Mobile Cop Jiban( 1989)

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This is the drama of a girl's and a young man's hearts which love people and protect justice.

Overview

Mobile Cop Jiban is a Japanese tokusatsu television series which serves as the 8th entry in the Metal Hero franchise, and the first series to have toy commercials that were filmed on Videotape. Produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi in Japan from January 29, 1989 to January 28, 1990, it ran for 52 episodes and a feature movie aired on July 17, 1989. According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban. Created by Keita Amemiya, the premise for the series combines elements from the American film Robocop and the 1970s tokusatsu Robot Detective.

Saburo Yatsude
Creator

Series Cast

Shouhei Kusaka
Naoto Tamura / Jiban
Konomi Mashita
Ayumi Igarashi
Michiko Enokida
Youko Katagiri
Kunio Konishi
Kiyoshirou Muramatsu
Akira Ishihama
Seiichi Yanagida
Leo Meneghetti
Doctor Giba
Ami Kawai
Marsha
Akemi Kogawa
Karsha
Kazuko Yanaga
Mad Garbo (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Doctor Giba (voice)
Toru Ohira
Narrator

Current Season

Season 1

1989 | 52 Episodes

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 syndicate's existence, brought the man back to life as a cyborg detective, Jiban.