The man is back! Loved Beetleborg. Always loved the bug motif. I got introduced to Metal Hero with bootleg Speilban episodes. I wish they were still around.
@robertsonmcnaughton4850 barely anyone remembers beetleborgs dude.the real reason is japan just stopped making it and it eventually combined with kamen rider,specifically the heisei era
Fun Fact: B-Fighter Yanma/Dragonborg was played by Reuben Langdon A.K.A. Dante from Devil May Cry. So in DMC5 you have a Metal Hero and 2 Power Rangers.
Gavan's cameo in Wingman was nice, even tho metal heroes is donezo it's nice that the characters aren't locked away for eternity and can live through cameos
Fun fact the Galactic Union Police was mentioned in Sun Vulcan. Shozo Uehara was its head writer and later head writer of the Space Sheriff series. This made it possible for crossovers with Super Sentai under writer Naruhisa Arakawa.
Growing up in Indonesia, I was captivated by the Space Sheriff series, particularly Gavan and Shariban. Compared to earlier tokusatsu shows, these series represented a significant leap forward in production quality. The costumes were more intricate, the arsenals more detailed, and the dragons and motorcycles were simply incredible. Fight choreography and visual effects reached new heights, setting a different standard for the genre. What set Space Sheriff apart was its narrative approach. Unlike the more juvenile Super Sentai series, these shows targeted a more nuanced audience while still appealing to children. Gavan's storyline, in particular, was deeply emotional. The arc involving Voicer, Gavan's father-a fellow Space Sheriff betrayed by his partner Hunter Killer, imprisoned by Makuu, and ultimately dying in his son's arms-was accompanied by a haunting soundtrack that has stayed with me for over three decades. Shariban explored equally mature themes, featuring a poignant storyline about refugees from a planet devastated by Madou's genocide. By the time Shaider arrived, however, my initial excitement had waned, and I never watched the series. I was somewhat dismissive of Juspion and Spielban, perceiving them as derivative works in the Space Sheriff canon. Metalder seemed too dark for my taste. While I enjoyed Jiraiya, Jiban, and Janperson, the specific plot details have faded from my memory. The cop and bug-themed series like Winspector, Solbrain, Exceeddraft, Blue Swat etc never captured my interest, mainly due to their uninspiring designs. When Gavan began making cameo appearances in various tokusatsu movies and later starred in three movies alongside Shariban and Shaider, I held out hope for a potential series remake. Unfortunately, those hopes were never realized.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thanks for the information! I had no idea that two of the villains were named after the Poltergeist movie. Now that you mention it, I can see the connection. If Gavan is considered a melodramatic film, it had Gavan searching for his lost father, his romantic relationship with Mimi, and his journey to reconnect with Earth as his home planet. It's understandable that Sharivan would carry a different movie genre. Thinking about it more, Sharivan does have an unsettling atmosphere and a distinct intensity. Even its mid-2000s movie feels darker, with more blood and gore compared to the Gavan and Shaider films.
Also a fact that makes B Fighter even cooler is that G-Stag’s actor would go on to be Mega Silver in Megaranger two years later in 97. Love the videos:)
And despite what August Ragone says, Gavan did NOT inspire Robo-cop. Thanks for making DiscoTek think that and ballooning the price of the bluray, Ragone!
@@apex2000 Nope, August Ragone says it was Gavan who inspired Robocop on the back of the Discotek BluRay boxset. Jiban was CLEARLY inspired by Robocop though.
@@LamangoKaijura Where are you getting that from? There is nothing about Robocop on the box for Gavan at all. They say in the essay it did not inspire Robocop. "Years ago, Space Sheriff Gavan’s father was betrayed to the interstellar crime syndicate Makuu. Now, Makuu has set its sights on Earth, the home- world of Gavan’s mother, and the planet where he spent his youth. With his transforming assistant Mimi, his powerful silver combat suit and his interdimensional battleship Dolgiran. Gavan will fight back against their Makuu’s greedy ambitions tooth and nail. Will he find his father in the process?! Kenji Ohba heads up an all-star production that would kick off the Metal Hero franchise and change the medium of tokusatsu forever! This complete collection includes all 44 episodes in 1080 high definition, with the original Japanese language and English subtitles!"
