Legend of the Elmedia Hero
Legend of the Elmedia Hero is the twelfth episode of the animated television series Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, which was broadcast on September 18th, 1986 in Japan.[1]
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Plot
The travelers are in an arctic area of Cronos when a nearby submarine malfunctions, ejecting a criminal - known as Number 96 - it was carrying. The cause of the malfunction is the Gandora's latest weapon being tested from orbit. Grujious thinks the weapon is too weak and Diondora suggests recovering a powerful crystal from the Cronos settlement of Elmedia to boost it. The freed Number 96 has been equipped to steal it for the Gandora. On the surface, Rom's group arrive at a wasteland settlement on the trail of the escapee, where the surface-dwelling Apu are at war with the underground Andoglonas. They intervene to save a pair of Andoglonas children and are taken underground by their parents. They explain the fugitive hails from Andoglonas and his name was Black. The family react angrily and storm off. The travelers carry on their investigation but Leina is attacked by a strange creature outside a cemetery. Rod fends him off and the deformed stranger flees. They find he is Jilas, keeper of the cemetery, sometime thief and Black's former partner. However the locals gets hostile whenever they mention Black himself. The boy they rescued, Misu, is more friendly and shows them a statue of Black, who is a hero since driving off an attack from the surface dwellers. Their musings are interrupted by the arrival of Number 96, who easily takes out Rom, Jet and Rod and begins attacking the city. Number 96 then flees with Jilas, having taken the sword from Black's statue.
Misu believes Black will return to stop Number 96 while Rom, Jet, Rod, Reina and Jim are accused of taking the sword by the Misu's father, despite the boy's pleas. Rom orders his friends to stand down and go quietly so they can sort the misunderstanding. In prison, Rom speculates that Black and Number 96 are one and the same but that the townspeople don't like acknowledging this - hence the group's imprisonment. Number 96 attacks Misu's family, after the Elmedia crystal, and takes the boy hostage. In the commotion Rod frees the travelers from their cell and they set off to rescue Misu. Number 96 has reached the statue of Black, making short work of the Andoglonas army. He retrieves the crystal from its' hidden location in the base of the statue only for Black himself to reappear and challenge him. However, the hero is no match for Number 96, who easily knocks him out of the sky. He is found by Rom's party who discover that the hero is Jilas, trying to protect his old partner's reputation. He reveals to Rom and Reina that Black is Number 96 and was a criminal from the start, but Jilas - his thief sidekick - was so inspired by the legends he decided to live up to them. He dies from his wounds and Rom swears vengeance. Blade Dragon confronts Black, and soon Rom has to summon Vikung-Fu. The fight still seems to be going Black's way until he hits the crystal with an energy beam from the Dragon Sword, giving Vikung-Fu an opening to destroy him. The group buries Jilas, promising that the legend of Black as a hero will live on.
Cast
| Heroes | Gandora | Others |
|---|---|---|
| Reina Stol | [[]] | Crane Robo |
| Rom Stol | Devil Soldiers | Scooter Robo |
| Triple Jim | Gades | |
| Blue Jet | Diondora | Bike Robo |
| Battleflex | Grujious | Patrol Car Robo |
| Rod Drill | Limousine Robo | |
| Blade Dragon | [[]] | |
| Vikung-Fu | [[]] |
Notes
- Firsts: The is the first appearance of Casmodon, Combat Buggy, Dump Robo, Harrier Robo, Helitranser, Mixer Robo, and Trailer Robo, who all appear in later episodes.
- Battleflex appears parked behind the heroes at the beginning of the episode, but is not seen again.
- Rom Stol's lecture this week is about "?". ? doesn't deserve to know Rom's name.
- Death toll:
- The French dub of this episode was called "Emeraldio".
- In some English subtitles the name of this episode is "The Heroic Legend of Elomedia" and "The Legend of Elomedia".
Gallery
Highway Robo in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos episode 12, "Legend of the Elmedia Hero"
References
- ↑ "Legend of the Elmedia Hero". Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos. September 18th, 1986. No. 12, season 1.
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