The Camera Mask (カメラ仮面 Kamera Kamen, 48) is the sixth of Black Cross Volcano Mask General Magman's Masked Monsters.
He is voiced by Teiji Ōmiya who previously voiced a Steel Mask and later voiced a Faucet Mask and Omnipotent God.
History[]
The Camera Mask made his first appearance as he and a couple of Zolders began a raid on one of the EAGLE Tankers as they emptied it of its fuel supply at the Yokohama Dreamland amusement park where they are siphoned into tankers to be used by the Black Cross to improve the efficiency of their Condoler units.
When EAGLE realizes what's being done, they send the Gorengers to find the tanker trucks and regain the fuel, but due to the base being hidden around the park they can't catch on at first where it is in other words they pull a wool over the team eyes. So they sent out the Tanker for the Gorengers to chase after it and away from the hidden base of operation. After that he sent out his troops to eliminate the Gorengers, but they were destroyed so he'd battle them alone.
A while later he was in one of the rides as they were about to eliminate the Asuka and Peggy, but one of the Zolders accidentally killed one of its comrades by mistake so he scolded him for that. This time he sent out a couple of Zolders and disguised themselves as mascots of this amusement park and captured the duo.
Ultimately they trick the Camera Mask by first getting an EAGLE tanker (controlled by Akira and Daita) abducted by a couple of Zolders, but Kaijo manages to board onto the tanker and puts a disguise on as he is escorted into the park. The Camera Mask initially identifies the Zolder as a spy but lets him in by playing along. After attempting to root out Kaijo as the Zolder with the tanker, the Gorengers reveal that the tanker truck has no fuel in it and befuddle the Camera Mask.
As Kaijo rescued his teammates (who're tied up to a submarine) the Camera Mask used a match and set the lake on fire, but turns out the lake is filled with water not fuel. So with that said the team transformed and battles the Masked Monsters. He plan to take the girl away as a hostage, but the two Zolders turned out to be Daito and Akira in disguised. So he sent the Zolders to get the girl while he make a getaway as Aka, Mido and Momo chased him. On Magman request the Camera Mask has this place rigged with a time bomb to blow up the amusement park using the fuel hidden in the tankers, so with that said the Gorengers scramble to find it until they realize it is connected to the park's clock, thus set to go off with it hitting the right time.
After Peggy successfully disarms the bomb, the Gorengers face the Camera Mask as he was being forced to take responsibility for the failure that he made with the raid. When he uses his flash-lamp, Akarenger knocks it away and uses it against him. After that he was then destroyed by this finisher called Gorenger Hurricane as it transformed into a lens cap, thus covering up Camera Mask's eye and destroying him in the process.
Trivia[]
- Camera Mask inspired other camera-themed monsters in Sentai history:
- Rupankamelar in Denshi Sentai Denziman in 1980. (episode 4; fourth series of the Shōwa era)
- Camera Monger in Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan in 1981. (episode 18; fifth series of the Shōwa era)
- Camera Canth in Choudenshi Bioman in 1984. (episode 21; eighth series of the Shōwa era)
- Camera Dimension in Choujin Sentai Jetman in 1991. (episodes 13-14; third series of the Heisei era)
- Media Magician in Gosei Sentai Dairanger in 1993. (episode 33; fifth series of the Heisei era)
- FF Munchori in Gekisou Sentai Carranger in 1996. (episode 34; eighth series of the Heisei era)
- Camera Org in Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger in 2001. (episode 3; thirteenth series of the Heisei era)
- Jashinger in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger in 2016. (episodes 25, 41 (quote), 44 (flashback); twenty-eighth series of the Heisei era)
- Digital Camera Jamen in Mashin Sentai Kiramager in 2020. (episode 6; first series of the Reiwa era)
