Denkou Choujin Gridman

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Gridman

Denkou Choujin Gridman (電光超人グリッドマン, Denkō Chōjin Guriddoman^?), translated into English as Electric Superman Gridman, is a Japanese live-action "Giant Hero" series by Tsuburaya Productions, the producers of Ultraman. It was the inspiration for DiC Entertainment's Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.

1 Story
2 Capabilities
3 Characters
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Story

Three friends, Naoto, Yuuka, and Ippei have put together their own Personal Computer. The same day that the trio makes this computer, their classmate Takeshi Todo, a lonely rich boy who loves playing monster-creating PC Games, is met by the evil Kahn Digifer, a psychotic being living within the "Computer World." Kahn Digifer begins to work with Takeshi to bring Takeshi's monsters into the Computer world and wreak havoc, first by attacking a hospital's computer system, putting the lives of all of its patients in danger. One of these patients is Naoto's brother, Shou. Racing home, Naoto and his friends try to destroy the monster on their own with vaccines, but have no luck. Suddenly, Naoto is sent a mysterious changing brace from the computer, and meets a mysterious "policeman" of the 'Hyper World' known as Denkou Choujin: Gridman. Gridman has been tracking down Kahn Digifer, but is unable to fight without having a solid form to fight with. Naota uses the brace to merge with Gridman in the computer, allowing Gridman to fight and stop the monster. But this is not the end of Kahn Digifer's attacks, now our hero's must stop Takeshi AND Kahn Digifer with the help of Gridman and his "Helper Programs"!

[edit] Capabilities

At giant size, Gridman's specifications are (the Computer World equivalents of): 70 meters in height, 60,000 metric tons in weight, and a flight speed of Mach 25. Gridman's powers include the Spark Beam (fired from the left wrist), the Grid Beam (fired from the back of the left arm), the Grid Hyper Beam (fired from both hands), the Grid Light Saber (generated by the left hand, wielded by the right), the Neo Choudendou Kick, and the chest-projected Fixer Beam (which repairs damaged computer systems). Gridman's Helper Programs manifest as weapons and mecha. His most prominent Helper Programs are:

The Barrier Shield and Plasma Blade, which combine to form the Thunder Axe, which in turn transforms into the Gridman Sword. The Gridman Sword's final attack is the "Lightning Thunderbolt."

The Thunder Jet (a Mach-5 aircraft armed with Thunder Missiles), Twin Driller (a drill tank armed with Twin Lasers) and God Tank (an armored, tracked vehicle armed with God Cannon), which can combine to form the humanoid robot GodZenon. (Height: 80m, Weight: 100 kilotons.) GodZenon's punch is called the GodBreaker and its kick is called the GodKick; its final attack is the "GodPunch," in which GodZenon fires its fists off like missiles at its opponent. The Thunder Jet, Twin Driller and God Tank can also become a suit of mechanized armor for Gridman, forming Thunder Gridman. (Height: 88m, Weight: 160 kilotons.) Thunder Gridman's attacks include the Thunder Grid Punch, the Thunder Grid Kick, the chest-spewed Thunder Grid Fire, the Thunder Grid Beam (fired from the right hand), the Drill Break (in which the Twin Driller's boretips are fired from the shoulders and home in on the target like missiles), and the familiar chest-fired Fixer Beam.

The DinaFigher and the KingJet. The Dinafighter is a Mach-36 aircraft (armed with DinaMissiles and the DinaLaser) which can transform into the massive Dragonic Cannon, a shoulder-fired weapon wielded by Gridman. The KingJet is a Mach-18 aircraft (armed with KingMissiles and the KingLaser) to which the DinaFigher can dock, forming the Dragon Fortress; this 106.4m-long, 240-kiloton, Mach-43 aircraft is armed with Fortress Missiles and can transform into the DinaDragon. This bipedal dinosaur-like robot is 85m tall and fights with its burning Dragon Roar breath attack. In addition, the KingJet can become another mechanized suit of armor for Gridman, forming King Gridman. (Height: 93 meters, Weight: 200.4 kilotons.) King Gridman's attacks include the King Grid Punch, the King Grid Kick, the chest-spewed King Grid Fire, the Penetrator Cannon (fired from the forearms), the King Grid Beam (fired from the right hand), and of course the chest-fired Fixer Beam.

[edit] Characters

Naoto: The main hero of the story. A kind-hearted boy who loves computers. After the attacks by Kahn Digifer began to occur, he was contacted by Gridman and sent the changing brace known as the "Accessor". By pressing a blue button on the Accessor and shouting "ACCESS FLASH!", Naoto is sent into the 'Hyper World' and merges with Gridman to fight in the Computer World against the monsters sent by Takeshi and Kahn Digifer.
Denkou Choujin Gridman: A 'policeman' of the Hyper World , a parallel world to the "Computer World" a world within all computers. While tracking down Kahn Digifer he encountered Naoto and, seeing that Naoto had a good heart, chose him to merge with whenever battle must be done within the Computer world. When the monster Gridman faces is larger and more powerful than Gridman himself (as is usually the case), Gridman can grow gigantic and battle against his foes. However, this massive power-up last only for a few minutes. When the power up begins to fade, a blue light on Gridman's head begins to blink as a warning. Naoto, Yuuka, and Ippei chat with Gridman over their computer by typing messages to him.

Yuuka: Young girl, one of Naoto's best friends. Helps to maintain the "Junk" Computer she, Naoto and Ippei made together.

Ippei: Naoto's other friend. Cheerful, he also helps monitor the computer when Naoto/Gridman fights.

Junk: computer from junks.

Demon King Kahn Digifer: A Legendary 'Devil' of the Computer World, wishes to wreak havoc on the Human World. He joins with Takeshi Todo, putting Todo under mind control, to create monsters which attack the Computer World, it is up to Gridman and Naoto to stop him!

Takeshi Todo: A lonely, rich classmate of Naoto and his friends. Alone and having no friends himself, Todo enjoys making monsters on a PC Game known as "The Castle of Torture". He was put under Kahn Digifer's control to make monsters, which Kahn Digifer then brings to "life" in the computer world.

[edit] Trivia

In a Tsuburya/Terebi-Kun collaboration was an article titled Gridman Sigma. In the magazine article, it showed Sigma's real identity being Takeshi Todo.