Mason is the leader of the Big Three of Neo Empire Gear and the secondary antagonist of Choudenshi Bioman. He was Doctor Man's second-in-command and one of his most trusted minions. He also had personal rivalry against other Doctor Man's subordinates and frequently competed them for the praise and trust of their master Doctor Man. Mason is an excellent fighter, and is heavily enhanced by the Neo Empire's technology and upgrades. He is also an excellent tactician and is one of Doctor Man's closest and most valuable subordinates. Throughout the series, Mason and his fellow Gear villains tried and created countless plans and schemes of the Earth conquest to subjugate the humanity and impress their master Doctor Man to earn his praise and trust. However, Biomen always foiled the plans of the Gear and saved the world once more. Mason served as one of the Biomen's archenemies and their most powerful and dangerous opponents. Despite serving Doctor Man for the most of the series, Mason eventually decided to betray him and once plotted against the evil cyborg scientist, after finding out his master was a human and being convinced that Gear should be ruled by the mechahumans, and not a human. He was later upgraded into Neo Mason.
He is portrayed by Hirohisa Sakata, who also played Great Emperor Zero in Kamen Rider Amazon.
Biography[]
Mason first appeared in the first episode of Bioman, when Doctor Man gathered the Neo Empire Gear, Mason and other underlings of Doctor Man were summoned by their master and gathered in the control room to discuss the plan of the Earth conquest. Doctor Man chose Masonfor fulfilling the mission at once and sent him to attack the Technotopia 21 city with an army of Mechaclones. After the Biomen were assembled to battle against the Neo Empire Gear, Mason led a team of Mechaclones in an assault on Bio Robo, only to be fought off by the five warriors. Biomen foiled the Gear's plan and saved the Technotopia for the first time, but Doctor Man was wrathful and swore to get revenge on Biomen for interfering with his plans. Mason lost for the first time and quickly developed a personal hatred against the Biomen and wanted to impress Doctor Man by defeating the five warriors.
Throughout the entire season, Mason and other Gear generals utilized and created multiple plans of the world domination. Their primary intentions were to enslave the humanity and get rid of the Biomen, in order to make them not interfere with their plans. Mason also set his goal during their missions to impress Doctor Man and regain his praise and trust, which lost for his failures and defeats before the five warriors.
After the Biomen and Shuichi Kageyama found a video tape left by Shuichi's mother Setsuko, revealing his father was Doctor Man, Mason saw the video tape too from a distance and realized Doctor Man was a human. Mason would later tell Farrah and Monster of his discovery and rope them into his plot to overthrow Doctor Man, convincing them that the Gear should be ruled by mechahumans and not a human. Mason seemingly killed Doctor Man and took 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.
Mason would later be upgraded by Doctor Man into Neo Mason, becoming more powerful and gaining a new set of abilities.
After Bio Hunter Silva arrived on Earth with his mecha Balzion, Doctor Man sought to gain possession of the robot. The Gear managed to capture the mecha, though both Monster and Farrah were lost in the process. Silva then broke in to Neograd using a copy of Prince and went to reclaim Balzion. Mason confronted him and challenged him to a duel, but Silva easily killed him before retaking Balzion and using it fight the Biomen.
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 a Neo Mason, Mason became more ruthless, violent and determined to destroy the Biomen, no longer possessing the free will and mindlessly following Man's commands.
Powers and Abilities[]
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.
Here's the list of Mason's abilities:
- Superhuman Strength: Mason is superhumanly strong and is capable of fighting and matching all five Biomen.
- Superhuman Durability: Mason is also supernaturally durable and is able to withstand numerous hits from his opponents.
- Superhuman Stamina: Mason possesses a supernatural stamina and can hold his own in the battfor hours.
- Expert Combatant: Mason is an extremely skilled combatant, able to take all of the five Biomat once.
- Fire Bolts Projection: Mason can fire an energy bolts from his staff.
- Expert Tactician: Mason is an extremely skilled tactician and is 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.
With Neo Upgrades[]
- Enhanced Strength: Mason possesses an increased levels of physical strength, and is more capable of battling his enemies.
- Superhuman 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.
- Enhanced Energy Projection: Mason's energy ability is also greatly increased.
Arsenal[]
- Staff: Mason wields a mechanical staff in battle, which allows him to fire fire bolts.
With Neo Upgrades[]
- Mason Missiles: Mason is armed with the special Mason missiles in battle.
- Mason Vulcan: Mason also wields Mason Vulcan in battle.
Trivia[]
- Mason is the first Sentai General that successfully killed a Ranger in the entire Super Sentai series.
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