Kidou Keiji Jiban
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is a Japanese tokusatsu
television series; part of the Metal Hero Series produced by Toei
, aired by TV Asahi
in Japan from January 30, 1989 to January 29, 1990 with 52 episodes and a feature movie aired on July 17, 1989.
According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban.
According to creator Keita Amemiya, the premise for the series was partly based on American
character
Robocop
, as Jiban is often considered as RoboCop's Japanese counterpart. In addition, several action scenes resemble or are almost completely identical to the ones from RoboCop's first film
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The opening catchphrase of the series is:
Naoto Tamura/Mobile Cop Jiban: A human revived as a cyborg
by Doctor Igarashi to fight Biolon. He is capable of reverting to his human identity at will. He holds the rank of police commissioner (as a robot) and detective (as human). Jiban's programming enables him to follow these directives:
In human form, Naoto often plays the fool and is looked on down by Youko and Kiyoshiro for this, but Youko begins to warm up to him after realizing he could be Jiban.
Mayumi Igarashi: The only civilian who knew Jiban's secret identity. She lost her memory in battle, after falling from a waterfall, because, Biolon put in her finger a Bomb Ring. If Jiban approaches her, the bomb will burst. She called Naoto her 'big brother,' only to find that she was really his lost sister in the finale.
Shun'ichi and Shizue Igarashi: Mayumi's (adoptive) parents. Shunichi is the son of Doctor Kenzou Igarashi but is not a scientist. Relocated as witnesses to Biolon, they resumed their life as Mayumi's foster parents in the finale.
Doctor Kenzou Igarashi: Started the Jiban's project to counter Biolon, the results of his biological experimentation. He died when Jiban was built.
Youko Katagiri: A female detective of Central City. Naoto's senior. Manly sharpshooter who could not figure out that Naoto was Jiban.
Kiyoshirou Muramatsu: Elite detective of Central City with a liking for Youko.
Seiichi Yanagida: The head of the Police Department. He cooperated with Doctor Igarashi in the Jiban Project two years earlier. He collaborated with Jiban after Igarashi's death. He died when Jiban's base was destroyed.
Section Chief Takeko Bandou: The Central City Section Chief of Detectives. Got headaches trying to keep the peace in jurisdictions where strange events occurred, no thanks to Biolon.
Michiyo Matsumoto: A tea server of the Detectives' Section of Central City Police Department. She is always cheerful and encouraging.
Boy/Harry Boy: Jiban's robotic assistant. He stays at his secret base. Originally he was simply Boy, an immobile camera-like robot who had to give instructions to Mayumi to operate the control center, but then his computer was transferred to panda-like "Harry" (a robot devised by another student of Doctor Igarashi's) and began substituting for the amnesiac Mayumi. He died when Jiban's base was destroyed.
Ryou Hayakawa: A drifter who takes in Mayumi after she loses her memory, mistaking her for his dead sister, Midori. He initially refers to her by that name but later refers to her by her own name Mayumi after reading a missing person's notice, although Mayumi does not tell him her true origins (since her memory is faulty). In the scuffle, Mayumi goes away, unable to remember what just happened. He died in Episode 46, when Jiban removed the Bomb Ring from Mayumi's finger with a very precise shot, without hurting her. Ryou took the ring and ran, to throw it out, but was killed in the resulting explosion. He is played by Ryouhei Kobayashi Who would later play Fumiya Hoshikawa / Five Black in the 1990 sentai series Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
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Super Police Bike Vaican: Jiban's Suzuki
motorcycle with a sixth generation computer and hence a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Gibanoid.
Super Police Jet Spylas: Jiban's stealth fighter plane with a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Doctor Giba using his ship's weapon systems.
Spikes: It is hidden in Jiban's upper arms to puncture and break a hold or to shoot.
Jiban Hip Beam: It is hidden in Jiban's upper arms to shoot into areas that cannot be accessed through physical means (example: doors). Jiban used it in the movie.
Maximillian Type 3: Jiban's personal jutte-like weapon. Concealed in a collapsible holster located on his right leg, it can transform into either Pistol, Stun Gun, or Sword Mode.
The Maximillian Type 3 can also perform the following moves and techniques:
Daedalus: Jiban's personal cannon. Required to perform the Daedalus Bombard Technique, which is used to finish off foes. It can be made into a Jetpack jet to enable Jiban to fly short distances.
