Choujuu Sentai Liveman

Friends, why did you sell your souls to the devil?

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.

Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

Seasons

1. Friends! Why Did You Do This!?

Air Date: 1988-02-27

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.

2. Three Powers Sworn to Life

Air Date: 1988-03-05

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

3. Obular Demonic Transformation

Air Date: 1988-03-12

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

4. Expose! The Dummy Man

Air Date: 1988-03-19

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

5. The Reckless Driving Engine Monster

Air Date: 1988-03-26

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.

6. Attack! The Dinosaur That Lived

Air Date: 1988-04-02

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

7. Dinosaur VS Live Robo

Air Date: 1988-04-09

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.

8. The Duel of Love and Anger!

Air Date: 1988-04-16

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.

9. Rose! Smell Feverish

Air Date: 1988-04-23

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

10. The Skateboard to Escape the Maze

Air Date: 1988-04-30

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.

11. The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast

Air Date: 1988-05-07

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

12. Super-Genius Ashura!

Air Date: 1988-05-14

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

13. Burn! Steel Colon

Air Date: 1988-05-21

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

14. The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke

Air Date: 1988-05-28

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

15. Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash

Air Date: 1988-06-04

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

16. The Letter of Jiang Shi

Air Date: 1988-06-11

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

17. The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll!

Air Date: 1988-06-18

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

18. A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast

Air Date: 1988-06-25

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

19. Geek-Boy Obular

Air Date: 1988-07-02

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

20. Failing Obular's Counterattack!

Air Date: 1988-07-09

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

21. Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice…

Air Date: 1988-07-16

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

22. Enter the Space Karaoke Master

Air Date: 1988-07-23

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

23. The Life Risked at 0.1 Second

Air Date: 1988-07-30

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

24. Can You Get a 100 for Playing!?

Air Date: 1988-08-06

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

25. The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle!

Air Date: 1988-08-13

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

26. Aizu's Huge Rhinoceros Beetles!

Air Date: 1988-08-20

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

27. Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project

Air Date: 1988-08-27

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

28. The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt

Air Date: 1988-09-03

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

29. The Vengeful Live Boxer

Air Date: 1988-09-10

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.

30. Five Warriors, Here and Now

Air Date: 1988-09-17

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.

31. Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries

Air Date: 1988-09-24

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.

32. Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses

Air Date: 1988-10-01

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.

33. Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot

Air Date: 1988-10-15

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.

34. Love That Runs through the Future and Present!

Air Date: 1988-10-22

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

35. Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!!

Air Date: 1988-10-29

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

36. Crash! The Tackle of Friendship

Air Date: 1988-11-05

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.

37. 16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation!

Air Date: 1988-11-12

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.

38. Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda

Air Date: 1988-11-19

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

39. Protect it! A Lifeform of Space

Air Date: 1988-11-26

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

40. Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief

Air Date: 1988-12-03

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

41. The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!!

Air Date: 1988-12-10

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

42. Bias' Challenge From Space

Air Date: 1988-12-17

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

43. A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form

Air Date: 1988-12-24

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

44. Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!!

Air Date: 1989-01-14

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

45. Ashura Reversal One Chance Game

Air Date: 1989-01-21

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

46. Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle

Air Date: 1989-01-28

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.

47. A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!!

Air Date: 1989-02-04

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.

48. Birth!! Boy King Bias!

Air Date: 1989-02-11

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

49. The Fall of Great Professor Bias

Air Date: 1989-02-18

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.

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Rating

8.2/10

Release Date

1988-02-27

Episodes

49 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Toei Company