 This article is about an episode in Battle Fever J.
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The Great Robot Dogfight (ロボット大空中戦 Robotto Dai Kūchūsen) is the fifth episode of Battle Fever J. This episode is the culmination of a five-episode opening arc featuring the first deployment of Battle Fever Robo, the very first giant robot in Super Sentai history; likewise introducing the team's carrier vehicle, Battle Shark, that will carry both the team and the Mecha. It also introduces the "Egos Robots" which will fight Battle Fever Robo starting with Buffalo Monster in this episode, as well as the Egos Fighters.
Synopsis[]
A kidnapping forces a crewmember to choose sides in the final countdown between the initial launch of either Battle Fever or Egos' giant robot.
Plot[]
Egos kidnaps the children of Information Supervisor Sakaguchi, Yoko and Kenichi. They then blackmail him into stealing the blueprints and completion status of the Battle Fever robo.
Tetsuzan Shogun, who joined the Defense Department at the same time as Sakaguchi, is greatly concerned and confronts him. Sakaguchi escapes but vows to make amends.
He appears at Egos factory, where they too are building a giant robo, and discloses a false timetable. When Egos orders them killed, Sakaguchi reveals dynamite strapped to his body. He backs away with his children and gets them to safety.
He then returns to the factory, and blows himself up to destroy it. Unfortunately, his sacrifice is in vain, as their evil robo is already completed. But Battle Fever’s giant robo is also complete and ready to save the day!
Cast[]
- Masao Den (伝正夫 Den Masao): Kouki Tanioka (谷岡弘規 Tanioka Kōki)
- Kensaku Shiraishi (白石 謙作 Shiraishi Kensaku): Yukio Itou (伊藤幸雄 Itō Yukio)
- Kyosuke Shida (志田 京介 Shida Kyōsuke): Yuuhei Kurachi (倉知 雄平 Kurachi Yūhei)
- Shiro Akebono (曙四郎 Akebono Shirō): Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二 Ōba Kenji)
- Diane Martin (ダイアン・マーチン Daian Māchin): Diane Martin
- Diane Martin (Voice): Lisa Komaki (小牧 リサ Komaki Risa)
- 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): Kenji Ushio (潮 健児 Ushio Kenji)
- Satan Egos (サタンエゴス Satan Egosu, Voice): Shozo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三 Iizuka Shōzō)
Guest Cast[]
- Buffalo Monster (バッファロー怪人 Baffarō Kaijin, Voice): Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛 Watabe Takeshi)
- Intelligence Bureau Minister Sakaguchi (坂口): Nobuyuki Katsube (勝部 演之 Katsube Nobuyuki)
- Yoko Sakaguchi (坂口 陽子 Sakaguchi Yōko): Yukiko Ebina (蝦名 由紀子 Ebina Yukiko)
- Kenichi Sakaguchi (坂口 健一 Sakaguchi Kenichi): Yoichi Hirose (広瀬 容一 Hirose Yōichi)
Stunt Actors[]
- Battle Japan: Kazuo Niibori
- Battle Cossack: Hirofumi Koga
- Battle France: Haruhiko Hashimoto
- Battle Kenya: Tsutomu Kitagawa
- Miss America: Lisa Komaki
Errors[]
- When Battle Fever Robo takes off after the fight wires can clearly be seen pulling it up. This error happens continuously throughout the series, most notably during the opening theme.
Notes[]
- Viewership: 12.0%
- Keiko Nakahara and Midori Aoba do not appear in this episode.
- This episode was one of the first seven episodes (bar 4 and 6) which had Kenji Ushio playing Commander Hedder, and was edited so that Ushio was replaced by Masashi Ishibashi as Hedder after he replaced him in the role starting from episode 9. This came after Kenji Ushio was arrested for possession of drugs early in the series run.
- Footage from this episode is utilized in episode 43 of Fiveman.
- This episode features the very first giant robot fight in Super Sentai.
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