It was said that Spielban's bike, the Hovarian, was a concept vehicle developed by Suzuki. The folks at Toei liked it, so it ended up being used in the show. In my country, Shaider got really popular, but for different reasons. While the show was action-packed, boys also watched it for actress Naomi Morinaga's underwear shots.
I'm lucky enough to have watched some Metal heroes during my childhood (was localized here in the PH) and still have fond memories of them. Still rewatching to this day
@@Acrimony_Toku It should also be noted that Shaider had a second movie, Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers. Not to mention Metalder: The Movie, Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear, Janperson: The Movie, B-Fighter: The Movie, Kabutack: The Great Christmas Battle and Robotack & Kabutack: The Great Strange Country Adventure were are films that were released as well. Also, (from what I've heard at least) Toei has said that the official translated titles for Spielban and Solbrain are "Dimensional Warrior Spielban" and "Super Rescue Solbrain". Finally, why mention Skyfire in Ninja Steel and Chaku in Beast Morphers without mentioning Gavan in Go-Busters and Jiraiya in Ninninger? What about Gavan and DekaRed appearing in Kyuranger as well?
I think Metal Hero kept the "solo protagonist" aspect alive in tokusatsu during Kamen Rider's break, which helped Kamen Rider come back as massively as it did. Ultraman probably did as well, but Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes feel closer in theme and scope than Ultraman to me.
Nice summary of the franchise. I wish you would have gone into more detail on the villains for each show, but as just covering the basics you did a nice job. I've reviewed the first 9 series so far and I really feel this is an underrated franchise that got buried by the big three. Kind of like how Garo is knocked to the wayside today. I never really saw much of VR Troopers outside of the 5 parter from Season 2 when they switched from Metalder footage to Shaider. You actually forgot about Girls in Trouble that teamed the female MH companions up with Deka Pink and Yellow and Jiraiya's episodes from Ninninger. I am curious, what is your favorite MH series?
Thanks for watching - It's hard to pick 1 favorite but the shows I put on to watch the most are Winspector & Juukou B-fighter - I might make longer, more detailed "everything about" videos on the individual seasons, but only if there's enough interest
@@Acrimony_Toku Makes sense. People love watching Toku reviews, so there is interest and you've got the subscriber count for it. I'd say give it a shot at some point.
I confess that I knew very little of this series yet it feels like it suited my sensibilities as a kid because I developed an interest in sci-fi and technological motifs at around nine. Unfortunately, none of the networks or stations where I lived picked up VR Troopers and I had started drifting away when Beetleborgs began airing. One thing I find striking in this series is that it reveals that an Iron Man film would have been feasible as early as the eighties, but this was when Batman, Spider-Man, and the X-Men were at the height of their popularity. Alas, I would like to believe that Metal Heroes has influenced me in some minor way as I wrote my own novel (and ongoing series) showcasing armored heroes giving the beatdown to monsters in an 80s/90s anime-style setting.
Juspion is huge in Brazil among Millenial kids, myself included, i got chills and teary eye from those scenes, and Daileon is the best mecha in all of toku, it's basically the only one that almost never uses any weapon and beat the crap out it's enemies, with it's fists. Also huge to me are Jiraya, Jiban and also Spielvan. I don't know if it's considered a metal hero or not, but there's this weird show called Machine man, don't know what it's considered in Japan.
I personally feel that the latest Tokusatsu show called Wingman feels more of a spiritual successor to the Metal Heroes franchise. While Wingman manga is its own series that is merely inspired by Toku heroes, the show and I think even the manga takes more inspiration and reference from Uchu Keiji Gavan that I can even say that Koichi Sakamoto wanted Wingman to be a revival of the Metal Heroes franchise in a more unexpected way
I've always hope at least one day that will get a revival series or maybe like a Super crossover episode. But at least here in the west they're making a VR trooper comic book so at least that's something new and happy to look forward to
I know its not a big show because it was local, but in the Philippines, Shaider was such a big deal that a show was developed that would loosely follow the premise of Space Cops. Zaido was also a big hit that the network re-aired Shaider 😂
Missing in the timeline is Zaido. Shaider was specifically such a hit in the Philippines that they created a spinoff show called Pulis Pangkalawakan Zaido (Space Police Zaido). The characters were meant to be descendants of the original Shaider.
