Tuesday, August 2, 2022

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.20

Sharks Falling from the Sky

or The Sharks Falling From The Sky!!
or Le ballet des requins (The ballet of the sharks)

Vegans come to Earth disguised as humans. They rendezvous with some strange looking sharks. They go to Marine Land in Yatohara where they set a trap.

Kouji gets an invitation to Marine Land in Yatohara. He takes Hiakru, Goro, and Danbei with him. Daisuke has to stay behind in case a saucer beast attacks.

The Vegans lure Kouji into a phone booth and then capture him. Danbei is too busy eating to notice what is going on. Hikaru and Goro go looking for Kouji after he has been missing for a while.

Hikaru and Goro find Danbei who is full from eating free food. Hikaru figures out that the Vegans must have something to do with Kouji's disappearance. She calls Daisuke. He tells that he is on his way and that she should sit tight until he gets there.

Hikaru leaves Goro and Danbei and goes looking for Kouji. She finds him a prisoner of the Vegans. She rescues him with some help from Daisuke. Kouji stays behind while Daisuke and Hikaru go to retrieve Grendizer and Double Spazer.

Kouji messes with the robo-sharks while he waits for the other to return. Grendizer arrives just in time to deal with the saucer beast that was beneath the pool.

Thoughts

The saucer beast doesn't show up until fairly late in this episode. 

I thought the part with the sharks was kind of weird. They are part of a show in the same pool where people were swimming. It was a nice change of pace from having a saucer beast be the big challenge but it was also very weird. 

I have mixed feelings about this episode. I applaud the team who created it for trying something different but it also seemed to rely on the shark gimmick quite a bit. It was nice to see Hikaru rescue one of the guys for once, although she needed some help from Daisuke in order to finish the job.

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