The Gransazers (2003-2004)

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The Gransazers Air date October 4, 2003 - September 25, 2004 Distributor Toho Channel(s) TV Tokyo Genre(s) Tokusatsu Episodes 51* Rate this series! 4.60 (5 votes)

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The Gransazers (超星神グランセイザー,   Chōseishin Guranseizā, lit. Ultra Star God Gransazer) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama series co-produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, and Toho. It aired weekly from October 10, 2003 to September 25, 2004 and kicked off the Ultra Star God multimedia franchise.

Plot

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Episodes

Title translations adapted from the show's international English dub.

No.	Title	Director	Writer	Air date
Part 1
1	"Awaken! Star Warrior"	Hirochika Muraishi	Toshimichi Okawa	2003/10/04
2	"Move! Dorcrus"		Hideki Sonoda	2003/10/11
3	"The Formation of the Fire Tribe"	Kenji Suzuki	Kenji Konuta	2003/10/18
4	"The Earth's Warrior"		Hiroshi Ishii	2003/10/25
5	"The Burning Police Spirit"	Hirochika Muraishi	Toshimichi Okawa	2003/11/01
6	"Fight! Wind, Fire and Earth"			2003/11/08
7	"Run! To Save a Life"	Kenji Suzuki	Hideki Sonoda	2003/11/15
8	"Descend! Dragon from the Sky"		Kenji Konuta	2003/11/22
9	"Tremble! Karin's Real Shape"	Hirochika Muraishi	Toshimichi Okawa	2003/11/29
10	"Achelon Captures the Earth"			2003/12/06
11	"The Nine Sazers Finally Unite"	Kenji Suzuki		2003/12/13
12	"Ultra Star Gods vs. the Achelon Star Beast"		Kenji Konuta	2003/12/20
Part 2
13	"The Impactor Attacks"	Hirochika Muraishi	Toshimichi Okawa	2003/12/27
14	"Awaken! Water Warrior"			2004/01/10
15	"Arise! Ultra Star God of Water"			2004/01/17
16	"Emergency! Commander Logia"		Hiroshi Ishii	2004/01/24
17	"Crisis! The Plan to Exterminate Humanity"	Kenji Suzuki	Hideki Sonoda	2004/01/31
18	"The Ultimate Enemy! Guntras"			2004/02/07
19	"Go! Gunceaser"	Kunio Miyoshi	Kazuhiro Inaba	2004/02/14
20	"Prepare for the Big Battle"			2004/02/21
21	"The End of the World is Coming!"	Tsutomu Kashima	Kenji Konuta	2004/02/28
22	"The Unification of the Ultra Star Gods"			2004/03/06
23	"Logia's Revenge"	Hirochika Muraishi	Hiroshi Ishii	2004/03/13
24	"Menace! Dailogian"			2004/03/20
Part 3
25	"Mastermind! The Brand-New Enemy"	Hirochika Muraishi	Hiroshi Ishii	2004/03/27
26	"The Prisoner of Ijigen"	Kenji Suzuki	Kazuhiro Inaba	2004/04/03
27	"Burn in Fury, Burning Swords!"			2004/04/10
28	"The Pretty Fugitive"	Hirochika Muraishi	Kenji Konuta	2004/04/17
29	"Go! Type-05 GS Assist Robot!"			2004/04/24
30	"Velsou Strikes!"	Kunio Miyoshi	Toshimichi Okawa	2004/05/01
31	"Pompous Princess in Danger!"	Kenji Suzuki	Kazuhiro Inaba	2004/05/08
32	"Nightmare on the Spaceship"		Toshimichi Okawa	2004/05/15
33	"Demon of Revenge, Logia Returns"	Tsutomu Kashima	Kazuhiro Inaba	2004/05/22
34	"Defeat Him, Dailogian"			2004/05/29
35	"Dancing Dream"	Kunio Miyoshi		2004/06/05
36	"Farewell, Partner!"	Hirochika Muraishi	Shuji Kawata	2004/06/12
37	"Day of the Dolphin"		Tsutomu Kamishiro	2004/06/19
38	"Visitor from the Ancient Times"	Kenji Suzuki	Rima Nozoe	2004/06/26
39	"Project Omega"			2004/07/03
40	"Counterattack! Jet-Black Soldier"	Teruyoshi Ishii	Kazuhiro Inaba	2004/07/10
41	"Showdown!"			2004/07/17
Part 4
42	"Revive! Ancient Life Form"	Hirochika Muraishi	Hideki Sonoda	2004/07/24
43	"Boscheat the Destroyer"			2004/07/31
44	"Unraveled! Mystery of the Ancient War"	Kenji Suzuki	Rima Nozoe	2004/08/07
45	"Final Battle Against Boscheat"			2004/08/14
46	"Beginning of the End"	Toshiharu Ikeda	Tsutomu Kamishiro	2004/08/21
47	"Prelude to Destruction"	Tsutomu Kashima		2004/08/28
48	"The Dragon's Memory, Heaven's Will"		Shuji Kawata	2004/09/04
49	"The Space Alliance's Army Advances!"	Hirochika Muraishi	Kazuhiro Inaba	2004/09/11
50	"Tenma's Death!"			2004/09/18
51	"Day of Resurrection"		Toshimichi Okawa	2004/09/25