They didn't make a couple movies that were metal heroes but they were actually anime origins. On another note, is it common right as for a while actually went hiatus and then they got renewed with the hensei era. So metal he was might return in the future. With success of movies like iron Man, Superman Lois is character steel, cyborg in different mediums, and other metal heroes from the comic book world. Might actually bring metal heroes back and sometime in the future.
I love that these shows are getting some attention, however, I do feel that others like Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad needs a bit more attention too. Just throwing that out there.
I haven't watched every show yet, but my rankings right now go: 1. Sharivan 2. Spielban 3. Shaider 4. Juspion 5. Jiban 6. Jiraiya 7. Gavan 8. Winspector 9. Metalder
6:46 Ninja Jiraiya!!! Jiraia-jaya HA! 8:22 This is pure epicness, Special Rescue Police WINSPECTOR, they are the real heroes, please give it a watch! By the way, there is something interesting that might explain the change in tone from the Space Sheriffs to the Rescue Hero series, in 1988-89 there was a serial killer in Japan called Tsutomu Miyazaki and in his house were found a lot of "otaku" materials, like mangas, animes and tokusatsu VHS and the media starting to blaming him as a "monster out of Kamen Rider". That's why Special Rescue Police WINSPECTOR was created, Toei abandoned the "evil organization" and "monster" tropes and focused on fighting human crimes and, specially, rescuing people from disasters. So people like that serial killer don't use tokusatsu as a reason for their own sense of "justice".
In the philippines metal heroes been Filipino dubbed gavan to janperson except jiraya,then switch to saban produced vr troopers and beetle borg like the switch to super sentai to power rangers,maybe because it more cheap because no dubbing needed.
The 1987 RoboCop has its origins in the Japanese metal hero. There's other evidence that director Paul Verhoeven stole from Japan. For example, the ED-209 robot weapon that appeared in RoboCop. It's a replica of a robot that appears in the Japanese anime series "Xabungle" and "Macross."
Forgot to include 2007 Flipino show Zaido whcih is next generation show about Shaiders decendants. Its offically license show. I think it deserve a mendtioned despite being mid in my opinion.
I think Toei already ditched it as part of Metal Hero franchise due to how bad it was, thankfully the same network that did Zaido learned their lesson when they made the live-action adaptation of Voltes V and it was even recently rereleased in Japan.
Nice History. I thought you will include "Zaido" which was a "direct/indirect" sequel for Shaider but Philippines set-up. Although itnis more consider as a drama series rather than toku series. Hope to see other toku franchises lile.Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, Garo and the older tokus. GREAT JOB
Yeah, Zaido would have been a good entry here, it probably just slipped my mind or something, but eventually I'll make a video about non-Japanese toku shows and include it then. Thanks for watching!
22:47 But it wasn't lost in his Ninninger appearance, in which his human form also appears. Also, Jiraiya and Juspion are so popular in Brazil that the Brazilian company that has the marketing rights made a manga and a series guide for each one (approved by Toei), and they are planning to release a Juspion movie in 2026.
Forever red could of been good if it had not disrespected dairanger slash might morphing power rangers season 2. More specifically if they had not had destroyed one of the most bad ash slash evil robots the way they did. A single shot from a pun laser canon on a motorcycle should not of been able to destroy serpentara. The dairanger version could never be destroyed our even damage. Even with using the turtle robot the dragon could step on it. The dairanger only survived because the dragon decided to leave. Then later on it came back at the end of dairanger and destroyed the whole gorma planet slash home world.
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Have you ever considered doing one of your ranking videos on Sentai/Rider theme songs/openings?
Cool Video. Could you imagine doing one on the Tomica Hero Franchise?
Keep making videos 😁❤
The man is back! Loved Beetleborg. Always loved the bug motif. I got introduced to Metal Hero with bootleg Speilban episodes. I wish they were still around.
Kinda wish the Beetleborgs would appear in the Power Ranger comics.
Metal Heroes Franchise Is Underrated
Definitely
I wanna blame the beetleborg setting for it not popping off in north America like power Rangers/ super sentai
Another version of power Rangers? I've never seen the series
@robertsonmcnaughton4850 barely anyone remembers beetleborgs dude.the real reason is japan just stopped making it and it eventually combined with kamen rider,specifically the heisei era
And now the VR Troopers are back in the Power Rangers Prime comics as well
Fun Fact: B-Fighter Yanma/Dragonborg was played by Reuben Langdon A.K.A. Dante from Devil May Cry. So in DMC5 you have a Metal Hero and 2 Power Rangers.
