Ep. 24: The Grotto of the Young Monster

This article is about an episode in Hikari Sentai Maskman.

Ep. 24: The Grotto of the Young Monster
Hikari Sentai Maskman, Episode 24
Air Date(s)	August 8, 1987
Production Information
Written by	Hirohisa Soda
Directed by	Takao Nagaishi
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 23: Mio Who Has Become a Demon
Next	Ep. 25: Akira's Lover!?

The Grotto of the Young Monster (鍾乳洞の少年怪獣, Shōnyūdō no Shōnen Kaijū) is the twenty-fourth episode of Hikari Sentai Maskman.

Synopsis

The Maskman are summoned to Inasa where a boy is mutated into a monster by a Doggler as a city friend comes to visit.

Plot

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Cast

• Takeru​ (タケル, Takeru​): Ryousuke Kaizu (海津 亮介, Kaidu Ryōsuke)
• Kenta (ケンタ, Kenta): Koichi Kusakari (草刈 滉一, Kusakari Kōichi)
• Akira (アキラ, Akira): Issei Hirota (広田 一成, Hirota Issei)
• Haruka (ハルカ, Haruka): Yuki Nagata (永田 由紀, Nagata Yuki)
• Momoko (モモコ, Momoko): Kanako Maeda (前田 夏菜子, Maeda Kanako)
• Commander Sanjuurou Sugata (姿 三十郎, Sugata Sanjyurō): Hayato Tani (谷 隼人, Tani Hayato)
• Azuma (東, Azuma): Reiko Shichida (七田 玲子, Shichida Reiko)
• Earth Emperor Zeba (地帝王ゼーバ, Chiteiō Zēba, Voice): Seizo Kato (加藤 精三, Katō Seizō)
• Earth Imperial Prince Igum (地帝王子イガム, Chiteiōshi Igamu): Mina Asami (浅見 美那, Asami Mina)
• Earth Imperial Ninja Fumin (地帝忍フーミン, Chiteinin Fūmin): Kaori Kubota (久保田 香織, Kubota Kaori)
• Earth Curiosities Beast Anagmas (地奇地奇獣アナグマス, Chiki Chikijū Anagumasu, Voice): Takuzou Kamiyama (神山 卓三, Kamiyama Takuzō)

Guest Cast

• Natsuko: Kazuki Okajima (岡島 香月, Okajima Kaduki)
• Daisuke: Kosuke Uchino (内野 浩介, Uchino Kōsuke)
• Father: Shu Minagawa (皆川 衆, Minagawa Shū)
• Mother: Misa Kadoya (門谷 美佐, Kadoya Misa)
• Monk: Hirokazu Shoji (庄司 浩和, Shōji Hirokazu)

Errors

• to be added

Notes

• Viewership: 7.6%
• The actress who played Daisuke's friend would later go on to play twin sisters Eriko and Mariko in episode 36.
• The town of Inasa, where the episode occurs, no longer exists as of 2005, when it merged with several other municipalities to become part of the nearby city of Hamamatsu.

DVD releases

• Hikari Sentai Maskman DVD Volume 3 features episodes 21-30.

Maskman DVD Volume 3 cover