Kaiketsu Zubat
TV (1977) | TV Show
Kaiketsu Zubat (Japanese: 快傑ズバット), is a tokusatsu superhero series that aired in 1977. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, this 32-episode series (which aired on TV Tokyo from 2/2/1977 to 9/28/1977), harkens back to tokusatsu superhero shows of the 1950s, but with a late-1970s twist. The series began to be released on DVD in 2008.
"Here with a "zubat"! Solving problems with a "zubat"! I call myself the wandering hero! Kaiketsu Zubat!" (ズバッと参上、ズバッと解決、人呼んで さすらいのヒーロー！ 快傑ズバット！ Zubatto sanjō! Zubatto kaiketsu! Hito-yonde sasurai no hīrō! Kaiketsu Zubatto!)
This series is popular with fans of creator Ishinomori, and unique as the title hero Zubat does not "henshin" (transform) like the other superheroes he created. Ken Hayakawa (played by veteran Hiroshi Miyauchi), a private detective dressed in black & red gringo cowboy attire, actually just puts on his red & black "Zubasuit" (hidden in his white guitar, which is opened with the push of a button), which looks no different from that of a Sentai hero:
A helmet with "Z"-themed features and an open/close visor and mouthpiece
A streamlined rubber jumpsuit with a white scarf (another Ishinomori trademark).
Zubat drove a car called the Zubat Car. Zubat's name is based on the sound effect "zubatto," which is the sound of something being hit right on target.
Subject ID: 70060
MoreKaiketsu Zubat (Japanese: 快傑ズバット), is a tokusatsu superhero series that aired in 1977. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, this 32-episode series (which aired on TV Tokyo from 2/2/1977 to 9/28/1977), harkens back to tokusatsu superhero shows of the 1950s, but with a late-1970s twist. The series began to be released on DVD in 2008.
"Here with a "zubat"! Solving problems with a "zubat"! I call myself the wandering hero! Kaiketsu Zubat!" (ズバッと参上、ズバッと解決、人呼んで さすらいのヒーロー！ 快傑ズバット！ Zubatto sanjō! Zubatto kaiketsu! Hito-yonde sasurai no hīrō! Kaiketsu Zubatto!)
This series is popular with fans of creator Ishinomori, and unique as the title hero Zubat does not "henshin" (transform) like the other superheroes he created. Ken Hayakawa (played by veteran Hiroshi Miyauchi), a private detective dressed in black & red gringo cowboy attire, actually just puts on his red & black "Zubasuit" (hidden in his white guitar, which is opened with the push of a button), which looks no different from that of a Sentai hero:
A helmet with "Z"-themed features and an open/close visor and mouthpiece
A streamlined rubber jumpsuit with a white scarf (another Ishinomori trademark).
Zubat drove a car called the Zubat Car. Zubat's name is based on the sound effect "zubatto," which is the sound of something being hit right on target.
Subject ID: 70060
Subject ID: 70060
