Red Impulse's Secret is the 52nd episode of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Plot Summary[]
One night outside the Snack J, somebody is shot and wounded. It's Sabu, a friend from Ken's childhood. When Sabu says that he saw Ken's father in Hontwal, they both travel there.
In Nambu's office, Katse makes a bold appearance in disguise. He leaves saying that if the world does not surrender to Galactor in Hontwal, the V2 plan will be realized. The V2 plan is the terrible plot to disintegrate the Van Allen belt with a special rocket, thus extinguishing humankind and all life with radioactive flames.
Nambu orders the remaining four team members to stop the rocket without Ken. But the teamwork breaks apart, and they can't use their missiles. The God Phoenix is surprised by the mecha and with skill they manage to defeat it, but they were definitely at a disadvantage.
Meanwhile, Ken has learned Sabu has lied as a way to lead him to Galactor, and is held isolated by the defense minister in order to lure him into a trap. But coming to the rescue is Red Impulse and his two comrades. He scolds Ken that now is not the right time to ask such things like how his father is, and tells him the actual situation unfolding.
Joe and the others have arrived in Hontwal, and before their eyes, the rocket takes off into the sky. Blaming the fact that Ken was not there, the Science Ninja Team is told by Nambu that Red Impulse himself is Ken's father.
Staff[]
- Screenplay and Director: Hisayuki Toriumi
- Mecha Design: Kunio Okawara
- Animation: Masami Suda, Tomonori Kogawa, Masaki Yamada
Voice Cast[]
- Ken: Katsuji Mori
- Joe: Isao Sasaki
- Jun: Kazuko Sugiyama
- Jinpei: Yoku Shioya
- Ryu: Shingo Kanemoto
- Dr. Nambu: Toru Ohira
- Berg Katse: Mikio Terashima
- Red Impulse: Hisayoshi Yoshizawa
- Secretary of Defense: Susumu Mizushima
- Police Captain: Norio Wakamoto
- Sabu: Hiroya Ishimaru
- Narrator: Hideo Kinoshita
- Announcer: Masaru Miyashita
- Woman: Yoko Asagami