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|name =The Gransazers | |name =''The Gransazers'' | ||
|next =The Justirisers | |next =The Justirisers | ||
|nextname =The Justirisers | |nextname =''The Justirisers'' | ||
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{{Infobox Series | {{Infobox Series|ratings=y | ||
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|image =Gransazer.jpg | |image =Gransazer.jpg | ||
|caption =Japanese title screen for The Gransazers | |caption =Japanese title screen for The Gransazers | ||
|dt =''The Gransazers'' (2003-2004) | |dt =''The Gransazers'' (2003-2004) | ||
|name =''The Gransazers'' | |name =''The Gransazers'' | ||
| | |funded =[[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]], Yomiko Advertising, Toho | ||
|genre =[[Tokusatsu]] | |produced =[[wikipedia:General Entertainment|General Entertainment]],<br>Dream Planet Japan | ||
|genre =[[Tokusatsu]], action, drama, sci-fi | |||
|aired =October 4, [[2003]] -<br>September 25, [[2004]] | |aired =October 4, [[2003]] -<br>September 25, [[2004]] | ||
|channel =TV Tokyo | |channel =TV Tokyo | ||
|episodes =51{{tt|*| | |episodes =51{{tt|*|54 including three specials}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Gransazers''''' {{Nihongo|超星神グランセイザー|Chōseishin Guranseizā|lit. '' | {{Under Construction}} | ||
'''''The Gransazers''''' {{Nihongo|超星神グランセイザー|Chōseishin Guranseizā|lit. ''Ultra Star God Gransazer''}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[tokusatsu]] drama [[:Category:Television Series|series]] funded by [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]], Yomiko Advertising, and [[Toho]] and produced by [[wikipedia:General Entertainment|General Entertainment]], with special effects produced by Dream Planet Japan. The series was primarily directed by [[Hirochika Muraishi]], who also helmed Toho and TV Tokyo's previous collaborations ''[[Cyber Cop]]'' and ''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]''. Other directors include ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' and ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' special effects director [[Kenji Suzuki]] and ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' director [[Kunio Miyoshi]]. Toshimichi Okawa is the series' lead writer, and its special effects were directed by [[Koichi Kawakita]]. It aired weekly from October 10, [[2003]] to September 25, [[2004]] and kicked off the ''[[:Category:Ultra Star God Series|Ultra Star God]]'' multimedia franchise, which continued with ''[[The Justirisers]]'' in 2004. | |||
The series stars a team of 12 colorful superheroes, known collectively as the Gransazers, who each possess a different animal motif and are aligned with a different constellation of the zodiac. They are divided into four elemental tribes of three members—the Fire Tribe, Wind Tribe, Earth Tribe, and Water Tribe—each of which possesses its own giant robot called an Ultra Star God. Developed by an advanced ancient civilization who were annihilated by extraterrestrial invaders, the power of the Gransazers is reawakened in a group of young adults in the 21st century. The tribes must learn to overcome their differences while fending off the renewed attacks of the very alien alliance which threatened their home millennia ago. The show is split into four "cours", or parts, each of which focus on a different variety of aliens. | |||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{Plot Missing}} | |||
To be added. | |||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
Title translations adapted from the show's international English dub. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" | |||
! {{tt|No.|Number}} !! Title !! Director !! Writer !! data-sort-type=date| Air date | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="5" data-sort-value="1"| Part 1 | |||
|- | |||
| 1 | |||
| "[[Awaken! Star Warrior]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| [[Hirochika Muraishi]] | |||
| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 10/04/[[2003]] | |||
|- | |||
| 2 | |||
| "[[Move! Dorcrus]]" | |||
| Hideki Sonoda | |||
| 10/11/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 3 | |||
| "[[The Formation of the Fire Tribe]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| [[Kenji Suzuki]] | |||
| Kenji Konuta | |||
| 10/18/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 4 | |||
| "[[The Earth's Warrior]]" | |||
| Hiroshi Ishii | |||
| 10/25/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 5 | |||
| "[[The Burning Police Spirit]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="2"| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 11/01/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 6 | |||
