Choujuu Sentai Liveman

Choujuu Sentai Liveman

1988
8.2
2 Seasons
Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

Friends! Why Did You Do This!?

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.

Episode 2
Ep 2

Three Powers Sworn to Life

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

Episode 3
Ep 3

Obular Demonic Transformation

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

Episode 4
Ep 4

Expose! The Dummy Man

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

Episode 5
Ep 5

The Reckless Driving Engine Monster

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.

Episode 6
Ep 6

Attack! The Dinosaur That Lived

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

Episode 7
Ep 7

Dinosaur VS Live Robo

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.

Episode 8
Ep 8

The Duel of Love and Anger!

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.

Episode 9
Ep 9

Rose! Smell Feverish

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

Episode 10
Ep 10

The Skateboard to Escape the Maze

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.

Episode 11
Ep 11

The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast

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

Episode 12
Ep 12

Super-Genius Ashura!

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

Episode 13
Ep 13

Burn! Steel Colon

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

Episode 14
Ep 14

The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke

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

Episode 15
Ep 15

Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash

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

Episode 16
Ep 16

The Letter of Jiang Shi

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

Episode 17
Ep 17

The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll!

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

Episode 18
Ep 18

A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast

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

Episode 19
Ep 19

Geek-Boy Obular

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

Episode 20
Ep 20

Failing Obular's Counterattack!

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

Episode 21
Ep 21

Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice…

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

Episode 22
Ep 22

Enter the Space Karaoke Master

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

Episode 23
Ep 23

The Life Risked at 0.1 Second

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

Episode 24
Ep 24

Can You Get a 100 for Playing!?

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

Episode 25
Ep 25

The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle!

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

Episode 26
Ep 26

Aizu's Huge Rhinoceros Beetles!

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

Episode 27
Ep 27

Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project

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

Episode 28
Ep 28

The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt

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

Episode 29
Ep 29

The Vengeful Live Boxer

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.

Episode 30
Ep 30

Five Warriors, Here and Now

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.

Episode 31
Ep 31

Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries

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.

Episode 32
Ep 32

Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses

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.

Episode 33
Ep 33

Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot

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.

Episode 34
Ep 34

Love That Runs through the Future and Present!

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

Episode 35
Ep 35

Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!!

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

Episode 36
Ep 36

Crash! The Tackle of Friendship

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.

Episode 37
Ep 37

16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation!

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.

Episode 38
Ep 38

Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda

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

Episode 39
Ep 39

Protect it! A Lifeform of Space

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

Episode 40
Ep 40

Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief

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

Episode 41
Ep 41

The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!!

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

Episode 42
Ep 42

Bias' Challenge From Space

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

Episode 43
Ep 43

A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form

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

Episode 44
Ep 44

Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!!

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

Episode 45
Ep 45

Ashura Reversal One Chance Game

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

Episode 46
Ep 46

Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle

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.

Episode 47
Ep 47

A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!!

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.

Episode 48
Ep 48

Birth!! Boy King Bias!

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

Episode 49
Ep 49

The Fall of Great Professor Bias

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.

Cast

Daisuke Shima

Daisuke Shima

Yusuke Amamiya / Red Falcon

Nishimura Kazuhiko

Nishimura Kazuhiko

Jo Oohara / Yellow Lion

Makoto Kousaka

Makoto Kousaka

Colon (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Great Professor Bias

Yutaka Hirose

Yutaka Hirose

Kenji Tsukigata / Doctor Kemp

Takeshi Kuwabara

Takeshi Kuwabara

Narrator