Ep. 38: Bizarre! The Costume Party

This article is about an episode in Battle Fever J.

Ep. 38: Bizarre! The Costume Party
Battle Fever J, Episode 38
Air Date(s)	October 20, 1979
Production Information
Written by	Hirohisa Soda
Directed by	Kouichi Takemoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 37: Lightning Sword vs. Pinwheel Sword
Next	Ep. 39: The Friend Who Became a Demon

Bizarre! The Costume Party (怪奇! 仮装行列, Kaiki! Kasōgyōretsu) is the thiry-eighth episode of Battle Fever J.

Synopsis

While pursuing a thieving Egos Monster, Battle Fever are forced to join into a costume party in the woods which also houses Egos' lab.

Plot

Egos creates a kaijin who appears to be a poisoned man. When the poisoned man is taken to the hospital and cannot be cured, he is the taken to the Blood Research Center, where he has access to all of the poisons in the world.

After he has stolen all of the poisons, Battle Fever pursues him to a mysterious costume party hosted by Miss Fujiko (where a kaijin would fit right in). So Battle Fever crashes the party (in the native garb of their respective countries). However, everyone at the party turns out to be Egos and the entire party turns out to be one big trap.

Cast

• Masao Den (伝正夫, Den Masao): Kouki Tanioka (谷岡弘規, Tanioka Kōki)
• Makoto Jin (神 誠, Jin Makoto): Daisuke Ban (伴大介, Ban Daisuke)
• Kyousuke Shida (志田 京介, Shida Kyōsuke): Yuuhei Kurachi (倉知 雄平, Kurachi Yūhei)
• Shirou Akebono (曙四郎, Akebono Shirō): Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二, Ōba Kenji)
• Maria Nagisa (汀マリア, Nagisa Maria): Naomi Hagi (萩奈穂美, Hagi Naomi)
• General Tetsuzan Kurama (倉間鉄山, Kurama Tetsuzan): Chiyonosuke Azuma (東千代之介, Azuma Chiyonosuke)
• Commander Hedder (ヘッダー指揮官, Heddā Shikikan): Masashi Ishibashi (石橋雅史, Ishibashi Masashi)
• Salomé (サロメ, Sarome): Maki Ueda (マキ上田, Maki Ueda)
• Satan Egos (サタンエゴス, Satan Egosu, Voice): Shozo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三, Iizuka Shōzō)

Guest Cast

• Skull Mushroom Monster (ドクロキノコ怪人, Kaijin, Voice): Issei Masamune (政宗 一成, Masamune Issei)
  • Skull Mushroom Monster(Human Form): Shuhei Takagi (高木 修平, Takagi Shūhei)
• Miss Fujiko: Midori Takahashi (高橋 みどり, Takahashi Midori)
• Party Guest: Mari Kouno (香野 麻里, Kōno Mari), Hiroyuki Dobashi (土橋 博行, Dobashi Hiroyuki), Tsutomu Sato (佐藤 勉, Satō Tsutomu)

Stunt Actors

• Battle Japan: Kazuo Niibori
• Battle Cossack: Hirofumi Koga
• Battle France: Haruhiko Hashimoto
• Battle Kenya: Tsutomu Kitagawa
• Miss America: Eiko Onodera

Errors

• In the brief shot of Kenya on his bike his neck is white when it should be black.
• The sewer lid Skull Mushroom Monster uses to escape appears out of nowhere.

Notes

• Viewership: 14.7%
• The costumes that Battle Fever wear to the party all connect to their national assignments for the team:
  • Battle Japan: A Japanese Kuroko
  • Battle Cossack: A Russian cossack
  • Battle France: A French nobleman
  • Battle Kenya: An African tribesman
  • Miss America: An American debutante
• One of the female "party guests" was portrayed by Mari Kouno, who will portray Princess Chimera in Dynaman.

DVD releases

Battle Fever J Volume 4, DVD cover

Battle Fever J Volume 4 features episodes 34-43.