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8.4/10 IMDb Directed by Norio Kashima Studio Sunrise Final episode date 27 January 1990 Program creator Go Nagai | 6.7/10 MyAnimeList Genre Action, sci-fi Music by Hiromoto Tobisawa First episode date 11 March 1989 Number of episodes 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Osamu Sekita
Toshifumi Kawase
Masao Ito Written by Yoshimasa Takahashi
Toshiki Inoue
Yoshiyuki Suga
Hiroyuki Kawasaki Networks TV Asahi, Nagoya Broadcasting Network Cast Mayumi Tanaka, Miki Itō, Naoko Matsui, Kayoko Fujii, Ritsuo Sawa Similar Z‑Mind, Ard Police Metal Jack, Starship Troopers, Psycho Armor Govarian, Ehrgeiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jushin Liger (獣神ライガー, Jūshin Raigā, lit. Beast God Liger, also sometimes romanized as Juushin Liger, Bio Armor Ryger, Jushin Riger, Jushin Ryger and some other variations) is an anime superhero TV series created by Go Nagai. Produced by Sunrise Inc. with cooperation of Dynamic Planning (Nagai's own company), the series was originally broadcast on Nagoya Broadcasting Network (NBN)/TV Asahi from March 11, 1989 (1989-03-11) to January 27, 1990 (1990-01-27) with a total of 43 episodes.
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A manga series, written and drawn by Go Nagai, was also released alongside the anime, originally published by Kodansha in the magazine Comic Bom Bom from March 1989 (1989-03) to January 1990 (1990-01).
This anime series inspired the real-life pro-wrestler, Jushin Thunder Liger.
The opening theme "Ikari no Jushin" (怒りの獣神, ikari no jūshin, "Jushin's Rage"), which was performed by Yumi Hiroki, is also wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger's theme song. The song "Kiseki no Jushin" (奇跡の獣神, kiseki no jūshin, "Jushin's Miracle") was also used by Liger on occasion.
The story
It is 199X A.D. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, three bodies of Dragonite appear. Possessing overwhelming destructive force, they attack the city. They also awaken the evil Jashin Drago from the holy seal he was trapped in. 200 years ago, Drago was trapped in the seal by a holy warrior with the tattooed mark of the Liger. Assuming that the warrior is dead, Drago and Empress Zara are free to conquer the Earth using their army of biomechanical beasts. Even the Japan Self-Defense Forces are no match for the Dragonites' awesome power. One of the people fleeing is the protagonist, a milquetoast 16-year-old boy named Ken Taiga. Unbeknownst to the Dragonites, Ken realizes that he is the descendant of the Liger warrior. In a burst of anger, Ken's Liger birthmark appears, and he rises his palm into the air, shouting the henshin (transforming) command, "LIGER!" which then covers him in demonic, long-haired biomechanical armor. Ken transforms into Jushin Liger to fight the evil forces of the Dragonite!
Main characters
TV anime episodes
Source(s)
Manga
The manga, which was originally published in Kodansha's magazine Comic Bom Bom, was not published in tankōbon format by this company. Instead, it was published by Keibunsha, Daitosha and Daiso Shuppan.
Home video
The TV series was released in VHS format by King Records in 1989 and 1990. The whole series was released in DVD by Geneon Entertainment in two DVD boxes of 4 discs each, with standard numbers GNBA-1230 and GNBA-1231 and released in August 25, 2006 (2006-08-25) and October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25).
Music
The anime has generated the following records and CDs, all of them produced by King Records.
Appearances in other media
The theme Ikari no Jushin appears in both its original and arranged versions in these CD music collections.
Jushin Liger appears in the Wii video game Super Robot Wars NEO.