, also known as ''Space Wolf Juspion'' or simply ''Juspion'', is a Japanese

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and part of the

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franchise. Produced by

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, it was originally broadcast from 15 March 1985 to 24 March 1986, running for 46 episodes. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as ''Juspion''.

Plot

While reading the Galactic Bible, the space hermit Edjinn learns of a shocking prophecy: When the dark god Satan Goth awakens, the universe will be ravaged by giant monsters filled with rage. After Satan Goth appears and the prophecy is set in motion, Edjinn orders Juspion, who Edjinn has been tutoring, to stop him and combat the corrupted MegaBeasts. Juspion travels with his friends Anri the android and Miya the alien across the galaxy in his battleship Daileon to confront Satan Goth and his army. Eventually, Juspion land on Earth, which, it turns out, is a prolific source of MegaBeasts (it is explained that the dinosaurs were part of that group), and many of them are still asleep in various locations. Amongst Juspion's arsenal, there is his Metal Tech Suit armor, made of a very rare mineral called Edjinium and equipped with a visor called Sensor Eye that can scan the environment with x-ray and night vision, and his Plasma Blazer Sword, which can be contracted for storage and can be infused with the plasma during combat, and his Beam Scanner Gun. His warship Daileon also houses the Super Planetary Combat Tank Garbin, which doubles as the Garbin Jet, and a motorcycle vehicle called Super Planetary Machine Iron Wolf. Daileon itself can transform into a giant robot called Super Planetary Battle Giant Daileon. Daileon is frequently Juspion's final and most devastating tool to be used against MegaBeasts.

Characters

Daileon crew

Based on the silver , Juspion travels across worlds to pursue Satan Goth. When facing a rampaging MegaBeast, Juspion converts Daileon into the to defeat MegaBeasts with its Cosmic Crash double punches. *
The main hero of the series, Juspion is an

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raised by Edjinn, until he embarks on his quest to fight the MegaBeasts and defeat Satan Goth. Juspion travels between planets to stop Satan Goth until he arrives on

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. His Metal-Tech suit is made from the very rare galactic mineral ''Edjinium'' and grants superhuman capabilities to its owner. The name "Juspion" is a

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of "Justice" and "Champion" *
An

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created by Edjinn, she is Juspion's companion in his journey. Being a machine, Anri is immune to evil powers. *
A baby alien creature found by Juspion and Anri on planet Beezee when her parents were killed saving them from the native hunters. Soon after, Juspion adopts Miya as a pet. She is very friendly, intelligent, sociable and an excellent cook. She originally doesn't speak, sometimes only repeating her name, until Anri teaches her to speak properly beginning in episode 22.

Vehicles

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Juspion's silver motorcycle. *
Juspion's silver tank, which splits into the Garbin Tank with twin drills and the Garbin Jet.

Allies

*
A space hermit and scientist, Edjinn is the descendant of prophets who defended the Galactic Bible for millennia. While raising Juspion, he serves as Juspion's spiritual guide and mentor. He sacrifices his own life at the end of the series by confronting Satan Goth alone to give Juspion the time he needs to find the "Galactic Tarzan". The name "Edjinn" is a

portmanteau In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

of "Elderly" and "

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". * (6-10, 12, 31 and 32)
After his older brother, an Interpol investigator, was killed by Satan Goth's forces, this medical student vowed revenge and became an International US Marshal, fighting with his twin boomerangs. The name "Boome-Run" is a

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of "Boomerang" and "Home Run". * The Nanbara Family (15-20, 22, 24; 25–27, 35-40 42, 44–46)
Photographer , his older daughter and his younger son became closely linked with Juspion when Kenichirou took a photo of the Golden Bird. It turned out that Kanoko was one of the five children chosen by the Golden Bird to house its power until the time came. * (18)
Juspion's biological parents, they worked for the health of animals across the

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. Gary was an animal caretaker for the Galactic Federation while Anna was a zoologist. They were both killed when their wrecked spaceship, attacked by Zampa, fell on Edjinn's Planet. They both reappeared as spirits to help Juspion defeat Zampa. *
The guardian phoenix god of the galaxy, a manifestation of the energies of righteousness. The bird scattered itself into seven lights that choose Juspion, Kanoko, along with four other children, and a baby born from the light to serve as its vessels until all seven are brought together so that Golden Bird can leave their bodies and become whole again for the final battle with Satan Goth, turning itself into a used by Daileon to slay Super Satan Goth. * (46)
A baby mentioned in a prophecy in the Galactic Bible born from one of the seven lights of the Golden Bird, he landed on Earth, sleeping in a life support pod, as the sole survivor of a spaceship attacked by pirates. Juspion saw himself in the baby and named him ''Tarzan'', adopting the child after Super Satan Goth's defeat.