| "[[Fight! Wind, Fire and Earth]]" | |||
| 11/08/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 7 | |||
| "[[Run! To Save a Life]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| Hideki Sonoda | |||
| 11/15/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 8 | |||
| "[[Descend! Dragon from the Sky]]" | |||
| Kenji Konuta | |||
| 11/22/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 9 | |||
| "[[Tremble! Karin's Real Shape]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="3"| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 11/29/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 10 | |||
| "[[Achelon Captures the Earth]]" | |||
| 12/06/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 11 | |||
| "[[The Nine Sazers Finally Unite]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| 12/13/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 12 | |||
| "[[Ultra Star Gods vs. the Achelon Star Beast]]" | |||
| Kenji Konuta | |||
| 12/20/2003 | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="5" data-sort-value="1"| Part 2 | |||
|- | |||
| 13 | |||
| "[[The Impactor Attacks]]" | |||
| rowspan="4"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="3"| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 12/27/2003 | |||
|- | |||
| 14 | |||
| "[[Awaken! Water Warrior]]" | |||
| 01/10/[[2004]] | |||
|- | |||
| 15 | |||
| "[[Arise! Ultra Star God of Water]]" | |||
| 01/17/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 16 | |||
| "[[Emergency! Commander Logia]]" | |||
| Hiroshi Ishii | |||
| 01/24/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 17 | |||
| "[[Crisis! The Plan to Exterminate Humanity]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hideki Sonoda | |||
| 01/31/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 18 | |||
| "[[The Ultimate Enemy! Guntras]]" | |||
| 02/07/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 19 | |||
| "[[Go! Guncaeser]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| [[Kunio Miyoshi]] | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kazuhiro Inaba | |||
| 02/14/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 20 | |||
| "[[Prepare for the Big Battle]]" | |||
| 02/21/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 21 | |||
| "[[The End of the World is Coming!]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Tsutomu Kashima | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Konuta | |||
| 02/28/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 22 | |||
| "[[The Unification of the Ultra Star Gods]]" | |||
| 03/06/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 23 | |||
| "[[Logia's Revenge]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hiroshi Ishii | |||
| 03/13/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 24 | |||
| "[[Menace! Dailogian]]" | |||
| 03/20/2004 | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="5" data-sort-value="1"| Part 3 | |||
|- | |||
| 25 | |||
| "[[Mastermind! The Brand-New Enemy]]" | |||
| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| Hiroshi Ishii | |||
| 03/27/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 26 | |||
| "[[The Prisoner of Ijigen]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kazuhiro Inaba | |||
| 04/03/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 27 | |||
| "[[Burn in Fury, Burning Swords!]]" | |||
| 04/10/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 28 | |||
| "[[The Pretty Fugitive]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Konuta | |||
| 04/17/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 29 | |||
| "[[Go! Type-05 GS Assist Robot!]]" | |||
| 04/24/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 30 | |||
| "[[Velsou Strikes!]]" | |||
| Kunio Miyoshi | |||
| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 05/01/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 31 | |||
| "[[Pompous Princess in Danger!]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| Kazuhiro Inaba | |||
| 05/08/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 32 | |||
| "[[Nightmare on the Spaceship]]" | |||
| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 05/15/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 33 | |||
| "[[Demon of Revenge, Logia Returns]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Tsutomu Kashima | |||
| rowspan="3"| Kazuhiro Inaba | |||
| 05/22/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 34 | |||
| "[[Defeat Him, Dailogian]]" | |||
| 05/29/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 35 | |||
| "[[Dancing Dream]]" | |||
