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television series which serves as the 8th entry in the ''

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'' franchise, and the first entry in the

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. Produced by Toei and aired by

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in Japan from January 29, 1989, to January 28, 1990, it ran for 52 episodes and a feature movie released on July 15, 1989. According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' international English title is referred to as just simply ''Jiban''. The premise for the series combines elements from the American film ''

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'' and the 1970s tokusatsu ''

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''.

Plot

Naoto Tamura, a new detective in Central City, is killed by a Bionoid Monster in the line of duty. Doctor Kenzo Igarashi, a man whose experiments had been responsible for the Bioron

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's existence, brought the man back to life as a cyborg detective, Jiban. Eventually, Madogarbo and Rhinonoid killed Jiban, who returned to life again as Perfect Jiban (basically the same design as the original, but with a blue-colored metal body and three new weapons). In the finale, Biolon destroyed Jiban's base and transformed Madogarbo into a false Jiban. Jiban defeated his duplicate and ultimately Gibanoid, the true form of Biolon's leader Doctor Giba. The victorious Jiban then learned that Mayumi Igarashi, the one civilian that knew his secret, had been his missing younger sister all along.

Characters

* Naoto Tamura/Mobile Cop Jiban
A human revived as a

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The only civilian who knew Jiban's secret identity. She lost her memory in battle, after falling from a waterfall, because, Madogarbo gave her a Bomb Ring. If Jiban approaches her, the bomb will burst. She called Naoto her 'big brother,' only to find that she was really his lost sister in the finale. * Shun'ichi and Shizue Igarashi
Mayumi's (adoptive) parents. Shunichi is the son of Doctor Kenzou Igarashi but is not a scientist. Relocated as witnesses to Biolon, they resumed their life as Mayumi's foster parents in the finale. * Doctor Kenzo Igarashi
Started the Jiban's project to counter Bioron, the results of his biological experimentation and he designed Jiban's high mobility system weapon Daedalus. He pass away when Jiban was built. * Youko Katagiri
A female detective of Central City. Naoto's senior. Manly sharpshooter who could not figure out that Naoto was Jiban. She is also known in the Filipino Dubbed Version as Loren. * Kiyoshiro Muramatsu
Elite detective of Central City with a liking for Youko. * Seiichi Yanagida
The head of the Police Department. He cooperated with Doctor Igarashi in the Jiban Project two years earlier. He collaborated with Jiban after Igarashi's death. He died when Jiban's base was destroyed. * Section Chief Takeko Bando
The Central City Section Chief of Detectives. Got headaches trying to keep the peace in jurisdictions where strange events occurred, no thanks to Biolon. * Michiyo Matsumoto
A tea server of the Detectives' Section of Central City Police Department. She is always cheerful and encouraging. * Boy/Harry Boy
Jiban's robotic assistant. He stays at his secret base. Originally he was simply Boy, an immobile camera-like robot who had to give instructions to Mayumi to operate the control center, but then his computer was transferred to panda-like "Harry" (a robot devised by another student of Doctor Igarashi's) and began substituting for the amnesiac Mayumi. He died when Jiban's base was destroyed. * Ryo Hayakawa
A drifter who takes in Mayumi after she loses her memory, mistaking her for his dead sister, Midori. He initially refers to her by that name but later refers to her by her own name Mayumi after reading a missing person's notice, although Mayumi does not tell him her true origins (since her memory is faulty). In the scuffle, Mayumi goes away, unable to remember what just happened. He died in Episode 46, when Jiban removed the Bomb Ring from Mayumi's finger with a very precise shot, without hurting her. Ryou took the ring and ran, to throw it out, but was killed in the resulting explosion. He is played by Ryouhei Kobayashi Who would later play Fumiya Hoshikawa / Five Black in the 1990 sentai series

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Equipment

* Jiban's Badge
It can be used as a communicator to contact Harry Boy, Seiichi and Mayumi in Jiban's Base or used to summon any of his vehicles, as well as to control their armaments electronically.

