The final regular episode aired on 14 April 1989, followed by 4 one-off specials up until 19 October 1990. The series featured extensive landscaping of a fixed campus at TBS-owned Midoriyama (Green Mountain) Studios that included large man-made lakes and extensive permanent obstacles in Yokohama, Kanagawa. In truth, there were few to no major injuries reported on the show. The publisher admitted that he had fabricated the list in an effort to "make a little fun". In 2004 a website called Takeshi Mania published an injury list. During the laser-gun version, the player who stopped Takeshi won 1 million yen (which, at the time, was roughly equivalent to US$8,000 or £5,000 sterling). During the water-gun version, if Takeshi was defeated, all surviving players split the prize between them. If the contestant's gun penetrated the paper ring or hit the sensor on Takeshi's cart, against such weapons as a large water gun and a laser-armed plane, Takeshi's cart was deactivated, the castle was "taken" and the game won. Later episodes introduced carts with paper rings, and eventually lasers and light-sensitive targets. In early episodes, the contestants would storm the castle set itself in a short-range water gun assault. Each episode ended with a "Cart Battle" in which the remaining contestants faced off against Count Takeshi (Kitano) and his henchmen. The original show involved between 86 and 142 contestants whom General Tani ( Hayato Tani) "forced" into a series of physical challenges, in some ways similar to those in It's a Knockout eliminating many of the contestants. A special live "revival" was broadcast on 2 April 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations. It was highly influential on global popular culture, inspiring a genre of game shows involving physical challenges and painful entertainment, as well as other media. The show became a cult television hit around the world. It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. Takeshi's Castle ( Japanese: 風雲!たけし城, Hepburn: Fūun! Takeshi-jō) is a Japanese game show that aired between 19 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).
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