Muteking, The Dashing Warrior


Muteking, The Dashing Warrior is an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions that ran on Fuji Television and its affiliates from September 7, 1980, to September 27, 1981.
A reboot of the series titled Muteking the Dancing Hero aired in 2021.

Plot

Twelve-year-old Rin Yuki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that Earth was about to be face an alien invasion. But Rin did not expect to become personally involved—until he met Takoro, the strange young "deputy sheriff" from another world who was on the trail of notorious space criminals. There were only four Kurodako Brothers, but they plotted to use their alien science and natural shapeshifting powers to become the secret masters of Earth. With Takoro's help, Rin became the mighty superhero, Muteking, to foil their schemes.

Release

The series was televised in Italy under the title of simply Muteking.
An English dub of episode one was also made, apparently in an unsuccessful attempt to sell the series to the United States. In this one-episode dubbed version, Rin Yuki is named "Scooter Loon," and his father is renamed "Linus Loon."

Cast