Machineman ep 9

Nebula Mask Machineman season 1 episode 9

Shin Hae Sun will reportedly join the upcoming drama “See You In My 19th Life.”

Yes indeed! We’re starting a new project: 1984’s NEBULA MASK MACHINEMAN!

UPDATE: Episode 4 was muxed with a pre-revision script, leading to incomplete subtitles. If you have a file with CRC E95866C7, please either download the revised file from MEGA or apply the patch

Machineman is rumoured to have been inspired by the DC’s Superman and, although this was never confirmed by either Ishinomori or Toei, the comparison is easy to make. Yes, it’s Machineman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. With his sweeping haircut and thick framed glasses, Nick is Clark Kent if Clark Kent was born on Japanese Krypton. Maki Hayama is, of course, his Lois Lane, and Nick wastes no time in reenforcing that by carrying her in his arms mid flight after she fell of a building, as you do. There’s no real reason for the Machineman suit to have a cape either, but it does because, you know, Superdude. Things are different enough to not have the lawyers at DC Comics at the door but the similarities are undeniable.

A few episodes later, Machineman succeeds in dismantling Tentacle; however, Professor K flees to Spain and his niece, Lady M, appears. With her aide Tonchinkan, they establish a new organization called “Octopus”. Like her uncle, she is allergic to children (whenever she is near one, her nose turns red). In the beginning, she calls up various thieves and legendary criminals from around the world, but later robotic drones are assembled to combat Machineman. By the end of the series, the missing Professor K returns, bringing with him the biggest threat the hero had ever faced: Golden Monsu, a fortified version of Tetsujin Monsu.