The Gransazers (2003-2004)

Ultra Star God Series
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The Gransazers Air date October 4, 2003 - September 25, 2004 Funded by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho Production company General Entertainment, Dream Planet Japan Channel(s) TV Tokyo Genre(s) Tokusatsu, action, drama, sci-fi Episodes 51* Rate this series! 4.50 (6 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 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
Part 1
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. Ryo Segawa   as   Tenma Kudo / Sazer Tarious (voice) Asuka Shimizu   as   Mika Shido / Sazer Mithras (voice) Kohei Takeda   as   Ken Shido / Sazer Lion (voice) Hideaki Serizawa   as   Dr. Akira Dentsuin / Sazer Remls (voice) Maya Hoshino   as   Ryoko Amemiya / Sazer Velsou (voice) Ren Matsuzawa   as   Jin Hakariya / Sazer Dail (voice) Tomohide Takahara   as   Naoto Matsuzaka / Sazer Tawlon (voice) Sayaka Isoyama   as   Ran Saotome / Sazer Visuel (voice) Soji Masaki   as   Go Kamiya / Sazer Tragos (voice) Hideki Okada   as   Makoto Sorimachi / Sazer Gorbion (voice) Kumiko Ito   as   Ai Uozumi / Sazer Pisces (voice) Takuma Sugawara   as   Tappei Mikami / Sazer Gans (voice) Mika Chiba   as   Professor Karin Saeki / Achelon (voice) Shinnosuke Abe   as   Shuichi Hoshiyama / Impactor Logia Kim Ji-soon   as   Impactor Lucia (as Chisun) Ryuki Kitaoka   as   Impactor Radia (as Hisataka Kitaoka) Shoichiro Akaboshi   as   Professor Ichiro Horiguchi Shunsaku Kudo   as   Atsushi Misonogi Masayuki Yui   as   Professor 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) Hiromi Shinjo   as   Sazer Tarious / Boscheat Misako Nagashima   as   Sazer Mithras Koji Shirahama   as   Sazer Lion / Guncaeser / Youhi Wataru Fukuda   as   Sazer Remls / Logia X Emiko Saito   as   Sazer Velsou / Lucia X Yuji Kitahara   as   Sazer Dail Daisuke Terai   as   Sazer Tawlon Sakiko Akiyoshi   as   Sazer Visuel Kazuhiko Tai   as   Sazer Tragos / Radia X / Boscheat Hiroyuki Matsusue   as   Sazer Gorbion Ami Sakai   as   Sazer Pisces Hideyoshi Iwata   as   Sazer Gans Koichi Kakuta   as   Garuda / Daisazer / Mass Production Model Garuda (uncredited) Seisuke Ida, Naoki Ogura   as   Dorcrus Kanoichi Shiga   as   Guncaeser / Leviathan Nobuhiko Tanabe   as   Guntras / Dailogian Soichiro Tanaka, Yu Motomura, Daisuke Kirii   as   narrators

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 Daisazer Garuda Dorcrus Guncaeser Leviathan Guntras Mass Production Model Garudas Cloud Dragon Dailogian 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 Interceptor Main-Force Starfighter Achelon Mothership Type 90 Tank AH-1S Helicopter Guntroller Wave Catcher Crystal Slab Knuckle-Risers 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

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 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,   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 its lack of resemblance to Godzilla.

Video releases

DVD Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 1] Region: 2 Discs: 1 Audio: Japanese Special features: Three promotional videos. Notes: Contains episodes 1-3. Reissued in 2021. DVD 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. DVD 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. DVD 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. DVD 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. DVD 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. DVD 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.

DVD 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. DVD Toho DVD (2004) [Volume 9] Region: 2 Discs: 1 Audio: Japanese Special features: TV special. Notes: Contains episodes 32-35. Reissued in 2021. DVD 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. DVD 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. DVD 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. DVD 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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