Choujuu Sentai Liveman

Choujuu Sentai Liveman
Genre Tokusatsu
Created by Toei
Starring Daisuke Shima
Kazuhiko Nishimura
Megumi Mori
Seirou Yamaguchi
Jin Kawamoto
Narrated by Takeshi Kuwabara
Composer(s) Tatsumi Yano
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 49
Production
Producer(s) Takeyuki Suzuki
Kyōzō Utsunomiya
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) TV Asahi
Toei Company
Toei Advertising
Broadcast
Original channel TV Asahi
Original run February 26, 1988 – February 17, 1989
Chronology
Preceded by Hikari Sentai Maskman
Followed by Kousoku Sentai Turboranger

Choujuu Sentai Liveman (超獣戦隊ライブマン Chōjū Sentai Raibuman?, [Note 1]) is the twelfth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai television series. The last Super Sentai title of the Shōwa period, it aired on TV Asahi from February 26, 1988 to February 17, 1989. It is the first Sentai with three members at the start, with two others joining up later in the series. In addition, it was also the first series to have animal-themed mecha. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply Liveman.[1] The series was broadcast in France as Bioman 3, being marketed as the direct sequels to Choudenshi Bioman and Bioman 2 (Hikari Sentai Maskman).

Contents

Plot

Academia Island is an elite school that various genius students from across the globe attend. Among them are Yuusuke Amamiya, Jou Oohara, Megumi Misaki, who with Takuji Yano, and Mari Aikawa sought to create a suit strong enough for space exploration. However, three of their fellow classmates and dear friends, Kenji Tsukigata, Rui Senda, and Gou Omura, felt their talents are being wasted and leave to join an evil organization called Volt where offers them to raise their full scientific potential. As a result, when Yuusuke and company saw them leaving, Kenji draws a gun on the three with Takuji and Mari taking the fatal blow. Soon after, one of the professors at the school, Professor Hoshi, pitches in to help Yuusuke and his friends complete the suits so they can serve to prepare against Volt.

Two years later, with that Kenji, Rui, and Gou now known as Doctors Kemp, Mazenda, and Oblar, Volt begins its attack by devastating Academia Island. As a result, Yuusuke, Jou, and Megumi take up the suits they created and becom the Liveman to battle against their former classmates and Volt. Though they managed to get Gou to leave Volt, the organization recruits new members in Doctor Ashura and the aliens Guildos and Butchy. Soon after, the Livemen are joined by Tetsuya and Jun'ichi, the respective younger brothers of Takuji and Mari, while learning that there is a darker agenda behind Volt that only its leader Bias knows.

Characters

Academia

Livemen

After Black Bison and Green Sai join the team, the Livemen can execute the Spark Attack (スパークアタック Supāku Atakku?), turning into balls of light and strike the enemy.

Arsenal

Vehicles

Mecha

Allies

Relatives

Volt

Believing most of humanity to be inferior, Armed Brain Army Volt (武装頭脳軍ボルト Busō Zunō Gun Boruto?) is based on the orbiting space station Zuno Base (ヅノーベース Zunōbēsu?) with its officers using a triangular shuttle to journey between it and Earth. Though it appeared Volt's goal was to create the ideal world for superior geniuses and exterminate those with "inferior minds", it's true agenda is to complete the Giga Brain Wave so Bias can achieve immortality while subjugating the human race via mind control.

