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YattamanGan is the son of a toy maker, and he and his girlfriend Ai complete Yatter-Wan, a giant dog-shaped robot that Gan’s father has given up making. Gan and Ai have a strong sense of justice, and, intending to use Yatter-Wan to uphold justice, decide to become the superheroes “Yatterman (Yattaman).”The Dorombo Gang tries to get in their way. The gang is led by Dokurobei, the god of thieves, and consists of his subordinate Doronjo, as well as Boyacky and Tonzura.Following the orders of Dokurobei, the Dorombo Gang keep making money out of fraudulent businesses, creating Dorombo machines, and committing evil deeds, in order to collect the four Skull Stones that indicate where a huge gold ingot lies.However, every time the Dorombo Gang causes trouble, the Yatterman team uses Yatter-Wan and other surprise super machines to defeat the Dorombo machines.The scene where the three members of the defeated Dorombo Gang are punished in a comical fashion following Dokurobei’s words “You need to be punished” while fleeing on their tandem bicycle was inserted in each episode. The villain Doronjo and her gang were popular among fans watching the show.Yattaman was the second part of the Time Bokan series, a science fiction comedy action anime series, and a total of 108 episodes were broadcast starting in 1977. It was one of the rare shows that did not involve time travel.Yattaman is one of the most popular shows in the series, and a remake anime and live-action movie have been produced since. The live-action movie received much attention, with Sho Sakurai playing the main character Gan, and Kyoko Fukada playing Doronjo. |