| Kunio Miyoshi | |||
| 06/05/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 36 | |||
| "[[Farewell, Partner!]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| Shuji Kawata | |||
| 06/12/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 37 | |||
| "[[Day of the Dolphin]]" | |||
| Tsutomu Kamishiro | |||
| 06/19/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 38 | |||
| "[[Visitor from the Ancient Times]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| rowspan="2"| Rima Nozoe | |||
| 06/26/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 39 | |||
| "[[Project Omega]]" | |||
| 07/03/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 40 | |||
| "[[Counterattack! Jet-Black Soldier]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Teruyoshi Ishii | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kazuhiro Inaba | |||
| 07/10/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 41 | |||
| "[[Showdown!]]" | |||
| 07/17/2004 | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="5" data-sort-value="1"| Part 4 | |||
|- | |||
| 42 | |||
| "[[Revive! Ancient Life Form]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="2"| Hideki Sonoda | |||
| 07/24/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 43 | |||
| "[[Boscheat the Destroyer]]" | |||
| 07/31/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 44 | |||
| "[[Unraveled! Mystery of the Ancient War]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kenji Suzuki | |||
| rowspan="2"| Rima Nozoe | |||
| 08/07/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 45 | |||
| "[[Final Battle Against Boscheat]]" | |||
| 08/14/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 46 | |||
| "[[Beginning of the End]]" | |||
| Toshiharu Ikeda | |||
| rowspan="2"| Tsutomu Kamishiro | |||
| 08/21/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 47 | |||
| "[[Prelude to Destruction]]" | |||
| rowspan="2"| Tsutomu Kashima | |||
| 08/28/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 48 | |||
| "[[The Dragon's Memory, Heaven's Will]]" | |||
| Shuji Kawata | |||
| 09/04/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 49 | |||
| "[[The Space Alliance's Army Advances!]]" | |||
| rowspan="3"| Hirochika Muraishi | |||
| rowspan="2"| Kazuhiro Inaba | |||
| 09/11/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 50 | |||
| "[[Tenma's Death!]]" | |||
| 09/18/2004 | |||
|- | |||
| 51 | |||
| "[[Day of Resurrection]]" | |||
| Toshimichi Okawa | |||
| 09/25/2004 | |||
|} | |||
==Staff== | |||
{{Staffs | |||
|Directed by=[[Hirochika Muraishi]], [[Kenji Suzuki]], [[Kunio Miyoshi]], Tsutomu Kashima, Teruyoshi Ishii, Toshiharu Ikeda | |||
|Written by=Toshimichi Okawa, Hideki Sonoda, Kenji Konuta, Hiroshi Ishii, Kazuhiro Inaba, Shuji Kawata, Tsutomu Kamishiro, Rima Nozoe | |||
|Organized by|Masamichi Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Yanagita, Katsufumi Miyazaki | |||
|Produced by|Norio Yamakawa, Yoshiya Futamura, Nobuhiko Ishii | |||
|Music by|Yasuharu Takana | |||
*Opening theme "[[Life Goes On]]" | |||
|*Written and performed by|U-ya Asaoka | |||
|*Composed by|Eddy Blues | |||
|*Arranged by|Koichi Sawazaki | |||
*Ending theme "[[Take You Away]]" | |||
|*Performed by|Asami Abe | |||
|*Written by|326 | |||
|*Composed by|Kyohei Tsutsumi | |||
|*Arranged by|Yoshimasa Inoue | |||
|Cinematography by|Takehiro Kuramochi | |||
|Edited by|Masayuki Horiguchi | |||
|Production design by|Masato Inatsuki | |||
|First assistant directors|Yoshiaki Kondo, Mikihiro Honda | |||
|Director of special effects|[[Koichi Kawakita]] | |||
|First assistant director of special effects|[[Hiromasa Mitsudome]] | |||
}} | |||
==Cast== | |||
{{Notice|For minor roles and monster suit actors, see the cast sections on their respective episode pages.}} | |||
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{{Cast | |||
|Ryo Segawa|[[Sazer Tarious|Tenma Kudo]] / [[Sazer Tarious]] (voice) | |||
|[[Asuka Shimizu]]|[[Sazer Mithras|Mika Shido]] / [[Sazer Mithras]] (voice) | |||
|Kohei Takeda|[[Sazer Lion|Ken Shido]] / [[Sazer Lion]] (voice) | |||
|Hideaki Serizawa|Dr. [[Sazer Remls|Akira Dentsuin]] / [[Sazer Remls]] (voice) | |||
|Maya Hoshino|[[Sazer Velsou|Ryoko Amemiya]] / [[Sazer Velsou]] (voice) | |||
|[[Ren Matsuzawa]]|[[Sazer Dail|Jin Hakariya]] / [[Sazer Dail]] (voice) | |||
|Tomohide Takahara|[[Sazer Tawlon|Naoto Matsuzaka]] / [[Sazer Tawlon]] (voice) | |||
|Sayaka Isoyama|[[Sazer Visuel|Ran Saotome]] / [[Sazer Visuel]] (voice) | |||
|Soji Masaki|[[Sazer Tragos|Go Kamiya]] / [[Sazer Tragos]] (voice) | |||
|Hideki Okada|[[Sazer Gorbion|Makoto Sorimachi]] / [[Sazer Gorbion]] (voice) | |||
|Kumiko Ito|[[Sazer Pisces|Ai Uozumi]] / [[Sazer Pisces]] (voice) | |||