Articles

Every episode, when Jiban faces his Bionoid enemy, he ejects his badge from his waist and shows it to the monster, reading a code of articles and laws that serve as his directives (much like RoboCop's prime directives), but unlike the movie, they giving him a greater freedom instead of restricting him: * * ** * * * *

Super Police Vehicles

* Super Police Machine Reson
Jiban's patrol car, a modified

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with a sixth generation computer and hence a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Gibanoid. * Super Police Bike Vaican
Jiban's

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motorcycle with a sixth generation computer and hence a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Gibanoid. In the Philippine version, it is known as Mecha Panther and in the English version, it is known as Bikan * Super Police Jet Spylas
Jiban's stealth fighter plane with a will of its own, and it was destroyed by Doctor Giba using his ship's weapon systems.

Weapons

* Spikes
It is hidden in Jiban's upper arms to puncture and break a hold or to shoot. * Jiban Hyper Beam
It is hidden in Jiban's upper arms to shoot into areas that cannot be accessed through physical means (example: doors). Jiban used it in the movie. * Maximillian Type 3
Jiban's personal

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-like weapon. Concealed in a collapsible holster located on his right leg, it can transform into either Pistol, Stun Gun, or Sword Mode. The Maximillian Type 3 can also perform the following moves and techniques: # Disclose Shock
It is used in stun gun mode, essentially a stun gun. # Last Shooting/ThermalBeam/Search Buster
It is used in pistol mode, firing laser shots. # Jiban End (

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)
It is used in sword mode, splits enemies in half. It is also known as Jiban Slash in the Filipino Version and in the English version, it is known as JIBAN FLYING CRASH or JIBAN HAKEN CRASH. * Daedalus
Jiban's personal cannon. Required to perform the Daedalus Bombard Technique, which is used to finish off foes. It can be made into a Jetpack jet to enable Jiban to fly short distances. * Autoderringer
Jiban's personal rifle. He acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban. It has a machine gun mode and a bazooka mode. The machine gun mode is used to stun and set up the enemy; after an "Energy Charge" in which the bazooka is charged, it fires a powerful shot to finish off the enemy. It was destroyed by Gibanoid during Jiban's final fight with him. * Powerbreaker
Pincer/claw. A left arm attachment. It can be used to attack enemies. He acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban. * Needricker
Drill. A right arm attachment. It can be used to drill into areas that cannot be accessed through physical means (e.g. doors). He acquired it after being resurrected as Perfect Jiban.

Criminal Syndicate Bioron

An armed force organized by the mysterious scientist Doctor Giba intending to take over the Earth by means of narrow attacks rather than large-scale destruction. Their theme/weapon is

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. * Doctor Giba
The bearded brown-haired

