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Golden Bat is a story where the protagonist, whose true identity is unknown and who possesses a terrifying skeletal appearance, fights against an evil secret society alongside justice, staking the survival of humanity—a stark contrast to his appearance.
00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is Golden Bat.
00:20The main character, Golden Bat, is an unidentified and terrifying skeletal figure who, contrary to his appearance, fights for justice and the survival of humanity against an evil secret society. Let's take a look at this film now.
00:42Golden Bat aired for a total of 52 episodes from 1967 to 1968.
00:55The story begins with an expedition ship heading towards Antarctica carrying Dr. Mille and his daughter Marie, who are researching the mythical continent of Atlantis.
01:06Then, they detect an SOS from a ship in distress and immediately head out to rescue it, but the mysterious giant monster attacks the expedition ship.
01:18At the same time, Supercar, a high-performance disc-shaped machine developed and test-run by Dr. Yamadone, also detects the SOS and arrives at the scene to find Marie along with the remains of the destroyed expedition ship, so Dr. Yamadone's son, Takeru, pilots a lifeboat and carries out a rescue.
01:41Meanwhile, Dario, a crew member of the supercar, accidentally sends out a distress signal, which causes the mystery to confirm the supercar's presence and send a giant monster to attack Takeru's lifeboat.
01:57So the supercar quickly withdraws from the scene while accommodating the lifeboat.
02:04Unfortunately, during the retreat, the engine overheated, and while searching for a landing spot, they ended up lost in a place that was not even on the map, but they had no choice but to land there.
02:18After landing, while searching for water to cool the engines, Marie suggests that this place might be the continent of Atlantis.
02:27After a while, as night falls and you are walking in the darkness, a shining bat appears before you.
02:36They follow the bat and arrive at the temple, where a mysterious giant monster appears and attacks Dr. Yamadone and his team.
02:47As Dr. Yamadone and his team run away, they suddenly fall into a hole that appears, but as they walk with the glowing bat that appears again, they discover a mysterious coffin.
03:00Then, using Dr. Millet's book that Marie brought, Dr. Yamadone deciphers the writings on the coffin and pours water into it to revive something that is implied within it.
03:15Then, with smoke and laughter, the Golden Bat appears, jumps out of the coffin, and begins fighting the mysterious monster that has been pursuing him.
03:28In response to Golden Bat's swift attacks, the monster flees into the sea, but Golden Bat pursues it, dragging it out of the water and defeating it with his overwhelming strength.
03:40Afterwards, the place believed to be Atlantis sinks into the sea, but the footage shows Dr. Yamadone and his team managing to escape safely.
03:51After this, Dr. Yamadone and his team, along with Golden Bat, will fight against an unknown enemy, Nazo.
04:02Now, let me introduce the main characters.
04:06Golden Bat is the main character of this work, and he was sleeping underground in the continent of Atlantis, which is said to have sunk 10,000 years ago.
04:17The coffin was discovered by chance by Dr. Yamadone, who gave him water and brought him back to life.
04:22His appearance is that of a terrifying golden Share Kobe monster, but he also possesses superhuman strength and psychic powers, and wields the invincible Silver Baton.
04:33He is a messenger of justice who fights against evil, and since his first appearance he has been watching over Dr. Yamadone and his friends, appearing when called by Marie.
04:43Additionally, although the Golden Bat seems invincible, its only weakness is that it is susceptible to dryness, and if its body becomes dry, it will become unable to function.
04:55On the other hand, dryness was not a fatal weakness, and when they were unable to move, their powerful defensive power prevented them from being attacked.
05:05Dr. Yamadone was a leading Japanese scientist who created a supercar, a disc-shaped high-performance machine that could be used on land, sea, and air.
05:19While conducting research and test driving the supercar, he accidentally discovered the Golden Bat's coffin and revived it.
05:27He is a scientist of action who participates in research activities himself, but he also has a strong sense of justice and is tough enough to defeat the bad guys.
05:38However, his inability to say no was a problem, and the academic community and the defense forces left him with the task of solving the mystery.
05:47Takeru is the only son of Dr. Yamadone, and like his father, he loves adventure. After breaking into a supercar without permission, he becomes his father's assistant.
06:01Although he is still a child, he inherited his father's intelligence and recklessness, and in some episodes he outperforms Dr. Yamadone's subordinates.
06:12Furthermore, like his father, his motto when it comes to how things are done and how he thinks about things is to start with discussion.
