In a future to come...
...the third energy revolution arrives with the invention of the Shizuma Drive...
...and mankind reaches a newfound period of prosperity.
But within the shadows of this bright peace...
...two powers clash against each other.
A secret organization bent on world domination, the BF Group!
Everything for Big Fire!
And to oppose this threat, the Experts of Justice...
...is formed from members gathered from all across the globe!
The International Police Organization!
With them is the most powerful robot on the planet, Giant Robo...
...and the young man who commands it.
His name is Daisaku Kusama!
Crush them! Giant Robo!
GIANT ROBO
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
The new world's largest Shizuma Power Plant, Saint Abbe...
...has steadily increased its power output...
...and is scheduled to reach 120% in three days.
As planned, the plant will generate 50% of the world's power.
Now, Professor Shizuma, who disappeared...
...the day before the opening of the power plant...
...still remains missing and concerns for his safety have been raised.
Oh, so it's finally been completed...
Now that this has fallen into the hands of the BF Group...
...I'm sure our long battle will finally come to an end...
Then let us begin the operation immediately!
No, we can't quite do that yet.
What do you mean?
It seems that our colleagues are still in pursuit of the case.
Then...
There are two attache cases here...
But there are three samples that were prepared.
In other words, the remaining case...
...is in the hands of our enemy.
Where do you think you can go at this point, Professor?
Now, hand over the attache case!
Don't be absurd!
Do you know what would happen to the world if I hand this over?
All of this is because you developed that drive system, isn't that right?
That's exactly the reason! This is my penance for what I've done!
I see, but it's my duty to recover that case.
Oh God, please protect this case.
If you're going to pray, you should pray to the person you were ten years ago.
Now then...
Why you...
This is no time to be surprised!
The engine system!
Now, Professor!
Damn, we've entered into Nanking!
Ginrei!
Now! Jump!
A woman?
All right!
How dare you!
You won't get away!
Launch!
All Q Operatives have launched!
Don't let them escape alive! I don't care how, but get that case!
Roger!
Find them!
They should be on the roof of that train!
They got A! B will now assume command!
There's no end to them!
Leave it to me!
Huh?
No matter what happens, don't use your powers!
You got that?
Come and get me!
The Professor and the case are right here!
Old man, hang on tight!
Kokushi Senpuu!
You bull-headed idiot!
What if something had happened to the Professor?
Hurry up and bring him!
Are you all right, Ginrei?
Not this guy again!
Give it up!
So this thing was a BF robot?
Run!
Faster!
Faster? Ya idiot!
Who the hell is this?
Keep heading straight!
How dare you!
You won't get away!
T-That's...
G-Giant Robo!
E-Everything for Big Fire!
Punch! Robo!
How can this be?
Ginrei!
Tetsugyu!
Please hang on tight!
T-That's...
...Daisaku Kusama!
And this is...
...Giant Robo!
Robo! Rapid ascent!
Thinking back on it now, this was my first meeting with Daisaku...
...and the first day of that incident.
Seven days that no one would ever forget...
Giant Robo...
The case has definitely fallen into the enemy's hands...
Perhaps it's time that we dealt with that young boy named Daisaku.
How the Magnificent Ten have fallen...
Mr. Alberto, we still have two of the samples in hand.
Yes. With two, Giant Robo is no threat to us.
How dare you speak with such insolence toward Master Alberto?
Now, now...
Let's not upset Ko Enshaku, who's been sent here to observe us, shall we?
My code name is Genya!
As in the beautiful illusory night...
You only need to remember that.
Ivan!
Sir!
We will deal with the recovery of the case at a later time.
Let us proceed with our Still Earth Operation as scheduled.
Everything for Big Fire!
Damn it! I'm too late!
Your actions were in vain...
...Kenji Murasame of the International Police Organization, Paris Branch...
How could you perform such a heinous act?
I-It can't be!
You're...
...Professor Franken Von Vogler!
It's revenge...
P-Please wait, Professor!
It's going out...
The lights of Paris are being extinguished...
Those are the only images we can get from the area using maximum magnification.
What's going on here, Commander?
Professor Go, will you tell me your opinion as a scientist?
Yes sir.
The incident occurred at 2400 hours Paris time.
That would be 0600 hours here in Peking.
It's been six hours since the land around that area has risen like that.
But without more data...
...I would like to refrain from further comment.
But one thing is for certain...
Observe this footage taken from our satellite that had begun monitoring...
...at the start of this incident.
Starting from Notre Dame, which is at the center of that newly formed tower...
...and expanding outward, every Shizuma System has ceased to function.
