So weird, I just got through watching a mash-up of Meteor Man Zone and War In Space on Internet Archive (here) and went to do a little more research on Ryo Ikebe online, only to find out that he died today! He was in Battle In Outer Space, Gorath and lots and lots of great yakuza films and military dramas as well...
Thanx for saving the Earth for us, Ikebe-san, three times!
(Especially from ol' Bat-Caeser, or whoever the hell that was...)
