Space Sheriff Shaider

Space Sheriff Shaider
Format	Metal Hero Tokusatsu
Created by	Toei
Starring	Hiroshi Tsuburaya Naomi Morinaga
Narrated by	Toru Ohira
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	48
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Asahi
Original run	March 02, 1984 – March 01, 1985

Space Sheriff Shaider (宇宙刑事シャイダー, Uchū Keiji Shaidā^?) is the third part of the Metal Hero Series, the last of the Space Sheriff Trilogy. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1984 to March 1, 1985. Its action footage was used for Season 2 of VR Troopers. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Space Captain Sheider.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Vavilos Crew 2.1.1 Arsenal 2.2 Earth 2.3 Galactic Union Police 2.4 Fushigi World Fuuma 2.4.1 Fushigi Beasts 2.5 Other Villains 3 Episode List & Air Dates 4 Movies & Release Dates 5 Cast 6 Songs 7 In other countries 8 Video game 9 References

Plot

In college studying archaeology, Dai Sawamura deciphered the figures on the Nazca Plain in Peru. Impressed by this feat, the Galactic Union Police (銀河連邦警察, Ginga Renpō Keisatsu^?) recruited him and trained him to be Earth's third Space Sheriff, after which he was given the code name 'Shaider' in memory of an ancient warrior who defeated the villain Emperor Kubilai and brought down the Fuuma 12,000 years ago. When the Fuuma returns, Dai is deputized as he returns to Earth to battle the Fuuma.

Characters

Vavilos Crew

Based on the Vavilos, it serves as headquarters of Shaider and Annie as it circles around the Earth. In combat, the Vavilos can fire the Vavilos Beam from its wings. Whenever Shaider enters the Fushigi Dimension and encounters a giant Fuuma gunship, he summons Vavilos, commanding it to transform either into a giant gun called the Big Magnum or a giant robot whose chest emits a giant laser beam called Vavilos Fire, fires Vavilos Lasers from its hands, Catch The Fuuma Gunship's Missiles and throw it back towards The Gunship and can shoot Vavilos Missiles.

• Dai Sawamura/Space Sheriff Shaider (沢村 大/宇宙刑事シャイダー, Sawamura Dai/Uchū Keiji Shaidā^?): A former archaeologist, he continued his astronomer father's research into studying the Nazca images and manages to track the meaning behind it from Peru to Easter Island. There, Dai uncovers an altar that knocks himself unconscious. Finding himself on Planet Bird, Dai becomes a Space Sheriff for managing to solve the missing. Eventually learning of the warrior Shaider and his presumed relation, Dai realizes his fate is to finish his ancestor's duty by putting an end to the Fuuma. When Fuuma managed to take over most of the Universe, Dai learns the altar is actually an entrance to where headless body of Kubilai was sealed along with Kubilai's weak point. Though sealed in by Poe with a limited amount of oxygen, Shaider manages to escape and fight his way through the Fushigi Castle to save Annie before fighting Kubilai and won against the fiend. With his mission on Earth over, Dai decides to take Annie around the world. When he transforms with the command Shouketsu (焼結, Shōketsu^?, "Sinter"), the Vavilos envelops him with Blue Plasma Energy particles that form his armor within milliseconds. As Shaider, he uses the Laser Blade sword in his signature move Shaider Blue Flash or the Video Beam Gun in conjunction with Shaider Scope scanner to track down invisible foes. His own blues include, Shaider Punch, Shaider Kick, and Blue Flash Spark.

• Annie (アニー, Anī^?): Dai's classmate, whose homeworld of Mount was annihilated by Fuuma. She requested to be assigned to Earth with Dai, with intentions of vengeance. She usually drives a yellow Mazda RX-7 FB to patrol the streets or arrive at the scene of a battle, using a Laser Shot sidearm in battle. In the Cross-Over Movie, Dai Reveals to Retsu and Den that she is In Egypt studying Archaeology

Arsenal

• Shaian: A multi-part tank that splits into the Sky Shaian fighter jet that fires Shaian Beams and the Battle Shaian drill tank that It contains Shaian Rockets to attack enemy arsenals on the ground, or underground, rescuing people enslaved by Fuuma in the process. It is also equipped with a Shaian Searcher.
• Blue Hawk: A Suzuki motorcycle that serves as Shaider's vehicle to enter the "Strange Realm" in order to chase the Fuuma's Strange Beast. Capable of shooting Hawk Lasers and Hawk Missiles. On VR Troopers, the Blue Hawk is the name of the jet-fighter used by Ryan Steele, while the motorcycle he uses is called the Nitro Cycle.
• Suzuki SJ: A stock mini-SUV from Suzuki with Jimny livery and spare tire cover design, which Dai uses to patrol in plain clothes. Essentially the same vehicle used in Space Sheriff Gavan, only colored blue in this Series while it is Red in Space Sheriff Gavan.
• RX-7 Savanna FB: A yellow sports car from Mazda which Annie uses to patrol in plain clothes.

Earth

• Kojiro Oyama: Carrying over from Sharivan and Gavan, Kojiro now runs a pet shop where owns a pig named Tonko. He doubles as a teacher, giving Dai a place to stay after learning of his past and (once again) unaware of his dual identity. He has feelings for Annie.
• Yoko: Kojiro's teenage assistant, living with her father and younger brother Ryochi.
• Hiroyuki, Wataru, Shin, Rumi, Mio, and Kyoko: Students under Oyama.

• Warrior Shaider: An ancient warrior from the stars who drove Kubilai from Earth and demolished the Mu Empire, remaining on Earth for the rest of his days and fathering a line that presumably leads to Dai, the current Shaider. Warrior Shaider's ideals were also the foundation of the Galactic Union Patrol.

