Super Robot Red Baron
{{Infobox television
| image = Super Robot Red Baron Title Card.png
| image_size = 250
| caption = Title card
| genre = {{Plainlist|
}}
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| network = Nippon Television
| num_episodes = 39
| creator = Yashiro Nobohiro
| director = Kiyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Takano, Tetsuro Sotoyama, Hiroshi Fukuhara, Toshishugu Suzuki, Shozo Tamura
| composer = Bob Sakuma
| starring = Yousuke Okada
Tetsuya Oshita
| first_aired = {{start date|1973|7|4}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1974|3|27}}
| related = Super Robot Mach Baron
}}
{{nihongo|Super Robot Red Baron|スーパーロボット レッドバロン|Sūpā Robotto Reddo Baron}} is a Japanese tokusatsu series that aired from July 4, 1973, to March 27, 1974. It was produced by Nippon Gendai Kikaku and Senkosha Productions (Senko Planning). Its story was later retold in the anime Red Baron and it had a sequel titled Super Robot Mach Baron.
Plot
The show is set in the early 21st century where the Iron Masked Party, led by Dr. Devilar, steals giant robots built all over the world from an exhibition and kidnap their creators to form a "Robot Empire". Scientist Kenichiro Kurenai, foreseeing his capture, turns over his own super robot, Red Baron, to his younger brother Ken Kureinai. Ken is a member of SSI (Secret Science Investigation), a highly skilled team of scientists that practice ninjitsu, and uses Red Baron to aid the team in their efforts to stop the Iron Masked Party from taking over the world. Later in the series, the Iron Masked Party is revealed to be an organization from Mars and led by the renegade super computer Garis Q and intends to destroy the world as practice before taking over the universe.
Episode list
| class="wikitable"
! # ! Guest cast ! Director ! Air Date |
| 1.
| Conspiracy of the Robot Empire | Hideko Kuroda | Kiyoshi Suzuki | July 4, 1973 |
| 2.
| Violent Clash! The Baron Break | Chidori Tashiro | Kiyoshi Suzuki | July 11, 1973 |
| 3.
| Trump Card: Android X | Nobuyuki Ishida | Koichi Takano | July 18, 1973 |
| 4.
| Certain Death! The Phoenix Maneuver | Nobuyuki Ishida | Koichi Takano | July 25, 1973 |
| 5.
| Crush the Mysterious Rocket Operation! | Yosuke Akimoto | Tetsuo Sotoyama | August 1, 1973 |
| 6.
| Red Baron Combat Disabled! | Yosuke Akimoto | Tetsuo Sotoyama | August 8, 1973 |
| 7.
| Red Balloons Are the Secret Weapon | Yoko Takagi | Kiyoshi Suzuki | August 15, 1973 |
| 8.
| Invincible! Devil of the Desert | Toshihiko Utsumi | Kiyoshi Suzuki | August 22, 1973 |
| 9.
| Fierce Combat: Uranium Mine in the Mist | Hideo Kidokoro | Hiroshi Fukuhara | August 29, 1973 |
| 10.
| Counterstrike! The Destruction Beam | Nobuo Hirasawa | Hiroshi Fukuhara | September 5, 1973 |
| 11.
| The Beautiful Assassin | Hiroshi Izumida | Tetsuo Sotoyama | September 12, 1973 |
| 12.
| Putting Bet Your Life on One Shot! | Rie Mizuki | Koichi Takano | September 19, 1973 |
| 13.
| 10 Minutes Until 5 Cities Are Obliterated | Seishiro Kuno | Tetsuo Sotoyama | September 26, 1973 |
| 14.
| Enigma of the Invulnerable Robot | | Koichi Takano | October 3, 1973 |
| 15.
| The Foretold Trap | | Kiyoshi Suzuki | October 10, 1973 |
| 16.
| Iron Alliance Fugitive E-16 | Yoshio Katsube | Toshitsugu Suzuki | October 17, 1973 |
| 17.
| A Tale Penned by the Devil | Fudeko Tanaka | Kiyoshi Suzuki | October 24, 1973 |
| 18.
| Behold! The End of Red Baron | | Toshitsugu Suzuki | October 31, 1973 |
| 19.
| The Beautiful Pilot of Evil | Katsuyo Sunaga | Hiroshi Fukuhara | November 7, 1973 |
| 20.
| Watch Out! SSI | Hideo Nihei | Tetsuo Sotoyama | November 14, 1973 |
| 21.
| Modify Red Baron | Kinji Takinami | Hiroshi Fukuhara | November 21, 1973 |
| 22.
