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TV · 1988

Choujuu Sentai Liveman

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Yusuke, Jo, Megumi, Kenji, Gou and Rui are students at Academia but the latter three decide to turn bad and join forces with the evil army Volt. When the defectors return, their three friends are forced to combat them as Choujuu Sentai Liveman. With the help of an android ally named Colon and a few others along the way, the Liveman must save the world and their friends.

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Cast & crew

Episodes

1 season · 49 episodes
Season 149 ep. · 1988–1989
  1. Episode 1: Friends! Why Did You Do This!?

    Feb 27, 1988 · 20 min

    The three traitorous Students Kenji Tsukigata, Rui Senda and Gou Omura come back from Outer Space in the name of the Armed Brain Army Volt to begin their attack on the Earth.

  2. Episode 2: Three Powers Sworn to Life

    Mar 5, 1988 · 20 min

    With Academia destroyed, the Liveman gain from their dying mentor Doctor Hoshi instructions and a clue to assist in their battle against Volt.

  3. Episode 3: Obular Demonic Transformation

    Mar 12, 1988 · 20 min

    Jou shows doubt in facing down his old friend Gou as he prepares to use a virus to evolve into the ultimate being.

  4. Episode 4: Expose! The Dummy Man

    Mar 19, 1988 · 20 min

    Megumi suspects Mazenda in a plot involving transforming Jimmers into Dummy Man spies.

  5. Episode 5: The Reckless Driving Engine Monster

    Mar 26, 1988 · 20 min

    Yusuke is approached by Takuji's little brother to help complete a car he was working on, which becomes sabotaged by Dr. Kemp and an engine Brain Beast.

  6. Episode 6: Attack! The Dinosaur That Lived

    Apr 2, 1988 · 20 min

    A boy befriends a young dinosaur brought to the present by Obular's time-manipulating Brain Beast.

  7. Episode 7: Dinosaur VS Live Robo

    Apr 9, 1988 · 20 min

    Takeshi and the Liveman try to work out a final solution regarding Gon while Obular decides to experiment in making the dinosaur into a city-destroying giant.

  8. Episode 8: The Duel of Love and Anger!

    Apr 16, 1988 · 20 min

    The Liveman trio must learn to draw on other emotions to fight after Dr. Kemp creates a Brain Beast that sucks away anger for power.

  9. Episode 9: Rose! Smell Feverish

    Apr 23, 1988 · 20 min

    Megumi attempts to protect the love of her newlywed friends from being corrupted by Mazenda's love-potion perfume.

  10. Episode 10: The Skateboard to Escape the Maze

    Apr 30, 1988 · 20 min

    Jou takes a delivery job to save a pizza shop - "Pizza Sweet" , which becomes more dangerous after a Brain Beast turns the town into a maze.

  11. Episode 11: The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast

    May 7, 1988 · 20 min

    Arashi Busujima, a self-proclaimed idiot gang leader, causes trouble for both Volt and the Liveman by making a Brain Beast his own servant.

  12. Episode 12: Super-Genius Ashura!

    May 14, 1988 · 20 min

    Bias transforms the idiotic gang leader Arashi into Doctor Ashura, the ultimate genius who befuddles the Liveman with both brains and brawn!

  13. Episode 13: Burn! Steel Colon

    May 21, 1988 · 20 min

    A malfunctioned Jimmer who falls for Colon assists the team in stopping a plot by Mazenda to poison the city.

  14. Episode 14: The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke

    May 28, 1988 · 20 min

    Ashura depowers and estranged Yusuke with a Brain Beast that turns him into a walking electromagnet.

  15. Episode 15: Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash

    Jun 4, 1988 · 20 min

    Jou protects a robot being targeted by Gash for a special crystal Bias wishes to obtain.

  16. Episode 16: The Letter of Jiang Shi

    Jun 11, 1988 · 20 min

    Yusuke returns to Academia to retrieve love letters he left that are being used for jumping, zombie-like apparitions of his fellow students.

  17. Episode 17: The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll!

    Jun 18, 1988 · 20 min

    Megumi fights to regain a doll with emotions that is transformed by Kemp into a doll-controlling Brain Beast.

  18. Episode 18: A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast

    Jun 25, 1988 · 20 min

    Jou falls for a mysterious girl created from the remnants of Mazenda's loving heart into a Brain Beast.

  19. Episode 19: Geek-Boy Obular

    Jul 2, 1988 · 20 min

    A Brain Beast created with Obular's own mind leads to a shocking revelation to the Liveman about their enemy Gou.

  20. Episode 20: Failing Obular's Counterattack!

    Jul 9, 1988 · 20 min

    Gou is kicked out of Volt for his failures, forcing him to return home in order to resume experiments for becoming the ultimate Obular.

  21. Episode 21: Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice…

    Jul 16, 1988 · 20 min

    Yusuke attempts to convince Gou's mother to save her son as Volt bring him back for their own schemes.

  22. Episode 22: Enter the Space Karaoke Master

    Jul 23, 1988 · 20 min

    Megumi tries to give confidence to a girl whose song may be the only means to stop a mad musical alien.

  23. Episode 23: The Life Risked at 0.1 Second

    Jul 30, 1988 · 20 min

    Colon tries to prove her worth to Yusuke against a swordsman Brain Beast using a new metal developed by Kemp.

  24. Episode 24: Can You Get a 100 for Playing!?

    Aug 6, 1988 · 20 min

    Yusuke tries to convince a boy the importance of hard work in school and fun while dealing with Mazenda's mental manipulation of children.

