| Seiun Kamen Machineman | |
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Seiun Kamen Machineman titlecard |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu |
| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori Toei |
| Starring | Osamu Sakuta |
| Narrated by | Osamu Kobayashi |
| Composer(s) | Yuji Ohno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 36 (35 episodes + 1 roundup) |
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| Running time | 24 minutes |
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| Original channel | Nippon TV (NTV) |
| Original run | January 13, 1984 – September 28, 1984 |
Seiun Kamen Machineman (星雲仮面マシンマン Seiun Kamen Mashinman, Nebula Mask Machineman) was a Japanese tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. The Series aired in January 13 until September 28, 1984, telling the adventures of Nick, a.k.a Ken Takase, a college student from the Ivy planet (located at the Pleiades) to study the behavior of the Earthlings.
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Travelling in the ship Space Colony, Nick, with the help of tiny robot called Ball Boy (which looks exactly like a baseball) comes to Earth to spend a week studying the behaviour of human beings for his doctorate. Under the human name of Ken Takase, he saves a photographer, Maki Hayama, from an accident, and ends up developing a relationship with her throughout the series. Maki was taking photographs for a report on a building which had been mysteriously demolished. Later, she and Ken find out those responsible: the Tentacle Organization, a gang led by the unscrupulous Professor K, a man who hates children and just wants to get rid of them all, not caring about World domination. Due to this, Nick decides to extend his stay on Earth and use his advanced technology and superior powers to protect his beloved Maki, as well as the children of Earth, under the guise of Machineman. His main weapon, apparently an ordinary sword, is actually a powerful weapon that, when energized, is able to wipe out the deadliest of Professor K's cyborgs. Aside from the sword and its transparent layer, Machineman counts also on the quick Dolphin car that could be changed into a species of spurt. Some episodes later, Machineman succeeds in dismantling Tentacle; however, after that, Professor K flees to Spain and his niece, Lady M, appears. With her aide TonChinkan, they establish a new gang, called "The Octopus". Like her uncle, she too has an allergic reaction to children - so much so that, whenever she is next to one, her nose goes red. In the beginning, she calls up various thieves and legendary criminals from around the world, but later robotic drones are assembled to combat Machineman. By the end of the series, the missing Professor K returns, bringing with him the biggest threat the hero had ever faced: Golden Monsu, a fortified version of Tetsujin Monsu.
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