| Red Baron in Danger | Retsu Mori | Tetsuo Sotoyama | November 28, 1973 |
| 23.
| Letter of Challenge from Outer Space | Yoichi Miyagawa | Kiyoshi Suzuki | December 5, 1973 |
| 24.
| Smash the Deadly Cosmic Weapon! | Yoichi Miyagawa | Kiyoshi Suzuki | December 12, 1973 |
| 25.
| The 7 Secrets of Red Baron | Yoichi Miyagawa | Toshitsugu Suzuki | December 19, 1973 |
| 26.
| The Fall of Deviler's Iron Alliance | Yoichi Miyagawa | Toshitsugu Suzuki | December 26, 1973 |
| 27.
| Invasion of the Space Robots | | Shozo Tamura | January 2, 1974 |
| 28.
| Goldfinger | Toshio Chikamatsu | Shozo Tamura | January 9, 1974 |
| 29.
| 3 Robot Brothers of the Iron Alliance | Ryoichi Yamazaki | Tetsuo Sotoyama | January 16, 1974 |
| 30.
| The Boy Who Controlled Red Baron | Ryoichi Yamazaki | Tetsuo Sotoyama | January 23, 1974 |
| 31.
| The Terryfing Apple Bombs | | Toshitsugu Suzuki | January 30, 1974 |
| 32.
| Remote Controlled Tanks Commence Attack | | Toshitsugu Suzuki | February 6, 1974 |
| 33.
| Mystery of the Cosmic Spider Robot | | Koichi Takano | February 13, 1974 |
| 34.
| The Treacherous Cosmic Express | | Koichi Takano | February 20, 1974 |
| 35.
| Horror of the Vampire Virus | Koetsu Omiya | Hiroshi Fukuhara | February 27, 1974 |
| 36.
| The Man from International HQ | Koetsu Omiya | Hiroshi Fukuhara | March 6, 1974 |
| 37.
| Father's Letter from Across Space | Makoto Takagiri | Kiyoshi Suzuki | March 13, 1974 |
| 38.
| Red Baron: Disaster on Mars | Makoto Takagiri | Kiyoshi Suzuki | March 20, 1974 |
| 39.
| A Clockwork Tomorrow | Eisuke Yoda | Kiyoshi Suzuki | March 27, 1974 |
Cast
- Ken Kenichiro: Yosuke Okada
- Mari Matsubara: Rei Maki
- Daisaku Hori: Pepe Hozumi
- Tetsuya Sakai: Hisashi Kato
- Jitsu Osato: Tetsuya Oshita
- Shiro Makami: Tetsuya Ushio
- Ippei Kumano: Isao Tamagawa
- Kenichiro Kurenai/Android X: Nobuyuki Ishida
- Dr. Deviler: Hiroshi Ikaida
File:Super Robot Red Baron.jpg|DVD case
Enemy Robots
=Stolen National Robots=
- Big Bison (America)
- Black Masai (Kenya)
- Agun-Garuda (Indonesia)
- Hiryu (Japan)
- Viking III (Norway)
- Blizzard 7 (Iceland)
- Bedouin G (Arabia)
- Vesuvius Y (Italy)
- Mau Mau (Union of South Africa)
- Garnison Ace (Canada)
- Eleci Amazon (Brazil)
- McKinley V6 (America (Alaska))
- King John Bull (England)
- Proto-Andes (Peru)
- Iron Cross G (West Germany)
- Gran Matador (Spain)
- Rajasthan (India)
- Magma Wolf (Japan)
- Sphinxer (Egypt)
- Escargos (France)
- Mongol Star (Mongolia)
=Iron Masked Party Originals=
- Troy Horse
- Goryu
- Schekler Robot
- Sky Shark
- King Devilar
- Martian Saturn
- Gold Finger
- Bem Panthers 01, 02, and 03
- Devil Ghoster
- Mars Bird
- Spider Robot
- Donkey One
- Dracubat
- Deimos Z
Notes
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References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011105041/http://japanhero.com/tokusatsu%20reviews/red_baron.htm Super Robot Red Baron] at Japan Hero
- {{cite book |last=Ragone|first=August|title=スーパーロボット レッドバロン (booklet with DVD box)|year=2008|publisher=Ronin Entertainment}}
- Sûpâ Robotto Reddo Baron on Japanese Wikipedia for kanji title comparison
External links
- {{IMDb title|1305877|Super Robot Red Baron}}
Category:1973 Japanese television series debuts
Category:1974 Japanese television series endings