Lol that's pretty legit
Fact find or wiki weekends taught me this
I didn't even know I needed this video, but thank you
Gavan's cameo in Wingman was nice, even tho metal heroes is donezo it's nice that the characters aren't locked away for eternity and can live through cameos
RIP First Shaider Actor
Yeah. Such a shame.
Fun fact the Galactic Union Police was mentioned in Sun Vulcan. Shozo Uehara was its head writer and later head writer of the Space Sheriff series. This made it possible for crossovers with Super Sentai under writer Naruhisa Arakawa.
Growing up in Indonesia, I was captivated by the Space Sheriff series, particularly Gavan and Shariban. Compared to earlier tokusatsu shows, these series represented a significant leap forward in production quality. The costumes were more intricate, the arsenals more detailed, and the dragons and motorcycles were simply incredible. Fight choreography and visual effects reached new heights, setting a different standard for the genre.
What set Space Sheriff apart was its narrative approach. Unlike the more juvenile Super Sentai series, these shows targeted a more nuanced audience while still appealing to children. Gavan's storyline, in particular, was deeply emotional. The arc involving Voicer, Gavan's father-a fellow Space Sheriff betrayed by his partner Hunter Killer, imprisoned by Makuu, and ultimately dying in his son's arms-was accompanied by a haunting soundtrack that has stayed with me for over three decades.
Shariban explored equally mature themes, featuring a poignant storyline about refugees from a planet devastated by Madou's genocide. By the time Shaider arrived, however, my initial excitement had waned, and I never watched the series.
I was somewhat dismissive of Juspion and Spielban, perceiving them as derivative works in the Space Sheriff canon. Metalder seemed too dark for my taste. While I enjoyed Jiraiya, Jiban, and Janperson, the specific plot details have faded from my memory. The cop and bug-themed series like Winspector, Solbrain, Exceeddraft, Blue Swat etc never captured my interest, mainly due to their uninspiring designs.
When Gavan began making cameo appearances in various tokusatsu movies and later starred in three movies alongside Shariban and Shaider, I held out hope for a potential series remake. Unfortunately, those hopes were never realized.
Maybe someday we'll get a proper remake - I think Toei just has to see the demand for it
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What I love about Sharivan is how it was a horror-based show. Hell, two of the villains were named after the movie Poltergeist.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thanks for the information! I had no idea that two of the villains were named after the Poltergeist movie. Now that you mention it, I can see the connection. If Gavan is considered a melodramatic film, it had Gavan searching for his lost father, his romantic relationship with Mimi, and his journey to reconnect with Earth as his home planet. It's understandable that Sharivan would carry a different movie genre. Thinking about it more, Sharivan does have an unsettling atmosphere and a distinct intensity. Even its mid-2000s movie feels darker, with more blood and gore compared to the Gavan and Shaider films.
Thanks for making all three legacy/history videos of super sentai,kamen rider and metal heroes it is well worthed
"Saban and Toei realized they liked Money"
They certainly do
While screwing the star of the show with little pay lol
Metal Heroes was a huge part of my childhood, especially B-Fighter/Kabuto.:)
Metalder will always be the goat and greatest Metal Hero
@Topgunnder TopGunnder will always be a 🐐
Also a fact that makes B Fighter even cooler is that G-Stag’s actor would go on to be Mega Silver in Megaranger two years later in 97. Love the videos:)
Thanks for watching and commenting!
And despite what August Ragone says, Gavan did NOT inspire Robo-cop. Thanks for making DiscoTek think that and ballooning the price of the bluray, Ragone!
Jiban!!! But yes RoboCop was inspired by Judge Dredd comics, early concept art actually makes the connection painfully apparent.
@@apex2000 Nope, August Ragone says it was Gavan who inspired Robocop on the back of the Discotek BluRay boxset. Jiban was CLEARLY inspired by Robocop though.
It doesn't even say that. Even the Gavan bku ray editorial makes it clear that it didn't inspire Robocop
@@lew1719 It does.