MegaBeast Empire

*
A being born of the negative energy of the

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, the great god-demon whose revival was foretold in the Galactic Bible with the power to enrage the creatures, turning them in vicious monsters. Satan Goth's objective is to create a MegaBeast Empire in the galaxy and rule it from the Planet of the MegaBeasts. Originally a giant pupil stage resembling a cross between

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and

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, in the endgame arc, Satan Goth reaches the peak of his power and molts to become , possessing a

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-like appearance and the power to bend nature to his will, turning cities into forests overnight. He was defeated by the attack where Daileon brandished a Golden Sword created by the Golden Bird in the final episode. * (4-45)
The son of Satan Goth and his heir to the MegaBeast Empire. Juspion's

antagonist An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the main enemy or rival of the protagonist and is often depicted as a villain. Two revived Amazon women created under Madgallant's rule in order to locate the long-extinct Pirazar and revive it as a weapon against Juspion. *
The hirelings of Madgallant. ** (13-15)
The top-ranking ruthless bodyguard in the galaxy. Born in a planet located at the other extreme of the galaxy, he was the first enemy in the entire series to be killed via Juspion's fatal attack ''Cosmic Halley''. His main weapon was a trident that could blow fire from its bottom tip, and he could also fire his own clenched fists like jet-propelled explosive projectiles. ** (13-18)
Evil android who wrongly blamed Gary and Anna for mobilizing the Galactic Federation against him and destroying his Machine Empire. As revenge, Zampa attacked Juspion's family's spaceship, forcing a disastrous crash land that killed them both, leaving only Juspion to survive. His main weapon was a ''

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'', and he transformed into his android form with superior strength and endurance, and the ability to fire concussive lasers from his eyes. Still, even so Juspion managed to destroy him, thus avenging his deceased family. ** and (13-44)
The two women who became Madgallant's personal bodyguards after Ikki's and Zampa's deaths by Juspion. Brima is a dark prophet with white clothing and a ball-shaped helmet, her main weapons were a crystal ball and occasional magic daggers; Gyol is a spy and disguise master clad in basic red and black space armor, her main weapon is a combination of

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, not only could she shoot the blade on the end forward to explode against Juspion, but she could also play a tune on it to transform herself and others into different forms (such as disguising herself into a bird to spy on others, or to turn other people into animals to get this one boy to use his skills to draw Juspion being defeated). She could also use the flute to control others' minds but as a result of Juspion's power armor he was immune to her flute, however, she could cause him to suffer

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so as to teleport herself and others to safety. In their final appearance, their weapons were destroyed by Juspion, resulting in them magically combining themselves into a wolf-beast form to attack Juspion, who defeated the beast with his ''Cosmic Halley'' fatal attack, killing both. * (19)
A sea coral-shielded

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-faced undead samurai warrior who lived deep in the sea since his imprisonment 900 years ago - in a flashback explaining that time, under his real name Tokifusa Unno, Zamurai planned to kill respected general Minamoto no Yoritomo for the Heikei in exchange for a huge reward, but he was defeated by Minamoto and was imprisoned in the sea, bringing forth his current story; back to present day, he and Madgallant worked on a plan to create dolphin missile-launchers to destroy submarines and battleships around the world in exchange for control over the MegaBeast Empire's dolphin farm. Zamurai fights with a

and hidden swords and is practically immortal thanks to leeching off of his MegaBeast Seablur's life force. * (20)
A

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-looking space murderer (with his own

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-sounding background music). He lured Juspion into a cave to study all of the hero's weapons and powers in order to kill and entomb him forever. Girarist was the only villain in the whole series not to die at Juspion's hands (it is even uncertain if Girarist is really dead after the cave collapsed on him). * (22)
Brima's teacher of dark arts, she placed a curse on Kanoko to try to discover where the Golden Bird is. She had many supernatural abilities, including powers of illusion and shooting spider webs from her hands to entangle Juspion. She also used her pet giant Spida to attack Juspion, aiding it by using her illusions to make it impossible for any enemy to detect her true location. Juspion later discovered that Spida was an illusion made by Chikita and fired his Daileon Beam at it. *
Space mercenary brothers who pillaged and destroyed several planets (amidst them Koko's planet Dodo). (25) is first terminated by Juspion; in a devilish attempt to avenge his brother, (25 & 26) (along with MegaBeast Boga) tackles the hero and gets destroyed as well. * (27)
A trio of young evil women composed of , and . They kidnapped young people and turned them into bestial creatures under Madgallant's control by draining their essence. Their true form is the

