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Friends, why did you sell your souls to the devil?
Yusuke, Jo, Megumi, Kenji, Gou and Rui are students at Academia but the latter three decide to turn bad and join forces with the evil army Volt. When the defectors return, their three friends are forced to combat them as Choujuu Sentai Liveman. With the help of an android ally named Colon and a few others along the way, the Liveman must save the world and their friends.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
Choujuu Sentai Liveman premiered February 27, 1988. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Yusuke, Jo, Megumi, Kenji, Gou and Rui are students at Academia but the latter three decide to turn bad and join forces with the evil army Volt. When the defectors return, their three friends are forced to combat them as Choujuu Sentai Liveman. With the help of an android ally named Colon and a few others along the way, the Liveman must save the world and their friends.
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Episode 1
The three traitorous Students Kenji Tsukigata, Rui Senda and Gou Omura come back from Outer Space in the name of the Armed Brain Army Volt to begin their attack on the Earth.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Daisuke Ban
Episode 2
With Academia destroyed, the Liveman gain from their dying mentor Doctor Hoshi instructions and a clue to assist in their battle against Volt.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Daisuke Ban, Reiko Hirano
Episode 3
Jou shows doubt in facing down his old friend Gou as he prepares to use a virus to evolve into the ultimate being.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa Soda
Episode 4
Megumi suspects Mazenda in a plot involving transforming Jimmers into Dummy Man spies.
Directed by Minoru YamadaWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kan Tokumaru, Osamu Ujiie, Daisuke Odera, Mayuko Ookawa
Episode 5
Yusuke is approached by Takuji's little brother to help complete a car he was working on, which becomes sabotaged by Dr. Kemp and an engine Brain Beast.
Directed by Minoru YamadaWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Eiji Maruyama, Hirofumi Taga
Episode 6
A boy befriends a young dinosaur brought to the present by Obular's time-manipulating Brain Beast.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Michirō Iida, Teppei Takasugi, Ryohei Iizuka
Episode 7
Takeshi and the Liveman try to work out a final solution regarding Gon while Obular decides to experiment in making the dinosaur into a city-destroying giant.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Teppei Takasugi, Ryohei Iizuka, Takanobu Tooya
Episode 8
The Liveman trio must learn to draw on other emotions to fight after Dr. Kemp creates a Brain Beast that sucks away anger for power.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Kazuhiko Kishino, Akira Igarashi, Hiroki Takano, Ikuyo Emoto, Shigeru Nakasone, Mitsuko Ichimura
Episode 9
Megumi attempts to protect the love of her newlywed friends from being corrupted by Mazenda's love-potion perfume.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Toshiki InoueGuest stars Go Oomatsu, Naomi Kashiwagi, Kota Mizumori, Minoru Nakajima
Episode 10
Jou takes a delivery job to save a pizza shop - "Pizza Sweet" , which becomes more dangerous after a Brain Beast turns the town into a maze.
Directed by Minoru YamadaWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kan Tokumaru, Yoshifumi Egawa, Mitsuyo Kawashima, Shuji Sakamoto, Aiko Hiyama
Episode 11
Arashi Busujima, a self-proclaimed idiot gang leader, causes trouble for both Volt and the Liveman by making a Brain Beast his own servant.
Directed by Minoru YamadaWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Yoshio Kawai, Osamu Tanaka, Hiroaki Takeuchi
Episode 12
Bias transforms the idiotic gang leader Arashi into Doctor Ashura, the ultimate genius who befuddles the Liveman with both brains and brawn!
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Eiji Maruyama, Shiro Ooki, Koji Yamanaka, Yuji Sasamori
Episode 13
A malfunctioned Jimmer who falls for Colon assists the team in stopping a plot by Mazenda to poison the city.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Toku Nishio, Goro Higuchi
Episode 14
Ashura depowers and estranged Yusuke with a Brain Beast that turns him into a walking electromagnet.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Chiyako Shibahara, Megumi Osanai, Katsumi Itakura, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Isao Kamata
Episode 15
Jou protects a robot being targeted by Gash for a special crystal Bias wishes to obtain.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Toshiki InoueGuest stars Eisuke Yoda, Isao Kishimoto, Bin Manabe, Ayako Sachi
Episode 16
Yusuke returns to Academia to retrieve love letters he left that are being used for jumping, zombie-like apparitions of his fellow students.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Yumiko Nii, Chieko Shirota, Hiroaki Nakajima
Episode 17
Megumi fights to regain a doll with emotions that is transformed by Kemp into a doll-controlling Brain Beast.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Hisako Kyoda, Yuko Shige, Reiko Nishihara, Fukunosuke Izumi
Episode 18
Jou falls for a mysterious girl created from the remnants of Mazenda's loving heart into a Brain Beast.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Shin Mori, Kyoko Nunomura, Hiroshi Ichikawa
Episode 19
A Brain Beast created with Obular's own mind leads to a shocking revelation to the Liveman about their enemy Gou.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Masaya Taki, Nami Munakata, Toshihiko Nakano, Takeshi Inoue, Hiroyoshi Ishii, Yosuke Iizuka, Koichi Sudo
Episode 20
Gou is kicked out of Volt for his failures, forcing him to return home in order to resume experiments for becoming the ultimate Obular.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Nami Munakata, Toshihiko Nakano, Eisuke Yoda
Episode 21
Yusuke attempts to convince Gou's mother to save her son as Volt bring him back for their own schemes.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Nami Munakata, Toshihiko Nakano, Toru Sakai
Episode 22
Megumi tries to give confidence to a girl whose song may be the only means to stop a mad musical alien.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Eiji Maruyama, Fumi Toteno
Episode 23
