Uchuu Keiji Shaider
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| Uchū Keiji Shaider | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Metal Hero |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Starring | Hiroshi Tsuburaya Naomi Morinaga Toshiaki Nishizawa Kyoko Nashiro Noboru Mitsutani Shōzō Iizuka |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original channel | TV Asahi |
Uchuu Keiji Shaider (宇宙刑事シャイダー Uchū Keiji Shaidā?), translated into English as Space Sheriff Shaider, is the third part of the Metal Heroes genre, the last of the Star Sheriff shows. Parts of Shaider were used as footage during the second season of VR Troopers.
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[edit] Plot
In college, Dai Sawamura deciphered the figures on the Nazca Plain. Impressed, the Galactic Union Police recruited the archaeologist and trained him to be Earth's third Space Sheriff in recent years. Named after Shaider, the ancient hero who destroyed and defeated the Fuuma 12,000 years ago, he teamed with Annie to stop Fuuma today.
[edit] Characters
- Dai Sawamura (Sawamura Dai) /Shaider (Alexis in the Philippine version): Archaeologist-turned-Space Sheriff. Named after the ancient hero Shaider, he was fated to repeat his predecessor's destiny by saving Earth from Fuuma. He is Annie, Keith and Ullu's classmate and best friend. Usually patrols the streets using a blue Suzuki Jimny.
- Annie: Dai's friend and classmate whose homeworld of Mount was annihilated by Fuuma. She usually drives a yellow Mazda RX-7 to patrol the streets or arrive at the scene of a battle.
- Commander Kom: He is the commander of Galactic Union Patrol and father of Mimi.
- Marin: Assistant of Kom. She works in his office.
- Mimi (1;crossover): She is a daughter of Kom and Gavan's assistant/girlfriend/fiancée. Teacher to Space Sheriff School. Asks for Shaider to leave Annie with him to Earth. After the final battle against Fuuma, she marries Gavan.
- Gavan (44;48;crossover): Captain of Galactic Union Patrol. Battles with Fuuma for defend the Bird Planet from Fuuma's attack. After the battle against Fuuma, he announces his marriage with Mimi.
- Sharivan (44;48;crossover): He is a Space Sheriff from Iga Planet and helps defend this planet from Fuuma attack.
- Ullu (1;46): Squirrel-like faced being . He is Dai, Annie and Keith's classmate and best friend. Dies when Fuuma attacks his home planet.
- Keith (1;46): Bird-like faced being. He is Dai, Annie and Ullu's classmate and best friend. Dies when Fuuma attacks his home planet.
- Vivian (41): Journalist who writes a book about Shaider. She is a petted daughter of the mayor of Bird Planet. Fell in love with Shaider and caused jealousy in Annie. She is brainwashed by Fuuma to destroy Vavilos.
[edit] Strange World Fuuma
A religion based from the Strange Palace in the Strange World dimension revering Kubilai as its god which intends to conquer the universe through psychological attacks. Kubilai attempted to take over Earth 12,000 years ago, only to be stopped/beheaded by the Shaider of legend and be destroyed again today by the modern Shaider.
- Great Emperor Kubilai (Fuuma Le-ar in the Philippine dub version): The God of the Fuuma, A giant golden head with three red eyes embedded in the wall of the Fuuma Palace. Later revealed to have had a body once, having tentacled limbs with serpent-like heads on the ends. But he was separated from his body by the Shaider of legend when he cut his head off ,12,000 years ago, and sealed his body away . (Episode #47) Kubilai intended to find his body to become whole again, his resolve was increased as his body was finally released from its' cave-prison. But Shaider managed to get the monster back into the cave and blow up all of its limbs, leaving only the torso (which now could speak and had a mind and eye of its' own) to remain and to be destroyed by Shaider. (Episode #48) Shaider eventually broke into the fortress to save Annie, which he did. He also issued a challenge to fight Kubilai himself, one on one. As a result, Kubilai had a new robotic body made, with tentacles to give him mobility. Shaider managed to destroy this new body, making Kubilai resort to levitation for movement. Kubilai was soon killed by the "current" Shaider after the upgrade when Shaider shoved his sword in Kubilai's third eye.
