is a Japanese

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series that aired from July 4, 1973, to March 27, 1974. It was produced by Nippon Gendai Kikaku and

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(Senko Planning). Its story was later retold in the anime ''

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'' and it had a sequel titled ''

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''.

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

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:

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*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

References

Super Robot Red Baron
at Japan Hero * * Sûpâ Robotto Reddo Baron on Japanese Wikipedia for kanji title comparison

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1305877, Super Robot Red Baron 1973 Japanese television series debuts 1974 Japanese television series endings Tokusatsu television series Nippon TV original programming