"Awaken! Star Warrior"
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"Awaken! Star Warrior" (
Plot
Hundreds of millions of years ago, a highly advanced civilization inhabited the Earth. Their greatest creations were the Ultra Star Gods, giant warrior mecha. However, a coalition of aliens, fearing humanity's increasing power, launched an all-out attack on the planet. Despite deploying the full brunt of their arsenal, the civilization was decimated.
In the twenty-first century, Tenma Kudo, a delivery driver for Jet Express, made his rounds to several delivery locations, but was nearly run over by a pickup truck on his way to his next destination. The two men inside the truck got into a fistfight with Kudo on the street, but a woman pulled up in an SUV and slapped him across the face. The woman was interrupted by her passenger, an older man, and Kudo suddenly remembered he was on the clock for a delivery, rushing to his motorcycle. The woman, Mika Shido, and her passenger, who was in fact the famous archaeologist Professor Ichiro Horiguchi, pulled up to a dig site at Mount Kabuto where they were mobbed by the press. After being aggravated by one of the reporter's accusations, Horiguchi asserted that ancient civilizations are probable, given Earth's long history.
Later, Horiguchi uncovered part of a large object, and ordered Mika to tell the reporters that the excavation was a failure. At the same time, Kudo arrived at the residence of a man named Misonogi, who instructed him to deliver a small case to the dig site in just two hours. Elsewhere, a woman on a cellphone declared Horiguchi's announcement was a lie, and that he had in fact discovered an Ultra Star God. Two hours later, Kudo pulled up to a gate outside the dig site, but was stopped by security. Mika appeared on the other side and snagged the package from Kudo's hand, then knocked him unconscious with a kick to the head when he attempted to chase her. Mika brought the package to Horiguchi, who opened it to find a ringing satellite phone. On the other end was Misonogi, who told Horiguchi that he believed other parties were interested in reviving Ultra Star Gods. Horiguchi explained to Mika that Misonogi was the sponsor of his research, and was necessary to his unraveling of the Ultra Star Gods and "Gransazers." Back outside the gate as night was falling, a still unconscious Kudo awoke to find a man standing over him - Mika's younger brother Ken. Kudo told Ken he needed Horiguchi's signature for the package, and Ken sneaked him to a fence just outside Horiguchi's tent. Suddenly, a man in a leather trenchcoat leapt over the fence; Kudo and Ken attempted to follow, but tripped an alarm system. Security guards found the trenchcoated man and pushed him to the ground, but were sent flying through the air when he transformed into an armored warrior. Shouting "Remls Tornado," the man created a whirlwind that blasted away the remaining guards and blew up Horiguchi's backhoe. Looking on nearby, Kudo took off his motorcycle glove to see a symbol glowing on his hand. Noticing this, the warrior grabbed Kudo and leapt over the mountain. As Horiguchi and Mika arrived, Ken told them that a Gransazer had kidnapped Kudo.
Back in his tent, Horiguchi told Misonogi of the incident. Misonogi speculated that the Gransazer may have taken Kudo because he too is a Gransazer. The next morning, Mika questioned whether Kudo could really be a Gransazer, and requested that Horiguchi allow her to investigate. Before setting off, she ducked behind a rock and lifted her hand to the sky to reveal a glowing symbol. A device materialized on her hand, and she used it to transform into the Sazer Mithras.
At an unknown location, Kudo awoke in a bed surrounded by the man from the dig site, the woman who had been seen speaking on the phone, and a younger woman. The younger woman appeared skeptical of Kudo, but the man assured her that his powers simply hadn't awoken yet. A confused Kudo told the trio off before storming out of the room, but was followed by the younger woman, Ryoko. Ryoko intercepted Kudo and, without warning, began to attack him. Kicking him to the ground, she encouraged him to fight back. A device not unlike that used by Mika materialized on Ryoko's hand, and she transformed into Sazer Velsou. Using her ability Velsou Illusion, Ryoko lifted Kudo into the air with her mind and repeatedly slammed him against the floor. Before long, one of the devices materialized on Kudo's own hand, and he was enveloped in the power of Sazer Tarious. Kudo sent Velsou flying through the wall with a single punch, then fled the building. Watching from nearby, Ryoko's companions speculated that Sazer Tarious belonged to the element of fire, and therefore must be destroyed. Outside, Mika observed Tarious fleeing from atop the building, concluding Kudo was a Gransazer after all.
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Ryo Segawa as Tenma Kudo
- Asuka Shimizu as Mika Shido
- Kohei Takeda as Ken Shido
- Hideaki Serizawa as Akira Dentsuin
- Maya Hoshino as Ryoko Amemiya
- Shunsaku Kudo as Atsushi Misonogi
- Mika Chiba as Karin Saeki
- Shoichiro Akaboshi as Ichiro Horiguchi
- Aoi Asada as apartment landlady
- Akio Kamei as security officer
- Mika Hanai as nursery school teacher
- Hiyori as kindergartner
- Naoki Ogura as man in red shirt
- Koji Shirahama as man in blue shirt
- Nozomi Koshimizu as TV reporter A
- Hisashi Sekiguchi as TV reporter B
- Hidetaka Ichiyama as security guard A
- Kyoichi Shima as security guard B
- Extras provided by Hoei Project
- Soichiro Tanaka as narrator
Appearances
Gransazers
Weapons, vehicles, and organizations
- Ultra Star Gods
- Knuckle-Risers
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