- God Officer Poe (Ida in the Philippine dub version): Kubilai's transvestite grandson in white who serves as advisor and strategist. He is attired in elegant white robes, and a horned, immensely large oval shaped headdress. As Highpriest, Poe presides over the Strange Beast birth and Strange Dimension Generation ceremonies. Drinking an elixir made somehow from young girls every 500 years, he lived 15,000 years. Unwilling to have anyone be more beautiful than he, his true face is mummified. He met his end at the end of the series (Episode #48) after Kubilai was destroyed. Since his grandfather was no longer alive to give him the energy he needed to stay young, he repented to Annie and Shaider before fading away into nothingness alongside the lower ranked Fuuma that were on the Palace. In battle, Poe could toss his scepter like a spear as well as blast Shaider with blue lasers from the scepter's core. Poe also seemed to possess teleportation and telekinetic abilities, that he demonstrated on Shaider, before Shaider broke free from his control.
- Commander Hessler (Drigo in the Philippine dub version): A field operative. Hesslar oversees the attacks on Earth. He is a proud, yet easily irritated warrior who often gets into arguments with his younger brother; Himley, who once tried to take his position. Hessler met his end, at the end of the series (Episode #45), when he was destroyed by Shaider in battle.
- Himley(28): Hessler's brother. He is dressed in an armor that resembles a spider. He and Hessler went into battle against Shaider together. Himley could blast lasers from the spider's eyes embedded in his head gear. Himley also wielded and sword and seemed to be a great fencer. Himley could also blast webbing-shaped lightning bolts, in battle. Destroyed by a fatal sneak attack inflicted by Hessler. Himley had betrayed Hessler by trying to usurp his position. Hessler and the Girls Army retreated as Himley fell over and exploded.
- Girl's Army: A team of five breath-taking and deadly, kunoichi trained in the most vicious and dangerous arts of combat. They had no individual names, but the production notes listed them as: Girl 1 (black), Girl 2 (purple), Girl 3 (red), Girl 4 (green), and Girl 5 (pink). They are commanded by Hessler. First Girl 1 was destroyed (Episode #44) and then Girl 3 followed (Episode #45). At the end of the series, Kubilai ate the three remaining girls to give him energy to battle Shaider.
- Miraclers: Grunts with big round eyes and fanged mouths. Destroyed at the end of the series when the fortress crumbled apart and exploded.
[edit] Fushigiju/Strange Beasts
Psychedelic, deceptively comical-looking creatures that Kubilai "gives birth" to using a special ceremony with the help of Poe. Their naming system is two syllables, then those two syllable repeated.
- Baribari (1): A green and red monster with a fanged tiki-like face. It had the ability to roll up into a ball. In the Fuuma's dimension, BariBari briefly became giant and invisible with the exception of its' boots and tried to stomp Shaider flat.
- Petopeto (2): A hideous brown-furred and green colored canine monster. PetoPeto disguised itself as a hippie dwarf and carried around with him a trumpet. Taking a small group of low level Fuuma incognito as a carnival band, they paraded around town while PetoPeto shot out small particles from its' mouth, which caused animals to go insane.
- Girugiru (3): A green plant monster with spikes and a venus flytrap type mouth protruding from the top of its' head. Kubilai created it after he was inspired by Poe's deadly plant. Like the plant, Girugiru could spray corrosive pollen, which he demonstrated by using the flytrap on his head. Girugiru and some other lower level Fuuma were disguised as the "surviving members" of Annie's family from her home planet. Shaider was able to see through their disguises and helped Annie to do the same. Once Annie discovered who they truly were, Shaider went after Girugiru and destroyed him with his finishing attack.
