Denjin Zaborger
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Denjin Zaborger
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| Episodes: | 52 |
| Year: | 1974-1975 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 52 |
| Category: | Superhero |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Series |
| Company: | P Productions and Fuji Television |
| Creator: | Shōzō Uehara, Souji Ushio and Kazuo Koike (concept) |
| Run Time (mins): | 24 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
| Broadcaster: | Fuji TV |
| First Aired: | April 6, 1974 |
| Last Aired: | June 29, 1975 |
Summary
Zaboga was developed by the same production team responsible for The Space Giants (Magma Taishi) and Spectreman. The term denjin is roughly translated as electric man, reflecting Zaboga’s nature as a human‑sized robot. The narrative follows Interpol agent Yutaka Daimon, who returns to Japan after learning that his father has been murdered by the criminal organisation Sigma, which sought the formula for Daimonium, a substance created by Professor Daimon. In the opening episode, Yutaka is fatally wounded while confronting the malevolent Doctor Akunomiya and his robotic enforcers.
Professor Daimon, anticipating such danger, has implanted a fail‑safe mechanism within his son’s heart, enabling Yutaka to be revived. Yutaka subsequently discovers an electro‑spark switch, a pronged key that fits into a port on the back of Denjin Zaboga and activates the robot’s mechanical heart, a device analogous to the one sustaining Yutaka himself. Through this system, Yutaka can direct Zaboga’s actions, including the robot’s transformation into the motorcycle Machine Zaboga.
Cast
Yutaka Daimon AKIRA YAMAGUCHI, Dr. Akunomiya KEN OKABE, Hiroshi Nitta MASAHIRO KAMIYA, Zabôgâ YOICHIRO TAJIRI, Daigoro Nitta JUN NAGAMI, Miyo Nitta MIDORI HOSHINO, Detective Nakano EIICHI KIKUCHI, Miss Borg RITSUKO FUJIYAMA, Gen Akitzuki KEN KAZATO, Lady Borg TAEKO YOSHIDA, Ken Matsue TATSUYA SAKADA, Devil Hat TAKANOBU TOYA, Queen Meza MITSUKO TSUTSUMI.
aka: Denjin Zaborger and Electroid Zaborger
Tags: Superhero, Japan, 1974, Japanese
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