Galactic Union Police

• Commander Qom: He is the commander of Galactic Union Patrol and the father of Mimi.
• Marin: Commander Qom's assistant.
• Mimi: She is the daughter of Commander Qom, formerly Gavan's assistant and now his fiancée. She is a teacher at the Space Sheriff School. She asks Shaider to take Annie with him to Earth. After the final battle against Fuuma, she marries Gavan.
• Gavan: The captain of Galactic Union Patrol. He battles Fuuma to defend the Bird Planet. After the battle against Fuuma, he announces his marriage to Mimi.
• Sharivan: He is a Space Sheriff from Iga Planet and helps defend that planet from Fuuma attack.
• Ullu (1): He has a face like a squirrel, Dai's classmate and friend who was deputized in response to Fuuma's war declaration. He was killed when Fuuma attacks his home planet during the Great Invasion.
• Kitz (1): He as a face like a bird, Dai's classmate and friend who was deputized in response to Fuuma's war declaration. He was killed when Fuuma attacks his home planet during the Great Invasion.
• Andro (1): Dai's classmate and friend who was deputized in response to Fuuma's war declaration. He is killed when Fuuma attacks his home planet during the Great Invasion.
• Vivian (41): A cheery journalist from Planet Bird who, against the wishes of her father, the president, heads to Earth to write about the Space Sheriffs and the Fuuma. However, crashing into the Fuuma fortress by mistake, Vivian is used in the villains' plan to destroy the Vavilos. In the process, due to Pairpair, Vivian falls in love with Shaider to Annie's dismay.

Fushigi World Fuuma

Fushigi World Fuuma (不思議界フーマ, Fushigikai Fūma^?) is a religion from the Mayan Pyramid-like Fushigi Palace in the Fushigi Dimension, a subspace made of atomic particles that reaches temperatures around 6,000 degrees Celsius. The residents of this realm revere Kubilai as a god while carrying out his intent of conquering the universe through psychological attacks on many planets, destroying worlds like Gao, Omega, Mind, Gor, Marine, and Mount before targeting Earth to establish the second Mu Empire. Their airforce includes mini-carriage-like fighter jets and battleships with frowning faceplates. Eventually, on the day of Kubilai's birth, the Fuuma celebrate by systematically destroying every planet while pressing hard on their goal to conquer Earth. But once Kubilai is killed, the Fuuma disburst as the palace self destructs just as they nearly dominated the entire universe.

• Great Emperor Kubilai (大帝王クビライ, Daiteiō Kubirai^?): The three red eyed former ruler of the Mu Empire, Kubilai corrupted the hearts and minds of humanity long ago until the warrior Shaider came and slaughtered his son Rahu and daughter in-law and vanquished the evils of the world. Losing his snake-armed body in the process, Kubilai was reduced to a giant, golden head as he had a new robotic body built while he embedded himself in the wall of the Fuuma Palace's throne room where he rules the Fuuma. Learning that the resting place of his ancient foe and the prison holding his body were found, Kubilai went to great lengths to ensure his weakness, his third eye, would not be revealed. When Shaider storms his palace, Kubilai unveils his robot body and takes Shaider into the Fushigi Dimension for an epic final battle. After detaching from his robot body, Kubilai meets his end when Shaider plunged his Laser Blade into Kubilai's third eye then used Shaider Blue Flash to finish him.
  • Kubilai Body (クビライ胴体, Kubirai Dōtai^?, 47): Sealed within the Eastern cave where Dai found the ruins by the Warrior Shaider, Kubilai's headless body grew several more tentacled limbs with one-eyed snake-like heads on the ends and an eye protruding from its neck. When Dai broke the seal to find the means to stop Kubilai's head, he unknowingly revived the body as he hunts Shaider to take out his pent-up rage on. Managing trick the body to the cave's entrance in order to blind it, Shaider manages to blow all his tendrils off for good and then defeat the body with Shaider Blue Flash before it could regenerate. However, the monster mocked Shaider once he's trapped in the chamber before being killed for good.
• Priest Poe (神官ポー, Shinkan Pō^?): Kubilai's 15,000 year old transvestite grandson who serves as advisor and strategist, wearing elegant white robes with a horned, immense oval shaped headdress and the "Sky Cutter" scepter through which he shoots blue beams from its core. As a high priest with telekinetic abilities, Poe presides over the Fushigi Beast birth and Fushigi Dimension Generation ceremonies. Poe also drink an elixir made somehow from young girls and Kubilai's energy every 500 years to maintain his youthful appearance or his face assumes its actual corpse-like appearance and he would die. Having nightmares about the Nazca images, yet soothed by a mark on his staff, Poe wanted to find out the meaning behind it. It was only after Kubilai reveals the full story to him that Poe becomes more determine to kill Shaider to the point of taking part in later attacks on Shaider to avenge his parents and Mu. After Hessler and Girls 1 and 3 died, Poes arrives to Easter Island to go all out in killing Shaider through his "Phantom Showtime" torture with the aid of the remaining Girls and the Beasts. However, Shaider manages to escape the trap, though Poe later destroys the entrance to the prison of Kubilai's Body to trap Shaider. When Kubilai is killed, Poe loses the means to stay young and fades away into nothingness alongside the Beasts.
• Commander Hessler (へスラー指揮官, Hesurā Shikikan^?, 1-45): A sword-wielding field operative in black armor. Hessler oversees the attacks on Earth. He is a proud, easily irritated warrior. Though he encouraged Himley to fight alongside him, Hessler started to regret the decision when Girls 1 and 2 point out to him that his brother might upsurp him. Driven by the justified paranoia, Hessler mortally wounds his brother during their fight with Shaider and leaves him to die. After the death of Girl 1, Hessler heads to Eastern Island to confront Shaider as he make his way to ruins. Their duel transverses from Easter Island to the Fushigi Dimension where Hessler falls to Shaider's Shaider Blue Flash.
• Himley (ヒムリー, Himurī^?, 28): Hessler's younger brother, dressed in spider-like armor and armed with two swords and a trident. Undergoing the same training as Hessler, Himley gains Kubilai's blessing to aid his brother. Using a Batian Tarantula, and playing on Shaider's kindness for children, Himley manages to poison him before fighting him as the paralysis starts to take effect. After Shaider escapes, managing to get cured in time, Himley is given a golden sword as a reward along with the favor of Girls 3, 4, and 5. However, this goes to Himley's head as he plots taking his brother's place as the Fuuma's general. Though he nearly killed Shaider, Himley ends being killed in fatal sneak attack inflicted by Hessler.
• Girls' Army (ギャル軍団, Gyaru Gundan^?): A team of five deadly kunoichi trained in the most vicious and dangerous arts of combat led by Girl 1. The other members include Girl 2 (ギャル2, Gyaru Ni^?, purple), Girl 3 (ギャル3, Gyaru San^?, 1-45) (red), Girl 4 (ギャル4, Gyaru Yon^?, green), Girl 5 (ギャル5, Gyaru Go^?, pink). They serve under Hessler and battle Shaider and Annie on every Fuuma Mission. While Girl 3 performed a suicide attack at Hessler's command in an attempt to kill Shaider, the remaining members help Po in stopping Shaider from finding out Kubilai's secret. Soon after capturing Annie and Shaider arrives to save her, the three Girls allow Kubilai to devour them into their combined bat form to kill Shaider.
  • Girl 1 (ギャル1, Gyaru Ichi^?, 1-44): The black suited leader of the Girl's Army, Hessler's right hand. On Kubilai's birthday, Girl 1 offers to personally kill Shaider and Annie for her master. To achieve that goal, Girl 1 uses Fuuma science to become a black-armored cyborg with various concealed weapons. However, though her body is destroyed by Shaider, the spell Po cast on her during the operation takes effects as Girl 1's astral self possesses Annie to have her sabotage the Vavilos. When Shaider intervenes, Girl 1 becomes tangible battles Shaider as they take their fight into the Fushigi Dimension where her powers are magnified. But in the end, Shaider kills her for good with Video Beam on the source of her life after disrupting her form with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Beasts (珍獣, Yajuu^?): The low level creatures of Fuuma creatures present in the throne room who sometimes aid in Fuma missions that require them to assume forms. Composed of the child-like flutist Yaada (ヤーダ, Yāda^?), the grey trunked Nossori (ノッソリ, Nossori^?), insectoid Singing Shingin (歌うたいのシンギン, Utautai no Shingin^?), pot-bellied Hungry Gaaki (腹ペコのガーキ, Fukupeko no Gāki^?), and stone-like One-Eyed Aiida (一つ目のアイーダ, Hitotsumu no Aīda^?). The other member of their group, Upper Half Monk (上半身のモンク, Kohanmi no Monku^?), is fastened to the wall and thus is more of a decoration than an agent of Fuuma. After Kubilai's death, the Beasts faded out of existence along with Poe.
• Combatmen Miraclers (戦闘員ミラクラー, Sentōin Mirakurā^?): The followers of Fuuma who wear Rangda-style masks with big round eyes and fanged mouths armed with hatchets and rifles. They act either as foot soldiers or as pilots for the carriage-shaped aircraft. Shaider occasionally pummels them before going on to fight the Strange Beasts. Destroyed at the end of the series when the fortress crumbled apart and exploded.