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-like . * (28)
An android with a western face who extensively studied Juspion's and Daileon's attributes in order to predict their attacks. He and his MegaBeast AI-GER could only be defeated when Juspion performed a new fighting move unknown to AI-GER Man, causing the latter's downfall. * (29-36)
An alien witch who was responsible for bringing Madgallant back to life when he was first defeated in battle by Juspion. Gilza is precisely an expert in curses and general dark arts. Gilza had successfully removed Juspion's soul with a potion but it was returned to him shortly after. She had with her an enchanted knife that was her focus in battle and used it to try to remove Juspion's soul during the last fight. Her knife was the only thing that could harm her and Juspion used it to weaken her and finally defeat Gilza with the Cosmic Halley attack. * , , and (31)
Three yakuza-styled mobsters (Silk is human while Genga and Zauru are his cyborg hirelings), hunted down incessantly by Boome-Run for provoking several wars in the world. They allied with Madgallant in a double, menacing plan of kidnapping several children and demanding a ransom in the form of gold bars stolen from the Japan National Bank. This plan, however, was to divert Juspion and US Marshal Boome-Run's attention while Madgallant worked on ''his'' plan: to sink Japan's islands into the ocean by nuking them with small nuclear warheads. Silk is perhaps the only human in the entire series to be defeated by Juspion's Cosmic Halley attack, perishing along with his two bodyguards. * (32)
An old alien scientist from Planet L who sells Helper Robots on Earth that are really lethal weapons working for Satan Goth to rig bombs to people's appliances. * (37)
a reptilian-looking alien specializing in

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arts, he created an evil duplicate of Miya in order to lure Juspion into a devious trap involving poisoned food. Braggle can fire small powerful energy orbs and fights with a

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. * (39-46)
The "Specter Queen" of the Dark Galaxy and Gilza's elder sister, debuting shortly after Gilza's death. In order to receive some of Satan Goth's evil power, Gilmaza infiltrated several planets across the universe and slowly caused the extinction of these civilizations through futile strategies - such as, in Planet Zabos, by prophesizing the youth to the Church of Satan Goth, corrupting them and causing the planet to spiral into crime; or, in Planet Sweet, by cleverly manipulating the leaders of East and West, leading them ultimately to nuclear war disguised as a sorceress. She died with Madgallant's foot soldiers after Satan Goth was killed and the energy he released vaporized them all. She has her ''Space Ninjas'' as her top soldiers. *
Gilmaza's top soldiers created through her black magic, they wear suits of black armor differing only in the color of their forehead plates (which name them after the element they represent, in a conception taken directly from

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). They all have two "default attacks" (a plasmic projectile with the same color of their forehead plates and a kind of "plasma sword", both channeled via their hands) and one peculiar fighting "special technique" (except for Water). They only revealed their true forms after having their heads split open by Juspion's Plasma Blazer Sword. ** (39-43)
Apparently the group's leader. His "special technique" consists of him jumping above a jet of fire and then rushing into the enemy, strongly hitting him with an explosion; his true form is of a meteor/comet, referred to as the Fire Magma Shell, which fuels the Wind Cannon. ** (39-43)
His "special technique" is similar to Fire's but using wind instead of fire; his true form is of a cannon which springs out of his neck, referred to as the Wind Cannon, fueled by Fire Magma Shell. ** (39)
His "special technique" has him burrowing deep into the earth to provoke massive

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s or ambush careless enemies; his true form is of a flying skeletal centipede-like demon that has powerful jaws, can project plasma discharges and create a

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illusion of itself with double size, thus increasing attack power. ** (39 and 40)
Unlike the other four ninjas, he never exhibited any "special technique" of his own, thus being limited to default attacks; his true form is of a kind of spiked

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/steel orb which shoots powerful electric discharges and sticks physically into any surface to drain energy through physical contact. ** (39-42)
His "special technique" allows him to fire green gravity beams from his fingertips; his true form is of a space fighter wearing white clothing with a horrible demonic mask and fighting with a ''

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'', in similarity with a

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artist. * (41)
A bounty hunter whose reputation reached the Dark Galaxy that was brainwashed by Gilmaza to kill his best friend Juspion. * The MegaBeast Empire also is shown to have a rather diverse troop of unnamed foot soldiers.