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human-looking leader and founder of Bioron. His real identity is Gibanoid, a bio-monster born by accident from the chemical waste of Doctor Igarashi's National Science Academy Bio Laboratory. As a result, Giba is filled with malice for humans. He assumed his true form in the series finale, using Mayumi as a shield to escape in his ship. He died while fighting Jiban on his ship as it crashed into the mountainside. * Marsha and Karsha
The first bio-lifeforms created by Kiba, his secretaries and intermediaries between him and his Bionoid agents. They can transform into small spiders (for spying on people), and assume their inhuman "Battle" forms (Battle Marsha and Battle Karsha), armed with energy whips. They were killed in the series finale by Doctor Giba for failing to kill Jiban. * Bubi and Muku (Pugui and Muguie in the Brazilian dub)
The cute and not so-cute creatures living in Bioron's base. Muku was one of Jiban's foes in early chapters, in giant size, but only as a distraction. The 4 critters had a tendency to annoy Marsha and Karsha with their Commentary of what the 2 recently did during that episode. Sometimes just showing up once to be used as target practice by the Bionoids demonstrating their powers. The four became friends with Mayumi when she told them about a mother's love and she tried to defend them from Marsha and Karsha who attacked the critters for saving Mayumi's life by Defusing the bomb in Fake Momnoid. They hung out with Mayumi in the finale. * Madogarbo (17-51)
A Jiban Cyborg Killer created by Doctor Giba as a counter to Jiban. Using power from Queen Cosmos, she and Rhinonoid are able to kill Jiban in Episode 34, but he is resurrected as Perfect Jiban. She later assumes his total appearance to attack him by having his Reson, Spylas and Vaican attack Jiban making them believe Jiban was Madogarbo. She even got as far as damaging Jiban so badly that he went Blind but Mayumi's Despair at seeing her brother about to be killed caused what energy of Queen Cosmos was left to gather and blast Fake Jiban turning her back into regular Madogarbo she was then killed by Jiban. * Kuro Kiba
Mad Garbo's motorcycle with rhino horn and sidecar with machine guns. In the English version, it is known as Black Fang. * Queen Cosmos (28-46)
A lunar life form resembling a human woman (but actually a floating rock like starfish with a long tail) intent on conquering Earth to establish an all-woman empire. She appeared in episode 28 but did not reveal her name till episode 34. In her own words, she is made of space garbage and came from a place that was cold and ugly, lacking anything beautiful, thus her obsession with having everything beautiful and being called beautiful herself. She is more powerful than the other Biorons (except Doctor Giba himself); she allies with them to destroy Jiban. Her jewelry turns into parasite creatures: Earring into a skull patterned ladybug that would infuse into Jiban distorting his circuitry and her Brooch would turn into a spider creature blasting Jiban with tiny powerful balls of light. Her bracelet was able to transform into a snake creature wrapping around one's neck to control their mind. In Episode 46, she was defeated by Jiban. * Golem Cosmos (37)
An offshoot of Queen Cosmos herself, this entity was created to be her champion from a piece of herself. The creature was extremely powerful, armed with a crescent sword and shield, she very nearly defeated Jiban Until he grabbed her sword wrist with Powerbreaker, twisting her wrist and impaling her with Needricker. She then turned back into her clay statue state and dissolved. Weapons: A long silvery sword, shield, energy blasts from sword and laser blasts from eyes. * Masques
The mass-produced grunt human-like life forms armed with knives, guns, machine guns and bazooka. They can disguise themselves as humans and regenerate lost limbs. A determined human (usually Yoko and sometimes Kiyoshiro) can take them out by shooting them in the head or chest or by physically choking them out.

Bionoid

Bionoids are the product of Doctor Giba's research. They can disguise themselves as humans. * Chamelenoid (1) * Catnoid (2) * Mudnoid (3) * Rosenoid (4) * Octopusnoid (5) * Vulturenoid (6) * Influenzanoid (7) In the English Version, it is known as Coldnoid. * Molenoid (8) * Hyenanoid (9) * Nightmarenoid (10) * Hedgehognoid (11) * Skunknoid (13) * Killernoid (14) * Wolfnoid (15) * Jellyfishnoid (16) * Agehanoid (17) * Starfishnoid (18) * Injectnoid (19) * Moneynoid (20) * Bugnoid (21) * Hunternoid (22) * Goatnoid (23) * Suicidenoid (24) * Explodenoid (25) * Dragonnoid (26) * Centipedenoid (27) * Elephanoid (28) * Doublenoid (29) * Kabukinoid (30) * Shinobinoid (31) * Distnoid (32) * Electric Fishnoid (33) In the English Version, it is known as Snakeheadnoid. * Rhinonoid (34 & 35) * Chambaranoid (36) In the English Version, it is known as Swordfightnoid. * Tortoinoid (37) * Mushroonoid (38) * HermitCrabnoid (39) * Panthernoid (40) * Anacondanoid (41) In the English Version, it is known as Drunknoid. * Tyrannosaurusnoid (42) * Catfishnoid (42) * Cobranoid (43) * Suitorunoid (44) In the English Version, it is known as Absorbnoid. * Squidnoid (45) * Unicornnoid (47) * TempleBellnoid (48) * Fakemomnoid (49) * Great Gibanoid (Movie) * Batblock (Movie) * Ammoblock (Movie) * Spiderblock (Movie)