  25. Episode 25: The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle!

    Aug 13, 1988 · 20 min

    On vacation in Aizu, the Liveman help a boy get over his fears of a castle haunted by revived Brain Beasts.

  26. Episode 26: Aizu's Huge Rhinoceros Beetles!

    Aug 20, 1988 · 20 min

    The Liveman investigate a strange light caused by Mazenda's new Giga energy making the insects of Aizu giant-sized.

  27. Episode 27: Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project

    Aug 27, 1988 · 20 min

    The Liveman are unexpectedly assisted by Megumi's father as Volt ups the ante with the activation of the Giga Project.

  28. Episode 28: The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt

    Sep 3, 1988 · 20 min

    The Liveman struggle against Bias' completed "Giga Volt", but are saved by a mysterious young man with his own hatred of the enemy.

  29. Episode 29: The Vengeful Live Boxer

    Sep 10, 1988 · 20 min

    Tetsuya and Junichi, the siblings of the Liveman's deceased friends, push forwards to do whatever it takes to defeat Giga Volt, even with unexpected assistance.

  30. Episode 30: Five Warriors, Here and Now

    Sep 17, 1988 · 20 min

    With the continued threat of Giga Volt and Tetsuya and Junichi still driven by revenge, the Liveman must figure a means to come together as a true team to defeat Volt's greatest weapon.

  31. Episode 31: Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries

    Sep 24, 1988 · 20 min

    Junichi is implanted with the child of Guildos and Butchy's Brain Beast, forcing him to make a decision regarding his unusual situation. Great Professor Bias begins a mysterious competition for his generals.

  32. Episode 32: Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses

    Oct 1, 1988 · 20 min

    Kemp is forced to confront a noble deed of his past when he creates a Brain Beast to steal blood for upgrading his altered form.

  33. Episode 33: Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot

    Oct 15, 1988 · 20 min

    Tetsuya dons a costume to make a "robot friend" for a young boy, only to fall into a scheme with Mazenda's own Brain Beast copy of it.

  34. Episode 34: Love That Runs through the Future and Present!

    Oct 22, 1988 · 20 min

    An accident by Ashura allows for a girl from fifteen years in the future into 1988, where she has a peculiar encounter with Jou.

  35. Episode 35: Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!!

    Oct 29, 1988 · 20 min

    Yusuke and Kemp return to Academia Island to see how far they've come and settle old scores as promised four years prior.

  36. Episode 36: Crash! The Tackle of Friendship

    Nov 5, 1988 · 20 min

    Junichi tries to reconcile with a member of his school rugby team as the rest of the team becomes minions to Mazenda's Brain Beast.

  37. Episode 37: 16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation!

    Nov 12, 1988 · 20 min

    An attempt to stop Kemp's Fear Beast evolution accidentally makes Kemp return to his 16-year old self whom Megumi tries to change from his dark path.

  38. Episode 38: Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda

    Nov 19, 1988 · 20 min

    Yusuke unexpectedly runs away from a rampaging Mazenda, who has furthered her modifications into a living mechanical weapon!

  39. Episode 39: Protect it! A Lifeform of Space

    Nov 26, 1988 · 20 min

    Jou assists an alien in retrieving a seed from its homeworld trapped within a meteor Brain Beast.

  40. Episode 40: Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief

    Dec 3, 1988 · 20 min

    A tricky jewel thief interested in Megumi gets his hands on a gem containing a Brain Beast that helps him in his devious tasks.

  41. Episode 41: The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!!

    Dec 10, 1988 · 20 min

    Jou fights to protect his former rival Gou from Volt when he regains memories that are key to the truth behind Bias.

  42. Episode 42: Bias' Challenge From Space

    Dec 17, 1988 · 20 min

    Bias uses the power of Giga Brain Waves to brainwash Tetsuya into sabotaging the Gran Tortoise and killing his Liveman teammates.

  43. Episode 43: A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form

    Dec 24, 1988 · 20 min

    Junichi desperately tries to prove his power against Guildos, who wishes to prove the power of his planet to Bias.

  44. Episode 44: Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!!

    Jan 14, 1989 · 20 min

    After discovering the horrifying truth about himself and Guildos, Butchy goes on a rampage through Earth which is interpreted sympathetically by Megumi.

  45. Episode 45: Ashura Reversal One Chance Game

    Jan 21, 1989 · 20 min

    Fearing being left behind by Bias' remaining pupils, Ashura enacts a plot to hack all information from the world computer networks into himself.

  46. Episode 46: Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle

    Jan 28, 1989 · 20 min

    Although changed back to his former idiot form, Arashi continues to try and prove his true worth in a climactic showdown with Kemp's most powerful Brain Beast.

  47. Episode 47: A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!!

    Feb 4, 1989 · 20 min

    Mazenda fights the Liveman to complete her goal of achieving a thousand-point brain for Bias, even as Gou tries to warn of the consequences of doing so.

  48. Episode 48: Birth!! Boy King Bias!

    Feb 11, 1989 · 20 min

    As Kemp finally achieves a thousand-point brain for Bias, Yusuke sneaks into Brain Base to stop the Giga Brain Wave from controlling humanity.

  49. Episode 49: The Fall of Great Professor Bias

    Feb 18, 1989 · 20 min

    As a Bias with restored youth descends to Earth to continue his cycle of destruction for the sake of knowledge, the Liveman must hold him off and find a way of either changing his ways or stopping the mad genius permanently.