Others

Episodes

  1. Friends! Why Did You Do This!? (友よ君達はなぜ!? Tomo yo Kimitachi wa Naze!??)
  2. Three Powers Sworn to Life (命に誓う三つの力 Inochi ni Chikau Mittsu no Chikara?)
  3. Oblar's Devilish Transformation (オブラー悪魔変身 Oburā Akuma Henshin?)
  4. Expose! The Dummymen (暴け! ダミーマン Abake! Damīman?)
  5. The Reckless Driving Engine Monster (暴走エンジン怪獣 Bōsō Enjin Kaijū?)
  6. Attack! The Living Dinosaur (襲来! 生きた恐竜 Shūrai! Ikita Kyōryū?)
  7. Dinosaur VS Live Robo (恐竜VSライブロボ Kyōryū tai Raibu Robo?)
  8. The Duel of Love and Rage! (愛と怒りの決闘! Ai to Ikari no Kettō!?)
  9. Smell the Feverish Rose! (バラよ熱く香れ! Bara yo Atsuku Kaore!?)
  10. Skateboard to Escape the Maze (スケボー迷路破り Sukebō Meiro Yaburi?)
  11. The Man Who Bit a Zuno Beast (頭脳獣を噛んだ男 Zunōjū o Kanda Otoko?)
  12. Super-Genius Ashura! (超天才アシュラ! Chō Tensai Ashura!?)
  13. Burning Steel, Colon (燃えよ鋼鉄コロン Moeyo Kōtetsu Koron?)
  14. Nabe-Man Yuusuke's Shouts (ナベ男勇介の叫び Nabe Otoko Yūsuke no Sakebu?)
  15. Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash (必殺! 死神ガッシュ Hissatsu! Shinigami Gasshu?)
  16. Love Letter (キョンシーの手紙 Kyonshī no Tegami?)
  17. The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll! (泣く人形! 襲う人形! Naku Ningyō! Osou Ningyō!?)
  18. A Trap! Jou's Beloved Zuno Beast (罠! 丈の愛した頭脳獣 Wana! Jō no Ai Shita Zunōjū?)
  19. Drudge Boy Oblar (ガリ勉坊やオブラー Gariben Bōya Oburā?)
  20. Failing Oblar's Counterattack! (落第オブラーの逆襲! Rakudai Oburā no Gyakushū?)
  21. Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice… (豪よ聞け! 母の声を… Gō yo Kike! Haha no Koe o...?)
  22. Enter the Space Karaoke Master (宇宙カラオケ名人登場 Uchū Karaoke Meijin Tōjō?)
  23. The 1-Second Comma That Risked Life (コンマ1秒に賭けた命 Konma Ichibyō ni Kaketa Inochi?)
  24. 100 Points Taken Off for Playing!? (遊んで百点が取れる!? Asonde Hyakuten ga Toreru!??)
  25. The 8 Zuno Beasts of Tsuruga Castle! (鶴ケ城の8大頭脳獣! Tsugurajō no Hachidai Zunōjū!?)
  26. Aizu's Huge Rhinoceros Beetle! (会津の巨大カブト虫! Aizu no Kyodai Kabutomushi!?)
  27. Daughter!! The Giga Project Launches (娘よ! ギガ計画を射て Musume yo! Giga Keikaku o Ite?)
  28. The Gigantic Giga Volt's Challenge (巨大ギガボルトの挑戦 Kyodai Gigaboruto no Chōsen?)
  29. The Vengeful Live Boxer (復讐のライブボクサー Fukushū no Raibu Bokusā?)
  30. Five Warriors, Here and Now (今ここに5人の戦士が Ima Koko ni Gonin no Senshi ga?)
  31. Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries (ママ! 寄生怪物の叫び Mama! Kisei Kaibutsu no Sakebi?)
  32. Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses (ケンプ、血とバラの謎 Kenpu, Chi to Bara no Nazo?)
  33. Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot (がんばれ鉄ちゃんロボ Ganbare Tetsu-chan Robo?)
  34. Love That Runs through the Future and Present! (未来と今を駆ける恋! Mirai to Ima o Kakeru Koi!?)
  35. Yuusuke and Kemp's Promise!! (勇介とケンプの約束!! Yūsuke to Kenpu no Yakusoku!!?)
  36. Crash! The Tackle of Friendship (激突! 友情のタックル Gekitotsu! Yūjō no Takkuru?)
  37. 16-Year-Old Kemp Fear Beast Transformation! (16才ケンプ恐獣変身! Jūrokusai Kenpu Kyōjū Henshin!?)
  38. Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda (動く破壊兵器マゼンダ Ugoku Hakai Heiki Mazenda?)
  39. Protect it! The Grain of Life from Space (守れ! 宇宙の一粒の命 Mamore! Uchū no Hitotsubu no Inochi?)
  40. Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief (恋!? めぐみと宝石泥棒 Koi!? Megumi to Hōseki Dorobō?)
  41. The Invisible Man, Gou's Confession!! (透明人間、豪の告白!! Tōmei Ningen, Gō no Kokuhaku!!?)
  42. Bias' Challenge From Space (ビアス宇宙からの挑戦 Biasu Uchū Kara no Chōsen?)
  43. A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form (怪!? ギルドス最後の姿 Kai!? Girudosu Saigo no Sugata?)
  44. Butchy's Tearful Rampage!! (ブッチー涙の大暴走!! Butchī Namida no Dai Bōsō!!?)
  45. Ashura Reversal One Chance Game (アシュラ逆転一発勝負 Ashura Gyakuten Ippotsujōbu?)
  46. Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle (オトコ嵐! 最後の戦い Otoko Arashi! Saigo no Tatakai?)
  47. A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!! (千点頭脳! マゼンダ!! Senten Zunō! Mazenda!!?)
  48. Birth!! Boy King Bias! (誕生!! 少年王ビアス! Tanjō!! Shōnen Ō Biasu!?)
  49. The Fall of Great Professor Bias (大教授ビアスの崩壊 Daikyōju Biasu no Hōkai?)

Cast

Voice actors

Suit actors

Songs

Opening theme
Ending theme

Notes

  1. ^ Chōjū (超獣?) literally translates as "Super Beast".

References

External links

Preceded by
Maskman
Super Sentai
1988 – 1989
Succeeded by
Turboranger