- Meromero (4): A purple warlock-like Fuuma. MeroMero disguised itself as a witch to lure and kidnap children, who were then subjected to Fuuma experimentation. The Fuuma's plan was to turn children into hideous animal-human hybrids. Dai was on his way to save the children but had to get through MeroMero first. After destroying the machines used by the Fuuma for their surgeries, the children were changed back to normal. But MeroMero was still at large; when the fight was taken into another dimension, MeroMero gained the ability to disappear and use its cape to attack Shaider. MeroMero could also strike Shaider with its skull-headed staff from practically out of nowhere.
- Mujimuji (5): An over-sized silkworm beast with a goofy looking face on its belly. From the top of its head, Mujimuji shoots strong silky webbing to either restrain a victim or trap them in cocoons. The Girl's Army was going around spreading rumors about MujiMuji being some sort of an enlightened entity. People who bought into the sales pitch were taken to a castle to meet MujiMuji, but soon learned is was all a trap. The victims were released in a zombie-like state, and eventually evolved into a cocoon metamorphosis. Dai's friend Yohko was one of the victims as well. Dai and Annie went undercover to find the so called enlightened one, but Annie herself was kidnapped and only inches away from becoming a chrysalis. Eventually destroyed by Shaider in battle.
- Gokugoku (6): This monster was completely made of food and had a bowl-like hat! It was armed with a giant salad fork and butter knife. A young boy was being horribly bullied, so the Girls Army leader invited the depressed child to a restaurant where GokuGoku served up entries and beverages created from its' own body. The food gave the boy special telekinetic powers that he used to get even with those people who wronged him: bullies, his coach, and his family. Dai saw the boy's powers in action and had to put a stop to it. Soon, more bullied kids were fed the tainted food and took revenge on their tormentors. Once GokuGoku was destroyed, the spell was broken on the bullied kids.
- Barabara (7): Dai and Annie received news about a scientist who was on verge of combining the DNA of a frog with roses. The possibility of frog/rose monsters would catch the Fuuma's attention, so Dai and Annie went to protect the scientist. However, the Girl's Army got to him first, but could not find his research. They left empty handed, but not before threatening to harm his family. Dai met up with the scientist and Annie offered to act as a bodyguard. But the Girls Army outsmarted Annie and distracted her. For good measure, Kubilai created a frog/rose-inspired monster of his own. Barabara carried a thorned staff and used the petals around its' neck to bind Annie. The Fuuma found the data they wanted, but Shaider saved the day and killed Barabara by impaling the monster with its own weapon, followed by Shaider's finisher.
- Kerokero (8): A green reptilian monster; sprouting from the top of its' head was an upper torso of a mantis-like entity. Hessler and his army made an attempt to kidnap a teenage girl named Yukari, but Annie received a strange telepathic message crying for help and came to the girl's aide. After Dai and Annie returned Yukari to her parents, Annie asked about the telepathy, but the father was quick to boot them out. The Fuuma tried to kidnap Yukari again, and once again Shaider intervened. When they returned Yukari to her parents again, they wanted some answers as to why would the Fuuma would want this girl. Her parents revealed that Yukari wasn't an ordinary teen. They found her in a space pod when she was a baby. Dai examined the pod to find a video playback. The video revealed that Yukari was a princess of a planet that was overrun by Kubilai. Her birth parents sent her to earth for safety and when she was of age, Yukari was to return to her home to revive it. But she couldn't accept any of this and attempted to run away. Kerokero and the Girl's Army made their move again but this was their last. Shaider defeated the kunoichi, Hessler, and the Fuuma aircraft. Before killing Kerokero, Shaider severed the second body on its' head. In the end, Yukari fulfilled her destiny and returned home.
