The chief bad-nasty of the show, Arago-sama (Lord Arago) initially appears in our time period as a huge, spectral samurai helmet. Arago is a demon who rules another dimensional plane (referred to as "the Demon World") and has his eye on adding ours to his empire. He has manifested several times before on our world, in Japan at the time of the samurai. At that time he appeared as a human-sized (well, very large human-sized) warrior. When he was defeated, the doorway between dimensions was closed. Recently, he has forced the doorway open once more. This time he brings helpers - initially, the four Demon Generals as well as his "demon army". Later, other servants of the Demon Lord also show up to battle our heroes. When Arago first manifests in our time period, all technological equipment fails and dies wherever Arago's influence touches - it seems he actually absorbs the power, not only from technological sources but also from the humans within range. Because technological weapons are useless against him, mystic forces are needed to oppose him. As he gains more power, Arago manifests a solid body instead of only the transparent, ghostly helmet he appears as in the beginning of the series. This time his body is quite large - of a size to successfully challenge Godzilla! A truly powerful, nasty foe for the good guys to fight against. After his initial defeat in episode #19, he becomes more cautious, testing his foes in an attempt to learn the full extent of their powers before he commits himself once more. According to an article in Animedia, over 1000 years ago Arago was once human, but was so evil that when he died his spirit entered the demon world. Once there, he set about conquering it, and the other demon lords who ruled there were either subjugated (like Kenbokyou (Lord Saberstrike in American version)) or killed. Once he had consolidated his rule, Arago-sama set his sights once more on Japan and the Earth. He has also managed to bring the spirits of other evil people into the Demon World, where they have been reborn to serve him in his quest. Arago's ultimate goal is to break down or dissolve the "wall" between the Demon World and our own, making the two one - with himself as the ultimate ruler, of course!
Name Kanji: A: Flatter/flattery RA: Thin silk, silk gauze GO: Cream
"Birthdate" about 1,000 years ago
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