B-Fighter Kabuto

B-Fighter Kabuto (ビーファイターカブト) is a Japanese television series in the Metal Hero Series. It is the sequel to Juukou B-Fighter, taking place ten years after the preceding B-Fighter series. Kabuto aired from 1996 to 1997. It is considered to be the last of the offical Metal Hero Series as the next two entries were aimed at a younger audience. The action footage and props were used for the Beetleborgs Metallix series.

Plot
Ten years after the destruction of Jamahl, Earth has returned to peace again. The Earth Academia has become the Cosmo Academia (コスモアカデミア, Kosumo Akademia), a scientific research organization, where Takuya Kai works with Sage Guru on a new generation of Insect Armor in the event of another threat to the Earth. This threat is realized when a Cosmo Academia exploration submarine comes across a fissure in the ocean floor, out of which rises a huge flying fortress of the ancient tribe Melzard. This clan has been resting for millennia and seeks to destroy mankind. Matriarch Mother Melzard sends her oldest sons Raija and Dezzle to lead the attack with Raija's Elebamamoth. By then, Guru has infused the Neo Insect Armor with Insect Power, creating the three Command Voicers to link three humans with the armor. Kengo Tachibana and Ran Ayukawa, who have been selected to wear the new armor, ready themselves and become B-Fighter Kuwagar and B-Fighter Tentou. But the person to become B-Fighter Kabuto had not been chosen when the remaining Command Voicer flies out the window. Ran and Kengo follow it to meet Kouhei Toba, a star athlete at his school who is losing badly to Elebammoth who froze the boy's sister as the last Command Voicer flies into his hand. Kengo and Ran are shocked that this high school student is to be B-Fighter Kabuto, but they go to him and teach him how to transform. He changes into Kabuto and the three of them attack Elebammoth and several henchmen, with Kabuto killing Elebammoth. Refusing to accept defeat, Mother Melzard continues her attacks, with Raija and Dezzle working against each other in their attacks on the B-Fighters.

Arsenal

 * Command Voicers
 * Input Cardguns
 * IC-01.
 * IC-02.
 * IC-03.
 * IC-04.
 * IC-05.
 * IC-06.
 * IC-07.
 * Finish Weapons
 * Kabuto Lancer
 * Kuwagar Chopper
 * Tentou Spear

New B-Fighter Weapons

 * Lightning Cannon
 * Ringer Swords
 * Bloom Cannon
 * Beet Arms
 * Tonbou-Gun
 * Bright Pointer
 * Semission Magazine
 * Input Rifle
 * Shell God Seal Sword Astral Saber
 * Geist Axe

Road Beetles

 * Road Beetles
 * Road Kabuto
 * Road Kuwagar
 * Road Tentou
 * Osanaioh S

Neo Beet Machines

 * Beetle Base
 * Neo Beet Machines
 * Kabutron
 * Kuwaga Tank
 * Stealth Gyro

Shell Gods

 * Shell Gods
 * Great Shell God Kabuterios
 * Evil Shell God Kuwaga Titan

Allies

 * Professor Masaru Osanai
 * Artificial Life Bit
 * Yui Toba
 * Sage Guru
 * Extradimensional Supplier Kabuto (50)

Arsenal

 * Ultra High-Frequency Machine
 * Sonic Flap - Wave of Light

Melzard Tribe

 * Mother Melzard (01-50)
 * Dinosaur Warrior Raija (1-27, 36-50)
 * Insect Swordswoman Miolra (1-50)
 * Deep Sea Fish-man Dezzle (1-31, 36-48)
 * Rock Shell Chamberlain Dord (1-48)
 * Darkness Generals B-Crushers
 * B-Crusher Descorpion (28-35, 37-50)
 * B-Crusher Mukadelinger (28-35, 37-49)
 * B-Crusher Killmantis (28-35, 37-48)
 * B-Crusher Beezack (28-35, 37-48)
 * Bodyguards (1-42)
 * Giborbas (1-42)

Raija's Monsters

 * Giant Elephant Beast Elebammoth (1)
 * Violent Dragon Beast Dinozaura (3-4, 24)
 * Mole Beast Mogerado (6)
 * Flame Ant Beast Baeria (8)
 * Leaping Fist Beast Gangaroo (10)
 * Thorn Illusion Beast Zabodera (12, 24)
 * Bat Beast Zyren (14, 24)
 * Fang Tiger Beast Dorafire (16)
 * Destroyed Flower Beast Groba (18)
 * Heat Fruit Beast Pineappler (19)
 * Heat Wind Beast Zarst (21, 35)
 * Changing Color Beast Gameleorda (22, 35)
 * Frightful Warrior Beast Driceraija (26-27)