Autoderringer: Jiban's personal rifle. He acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban. It has a machine gun mode and a bazooka mode. The machine gun mode is used to stun and set up the enemy; after an "Energy Charge" in which the bazooka is charged, it fires a powerful shot to finish off the enemy. It was destroyed by Gibanoid during Jiban's final fight with him.
Powerbreaker: A left arm attachment. It can be used to attack enemies. He acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban.
Needricker: A right arm attachment. It can be used to drill into areas that cannot be accessed through physical means (e.g. doors). Acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban.
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Doctor Giba: A brown-haired, bearded human-looking leader and founder of Bioron. His real identity is Gibanoid, a bio-monster born by accident from the chemical waste of Doctor Igarashi's National Science Academy Bio Laboratory. As a result, Giba is filled with malice for humans. He assumed his true form in the series finale, using Mayumi as a shield to escape in his ship. He died while fighting Jiban on his ship as it crashed into the mountainside.
Marsha and Karsha: The first bio-lifeforms created by Kiba, his secretaries and intermediaries between him and his Bionoid agents. They can transform into small spiders (for spying on people), and assume their inhuman "Battle" forms (Battle Marsha and Battle Karsha), armed with energy whips. They were killed in the series finale by Doctor Giba for failing to kill Jiban.
Bubi and Muku (Pugui and Muguie in the Brazilian dub): The cute and not so-cute creatures living in Bioron's base. Muku was one of Jiban's foes in early chapters, in giant size, but only as a distraction. The 4 critters had a tendency to annoy Marsha and Karsha with their Commentary of what the 2 recently did during that episode. Sometimes just showing up once to be used as target practice by the Bionoids demonstrating their powers. The 4 became friends with Mayumi when she told them about a Mothers love and she tried to defend them from Marsha and Karsha who attacked the critters for saving Mayumi's life by Defusing the bomb in Fake Momnoid. They hung out with Mayumi in the finale.
Madogarbo (17-51): A Jiban Cyborg Killer created by Doctor Giba as a counter to Jiban. Using power from Queen Cosmos, she and Rhinonoid are able to kill Jiban in Episode 34, but he is resurrected as Perfect Jiban. She later assumes his total appearance to attack him by having his Reson, Spylas and Vaican attack Jiban making them believe Jiban was Madogarbo. She even got as far as damaging Jiban so badly that he went Blind but Mayumi's Despair at seeing her brother about to be killed caused what energy of Queen Cosmos was left to gather and blast Fake Jiban turning her back into regular Madogarbo she was then killed by jiban.
Queen Cosmos (28-46): A lunar life form resembling a human woman (but actually a floating rock like starfish with a long tail) intent on conquering Earth to establish an all-woman empire. She appeared in episode 28 but did not reveal her name till episode 34. In her own words, she is made of space garbage and came from a place that was cold and ugly lacking anything beautiful. Thus her obsession with having everything beautiful and being called beautiful herself. She is more powerful than the other Biorons (except Doctor Giba himself), she allies with them to destroy Jiban. Her Jewelry turns into Parasite creatures: Earring into a Skull patterned Ladybug that would infuse into Jiban distorting his Circuitry and her Brooch would turn into a spider creature blasting Jiban with Tiny powerful balls of light. Her bracelet was able to transform into a Snake creature wrapping around ones neck to control their mind. In Episode 46, she was defeated by Jiban.
Golem Cosmos (37): A off-shoot of Queen Cosmos herself, this entity was created to be her champion from a piece of herself. The creature was extremely powerful, armed with a crescent sword and shield, she very nearly defeated jiban. Until he grabbed her sword wrist with Powerbreaker, twisting her wrist and impaling her with Needricker. She then turned back into her clay statue state and dissolved.Weapons: A Long silvery sword, shield, energy blasts from sword and laser blasts from eyes.
Masques: The mass-produced grunt human-like life forms armed with knives, guns, machine guns and bazooka. They can disguise themselves as humans and regenerate lost limbs. A determined human (usually Yoko and sometimes Kiyoshiro) can take them out by shooting them in the head or chest or by physically choking them out.
A movie for the series, entitled The Mobile Cop Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear, was released on July 15, 1989 Special as part of the 1989 "Manga Matsuri" Special Festival.
