Marine Boy

Synopsis

Continues the story of Marine Boy

Ganbare! Marine Kid expands upon the earlier Dolphin Ouji series, featuring several changes to set it apart from its predecessor. The title was updated, the main character is now called Marine Kid instead of Dolphin Prince, and Neptuna was renamed to Neptina. New characters were added, and the storyline was enriched. Marine, the son of oceanographer Dr. Mariner who works for the Ocean Patrol, has been genetically enhanced to excel at swimming underwater and uses Oxygum to breathe underwater. Alongside Whitey—known as Splasher in the U.S.—Marine helps his father safeguard the oceans.

In this installment

This installment of the Marine Boy series consists of 65 episodes, expanding upon the original 1966 show. All 78 episodes were released in the United States. The broadcast schedule in Japan was complex: initially only the first 36 out of 78 episodes aired, but eventually all 78 were shown, with 65 belonging to this series and 13 to the Ganbare! Marine Kid series. Marine is now equipped with an underwater boomerang and a hydrojet, and he is in a romantic relationship with the mermaid Neptuna/Neptina. Additionally, some segments from earlier episodes of Ganbare! Marine Kid were reused in this series.