Agon (tokusatsu)
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Agon (アゴン Agon?) is the titular giant monster of a tokusatsu kaiju TV series, Giant Phantom Monster Agon (幻の大怪獣アゴン Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon?). The international series title is Atomic Dragon (as the monster's name, "Agon" is actually short for "Atomic Dragon").
The 4-part sepiatone TV miniseries, originally produced in 1964 by Nippon Denpa Eiga (Japan Radio Pictures), was broadcast on Fuji TV from January 2 to January 8, 1968. (The 4-year long delay involved a struggle with the show's sponsor) Toho Company, Ltd. later released a condensed feature-length film version on video in the mid-1990s.
The series was inspired by many of the then modern tokusatsu and Kaijin films popular in Japan at the time.
[edit] Opening Narration
The opening for each episode begins with the following narration:
(Because we obtained the third fire,) 我々は第三の火を手にいれたことによって、 Wareware wa dai-san no hi wo te ni ireta koto ni yotte,
(A bright future in prosperity had been promised . . . ) 輝かしき未来の繁栄を約束された・・・ Kagayakashiki mirai no hanei wo yakusoku sareta . . .
(However, for that reason,) 然しそのために、 Shikashi, sono tame ni,
(We must not forget the events that have knocked on something else's door.) もう一ツの扉をノックしたことを忘れてはならない Mou hitotsu no chibira wo nokku shita koto wo wasurete wa nara nai.
This is suddenly followed by the shows' bilingual title (アゴン AGON), which suddenly shatters apart like glass, followed by brief footage of Agon destroying cities and breathing radioactive fire.
[edit] Episode List
- Agon Appears - Part 1 (アゴン出現 前編 Agon Shutsugen - Zenpen?)
- Agon Appears - Part 2 (アゴン出現 后編 Agon Shutsugen - Kouhen?)
- A Dangerous Situation - Part 1 (風前の灯 前編 Fûzen no Tomoshibi - Zenpen?)
- A Dangerous Situation - Part 2 (風前の灯 后編 Fûzen no Tomoshibi - Kouhen?)