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tapes. Though it had been obscure for a long time with the rest of the other metal hero TV shows, there has been sightings of a DVD release. It is most likely subtitled in other languages such as Portuguese in bootlegged form as there has been no word from Toei officials if Jiban would receive an official release in Japanese or licensed release in foreign subtitled languages such as English.
In 2009 Jiban was released on R2 DVD in 5 Volumes.
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television series; part of the Metal Hero Series produced by Toei
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in Japan from January 30, 1989 to January 29, 1990 with 52 episodes and a feature movie aired on July 17, 1989.
According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban.
According to creator Keita Amemiya, the premise for the series was partly based on American
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Robocop
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, as Jiban is often considered as RoboCop's Japanese counterpart. In addition, several action scenes resemble or are almost completely identical to the ones from RoboCop's first film
RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop"...
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The opening catchphrase of the series is:
Plot
Naoto Tamura, a new detective in Central City was killed by a Biolon agent in the line of duty. Doctor Kenzou Igarashi, a man whose experiments had been responsible for the Biolon syndicate's existence, brought the man back to life as a robot detective, Jiban. Eventually Madogarbo and Rhinonoid killed Jiban, who returned to life again as Perfect Jiban (basically the same design as the original, but with a blue-colored metal body and three new weapons). In the finale, Biolon destroyed Jiban's base and transformed Madogarbo into false Jiban. Jiban defeated his duplicate and ultimately Gibanoid, the true form of Biolon's leader Doctor Giba. The victorious Jiban then learned that Mayumi Igarashi, the one civilian that knew his secret, had been his missing younger sister all along.Characters
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by Doctor Igarashi to fight Biolon. He is capable of reverting to his human identity at will. He holds the rank of police commissioner (as a robot) and detective (as human). Jiban's programming enables him to follow these directives:
- Arrest criminals in any circumstance without a warrant.
- Punish criminals on his own judgment if they happen to be members of Biolon.
- Use lethal force depending on the circumstances.
In human form, Naoto often plays the fool and is looked on down by Youko and Kiyoshiro for this, but Youko begins to warm up to him after realizing he could be Jiban.
Mayumi Igarashi: The only civilian who knew Jiban's secret identity. She lost her memory in battle, after falling from a waterfall, because, Biolon put in her finger a Bomb Ring. If Jiban approaches her, the bomb will burst. She called Naoto her 'big brother,' only to find that she was really his lost sister in the finale.
Shun'ichi and Shizue Igarashi: Mayumi's (adoptive) parents. Shunichi is the son of Doctor Kenzou Igarashi but is not a scientist. Relocated as witnesses to Biolon, they resumed their life as Mayumi's foster parents in the finale.
Doctor Kenzou Igarashi: Started the Jiban's project to counter Biolon, the results of his biological experimentation. He died when Jiban was built.
Youko Katagiri: A female detective of Central City. Naoto's senior. Manly sharpshooter who could not figure out that Naoto was Jiban.
Kiyoshirou Muramatsu: Elite detective of Central City with a liking for Youko.
Seiichi Yanagida: The head of the Police Department. He cooperated with Doctor Igarashi in the Jiban Project two years earlier. He collaborated with Jiban after Igarashi's death. He died when Jiban's base was destroyed.
Section Chief Takeko Bandou: The Central City Section Chief of Detectives. Got headaches trying to keep the peace in jurisdictions where strange events occurred, no thanks to Biolon.
Michiyo Matsumoto: A tea server of the Detectives' Section of Central City Police Department. She is always cheerful and encouraging.
Boy/Harry Boy: Jiban's robotic assistant. He stays at his secret base. Originally he was simply Boy, an immobile camera-like robot who had to give instructions to Mayumi to operate the control center, but then his computer was transferred to panda-like "Harry" (a robot devised by another student of Doctor Igarashi's) and began substituting for the amnesiac Mayumi. He died when Jiban's base was destroyed.
Ryou Hayakawa: A drifter who takes in Mayumi after she loses her memory, mistaking her for his dead sister, Midori. He initially refers to her by that name but later refers to her by her own name Mayumi after reading a missing person's notice, although Mayumi does not tell him her true origins (since her memory is faulty). In the scuffle, Mayumi goes away, unable to remember what just happened. He died in Episode 46, when Jiban removed the Bomb Ring from Mayumi's finger with a very precise shot, without hurting her. Ryou took the ring and ran, to throw it out, but was killed in the resulting explosion. He is played by Ryouhei Kobayashi Who would later play Fumiya Hoshikawa / Five Black in the 1990 sentai series Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series. It was TOEI Company Limited's fourteenth installment of the Super Sentai television series. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1990 to February 8, 1991, with a total of 48 episodes...
