on a volcanic island, from the Arushige people, the father and son are reunited.
04:02Since their first encounter, not only on the volcanic island but also in many parts of the world, including Japan,
04:08Together with his partner Nessie and the Ranger Squad, he will face off against mysterious invaders attacking the Earth.
04:15Nessie is a type of Prontosaurus that lives on a volcanic island.
04:22He was raised by his mother dinosaur as a brother to Takeru.
04:27Therefore, he only listened to Takeru's orders and shouted "Oura."
04:32He understood Takeru's intentions and acted together with him.
04:36Normally, it is a very docile dinosaur, but when it comes to combat,
04:40It defeats its opponents with its huge size, incredible strength, and the flames it breathes from its mouth.
04:48Ibuki Seiichi is a world-renowned doctor of science who works for the Science Agency and is also Takeru's father.
04:57Although he is a scientist, he also goes directly to the field to investigate.
05:01They were often attacked by invaders and their lives were in danger on many occasions.
05:07However, while they are caught up in the fighting, they are also using their experiences and knowledge to develop new weapons and other things.
05:17Asako Ibuki is Takeru's mother,
05:20He usually takes care of Takeru's twin brother, Mitsuru, and his sister, Hikaru.
05:27Even after the accident, she still believed that Takeru was still alive.
05:30On Mitsuru's birthday, they celebrated Takeru's as well.
05:34While they were happy to confirm Takeru's survival, in the battle against the invaders,
05:40Takeru and her husband, Seiichi, are constantly worried.
05:45Ibuki Mitsuru is Takeru's twin brother.
05:49After Takeru's survival was confirmed, he was often seen looking up to him as an older brother.
05:54However, because I live in a convenient city,
05:57He doesn't seem to understand why Takeru wants to return to the inconvenient volcanic island.
06:03In addition, like his father, he was also a huge machine enthusiast who enjoyed building devices.
06:11Ibuki Hikaru is Takeru's younger sister,
06:14Being a young girl, she is simply happy to have another brother.
06:18He was interested in everything and usually got into arguments with his older brother, Mitsuru.
06:26Dr. Oliver is against the invaders attacking Earth.
06:31He is an American scientist who works with Dr. Ibuki to come up with countermeasures.
06:36While making full use of his excellent brain and excellent physical abilities,
06:41He also showed off his shooting skills on a par with those of a ranger.
06:45The ancient creature Diatryma has caused him to become blind.
06:51Nakamaru Ichi is the commander of the Ranger Special Squad,
06:55He is also a leader who takes the lead in battle.
06:59He is highly trusted by the Ministry of Defense's top brass and his subordinates in the Rangers.
07:05In the ever-changing situation on the ground,
07:08He made accurate decisions and led the Rangers.
07:12Hashiba Ichiyo is the sub-leader of the Ranger Special Forces,
07:19He was also a heroic man from Kyushu.
07:23He calls Takeru "Bongo" and is a ranger who is particularly close to him.
07:27Because he often worked with Takeru,
07:31I frequently find myself in dangerous situations.
07:33Nishizumi San'ya is the number three ranger,
07:41He was anonymously dispatched by the Airship Squadron to the volcanic island.
07:45He is also a master of swordsmanship and shiriken,
07:48I have a very straightforward way of thinking, so I'm not good at intellectual games.
07:52The following are the invaders and monsters that appeared in the film.
08:02The superhumans of the starry sky invade Earth from the galactic universe.
08:07and a mysterious alien who came to the volcanic island in search of uranium deposits.
08:13They were controlled by electromagnetic waves by their commander, the Superhuman Commander.
08:18During the attack, Takeru killed his foster mother, Prontasaurus.
08:23To kill it, you need to cut off its head.
08:26Even when injured, they recovered by growing and regenerating tissue cells.
08:32Its special features include the ability to fly and communicate telepathically.
08:39The Superhuman Commander also controlled the following monsters:
08:43The Terranodon is a variant of the Bathymetry that uses its wings to create powerful gusts of wind that can destroy fighter planes.
08:54Godrass is a powerful engine monster that spits incandescent flames from its mouth and attacks jet fighters.
09:02Shishiryu is a monster that scatters carbon dioxide-like freezing rays and solidifies any substance.
09:09An armored dragon that emerged from the depths of the Sea of Trees, had hard, armor-like skin, and attacked with a hot cannon.
09:20A ceratopsian, a primitive beast of the Triceratops family that fired an opening ray from the two horns on its head and destroyed a unit of jet fighters from the National Defense Forces.
09:30Featured are the stegosaurus-type primitive beast Kenryu, which has a mouth opening that allows it to spit out gas and sharp teeth that act as powerful weapons.
09:44The insect people, like the sexual supermen they destroyed, are intelligent life forms that came from the planet Gamma and are targeting the uranium veins of the volcanic island.