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   Yuya 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
• 1st assistant directors   Yoshiaki Kondo, Mikihiro Honda
• Director of special effects   Koichi Kawakita
• 1st assistant director of special effects   Hiromasa Mitsudome

Cast

For minor characters and suit actors, see the cast sections on their respective episode pages.

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Ryo Segawa   as   Tenma Kudo
• Asuka Shimizu   as   Mika Shido
• Kohei Takeda   as   Ken Shido
• Hideaki Serizawa   as   Akira Dentsuin
• Maya Hoshino   as   Ryoko Amemiya
• Ren Matsuzawa   as   Jin Hakariya
• Tomohide Takahara   as   Naoto Matsuzaka
• Sayaka Isoyama   as   Ran Saotome
• Soji Masaki   as   Go Kamiya
• Hideki Okada   as   Makoto Sorimachi
• Kumiko Ito   as   Ai Uozumi
• Takuma Sugawara   as   Tappei Mikami
• Mika Chiba   as   Karin Saeki
• Shinnosuke Abe   as   Impactor Logia
• Kim Ji-soon   as   Impactor Lucia (as Chisun)
• Ryuki Kitaoka   as   Impactor Radia (as Hisataka Kitaoka)
• Shoichiro Akaboshi   as   Dr. Ichiro Horiguchi
• Shunsaku Kudo   as   Atsushi Misonogi
• Masayuki Yui   as   Masaki Wakui
• Tomonori Yoshida   as   Soichiro Okita
• Takashi Taniguchi   as   Belzeus (voice)
• Ryuta Izumi   as   Algoul (voice)
• Jin Yamanoi   as   Gogian (voice)
• Satoshi Haga   as   Boscheat (voice)

Appearances

Gransazers Fire Tribe Sazer Tarious Sazer Mithras Sazer Lion Wind Tribe Sazer Remls Sazer Velsou Sazer Dail Earth Tribe Sazer Tawlon Sazer Visuel Sazer Tragos Water Tribe Sazer Gorbion Sazer Pisces Sazer Gans Monsters and races Achelons Karin Saeki Achelon Star Beast Clone Achelons Specimen Alpha Specimen Beta Clone Achelon Star Beast Ruby Impactors Impactor Radia Impactor Lucia Impactor Logia Impactor Superior Gigfighters Sheorlean Stiuks Bislians Asami Yoshioka Stoneans Jado Ramon Killerdian Fedora Gadoulean Kliminelean Ajantean Freed Golfinian Omega Giant Omega Boscheat the Destroyer Giant Boscheat Mariusian Luka Glubanians Belzeus Brighton Algoul Gogian Troius Cableon Will of the Universe

Weapons, vehicles and organizations Wouf Manafe Ultra Star Gods Garuda Dorcrus Guncaeser Leviathan Mass Production Model Garudas Cloud Dragon Guntras Daisazer Dailogian Type-05 GS Assist Robot Youhi Type-05 GS Assist Tank Asahi Type-05 Personal Youhi Transport Aircraft Ryusei Maser Interceptor Main-Force Starfighter Achelon Mothership Type 90 Tank AH-1S Helicopter Crystal Slab Knuckle Riser Gran-Vehicles Flame Tribers Wind Tribers Earth Tribers Aqua Tribers

Foreign releases

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 in early 2005, and the Toonami block on India's Cartoon Network beginning in November of 2006. The full series 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' mechs 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 subs vary between Dolcross, Dorcruz, Docrus, Dorcous, and Dorcrus.
• The Earth Tribe's Ultra Star God is written by the subtitles as "Gun Caesar," "Guncaesar" or "Guncaeser."
• Impactor Logia's mech, 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 subs 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 subs 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 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,   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" (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 bearing no resemblance to Godzilla.

Video releases

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 episode outros, four textless openings, and collection of 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.

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: Collection of episode outros, collection of sponsor messages, TV promo and up-next message. 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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