Ep. 23: Operation Human Slug

This article is about an episode in Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.

Ep. 23: Operation Human Slug
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, Episode 23
Air Date(s)	July 9, 1983
Production Information
Written by	Kyoko Sagiyama
Directed by	Shouhei Toujou
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 22: The Great Prank War
Next	Ep. 24: The Dreadful Comet's Great Approach

Operation Human Slug (人間ナメクジ作戦, Ningen Namekuji Sakusen) is the twenty-third episode of Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.

Synopsis

Rei becomes involved in taking down an Evolution Beast turning humans into slugs in order to help Satoshi save his mother.

Plot

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Cast

• Hokuto Dan (弾 北斗, Dan Hokuto): Satoshi Okita (沖田さとし, Okita Satoshi)
• Ryu Hoshikawa (星川 竜, Hoshikawa Ryū): Junichi Haruta (春田 純一, Haruta Jun'ichi)
• Yousuke Shima (島 洋介, Shima Yōsuke): Kouji Unogi (卯木浩二, Unogi Kōji)
• Kousaku Nangou (南郷 耕作, Nangō Kōsaku): Yuu Tokita (時田優, Tokita Yū)
• Rei Tachibana (立花 レイ, Tachibana Rei): Sayoko Hagiwara (萩原 佐代子, Hagiwara Sayoko)
• Dr. Kyutaro Yumeno (夢野久太郎, Yumeno Kyutarō): Junshi Shimada (島田順司, Shimada Junshi)
• Yutaka (ユタカ, Yutaka): Gojiro Nagao (長尾豪二郎, Nagao Gōjirō)
• Aiko (アイコ, Aiko): Rie Igarashi (五十嵐里恵, Igarashi Rie)
• Takao (タカオ, Takao): Takayuki Motohashi (本橋隆行, Motohashi Takayuki)
• Satoshi (サトシ, Satoshi): Masanobu Shokawa (庄川正信, Shōkawa Masanobu)
• Emi (エミ, Emi): Ai Yatsuka (八束 愛, Yatsuka Ai)
• Kendo Robo (剣道ロボット, Kendō Robotto, Voice): Misa Kadoya (門谷美佐, Kadoya Misa)
• Emperor Aton (帝王アトン, Teiō Aton, Voice): Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, Watabe Takeshi)
• Megiddo (メギド, Megido): Kenju Hayashi (林健樹, Hayashi Kenju)
• Princess Chimera (キメラ, Kimera): Mari Kouno (香野麻里, Kōno Mari)
• General Kar (カー将軍, Kā Shōgun): Masashi Ishibashi (石橋雅史, Ishibashi Masashi)

Guest Cast

• Slug Evo (ナメクジシンカ, Namekujishinka, Voice): Eisuke Yoda (依田英助, Yoda Eisuke)
• Satoshi's mother: Mariko Oohara (大原真理子, Ōhara Mariko)
• Worker: Kichizo Sato (佐藤吉蔵, Satō Kichizō)
• Man: Ken Miura (三浦 憲, Miura Ken)
• Woman: Miyuki Ito (伊東みゆき, Itō Miyuki)

Errors

• to be added

Notes

• Viewership: 10.7%
• The music playing during Rei's battle with Slug Evo at the quarry is the "March of the Bullfighters" from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen; it is more well known due to its usage in the opera's overture.

DVD releases

• Kagaku Sentai Dynaman DVD Volume 3 features episodes 21-30
• Kagaku Sentai Dynaman DVD-Collection Volume 1 features episodes 1-25

Dynaman DVD Volume 3 cover

Dynaman DVD-Collection Volume 1 cover