Mason is the leader of the Big Three of Neo Empire Gear, the second in command to Doctor Man and the secondary antagonist of Choudenshi Bioman. He was Doctor Man's second-in-command and one of his most trusted minions. He is also the archenemy of Shirou Gou/Red1.
He is played by Hirohisa Sakata, who also played Great Emperor Zero in Kamen Rider Amazon.
Biography[]
Past[]
After experiments on his brain drove him insane, Dr. Hideo Kageyama renamed himself Doctor Man and constructed Neograd at the South Pole and an army of Mechaclones to use to conquer the world. To serve as the commanders of his empire, Doctor Man created a trio of human-like mechahumans he named the "Big Three", comprised of the cunning and sadistic Mason, the scheming and intelligent Farrah, and the dumb but strong Monster.
Bioman[]
Mason is first seen when Doctor Man gathers the Neo Empire Gear, Mason and other underlings of Doctor Man are summoned by their master and gather in the control room to discuss the plan of the Earth conquest. Doctor Man chooses Mason to fufill the mission at once and sends him to attack Technotopia 21 with an army of Mechaclones. After the Biomen are assembled to battle against the Neo Empire Gear, Mason leads a team of Mechaclones in an assault on Bio Robo, only to be fought off by the five warriors. Biomen foil the Gear's plan and save Technotopia but an angry Doctor Man swears to get revenge on Biomen for interfering with his plans. Mason loses for the first time and quickly develops a personal hatred against the Biomen and wants to impress Doctor Man by defeating the five warriors.
Mason and other Gear generals utilize and create multiple plans of the world domination; their primary intentions being to enslave humanity and get rid of the Biomen. Mason also sets his goal during their missions to impress Doctor Man and regain his praise and trust, which he loses for his failures and defeats before the five warriors.
After the Biomen and Shuichi Kageyama find a video tape left by Shuichi's mother Setsuko, revealing his father is Doctor Man, Mason sees the video tape from a distance and realizes Doctor Man is a human. Mason later tells Farrah and Monster of his discovery and ropes them into his plot to overthrow Doctor Man, convincing them that the Gear should be ruled by mechahumans and not a human. Monster seemingly kills Doctor Man and takes over the Empire, but Doctor Man had anticipated the Big Three's betrayal and eluded them with a body double before reprogramming each of them to be completely loyal to him with the aid of Octopus Canth.
Mason is later upgraded by Doctor Man into Neo Mason, becoming more powerful and gaining a new set of abilities.
After Bio Hunter Silva arrives on Earth with his mecha Balzion, Doctor Man seeks to gain possession of the robot. Gear manage to capture the mecha, though both Monster and Farrah are lost in the process. Silva then breaks into Neograd using a copy of Prince and goes to reclaim Balzion. After a fight with the Biomen that kills Psygorn, Mason confronts him and challenges him to a duel, but Silva easily kills him with his spear attacks.
Personality[]
Mason is a highly intelligent, calculating, recourceful power-hungry mechahuman, who will not stop at nothing to destroy the Biomen and subjugate and conquer the Earth for his master Doctor Man. He is also highly calculating, scheming and clever, and is capable of creating a cunning schemes and plans for achieving his goal. Mason's personality changes during the series. For the most of the series, Mason was highly selfish, arrogant, destructive, warmongering and self-confident, yet he was still loyal to his master Doctor Man, believing that Doctor Man was a true cyborg, who gathered such a powerful army under his command and was the only one who could control such a powerful empire. Mason admired and respected his master and wanted to impress Doctor Man the best he could by enforcing his orders and fullfilling his dream of the world domination. Mason also had a big rivalry with his fellow Gear generals, with them being frequently envious of him being praised and congratulated by Doctor Man for his successes in the plans of the Neo Empire.
However, everything changed near the finale of the season, when Mason discovered that his master wasn't the true cyborg, but actually the mechanically modified human. Mason realized that Doctor Man's true identity as the father of the Shuichi. From that time Mason, decided to no longer serve Doctor Man and overthrow him, believing that only Mechahumans deserve to rule the Neo Empire and not a human. He eventually betrayed and decided to kill his former master and take the Neo Empire for himself, even going so far, trying to convince the other generals of the Gear to help him overthrow Man. At first his efforts were successful as he successfully convinced the other Gear subordinates to betray Doctor Man and overthrow him, but eventually it was their fatal mistake, as Man discovered their betrayal and reprogrammed them into the mindless cyborg, completely loyal to him. As Neo Mason, Mason becomes more ruthless, violent and determined to destroy the Biomen, no longer possessing the free will and mindlessly following Man's commands.
Forms[]
Powers and Abilities[]
- Power: Due to his role as the leader of the Big Three and the second-in-command of the Gear, Mason is one of the most powerful and dangerous minions of Doctor Man and one of the most powerful and dangerous enemies and opponents of the Biomen. He possesses multiple supernatural powers and abilities shown during the series.
- Strength: Mason is extremely strong, capable of fighting and matching all five Biomen.
- Durability: Mason can take multiple hits from the Bio Sword lasers and Bio Electron attack without a scratch.
- Stamina: Mason can hold his own in the battle for hours.
- Expert Combatant: Mason is an extremely skilled combatant, able to take all of the five Biomen once.
- Expert Tactician: Mason is an extremely skilled tactician, being able to create a cunning plans and schemes for achieving his goals and tricking his enemies.
- Genius Inventor: Mason is a skilled inventor, and together with the other Gear generals can create a powerful robots, including Mecha-Gigans.
Arsenal[]
- Staff: Mason wields a mechanical staff in battle,
- Fire Bolts: Mason can fire bright orange fireballs from his staff.
With Neo Upgrades[]
- Enhanced Strength: Mason possesses increased levels of physical strength, being capable of fighting and temporarily holding his own against Bio Hunter Silva.
- Enhanced Durability: Mason is also more durable and more invulnerable to the physical attacks.
- Enhanced Stamina: Mason possesses also greater stamina and can fight in the battle for much longer time.
- Mason Missiles: Neo Mason can fire powerful blue energy blasts from the black of his right hand.
- Mason Vulcan: Neo Mason can turn his right hand into a six barrelled gatling gun to spray his enemies with lasers.
Arsenal[]
- Staff: Neo Mason retains his staff for use in battle.
- Lightning Blasts: Neo Mason can fire bright blue lightning from his staff to torture his enemies.
Quotes[]
| “ | For the Man! | „ |
| ~ Mason's first words along with the rest of Gear when Doctor Man announced their invasion. |
| “ | Silva! If it is Balzion you want, we will fight for it. Mason Vulcan! Mason Missiles! | „ |
| ~ Mason before fighting Bio Hunter Silva. |
| “ | Lord Doctor Man... Gaaaaaaaaaack! For the Man! | „ |
| ~ Mason's last words. |
Trivia[]
- Mason is the first Sentai General that successfully killed a Ranger in the entire Super Sentai series.
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