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Previous adventure: 3, FRANKEN (LIVE ACTION)




As with the previous stories in this series, this one is heavily embellished.




far right: Dr. Manmos (some versions "Moss'), the director of the US Air force mission to Mars.




Aliens appear very early in story (Obviously :lol & things jump all over the place.




It appears they are having fun, but really are fighting.


Exterior view of Aliens' space ship.

hmy: Alien impersonates Air Force Officer!








Atom must travel as inanimate object; compare to Adam Link!

Is this the end of Atom?




A sudden lightning bolt awakens our hero, but will he arrive in time?

Oops, a collision as they round the corner!




And you though Chitan was loud!
















Frustrated and angry with the fact that Moss has made a robot his commanding officer, Ketchup has drunken himself into a stupor.


How convenient that this woman empathizes with him.


Atom meets 'KAPETTO’ (‘Kyāpetto’) just a little bit earlier than in the other versions.

Atom cranks up the gain on his ears, so he can find the bomb.

It appears that Tezuka, still affected by his ill-treatment by American soldiers in the aftermath of WWII, made certain to depict some U.S. military personnel as brutes.























hmy:

So, here is a good opportunity to list a few names of the crew:

1. ケチャップ大尉：三鬼弘| kechappu taii: Miki Hiroshi/ Hiroshi Miki: Captain Ketchup
2. マカロニ中尉：瀬戸明 | Makaroni chūi: Seto akira/ Akira Seto: Lieutenant Macaroni
3. スパゲッティ少尉：山岡淳一 | supagetti shōi: Yamaoka Jun'ichi/ Junichi Yamaoka: Ensign Spaghetti
4. ピーマン軍曹：小沢一朗| pīman gunsō: Ozawa Ichirō/ Ichiro Ozawa: sergeant Pepper

Is it purely an unrelated naming of those characters? ?? Did the Beatles knowingly or by sheer accident, name their guy Sgt. Pepper?

Thank you for sharing JeffBert! This series of episodes are almost interesting! it is understandable to see why Dr. Tezuka hated this sereis!

It is interesting to see that the Japanese producers saw a need to give Atom clothing!

It is too bad these episodes where never dubbed like the "Super Giant" series was. One can hear the voice of Billie Lou Watt in one of the films of "Starman"!

Any way thank you for posting< JeffBert! It almost makes me wish I had the later "Mighty Atom" live-action episodes in my collection. (Almost!)

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