MegaBeasts

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This monster appeared in episode 1. Its powers include asexual reproduction, mouth energy balls, and mouth flames. *
This monster appeared in episode 1. Its powers include flight and talons. *
This monster appeared in episode 2. Its powers include burrowing, freezing mist from the mouth, eye energy blasts, and a whip tail. *
This monster appeared in episodes 3 and 25. Its powers include mouth flames and a forehead horn. It is the only MegaBeast to appear in multiple episodes. *
This monster appeared in episode 4. Its powers include swimming, burrowing, mouth flames, a launchable back shell with extendable spikes, and explosive mouth mist. *Unnamed MegaBeast
This unnamed MegaBeast appeared in episode 5. Its powers include dimensional traveling, a fanged trunk, and twin tusks. *
This monster appeared in episode 6. Its parent can burrow, shoot mouth flames, and shoot body sparks that grant flight. *
This monster appeared in episode 7. Its powers include internal tentacles, a rocking body, and a mouth mist. *
This monster appeared in episode 8. Its powers include absorbing smaller lifeforms and twin-head horns. *
This monster appeared in episode 9, created from a lone Tree Spirit. Its powers include flight, intense cedar pollen from the mouth, burrowing by spinning, ensnaring roots, and explosive mouth spears. *
This monster appeared in episode 10, created from the fossil of the long extinct Pirazar. Its powers include swimming, pressurized water from the top mouth, and reinforced scales. *
This monster appeared in episode 11. Its powers include life-enhancing body oil that will also turn the subject berserk, burrowing, a long tongue, mouth flames, and teleportation. *
This monster appeared in episode 13, created from a page of a child's comic book when blown onto a stone slab. Its powers include size-changing, shape-shifting via sight, sand-reducing touch, and teleportation. *
This monster appeared in episode 14. Its powers include swimming, a high resistance to heat, a long tail for whipping and coiling and turning fire into its own energy. *
This monster appeared in episode 15. Its powers include burrowing and explosive mouth mist. *
This monster appears in episode 16. Its powers include extendable arms that read/wipe minds, antennae energy bolts, and holograms. *
This monster appeared in episode 17. Its powers include invisibility, mouth suction, internal tentacles, burrowing, a detachable head on the tail, and holograms. *
This monster appeared in episode 19. Its powers include swimming, a howitzer cannon on each shoulder, and an anchor. It was also the granter of Zamurai's immortality factor. *
This monster appeared in episode 20. Its powers include mouth flames and a pair of Kama. *
This monster appeared in episode 21. Its powers include electromagnetic hurricanes and a falcata. *
This monster appeared in episode 22. Its powers include levitation, teleportation, mouth webs, spear legs, explosive eye flashes, and illusions, itself being an illusion created by Chikita. *
This monster appeared in episode 23. Its powers include high jumping, reinforced teeth, and mouth flames. Since it was a tamed MegaBeast, Juspion had to unwillingly kill it in a very heart-breaking scene due to Satan Goth's deep possession. *
This monster appeared in episode 24. Its powers include eye electric bolts, burrowing, an extendable tongue, and arm whips. *
This monster appeared in episode 25. Its powers include burrowing, pincer claw hands, psychic explosions, head mandibles that emit energy surges, and tail energy blasts. *
This monster appeared in episode 26. Its powers include an extendable energy-draining trunk and nose flames. *
This monster appeared in episode 27. Its powers include burrowing, mouth mist, and creating illusions. *
This robotic monster appeared in episode 28. Its powers include the Go-Boomerang saw for the right arm, burrowing, a torso drill, and replacing his left hand with a hammer or wrecking ball. *
This monster appeared in episode 29. Its powers include explosive toxic gas from body and mouth tubes and burrowing. *
This monster appeared in episode 30. Its powers include flight, spawning balloon lifeforms, and a balled tail that emits explosive sparks. *
This monster appeared in episode 31 that was also a time bomb. Its powers include swimming, depth charges from the mouth, and fast burrowing. *
This monster appeared in episode 33. Its powers include a red electrical shield, illusionary MegaBeasts that emit electric shocks, and mouth flames. *
This robotic monster appeared in episode 34. Its powers include a head cannon and a missile on each foot. It reappears later in episode 42, rebuilt as a wheeled guardian tank. Its powers now include four wrecking balls in the top, and a drill in the head in addition to the head cannon from its original form. *
This monster appeared in episode 36. Its powers include fast burrowing and sharp claws. *
This monster appeared in episode 37. Its powers include a right-hand claw and a left-hand fork. **"Miya's MegaBeast Form"
Really Prawnzole in disguise with Brima's help as part of Madgallant's plan to destroy Juspion. Its powers include high jumping, reinforced teeth, and mouth flames. *
This monster appeared in episode 38. Its only known power is burrowing. It was also the only monster in the entire series who couldn't land a single hit on Daileon before being completely destroyed by it. *''
This monster appeared in episode 40. Its powers include creating fake diamonds from the skin, burrowing, and tail lasers. *
This monster appeared in episode 41. Its powers include burrowing, tentacle hair, a knife for each hand, and eye energy bolts. *
The final monster of the series appeared in episode 44. Its powers include a mouth machine gun and mouth flames. It is the only MegaBeast destroyed by the attack, as he was unable to call for Daileon in a Super Satan Goth Zone.

