Choujuu Sentai Liveman — Season 1
Episodes
E01 Friends! Why Did You Do This!?
Feb 27, 1988 · 20m
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.
E02 Three Powers Sworn to Life
Mar 5, 1988 · 20m
With Academia destroyed, the Liveman gain from their dying mentor Doctor Hoshi instructions and a clue to assist in their battle against Volt.
E03 Obular Demonic Transformation
Mar 12, 1988 · 20m
Jou shows doubt in facing down his old friend Gou as he prepares to use a virus to evolve into the ultimate being.
E04 Expose! The Dummy Man
Mar 19, 1988 · 20m
Megumi suspects Mazenda in a plot involving transforming Jimmers into Dummy Man spies.
E05 The Reckless Driving Engine Monster
Mar 26, 1988 · 20m
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.
E06 Attack! The Dinosaur That Lived
Apr 2, 1988 · 20m
A boy befriends a young dinosaur brought to the present by Obular's time-manipulating Brain Beast.
E07 Dinosaur VS Live Robo
Apr 9, 1988 · 20m
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.
E08 The Duel of Love and Anger!
Apr 16, 1988 · 20m
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.
E09 Rose! Smell Feverish
Apr 23, 1988 · 20m
Megumi attempts to protect the love of her newlywed friends from being corrupted by Mazenda's love-potion perfume.
E10 The Skateboard to Escape the Maze
Apr 30, 1988 · 20m
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.
E11 The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast
May 7, 1988 · 20m
Arashi Busujima, a self-proclaimed idiot gang leader, causes trouble for both Volt and the Liveman by making a Brain Beast his own servant.
E12 Super-Genius Ashura!
May 14, 1988 · 20m
Bias transforms the idiotic gang leader Arashi into Doctor Ashura, the ultimate genius who befuddles the Liveman with both brains and brawn!
E13 Burn! Steel Colon
May 21, 1988 · 20m
A malfunctioned Jimmer who falls for Colon assists the team in stopping a plot by Mazenda to poison the city.
E14 The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke
May 28, 1988 · 20m
Ashura depowers and estranged Yusuke with a Brain Beast that turns him into a walking electromagnet.
E15 Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash
Jun 4, 1988 · 20m
Jou protects a robot being targeted by Gash for a special crystal Bias wishes to obtain.
E16 The Letter of Jiang Shi
Jun 11, 1988 · 20m
Yusuke returns to Academia to retrieve love letters he left that are being used for jumping, zombie-like apparitions of his fellow students.
E17 The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll!
Jun 18, 1988 · 20m
Megumi fights to regain a doll with emotions that is transformed by Kemp into a doll-controlling Brain Beast.
E18 A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast
Jun 25, 1988 · 20m
Jou falls for a mysterious girl created from the remnants of Mazenda's loving heart into a Brain Beast.
E19 Geek-Boy Obular
Jul 2, 1988 · 20m
A Brain Beast created with Obular's own mind leads to a shocking revelation to the Liveman about their enemy Gou.
E20 Failing Obular's Counterattack!
Jul 9, 1988 · 20m
Gou is kicked out of Volt for his failures, forcing him to return home in order to resume experiments for becoming the ultimate Obular.
E21 Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice…
Jul 16, 1988 · 20m
Yusuke attempts to convince Gou's mother to save her son as Volt bring him back for their own schemes.
E22 Enter the Space Karaoke Master
Jul 23, 1988 · 20m
Megumi tries to give confidence to a girl whose song may be the only means to stop a mad musical alien.
E23 The Life Risked at 0.1 Second
Jul 30, 1988 · 20m
Colon tries to prove her worth to Yusuke against a swordsman Brain Beast using a new metal developed by Kemp.
E24 Can You Get a 100 for Playing!?
Aug 6, 1988 · 20m
Yusuke tries to convince a boy the importance of hard work in school and fun while dealing with Mazenda's mental manipulation of children.
E25 The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle!
Aug 13, 1988 · 20m
On vacation in Aizu, the Liveman help a boy get over his fears of a castle haunted by revived Brain Beasts.
E26 Aizu's Huge Rhinoceros Beetles!
Aug 20, 1988 · 20m
The Liveman investigate a strange light caused by Mazenda's new Giga energy making the insects of Aizu giant-sized.
E27 Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project
Aug 27, 1988 · 20m
The Liveman are unexpectedly assisted by Megumi's father as Volt ups the ante with the activation of the Giga Project.
E28 The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt
Sep 3, 1988 · 20m
The Liveman struggle against Bias' completed "Giga Volt", but are saved by a mysterious young man with his own hatred of the enemy.
E29 The Vengeful Live Boxer
Sep 10, 1988 · 20m
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.
E30 Five Warriors, Here and Now
Sep 17, 1988 · 20m
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.
E31 Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries
Sep 24, 1988 · 20m
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.
E32 Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses
Oct 1, 1988 · 20m
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.
E33 Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot
Oct 15, 1988 · 20m
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.
E34 Love That Runs through the Future and Present!
Oct 22, 1988 · 20m
An accident by Ashura allows for a girl from fifteen years in the future into 1988, where she has a peculiar encounter with Jou.
E35 Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!!
Oct 29, 1988 · 20m
Yusuke and Kemp return to Academia Island to see how far they've come and settle old scores as promised four years prior.
E36 Crash! The Tackle of Friendship
Nov 5, 1988 · 20m
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.
E37 16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation!
Nov 12, 1988 · 20m
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.
E38 Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda
Nov 19, 1988 · 20m
Yusuke unexpectedly runs away from a rampaging Mazenda, who has furthered her modifications into a living mechanical weapon!
E39 Protect it! A Lifeform of Space
Nov 26, 1988 · 20m
Jou assists an alien in retrieving a seed from its homeworld trapped within a meteor Brain Beast.
E40 Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief
Dec 3, 1988 · 20m
A tricky jewel thief interested in Megumi gets his hands on a gem containing a Brain Beast that helps him in his devious tasks.
E41 The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!!
Dec 10, 1988 · 20m
Jou fights to protect his former rival Gou from Volt when he regains memories that are key to the truth behind Bias.
E42 Bias' Challenge From Space
Dec 17, 1988 · 20m
Bias uses the power of Giga Brain Waves to brainwash Tetsuya into sabotaging the Gran Tortoise and killing his Liveman teammates.
E43 A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form
Dec 24, 1988 · 20m
Junichi desperately tries to prove his power against Guildos, who wishes to prove the power of his planet to Bias.
E44 Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!!
Jan 14, 1989 · 20m
After discovering the horrifying truth about himself and Guildos, Butchy goes on a rampage through Earth which is interpreted sympathetically by Megumi.
E45 Ashura Reversal One Chance Game
Jan 21, 1989 · 20m
Fearing being left behind by Bias' remaining pupils, Ashura enacts a plot to hack all information from the world computer networks into himself.
E46 Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle
Jan 28, 1989 · 20m
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.
E47 A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!!
Feb 4, 1989 · 20m
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.
E48 Birth!! Boy King Bias!
Feb 11, 1989 · 20m
As Kemp finally achieves a thousand-point brain for Bias, Yusuke sneaks into Brain Base to stop the Giga Brain Wave from controlling humanity.
E49 The Fall of Great Professor Bias
Feb 18, 1989 · 20m
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.