Fushigi Beasts

The Fushigi Beasts (不思議獣, Fushigijū^?) are pychedelic, deceptively comical-looking creatures that Kubilai "gives birth" to in the form of pearls called Fushigi Beast Eggs (不思議獣卵, Fushigijū Tama^?) using a special ceremony with the help of Poe. Placed within boiling Fushigi Seawater, the pearl enlarges into a giant egg that Kubilai hatches with his beam. Their naming system is two syllables, then those two syllable repeated. During a fight with Shaider, a Fushigi Beast retreats into a Fushigi Dimension (不思議次元, Fushijigen^?) where it becomes 4 times more powerful in an attempt to get the upper hand against Shaider along using the realm itself as a weapon.

• Balibali (バリバリ, Baribari^?, 1): A green and red Fushigi Beast with a Barong face, using a spear, and able to roll into a ball. It was sent to Earth in order to ensure Fuuma's scheme to using the Fushigi Song to sent people into a beserker rage via a pirated broadcast. When Shaider arrives to stop it, Balibali is deployed to deal with him. After Shaider destroys the broadcast source, Balibali escapes into th Fushigi Dimension with the Star Sheriff in pursuit. Balibali tries to kill Shaider in both giant and normal-sized forms before the Star Sheriff destroys it with his Shaider Blue Flash.
• Petpet (ペトペト, Petopeto^?, 2): A hideous canine Fushigi Beast with eyeball bombs and a long tongue who assumes the form of a dwarf trumpeter and takes some of the Beasts incognito as a carnival band so they can parade around town while shooting particles from his mouth to drive any animal infected into a crazed carrier that passes the madness into other animals. Managing to track Petpet down with Annie's help, Shaider chases the Fushigi Beast into the Fushigi Dimension where the monster uses the environment to his advantage before Shaider uses his Shaider Blue Flash to destroy Petper.
• Girugiru (ギルギル, Girugiru^?, 3): A green plant monster with a halbred who was created in a plan to keep the Star Sheriffs from interfering by exposing Annie to altered delusion-inducing, with Girugiru and the Rare Beasts disguising themselves as the rest of her family to trick her into attacking her partner. Once Annie snaps out of the deception, Shaider chases Girugiru into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Meromero (メロメロ, Meromero^?, 4): A purple skull-faced Fushigi Beast with a ram-headed staff, Meromero disguised herself as a witch to lure children with delusions of magic they can be switched with the Beasts posing as them in animal form so that the real children can be turned into loyal animal-human hybrids to manipulate their parents into submission. When Dai gets involved, he manages to find the lab at an amusement park with the aid of Yohko's dog. With Annie providing cover, Shaider manages to restore the mutated children and destroy the lab. As Annie takes the captive children and Yohko to safety, Shaider pursue Meromero into the Fushigi Dimension where she gained the ability to disappear and attack him out of nowhere. But Shaider uses his Shaider Scope to counter before destroying with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Mujimuji (ムジムジ, Mujimuji^?, 5): An over-sized silkworm Fushigi Beast with a goofy looking face on his belly and a staff who is used in a scheme to make hard working people lazy. With the Girl' Army spreading rumors about the monster as an enlightened being, they gathered hard working people to become lazy gluttons before entering a chrysalis state to eventually become worm-like creatures. However, the incident gets Dai's Attention when Girl 1 kidnaps Yohko for a forced conversion after being brushed off. When Annie is captured during her infiltration, Shaider saves her from becoming a chrysalis before fighting Mujimuji as Annie takes his potential victims to safety. Taking the fight to the Fushigi Dimension, Mujimuji overpowers Shaider with his silk attacks until he is destroyed by the Shaider Blue Flash with his victims restore to normal.
• Gokugoku (ゴクゴク, Gokugoku^?, 6): A food-based Fushigi Beast with a bowl-like hat who creates food and beverages that gives whoever eats it telekinetic powers in a scheme to have the bullied children take revenge on their tormentors. Gokugoku's food was first tested on a depressed child named Shigeru who attacked not only the bullies, but his PE coach and his own family with before collapsing once losing the last of his powers. Shigeru's sudden change catches Dai's attention as the Fuuma start recruiting more bullied children to cause chaos. Using the cat Shigeru discarded, Dai finds the boy as he is force-fed by the Girls Army. Once having Annie take Shigeru out of harm's way, Shaider battles Gokugoku before they enter the Fushigi Dimension. Using his knife and fork on Shaider, Gokugoku is destroyed by the Shaider Blue Flash.
• Barabara (バラバラ, Barabara^?, 7): A Fushigi Beast with a throned staff based on the Rose Animal, a proposed giant frog/rose hybrid, who was sent after the biotechnology scientist Dr. Katori to get the data to create actual rose animals to ravage cities. It was only created as a countermeasure when Dai offers to protect Dr. Katori's daughter Ayako when she is targeted when the scientist refused to give the Girls Army his research. After Barabara renders Annie powerless with its rose petals, the Fuuma gain the CD holding the Rose Animal data until Shaider arrives and destroys it in the ensuing fight. Fighting Barabara in the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider manages to impale the monster with its own weapon before finishing it off with the Shaider Blue Flash.
• Kerokero (ケロケロ, Kerokero^?, 8): A green reptilian Fushigi Beast with a mantis-like torso for a head to help Hessler capture a rebelling teenage girl named Yukari, who is actually the princess of Planet Freyn and sent to Earth during Fuuma's genocide to be safe until she is of proper age to return to her homeworld with the other survivors and rebuilt it. When Dai and Annie uncover the truth, Yukari refused to believe it and was captured by the Fuuma as she runs off when brought to where the earth-bound Freynians are to gather. After saving Yukari, Shaider battles Hesseler's group and Fuuma aircraft before chasing Kerokero into the Fushigi Dimension. After chopping its head off, Shaider destroys Kerokero with the Blue Shaider Flash. Soon after, Yukari finally leaves for Freyn. Note: the Space Sheriff Gavan laser blade theme was used for destroying Kerokero.