06:24Marie is a French woman born in Japan and the daughter of archaeologist Dr. Millet.
06:31While exploring the continent of Atlantis with his father, they were attacked by a mysterious monster and his father went missing.
06:39From then on, while under the protection of Dr. Yamadone, who rescued him, he provided clues to deciphering the secret inscription in the coffin where the Golden Bat rests.
06:49Since Golden Bat's revival, he has also acquired psychic abilities, can somehow renew contact with the Golden Bat, and acts as a sort of summoner of Golden Bat.
07:00Dareo is Dr. Yamadone's assistant and Takeru's friend.
07:08He is quite slow-witted and often says and does things that don't make sense, which makes him play a comic relief role in the play.
07:17On the other hand, he is also a man of great strength, having won a medal in Olympic weightlifting, and he contributes to Dr. Yamadone and his team with his offensive power, making him a character that is hard to hate even when he fails.
07:32Barrel is a character whose identity is unknown and who appears towards the end of the story, but after getting caught up in a commotion at the circus, he begins to act together with Dr. Yamadone.
07:46However, his slightly unconventional or irresponsible behavior made him a bit of a troublemaker for those around him.
07:58Mr. Bat is a shining golden bat that comes out of the Golden Bat's Sawan, and after it appears when Marie calls out to it, the Golden Bat will appear if there is combat with an enemy.
08:13Furthermore, he acted as a messenger for Golden Bat to Dr. Yamadone and his companions, and sometimes supported Golden Bat in battle with his powerful fighting abilities.
08:28The following characters will be enemies of Golden Bat and Dr. Yamadone.
08:35Nazou had four eyes that each shot a beam of light, wore a mask with ears, a mechanical left hand that was locked with a mechanical key, and the lower half of his body was inside a flying saucer, giving him a mechanical appearance, and whenever something happened, he would shout "Lombroso".
08:54He usually uses his drill-shaped mobile fortress, Nazo Tower, as his base, and conveys orders to his subordinates as he aims to conquer the world using robots, monsters, and weapons that he has created using earthquakes.
09:08However, due to his extreme emotional fluctuations, he never tolerated his subordinates' mistakes and would ruthlessly punish even the most talented subordinates.
09:19In the film, his true identity is said to be former Nazi scientist Erich Nazo, but this has never been proven.
09:27Mazo is the organization's second-highest ranking executive and a scientist who is obedient to Nazo.
09:37He is the type of person who not only gives orders to his subordinates but also takes command on the scene himself, and is an excellent commander who is able to lead an organization while calming down the theatrical Nazou.
09:48However, he is always careless when it comes to crucial strategies, and while he suffers repeated defeats against the Golden Bat, he is also someone who has the ability to tenaciously survive even when under fierce attack.
10:05Like the Golden Bat, the Dark Bat is a monster that existed in ancient Atlantis and was sealed away in a nursing home under the sea by a spell.
10:15Although he is revived by Nazou, he is unable to resist as he possesses a spell tablet that is Nazou's weakness, and instead follows his orders as a subordinate.
10:27Since Golden Bat is a wand-like entity, it has the same abilities as Golden Bat, but unlike Golden Bat, its weight does not seem to be its weakness.
10:36Although it disappears once in the play, it is revived by the sorcerer Othello and the stone tablet's weakness is overcome, but this time it is up to Othello to make it disappear, and it is once again placed under the command of Nazo, who has teamed up with Othello.
10:52As an aside, this work was originally written in the 1930s before the war as a sequel to the work Black Bat.
11:04It originated as a picture-story show created by Nagamatsu Takeo, and after the war, a series of comic books was sold from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
11:19Following this trend, in 1950, Japan's first special effects superhero film, or rather the first live-action film, Golden Bat: The Monster of the Demon Sky Tower, was released, starring Ryuji Ueda and also featuring Hibari Misora.
11:37Furthermore, in 1966, a live-action film version, Golden Bat, starring Shinichi Chiba, was released, and the series was exported not only to Japan but also to Europe and the United States.
11:50In addition, this animated version, which began airing in 1967, was also co-produced and broadcast on Oriental Broadcasting in Korea, and was also broadcast locally in Italy and South American countries with a changed program name.
12:11Well, we are finally at the final episode. The final episode is a sequel to the previous episode.