Dezzle's Monsters

 * Trilo-Beast Zazanyoda (2)
 * Shell Turtle Beast Gamegeron (5)
 * Covering Star Beast Hitodenajiru (7)
 * Greedy Fish Beast Coelaganza (11)
 * Hell Sickle Beast Hellgama (13, 24)
 * Changing Body Beast Isogilala (15, 24)
 * Sea Scorpion Beast Kaizazora (17)
 * Water Dwelling Beast Kapparapa (20)
 * Poison Fin Beast Okozezeze (23, 35)
 * Spirit Evil Beast Zanshoror (24, 35)

Other Monsters

 * Tooth Clam Beast Nezugaira (9)
 * Snake Mysterious Beast Hebyusa (25-26)
 * Darkness Combined Beast Arajibiray (37)
 * Darkness Combined Beast Tokasuzura (39)
 * Darkness One-Horned Beast Misty Horn (43)
 * Darkness Devil Beast Zadan (44)
 * Darkness Wave Beast Dargriffon (47)

Cast

 * Kouhei Toba: Omi (オミ) (Played as Hideomi Nakazato (中里 栄臣))
 * Kengo Tachibana: Naohisa Adachi (足立 直久) (Played as Naoto Adachi (安達 直人))
 * Ran Ayukawa, Fake Ran (30): Yukina Kurisu (栗栖 ゆきな)
 * Masaru Osanai: Ryoichi Yamaguchi (山口 良一)
 * Yui Toba: Kaori Asoh (麻生 かおり)
 * Mac Windy: Reuben Langdon (ルーベン・ラングダン)
 * Sophie Villeneuve: Reika Hashimoto (橋本 麗香)
 * Li Wen: Hideki Anzai (安斉 英樹)
 * Julio Rivera: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二)
 * Dinosaur Warrior Raija: Akira Ooka (大岡 旭)
 * Insect Swordswoman Miola: Akiko Yoshio (吉尾 亜希子)

Voice actors

 * Artificial Life Bit: Tomoe Hanba (半場 友恵)
 * Sage Guru: Yasuo Tanaka (田中 康郎)
 * B-Fighter Yanma: Kōichi Tōchika (遠近 孝一)
 * Shell God Seal Sword Astral Saber: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎)
 * Kabuto: Takahiro Yoshimizu (吉水 孝宏)
 * Mother Melzard: Wakana Yamazaki (山崎 和佳奈)
 * Deep Sea Fish-man Dezzle: Kaneto Shiozawa (塩沢 兼人)
 * Rock Shell Chamberlain Dord: Hiroshi Masuoka (増岡 弘)
 * Deadly Poison Armored General Descorpion: Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹)
 * Cold-Blooded Armored General Mukaderinger: Masuo Amada (天田 益男)
 * Demon Blade Armored General Killmantis: Takao Ishii (石井 隆夫)
 * Mirage Armored General Beezack: Yutaka Aoyama (青山 穣)

Suit actors

 * B-Fighter Kabuto (Up), Kabuterios: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * B-Fighter Kabuto (Action), B-Fighter Yanma, B-Fighter Genji: Seiji Takaiwa
 * B-Fighter Kuwagar (Up): Koji Matoba (的場 耕二)
 * B-Fighter Kuwagar (Action), Mukadelinger: Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦)
 * B-Fighter Tentou (Up): Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子)
 * B-Fighter Tentou (Action): Takeshi Miyazaki (宮崎 剛)
 * B-Fighter Ageha: Yoshie Seki (関 誉枝恵)
 * Dezzle: Yoshimasa Chida (千田 義正)
 * Sage Guru, Dord: Kotaro Fujimoto (藤本 幸太郎)
 * Descorpion: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎)
 * Killmantis: Hikaru Takahashi (高橋 光)
 * Beezack: Hirofumi Ishigaki (石垣 広文)

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * "B-Fighter Kabuto" (ビーファイターカブト)
 * Lyrics: Yoko Aki (阿木 燿子)
 * Composition: Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎 竜童)
 * Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura (川村 栄二)
 * Artist: Nobuhiko Kashiwara (樫原 伸彦)
 * Ending theme
 * "Ōgoe de Utaeba" (大声で歌えば) (1-49)
 * Lyrics: Yoko Aki
 * Composition: Ryudo Uzaki
 * Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
 * Artist: Nobuhiko Kashiwara
 * "B-Fighter Kabuto" (ビーファイターカブト) (50)
 * Lyrics: Yoko Aki
 * Composition: Ryudo Uzaki
 * Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
 * Artist: Nobuhiko Kashiwara