• Tamtam (タムタム, Tamutamu^?, 9): A Fushigi Beast with bongos on its chest that allow it to teleport and armed with a mallet and twin swords. Tamtam's ability to manipulate music is used in a scheme to make the children into Fuuma's devoted servants. Tamtam first uses the music of the brainwashed Blue Boys band and using it to corrupt the minds of the youth. Investigating the concert and unable confirm Fuuma's influence, Dai finds the band. Fuuma then starts the next phrase by ensuring the parents would the Blue Boys Band due to their children flunking, luring the children into a concert with Tamtam and a few Beasts posing as the Blue Boys. However, Dai and Annie crashed the concert, saving the captive audience and the real band. Chasing Tamtam into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider battles guitarists in gas masks and a giant mallet drumstick before destroying the Fushigi Beast with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Paspas (パスパス, Pasupasu^?, 10): A college professor Fushigi Beast with a quill-like broadsword, a large hardback book embedded in its chest. Able to manipulate dolls with its music, Paspas targeted children to teach them the Fuumese language and spread it like wildfire. Dai learns of the scheme when he encountered a group children who have no recollection of being out. When Dai starts getting too close, Paspas aid Hessler and Girls Army in attacking him until he escapes in the Vailos. Once the parents finally believe Dai after seeing Paspas's work themselves, he and Annie disguise themselves as stuffed animals to wait out the Fushigi Beast. After gaining access to Paspas’s dimension, Shaider made his move. As Annie gets the children to safety, Shaider battles Paspas in the Fushigi Dimension before destroying it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Getogeto (ゲトゲト, Getogeto^?, 11): A police-themed Fushigi Beast with a cell door as part of its collar and a pinwheel staff who is used in a Fuuma scheme to abduct child prodigies to be enhanced for a ten year plot to conquer Japan incognito. However, Annie manages to allow herself to be captured while in disguise so she can free the children as Shaider arrives to her location. As Annie takes the children to safety, Shaider pursues Getogeto into the Fushigi Dimension where the Fushigi Beast overpowers with its mirror-themed powers until Shaider destroys it with his Shaider Blue Flash.
• Roborobo (ロボロボ, Roborobo^?, 12): A robotic Fushigi Beast with a mouthless humanoid face with wing decorations and a mouth on its chest supporting Fuuma's scheme to supplant children with robotic duplicates and eventually eliminate the real one. When they piece together the plan, they save Genta as he is attacked by his robot double, forcing the robot into its true form as they follow it to Hessler and Roborobo. Pursing Roborobo into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider battles the Fushigi Beast and its three phantom-masked warriors before using the Shaider Blue Flash to destroy Robobo, with all the robot duplicates evaporating as a result.
• Kotokoto (コトコト, Kotokoto^?, 13): A strongman Fushigi Beast with a trophy-like head, iron weights on his shoulders, and an arsenal of olympic-themed weapons used in Hessler's scheme to lure promising athletes into a underground gym to make them into Fuuma followers by taking out her competition. When Dai noticed such a change change in girl named Haruka, he and Annie managed to find the underground gym break Fuuma's hold over the athletes. As Annie takes the athletes to safety, Shaider pursues Kotokoto to the Fushigi Dimension and splits the monster's head in half with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Guriguri (グリグリ, Guriguri^?, 14): A yellow/gold/black-colored dragon-like Fushigi Beast with a large, open, fanged filled fire-spewing mouth above one set of eyes with another set on the sides of its head. Guriguri was created to pursue Jimmy Kitahra, who mutated after being exposed to time warp radiation. As Jimmy believed Mariko to be her aunt, his love Kiriko, the Fuuma had Guriguri possess her to capture Jimmy in order to duplicate his molecular-bending powers for their plans. However, Shaider intervenes and chases Guriguri into the Fushigi Dimension, stabbing the monster with its own sword before finishing it off with the Shaider Blue Flash.
• Gamegame (ガメガメ, Gamegame^?, 15): A tusked turtle Fushigi Beast armed with a trident who breathes fire and smoke, created to go after the last three survivors of Planet Marine their golden turtle until Shaider drove it off. When Gamegame goes after the Marinians, Shaider chased it into the Fushigi Dimension, fighting it and its phantom-masked warriors until Shaider runs the monster through with its own weapon before destroying it with Shaider Blue Flash while the Marinians leave for Earth's seas.
• Bokeboke (ボケボケ, Bokeboke^?, 16): A scaly, green gremlin Fushigi Beast designed for the purpose of destroying Shaider. It overpowers Shaider in his first encounters until Annie arrives and blasts the monster in the back of the head, causing it to go into state of confusion and drives Hessler away before shrinking into a fairly harmless and cute lizard creature that is found by Kochirou. While Bokeboke runs off into a nearby household, the Fuuma search for their creation to restore it to true form with twice the power. After Bokeboke regains it normal form, Shaider manages to hit it in the back with his Laser Blade before chasing into the Fushigi Dimension where he destroys it with Shaider Blue Flash after stabbing it in the head.
• Girigiri (ギリギリ, Girigiri^?, 17): A Moai-themed Fushigi Beast armed with a double-edge spear and the ability to conjure giant leviating stone heads. Created in response to Poe having dreams, it was sent with the Girls' Army after Dr. Asai to get his aid in translating the Nazca images. After managing to save Dr. Asai and his daughter, Shaider pursues Girigiri into the Fushigi Dimension and manages to chop its hat off before destroying it with his Shaider Blue Flash.
• Muumuu (ムームー, Mūmū^?, 18): An multi-colored armored spider Fushigi Beast armed with a trident, created to capture Annie in a scheme to force Dai to reveal the meaning behind the Nazca images. After saving Annie, Shaider chases Muumuu into the Fushigi Dimension and manages to impale with its own trident before destroying it with the Shaider Blue Flash.
