B-Fighter Kabuto


B-Fighter Kabuto is a Japanese television series in the Metal Hero Series franchise. It is the sequel to Juukou B-Fighter, taking place five years after the preceding B-Fighter series. Kabuto aired from 1996 to 1997. The action footage and props were used for the Beetleborgs Metallix series.

Plot

Five years after the destruction of Jamahl, Earth has returned to peace again. The Earth Academia has become the Cosmo Academia, a scientific research organization, where Takuya Kai works with Sage Guru on a new generation of Insect Armor in the event of another threat to the Earth.
This threat is realized when a Cosmo Academia exploration submarine comes across a fissure in the ocean floor, out of which rises a huge flying fortress of the ancient tribe Melzard. This clan has been resting for millennia and seeks to destroy mankind. Matriarch Mother Melzard sends her oldest sons Raija and Dezzle to lead the attack with Raija's Elebamamoth. By then, Guru has infused the Neo Insect Armor with Insect Power, creating the three Command Voicers to link three humans with the armor. Kengo Tachibana and Ran Ayukawa, who have been selected to wear the new armor, ready themselves and become B-Fighter Kuwagar and B-Fighter Tentou. But the person to become B-Fighter Kabuto had not been chosen when the remaining Command Voicer flies out the window. Ran and Kengo follow it to meet Kouhei Toba, a star athlete at his school who is losing badly to Elebammoth who froze the boy's sister as the last Command Voicer flies into his hand. Kengo and Ran are shocked that this high school student is to be B-Fighter Kabuto, but they go to him and teach him how to transform. He changes into Kabuto and the three of them attack Elebammoth and several henchmen, with Kabuto killing Elebammoth.
Refusing to accept defeat, Mother Melzard continues her attacks, with Raija and Dezzle working against each other in their attacks on the B-Fighters.

Characters

New Generation of B-Fighters

The New B-Fighters were four individuals from the New York head office, South American, Peking, and Paris branches of Cosmo Academia who used the Insect Commanders, a variant of the Command Voicer that stored their Neo Insect Armor which activated when they inserted their respective data card and shouted "Chou Juukou!". They consumed most of their power to destroy a crystal Mother Melzard had that ignited detonators inside various humans. Afterwards, their Insect Commanders merged with the Geist Axe in the finale.
Each B-Fighter has a Road Beetle providing his primary transportation. Their names are Road Kabuto, Road Kuwagar and Road Tentou.
The Neo Beet Machines are the B-Fighters' super machines that they use to fight Melzard airborne and ground vehicles. They emerge from the Cosmo Academia Beetle Base, the B-Fighter's base of operations following the command "Neo Beet Machines, launch!". The Beetle Base was blown up along with the Neo Beet Machines thanks to the efforts of Killmantis, Beezack, Dezzle and Dord near the finale.
The two Shell Gods are giant insect robot gods from space. Kabuterious and Kuwaga Titan were allies that fought a great battle and were swept into a vortex that defeated an evil foe. They were eventually encased inside two weapons, the Astral Saber and the Geist Axe, until they would be found in the present.
The B-Fighters of the first generation sometimes appear and help out the new generation. After destroying the Jamahl, they were transferred to the Cosmo Academia branch. They occasionally aid the New Generation B-Fighters before Guru dies, destroying their ability to become B-Fighters.
The Melzard Tribe are an ancient race that have existed since prehistoric times. They dwell in the fortress Melzardos, which Mother Melzard is an extension of.
Monsters of the land and sea given birth by Mother Melzard.
Raija's Monsters
Raija's monsters are land-based creatures.
Dezzle's monsters are water-based creatures.
Some of these creatures were both Raija and Dezzle's monsters.
  1. The Second Generation's a High School Warrior
  2. The Trilobite's After School Invitation
  3. Awaken!! The New Machines
  4. Vow!! The Heated Stag Beetle
  5. A Great Reversal to the You that Departed
  6. A Great Wild Battle at the Cherry Blossom Festival!!
  7. The Raging Iron Fist presented by a Friend
  8. Kabuto Finally Leaves School!?
  9. Becoming a Pupil of the Storytelling Monster!!
  10. The Showdown with the Martial Arts Master
  11. Shoot Across the Sea of Tears
  12. Mysterious?! The Fossil's Fantastic Maze
  13. Change!! The Explosive Dashing Professor
  14. The Cry that Destroyed the Trapped Town
  15. Infiltrate the Hospital Ward of Terror
  16. Save the School Anniversary's Idols
  17. The Fighting Love-Foretelling Diary!!
  18. The 20-Million Year Revenge of the Exterminated Flower
  19. Is the Mysterious Girl a Mermaid Princess?!
  20. The Hunt for the Kappa for 3000 Ri!!
  21. Call the Rain, The Heroic Crybaby
  22. The Flaming Mistress' The Roaring Shamisen
  23. Run to the Wilderness of Pride!!
  24. Summer Vacation!! The Haunted Classroom
  25. They've Returned Those Guys-Tachi
  26. Nightmare!! B-Fighter vs. B-Fighter
  27. The Certain Death of the 6 Great Warriors
  28. Enter!! The Insect Warrior of the Wind
  29. The Violent Centipede General
  30. Shine Genji, the Earth's Power
  31. The Combined Ultimate Gun and the Mournful Warrior
  32. Echo, The Beautiful Butterfly's Melody
  33. Grab it!! The Legendary Sacred Sword
  34. Control!? The B-Fighters' Day of Defeat
  35. Rip Through the Darkness, The Revived Giant God
  36. Dirty!! The Demonic Brothers' Counterattack
  37. Defeat, The Invincible New Monster
  38. The Nightmarish Giant Stag Beetle
  39. Merciless!! The B-Fighters are Melting
  40. Break Through the Maze of Love
  41. The No-Rules Peak Battle
  42. Kabuto's Trip To The Moon World
  43. The Girl of Darkness is the B-Fighter Killer
  44. The Devil Girl Arrives...
  45. B-Fighter!! A Challenge in History
  46. The Super Heavy Shell Strike!
  47. The B-Fighters' Father, the Elder Dies!!
  48. The Beetle Base's Great Explosion!!
  49. The Sunrise of The Earth's Downfall
  50. The Last Battle

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