A golden skeleton wrapped in a cape that laughs like pure evil is coming for you, and there's nothing Dr. Zero can do to stop it. The show treats a literal reanimated Atlantean corpse as the good guy without a shred of irony, just endless weird sci-fi action and that sinister laugh that announces every entrance like a threat. This is what superhero stories looked like before anyone decided they needed to make sense.

A golden warrior sleeping in a tomb marked with hieroglyphics is brought back to life by Professor Yamatone and his friends Mari and Takeru, who use a spell discovered in an old book. He is Ougon Bat, a guardian from Atlantis sent forward through time to protect the modern world. Armed with a cape, a scepter and superhuman powers, he appears to the sound of a sinister laugh, with a golden bat signaling his approach. Across 52 episodes of classic science fiction action, he fights the evil forces commanded by Dr. Zero.