|Takuma Sugawara|[[Sazer Gans|Tappei Mikami]] / [[Sazer Gans]] (voice) | |||
|Mika Chiba|Professor [[Karin Saeki]] / [[Karin Saeki|Achelon]] (voice) | |||
|Shinnosuke Abe|[[Impactor Logia|Shuichi Hoshiyama]] / [[Impactor Logia]] | |||
|Kim Ji-soon|[[Impactor Lucia]] (as Chisun) | |||
|Ryuki Kitaoka|[[Impactor Radia]] (as Hisataka Kitaoka) | |||
|[[Shoichiro Akaboshi]]|Professor [[Ichiro Horiguchi]] | |||
|Shunsaku Kudo|[[Atsushi Misonogi]] | |||
|Masayuki Yui|Professor [[Masaki Wakui]] | |||
|Tomonori Yoshida|[[Soichiro Okita]] | |||
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|Takashi Taniguchi|[[Belzeus]] (voice) | |||
|Ryuta Izumi|[[Algoul]] (voice) | |||
|Jin Yamanoi|[[Gogian]] (voice) | |||
|Satoshi Haga|[[Boscheat]] (voice) | |||
|Hiromi Shinjo|[[Sazer Tarious]] / [[Boscheat]] | |||
|Misako Nagashima|[[Sazer Mithras]] | |||
|Koji Shirahama|[[Sazer Lion]] / [[Guncaeser]] / [[Youhi]] | |||
|[[Wataru Fukuda]]|[[Sazer Remls]] / [[Impactor Logia|Logia X]] | |||
|Emiko Saito|[[Sazer Velsou]] / [[Impactor Lucia|Lucia X]] | |||
|Yuji Kitahara|[[Sazer Dail]] | |||
|Daisuke Terai|[[Sazer Tawlon]] | |||
|Sakiko Akiyoshi|[[Sazer Visuel]] | |||
|Kazuhiko Tai|[[Sazer Tragos]] / [[Impactor Radia|Radia X]] / [[Boscheat]] | |||
|Hiroyuki Matsusue|[[Sazer Gorbion]] | |||
|Ami Sakai|[[Sazer Pisces]] | |||
|Hideyoshi Iwata|[[Sazer Gans]] | |||
|Koichi Kakuta|[[Garuda (Ultra Star God)|Garuda]] / [[Guntras|Daisazer]] / [[Mass Production Model Garuda]] (uncredited) | |||
|Seisuke Ida, Naoki Ogura|[[Dorcrus]] | |||
|Kanoichi Shiga|[[Guncaeser]] / [[Leviathan (mecha)|Leviathan]] | |||
|Nobuhiko Tanabe|[[Guntras]] / [[Dailogian]] | |||
|Soichiro Tanaka, Yu Motomura, Daisuke Kirii|narrators | |||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
=== | ===Gransazers=== | ||
*[[ | *[[Fire Tribe]] | ||
**[[Sazer Tarious]] | **[[Sazer Tarious]] | ||
**[[Sazer Mithras]] | **[[Sazer Mithras]] | ||
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**[[Sazer Pisces]] | **[[Sazer Pisces]] | ||
**[[Sazer Gans]] | **[[Sazer Gans]] | ||
*[[ | ===Monsters and races=== | ||
*[[ | *[[Achelon]]s | ||
* | **[[Karin Saeki]] | ||
*[[ | ***[[Karin Saeki|Achelon Star Beast]] | ||
* | **[[Clone Achelon]]s | ||
*[[ | ***[[Clone Achelon|Specimen Alpha]] | ||
* | ***[[Clone Achelon|Specimen Beta]] | ||
* | ****[[Clone Achelon|Clone Achelon Star Beast]] | ||
*[[ | **[[Ruby]] | ||
*[[Impactor]]s | |||
* | **[[Impactor Radia]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Impactor Lucia]] | ||
** | **[[Impactor Logia]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Impactor Superior]] | ||
**[[ | *[[Gigfighter]]s | ||
*[[ | *[[Stiuks|Sheorlean Stiuks]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Bislian]]s | ||
*[[ | **[[Asami Yoshioka]] | ||
*[[ | *Stoneans | ||
*[[ | **[[Jado]] | ||
*[[ | **[[Ramon]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Killerdian]] | ||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | |||
* | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[Fedora]] | *[[Fedora]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Gadoulean]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Kliminelean]] | ||
*[[Freed| | *[[Freed|Ajantean Freed]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Golfinian]] | ||
*[[Omega]] | *[[Omega]] | ||
*[[ | **[[Omega|Giant Omega]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Boscheat|Boscheat the Destroyer]] | ||
*[[ | **[[Boscheat|Giant Boscheat]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Luka|Mariusian Luka]] | ||
* | *Glubanians | ||
*[[ | **[[Belzeus]] | ||
*[[ | **[[Brighton]] | ||
*[[ | **[[Algoul]] | ||
* | **[[Gogian]] | ||
*[[ | |||
*[[Troius]] | *[[Troius]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Cableon]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Will of the Universe]] | ||
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===Weapons, vehicles and organizations=== | |||
===Weapons, vehicles | *[[Wouf Manafe]] | ||
*Ultra Star Gods | |||
**[[Guntras|Daisazer]] | |||
***[[Garuda (Ultra Star God)|Garuda]] | |||
***[[Dorcrus]] | |||
***[[Guncaeser]] | |||
***[[Leviathan (mecha)|Leviathan]] | |||
***[[Guntras]] | |||
**[[Mass Production Model Garuda]]s | |||
*[[Cloud Dragon]] | |||
*[[Dailogian]] | |||
*[[Youhi|Type-05 GS Assist Robot Youhi]] | |||
*[[Type-05 GS Assist Tank Asahi]] | |||
*Type-05 Personal Youhi Transport Aircraft Ryusei | |||
*[[Gran-Vehicles]] | |||
**Flame Tribers | |||
**Wind Tribers | |||
**Earth Tribers | |||
**Aqua Tribers | |||
*[[Maser Cannon|Maser Interceptor]] | *[[Maser Cannon|Maser Interceptor]] | ||
*[[Main-Force Starfighter]] | *[[Main-Force Starfighter]] | ||