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Equipment
Jiban's Badge: It can be used as a communicator to contact Harry Boy, Seiichi and Mayumi in Jiban's Base or used to summon any of his vehicles, as well as to control their armaments electronically.Articles
Every episode, when Jiban faces his Bionoid enemy, he ejects his badge from his waist and shows it to the monster, reading a code of articles and laws that served as his directives (much like the CPU Directives in RoboCopRoboCop
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Super Police Vehicles
Super Police Machine Reson: Jiban's patrol car, a modified Pontiac Firebird with a sixth generation computer and hence a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Gibanoid.Super Police Bike Vaican: Jiban's Suzuki
Suzuki
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motorcycle with a sixth generation computer and hence a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Gibanoid.
Super Police Jet Spylas: Jiban's stealth fighter plane with a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Doctor Giba using his ship's weapon systems.
Weapons
Jiban Hip Beam: It is hidden in Jiban's upper arms to shoot into areas that cannot be accessed through physical means (example: doors). Jiban used it in the movie.
Maximillian Type 3: Jiban's personal jutte-like weapon. Concealed in a collapsible holster located on his right leg, it can transform into either Pistol, Stun Gun, or Sword Mode.
The Maximillian Type 3 can also perform the following moves and techniques:
- Disclose Shock: It is used in stun gun mode, essentially a stun gun.
- Last Shooting/Search Buster: It is used in pistol mode, firing laser shots.
- Jiban End (Energy Sword): It is used in sword mode, splits enemies in half.
Daedalus: Jiban's personal cannon. Required to perform the Daedalus Bombard Technique, which is used to finish off foes. It can be made into a Jetpack jet to enable Jiban to fly short distances.
Powerbreaker: A left arm attachment. It can be used to attack enemies. He acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban.
Needricker: A right arm attachment. It can be used to drill into areas that cannot be accessed through physical means (e.g. doors). Acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban.
Criminal Syndicate Bioron
An armed force organized by the mysterious scientist Doctor Giba intending to take over Japan by means of narrow attacks rather than large-scale destruction. Their theme/weapon is biochemistryBiochemistry
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Doctor Giba: A brown-haired, bearded human-looking leader and founder of Bioron. His real identity is Gibanoid, a bio-monster born by accident from the chemical waste of Doctor Igarashi's National Science Academy Bio Laboratory. As a result, Giba is filled with malice for humans. He assumed his true form in the series finale, using Mayumi as a shield to escape in his ship. He died while fighting Jiban on his ship as it crashed into the mountainside.
Marsha and Karsha: The first bio-lifeforms created by Kiba, his secretaries and intermediaries between him and his Bionoid agents. They can transform into small spiders (for spying on people), and assume their inhuman "Battle" forms (Battle Marsha and Battle Karsha), armed with energy whips. They were killed in the series finale by Doctor Giba for failing to kill Jiban.
Bubi and Muku (Pugui and Muguie in the Brazilian dub): The cute and not so-cute creatures living in Bioron's base. Muku was one of Jiban's foes in early chapters, in giant size, but only as a distraction. The 4 critters had a tendency to annoy Marsha and Karsha with their Commentary of what the 2 recently did during that episode. Sometimes just showing up once to be used as target practice by the Bionoids demonstrating their powers. The 4 became friends with Mayumi when she told them about a Mothers love and she tried to defend them from Marsha and Karsha who attacked the critters for saving Mayumi's life by Defusing the bomb in Fake Momnoid. They hung out with Mayumi in the finale.
Madogarbo (17-51): A Jiban Cyborg Killer created by Doctor Giba as a counter to Jiban. Using power from Queen Cosmos, she and Rhinonoid are able to kill Jiban in Episode 34, but he is resurrected as Perfect Jiban. She later assumes his total appearance to attack him by having his Reson, Spylas and Vaican attack Jiban making them believe Jiban was Madogarbo. She even got as far as damaging Jiban so badly that he went Blind but Mayumi's Despair at seeing her brother about to be killed caused what energy of Queen Cosmos was left to gather and blast Fake Jiban turning her back into regular Madogarbo she was then killed by jiban.
