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!
In a future to come...
...mankind has developed an epoch-making energy system, the Shizuma Drive.
This absolutely safe, non-polluting system...
...replaced every conceivable energy source...
...putting an end to the depletion of oil resources.
Even the nuclear reactors were dismantled.
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 all across the globe!
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
Damn it! I'm too late!
Your efforts were in vain...
...Kenji Murasame of the International Police Organization, Paris Branch...
You did this? How could you do this heinous act?
I-It can't be...
You're...
...Professor Franken Von Vogler!
It's revenge...
No one could have predicted the anomaly caused by the Shizuma Drives.
The effect of a nearly perfect energy system suddenly ceasing to function...
...was a reminder of the "Tragedy of Bashtarle"...
...an incident that many wanted to wipe from their memories.
And it wasn't just an ominous premonition of dark times to come...
...but a physical manifestation before our very eyes.
Yes, after a decade of silence...
...it came back to us inside a black attache case.
He did give me this to give to you, Professor Go.
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...
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?
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.
Because of that, I need that sample.
Over here!
What's going on?
Alberto the Impact...
Then the Magnificent Ten is on the move?
Commander, their goal is obvious.
Then it can't be helped, I'm counting on you!
Ginrei.
Yes, sir!
Go!
You'll not get away!
Old Man Impact!
That's enough of that!
Professor Go, where are we going now?
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!
This is 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 to happen all over again?
Professor!
I'm sorry!
Go, I'll talk!
So, please save me!
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!
That's enough of that talk, I think!
It's...
A BF Group robot!
Now, hand over that case! Along with the Professor, if you will!
Evacuation 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?
Can it be that...
Taiso, you should pay more attention!
Now die!
Did something happen to Daisaku?
EPISODE TWO, TRAGEDY OF BASHTARLE
Take that!
I shall avenge my comrade, Cervantes the Phantasm!
And you will feel the pain I endured when you took my right eye!
Use the manipulators that are still working!
We have to clear away the rubble.
Medical teams, hurry!
Over here!
Get a status report!
Can't you get in contact with Daisaku yet?
No sir, we haven't received any signal from him yet.
Is there any way to send reinforcements to aid Taiso?
No sir, the lines of communication have been disrupted!
Then there's no other option...
All personnel evacuate!
I'm going to self-destruct the base.
Commander, where are you going?
I'm going into battle!
Are you sure, sir?
Commander?
You two need to get as far away from me as you can.
Please wait, Commander Chujo!
I see no reason for Chujo the Silent to go into battle because of this.
Let us handle it!
You're here!
Issei and Youshi!
We're headed for your location!
Please hold out a little longer!
All right, I'm counting on you!
Let us hurry, Issei!
Right!
Our enemy is the formidable Magnificent Ten!
But if we work together, we'll get through any situation, no matter how desperate!
That we will!
We shall show those evildoers a thing or two!
We shall, indeed!
Our justice shall prevail!
Sixteen in the Heavens! Eight on Earth!
Woo! Fo! Tsu! Bei!
VILLAINS DESERVE NO MERCY.
How dare you!
Youshi the Blue Beast is here!
Die, bothersome fly!
What?
Curses!
The impudence...
Do you not realize that you've succumbed to my Taoist Sorcery?
Even a member of the Magnificent Ten will have difficulty escaping!
It doesn't matter, my attack was merely a diversion.
Ivan, Robo is headed your way!
We've done our part here, I leave the rest to you!
Sir, I understand!
Farewell Taiso, we'll meet again!
The Magnificent Ten is quite good.
They knew my exact position...
D-Daisaku, is he safe?
G-Ginrei...
Professor...
And...
Where's the case?
Are you awake now?
Oh, how perfect, your friend has arrived.
Robo!
Robo's attack was stopped?
A barrier!
This special barrier can't be broken so easily.
But do your best...
Robo...
Now then...
To persist on resisting is your choice, but I too have a duty.
Now, return that attache case to me...
No, I won't!
W-What's the matter, Robo?
Robo!
I understand now, Giant Robo!
You can't control your power output, can you?
What?
However, it would seem that the young master you're trying to rescue...
...is more concerned about the attache case than your well being!
R-Robo...
It's all right...
You can stop, Robo...
Good, now then...
Where did they...
Fans?
Did we get him?
How dare you?
But it's all over!
Daisaku!
We missed him...
Now, you too...
Damned brat!
This is why you're so useless!
T-Tetsugyu...
Excellent.
No doubt about it.
Now we can recreate the Tragedy of Bashtarle!