@@LamangoKaijura Where are you getting that from? There is nothing about Robocop on the box for Gavan at all. They say in the essay it did not inspire Robocop.
"Years ago, Space Sheriff Gavan’s father was betrayed to the interstellar crime syndicate Makuu. Now, Makuu has set its sights on Earth, the home- world of Gavan’s mother, and the planet where he spent his youth. With his transforming assistant Mimi, his powerful silver combat suit and his interdimensional battleship Dolgiran. Gavan will fight back against their Makuu’s greedy ambitions tooth and nail. Will he find his father in the process?!
Kenji Ohba heads up an all-star production that would kick off the Metal Hero franchise and change the medium of tokusatsu forever! This complete collection includes all 44 episodes in 1080 high definition, with the original Japanese language and English subtitles!"
It was said that Spielban's bike, the Hovarian, was a concept vehicle developed by Suzuki. The folks at Toei liked it, so it ended up being used in the show.
In my country, Shaider got really popular, but for different reasons. While the show was action-packed, boys also watched it for actress Naomi Morinaga's underwear shots.
It is a pretty cool bike
Really enjoyed this video wish there was like a introduction to where someone would start if they want to pick up on a metal hero show.
I'm lucky enough to have watched some Metal heroes during my childhood (was localized here in the PH) and still have fond memories of them. Still rewatching to this day
It's fun seeing Tokusatsu and Hollywood parallel and sometimes feed into each other as it does. Metal Heroes is an amazing example of that.
Jiban is a legend in Latin America. In the 90s, you could see kids everywhere role playing Jiban episodes. Everyone wanted to be Jiban 😂
Let's Go!! Was wondering if this was ever gonna come. Would love to see this for both Ultraman and Garo.
Ultraman is up next!
@@Acrimony_Toku It should also be noted that Shaider had a second movie, Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers. Not to mention Metalder: The Movie, Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear, Janperson: The Movie, B-Fighter: The Movie, Kabutack: The Great Christmas Battle and Robotack & Kabutack: The Great Strange Country Adventure were are films that were released as well. Also, (from what I've heard at least) Toei has said that the official translated titles for Spielban and Solbrain are "Dimensional Warrior Spielban" and "Super Rescue Solbrain". Finally, why mention Skyfire in Ninja Steel and Chaku in Beast Morphers without mentioning Gavan in Go-Busters and Jiraiya in Ninninger? What about Gavan and DekaRed appearing in Kyuranger as well?
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Glad you liked it!
Fun Fact: The Actresses of Jo in Beetleborgs and Rei Hayama in B-Fighter were both replaced.
I think Metal Hero kept the "solo protagonist" aspect alive in tokusatsu during Kamen Rider's break, which helped Kamen Rider come back as massively as it did. Ultraman probably did as well, but Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes feel closer in theme and scope than Ultraman to me.
No doubt
I would say metal hero combined with kamen rider in the heisei era,spe ially if you look at agito,ryuki,blade,kabuto,den-o
Nice summary of the franchise. I wish you would have gone into more detail on the villains for each show, but as just covering the basics you did a nice job. I've reviewed the first 9 series so far and I really feel this is an underrated franchise that got buried by the big three. Kind of like how Garo is knocked to the wayside today.
I never really saw much of VR Troopers outside of the 5 parter from Season 2 when they switched from Metalder footage to Shaider.
You actually forgot about Girls in Trouble that teamed the female MH companions up with Deka Pink and Yellow and Jiraiya's episodes from Ninninger.
I am curious, what is your favorite MH series?
Thanks for watching - It's hard to pick 1 favorite but the shows I put on to watch the most are Winspector & Juukou B-fighter - I might make longer, more detailed "everything about" videos on the individual seasons, but only if there's enough interest
@@Acrimony_Toku Makes sense. People love watching Toku reviews, so there is interest and you've got the subscriber count for it. I'd say give it a shot at some point.
I confess that I knew very little of this series yet it feels like it suited my sensibilities as a kid because I developed an interest in sci-fi and technological motifs at around nine. Unfortunately, none of the networks or stations where I lived picked up VR Troopers and I had started drifting away when Beetleborgs began airing. One thing I find striking in this series is that it reveals that an Iron Man film would have been feasible as early as the eighties, but this was when Batman, Spider-Man, and the X-Men were at the height of their popularity.