Everything runs on the Shizuma Drive including...
...even the smallest items, like a lighter.
That city is dead...
The Shizuma Drive...
Ten years ago, in a small rural laboratory in Belgium...
...five scientists made a discovery.
It was a clean and non-polluting source of totally renewable energy.
It was used on land, in the skies and on the oceans.
Used in times of peace and in war...
In the factories, offices and for the individual...
Every conceivable use for energy was transformed overnight...
...ending the depletion of petroleum resources.
Even the nuclear reactors had begun to be dismantled.
This power source is now as common as air and water on this earth.
It was given the name of its inventor and called the Shizuma Drive.
However...
So you're saying that the Shizuma Drive caused all this?
Like what happened at Bashtarle?
That's not possible!
The Shizuma Drive is a perfect energy system!
It has to be!
Uh, excuse me...
I agree.
The Shizuma is perfect.
But that system is now being threatened by an ominous shadow.
That's what Notre Dame is proving to us.
They are two of the scientists that developed the Shizuma Drive!
This is what Murasame was investigating.
Hold on a second.
What do those dead bodies have to do with the suspension of the Shizuma Drive?
Someone...
No, most likely it's Big Fire...
If he was trying to recreate the "Tragedy of Bashtarle"...
...then they would be an obstacle.
T-Then...
It's too early to reach any sort of conclusion...
In any event, we have the creator of the system...
...Professor Shizuma, under our protection.
I'm sure he will be...
...coming...
He's coming.
The Airship Greta Garbo has reached Peking Base!
Please begin the storage procedure of "G".
Roger!
First and secondary partitions in place!
Legs locked in place! Condition green!
Beginning maintenance!
Retracting wire cables!
Hurry up with the coolant tubes!
Big brother!
Welcome back!
Big Brother!
It looks like you got back in one piece as well.
How was your trip? You got to be alone with Ginrei, right?
Well?
Anyways, it was a close one in Nanking!
I thought you would be the one to come and save us, but...
...instead that little brat comes!
What was that? Who were you calling a little brat?
Who got his butt saved by that brat, again?
Can you tell me?
If you still have a complaint, why not challenge him to a fight?
Give me a break, Big Brother!
Taiso! Tetsugyu!
Even though we're back at the base, our mission isn't over yet!
What did you say, you little punk?
Why I oughtta...
Tetsugyu!
Now, let's leave these children alone and go make our report, shall we?
Okay!
Oh, come on!
Welcome back.
How did it go?
Well, sir! The mission was completed!
Professor Shizuma has been taken to Medical, but...
So he hasn't said anything since...
No...
But he did give me this to give to you, Professor Go.
Hey, we're the ones who got that...
So this is the case...
But what could Professor Shizuma have been trying to get to us?
This is...
But it...
So Daisaku, the Professor hasn't said anything?
No...
...except that once...
Daisaku...
I no longer have the courage... like you have when you control Giant Robo...
...but I can't let something like Bashtarle ever happen again...
I didn't understand what he was trying to say to me...
Um, that's all right.
Commander, can I have a word with you later?
Sure.
Thank you, Daisaku.
I'll take it from here.
You've done well.
We'll be counting on you.
Please let Robo know that as well.
Yes, thank you very much!
Ginrei, please submit the final mission report to me.
Yes sir.
Then, dismissed!
Yes, sir!
How is he?
It's hard to say.
He hasn't said anything really...
Although he occasionally mumbles about something, but I can't make it out.
I see.
V-Vogler is coming...
Vogler is coming...
He's coming...
Vogler is coming!
Wow!
Enthusiastic, aren't you?
Do you like the Shizuma Drive?
I think it's amazing!
That little cylinder can power anything from radios to cars and airplanes!
And unlike the batteries up until now, it's completely renewable!
I agree.
We no longer have to worry about depleting our oil resources or air pollution.
That's true!
Being able to rescue the Professor who invented...
...this super energy source is such an honor!
It makes me really happy!
Yes, everything resulted from Professor Shizuma inventing this system...
Hey Ginrei!
Yo!
Now that the mission is finally over, what say we go and celebrate!
What do you think, Daisaku?
You're twelve now, right?
Wanna go someplace "special" for this occasion?
What do you say?
Um...
No, it's okay...
Don't do it, Daisaku.
You'll wind up growing up into a bad adult...
...if you hang around hopeless people like them too much!
What do you mean, "hopeless"?
A "bad adult"?
That's right!
Daisaku is going out on a date with me, right?
What?
D-D-D-Date?
That's right!
Um, it's all right!
Hey, where're you going?
To help with the maintenance!