Episodes

On January 6, 1986 (The day that episode 35 aired) the show later aired on Mondays instead of Fridays. # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Haruya Yamazaki, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Haruya Yamazaki, directed by Makoto Tsuji # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji # : written by Haruya Yamazaki, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Shohei Tojo # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Shohei Tojo # : written by Haruya Yamazaki, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Shohei Tojo # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Shohei Tojo # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara # : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara

Cast

*Juspion
Hikaru Kurosaki *Anri
Kiyomi Tsukada *Miya
Atsuko Koganezawa *Edjinn
Noboru Nakaya *Boome-Run

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*Kenichirou Nanbara

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*Kanoko Nanbara
Kiyomi Sone *Kenta Nanbara
Daisuke Yamashita *Kumiko

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*Lott
Hiroshi Satō *Sachi
Yoshie Hayashi *Satan Goth

Shōzō Iizuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Fukushima Prefecture. He graduated from the fine arts department of Nihon University. He is most known for the roles of Hakaider (''Android Kikaider''), Doctor Neo Cortex ( ''Crash Bandicoot ...

(voice) *Madgallant

Jyunichi Haruta is a Japanese actor from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. His real name is . Haruta joined the J.A.C (Japan Action Club), a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school. Filmography Television * ''The Yagyu Conspiracy'' ( ...

*Brima
Misa Nirei *Gyol
Kei Anan *Zampa
Daigaku Sekine *Ikki
Toshimichi Takahashi *Gasami the Elder

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*Gasami the Younger
Shun Ueda *Gilza

Atsuko Takahata is a Japanese actress, voice actress and tarento from Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is married to actor Ryosuke Otani. They have a son, Yuta Takahata. Filmography Drama * ''Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion (1985) – Space Witch Gilza * '' Kamen Ride ...

*Gilmaza
Yukie Kagawa *Narrator

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Songs

;Opening theme * **Lyrics
Keisuke Yamakawa **Composition and Arrangement
Michiaki Watanabe **Artist
;Ending theme * **Lyrics
Keisuke Yamakawa **Composition and Arrangement
Michiaki Watanabe **Artist
Ai Takano

Broadcasts, Home Video & Streaming

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

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and other

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affiliates starting on March 15, 1985. The first 34 episodes aired on Friday evenings at 7:30PM JST until December 27th of that year. The last 12 episodes then aired on Monday evenings at 7:00PM JST starting on January 5, 1986 until it concluded on March 24th, of that year. Then later, the series got released on VHS by Toei Video (for both for sale and rental) between November 1990 and January 1992. Only six volumes were released as each volume contains three episodes, with episodes 1 through 18. They had the episodes listed in English, below the title, "Space Wolf Juspion" (named after the ending theme for instance). This has created some confusion and has led some to believe that is the actual title of the series and translation of "Kyojuu Tokusou." The Space Wolf name is simply one of Juspion's nicknames much like the "Galactic Tarzan" in order for him to have a title to introduce himself by. Also, immediately after the show ended, a compilation video was released entitled "I am Justice! Kyoju Tokusou Jaspion Video Special", which included some newly filmed scenes. Due to a policy change Toei made where they would only release full home videos of their most recent works, they stopped releasing episodes on VHS there. It would be given a DVD release in 2003 between May 21 and November 21, where the full series would be released for the first time. There are four volumes in total, each containing 2 discs and 12 episodes each, while volumes 2 and 4 contain only 11 episodes. The newly filmed scenes taken from the compilation video is included as a bonus feature on the Volume 4 DVD. *In

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

, the series was broadcast on three different channels over the years there. It first aired on Channel 5 in 1985. Then it aired a second time on Channel 7 from 1987 to 1988 and aired every Sunday at 10:00AM. Then in 2000, it aired with a new Thai dub on