• Magmag (マグマグ, Magumagu^?, 19): A magnet-themed Fushigi Beast created by Poe after reviewing Shaider's fighting style and arsenal, designing the monster to use its magnet-forearms to cause Shaider's Combat Suit to malfunction. The attack also effected Dai's self confidence as perfects his swordsmanship while Magmag kidnaps a bus full of children so the Fuuma can rig it to explode to call the Space Sheriff out. After finishing his training, Shaider arrives to Annie's aid and overcomes Magmag's magnetism, destroying the Fushigi Beast with Shaider Blue Flash. This is the First Beast that is not Sent To the Fushigi Dimension
• Shigishigi (シギシギ, Shigishigi^?, 20): A green, thorny leech Fushigi Beast with a spear. Growing Fushigi Song Flowers on its body, Shigishigu to spread them across the city to brainwash whoever sniffs them enter a state of bliss before becoming dangerously violent as part of a plan to have the human race destroy itself. As Dai and Annie were vaccinated on Planet Bird, they were unaffected and attempt to destroy as many Fushigi flowers as an antidote is created. When Shigishigi causes a potential World War III, Shaider baits the Fuuma into a trap to fight the Fushigi Beast. Chasing Shigishigi into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider destroys it with Shaider Blue Flash after stabbing it with its own weapon.
• Surisuri (スリスリ, Surisuri^?, 21): A Fushigi Beast who poses as a photographer, having Chiharu's family care for Yaada in a cuckoo family experiment to destroy social ties through imprinting. Annie gets involved and is affected by Surisuri's spell, seeing the Fushigi Beast as Shaider as the real one comes to her aid immune to Surisuri's spell due to his Combat Suit's visor. Developing contact lens from the visor material, Dai and Annie infiltrate the Fuuma base. Chasing Surisuri into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider stabs him with his cane before destroying him with the Shaider Blue Flash.
• Umiumi (ウミウミ, Umiumi^?, 22): A sea monster-themed Fushigi Beast with a jellyfish head, starfish hands, and wields a fin-blade halbard as its weapon. It was created to capture women on Namegawa Island to be scientifically altered into Marinian-like beings to serve the Fuuma, capturing Dr. Koshirou and Yoko as a result. However, a prototype gillman leads Dai to their base of operations before being killed off. Freeing the Fuuma captives, Shaider pursues Umiumi to the Fushigi Dimension. Fighting the monster's giant sharks and phantom-masked grunts, Shaider destroys Umiumi with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Gasgas (ガスガス, Garugasu^?, 23): A spiked Fushigi Beast with nunchaku and able to spew gas, created as part of a Fuuma scheme to use the anti-Vavilos device they are developing to negate Shaider's remote transformation. When Dai falls for the trap, he is unable to become Shaider as he forced to run for his life while subjected to the poison gas. However, Annie actives the Shokatsu System manually to save Shaider as he proceeds to destroy the machine. Chasing Gasgas into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider fights through the monster's red-helmeted, commando-garbed grunts before knocking the monster's broadsword away to destroy it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Lovelove (ラブラブ, Raburabu^?, 24): A white rat-faced horned Fushigi Beast in red armor with a spear, aiding Poe in the guise of a trumpet-playing barkeep to abduct pretty women along with Annie. However, Shaider saves Annie and chases Lovelove into the Fushigi Dimension, destroying him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Psypsy (サイサイ, Saisai^?, 25): A gray psychic Fushigi Beast that wields a spiked club, posing as Akane's father to have her assume the identity of Esper Queen to cause chaos with her Esper Army gang. When Shaider gets involved and exposes his scheme, Psypsy assumes his true form. Chasing Psypsy into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Kamikami (カミカミ, Kamikami^?, 26): A tiki-headed Fushigi Beast with a trident who was used in a scheme to convert the populace of the New Town community into a Kubilai-worshipping cult. Shaider started investigating the strange events around the Yoshida family, destroying the Kubailai idol to free New Town folk. Shaider then chases Kamikami into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys the Fushigi Beast with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Deathdeath (デスデス, Desudesu^?, 27): A scaly gladiator-themed Fushigi Beast in a green fur mantle with horns on his head. Posing as a caesar-like figure, Deathdeath oversaw the combat between Girda and Billy Shinigami, converted into Fuuma cyborgs, massacre athletes kidnapped and drugged by Fuuma. One learning the truth, Shaider defeats the cyborgs and frees the athletes before chasing Deathdeath into the Fushigi Dimension, knocking the monster's sword away and then destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Itoito (イトイト, Itoito^?) 29: A wool spindel-headed Fushigi Beast with a sheep's head protruding from its abdomen and using a scissors-bladed staff as its weapon. Hessler and the Girl's Army use the wool from Itoito to manufacture clothing that gives the user super powers with a violent side effect, testing on the clothes on children before making a clothing line for adults. Annie infiltrates the store front, donning various guises to stop the production at its source. As Annie accomplishes in her mission, Shaider chases Itoito into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Buyobuyo (ブヨブヨ, Buyobuyo^?, 30): An elephant-like Fushigi Beast with an extendable trunk-like tendril and a star-bladed spear that was created to assist in Fuuma's black market scheme involving child slavery by posing as a Goony Mat funhouse. Despite Hessler's precautions for the Shaian, Shaider manages to force his way into the base to free Annie and the children. After blasting the Fuuma base to bits, Shaider destroys Buyobuyo with Shaider Blue Flash. Like Magmag, This Monster Was not sent to the Fushigi Dimension