Alas, I would like to believe that Metal Heroes has influenced me in some minor way as I wrote my own novel (and ongoing series) showcasing armored heroes giving the beatdown to monsters in an 80s/90s anime-style setting.
A Toei Iron Man show would be awesome
You shouldve put the Gokaigers using the Metal Heroes keys. That was an epic scene.
Jiban was a big hit in LatinoAmerica, he was just awesome
Juspion is huge in Brazil among Millenial kids, myself included, i got chills and teary eye from those scenes, and Daileon is the best mecha in all of toku, it's basically the only one that almost never uses any weapon and beat the crap out it's enemies, with it's fists. Also huge to me are Jiraya, Jiban and also Spielvan.
I don't know if it's considered a metal hero or not, but there's this weird show called Machine man, don't know what it's considered in Japan.
Top History, thanks
CLAMP famously made a manga titled Gakuen Tokkei Dukarion (Duklyon) tell a story about two armor hero protecting Clamp Gakuen
Amazing!!!
Thanks for watching!
I see you made complete history of Metal Hero franchise. I hope you will make complete history of Garo franchise.
I’m just happy we are getting the VR troopers back in the west ,in a soft reboot in comics
I personally feel that the latest Tokusatsu show called Wingman feels more of a spiritual successor to the Metal Heroes franchise.
While Wingman manga is its own series that is merely inspired by Toku heroes, the show and I think even the manga takes more inspiration and reference from Uchu Keiji Gavan that I can even say that Koichi Sakamoto wanted Wingman to be a revival of the Metal Heroes franchise in a more unexpected way
It’s funny, I still knew the Bug Bad beetle borgs song. That’s so weird it lived in my brain somewhere like that. Lol
Beetleborgs was leagues better than VR Troopers.
Now I'll never get that intro out of my head, ugh.
As someone who was a bit too old for the former and watched the latter, I fully agree. Bb was worthwhile for the monster house alone.
Metal Heroes are so cool
I've always hope at least one day that will get a revival series or maybe like a Super crossover episode. But at least here in the west they're making a VR trooper comic book so at least that's something new and happy to look forward to
I'll have to check that comic out
Metal Heroes franchise will stay alive, thank to Discotek Media for remastered all series on blu ray
I know its not a big show because it was local, but in the Philippines, Shaider was such a big deal that a show was developed that would loosely follow the premise of Space Cops. Zaido was also a big hit that the network re-aired Shaider 😂
Missing in the timeline is Zaido. Shaider was specifically such a hit in the Philippines that they created a spinoff show called Pulis Pangkalawakan Zaido (Space Police Zaido). The characters were meant to be descendants of the original Shaider.
The main villains from Shaider returned as the antagonist in the spinoff, retaining the names from the local dub of Shaider.
here in the philippines, we have zaido. it is a spin off of space sheriff shaider (it is pretty popular toku here).
They didn't make a couple movies that were metal heroes but they were actually anime origins. On another note, is it common right as for a while actually went hiatus and then they got renewed with the hensei era. So metal he was might return in the future. With success of movies like iron Man, Superman Lois is character steel, cyborg in different mediums, and other metal heroes from the comic book world. Might actually bring metal heroes back and sometime in the future.
You forgot the crossover episodes that happened during Go-Busters and Ninninger that the Power Rangers episodes were adapted from.
There is a metal hero, anime called campus special investigator Hikaruon that only had one episode and a Filipino metal hero series called Zaido.
Winspector was the first metal hero I watched on tv. It aired on Saturdays at 6 a on German RTL
To date no disc release and the tapes are rotting in the archives of RTL.
I love that these shows are getting some attention, however, I do feel that others like Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad needs a bit more attention too. Just throwing that out there.
Thats a great show and I'll definitely feature it in a future vid
@Acrimony_Toku It's just one of those obscure shows that just never got enough attention.
my rankings of metal heroes:
Top Tier (Final 5)
1. Uchuu Keiji Gavan (Space Sheriff Gavan) - Martial arts mastery, laser sword, and high-tech suit.
2. Jikuu Senshi Spielban (Time Warrior Spielban) - Time-travel capabilities, energy sword, and advanced suit.
3. Choujinki Metalder (Superhuman Metalder) - Cybernetic enhancements, superhuman strength, and energy shield.
4. Uchuu Keiji Shaider (Space Sheriff Shaider) - Martial arts expertise, high-tech suit, and energy shield.
5. Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya (World Ninja War Jiraiya) - Ninja training, stealth expertise, and mystical powers.
