Denkou Choujin Gridman

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

Denkou Choujin Gridman
Number	N/A
Number of episodes:	39
First episode:	New Century Hero Birth!
Original airing:	April 15, 1993 - December 25, 1993

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.

PlotEdit

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 Kahn Digifer, he merges with Naoto and fights Kahn Digifer's digitized monsters (created by social misfit Takeshi) in order to prevent the computerized demon from wreaking havoc on the Human World.

CharactersEdit

Gridman

Naoto Sho

AlliesEdit

• Yuka Inoue
• Ippei Baba
• Junk
• Zenon
• Dyna Dragon

VillainsEdit

• Dark Lord Kahn Digifer
• Takeshi Todo

Monsters Edit

• 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

ArsenalEdit

Main article: Arsenal (Gridman)

MechaEdit

Main article: Mecha (Gridman)

EpisodesEdit

Main article: List of Gridman episodes

1. The Birth of a New Century Hero! (新世紀ヒーロー誕生!, Shinseiki Hīrō Tanjō!)
2. The Secret of Axepter (アクセプターの秘密, Akuseputā no Himitsu)
3. Telephone Panic Crisis (電話パニック危機一髪, Denwa Panikku Kikiippatsu)
4. Runaway Automobile (暴走自動車, Bōsō Jidōsha)
5. Hissatsu Sword of Man's Pride! (男の意地の必殺剣!, Otoko no Iji no Hissatsuken!)
6. Melody of Terror (恐怖のメロディ, Kyōfu no Merodī)
7. Microwave Oven Explosion in 0 Seconds (電子レンジ爆発0秒前, Denshi Renji Bakuhatsu Zero-byō Mae)
8. Brotherly Bonds (兄弟の絆, Kyōdai no Kizuna)
9. The Fiendish Brainwashing Strategy (悪魔の洗脳作戦, Akuma no Sen'nō Sakusen)
10. Dangerous Gift (危険な贈り物, Kiken na Okurimono)
11. Pocket Money is 100,000 Yen? (おこづかいは十万円?, Okozukai wa Jūmanen?)
12. Beware of Catburglar Matty! (怪盗マティに御用心!, Kaitō Mati ni Goyōjin!)
13. I Don't Like Sports and Such (スポーツなんか大嫌い, Supōtsu nanka Daikirai)
14. Manipulated Time (あやつられた時間, Ayatsurareta Jikan)
15. Crooked Target (歪んだターゲット, Yuganda Tāgetto)
16. Ippei, Shranks!? (一平、チビる!?, Ippei, Chibiru!?)
17. Lonely Hacker (孤独なハッカー, Kodoku na Hakkā)
18. Dragon's Legend (竜の伝説, Ryū no Densetsu)
19. Sexy Policewoman SOS! (セクシー婦警SOS!, Sekushī Fukei Esu Ō Esu!)
20. Colors Are Disappearing From Earth?! (地球から色が消える?!, Chikyū kara Iro ga Kieru?!)
21. Execute! The Dream Hero (処刑!! 夢のヒーロー, Shokei!! Yume no Hīrō)
22. Resurrection! Dinosaur Emperor (復活! 恐竜帝王, Fukkatsu! Kyōryū Teiō)
23. Assassination! Underworld's Thunder (暗殺! 地獄の雷鳴, Ansatsu! Jigoku no Raimei)
24. Love! Bioflower (恋! バイオフラワー, Koi! Baio Furawā)
25. Showdown! Hero's End (First Part) (決戦! ヒーローの最期 (前編), Kessen! Hīrō no Saigo (Zenpen))
26. Showdown! Hero's End (Latter Part) (決戦! ヒーローの最期 (後編), Kessen! Hīrō no Saigo (Kōhen))
27. Astounding! Toy Revolt (驚天! オモチャの反乱, Kyōten! Omocha no Hanran)
28. Spirited Away! Yuka Has Vanished! (神かくし! ゆかが消えた!!, Kamikakushi! Yuka ga Kieta!!)
29. Pet Dog Bomb Project (愛犬爆弾計画, Aiken Bakudan Keikaku)
30. The Day the World Died (世界滅亡の日, Sekai Metsubō no Hi)
31. Monster Mama is a College Girl (怪獣ママは女子大生, Kaijū Mama wa Joshidaisei)
32. Attack of the Human Vacuum Cleaner (人間掃除機の襲撃!, Ningen Sōjiki no Shūgeki)
33. Another Takeshi (もうひとりの武史, Mō Hitori no Takeshi)
34. Bodyguard Benkei, have Arrived! (ボディガード弁慶参上!, Bodīgādo Benkei Sanjō!)
35. Shock! Sukeban Yuka!? (ぎくっ! スケバンゆか!?, Giku! Sukeban Yuka!?)
36. Did It! Baby (やったぜ! ベイビィ, Yatta ze! Beibi)
37. Huh-! The Death Penalty for Papa? (えっ! パパが死刑?, E! Papa ga Shikei?)
38. Danger Earth! (危うし地球!, Ayaushi Chikyū)
39. Farewell, Gridman (さらばグリッドマン, Saraba Guriddoman)

See AlsoEdit

• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad - counterpart . See comparison page.
• Gridman on the Ultraman Wiki