Garo Special: Beast of the Demon Night
| Garo Special: Beast of the Demon Night | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Tokusatsu |
| Created by | Keita Amemiya |
| Starring | Ryōsei Konishi Mika Hijii Ray Fujita |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Minoru Kubo Kiyotaka Ninomiya |
| Producers | Chizuko Kanno Kanano Natsui Miyuki Udagawa |
| Running time | 50 minutes (per episode) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Release | December 15, 2006 – December 22, 2006 |
GARO Special: Beast of The White Night (牙狼<GARO>スペシャル 白夜の魔獣, GARO Supesharu Byakuya no Majū) is a two part special episode of the Japanese tokusatsu series GARO that aired at the end of 2006.
Synopsis
"Demonic Horrors that lurk in the darkness... Demons that hate, that feed upon mankind... There was a time when humans lived in fear of these fiends from the shadows... But mankind received a ray of hope... The light of hope that was the Makai Knights... The demon hunters, the protectors of mankind... Thus, they were exalted by humanity..."
In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down Horrors, a young priestess named Rin informs Kouga that she's been sent by Priest Amon to save a presumed dead friend in the Makai realm within Kantai, Jabi. Kouga teams up with Rin in a quest to save Jabi as they are hindered by supernatural and Makai forces alike. Meanwhile somewhere in Japan the dark Horror lord Legules was resurrected and plots a means to alter a supernatural event called White Night within Kantai to plunge the world into darkness with his "family." It's the final chapter of GARO as Kouga puts his life on the line to save Jabi and defeat Legules before the world is ruined.
Cast
- Ryōsei Konishi as Kouga Saejima/Golden Fang GARO
- Mika Hijii as Kaoru Mitsuki
- Ray Fujita as Rei Suzumura/Silver Fang ZERO
- Yukijirou Hotaru as Gonza
- Hironobu Kageyama as Zaruba (voice)
- Ai Orikasa as Silva (voice)
- Ogata Kenichi as Garuba (voice)
- Mark Musashi as Kodama
- Yasue Sato as Jabi the Makai Priest
- Syouma Yamamoto as Tsubasa Yamagatana/White Night DAN
- Hiroyuki Watanabe as Taiga Saejima/Golden Fang GARO
Plot
Part One
Young Priestess Rin sends a message to Kouga after using herself as Horror bait to get his attention. While at home they discuss the matter and suspects the validity of the message since the message comes from deceased Priest Amon. She tries to show her magical skills as a means of proof, but only damaged Kouga's favorite painting from Kaoru before she left to Italy to study art. Kouga was upset, but still went through with the spiritual summoning ritual and spoke with Priest Amon. Amon's spirit informs Kouga that Jabi's body was still intact and that she resides within a Makai beast in the Makai realm.
In between this time Legules has risen and begun converting Horrors into his minions as he makes his way to Kantai. In another district, Rei encounters his first Karakuri and kills him as ZERO. In the aftermath he was assigned to Kantai to assist the Makai ritual of White Night to ensure nothing goes wrong. Kouga and the reluctant Rin enters Kantai to enter the Makai realm portal. As he entered Kouga was involved in an altercation between Tsubasa and his two disciples.
Tsubasa, Rin's older brother and a Makai Knight himself, was critical of Kouga's intentions and scolds his little sister Rin for getting involved in the matter, but Priestess Garai permitted entrance. As Kouga enters the Makai realm to save Jabi from the Makai beast, Rin must keep the portal open or Kouga will be lost forever. Meanwhile Tsubasa's disciples are attacked by Karakuris and were outmatched when Rei comes to save them. Tsubasa appears as well and takes up the form of DAN Knight of White Night to dispose of the remaining threat.
As Kouga defeats the illusions the Makai beast has thrown, Kouga faces the beasts' ultimate form and forces Kouga to transform into GARO, riding in with Gouten. Kouga eventually awakens Jabi from her slumber within the beast and Kouga summons GARO-ZEN-BA-KEN to slay the Makai beast and spirits Jabi back to the living, where Rin has kept the pathway open despite how frightening the situation was.
Part Two
After Jabi has been resurrected, she trains Rin in her Makai magic skills. Priestess Garai reflects her memories over the Saejima family happily together before the couple's death and orphaning Kouga. Kouga receives orders of Legules and prepares for a counter-offensive with everyone. Priestess Garai explains that the White Night ritual is meant to keep the world whole by shooting the Phosphorus Arrow into the eclipse portal, but if the process was stained with innocent blood then the ritual will be a dark one that would revive Legules' legion.
Tsubasa wasn't pleased to know Jabi was brought back to life, claiming she's a living undead. Jabi forces Tsubasa to feel her breast and breath to make him understand she's very much alive. After that argument was settled, they went to examine the Phosphorus Arrow in preparation for the White Night ritual that Legules has come to ruin. Jabi discovers the arrow's power has diminished and needs to be replenished. In between that time Rei, Kouga, and Tsubasa guards Kantai until the ritual starts. During nightfall Legules attacked, but failed. Unknown to the group, he left part of himself inside Goruba (Tsubasa's sentient bracelet) and patiently waited for his chance to strike.
The attack left Rin injured with dark energies flowing within her. Jabi opted to use a risky purification technique to save her, the process worked. After Tsubasa made his mends with Jabi and Rin, Legules appeared and stolen the Phosphorus Arrow along with kidnapping Rin. The group entered Naraku Forrest to save Rin and prevent the Phosphorus Arrow be tainted with innocent blood. As everyone fought their way in, Kouga faced Legules with the assistance of Jabi. The duo was losing, and to make matters worse, Legules taken a powerful beast Horror form. Kouga transformed into GARO and was caught in Legules attack when Kouga used the Phosphorus Arrow to purify his body and taken a new powerful form of GARO. The Phosphorus Arrow transformed into a spear and GARO thrust the arrow to kill Legules, completing the White Night ritual at the same time.
With Legules gone, all his minions were gone and Kantai and the world was restored to peace. Jabi would remain to look after Rin, Rei returned to his district post, and Kouga returns home to find Kaoru waiting for him in the yard after restoring the damaged painting. Kouga welcomes her home.