What?
Are you serious?
Serious?
Of course!
The goal of the BF Group is world domination, after all!
Tragedy of Bashtarle?
Professor Go mentioned that earlier...
Oh, you don't know?
Then you must think the Shizuma Drive is a fabulous invention of peace!
Don't listen, Daisaku!
That's right, it's better if you didn't know!
But...
Oh, come on...
Even if it's been wiped out of the history books...
...it can't be removed from our memories, can it?
Yes, this sample was created...
...a short time before the Shizuma Drive was completed.
Five scientists came together to research this "miraculous" creation.
Doctor Duncan...
Professor Simule...
Doctor Trumble...
Professor Shizuma, and...
...the destroyer of the world, Professor Franken Von Vogler!
When they received the honored Nobel Peace Prize for their Energy Theory, it brought...
...a glimmer of hope to the depressed and environmentally damaged Earth.
The hope of a clean energy source!
However...
Failure after failure!
And more failure!
Even with a solid theory, implementation proved difficult.
As great as the world's hopes were for this project...
...the voices of doubt and condemnation from the public were even greater!
Do we have any choice but to give up?
Maybe a perfect energy source was just a mere pipe dream...
The scientists were on the brink of giving up...
...when one of the scientists was driven into a rash course of action!
Are you out of your mind?
Don't do it!
Stop it!
It doesn't matter, what other choice do we have now?
Stop him!
Stop Vogler!
He's out of control!
Pull him away!
Don't let him get near them!
The danger those samples pose is greater than expected!
Was this all for nothing?
That's right!
The experiment isn't ready!
It's too dangerous!
It's too late!
The world is waiting for the fruits of our research!
We must create this new energy source as quickly as possible!
In order to do that, we mustn't have any fear!
I have lived by this, and I will die by it as well!
What reason is there to hesitate?
That's right...
The Professor activated an incomplete and untested sample!
He was hoping to rush the completion of the drive system!
And so, the uncontrolled energy spread out and vaporized an entire country!
H-How could...
That country's name was Bashtarle.
And now, no country by that name exists...
Gone, along with the place of my birth...
Isn't it a masterpiece?
This is what people call the perfect energy source!
Don't make me laugh!
Even the BF Group wouldn't go this far!
I had no idea...
I didn't...
But things didn't end there...
What?
What happened afterwards was the true tragedy!
Shut up!
Shut up! Shut up!
I put my life on the line for this atonement!
Professor!
What are you...
T-This is just like ten years ago!
N-No...
Commander!
I'm getting a massive energy reading from nearby the base as well as from Paris!
All right, bring up the image!
What happened to the power?
All Shizuma Drives are stopping!
"G" storage facility unable to function!
What about the reserve power?
I don't know, the Shizuma Drives suddenly stopped functioning!
Are the emergency drives just as useless as the other Shizuma Drives?
Everything runs on the Shizuma Drive...
...including the smallest items like a lighter.
Then the entire area around Peking is...
It can't be...
Did Professor Go activate it?
I can't say, sir!
With all the Shizuma drives non- functional, we're blind and deaf!
Commander...
So, as long as it's not a Shizuma drive, it'll work, right?
Taiso!
Stop it! You're in no condition to...
Don't worry...
The generator in my body is still working fine!
Taiso!
That's...
Fools!
How could they allow the enemy to activate it?
Can't you suppress the output?
I don't know!
The system itself seems to be functioning properly!
It's reacting to the third sample!
Then the reading we're getting from Peking is...
We don't have a choice.
We have to stop its interference with the two samples we have here.
Yes sir!
So then, how long will it take to re-establish the field?
Hold it!
You there!
I don't think I've seen you before!
Turn around and face me!
You're definitely suspicious!
Who are you?
Are you from Interpol?
They call me Murasame the Immortal!
Genya! I know what you're up to and who you really are!
Leave him be!
We have a change of plans.
Prepare to go into Condition V!
Yes, sir!
Everything for Big Fire!
Farewell, hypocritical creators of the Shizuma Drive!
The time for Vogler's revenge has come!
It's exactly as it was with the Tragedy of Bashtarle...
You!
You shall all see the true night, right now!
This is the monstrous Vogler Sphere!
Something is coming out!
C-Can this be...
No, there's no doubt about it, it's him!
I speak to the entire world!
I speak to all those who rely on the Shizuma Drive for survival!
The time has come for you to atone for the events of ten years ago!
This revenge will be carried out under the banner of the BF Group!
This is revenge against the Shizuma Drive!
And this giant black sphere will deliver the crushing blow!