Robo is waiting for me!
Oh gee...
Looks like I got dumped...
Um...
If it's okay with you...
Yes? If it's okay with you...
D-D-Date...
Go ahead.
Take Taiso and go somewhere "special" or whatever...
Man...
Shall we, then?
Professor Go, there are now three bodies...
The only one remaining is Professor Shizuma...
There's one more thing...
...according to the reconnaissance data we just received...
...there is some kind of large metallic object that was detected...
...500 meters beneath Notre Dame.
What's peculiar is that the large chamber containing the metallic object...
...is showing indications that some kind of power is being generated there.
So then it's safe to assume that what ever it is...
...it must be causing all the Shizuma Drives to stop working.
But if so, then why haven't they proceeded further?
They probably need this...
So this is the legacy of what happened ten years ago...
No doubt about it.
No one besides him could make this.
Then, are you saying that Professor Franken Von Vogler survived the tragedy?
That's not possible!
No...
It can't be...
I'm sure that Professor Vogler is...
Then who... and for what reason?
I don't know...
But if all three were to be brought together...
...then the tragedy of Bashtarle would be repeated.
The future has given the light of glory to the men of the present!
Yes, the time has finally come when we will conquer all our fears!
Ancient man rubbed together pieces of wood to create fire!
For oil, men once fought and killed the whale, and later they fought and killed each other!
Then came nuclear power! In every age, we lived with such dangers all around us!
But now it will be different!
We no longer need to fear! The night is finally ours!
This time for certain, we will have our beautiful night!
This is not an illusion!
We can't leave things to the Professor anymore!
That's right, we have to stop him!
Stop Vogler!
He's out of control!
Pull him away! Don't let him get near it!
Was this all for nothing?
That's right!
The experiment isn't ready!
It's too dangerous!
It's too late!
I have lived by this, and I will die by it as well!
What reason is there to hesitate?
We have to abandon the lab!
Do as you will!
None of you have the right to become creators of the night!
But I can see it!
I can see the beautiful night!
I made you this promise!
One day soon...
I shall deliver the beautiful night to all people!
So that they may face their fear of the night and win!
The beautiful night...
One day...
Once again...
I will...
Stop it!
What is it?
Sir, I'm sorry to disturb you.
Regarding last night's incident with the Experts of Justice, unfortunately...
I see...
So, Master Alberto has already left.
I see. I'll be right there.
My god...
How were they able to make such a base?
This will certainly bring shame to the Paris Branch...
Master Alberto should be reaching Peking shortly.
Just tell him to eliminate Professor Shizuma when he locates him!
And to recover the case as soon as possible!
Vogler is waiting...
What? Vogler?
Then Professor Vogler is still...
Soon...
Very soon, I will finish what began ten years ago...
Will this do, sir?
Yes.
Professor Shizuma...
...and the Tragedy of Bashtarle. Survivors...
...none.
It can't be...
Master Alberto...
What is it? We haven't moved in a while...
Well...
It seems that traffic is being held up by a couple of drunks in the road.
This is why I don't enjoy cities such as this.
It's all right. I'll get out here.
Then I shall wait for you over there.
Bring more booze!
I'm sorry about the ruckus.
You idiot!
What's that, Big Brother?
Another bar?
Sounds good to me!
I'll follow you wherever you go!
You fool! You're making too much of a scene!
Oh, you idiot!
Doh Shu Restaurant
Giant Robo my butt!
It's just an old piece of junk!
And the brat can't do a thing without it!
That damned kid acts like he's taking on the BF Group all by himself!
What's the matter with you today, Tetsugyu?
I don't like it!
I don't like it at all!
What, so you don't like Daisaku and Ginrei getting friendly then?
T-That's not it!
Heh, that's it, isn't it?
More booze!
Bring more booze!
But Big Brother, in this last mission...
...Ginrei and I worked hard to get that case...
But he handed it over to the Commander like he got it all on his own!
I mean, what about all the men who died during the mission...
What about them?
Tetsugyu, we're Experts of Justice, right?
Here's your order!
Listen, Daisaku is still only a child. He's twelve years old!
Think about it, where were we at that age?
It was about the time we were recruited, I guess.
That's right.
It was around the time we first met.
But could we do then, what Daisaku has to do now?
We chose the training to become Experts of Justice.
That's why we can do whatever it takes to complete our missions...
...and with it, we can face death if need be.
But Daisaku suddenly found himself shouldered with the...
...responsibility of commanding the most powerful robot on the planet...
...and without any training, he was given the duty of an Expert of Justice.
Without warning, everything was just thrust into his hands!