- Tamtam (9): A mutant beast with bongos on its' chest with the ability to manipulate music. A boy band’s latest song was a big hit and everyone was getting into the groove. Then a sudden obsession with the new song seemed too excessive for Dai’s comfort as kids listened to the song almost on a 24/7 basis and were getting distracted in school. He attended the latest concert and took a recording sample of the music. Annie analyzed the music and found Fuuma activity at work. Dai went to investigate the band, but found them kneeling before an astral projection of Poe. After Poe warned Dai not to interfere, he heard the sound of the bongos that belonged to TamTam. Later, angry parents were upset as to how the song was becoming a nuisance in their kids’ lives and began destroying the cassettes. Stores also discontinued selling the album fearing that it was harmful to kids. Obsessed fans went to see their favorite band in concert, but it was part of the Fuuma’s plan to trap them. Dai and Annie crashed the concert and revealed the band as TamTam and some Fuuma monsters. Using his drill vehicle, Shaider saved the captive fans, as well as the real band. TamTam’s other abilities included teleporting itself by beating its chest. While batting it in another dimension, Shaider also fought off mutant guitarists in gas masks and almost got crushed by a giant mallet drumstick that swung like a pendulum. Shaider defeated TamTam and the real band played their music for their fans.
- Pasupasu (10): This college professor-themed monster had a giant quill for a weapon, a large hardback book embedded in its' chest and wore a teacher’s cap with a black graduation gown. While driving one night, Dai almost ran into some kids on bikes. Before hitting them, they flew right over his head! Dai followed them home and asked their parents about the bikes as well as about the kids. The kids did not recall being out as Dai claimed. Later that evening, stuffed animals were floating, the kids were dancing in a trance and a gateway to another dimension opened up with Pasupasu on the other side. The following day, Dai found the kids playing around with his jeep and actually tried to drive it. After apologizing to Dai, he sent them off but was attacked by Pasupasu and Miraclers. The fight ended quickly as Annie came in to save him. Dai went back to the kids’ home to talk to the parents about the Fuuma. Angry, they turned him away, forcing Dai to sneak in the house to set up spy cameras. Then thing got weird as the parents witnessed the flying stuffed animals, the kids acting unusual, and the sight of Pasupasu. Disguising themselves as giant stuffed animals, Dai and Annie waited in the kids’ room for Pasupasu to strike. After gaining access to Pasupasu’s universe, Shaider made his move. After chasing the monster, Shaider killed it with his final attack.
- Getogeto (11): A police-themed mutant beast who has a small jail door on the back of its' head. Getogeto trapped Shaider in a mirror ball prison that Shaider had to blast out of to finish off the monster. Getogeto could also make duplicates of itself in battle through the illusion of mirrors. Destroyed by Shaider's finishing attack.
- Roborobo (12): A robotic mutant with a humanoid face, minus a mouth, and wings on its' helmet. It also seemed to have red eyes on its' helmet and a large, fang filled mouth across its' chest. In battle, Roborobo could breathe fire as well as summon three phantom-masked warriors simply by whipping/tossing its' red cape. Roborobo was also equipped with blasters on the top of his head which he could fire rounds of lasers out of in battle. Destroyed by Shaider's finishing attack.
- Kotokoto (13): An athlete-themed mutant with a trophy protruding from its' head. It used gold medals that head a special power only he could control. Destroyed by Shaider's finishing attack.
- Guriguri (14): A yellow/gold/black-colored dragon-themed mutant with a large, open, fanged filled mouth. It had eyes and scales on the sides of its' head. In battle, it could attack while being invisible, breathe fire, teleport, and blast lasers out of the tip of its' sword. Shaider stabbed it with its' own sword to weaken it and then destroyed it with his finishing attack.
- Gamegame (15): A turtle-themed mutant beast with large, tusk-like fangs and red eyes. It had a large shell draped over its' back. Gamegame managed to trap Shaider in a grid-designed containment cell, which Shaider escaped. In battle, Gamegame could breathe fire and smoke, teleport, blast lasers from its' trident, and summon phantom-masked warriors. Shaider cut off the extra tips on its' trident and impaled it with the sharpest and longest tip to weaken it. Afterwards, he destroyed it with his finishing attack.