And its name is Franken Von Vogler!
It can't be...
Professor Vogler is alive?
How could he have survived?
He was at the center of the tragedy when it occurred!
But that's definitely the experimental Shizuma reactor core...
...that caused the events in Bashtarle.
Besides, who else could have recreated the sample but the Professor Vogler?
Who else?
That's right...
I survived ten years ago for this very day!
The Shizuma Drives...
Then his plan is...
Yes, I'm sure of it.
The true horror of the Tragedy, the Still Energy Phenomenon!
That's right, ten years ago it started on a night like this and lasted for seven days...
The system that went out of control not only vaporized Bashtarle...
...but its special properties also neutralized all the power around the globe.
The result was that the Earth stood completely still.
Yes, it was as if the Earth itself trembled in fear...
Aircraft fell from the skies like birds with their wings torn off.
All forms of travel were eliminated.
Fires could not be put out...
...lifelines were cut off...
...and hospitals' emergency systems ceased to work.
It was a nightmarish week!
Yes, the world was trapped in what seemed like an eternal night...
...without the hope of a light.
In the end, 2/3 of the world's population had been lost...
...and we could do nothing but watch it happen...
Only watch...
And what happened after the power returned on the eighth day?
They vilified Professor Vogler and directed all their anger towards him.
The remaining four scientists were praised for their revised Shizuma Drive!
As if nothing had happened!
But I did not forget!
And so I waited for the day when the world was...
...completely immersed in the Shizuma Drive!
In order to have revenge against the world that...
...buried the despised incident in lies!
Now, this replica is configured to stop all the Shizuma Drive energy in the world!
And when the three samples are together again...
...the world will once again experience the true night!
As it was in Bashtarle!
The Earth is going still...
How could something like this happen again?
It's always the same...
We're always too late...
That's right...
We didn't learn from our mistakes in the past.
All we did was put our hopes into the ideals of...
...the Shizuma Drive and its promise.
Taiso!
Are you all right?
Oh no!
Robo launched at a time like this?
Even my Uranus is without power!
There's no mistake, this is an Anti-Shizuma Drive!
I'm sorry, Go.
This is all my fault...
No matter what I say now, it will only sound like an excuse...
But I will tell you the truth!
What really happened ten years ago, what really happened on that day!
So please forgive me...
...Vogler...
Professor!
You half-dead old man!
How dare you do what you did!
Robo!
What?
Robo! Catch that man!
How can this be?
How...
How can Robo still be moving in the Bashtarle Phenomenon...
...when all power sources are stopped?
Professor!
I see, so that's the way Robo is...
You can win, you can defeat Vogler...
Such a thing...
Good!
Power has returned!
Escape into the ocean!
What strength!
Robo!
That's enough, you can stop!
Robo!
My apologies.
I failed to recover the sample.
I observed it...
Ivan, why do you think it was able to move in the Bashtarle Phenomenon?
It appears that Robo's true identity may be quite troublesome for us.
Huh?
How can that be?
I mean, Giant Robo was originally built by the BF Group and...
No...
Not even members of the Magnificent Ten like myself were told...
...but I don't think there's any other explanation.
But Master Alberto, I thought even the BF Group abandoned its use...
...when the Shizuma Drive was completed...
I don't know...
It's all the will of Big Fire.
P-Please, I beg of you...
At this rate, the mistakes of ten years ago will be repeated.
Please, stop Vogler!
Professor...
Professor, what should we do?
It's not complete yet...
As long as you don't allow that last sample to fall into his hands...
...as long as all three aren't brought together...
I understand.
Professor!
Professor, if you strain yourself further...
It's all right...
This moment was inevitable for me...
Daisaku...
Yes?
You're our only chance...
The world is relying on you and Robo...
Only you two can stop Vogler.
Yes.
Daisaku...
Robo...
Is Robo...
Yes Professor, Robo's power source is nuclear.
Professor!
Robo's power source is nuclear...
A legacy left from the past age...
Ginrei?
What a beautiful night...
Yet people always forget the dirty incidents of the past...
TO BE CONTINUED
The witness to the tragedy of ten years ago, the black attache case...
The immorality hidden in the light of that glory unveils another mystery...
...and chooses Shanghai as its battlefield.
But what of Daisaku Kusama who is left behind onboard the Greta Garbo?
Please, let me fight!
Let me avenge the death of Professor Shizuma!
Or are you saying that you're afraid of Robo's nuclear power source now?
Next episode, "The Electromagnetic Net Operation: The Fall at Shanghai."
See you there!