Queen Cosmos (28-46): A lunar life form resembling a human woman (but actually a floating rock like starfish with a long tail) intent on conquering Earth to establish an all-woman empire. She appeared in episode 28 but did not reveal her name till episode 34. In her own words, she is made of space garbage and came from a place that was cold and ugly lacking anything beautiful. Thus her obsession with having everything beautiful and being called beautiful herself. She is more powerful than the other Biorons (except Doctor Giba himself), she allies with them to destroy Jiban. Her Jewelry turns into Parasite creatures: Earring into a Skull patterned Ladybug that would infuse into Jiban distorting his Circuitry and her Brooch would turn into a spider creature blasting Jiban with Tiny powerful balls of light. Her bracelet was able to transform into a Snake creature wrapping around ones neck to control their mind. In Episode 46, she was defeated by Jiban.
Golem Cosmos (37): A off-shoot of Queen Cosmos herself, this entity was created to be her champion from a piece of herself. The creature was extremely powerful, armed with a crescent sword and shield, she very nearly defeated jiban. Until he grabbed her sword wrist with Powerbreaker, twisting her wrist and impaling her with Needricker. She then turned back into her clay statue state and dissolved.Weapons: A Long silvery sword, shield, energy blasts from sword and laser blasts from eyes.
Masques: The mass-produced grunt human-like life forms armed with knives, guns, machine guns and bazooka. They can disguise themselves as humans and regenerate lost limbs. A determined human (usually Yoko and sometimes Kiyoshiro) can take them out by shooting them in the head or chest or by physically choking them out.
Bionoids
Monsters of the week, the product of Doctor Kiba's research. They can disguise themselves as humans.- Chamelenoid (Kamerenoido) (01): Posed as a middle-age man to steal top-secret files. Fire missiles from his chest.
- Catnoid (Nekonoid) (02)
- Mudnoid (Doronoid) (03)
- Rosenoid (Baranoid)(04)
- Octopusnoid (Takonoid) (05)
- Vulturenoid (Hagetakanoid) (06)
- Influenzanoid (Kazenoid) (07): The only Bioron with a heart. Originally a simple doll transformed into a carrier of a flu-like disease engineered by Bioron, he is nevertheless unable to hurt his previous owner (as a doll), a little girl.
- Molenoid (Moguranoid) (08)
- Hyenanoid (09)
- Nightmarenoid (Akumunoid) (10)
- Hedgehognoid (Urchinoid) (11): The first Biolon killed Naoto as he was defending Doctor Igarashi. Flashback episode.
- Skunknoid (13)
- Killernoid (14)
- Wolfnoid (Ookaminoid) (15)
- Jellyfishnoid (Kuragenoid) (16)
- Agehanoid (17)
- Starfishnoid (Hitodenoid) (18)
- Injectnoid (Chuushanoid) (19)
- Moneynoid (Kanenoid) (20)
- Bugnoid (Mushinoid) (21): Made from the eggs of a bug stolen from a little girl by Biolon during a burglary.
- Hunternoid (22)
- Goatnoid (Yaginoid) (23)
- Suicidenoid (Jisatsunoid) (24)
- Explodenoid (Bakuhanoid) (25)
- Dragonoid (Ryuunoid) (26)
- Centipedenoid (Mukadenoid) (27)
- Elephanoid (Zounoid) (28)
- Doublenoid (29)
- Kabukinoid (30)
- Shinobinoid (31)
- Distnoid (32)
- electric fishnoid(Raigyonoid) (33)
- Rhinonoid (Sainoid) (34) : Was a extreamly powerful bionoid able to withstand any of jibans attacks he worked with madogarbo and together they and queen cosmos killed jiban he was later killed by a reserected perfect jiban
- Chambaranoid (36) : Was a samurai who saved Yoko in past,but transformed into monster by Doctor Giba. The monster was armed with swords,chains, glue and a bomb in his body given by Madogarbo.
- Tortoinoid (Kamenoid) (37)
- Mushroonoid (Kinokonoid) (38): Disseminates spores that cause laziness in people, including Kiyoshiro and local traffic officer Kotani, who decide to leave town on a fishing trip.
