Title Sequence
[Open on high camera shot, panning down to ground level]
A banner reading "Malachi's Carnival of Wonders" hangs over the entrance of a large and bustling traveling circus. Happy faces abound, as families and young couples race about from tent to tent. At the center of the carnival squats a huge tent of a rich, deep red, with a line stretching from its entrance halfway across the grounds. The sign over the flap says "Knights of Arcanos." At the tent's entrance stands a mismatched collection of students: a handsome, well-dressed young man with blue hair, a petite blonde girl in a sailor suit, a tall, lanky black youth, a towering hulk of a boy in an American football jersey, and a bored-looking young man with a red baseball cap turned backwards on his head.
[Cue
Voiceover]
"Five young people, ripped from the safe
world of Tenku High School and thrust into a land of magic and mystery..."
A short, swarthy man in the red-striped jacket and white straw hat of a carnival barker stands by the tent flap, his small, pointed mustache sticking out at odd angles as a large, feral smile splits his face. Rubbing his white-gloved hands together, he leads our heroes through the entrance.
[Cut
to tent interior]
Looking curiously around at the tent's red curtains
and the black-and-white checkered tile floor, our heroes pile into a single
red roller-coaster cart and ease forward into the dim light. Mists roil
up around the cart as they begin to move faster and faster, finally sailing
off the rails and into the swirling white mists.
[Cut
to camera looking up into clear blue skies]
In the distance, a small black dot appears,
swiftly falling and coming into focus as the red cart, our heroes
screaming and holding on for dear life as they approach the ground.
The cart hits hard, spilling our heroes out onto the rich green grass
of a steep hill. They roll down the slope, dumped unceremoniously
at the hill's foot. Looking up, they see the edge of a thick
forest ... and the small troop of mounted soldiers in medieval armor that has surrounded them.
[Cue
Voiceover]
"Forced to fight their way across the mystic land of Arcanos, our
heroes work to fulfill their destiny, and find a way home. Come with us
now! Experience the thrill! Follow the adventures of...The Tenku Knights!"
[Cue theme. Cut to series of A-Team-Animated action sequences, interspersed with Vocals and Voiceover]
Voiceover:“Golf Fairway!”
A young man in pleated khakis and a golf shirt sweeps blue hair
out of face and tees off with golf club, rebounding ball off
the heads of several orcs.
[Vocals:
Go go Tenku Knights!]
Voiceover: “Sakura Legend!”
A blonde girl in mini-skirted sailor suit leaps high into the air as background
turns to riot of colors. She tosses four-square ball into the air, and
serves it downward with devastating force.
[Vocals:
Go go Tenku Knights!]
Voiceover: “Harvey Johnson!”
A young black man in track uniform sprints in a rush of speed lines, delivering
lightning-fast and well-placed karate blows to armored foes, who fall
to the ground behind him.
[Vocals:
Go go Tenku Knights!]
Voiceover: “Tank Doyobi!”
A huge, burly student wearing football jersey rushes into and past the
camera. As it turns, the number 18 begins to glow a bright white on his
back and he rushes a line of enemies, shoulder-blocking his way through
their center and sending the rest flying.
[Vocals:
Go go Tenku Knights!]
Voiceover: “And Shiba Batsu!” A youth with baseball bat tosses ball into the air, swinging as bat flashes white and sends ball to light speed. [Vocals (ending): Tenku Knights!]
[Cut
to]
Our heroes land together atop a hill, back-lit
by the rising sun. In a tinkling shower of sparks and glitter, the
series logo appears:
Super Sparkle Tenku Knights
[Fade to Black]
[Cue
Voiceover]
“Previously, on Tenku Knights...
After their arrival in Arcanos, the Tenku Knights found themselves under attack by the forces of the misguided King Algernon. Thought to be witches, [Cut to scene of fuming Sakura tied to a giant balance scales, being weighed against a duck] spies, [Cut to scene of Golf skulking around a corner in a black cape, shock of blue hair protruding from the hood] or worse, [Cut to scene of Algernon's troops led by two robed priests, thrusting forth holy symbols at our bewildered-looking heroes] the Tenku Knights have finally befriended the king, after convincing him of their good intentions.
[Cut to scene of Golf, smiling big and shaking hands with a white-bearded man in a crown and kingly robes. Behind Golf, the rest of the team attempts to keep Shiba from staving the king's head in with his bat]
And now, supplied with food and the king's blessing, our heroes set forth to the west, to blaze a trail of legend across the face of Arcanos...and to find a way home.”
[Cut to scene of our heroes walking away from the city gates, King Algernon and his advisors waving and smiling and looking relieved that these incredibly powerful and destructive young people have departed]
[Go to commercial]