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handled mainly by Nirun Boonyarattaphan and his team and was shown under ''Space Fox Juspion'' (จิ้งจอกอวกาศจัสเปี้ยน). Video Square also distributed this Thai dub onto home video. *In

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, the series aired as ''Jaspion'' with a French dub licensed and produced by

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with the dubbing work by Studio SOFRECI. It aired on the Club Dorothée block on

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on August 31, 1988. When it originally aired, only the first twenty episodes were broadcast mainly because it was competing against its successor being

Jikuu Senshi Spielban is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series franchise created by Toei Co. Ltd. and aired from to . ''Spielbans footage was used for Saban’s live-action series, ''VR Troopers''. For distribution purposes, Toei Com ...

(aired as ''Spielvan'' there). Because it was also being shown around the same time and on the same channel, it caused the series to suffer. But later on, the other episodes would eventually air in due time after. It also received a VHS release in the late 1980s part of the Club Dorothée Collection by Dagobert Video. *In 1990, it was aired on

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in the

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with a

Tagalog Tagalog may refer to: Language * Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines ** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language ** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language * Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...

dub. *In

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, Daeyoung Panda acquired the rights to sell VHS tapes of the series with a Korean dub and was first available on April 20, 1999 under ''Invincible Jaspion'' (''거수특수 저스피온''). *During Otakon 2018,

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announced that they had licensed the show for a one-disc SD on BD release in North America. The SD Blu-ray was released on August 27, 2019. And in 2021, the complete series was streaming on

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, making the first tokusatsu from Toei to be streaming on the service. Episodes of the show has since been added to YouTube's Toei Tokusatsu World Official channel as well.

Popularity in Brazil

The series has had a huge popularity in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

for decades. Toshihiko Egawara (founder of Everest Video, licensed the series for home video at the time) himself bought the series over to the region under the name ''"O Fantástico Jaspion"'' (The Fantastic Jaspion) and it was readily available on VHS throughout Mid-1987 with all 46 episodes dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese (produced between 1986-1987) and sold throughout several volumes. Once it was proven to be a big success through that market, it then made its' full big premiere on Prime Time in the region on the now-defunct

Rede Manchete Rede Manchete (; lit.: Headline Network; also known as TV Manchete or only Manchete) was a Brazilian television network that was founded in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1983 by the Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and businessman Adolpho Bloch. The ...

on February 22, 1988, with all episodes aired in due time. This was after several television networks had turned down to air the series. It premiered in Brazil on the same day as another Toei Tokusatsu series ''

Dengeki Sentai Changeman is a Japanese television series and the ninth installment of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 2, 1985, to February 22, 1986, replacing '' Choudenshi Bioman'' and was replaced by '' Choushinsei Flashman'' running for 55 episodes ...

'' which aired as ''Esquadrão Relâmpago Changeman'' (Lightning Squadron Changeman) on the same channel. This series was a huge hit and has enjoyed unprecedented success in that country. It was the first Metal Heroes series and the very first Tokusatsu series to be made in the 1980s to ever air in the region at a time when mostly re-runs of 1960s and 1970s tokusatsu programs were airing. Not only did more Metal Heroes series get shown, but also other tokusatsu and even anime television series later eventually aired on TV in Brazil. Years later, Focus Filmes gave the series a full DVD release with all episodes included with both the original Japanese audio with Brazilian Portuguese subtitles and the Brazilian Portuguese dub included. The series' successor ''

'' which has no connection to this series, was localized in the region under ''Jaspion 2: Spielvan.'' However, the main hero was still called ''Spielvan'' in the Brazilian Portuguese dub. In February 2018, it was announced that Juspion would get a remake movie produced by Brazilian company Sato Company, with Toei's endorsement and approval. The movie's cast was expected to be announced in 2019, with the film set initially to be released in the early 2020s. And then in 2020, the Brazilian publisher JBC launched a comic book in manga-style titled ''O Regresso de Jaspion (The Return of Jaspion)'', with the approval of Toei. The story follows the end of the TV show. A representative at Toei speculated about the popularity “I think that the Brazilians, who have an easy-going national character, were curious about the clear and futuristic drama and accepted it.”

References

External links

* {{Metal Hero Series Japanese fantasy television series Extraterrestrial superheroes Space marines Tokusatsu television series Japanese action television series Metal Hero Series 1985 Japanese television series debuts 1986 Japanese television series endings TV Asahi original programming