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*[[Type 90 Tank]] | *[[Type 90 Tank]] | ||
*[[AH-1S Helicopter]] | *[[AH-1S Helicopter]] | ||
*[[ | *Guntroller | ||
*[[ | *Wave Catcher | ||
* | *Crystal Slab | ||
* | *[[Knuckle-Riser]]s | ||
* | *[[Archanis]] | ||
* | *Gig Capsules | ||
* | *Falcon Bow | ||
* | *Swan Sectors | ||
*Double Crescents | |||
*Iron Gale | |||
*Sel Crosses | |||
*Axe Taggers | |||
*Bull Cannons | |||
*Ready Claws | |||
*Spiral Horn | |||
*Blast Saw | |||
*Aqua Blitz | |||
*Kal Nikos | |||
*Horo-Sniper | |||
*V-Sword | |||
*Mega Axe | |||
{{Col-end}} | {{Col-end}} | ||
==Foreign releases== | |||
[[File:Gransazers Cartoon Network India promo.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An advertisement for ''The Gransazers''{{'}} television run in India]] | |||
An English-language dub of the series was recorded under the name ''Ultra Star God Gransazer'', possibly commissioned by Toho. It aired on television in English-speaking territories of Asia as ''The Gransazers''; this is known to have included Singapore's Kids Central<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQuEUhOK3zk|title=Kids Central Men in Tights (Gransazers/Masked Rider/Power Rangers) Promo|author=Guy27anime|date=26 November 2017|work=YouTube}}</ref> in early 2005, and the Toonami block on India's Cartoon Network beginning in November of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/broadcasting/tv-channels/kids/cartoon-network-to-host-toonami-game-on-video-gaming|title=Cartoon Network to host 'Toonami: Game On, Video Gaming Championship'; re-freshed Toonami block starts 6 November|date=2 November 2006|work=Indian Television|accessdate=26 January 2022}}</ref> The full dub was released on VCD by Singaporean company Poh Kim. | |||
Several inconsistencies and alterations to the Japanese version's script are present in the dub, as well as the subtitles on the VCDs. Examples include: | |||
*The time period during which the Earth was inhabited by an advanced civilization is changed from hundreds of millions of years ago to billions of years ago. | |||
*Despite marketing for the show's Indian release calling them Super Star Gods, the Gransazers' mechas are referred to as Ultra Star Gods throughout the dub. The subtitles occasionally call them Chou Seishin. | |||
*The Wind Tribe's Ultra Star God is inconsistently pronounced "Dolcross" and "Dorcruz." The VCD subtitles vary between Dolcross, Dorcruz, Docrus, Dorcous, and Dorcrus. | |||
*The Earth Tribe's Ultra Star God is written by the subtitles as "Gun Caesar," "Gunshisa," "Guncaesar" or "Guncaeser." | |||
*Impactor Logia's mecha, called Dailogian in the original Japanese, is pronounced "Dailogia." The subtitles, nonetheless, write it Dailogian. | |||
*Despite the dub consistently using the name Fire Tribe, "Flame Tribe" is occasionally written by the subtitles. | |||
*Karin Saeki's species are consistently called "Akerons." However, the subtitles vary between Akerons, Achelons, and Achelonese. | |||
*All of the show's alien species (sans the Achelons) are translated with an "-ean" or "-ian" ending, similar to a nationality. For example, クリミネル星人 (Alien Kliminel) is translated as "Kliminelean." | |||
*The pronunciation of the main antagonist organization's name varies between "Warf Manauf," "Wouf Manauf," and "Uofu Manafu." The subtitles variously write it Warf Manarf, Uofu Manafu, Gofumanafu, and Wouf Manafe. | |||
*The name of the fodder henchmen used by Wouf Manafe varies between Gig Fighter, Gig-Fighter, and Gigfighter in the subtitles. | |||
*Impactor Lucia's name is spelled "Rusia" by the subtitles upon her first appearance, but is changed to Lucia in later episodes. The dub consistently pronounces it like "Luchia." | |||
*The series' final antagonist, whose original name ボスキート (''Bosukīto'') is homophonous with the Japanese rendering of 'mosquito,' is called "Boscheat" with a 'ch' sound. | |||
*A line in episode 13 referring to Ultra Star God Leviathan as a "metallic whale" {{Nihongo|金属製のクジラ|kinzokuesei no kujira}} is changed to say "a golden [[Godzilla]]." This was most likely caused by confusion over the Japanese word for metallic, which contains the kanji for "gold" {{Nihongo|金|kin}}, and a mishearing of ''kujira'' ("whale") as ''Gojira''. The line is especially peculiar in context due to Leviathan being blue, not gold, and its lack of resemblance to Godzilla. | |||
==Video releases== | |||