Middle Tier (Top 10-15)
1. Uchuu Keiji Sharivan (Space Sheriff Sharivan) - Agile, skilled marksman, and high-tech suit.
2. Kidou Keiji Jiban (Robot Detective Jiban) - Advanced suit, martial arts skills, and energy shield.
3. Tokkei Winspector (Special Investigator Winspector) - High-tech suit, forensic expertise, and energy sword.
4. Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (Special Command Solbrain) - Advanced suit, martial arts skills.
5. B-Fighter Kabuto ( Beetle Fighter Kabuto) - High-tech suit, martial arts skills.
6. Blue SWAT - Advanced suits, tactical training.
7. Testuwan Tantei Robotack (Detective Robotack) - Robotic enhancements, detective skills.
Lower Tier
1. Tokusou Exceedraft - High-tech suit, energy sword, vulnerable to attacks.
2. Tokusou Robo Janperson - Robotic enhancements, energy shield, limited agility.
3. Tokusou Juspion - Energy sword, martial arts skills, relatively low-tech suit.
4. Big Bad BeetleBorgs - Teamwork, but individual weaknesses.
5. B-Robo Kabuttack - Robotic enhancements, limited combat experience.
I haven't watched every show yet, but my rankings right now go:
1. Sharivan
2. Spielban
3. Shaider
4. Juspion
5. Jiban
6. Jiraiya
7. Gavan
8. Winspector
9. Metalder
It’s unfortunate that the Metal Hero series ended. They just weren’t as popular as Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.
Indeed
And in a way, I feel like they stopped doing metal heroes because those shows could be easily justified as Rider or Sentai shows instead
21:31 Average frame of Japanese TV
In the PH, they also made a somewhat sequel to Shaider, named Zaido
6:46 Ninja Jiraiya!!! Jiraia-jaya HA!
8:22 This is pure epicness, Special Rescue Police WINSPECTOR, they are the real heroes, please give it a watch!
By the way, there is something interesting that might explain the change in tone from the Space Sheriffs to the Rescue Hero series, in 1988-89 there was a serial killer in Japan called Tsutomu Miyazaki and in his house were found a lot of "otaku" materials, like mangas, animes and tokusatsu VHS and the media starting to blaming him as a "monster out of Kamen Rider". That's why Special Rescue Police WINSPECTOR was created, Toei abandoned the "evil organization" and "monster" tropes and focused on fighting human crimes and, specially, rescuing people from disasters. So people like that serial killer don't use tokusatsu as a reason for their own sense of "justice".
Wow I didn't know that
This franchise is a classic
I think B-Fighter Kabuto is the last Metal Hero Entry & the one that followed it are Spinoff series - Kabutack & Robotack - Metal Heroes Juniors.
They're still considered Metal Hero series by Toei.
Beetle borgs was peak.
I think another reason is that the last two shows in the series are drastically differently from all of it’s predecessors
You made a error with the year Forever red was in 2002 not 1998
lol My b
In the philippines metal heroes been Filipino dubbed gavan to janperson except jiraya,then switch to saban produced vr troopers and beetle borg like the switch to super sentai to power rangers,maybe because it more cheap because no dubbing needed.
You should consider a history of Shotaro Ishinomori video going over his wide reach on the genre.
Thats a great Idea
Please make a history of the chouseishin series. Gransazers, justirisers and sazer x deserves some attention too :)
Great idea!
Mha must be referring to metal hero with ingenium
Complete history of Ultraman
Coming soon
I thought the series end way sooner then middle of 2019.
1. It’s literally just power rangers in every way
2. Satangorth??
Great video! What’s the name of the song in the background?