• Fumafuma (フマフマ, Fumafuma^?, 31): Furry white ape-like Fushigi Beasts with large ears. They were created as part of a plan to make use of the premature Fushigi Beast Eggs Kubilai sneezed out while suffering a head cold, selling them off as "canned pets" Fumafuma of Amazon. The Fumafuma would be bought by children as the Fuuma convert one of the Fumafuma with a growth elixir and have it command the smaller ones to attack the humans. After Shaider takes out the Fumafuma manufacture plant, he and Annie track down the modified Fuwafuwa as it gathers its army and go on a rampage. When Shaider arrives to Annie's aid, the Fuwafuwa fuse into a single ape-like form that could blast electricity and wield a trident. In the end, Shaider destroys the Fuwafuwa monster with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Karikari (カリカリ, Kaikari^?, 32): A three-faced crow Fushigi Beast in armor that uses a forked trident, created to aid Fuuma's Darkian allies in capturing the Cureian prince Ozma. As Annie takes Ozma and Tamiko to safety, Shaider defeats the boy's Darkian pursuers before chasing Karikari into the Fushigi Dimension. Managing to impale Karikari with its own weapon, Shaider destroys it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Marimari (メリメリ, Merimeri^?, 33): A white puppet Fushigi Beast mutant with a large, creepy, smiling mouth and a cutlass. Posing a ventriloquist and using an animated puppet named Sakura, Marimari captures children to make into his marionettes. When Shaider intervening, Marimari captures Annie to add her to his collection. Once he destroys Sakura to break Marimari's hold over his victims so Annie can get the children to safety, Shaider pursues the Fushigi Beast into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Kagekage (カゲカゲ, Kagekage^?, 34): A bug-eyed serpentine Fushigi Beast with bug-eyes and a halbred, created by Kubilai to destroy the dig site in order to conceal his weakness. After stealing the gold tablet from the dig site, Kagekage assumes a slime form to capture Shaider as Poe attempts to kill him. But breaking free, Shaider forces Kagekage off him as they take their fight to Fushigi Dimension, blasting the monster to bits with the Video Beam.
• Daridari (ダリダリ, Daridai^?, 35): A dog-faced Fushigi Beast armed with spears and twin swords that assumes the form of Dai's father, Professor Daijiro Sawamura, to lure him a trap so he can be killed. However, Annie frees Shaider as he chases Daridari into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Comcom (コンコン, Concon^?, 36): An computer-headed Fushigi Beast armed with a broadsword created to produce a supply of Yumecom, computers designed to grant the desires of whatever typed in it, in a scheme to induce laziness. When Dai gets to the bottom of it sometime after raiding on a factory, he and Annie eventually find the Fuuma's base of operations and destroy it. Chasing Comcom into the Fushigi Dimension, fighting a duplicate of himself in the process, Shaider manages to destroy the Fushigi Beast with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Guchiguchi (グチグチ, Guchiguchi^?, 37): A Fushigi Beast with a head resembling human lips who uses a sword and shield as his weapon. Assuming a human form called General Guchi, Guchiguchi recruits teenagers to create a foul-tempered army large enough to cause a world war and overwhelm Shaider. Using a homing beacon place in a truck holding captive teens, Annie finds the training grounds as Shaider arrives to provide back up. Chasing Guchiguchi into the Fushigi Dimension, forcing him into his true form while disarming him, Shaider destroys the Fushigi Beast with Shaider Blue Flash to break his hold over the teens.
• Moviemovie (ムビムビ, Mobimobi^?, 38): A red Fushigi Beast with a movie camera on top of its head, posing as a video camera used in the filming of Mashoujo Cinderella, with child actress Sei starring in a Fuuma directed movie in hopes to encouraging bad behavior towards it target viewers. Going into the Fushigi Dimension to stop Sei from unknowingly killing her costar, Shaider battles Moviemovie and destroys it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Satasata (サタサタ, SataSata^?, 39): A black Santa Claus-suited Fushigi Beast who posed as "Satan Claus" and visited all the boys and girls to take their presents and then creates an anti-Santa cult, converting children into his masked followers to commit acts of violence. After freeing the children from Satasata's influence and forcing him into his true form, Shaider chases the Fushigi Beast into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Muchimuchi (Movie 2^?): A large worm-tentacled Fushigi Beast who poses as an old man to kidnap genius children to use them in their plan to take over the universe as child soldiers. With Shaider faking his death, he and Annie manage to save the abducted children. Chasing Muchimuchi into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Terotero (テロテロ, TeroTero^?, 40): A green fish Fushigi Beast with secondary bug-eyes on its neck along with a drill-arm attachment, able to use a giant mallet and morning star. Terotero was created in a Fuuma scheme to take down the Vavilos when Annie unknowingly brought it into the ship as an Fushigi Beast Egg within a plush. Once hatched, Terotero evaded Annie as she unknowingly matures it with her laser. the primary Blue Plasma System, Annie manages to activate the secondary system in time as Shaider fall into Hessler's trap. Managing to drag Terotero out of the Vavilos, Shaider disarms the Fushigi Beast before destroying it with the Shaider Blue Flash.
• Pairpair (ペアペア, Paruparu^?, 41): A white cupid-thmed Fushigi Beast with a heart-shaped chest armed with a heart-bladed staff. It was created in a scheme to destroy the bond between Shaider and Annie by making Vivian fall in love with the former. Pairpair later hold Shaider at by while Vivian carries out Fuuma's plan to destroy the Vavilos. Chasing Pairpair into the Fushigi Dimension, Shaider impales the Fushigi Beast with its own weapon before destroying it with Shaider Blue Flash.
• Hebihebi (ヘビヘビ, Hebihebi^?, 42): A blue humanoid snake Fushigi Beast armed with a trident. It posed as the teacher Miss Mitsuru to gather bullies in classroom 6-0, seemingly making them good in the public eye via her piano playing. But in reality, she makes them into dangerous sociopaths. However, when Shaider uncovers the scheme, Hebihebi battles the Space Sheriff as they take their battle to the Fushigi Dimension where she is destroyed by Shaider Blue Flash after being impaled by her own weapon.
• Tsutatsuta (ツタツタ, Tsutatsuta^?, 43): The last of the Fushigi Beasts to be created, sent to Earth in the form of a sapphire egg to a middle class Ikeda family in a experiment to undermine Japan's social class system. Once fully grown into his plant-like form with ravenous hunger, Tsutasuta devours the family dog Jiro and forces the Ikeda family to buy a vast amount of food to the point of putting them in massive debt. After getting the family to safety, Shaider chases Tsutatsuta into the Fushigi Dimension and destroys him with Shaider Blue Flash.

