The Devil Banbara is a Mutant Robot of the Neo-Human Empire Phantom Army and an antagonist in episode 12 of the 1973 Tokusatsu series Inazuman.
He was voiced by the late Hiroshi Masuoka.
Biography[]
The Devil Banbara appeared shortly after Rose Banbara's death to confront Goro Watari, forcing an injured Goro to flee as he was too hurt to transform into Sanagiman. Goro stumbled across some humans who had been enslaved as laborers by the Neo-Human Empire and hid among them until he had recuperated from his wounds. He was later approached by a mysterious man wearing an eyepatch, who offered to lead him to Emperor Banba's base, bringing him to a building secluded in a forest. The two snuck inside, but after they reached "Banba" Goro found it was really a dummy made to fool them. The man then revealed himself as the Devil Banbara and Goro, still too injured to transform, was forced to flee again.
Goro eventually came across the humans who had been captured by the Neo-Humans and went to hide with them. The Devil Banbara tracked them all down and attempted to kill them with a bomb, but one of the humans, a nun, gave up her own life to push the bomb out of the way.
Goro was later able to recover and became Inazuman to fight the Devil Banbara. The Devil Banbara then appeared leading a team of Neo-Human fighter planes to attack Inazuman, leading Inazuman to summon his Raijingo to dogfight them. After causing Devil Banbara's two wingmen to crash into each other, Inazuman defeated Devil Banbara by having his Raijingo take a bite out of one of Devil Banbara's fighter's wings, causing him to crash and explode.
