was the 1993 installment in Toei Company Limited

Toei Company

is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...

's Metal Hero Series. The series revolved around Janperson, a robotic detective who patrolled the streets of Tokyo and fought against three different underworld organizations who used super technology to subjugate the masses. Unlike most Metal Heroes, a monster-of-the-week was rarely shown and most of the villains are criminals akin to television police dramas. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is Jumperson.

Main

: A purple & silver android robot who works as a detective. He was once a killing machine known as the MX-A1, that was deactivated due to him becoming out of control but was later rebuilt with human emotions by the young female scientist Kaoru Saegusa. Like RoboCop

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"...

, he upholds the law but he is purely mechanical. He is seen to be the kind of police officer who never gives up that easily. He also has problems dealing with his former life as MX-A1 when he is forced to destroy evil easily.
: A grey, heavy-armed android created by the Gang Guards to destroy Janperson, he later switched sides and became Janperson's android partner. Armed with two guns - one with an aiming bullet and the other a dumb bullet. He was later armed with a powerful bazooka which he used in battle and had a motorcycle that he uses during battles. Although thought to have been destroyed by Bill Goldy near the finale, he was shown to have survived well enough and joined in the final battle. He had an android-girlfriend named Kai who was also made by the Gang Guards and was killed by the Gang Guards during their first battle with Janperson. Kai was revived by Kaoru at the end of the series, only to be killed again.
: A young female scientist who is one of Janperson's creators. She reactivated and reprogrammed Janperson after it was shut down the first time by placing human emotions inside it. She gets and gives information to Janperson about his nemesis during the series. She somewhat betrayed Janperson towards the end of the series by destroying their headquarters and reviving Gun Gibson's android-girlfriend Kai. It was found out that these are only just her undercover strategies to get the confidence of Tatewaki/Bill Goldy and find a way to help Janperson to defeat him.

Weapons

• Janperson Cards
  • JP Card
  • Warning Card
  • Destroy Card
  • Guilty Card
  • Contact Card
• Jandetic
• Jack Cannon
• Bucket Controller
• Jan Stick
• Jan Blader
• Jan Vulcan
• Dual Laser
• Wire Punch
  • Break Knuckle
  • Ark Fire

Vehicle

Dark Jaycar: It contains a detachable helicopter called Sky Jaycar. The Dark Jaycar and the Sky Jaycar have a maximum speed of respectively 700 kilometers per hour and 1,800 kilometers per hour. As for the arsenal, the car is equipped with a cannon called Land Jaycar.

Takewaki Konzern

: An evil cyborg duplicate of Janperson, originally a human, he is a lunatic and the president of a company known as Tatewaki Konzern. He is usually seen licking a lollipop while watching Janperson fights his assassins. He later became a cyborg, via an operation, from the blue prints of how Janperson was made. He usually executes silly plans at first, but later on became serious with his schemes. He tried to frame Janperson, by impersonating his identity through his alter ego, as Bill Goldy, and used his name, in vain, but ingeniously failed. In the end, Janperson and Gun Gibson killed him once and for all, as the only means to save the world, as he was already far too dangerous. He was stabbed by Janperson, at the heart, with the Jan Blade. His final words before his destruction were, "I'll be back." Bill Goldy was later revived in the Juukou B-Fighter

Juukou B-Fighter

, was a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero Series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire...

 finale special by Jagul, who used him as a pawn before absorbing him into her body. Enraged for this act, Bill Goldy personally dragged her to Hell with him.

Neo Guild

: The head of the renegade robot organization the Neo Guild. He is actually a human, but Janperson thought that he was a cyborg like his elder brother, Ben Fujinami. He vowed to mechanize the world, after he and his elder brother Ben lost their first android assistant, when they were kids. When Ben (as a cyborg) was "killed" by Janperson in the early part of the series, he reformed the Neo Guild into a stronger organization, vowing to destroy Janperson and rule the planet. Near the end of the series, he was revealed to be just a human with mechanical implants (unlike his elder brother Ben who became a full cyborg). Rather than submit to death, at the hands of the heroes, he chose to commit suicide.

Super Science Network

: The diabolical head of SS-N (Super Science Network), a biological underworld organization. She turns out to actually have plans to restore the Earth to beauty, acting as more of a villain with noble intentions. Her intentions are a result of her childhood, growing up on a Space Station with her parents, raising endangered plants and flowers where she saw how beautiful the Earth could be without humanity destroying it. The Space Station got damaged and as it exploded her father put her in a Escape Pod and sent her to Earth.
Determined to fulfill her parents wishes to make the Earth beautiful she undergoes a Bio Transformation, near the end of the series, and tried to turn all of humanity into fertilizers, hoping to restart the Earth as she saw fit. The Human Fertilizer capable of reviving dead plant life, her master plan to get rid of humans and become the God (Kami-Sama) of Earth.
She eventually died, after receiving heavy injury from Janperson's Flash Cannon, watching a old Film reel of her time on the Space Station. She turned into a shower of beautiful white petals.
She was later absorbed by Jagul in the B-Fighter finale special though she only made a cameo.