Other Villains

• Meteor Gunman Omega (流れ星のガンマン オメガ, Ryuseino Ganman Omega^?, Movie 1): An alien assassin who makes a living been hunting down Space Sheriffs, previously fighting Gavan and later Sharivan. Arriving to Earth, adapting a helmet, twin shoulder cannons, and other weapons into his fighting style after losing to Gavan and Sharivan, Omega targeted Shaider and challenges him to a fight to the death. However, Hessler and the Girls' Army intervene out of pride by holding Annie and children hostage, Omega stops them from killing Shaider. Soon after saving the children, Shaider battles Omega with Annie and the Fuuma as witnesses as Omega finally falls to Shaider's Shaider Blue Flash.

Episode List & Air Dates

1. The Strange World (不思議界, Fushigikai^?, 03/02/84)
2. Dance, Petpet (踊れペトペト!, Odore, Petopeto^?, 03/09/84)
3. Annie doesn't listen (アニー応答なし, Anī Ōtōnashi^?, 03/16/84)
4. The Children who became Animals (犬になった子供達, inuni natta kodomotachi^?, 03/23/84)
5. Suddenly! Lazy People (突然! なまけもの, Totsuzen! Namakemono^?, 03/30/84)
6. Counter-attack of the Strange Cooking (不思議料理の逆襲, Fushigi Ryouri no Gyakushuu^?, 04/13/84)
7. Have you seen the Girls' hallucination? (見たかギャル変幻, Mitaka Gyaru Hengen^?, 04/20/84)
8. Rebellious Girl from the Stars (星からの非行少女, Hoshi kara no Hikou Shōjo^?, 04/27/84)
9. I hate the Blue Boys band! (青ガキ隊大キライ, Aogaki Tai Daikirai^?, 05/04/84)
10. House of Twillight (トワイライトの家, Towairaito no Ie^?, 05/11/84)
11. Leave it to Annie (アニーにおまかせ, Anī ni Omakase^?, 05/18/84)
12. Perfect-Score Genta's True Identity? (百点源太の正体?, Hyakuten Genta no Shōtai?^?, 05/25/84)
13. The Gold Medal Tricked People (金メダル仕掛け人, Kin Medaru Shikakenin^?, 06/01/84)
14. The Mutant's Love (恋のミュータント, Koi no Myūtanto^?, 06/08/84)
15. Marine blue of the seashore (渚のマリンブルー, Nagisa no Marin Burū^?, 06/15/84)
16. The surprised alien life form (たまげた異星生物, Tamageta Isei Seibutsu^?, 06/22/84)
17. The mysterious writings of the space sheriffs (銀河警察の謎文字, Ginga Keisatsu no Nazomoji^?, 06/29/84)
18. The fallen empire swallowed by the pacific ocean (謎が謎呼ぶ太平洋, Nazoga Nazoyobu Taiheiyō^?, 07/06/84)
19. Annie in danger (アニー危機一髪, Anī Kiki Ippatsu^?, 07/13/84)
20. The Fushigi Song (不思議ソング, Fushigi Songu^?, 07/20/84)
21. Yaada! The Beast Family (ヤーダ! 珍獣家族, Yāda! Chinjū Kazoku^?, 07/27/84)
22. The Merman Calls the Ocean of Mysteries (人魚が呼ぶ海の怪, Ningyo ga Yobu Umi no Kai^?, 08/03/84)
23. The great escape with wounds all over (傷だらけの大脱走, Kizudarake no Dai Dassō^?, 08/24/84)
24. The Beautiful Poe's Mask (美しきポーの仮面, Utsukushiki Pō no Kamen^?, 08/31/84)
25. Esper Queen (エスパークイーン, Esupā Kuīn^?, 09/07/84)
26. Great crash into the Demon Zone (魔界ゾーン大当り, Makai Zōn ōatari^?, 09/21/84)
27. The Mashima Deathmatch (デスマッチの魔島, Desumacchi no Matou^?, 09/28/84)
28. The Demon Palace's Backstabbing Brothers (魔宮の裏切り兄弟, Makyū no Uragiri Kyodai^?, 10/05/84)
29. Police Woman with a Hundred Faces (百面相だよ女刑事, Hyakumensō da yo Onna Keiji^?, 10/12/84)
30. The message of life slicing the sky (空(くう)を裂く命の交信, Kū wo saku Inochi no Kōshin^?, 10/19/84)
31. Canned Beast Bargain (猛獣缶詰バーゲン, mōjuu Kanzume Bāgen^?, 10/26/84)
32. Our Melody (僕と君のメロディ, Boku to Kimi no Merodi^?, 11/02/84)
33. The walking Puppet Master (散歩する腹話術師, Sanpo Suru Hukuwajutsushi^?, 11/09/84)
34. Kubilai's secret (クビライの秘密, Kubirai no Himitsu^?, 11/16/84)
35. The mysterious golden arrow (謎を射る黄金の矢 (Nazo wo iru Ōgon no Ya, 11/23/84^?)
36. It's the maddening age of Yumecom (ユメコン狂時代だ, Yumecon Kyou Jidaida^?, 11/30/84)
37. Roaring beam gun (吼えろビームガン, Hoero Beemu Gan^?, 12/07/84)
38. Mashōjo Cinderella (魔少女シンデレラ, Mashōjo Shinderera^?, 12/14/84)
39. The Masked Dancing Choir (仮面が踊る聖歌隊, Kamenga Odoru Seikatai^?, 12/21/84)
40. Vavilos S.O.S. (バビロス号SOS, Vavilosu-gou S.O.S.^?, 12/28/84)
41. Direct attack on the female journalist (直撃じゃじゃ馬娘, Chokugeki jaja Uma Musume^?, 01/11/85)
42. The 6th Grade Class 0 Strangeness (6年0組の不思議, 6-Nen 0-Gumi no Fushigi^?, 01/18/85)
43. Our Fuuma (ぼくンちのフーマ, Bokunchi No Fūma^?, 01/25/85)
44. The great invasion (吹き荒れる大侵略, Fuki Areru Daishinryaku^?, 02/01/85)
45. The fire breathing golden idol (火を吐く黄金巨像, Hi o Haku Ōgon Kyozō^?, 02/08/85)
46. Phantom Showtime (幻のショータイム, Maboroshi no Shō Taimu^?, 02/15/85)
47. 12,000 years of darkness (一万二千年の暗黒, Ichiman Nisennen no Ankoku^?, 02/22/85)
48. Justice, friendship, And love (正義・友情・愛, Seigi.Yūjō.Ai.^?, 03/01/85)
49. The Three Space Sheriffs - Gavan, Sharivan, Shaider Great Gathering! (3人の宇宙刑事 ギャバン シャリバン シャイダー大集合!!, Sannin no Uchu Keiji: Gyaban, Shariban, Shaida Daishuno!^?, 03/08/85)

