Denkou Choujin Gridman

This article is about a show in the Tokusatsu Super Hero subgenre.

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Denkou Choujin Gridman (電光超人グリッドマン Denkō Chōjin Guriddoman, lit "Lightning Superman Gridman"), also known as Gridman The Hyper Agent is a Japanese tokusatsu "Giant Hero" series by Tsuburaya Productions, the producers of Ultraman. The show ran from 1993 to 1994. It was the inspiration and source material for DiC Entertainment's Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. This would be Tsuburaya's last non-Ultra superhero production before Bio Planet WoO.

Shot on live video, Gridman was the first series by Tsuburaya Productions to utilize D-2 digital video for its special effects scenes, allowing for smoother slow-motion photography. Tsuburaya, having switched to digital techniques since then, would continue to use D-2 for all future productions.

On August 17, 2021, Mill Creek Entertainment released the series on Blu-Ray in North America.

Plot

Three computer-savvy kids, Naoto, Yuka, and Ippei create their own videogame super-hero, but then discover it possessed by an inter-dimensional police officer, Gridman. Pursuing an evil program called Khan Digifer, he merges with Naoto and fights Khan Digifer's digitized monsters (created by social misfit Takeshi) in order to prevent the computerized demon from wreaking havoc on the Human World.

Characters

Gridman

Naoto Sho

Allies

Yuka Inoue
Ippei Baba
Junk
Zenon
Dyna Dragon

Villains

Dark Lord Khan Digifier
Takeshi Todo

Monsters

Gilarus
Bamora
Volcadon
Stealgan
Bagira
Anoshiras
Flamelar
Blizzalar
Shinobilar
Terragia
Metallus
Magnegauss
Generadon
Mecha-Gilarus
Shinobilar II
Mecha-Bamora
Imitation Anoshiras
Mecha-Bagira
Mecha-Flamelar
Mecha-Stealgan
Dazzlba
Neo Metallus
Mecha-Generadon
Plandon
The Cyber Mummy
Venora
Boranga
Eyegangar
Kung Fu Shinobilar
Jubagon
Teleboze
Evil Teleboze
Gyurunba
Chidogerah
Abumaru
Gomoraking
Devil Fazer
Khan Glorgio
Skubone
Giant Khan
Brain Washed Gridman

Arsenal

Main article: Arsenal (Gridman)

Mecha

Main article: Mecha (Gridman)

Episodes

Main article: List of Gridman episodes

The Birth of A New Hero (新世紀ヒーロー誕生!, Shinseiki Hīrō Tanjō!)
The Secrets of Acceptor (アクセプターの秘密, Akuseputā no Himitsu)
Imminent Telephone Panic (電話パニック危機一髪, Denwa Panikku Kikiippatsu)
A Runaway Car (暴走自動車, Bōsō Jidōsha)
The Perfect Sword With A Man's Pride (男の意地の必殺剣!, Otoko no Iji no Hissatsuken!)
A Terror Melody (恐怖のメロディ, Kyōfu no Merodī)
Zero Second to Microwave Oven Explosion (電子レンジ爆発0秒前, Denshi Renji Bakuhatsu Zero-byō Mae)
Brother's Bond (兄弟の絆, Kyōdai no Kizuna)
Operation Evil Brainwashing (悪魔の洗脳作戦, Akuma no Sen'nō Sakusen)
The Dangerous Gift (危険な贈り物, Kiken na Okurimono)
Is My Allowance ¥100,000? (おこづかいは十万円?, Okozukai wa Jūmanen?)
Beware of The Phantom Thief Marty (怪盗マティに御用心!, Kaitō Mati ni Goyōjin!)
I Hate Sports (スポーツなんか大嫌い, Supōtsu nanka Daikirai)
Manipulated Time (あやつられた時間, Ayatsurareta Jikan)
The Distorted Target (歪んだターゲット, Yuganda Tāgetto)
Ippei is Scared!? (一平、チビる!?, Ippei, Chibiru!?)
A Lonely Hacker (孤独なハッカー, Kodoku na Hakkā)
The Legend of Dragon (竜の伝説, Ryū no Densetsu)
Sexy Policewoman SOS! (セクシー婦警SOS!, Sekushī Fukei Esu Ō Esu!)
Colors Disappear From the Planet of Earth (地球から色が消える?!, Chikyū kara Iro ga Kieru?!)
Execution! The Dream Hero (処刑!! 夢のヒーロー, Shokei!! Yume no Hīrō)
Revival! Dinosaur King (復活! 恐竜帝王, Fukkatsu! Kyōryū Teiō)
An Assassination! A Thunderclap In Hell (暗殺! 地獄の雷鳴, Ansatsu! Jigoku no Raimei)
My Love! Bio-Flower (恋! バイオフラワー, Koi! Baio Furawā)
The Decisive Battle! The End of the Hero (Part 1) (決戦! ヒーローの最期 (前編), Kessen! Hīrō no Saigo (Zenpen))
The Decisive Battle! The End of the Hero (Part 2) (決戦! ヒーローの最期 (後編), Kessen! Hīrō no Saigo (Kōhen))
Big Surprise! A Toy Rebellion (驚天! オモチャの反乱, Kyōten! Omocha no Hanran)
Yuka Vanished!! (神かくし! ゆかが消えた!!, Kamikakushi! Yuka ga Kieta!!)
A Pet Dog Bomb Operation (愛犬爆弾計画, Aiken Bakudan Keikaku)
The Day of The World Destruction (世界滅亡の日, Sekai Metsubō no Hi)
The Monster's Mother Is A College Girl (怪獣ママは女子大生, Kaijū Mama wa Joshidaisei)
Attack of A Human Vacuum Cleaner (人間掃除機の襲撃!, Ningen Sōjiki no Shūgeki)
Another Takeshi (もうひとりの武史, Mō Hitori no Takeshi)
A Body Guard (ボディガード弁慶参上!, Bodīgādo Benkei Sanjō!)
Yuka becomes delinquent (ぎくっ! スケバンゆか!?, Giku! Sukeban Yuka!?)
A Baby Given A Birth (やったぜ! ベイビィ, Yatta ze! Beibi)
What? Is Daddy Executed? (えっ! パパが死刑?, E! Papa ga Shikei?)
The Earth in Danger! (危うし地球!, Ayaushi Chikyū)
Goodbye Gridman (さらばグリッドマン, Saraba Guriddoman)