Episode 28 (1987 New Year SP)

==Intro==
Contestants took part in 3 different nations and the winners of each nation goes through to Midoriyama studios to take part in the main battle.
A total of 375 contestants took part in this episode separated from the following:
Kyoto: 111 contestants
Okinawa team: 114 contestants
Hokkaido team: 116 contestants
Midoriyama: All the people who went through the 3 nations plus 34 additional contestants
Episode name: Takeshi's Castle Special: National Conquest Winter Team
==Games==
===Kyoto team===
GiantMazeEp28.jpg|Giant Maze
RidetheWaveep28.jpg|Ride the Wave
KnockKnockEp28.jpg|Knock Knock
===Okinawa team===
DeepFloatEp28.jpg|Deep Float
SlipWayEp28.jpg|Slip Way
SumoRingsEp28.jpg|Sumo Rings
===Hokkaido team===
BlueberryHillEp28.jpeg|Blueberry Hill
MudBallEp28.jpg|Mud Ball
KaraokeEp28.jpg|Karaoke
===Midoriyama studios===
SlippedDisksEp28.jpg|Slipped Disks
MushroomTripEp28.jpg|Mushroom Trip
CatchItEp28.jpg|Catch It
SkippingStonesEp28.jpg|Skipping Stones
QuakeEp28.jpeg|Quake
DominoesEp28.jpg|Dominoes
BridgetheGapEp28.jpg|Bridge the Gap
BridgeBallEp28.jpg|Bridge Ball
FinalFallEp28.jpg|Final Fall
ShowdownEp28.jpg|Showdown
==International airings==
* Special 5
* Series 4 Episode 21 (Quake, Dominoes & Bridge the Gap)
==Trivia==
* First appearance of the following:
** Giant Maze (it's only appearance)
** Deep Float (it's only appearance)
** Catch It
** Quake 
** Dominoes
*This is the first episode to air in 1987 in Japan.
*'The Rainbow Warirors', aka Popcorn makes their first appearance in this episode controlling the cannon in Catch It
*This is the first episode in which the Takeshi Doll appears as Takeshi Kitano was banned from television at the time.
*Youshichi Shimada also makes his first appearance in Blueberry Hill
*The first 30 minutes of this episode relates to the history of Takeshi's Castle with both archive and never-seen before footage of the castle being built. This was set in a fictional news network called TNN (Takeshi's News Network)
*When Challenge aired this episode, The Show Down battle is taken from Episode 88 rather than this episode.
*This episode can be found on the official Japanese DVD although heavily edited and with a new sound track (about 2/3rd the length of the actual special).
**However, as of 15th August 2023, a VHS copy of this episode has been found in their entirety. 
==Link==
Archived TBS Channel website (April 2005)
Category:Episodes
Category:Specials
Category:1987