Movies & Release Dates

• Space Sheriff Shaider (宇宙刑事シャイダー, Uchū Keiji Shaidā^?, 7/14/84) (Takes place between episodes 19 & 20)
• Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! (追跡! しぎしぎ誘拐団, Shikisiki! Shingi-Shingi Yukaidan^?, 12/22/84) (Takes place between episodes 39 & 40)

Cast

• Dai Sawamura: Hiroshi Tsuburaya
• Annie: Naomi Morinaga
• Commander Qom: Toshiaki Nishizawa
• Mimi: Wakiko Kano
• Marin: Kyoko Nashiro
• Kojiro Oyama: Masayuki Suzuki
• Great Emperor Kubilai: Shōzō Iizuka (voice)
• Poe: Jun Yoshida
• Hessler: Kazuhiko Kubo
• Girl 1: Keiko Nawa
• Girl 2: Kano Aya (Episode 1-15)
• Girl 2: Hiroko Oouti (aka Mai Oishii) (Episode 16-35)
• Girl 2: Yumiko Yashima (Episode 36-48)
• Girl 3: Yoshimi Kawashima
• Girl 4: Kojima Noriko
• Girl 5: Rina Naoi
• Sei Hayami: Kaori Takahashi (Episode 38)
• Vivian: Kiyomi Tsukada (Episode 41)
• Narrator: Tōru Ōhira

Songs

Opening theme

• "Uchū Keiji Shaider" (宇宙刑事シャイダー, Uchū Keiji Shaidā^?)
  • Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Composition and Arrangement: Michiaki Watanabe
  • Artist: Akira Kushida

Ending theme

• "Hello! Shaider" (ハロー！シャイダー, Harō! Shaidā^?)
  • Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Composition and Arrangement: Michiaki Watanabe
  • Artist: Akira Kushida

In other countries

Space Sheriff Shaider was released in the Philippines as Shaider in the mid-1980s, where it became the first tokusatsu show to be dubbed in Tagalog. For the Tagalog dub, Dai Sawamura was renamed Alexis while the Strange Dimension became known as the Time-Space Warp. In 2007, the GMA Network would produce a loose sequel series with Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan. It was met with mixed reception from fans.

The series was also broadcast in Brazil, its name was Shaider too, in the early 1990s. Different from other Tokusatsus series in Brazil, Shaider was broadcast on a TV channel not as much notorious as the main ones around that time in Brazil, TV Gazeta. As a result, only a few number of people became aware of the series existence.

Rede Globo, though one of the most popular TV channels, later began broadcasting Shaider in the early morning, around 5am, till it disappeared completely from TV. As a result, that did not contribute to spread its existence.

After that, in 1995, VR Troopers was also broadcast by the same Rede Globo, and that was the last time Brazilians could see the Shaider's bluish armor on TV again, but that was another series, with no reference to the original Space Sheriff, only parts of the original footage.

In Brazil, the main character's name remained unaltered, Dai Sawamura, and these are the names chosen by the dub staff in the local Portuguese language:

• Space Sheriff Shaider: "Policial do Espaço Shaider"
• Strange Dimension/Strange Realm: "Tempo Espacial Mágico"
• Laser Sword: "Espada Multi-Laser"
• Shaider Blue Flash: "Relâmpago Azul Shaider"
• Video Beam Gun: "Pistola de Raio e Video"
• Vavilos: "Babiros"
• Blue Hawk: "Sky Jet Shaider"
• Sky Shaian and Battle Shaian: the dub did not treat them differently
• Priest Poe: "Sacerdotisa Pau"
• Fushigi Beast: "Animal Mágico"

The Brazilian dub was not properly carried out. In the first episode, for instance, Shaider was said to sinter within 1 second. This value was also incorrect in other episodes, though later that was corrected to 1 mili-second. The same happened to his motorcycle, with altered names in different parts of the series, and Sky Shaian and Battle Shaian were treated alike. Approximately in the middle of the series the dub assumed a pattern and took it down to the last episode.

Among all the Metal Heroes televised in Brazil, Shaider is still one of the least known by the masses, and lots of Brazilian fans of Tokusatsus do not even realize it is a series chronologically prior to Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion, the most widely known and first Metal Hero Series to be broadcast in Brazil, eternized as the hero of a generation.

Video game

A video game based on the 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.

References

Metal Hero Series 1980s Space Sheriff Series Gavan (Gokaiger VS) · Sharivan · Shaider Juspion · Spielban · Metalder · Jiraiya · Jiban 1990s Rescue Police Series Winspector · Solbrain · Exceedraft Janperson · Blue SWAT B-Fighter Series Juukou · Kabuto Kabutack · Robotack Foreign Adaptations VR Troopers · Big Bad Beetleborgs · Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan See also The Space Sheriff Spirits · Super Sentai · Kamen Rider Series