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- Bokeboke (16): A scaly, green gremlin-themed mutant with wings, claws, and fangs. Bokeboke could absorb and reflect Shaider's laser attacks back at him. In battle, it could also blast its' own lasers, use its' strength to toss Shaider around with ease, blast smoke from its' mouth, duplicate itself into white-robed goblin-like fighters, as well as teleport while running at a fast pace. When struck by Annie on the back of its' head, it seemed to go insane, attacking Hessler and the Miraclers. Shaider concluded that this was its' weak spot and stabbed it with his sword in the exact same spot. Shaider eventually destroyed it with his finishing attack.
- Girigiri (17): An Easter Island statue-themed mutant.
- Muumuu (18): An armored mutant that wields a trident, wears armor of various colors and a helmet with a small red visor on it, which is also mostly red with some black and gold on the top. Muumuu could release explosive streamers as well as blast lasers from its' fork-like trident, when he wasn't throwing it like a floating spear.Shaider broke Muumuu's trident and impaled him with it. Afterwards, Shaider destroyed Muumuu with his finishing attack.
- Magu-Magu (19): A magnet-themed mutant robot. Magu-Magu could control magnetism and used its' electrical qualities to slow down Shaider's circuits. Shaider broke free from the energy and defeated the attacking Miraclers. Shaider ended the battle by destroying Magu-Magu with his finishing attack.
- Shigishigi (20): A green, thorny mutant resembling a leech with a round mouth containing several teeth.
- Surisuri (21): A mutant with an orange face and a green body.
- Umiumi (22): An ocean and jellyfish-themed mutant. Umiumi could create giant sharks to attack Shaider. Umiumi could also summon phantom-masked grunts, teleport, and wielded a fin-shaped bladed lance. Destroyed by Shaider's finishing attack.
- Gasgas (23): A gas-themed mutant. Gasgas summoned red-helmeted, commando-garbed grunts to battle Shaider. The grunts wielded swords and bazookas that could blast lasers and explosive gas. Gasgas wore a crown, had tusks, and also had spikes protruding down his back. Wields a long-sword that could launch sparks at Shaider. Shaider knocked its' sword away before destroying Gasgas with his finishing attack.
- Lovelove (24): A furry white ape-like mutant with a horn on its' head and big red ears. It is clad in a red armor.
- Sai-Sai (25): A gray mutant that wields a spiked club.
- Kamikami (26): A tiki-resembling mutant.
- Deathdeath (27): A death named, viking-themed mutant who's dressed in a green fur coat. Deathdeath was also scaly, heavy-set, and wore a horned, viking helmet on his head. In battle, Shaider knocked his sword away and destroyed him with his finishing attack.
- Ito-Ito (29): A yarn-themed mutant. It has scissors on its' staff and had a head, that resembled a sheep, protruding from its' abdomen.
- Buyobuyo (30): An elephant-themed mutant. It could use its' trunk like a third arm to bind enemies. It wielded a star-shaped/pointed spear and had two long tusks sprouting out from under its' long trunk. Shaider severed its' trunk and then destroyed it in battle with his finishing attack.
- Fumafuma (31): A strange beast that starts out originally as a harmless little creature. When Fumafuma grew to full adult-level and became uncontrollably vicious, Shaider went into battle with him and destroyed it with his finishing attack.
- Karikari (32): A three-headed crow/bird-themed mutant with wings sprouting out of its' back. It was clad in armor and wielded a forked trident. Karikari could rotate its' three heads. Shaider managed to snare Karikari's trident and toss it back at the mutant to impale and weaken it. Once weakened, Karikari was destroyed by Shaider's finishing attack.
- Merimeri (33): A puppet/marionette-themed mutant. It was white in color and had a large, creepy, smiling mouth. Destroyed by Shaider's finishing attack.