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'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 1] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Three promotional videos. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 1-3. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 2] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Interview with Kenji Suzuki, Sayaka Isoyama, and Soji Masaki. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 4-7. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 3] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Interview with Asuka Shimizu, Kohei Takeda, and Maya Hoshino. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 8-11. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 4] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Collection of bumpers, four textless openings, and collection of textless sponsor messages. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 12-15. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 5] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Interview with Hirochika Muraishi, Chisun, and Ryo Segawa. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 16-19. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 6] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Interview with Hideki Okada, Kumiko Ito, and Shinnosuke Abe. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 20-23. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 7] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Interview with Hideaki Serizawa, Tomohide Nakahara, and Koichi Kawakita. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 24-27. Reissued in 2021. | |||
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'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 8] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Behind-the-scenes TV special. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 28-31. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 9] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' TV special. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 32-35. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 10] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Interview with Takuma Sugawara, Ren Matsuzawa, and [[Shoichiro Akaboshi]]. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 36-39. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 11] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Collections of bumpers, textless sponsor messages, and TV spots. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 40-43. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 12] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Two direct-to-video specials. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 44-47. Reissued in 2021. | |||
'''Toho''' DVD (2004) [Volume 13] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Special features:''' Making-of special. | |||
*'''Notes:''' Contains episodes 48-51. Reissued in 2021. | |||
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The Gransazers (超星神グランセイザー is a Chōseishin Guranseizā, lit. Ultra Star God Gransazer)Japanese tokusatsu drama series funded by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, and Toho and produced by General Entertainment, with special effects produced by Dream Planet Japan. The series was primarily directed by Hirochika Muraishi, who also helmed Toho and TV Tokyo's previous collaborations Cyber Cop and Guyferd. Other directors include Godzilla 2000: Millennium and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus special effects director Kenji Suzuki and Rebirth of Mothra 2 director Kunio Miyoshi. Toshimichi Okawa is the series' lead writer, and its special effects were directed by Koichi Kawakita. It aired weekly from October 10, 2003 to September 25, 2004 and kicked off the Ultra Star God multimedia franchise, which continued with The Justirisers in 2004.
The series stars a team of 12 colorful superheroes, known collectively as the Gransazers, who each possess a different animal motif and are aligned with a different constellation of the zodiac. They are divided into four elemental tribes of three members—the Fire Tribe, Wind Tribe, Earth Tribe, and Water Tribe—each of which possesses its own giant robot called an Ultra Star God. Developed by an advanced ancient civilization who were annihilated by extraterrestrial invaders, the power of the Gransazers is reawakened in a group of young adults in the 21st century. The tribes must learn to overcome their differences while fending off the renewed attacks of the very alien alliance which threatened their home millennia ago. The show is split into four "cours", or parts, each of which focus on a different variety of aliens.
Plot
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Episodes
Title translations adapted from the show's international English dub.
