Plot
Mobile Cop Jiban is a Japanese tokusatsu television series which serves as the 8th entry in the Metal Hero franchise, and the first series to have toy commercials that were filmed on Videotape. Produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi in Japan from January 29, 1989 to January 28, 1990, it ran for 52 episodes and a feature movie aired on July 17, 1989. According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban. Created by Keita Amemiya, the premise for the series combines elements from the American film Robocop and the 1970s tokusatsu Robot Detective.
Cast
as Naoto Tamura / Jiban
as Ayumi Igarashi
as Youko Katagiri
as Kiyoshirou Muramatsu
as Seiichi Yanagida
as Doctor Giba
as Marsha
as Karsha
as Mad Garbo (voice)
as Doctor Giba (voice)
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Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
January 29, 1989
Last Aired Date
January 28, 1990
Production Companies
Toei Company
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
52
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Season 1
1989|52 Episodes
Naoto Tamura, a new detective in Central City, is killed by a Bionoid Monster in the line of duty. Doctor Kenzo Igarashi, a man whose experiments had been responsible for the Bioron syndicate's existence, brought the man back to life as a cyborg detective, Jiban.
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