Episodes

1. The Mysterious New Hero - 02/1/93 (謎の新英雄！ Nazo no New Hero!)
2. We Are Justice! - 02/08/93 (俺が正義だ！！ Ore ga Seigi da!!)
3. Wanted - Robotic Hero - 02/22/93 (参上！ロボ狩人 Sanjou! Robo Hunter)
4. The Fang Of The Strongest Corps Which Face - 03/01/93 (牙むく最強軍団 Kiba Muku Saikyou Gundan)
5. Enter: Neo Guild! - 03/08/93 (飛べ俺の胸に！ Tobe Ore no Mune ni!)
6. The Wandering Iceman - 03/15/93 (さまよう冷凍男 Samayou Ice Man)
7. As For Me Girl? - 03/22/93 (Boku wa Onna no Ko?)
8. My Father Is An Android! - 03/29/93
9. The New Face Of The Hero Whom You Saw - 04/05/93
10. In God Of Luck Carefulness - 04/12/93
11. A Heading Prophecy - 04/19/93
12. Blood Is More Weightful Than Water - 04/26/93
13. The Secret of Janperson, Super Ancient Soldier - 05/03/93
14. Friendship Before The Blasting Sun / Size - 05/10/93
15. The Angel Who Throws Away The Wing - 05/17/93
16. Mystery Of The Golden Bird - 05/24/93
17. First Opening - JP Base - 05/31/93
18. The Secret Story of Janperson's Birth - 06/07/93
19. Mysterious Thief - Electromagnetic Transmission - 06/14/93
20. The Ninja Arts - Your Life Or My Life - 06/21/93
21. The History Upper Beginning - The Enemy Which Cannot Be Pushed Down - 06/28/93
22. Challenge - Cancer Gun Gibson, Carol and Neo Guild Hitman - 07/05/93
23. Crash: Janperson versus Gun Gibson - 07/12/93
24. To Die For Justice - 07/19/93
25. Battle Of The Quickest Gun Fighters - King Decisive Game - 07/26/93
26. The Turbo-Charged Chariot - 08/02/93
27. The True Face Of A Large Leader - 08/09/93
28. Tree Of Life, Shadow Warrior - 08/16/93
29. Death For The Androids - 08/23/93
30. Rupture - Last Soul 08/30/93
31. The Birth Of A New Janperson Model? - 09/06/93
32. The Labyrinth From Which It Can't Be Escaped - 09/13/93
33. Ardent Love Man Of Outer Space One - 09/20/93
34. Good Bye In Intense Fighting - 09/27/93
35. Reckless Driving Sailor Blouse - 10/04/93
36. Life It Does Shortly, The Beauty Boy - 10/11/93
37. Justice Vs Love - 10/18/93
38. Gun Gibson Scattered About - 10/25/93
39. Beautiful Woman Secretary Of Hell - 11/01/93
40. Base In Danger - Changing Illusion Crime lord - 11/08/93
41. Decision Dead Sphere Of Thrust Trap - 11/15/93
42. In The Heat Of Battle - 11/22/93
43. The Last Super Fighter - 11/29/93
44. The Queen Who Burns! - 12/06/93
45. NG Last Battle! - 12/20/93
46. Puzzle? Storm Of Betrayal - 12/27/93
47. JP Base's Destruction! - 01/10/94
48. When Gun Gibson Goes Out In Flames - 01/17/94
49. Janperson Forever - 01/24/94

Cast

• Janperson: Yuichi Komine
• Kaoru Saegusa: Tomoko Kawashima
• Gun-Gibson: Shoya Torie
• R-G-Ko: Hideki Ishikawa
• Mie Shuhei: Makio Fujita
• Ryuzaburo Tatewaki: Shun Sugata
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• Sayla: Saori Iwama
• Maya: Hiromi Imai
• Cindy: Akiko Yugawa
• Ben Fujinami: Noboru Ichikawa
• George Makabe: Hiroshi Kawaii
• Reiko Ayanokoji: Junko Takahata

Songs

Opening theme

• • Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Composition:
  • Arrangement:
  • Artist:

Ending theme

• • Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Composition: Keisuke Hama
  • Arrangement: Kei Wakakusa
  • Artist: Susumu Ōya

External links

• Special Investigator Robo JANPERSON