09:54It has high combat abilities, and in addition to its flying ability, it can spray sulfuric acid from its mouth, emit magnetic lines from its antennae, and use its regenerative abilities to revive unless its head is severed.
10:10He also used the following monsters to attack the Earth.
10:15An egg found underground on a volcanic island hatches into a monster called Diatryma, which shoots deadly rays from its eyes.
10:26The Sealagon is a monster resembling a coelacanth that has the characteristics of both land animals and marine reptiles and can fire powerful currents of water from its mouth.
10:34Iguanadon is a monster that came from the planet Gamma, which spits rheumatic acid from its mouth and stores a large number of insect-human eggs in its body.
10:47Zigordon is a rock monster that guards the insect-human base, taking up position on the bedrock and dropping rocks on any humans that approach.
10:56The Sun Dragon is a monster that burrows into the sand and attacks by spitting out sand, thereby hindering the ranger forces and defending the insectoid humans' uranium mining base.
11:12Characters such as Pachycehalosaurus appear, who combines with a space cactus to become a monster, absorbing oxygen and emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide, thereby attempting to wipe out humans.
11:26Well, we are finally at the final episode. The final episode is a sequel to the previous episode.
11:38The Ibuki family visits the Princes' Islands as a family vacation.
11:44On their first family trip in a long time, Mitsuru and Hikaru are having fun when they come across a strangely shaped cactus on the beach.
11:51As he approaches the cactus, he suddenly finds it difficult to breathe, and he also discovers that birds and other animals have died around the cactus.
12:02However, he still gets close to the cactus, and when his mother, Asako, touches it, she gets pricked by the thorns and becomes ill.
12:12The doctor, Misel, had no medicine to treat her, and seeing his wife suffering from a high fever and repeatedly calling out Takeru's name,
12:21Dr. Ibuki asks the Chief Scientist and Dr. Oliver to create an antibiotic.
12:28Meanwhile, the number of cacti is rapidly increasing, and the island's coastline is covered with them.
12:38Mitsuru is shocked by what he sees and is attacked by the insect people, but Takeru, who has arrived on Princess Island after being informed of his mother's illness, fights back and Mitsuru escapes.
12:50Furthermore, upon receiving reports of the insectoid humans, the National Defense Forces dispatches ranger units to the site.
13:00Afterwards, Asako, the mother, receives an injection of antibiotics brought by Dr. Oliver and heads to the outer cannon, while the ranger unit attempts to remove the cacti, but even after destroying them, they quickly regenerate and their numbers instead increase.
13:16Suddenly, a monster made from a cactus called Pachycehalosaurus appears in front of the surprised professor and the ranger team.
13:28It also spits out carbon dioxide from its mouth, rapidly reducing the amount of oxygen in the surrounding area, causing great suffering to Takeru and the ranger squad.
13:38So Takeru calls for Nessie, but he struggles against the carbon dioxide attacks and retreats.
13:47Dr. Oliver also calculates that if the monster continues to belch carbon dioxide, it will run out of oxygen in just 23 days.
13:57As a result, the National Defense Forces sent in an attack force and launched a missile attack, but the insectoid human spaceship appeared and destroyed everything.
14:08Furthermore, the ranger forces on the ground are forced to retreat after being subjected to a fierce attack by the insect people.
14:18As the island is occupied by insect-people and the islanders evacuate, Takeru creates an oxygen supply device using an oxygen tank, attaches it to Nessie, and challenges the insect-people and Pachycehalosaurus.
14:34However, the oxygen tank was targeted and the operation failed.
14:42Takeru is also injured and receives treatment at the hospital, while Dr. Ibuki comes up with the idea of injecting leaf green grass into Nessie's body, giving it a plant-like constitution.
14:54Later, Dr. Ibuki receives a special leaf chlorophyll from the Science Agency and injects it into Nessie, and Takeru also joins the battle despite his injuries.
15:09While Takeru and the ranger squad engage in a fierce battle with the insect-men, Nessie faces off against a Pachycehalosaurus that spews carbon dioxide.
15:19Nessie kills the Pachycehalosaurus with a powerful flamethrower, and after a fierce battle, the ranger unit succeeds in forcing the insect-people to retreat.
15:31The scene changes and the Ibuki family watches sadly as Takeru and Nessie, who have protected the Earth from the insect people, leave Princess Island and return to Volcano Island. At that moment, Hashiba Kazukusa appears and hands them a chunk of the dead dinosaur mother, as Takeru had requested.
15:53Takeru then sends a message saying that he is very lucky to have two wonderful mothers.
16:04The program ends with the Ibuki family hearing those words and watching Takeru gradually disappear into the sea.
16:14Now let's take a look at Takeru and his friends' exploits.
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