Could we have handled that when we were twelve?
His first memories are of...
...his father being killed by the BF Group and leaving him with Giant Robo.
What are we supposed to do for a kid like that?
That's right...
Nothing!
The only thing we can do is to ensure that he grows into a proper adult.
That's it.
But Big Brother...
...by the time I was twelve...
...I'd already killed a man.
Big Brother!
Yeah!
What's going on?
This way! Over here!
Did you locate him?
D-13 Block!
This is E-6, it's all clear!
D-2 Block is in ruins!
He's headed for A-3!
There he is!
What's the matter?
Can't you even put up a decent fight?
I heard that this base houses the finest of your organization!
Aren't you the busy one?
If you're here, why don't you be useful?
There are now two enemies!
Alberto the Impact...
Then the Magnificent Ten is on the move?
Where are Taiso and the others?
I've put out the call signs, but they haven't responded!
Commander, their goal is obvious.
Then it can't be helped, I'm counting on you!
Ginrei.
Yes, sir!
What?
Where are Taiso and Tetsugyu at a time like this!?
Hurry!
Daisaku!
Quickly, over here!
Hurry!
Go!
There they are!
You'll not get away!
Here he comes!
Iron Fans!
Professor Go, you did it!
How quaint.
It's over!
Daisaku!
What?
You!
Taiso...
Tetsugyu, you go with the Professor and the others.
All right.
What about you, Big Brother?
I can handle them on my own.
Taiso!
Ginrei, go!
Huh?
Okay!
So, Alberto...
Looks like you had a bit of fun while I was out, did you?
How perfect! We can settle the score from our last encounter.
The score might be a bit too high for you!
Oh no! The Peking Base!
Shut up! It'll be fine!
Brother Taiso will handle it!
But Robo is...
He'll be okay!
He's stored beneath an old nuclear reactor...
...so even the Magnificent Ten will have a hard time getting to it!
That's right. We have to rendezvous with the Greta Garbo as soon as possible!
All right!
Professor Go, where are we going with the Greta?
We're heading to the main headquarters of the Experts of Justice...
To Ryozanpaku in the south!
There, I'll determine the true nature of the contents of this case!
Is that all right with you, Professor?
The true nature?
Isn't that just a normal Shizuma cylinder?
No, it's not!
Little punk...
Take a good look.
This isn't an ordinary Shizuma cylinder!
You're right...
But what's this got to do with anything?
This is the source of everything that's happening now...
Yes, it's just like the Tragedy of Bashtarle ten years ago!
What?
It can't be...
So that the same mistakes aren't repeated...
...please tell us the truth behind this Shizuma cylinder!
Professor!
Are you willing to let the Tragedy of Bashtarle happen all over again?
Professor!
Let me go!
Let me go! What are you doing?
Professor, you're the only one who can put a stop to this!
It's too late!
I have lived by this, and I will die by it as well!
What reason is there to hesitate?
Professor!
One day, the beautiful night will come once again...
None of you have the right to become the creators of the night!
...of the night!
The night!
I'm sorry!
Go, I'll talk!
So, please save me!
Please! I've had enough!
I should never have created the Shizuma Drive!
How could you say that, Professor?
The Shizuma Drive is a fabulous invention!
Please, protect me from Vogler!
Vogler?
Then Professor Franken Von Vogler is still...
That's enough of that talk!
It's...
A BF Group robot!
Now, hand over that case! Along with the Professor, if you will!
An evacuation order is in effect! Quickly dispose of sensitive materials, and...
What's the matter? Hurry up and move Robo to the surface and evacuate!
But...
Robo is trying to launch?
But Daisaku hasn't sent a call sign!
Amazing! The power output is fifty times greater than normal!
Could it be that Robo has an Auto Guard Circuit...
...that can detect a threat to the life of the operator?
Robo?
Could it be that...
Taiso, you should pay more attention!
Now die!
Did something happen to Daisaku?
EPISODE ONE, THE BLACK ATTACHE CASE THE END
Things look desperate for our heroes!
The base has been overrun...
...the BF Group Robot, Uranus, closes in on Daisaku and the others!
Will the black attache case once again fall into the hands of the BF Group?
What was the Tragedy of Bashtarle?
And what is the Still Earth Operation?
Within the multiple spirals of mysteries...
...the true identity of Vogler becomes clear!
No doubt about it, this is the same as it was with the Tragedy of Bashtarle...
It's beautiful...
The beautiful night...
...but man always forgets the filthy incidents of the past.
Who do you think is responsible for it all?
I'll make you remember! Remember the true night!
TO BE CONTINUED