- HermitCrabnoid (Yadokarinoid) (39)
- Panthernoid (40)
- Anacondanoid (Uwabaminoid) (41)
- Tyrannosaurusnoid (42): Not active as a monster; actually a suckling needing electricity to grow, provided by Namazunoid.
- Catfishnoid (Namazunoid) (42): Electricity stealer, which he uses to power the incubator for Tyrannosaurusnoid.
- Cobranoid (43): Takes the appearance of an old lady to inject a drug on Yoko that is eventually carried over to Jiban after he rescues her from a Bioron attack. Uses a flute to control Yoko into hurting him.
- Suitorunoid (44) Was sent to suck out the mind of a brilliant scientist to make a cure for the Pollen a Space Butterfly was scattering about that put people (Even Marsha and Karsha) to sleep. Created by Queen Cosmos she attempted to get to the Scientist first but Suitorunoid absorbed not only the Scientist's mind but that of a young boy. When Queen Cosmos used her Mind-Snake on the Bionoid to release the minds the 2 got switched into the wrong body.
- Squidnoid (Ikanoid) (45)
- Unicornnoid (47)
- TempleBellnoid (Tsuriganenoid) (48) Sent to protect Dr. Giba's Bionoid creation Lab. His sonic attacks scrambled Jiban sensors, severely damaging Jiban. But in the end was destroyed, as was the Bio Lab.
- Fakemomnoid (Nisehahanoid) (49)
- Great Gibanoid (DaiGibanoid) (Movie)
- Batblock (Movie)
- Ammoblock (Movie)
- Spiderblock (Movie)
Episodes
A movie for the series, entitled The Mobile Cop Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear, was released on July 15, 1989 Special as part of the 1989 "Manga Matsuri" Special Festival.
Foreign broadcast
Jiban has also been broadcast in other countries, dubbed in their national language.| Country | Station | Current Status | Language |
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 Bolivia |
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 Brazil |
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 Ecuador |
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Ended | Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... |
 Indonesia |
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 France |
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 Malaysia |
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 Panama |
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 Peru |
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Ended | Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... |
 Philippines |
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 Thailand |
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 Turkey |
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Cast
- Naoto Tamura: Shouhei Kusaka
- Doctor Kenzo Igarashi: Hajime Izu
- Doctor Giba: Leo Meneghetti
- Doctor Giba: Shōzō IizukaShozo Iizukais a male Japanese voice actor from Fukushima Prefecture who is affiliated with Sigma Seven. He graduated from the fine arts department of Nihon University....
(voice)
- Doctor Giba: Shōzō Iizuka
- Mayumi Igarashi/Midori Hayakawa: Konomi Mashita
- Youko Katagiri: Michiko Enokida
- Ryuu Hayakawa: Ryohei Kobayashi
- Seiichi Yanagida: Akira Ishihama
- Marsha: Ami KawaiAmi Kawaiis a Japanese television and theater actress, best known in Japan for her role as Marsha in Kidou Keiji Jiban and Lami in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger .-Biography:...
- Karsha: Akemi Kogawa
- Narrator: Toru OhiraToru Ohirais a male Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He is a representative of Ōhira Production.One of his most known roles is the dub voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars...
- Kiyoshiro Muramatsu: Kunio Konishi
- Mad Garbo: Kazuko YanagaKazuko Yanagais a Japanese voice actress who works for 81 Produce. She is the wife of voice actor Hōchū Ōtsuka.-Anime voice roles:*Ace wo Nerae!/Shin Ace wo Nerae! *Armored Trooper Votoms *Ashita e Attack...
- Queen Cosmos: Yoko Asakura
Songs
Opening theme-
- Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
- Composition: Kisaburō Suzuki
- Arrangement:
- Artist: Akira KushidaAkira Kushida, is a Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, and Uchuu Keiji Gavan. His nickname from his fans is...
Ending theme
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- Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
- Composition: Kisaburō Suzuki
- Arrangement: Kazuya Izumi
- Artist: Akira Kushida
Media
Jiban's episodes and movie has been released in Japan in several VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
tapes. Though it had been obscure for a long time with the rest of the other metal hero TV shows, there has been sightings of a DVD release. It is most likely subtitled in other languages such as Portuguese in bootlegged form as there has been no word from Toei officials if Jiban would receive an official release in Japanese or licensed release in foreign subtitled languages such as English.
In 2009 Jiban was released on R2 DVD in 5 Volumes.