12:18After the Demon Statue teams up with the sorcerer Othello to revive the Dark Bat, the Golden Bat and the Dark Bat face off in a pocket base built by the Mysterious Statue.
12:33However, the Golden Bat is caught in a trap that causes its moisture to evaporate, and along with the kidnapped Takeru, it is taken to the nurse's house and disposed of in her pocket.
12:43Afterwards, construction of the pocket base proceeds, but after a series of accidents occurs, the mysterious statue becomes suspicious and when it retrieves the coffins of Golden Bat and Takeru, it finds that Takeru is no longer there, and only a clay doll of Golden Bat remains.
13:01It's a surprising and mysterious image, but when Othello realizes that Dark Bat is Golden Bat, Dark Bat transforms into Golden Bat with a laugh, and then goes off to face off against Othello and the monsters he controls outside the base.
13:19A fierce battle ensues, but while Golden Bat defeats Othello and the monster, Takeru is safely rescued and, together with Dr. Yamadone, sets off again to the mysterious monster base, tracing his memories.
13:34Meanwhile, Nazozo, learning of the two men's approach, has his subordinates attack them, and Dr. Yamadone deliberately gets captured and taken prisoner, allowing him to infiltrate the base.
13:48After infiltrating, Dr. Yamadone activates a transmitter hidden in the Kelmet, informing Supercar of the location of the base.
13:57Meanwhile, when Dr. Yamadone and Takeru refuse to submit, the mysterious statue tries to kill them, but then learns that the defense forces, joined by Supercar, are approaching the base.
14:15With the situation seemingly turning around, the mysterious statue proudly tells Dr. Yamadone about the ironclad defenses that are installed at the base.
14:25Dr. Yamadone then announces that an attack will be launched from within using a dimensional bomb, but the mysterious figure, smiling, shows him a helmet-shaped dimensional bomb with a transmitter attached that has already been recovered, and then makes the helmet disappear right in front of the doctor.
14:45Immediately afterwards, the triumphant mysterious figure imprisons Dr. Yamadone and Takeru, holding them hostage to the defense forces.
14:55Meanwhile, the defense forces are waiting for the order to attack from Dr. Yamadone, but they become frustrated when they receive no contact from Dr. Yamadone.
15:04Meanwhile, Golden Bat, having won the battle against Othello, invades the base again and attempts to rescue Dr. Yamadone and Takeru, who have been taken hostage, but falls into a mysterious trap and is locked in a special room.
15:21After being imprisoned, Golden Bat is subjected to a powerful radio wave attack and writhes in agony, but when he throws the Silver Baton towards the ceiling, it pierces the ceiling and lands in the room where Dr. Yamadone and Takeru are being held captive, allowing the two to escape from the room.
15:41However, after being subjected to continuous radio wave attacks, Golden Bat is finally defeated and reduced to ashes, at which point Nazo declares victory.
15:51Meanwhile, Dr. Yamadone and Takeru, who have escaped, come across a weapons hangar on their way away. Dr. Yamadone tampers with a torpedo to turn it into a dimensional bomb and then attempts to escape the base, but unfortunately, he ends up getting lost in a mysterious room.
16:12Suddenly, a mysterious demon appears and tries to kill the two, but the Golden Bat appears from an hourglass made from the ashes of the Golden Bat.
16:24Surprised, Nazo flees to his room, but suddenly, as if to replace him, a monster appears and attacks Golden Bat.
16:33While Golden Bat and the monster are engaged in a fierce battle, Dr. Yamadone and Takeru try to escape the base, but are blocked in their path by a mysterious subordinate.
16:46However, Golden Bat appears, having defeated the monster, and comes to their aid, when suddenly, Dark Bat appears.
16:55Then, a one-on-one battle between Golden Bat and Dark Bat begins in the fourth dimension, while the mysterious pocket base is blown up by the professor's dimensional bomb.
17:10The two bats fought a fierce battle, fighting as one, and in the end, Golden Bat defeated Dark Bat with an attack from his Silver Baton.
17:19The scene changes to Dr. Yamadone, Takeru, and Marie discovering a mysterious set of keys in the destroyed base, but they are left pondering over the mystery and unable to figure out its true nature or whether it is alive or dead. The program ends with a loud laughter as Golden Bat appears on the screen.
17:44Now, let's take a look at the Golden Bat in action.
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18:50Only the bats know
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19:38What did you think?
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19:49What brand of cigarettes does my grandfather smoke?
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