Colon tries to prove her worth to Yusuke against a swordsman Brain Beast using a new metal developed by Kemp.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kazuhiko Kishino
Episode 24
Yusuke tries to convince a boy the importance of hard work in school and fun while dealing with Mazenda's mental manipulation of children.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Toku Nishio, Kosuke Uchino, Mina Asa, Tadanori Miura, Jun Takeuchi, Ryuji Fukuchi, Shingo Mori, Tokuji Sakamoto
Episode 25
On vacation in Aizu, the Liveman help a boy get over his fears of a castle haunted by revived Brain Beasts.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Eisuke Yoda, Kazuki Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kazuo Fujita, Hisashi Saito, Masahiro Kato, Hirokazu Miyagawa, Tsutomu Yoshikawa
Episode 26
The Liveman investigate a strange light caused by Mazenda's new Giga energy making the insects of Aizu giant-sized.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kazuki Yamanaka, Yukimi Shimoda
Episode 27
The Liveman are unexpectedly assisted by Megumi's father as Volt ups the ante with the activation of the Giga Project.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Isao Kamata, Takeshi Watabe, Junshi Shimada, Masayo Matsuo, Mika Hatanaka
Episode 28
The Liveman struggle against Bias' completed "Giga Volt", but are saved by a mysterious young man with his own hatred of the enemy.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa Soda
Episode 29
Tetsuya and Junichi, the siblings of the Liveman's deceased friends, push forwards to do whatever it takes to defeat Giga Volt, even with unexpected assistance.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa Soda
Episode 30
With the continued threat of Giga Volt and Tetsuya and Junichi still driven by revenge, the Liveman must figure a means to come together as a true team to defeat Volt's greatest weapon.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Dorothée
Episode 31
Junichi is implanted with the child of Guildos and Butchy's Brain Beast, forcing him to make a decision regarding his unusual situation. Great Professor Bias begins a mysterious competition for his generals.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Eiji Maruyama, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Akiko Muta, Rumi Watanabe, Ikuyo Emoto
Episode 32
Kemp is forced to confront a noble deed of his past when he creates a Brain Beast to steal blood for upgrading his altered form.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Hamako Someya, Kazuko Honjô, Yasuhiro Fukoka
Episode 33
Tetsuya dons a costume to make a "robot friend" for a young boy, only to fall into a scheme with Mazenda's own Brain Beast copy of it.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Seiro Yamaguchi, Yuichiro Ito, Shizuka Isami
Episode 34
An accident by Ashura allows for a girl from fifteen years in the future into 1988, where she has a peculiar encounter with Jou.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Hiroe Oka, Yukiko Okada, Fumika Fukaya
Episode 35
Yusuke and Kemp return to Academia Island to see how far they've come and settle old scores as promised four years prior.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Kunio Fujii
Episode 36
Junichi tries to reconcile with a member of his school rugby team as the rest of the team becomes minions to Mazenda's Brain Beast.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Toshiki InoueGuest stars Masakazu Arai, Shigeru Sasaki, Kenichiro Kanaizumi, Akira Igarashi, Hiromi Fukumoto
Episode 37
An attempt to stop Kemp's Fear Beast evolution accidentally makes Kemp return to his 16-year old self whom Megumi tries to change from his dark path.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kan Tokumaru
Episode 38
Yusuke unexpectedly runs away from a rampaging Mazenda, who has furthered her modifications into a living mechanical weapon!
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa Soda
Episode 39
Jou assists an alien in retrieving a seed from its homeworld trapped within a meteor Brain Beast.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Kunio FujiiGuest stars Yoshio Kawai, Naomasa Itokawa, Tomoko Hiratsuji
Episode 40
A tricky jewel thief interested in Megumi gets his hands on a gem containing a Brain Beast that helps him in his devious tasks.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Toshiki InoueGuest stars Takeshi Watabe, Takashi Matsuura
Episode 41
Jou fights to protect his former rival Gou from Volt when he regains memories that are key to the truth behind Bias.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kazuhiko Kishino
Episode 42
Bias uses the power of Giga Brain Waves to brainwash Tetsuya into sabotaging the Gran Tortoise and killing his Liveman teammates.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Atsuo Mori
Episode 43
Junichi desperately tries to prove his power against Guildos, who wishes to prove the power of his planet to Bias.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Hiromi Yuhara, Akinori Aoto
Episode 44
After discovering the horrifying truth about himself and Guildos, Butchy goes on a rampage through Earth which is interpreted sympathetically by Megumi.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kaoru Shinoda
Episode 45
Fearing being left behind by Bias' remaining pupils, Ashura enacts a plot to hack all information from the world computer networks into himself.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa Soda
Episode 46
Although changed back to his former idiot form, Arashi continues to try and prove his true worth in a climactic showdown with Kemp's most powerful Brain Beast.
Directed by Takao NagaishiWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kazuhiko Kishino
Episode 47
Mazenda fights the Liveman to complete her goal of achieving a thousand-point brain for Bias, even as Gou tries to warn of the consequences of doing so.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa Soda
Episode 48
As Kemp finally achieves a thousand-point brain for Bias, Yusuke sneaks into Brain Base to stop the Giga Brain Wave from controlling humanity.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Yutaka Hirose, Kentaro Ishizeki
Episode 49
As a Bias with restored youth descends to Earth to continue his cycle of destruction for the sake of knowledge, the Liveman must hold him off and find a way of either changing his ways or stopping the mad genius permanently.
Directed by Shohei TôjôWritten by Hirohisa SodaGuest stars Kentaro Ishizeki
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