No. | Title | Director | Writer | Air date |
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1 | "Awaken! Star Warrior" | Hirochika Muraishi | Toshimichi Okawa | 10/04/2003 |
2 | "Move! Dorcrus" | Hideki Sonoda | 10/11/2003 | |
3 | "The Formation of the Fire Tribe" | Kenji Suzuki | Kenji Konuta | 10/18/2003 |
4 | "The Earth's Warrior" | Hiroshi Ishii | 10/25/2003 | |
5 | "The Burning Police Spirit" | Hirochika Muraishi | Toshimichi Okawa | 11/01/2003 |
6 | "Fight! Wind, Fire and Earth" | 11/08/2003 | ||
7 | "Run! To Save a Life" | Kenji Suzuki | Hideki Sonoda | 11/15/2003 |
8 | "Descend! Dragon from the Sky" | Kenji Konuta | 11/22/2003 | |
9 | "Tremble! Karin's Real Shape" | Hirochika Muraishi | Toshimichi Okawa | 11/29/2003 |
10 | "Achelon Captures the Earth" | 12/06/2003 | ||
11 | "The Nine Sazers Finally Unite" | Kenji Suzuki | 12/13/2003 | |
12 | "Ultra Star Gods vs. the Achelon Star Beast" | Kenji Konuta | 12/20/2003 | |
Part 2 | ||||
13 | "The Impactor Attacks" | Hirochika Muraishi | Toshimichi Okawa | 12/27/2003 |
14 | "Awaken! Water Warrior" | 01/10/2004 | ||
15 | "Arise! Ultra Star God of Water" | 01/17/2004 | ||
16 | "Emergency! Commander Logia" | Hiroshi Ishii | 01/24/2004 | |
17 | "Crisis! The Plan to Exterminate Humanity" | Kenji Suzuki | Hideki Sonoda | 01/31/2004 |
18 | "The Ultimate Enemy! Guntras" | 02/07/2004 | ||
19 | "Go! Guncaeser" | Kunio Miyoshi | Kazuhiro Inaba | 02/14/2004 |
20 | "Prepare for the Big Battle" | 02/21/2004 | ||
21 | "The End of the World is Coming!" | Tsutomu Kashima | Kenji Konuta | 02/28/2004 |
22 | "The Unification of the Ultra Star Gods" | 03/06/2004 | ||
23 | "Logia's Revenge" | Hirochika Muraishi | Hiroshi Ishii | 03/13/2004 |
24 | "Menace! Dailogian" | 03/20/2004 | ||
Part 3 | ||||
25 | "Mastermind! The Brand-New Enemy" | Hirochika Muraishi | Hiroshi Ishii | 03/27/2004 |
26 | "The Prisoner of Ijigen" | Kenji Suzuki | Kazuhiro Inaba | 04/03/2004 |
27 | "Burn in Fury, Burning Swords!" | 04/10/2004 | ||
28 | "The Pretty Fugitive" | Hirochika Muraishi | Kenji Konuta | 04/17/2004 |
29 | "Go! Type-05 GS Assist Robot!" | 04/24/2004 | ||
30 | "Velsou Strikes!" | Kunio Miyoshi | Toshimichi Okawa | 05/01/2004 |
31 | "Pompous Princess in Danger!" | Kenji Suzuki | Kazuhiro Inaba | 05/08/2004 |
32 | "Nightmare on the Spaceship" | Toshimichi Okawa | 05/15/2004 | |
33 | "Demon of Revenge, Logia Returns" | Tsutomu Kashima | Kazuhiro Inaba | 05/22/2004 |
34 | "Defeat Him, Dailogian" | 05/29/2004 | ||
35 | "Dancing Dream" | Kunio Miyoshi | 06/05/2004 | |
36 | "Farewell, Partner!" | Hirochika Muraishi | Shuji Kawata | 06/12/2004 |
37 | "Day of the Dolphin" | Tsutomu Kamishiro | 06/19/2004 | |
38 | "Visitor from the Ancient Times" | Kenji Suzuki | Rima Nozoe | 06/26/2004 |
39 | "Project Omega" | 07/03/2004 | ||
40 | "Counterattack! Jet-Black Soldier" | Teruyoshi Ishii | Kazuhiro Inaba | 07/10/2004 |
41 | "Showdown!" | 07/17/2004 | ||
Part 4 | ||||
42 | "Revive! Ancient Life Form" | Hirochika Muraishi | Hideki Sonoda | 07/24/2004 |
43 | "Boscheat the Destroyer" | 07/31/2004 | ||
44 | "Unraveled! Mystery of the Ancient War" | Kenji Suzuki | Rima Nozoe | 08/07/2004 |
45 | "Final Battle Against Boscheat" | 08/14/2004 | ||
46 | "Beginning of the End" | Toshiharu Ikeda | Tsutomu Kamishiro | 08/21/2004 |
47 | "Prelude to Destruction" | Tsutomu Kashima | 08/28/2004 | |
48 | "The Dragon's Memory, Heaven's Will" | Shuji Kawata | 09/04/2004 | |
49 | "The Space Alliance's Army Advances!" | Hirochika Muraishi | Kazuhiro Inaba | 09/11/2004 |
50 | "Tenma's Death!" | 09/18/2004 | ||
51 | "Day of Resurrection" | Toshimichi Okawa | 09/25/2004 |
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Hirochika Muraishi, Kenji Suzuki, Kunio Miyoshi, Tsutomu Kashima, Teruyoshi Ishii, Toshiharu Ikeda
- Written by Toshimichi Okawa, Hideki Sonoda, Kenji Konuta, Hiroshi Ishii, Kazuhiro Inaba, Shuji Kawata, Tsutomu Kamishiro, Rima Nozoe
- Organized by Masamichi Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Yanagita, Katsufumi Miyazaki
- Produced by Norio Yamakawa, Yoshiya Futamura, Nobuhiko Ishii
- Music by Yasuharu Takana
- Opening theme "Life Goes On"
- Written and performed by U-ya Asaoka
- Composed by Eddy Blues
- Arranged by Koichi Sawazaki
- Ending theme "Take You Away"
- Performed by Asami Abe
- Written by 326
- Composed by Kyohei Tsutsumi
- Arranged by Yoshimasa Inoue
- Cinematography by Takehiro Kuramochi
- Edited by Masayuki Horiguchi
