Who is Leader X is the 21st episode of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
Plot Summary[]
A horse owned by a scientist who is an authority in the area of cyborgs, participates and wins with an astonishing performance at the world-famous horse grand prix. When Nambu sees this video, he guesses that this horse is a cyborg. He orders the Science Ninja Team to guard the doctor so that his astonishing cyborg technique is not abused.
But when Ken and the others arrive, it's already too late. Only one Galactor badge has been left behind and the scientist has vanished. Dr. Henjinman has been brought to the base where he recognizes X's real face. He threatens X, saying that he will reveal his secret if he is not made X's representative. X reluctantly agrees.
Henjinman's cyborg horses attack a meadow. The Science Ninja Team pursue them and sneak into the base. Inside, they find the scientist standing before X to reveal his face, just as he wanted. Dr. Henjinman falls down as he's hit by light rays projected by X when Katse pressed a button. Katse orders the horses to attack the city and flees. The Science Ninja Team escapes and blows up the base.
Dying, Henjinman tells them to press the buttons on the horses' backs. After the Science Ninja Teams has pressed the buttons on each of the horses, he activates the self-destruct mechanism of the horses and silently dies.
Staff[]
- Screenplay: Takeo Matsuura and Hirohisa Soda
- Direction: Hideo Nishimaki
- Mecha Design: Mitsuki Nakamura
- Animation: Moriyasu Taniguchi, Junichi Ikeda, Hiromi Muranaka
- Art Setting: Tsunehito Nonomiya
- Backgrounds: Seiji Miyamoto
- Finishing: Takashi Ikemiya
- Special Effects: Makoto Yoshizawa
- Photography: Tadashi Hosono
- Editing: Hajime Taniguchi
- Production Progress: Kazumasa Imanishi
- Production Manager: Mitsuo Sato, Makoto Kondo (Yomiko)
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
- Leader X: Nobuo Tanaka
- Dr. Henjinman: Ryuji Saikachi
- Announcer: Kazuo Harada
- Narrator: Hideo Kinoshita
- Galactor Member A: Tessho Genda (as Mitsuo Yokoi)