
"Marine Boy" is produced in Japan but is intended for US audiences; it is one of the first color cartoons to come from Japan, soon to be sharing syndicated screen space with the likes of "Kimba the White Lion" and "Speed Racer."

Scorpo traps Splasher with sound waves and tries to sell him to Smirkland.

Dr. Shinedor creates a laser designed to punish those who hunt and fish for sport.

Despo Mountebank, the Emperor of the Pacific Empire, uses a magnetic field to capture Marine Boy and his crew and tries to bend them to his will.

Marine Boy investigates underwater oil drilling operation Satellite Station 23 after its entire crew collapses; he runs into strange seaweed that causes him to faint.