Thanks for watching! There's like 8 songs lol, all from RUclips creator music library
Where does mystic knights fit in
Saban created show iirc but I always thought the knight aesthetic was awesome - it shouldve gotten more seasons imo
Sheriff Skyfire and Captain Chakou Were Cool characters In my opinions but were In MID Power Rangers Seasons
Captain Chaku from Beast Morphers and Sheriff Skyfire from Ninja Super Steel
Might have to go watch blue swat just based on the fact they use an autozam 😂😂
style
that ninja steel & beast feature eps that feature metal hero was adapted of crossover ep from ninninger & gobuster
Garo, Ryukendo, Sapaidaman, Gransazer, Justiriser, Sazer x, Kikaider, Kikaider01, Inazuman, Kaiketsu Zubat
I was wondering about Ryukendo as well, since it was dubbed in latin america... so it isn't an official Metal Hero???
In my head connon metal heroes will always end with B-Fighter Kabuto we should've gotten a third season
Definitely!
After ultraman could you do godzilla?
Great Idea!
@Acrimony_Toku thank you.
This may sound mean, but Gavan was a better start to Metal Hero than Goranger was for Sentai.
Also, I really want a dub for Space Sheriff Gavan!
Always wanted 2 c Beetleborgs vs VR Troopers.
We need a B-Fighter Movie Asap! Toei need to get to work!
Who's that character @21:17 for Sharivan Next Generation
He's Space Sheriff Estevan
@Acrimony_Toku ahh ok that's dope
As well as fire borg lady borg and dragon borg
The 1987 RoboCop has its origins in the Japanese metal hero.
There's other evidence that director Paul Verhoeven stole from Japan.
For example, the ED-209 robot weapon that appeared in RoboCop.
It's a replica of a robot that appears in the Japanese anime series "Xabungle" and "Macross."
Forgot to include 2007 Flipino show Zaido whcih is next generation show about Shaiders decendants. Its offically license show. I think it deserve a mendtioned despite being mid in my opinion.
I think Toei already ditched it as part of Metal Hero franchise due to how bad it was, thankfully the same network that did Zaido learned their lesson when they made the live-action adaptation of Voltes V and it was even recently rereleased in Japan.
Gavan was not the first one, wtf dude... Ultraman ?? anyone ?
ultraman are aliens that take on human hosts, completely different, gavan was the first
Where can i watch metal hero?
Discotek has released Gavan, Sharivan, Shaider, Juspion, and Jiban on BD with Winspector coming next year.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork thank you!
Can you do ultraman
Next video
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Where Bycrosser, Janperson, MachineMan, changerion, guyferd, zaborger
janperson are metal hero but other tokusatsu not metal hero
Janperson's in the vid
What about Zaido?
I'll prob include it for a video about Non-Japanese Toku shows
I like your videos but my guy can you turn down the bgm when you talk? It really muddles up the audio smts
How about GARO next?
I'm working on Ultraman right now but I'll do Garo after that
Nice History.
I thought you will include "Zaido" which was a "direct/indirect" sequel for Shaider but Philippines set-up. Although itnis more consider as a drama series rather than toku series.
Hope to see other toku franchises lile.Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, Garo and the older tokus. GREAT JOB
Yeah, Zaido would have been a good entry here, it probably just slipped my mind or something, but eventually I'll make a video about non-Japanese toku shows and include it then. Thanks for watching!
22:47 But it wasn't lost in his Ninninger appearance, in which his human form also appears.
Also, Jiraiya and Juspion are so popular in Brazil that the Brazilian company that has the marketing rights made a manga and a series guide for each one (approved by Toei), and they are planning to release a Juspion movie in 2026.
A new Juspion movie would be awesome
COMMON RIDER?
the subtitles are auto generated and can't spell kamen
@Acrimony_Toku i meant the way it's pronounced here
@@soysaucetilapia2893 kamen rider (kar men rai daaa)
next ultraman
Working on it now
Forever red could of been good if it had not disrespected dairanger slash might morphing power rangers season 2. More specifically if they had not had destroyed one of the most bad ash slash evil robots the way they did. A single shot from a pun laser canon on a motorcycle should not of been able to destroy serpentara. The dairanger version could never be destroyed our even damage. Even with using the turtle robot the dragon could step on it. The dairanger only survived because the dragon decided to leave. Then later on it came back at the end of dairanger and destroyed the whole gorma planet slash home world.
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forever red was in 2002 not 1998
6:33 huh,i thought japanese audience could handle dark immature themes unlike western audience according to fanboys lol
im the 14th person
Power rangers forever
Sorry for annoying😅