Kaiketsu Zorro

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Kaiketsu Zorro
快傑ゾロ
Genre	Historical, Adventure
TV anime
Director	Katsumi Minoguchi
Writer	Sukehiro Tomita
Studio	Mushi Production
Network	NHK
Original run	May 4, 1996 – March 28, 1997
Episodes	52

Kaiketsu Zorro (Extraordinary Zorro) is a Japanese anime, based on the western character Zorro. 52 episodes were produced and became very popular in European countries, mostly Spain.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Main Characters 3 Episodes 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Diego Vega returns from his study trip to discover his homeland is under the army's dictatorship. Diego, refusing to watch idly, disguises himself as Zorro to protect the weak and oppressed. Diego is not a coward but he is unable to win the affections of his sweetheart, Lolita, who is attracted to other more noble men. Diego serenades Lolita as Zorro and fights the evils of his homeland, hoping to capture her heart.

Diego is accompanied by the silent Bernardo, a boy wearing a similar costume, dubbed "Little Zorro", and a small brown dog.

[edit] Main Characters

Zorro/Don Diego Vega.

Main hero. When he is simply Diego he acts lazy and clumsy, usually showing cowardly, foolish and silly characteristics to hide his secret identity but as Zorro he is the best swordsman in the world.

Lolita

Diego's spunky blond childhood friend and later became love interest. She's bossy over Diego but she loves Zorro.

Bernardo

An abandoned orphan found by Diego when he's still a baby. Diego adopted and took care of him as if he's his younger brother. As years passed, he helps Zorro by eavesdropping in other people's conversations and later develops an alter ego "Little Zorro". This role was popularized by pantomime comedian Gene Sheldon.

Lieutenant Gabriel

An officer of the Spanish army who has an affection to Lolita. He is the right hand conspirator of Commandant Raymond on each of their evil plots in California.

Commandant Raymond

Main villain. The corrupt head officer of the Spanish Army in California.

Don Alejandro Vega

Diego's Father.

Sgt. Pedro Gonzales

Stout sergeant who often serves as the comic relief, comparable to Johnston McCulley's character from 1920's The Mark of Zorro.

[edit] Episodes

1. The symbol of justice is “Z” !
2. Here comes Little Zorro!
3. Gabriel, the plotter!
4. Wake up my friend!
5. Father's Secret
6. A trap with a red jewel
7. An heiress to property
8. A guitar to kill
9. Let's find the pirate treasure!
10. Diego has become a ghost!
11. The adventure of little Zorro
12. Figaro, the stray dog
13. Little Zorro at full blast
14. The stagecouch is in danger!
15. Lolita's kiss
16. The sword for Japan
17. Zorro is cornered!
18. Diego, the clever detective
19. A house of tricky devices
20. The boy who seeks vengeance on Zorro
21. Fly, the wings of dreams!
22. Gonzales, the thief
23. The bride is a Spanish girl
24. Raymond, the enemy of the people
25. The clown in tears
26. Pepita, the liar
27. Romping madam and the little Zorro
28. Haunted ruins
29. Mona Lisa is crying
30. Gonzales in love
31. Wicked design of the South India trading company
32. The doctor is a drunkard
33. A terrible wooer
34. The order to kill Zorro
35. Gonzales in love again
36. Zorro was unmasked at last!
37. Diego has become a rascal
38. Lady inventor at full blast
39. The battle in the storm
40. My fair lady Zorro
41. Lolita, get your gun!
42. Trap by Ninja magic
43. Beauty and monster
44. Gabriel's rebellion
45. The legend of the divine wood
46. Zorro's head is cut off
47. Governor-general kidnapped
48. A righteous military officer
49. Farewell to the army
50. Blast off the demonic cannons!
51. Raymond: a prelude to the collapse
52. The sword of justice forever

[edit] Trivia

• Despite the same name, Bernardo is very little, a side kick and not mute unlike his western counterpart.
• Diego/Zorro is blond and has no mustache unlike his western counterpart.
• Viento (Zorro's horse) is white unlike his western counterpart Tornado (which is a black horse).
• Lolita is blond unlike the black long hair of her western counterpart.

[edit] External links

• Office site

• Kaiketsu Zorro (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Kaiketsu Zorro at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Zorro
Notable Books
The Curse of Capistrano | Zorro
Notable Films
Douglas Fairbanks: The Mark of Zorro | Don Q, Son of Zorro
Robert Livingston: The Bold Caballero
John Carroll: Zorro Rides Again
Reed Hadley: Zorro's Fighting Legion
Tyrone Power: The Mark of Zorro
Linda Stirling: Zorro's Black Whip
George Turner: Son of Zorro
Clayton Moore: Ghost of Zorro
Guy Williams: Zorro, the Avenger | The Sign of Zorro
Rodolfo de Anda: La Gran Aventura Del Zorro
Frank Langella: The Mark of Zorro
Alain Delon: Zorro
George Hamilton: Zorro, The Gay Blade
Anthony Hopkins / Antonio Banderas: The Mask of Zorro
Antonio Banderas: The Legend of Zorro
Television
Zorro | The New Adventures of Zorro | Zorro and Son | Zorro | Kaiketsu Zorro | The New Adventures of Zorro | Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa |Zorro: Generation Z
Notable Stage Productions
Zorro in Hell (2006) |Zorro (2008)