- Production design by Masato Inatsuki
- First assistant directors Yoshiaki Kondo, Mikihiro Honda
- Director of special effects Koichi Kawakita
- First assistant director of special effects Hiromasa Mitsudome
Cast
- For minor roles and monster suit actors, see the cast sections on their respective episode pages.
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
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Appearances
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Weapons, vehicles and organizations
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Foreign releases
An English-language dub of the series was recorded under the name Ultra Star God Gransazer, possibly commissioned by Toho. It aired on television in English-speaking territories of Asia as The Gransazers; this is known to have included Singapore's Kids Central[1] in early 2005, and the Toonami block on India's Cartoon Network beginning in November of 2006.[2] The full dub was released on VCD by Singaporean company Poh Kim.
Several inconsistencies and alterations to the Japanese version's script are present in the dub, as well as the subtitles on the VCDs. Examples include:
- The time period during which the Earth was inhabited by an advanced civilization is changed from hundreds of millions of years ago to billions of years ago.
- Despite marketing for the show's Indian release calling them Super Star Gods, the Gransazers' mechas are referred to as Ultra Star Gods throughout the dub. The subtitles occasionally call them Chou Seishin.
- The Wind Tribe's Ultra Star God is inconsistently pronounced "Dolcross" and "Dorcruz." The VCD subtitles vary between Dolcross, Dorcruz, Docrus, Dorcous, and Dorcrus.
- The Earth Tribe's Ultra Star God is written by the subtitles as "Gun Caesar," "Gunshisa," "Guncaesar" or "Guncaeser."
- Impactor Logia's mecha, called Dailogian in the original Japanese, is pronounced "Dailogia." The subtitles, nonetheless, write it Dailogian.
- Despite the dub consistently using the name Fire Tribe, "Flame Tribe" is occasionally written by the subtitles.
- Karin Saeki's species are consistently called "Akerons." However, the subtitles vary between Akerons, Achelons, and Achelonese.
- All of the show's alien species (sans the Achelons) are translated with an "-ean" or "-ian" ending, similar to a nationality. For example, クリミネル星人 (Alien Kliminel) is translated as "Kliminelean."
- The pronunciation of the main antagonist organization's name varies between "Warf Manauf," "Wouf Manauf," and "Uofu Manafu." The subtitles variously write it Warf Manarf, Uofu Manafu, Gofumanafu, and Wouf Manafe.
- The name of the fodder henchmen used by Wouf Manafe varies between Gig Fighter, Gig-Fighter, and Gigfighter in the subtitles.
- Impactor Lucia's name is spelled "Rusia" by the subtitles upon her first appearance, but is changed to Lucia in later episodes. The dub consistently pronounces it like "Luchia."
- The series' final antagonist, whose original name ボスキート (Bosukīto) is homophonous with the Japanese rendering of 'mosquito,' is called "Boscheat" with a 'ch' sound.
- A line in episode 13 referring to Ultra Star God Leviathan as a "metallic whale" (金属製のクジラ is changed to say "a golden kinzokuesei no kujira)Godzilla." This was most likely caused by confusion over the Japanese word for metallic, which contains the kanji for "gold" (金, and a mishearing of kujira ("whale") as Gojira. The line is especially peculiar in context due to Leviathan being blue, not gold, and its lack of resemblance to Godzilla. kin)
Video releases
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 1]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 2]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 3]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 4]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 5]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 6]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 7]
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Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 8]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 9]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 10]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 11]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 12]
Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 13]
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References
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