- Kagekage (34): A green serpent-looking mutant who also has bug-eyes and has three horns on its' head. It could teleport and bind Shaider with a scaly vine-resembling appendage. In another dimension, Kagekage could also blast electricity from its' bug eyes. Shot and destroyed by Shaider's laser pistol.
- Daridari (35): A lion-themed mutant that impersonated Shaider's father to lure him into a trap. The Fuuma came up with a UFO hoax to lure Shaider into this fatal trap. With Annie's help he was able to escape. In battle, Daridari can launch/toss spears and breathe fire. It also wields two swords in battle, one of which can blast lasers, from the tip, that are similar to machine gun bullets. Destroyed by Shaider in battle.
- Konkon (36): Dream computer-themed mutant beast. It resembles that of a computer/calculator and an owl. It created a duplicate of Shaider during their battle. Shaider managed to destroy Konkon with his infamous finishing attack as well as destroy his own clone/duplicate. In battle, Konkon could also breathe out sparks from its' mouth.
- Guchiguchi (37): A strange beast that could disguise himself as a humanoid, male warrior. Guchiguchi's true form had a large oval head that resembled a giant pair of lips. Guchiguchi could launch arrows from its' large mouth. Destroyed by Shaider in battle.
- Moviemovie (38): A red mutant with a movie camera on top of its' head.
- Satasata (39): A Santa-themed mutant that was dressed up a little bit like Santa Claus, except he wore black.
- Terroterro (40): A green bug-eyed mutant with a demonic face and a red mohawk that was growing down its' back. Terroterro also had a drill for a right hand.
- Pearpear (41): A white cupid/cherub-themed mutant with white wings, and whose head and chest are heart-shaped. There is even a heart on the tip of the spear that the mutant uses in battle. In battle with Shaider, Pearpear could open up its' spear tip and release dozens of smaller heart-shaped projectiles.
- Hebihebi (42): A humanoid female snake mutant.
- Tsutatsuta (43): A shrub-themed mutant that is green in color. It has actual branches with leaves on the upper half of its' body, near its' head. It had the ability to wrap vines around an opponent and at one point sprouts one of those vines from its' mouth.
- Muchimuchi (Movie 2): A heavyset, worm/grub-themed mutant.
[edit] Other Villains
- Omega (Movie 1): An assassin (alien gunman to be exact) who has been hunting all the Space Sheriffs. He previously went after Gavan and later Sharivan but failed. In the movie, Shaider was his new prey. Armed with twin shoulder cannons.
- ?"Evil Puppet"? (33): A puppet put under an evil spell by the Fuuma Clan. It could blast lasers out of its' eyes. As long as this puppet existed, civilians (including Annie) were under Fuuma control. Shaider blasted it with his laser pistol and freed everyone from its' spell.
[edit] Weapons and Arsenals
- Vavilos: The giant spaceship headquarters of Shaider and Annie. They base their operations on that ship as it circles around the Earth. Whenever Shaider enters the Time Space Warp and encounters a giant Fuuma gunship, he calls out the Vavilos, commanding it to transform either into a giant gun or a giant robot whose chest emits a giant laser beam called Vavilos Fire.
- Shaian: A tank that holds both the Sky Shaian and the Battle Shaian together at the same time.
- Sky Shaian/Sky Striker (Philippine version): Fighter jet either driven by Shaider or Annie to attack and to destroy carriage-like Fuuma jet fighters. It emits Shaian Beams from its laser cannons to destroy the Fumma jet fighters.
- Battle Shaian/Battle Tank (Philippine version): A giant drill tank that drills its way underground. It contains Shaian Rockets to attack enemy arsenals on ground or on air. It's also equipped with a Shaian Searcher.
- Blue Hawk: A Suzuki motorcycle that serves as Shaider's vehicle to enter the "Time Space Warp" in order to chase and to destroy the Fumma beast enemy during the ending of each series. Capable of shooting Hawk Lasers and Hawk Missiles.
