, or simply , is a

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television series that aired on

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from April 13 to December 21, 1988. It features a

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-like three member team that fights an organization known as the GIL Crime Organization, who originated from the Demon World. The three main characters are: Chuck, Ryo and Anice. Ryo is the leader, while Chuck and Anice are teachers at a public school. Sometimes, the students tend to help or cause trouble to the Borgmen in some way and some even know their secret identities. Ryo has a talking "modern" blue motorcycle that can upgrade itself. The team's transformation code is "Borg, Get On". Each member has a personal cannon that matches his/her armor color that appears only to finish the monster they fight. Two movies, an

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mini series and a video game were also released, in 1989, 1990 and 1993, respectively.

Plot

In 1999, four "demon stones" fell to Tokyo and destroyed the capital. Thirty-one years later, in 2030, a new city called Megaro City, which was built on Tokyo Bay sees invaders from a different dimension known as GIL. Their purpose was to complete the fifth demon stone, and resurrect their demon king to conquer the world. Just when everyone thought that humanity was on the verge of destruction, three people armed with the "Baltector" (word merge of BAttLe + ProTECTOR) battle suits stood up and fought back against the criminal organization. They are cyborg soldiers known as the "Borgman".

Characters

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Psysonic Academy

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Megaro City

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GIL Crime Organization

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Release

In 2004, both the Lover's Rain and the Last Battle movies were released on DVD in the U.S. by ADV (now Section23).

Other media

In 1988, a video game was produced based on the series for the

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. This game was only released as a tie-in for the Japanese market, and for the US and European territories it was marketed as Cyborg Hunter, with references to ''Borgman'' removed.

References

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* * * * 1988 anime television series debuts 1989 anime OVAs 1990 anime films Nippon TV original programming 1993 anime OVAs ADV Films Ashi Productions {{Anime-television-series-stub