Episodes

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Film

A movie for the series, entitled ''The Mobile Cop Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear'', was released on July 15, 1989 as part of the 1989 "Manga Matsuri" Special Festival. * Written by Noboru Sugimura * Directed by Michio Konishi

Cast

*Naoto Tamura
Hiroshi Tokoro (credited as Shohei Kusaka) *Doctor Kenzo Igarashi
Hajime Izu *Doctor Giba
Leo Meneghetti *Mayumi Igarashi/Midori Hayakawa
Konomi Mashita *Youko Katagiri
Michiko Enokida *Ryo Hayakawa
Ryohei Kobayashi *Seiichi Yanagida

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*Marsha
Ami Kawai *Karsha
Akemi Kogawa *Narrator

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*Kiyoshiro Muramatsu
Kunio Konishi *Mad Garbo

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*Queen Cosmos
Yoko Asakura

Voice Actors

*Doctor Giba

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*Boy

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*Harry→Harry Boy

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Songs

;Opening theme * **Lyrics
Keisuke Yamakawa **Composition
Kisaburō Suzuki **Arrangement
**Artist

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;Ending theme * **Lyrics
Keisuke Yamakawa **Composition
Kisaburō Suzuki **Arrangement
Kazuya Izumi **Artist

Broadcasts and home video

*In its home country of Japan, the series originally aired on

and other

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affiliates for 52 episodes starting from January 29, 1989 and concluded on January 28, 1990. Many years later, Toei started releasing the series on

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from June 21, 2009, to October 21, 2009 throughout five volumes. Each volume is two discs and contains 10 episodes, while volumes 3 and 4 contained 11 episodes each. The series can now be streamed on Toei's YouTube channel called "Toei Tokusatsu Official". *

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was the first country in the world outside of Japan to air the series internationally. It aired with a Brazilian Portuguese dub on the now-extinct

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in January of 1990 and was aired as ''Policial de Aço Jiban'' (''Steel Police Jiban''). In addition, this is the entry within the Metal Hero franchise that arrived the fastest in the country, as the network began broadcasting the first episode while the very last episode was being aired in Japan. The dub was produced by Álamo and licensed by Everest Vídeo do Brasil. For years in despite of the series being wildly popular and successful in the region, only the first 50 episodes were included as for cost reasons, the last two episodes were not picked up, leaving the series incomplete for more than two decades. It was not until 2011, when Dubrasil dubbed the final two episodes as the series eventually received a full DVD release with the original Japanese audio and Brazilian Portuguese dub audio on that same year by Focus Filmes with all 52 episodes included and was also made available on Amazon Prime Video in July 2019 by Sato Company as they currently are the license holders of this series for the region, since 2015. *In

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, the series aired as simply ''Jiban'' on

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on the Club Dorothée block on August 24, 1990, with a French dub produced by Arachnée and originally licensed by

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. But only the first 26 episodes were aired and dubbed. It also aired on cable in 2001 on

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. *In

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, the series aired with a Castillian Spanish dub in 1991 on

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airing as simply ''Jiban''. *In

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, the series aired on various channels starting from 1991 with a Latin Spanish dub produced by Coral Pictures with dubbing work in Venezuela by Lips Studio. *In

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, the series aired with a Thai dub on Channel 9 and later rebranded as MCOT HD. *In the

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, the series aired with a Tagalog dub on

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from 1992-1996 and

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from 1998 to 1999, but ran up to 10 out of 52 episodes due to incompletion. *In

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, it aired on

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with an Indonesian dub in 1996. It also aired on TV 7 (now Tran7). *In North America,

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got the rights to release the series on Blu-Ray SD Format, containing all 52 episodes in the original Japanese audio with English subtitles on July 30, 2024.

References

External links

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