Choujuu Sentai Liveman

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.

Choujuu Sentai Liveman (1988-1989) is a Japanese tokusatsu super sentai series created for TV Asahi. Students Yusuke Amamiya, Jo Oohara and Megumi Misaki are forced into battle when their friends Gou, Kenji and Rui defect to the evil army Volt and become enemies. Yusuke, Jo and Megumi transform into the Liveman team, using giant mechanical allies that combine into a single machine to fight Volt's monsters and schemes week after week. Android ally Colon, voiced by Makoto Kousaka, supports the heroes, while Great Professor Bias, played by Jouji Nakata, leads the villains. The series runs as one season of 49 episodes, a single continuing story with weekly battles, set in a contemporary Japan of school life and secret organizations. The tone is earnest, colorful and hopeful, with bright action, loyalty between friends and a steady emphasis on teamwork and courage. Fans of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Kamen Rider will find the same transformation heroics and robot combat here, delivered in the classic 1980s sentai style.

Audience reception is positive, with the single season rated well by viewers as a classic entry in the super sentai tradition.

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangersshared super sentai team format with henshin transformations and giant robot battles
• Kamen Ridershared tokusatsu superhero team format with giant mecha and weekly monster battles
• Voltron: Defender of the Universeshared mecha action with a team of pilots defending earth against an alien army

Release Date

1988-02-27

Episode runtime

20 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (185)

What is Choujuu Sentai Liveman about?

Three students at Academia must fight their former friends who have joined the evil army Volt, aided by the android Colon, as the team Choujuu Sentai Liveman.

What is Choujuu Sentai Liveman like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Choujuu Sentai Liveman as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.

Is Choujuu Sentai Liveman violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Choujuu Sentai Liveman as mild.

What did critics think of Choujuu Sentai Liveman?

Audience reception is positive, with the single season rated well by viewers as a classic entry in the super sentai tradition.

Which shows are like Choujuu Sentai Liveman?

Shows with a similar feel include Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, and Voltron: Defender of the Universe.

How long is Choujuu Sentai Liveman?

Choujuu Sentai Liveman: 1 season, 49 episodes.

Is Choujuu Sentai Liveman still running?

No, Choujuu Sentai Liveman has ended.