Jushin Liger (anime)

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Jushin Liger
獣神ライガー (Jûshin Raigâ)
Genre
TV anime
Directed by
Studio	Dynamic Productions, Sunrise
Network	Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Original run	March 11, 1989 – January 27, 1990
No. of episodes	43

Jushin Liger (獣神ライガー - Jûshin Raigâ - translated as "Beast God Liger") is an anime superhero TV series. This series was created by mangaka Go Nagai. Produced by Dynamic Productions (Nagai's own company) and Nippon Sunrise (now Sunrise), the show was broadcast on Nagoya Broadcasting Network (NBN) from March 11, 1989 to January 27, 1990, with a total of 43 episodes.

This anime series inspired the real-life pro-wrestler, Jushin "Thunder" Liger.

The opening theme "Ikari no Jyushin" ("Raging Jushin"), which was performed by Yumi Hiroki, is also Jushin "Thunder" Liger's theme song.

[edit] The story

It is 199X A.D. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, three bodies of Dragonite appear. Possessing overwhelming destructive force, they attack the city. They also awaken the evil Jashin Drago from the holy seal he was trapped in. 200 years ago, Drago was trapped in the seal by a holy warrior with the tattooed mark of the Liger. Assuming that the warrior is dead, Drago and Empress Zara are free to conquer the Earth using their army of biomechanical beasts. Even the Japan Self-Defense Forces are no match for the Dragonites' awesome power. One of the people fleeing is the protagonist, a milquetoast 16 year old boy named Ken Taiga. Unbeknownst to the Dragonites, Ken realizes that he is the descendant of the Liger warrior! In a burst of anger, Ken's Liger birthmark appears, and he rises his palm into the air, shouting the henshin command, "LIGER!!!", which then covers him in demonic long-haired biomechanical armor. Ken transforms into Jushin Liger to fight the evil forces of the Dragonite!