[edit] Shigi jiku / Strange dimension
The Strange dimension is an alternate universe filled with various traps and other dangers; the primary purpose of this dimension is to enhance a Fuuma beast's powers and abilities, giving it the upper hand against Shaider. When Kubilai calls for the Strange dimension, Poe will summon it to draw the beast inside, thereby luring Shaider to follow it into Fuuma territory. A constant threat Shaider faces while inside this dimension is a Fuuma gunship; for this reason, he calls on his battle fortress Vavilos, using either its giant blaster or robot form to destroy the gunship.
Despite an upgrade in its fighting strength, a Fuuma beast can still be destroyed by Shaider while inside the Strange dimension. This in turn will dissolve the warp until the next time it is summoned again.
[edit] Philippine Translation Notes
- Vavilos (in gun mode) Shaider shouting "Matrix Projection" was made in the Philippines as well, in Japanese audio there is no "phrase" or shaider was not saying or shouting any word while projecting. - Vavilos' (Gun mode) Super Blaster was translated by the Philippines, in Japanese Shaider called it "Big Magnum" - "Shaider Super Slash" was also translated as well from Japanese "Shaider Blue Flash"
[edit] Cast
- Dai Sawamura / Shaider: Hiroshi Tsuburaya
- Annie: Naomi Morinaga
- Commander Kom: Toshiaki Nishizawa
- Marin: Kyoko Nashiro
- Kojiro Aoyama: Noboru Mitsutani
- Kubirai: Shōzō Iizuka(voice)
- Poe: Jun Yoshida
- Hestler/Fuuma: Toru Odaira
[edit] Tagalog Dub Actors
- Sawamura Dai / Shaider: Vincent Gutierrez
- Annie: Grace Cornel
- Kubirai / Fuuma Le-ar : Maynard Llames
[edit] Trivia
- Jun Yoshida auditioned for the role of Sawamura Dai/Shaider.
- Kubilai's name was a double-pun of the name Kublai Khan and the Japanese word for "head" ("kubi").
- Shaider was inspired by actor Roy Scheider, who gained popularity in Japan after Jaws.
- Dai Sawamura/Shaider was played by Hiroshi Tsuburaya, grandson of Eiji Tsuburaya the founder of Tsuburaya Productions, the company that created Ultraman.
- The Space Sheriff Special: Three Space Sheriffs Gavan, Sharivan and Shaider Assemble! (The Space Sheriff Crossover) is considered as the series' 49th episode.
- Hiroshi Tsuburaya is a Roman Catholic.
- Kyomi Tsukada (Vivian), played Maki, the female protagonist in Seiun Kamen Machine Man in same year and Anri, the Juspion's android partner in Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion in the next year
- Mai Ooishi (Kunoichi Girl # 2), played the one of the Iga Island Girls in Uchuu Keiji Sharivan in the previous year and Mai Tsubasa/Change Phoenix, one of the protagonists in Dengeki Sentai Changeman in next year
- Aired in the Philippines in Tagalog after Gavan, but aired in English by ABS-CBN years before Gavan. Shaider was the first of the Space Sheriffs to be aired on Philippine TV, right after Choudenshi Bioman.
[edit] Video game
A video game based on this TV series, The Space Sheriff Spirits, was released for the Playstation 2 system on May 25, 2006 by Bandai Namco. This product was made available in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The actors for Gavan and Sharivan reprised their roles, but Hiroshi Tsuburaya died before the game was developed.
| Metal Heroes | |
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| 1980s: | Gavan | Sharivan | Shaider | Juspion | Spielban | Metalder | Jiraiya | Jiban |
| 1990s: | Winspector | Solbrain | Exceedraft | Janperson | Blue SWAT | Juukou B-Fighter | B-Fighter Kabuto | B-Robo Kabutack |
