Kousoku Sentai Liveman Episodes

Complete Season Watch Guide

Episode 1

Friends! Why Did You Do This!?

Aired: Feb 27, 1988

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.

Episode 2

Three Powers Sworn to Life

Aired: Mar 05, 1988

With Academia destroyed, the Liveman gain from their dying mentor Doctor Hoshi instructions and a clue to assist in their battle against Volt.

Episode 3

Obular Demonic Transformation

Aired: Mar 12, 1988

Jou shows doubt in facing down his old friend Gou as he prepares to use a virus to evolve into the ultimate being.

Episode 4

Expose! The Dummy Man

Aired: Mar 19, 1988

Megumi suspects Mazenda in a plot involving transforming Jimmers into Dummy Man spies.

Episode 5

The Reckless Driving Engine Monster

Aired: Mar 26, 1988

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.

Episode 6

Attack! The Dinosaur That Lived

Aired: Apr 02, 1988

A boy befriends a young dinosaur brought to the present by Obular's time-manipulating Brain Beast.

Episode 7

Dinosaur VS Live Robo

Aired: Apr 09, 1988

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.

Episode 8

The Duel of Love and Anger!

Aired: Apr 16, 1988

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. 

Episode 9

Rose! Smell Feverish

Aired: Apr 23, 1988

Megumi attempts to protect the love of her newlywed friends from being corrupted by Mazenda's love-potion perfume.

Episode 10

The Skateboard to Escape the Maze

Aired: Apr 30, 1988

Jou takes a delivery job to save a pizza shop, which becomes more dangerous after a Brain Beast turns the town into a maze.

Episode 11

The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast

Aired: May 07, 1988

Arashi Busujima, a self-proclaimed idiot gang leader, causes trouble for both Volt and the Liveman by making a Brain Beast his own servant.

Episode 12

Super-Genius Ashura!

Aired: May 14, 1988

Bias transforms the idiotic gang leader Arashi into Doctor Ashura, the ultimate genius who befuddles the Liveman with both brains and brawn!

Episode 13

Burn! Steel Colon

Aired: May 21, 1988

A malfunctioned Jimmer who falls for Colon assists the team in stopping a plot by Mazenda to poison the city. 

Episode 14

The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke

Aired: May 28, 1988

Ashura depowers and estranged Yusuke with a Brain Beast that turns him into a walking electromagnet. 

Episode 15

Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash

Aired: Jun 04, 1988

Jou protects a robot being targeted by Gash for a special crystal Bias wishes to obtain. 

Episode 16

The Letter of the Jiang Shi

Aired: Jun 11, 1988

Yusuke returns to Academia to retrieve love letters he left that are being used for zombies of his fellow students. 

Episode 17

The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll!

Aired: Jun 18, 1988

Megumi fights to regain a doll with emotions that is transformed by Kemp into a doll-controlling Brain Beast.

Episode 18

A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast

Aired: Jun 25, 1988

Jou falls for a mysterious girl created from the remnants of Mazenda's loving heart into a Brain Beast.

Episode 19

Geek-Boy Obular

Aired: Jul 02, 1988

A Brain Beast created with Obular's own mind leads to a shocking revelation to the Liveman about their enemy Gou. 

Episode 20

Failing Obular's Counterattack!

Aired: Jul 09, 1988

Gou is kicked out of Volt for his failures, forcing him to return home in order to resume experiments for becoming the ultimate Obular.

Episode 21

Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice…

Aired: Jul 16, 1988

Yusuke attempts to convince Gou's mother to save her son as Volt bring him back for their own schemes.

Episode 22

Enter the Space Karaoke Master

Aired: Jul 23, 1988

Megumi tries to give confidence to a girl whose song may be the only means to stop a mad musical alien.

Episode 23

The Life Risked at 0.1 Second

Aired: Jul 30, 1988

Colon tries to prove her worth to Yusuke against a swordsman Brain Beast using a new metal developed by Kemp. 

Episode 24

Can You Get a 100 for Playing!?

Aired: Aug 06, 1988

Yusuke tries to convince a boy the importance of hard work in school and fun while dealing with Mazenda's mental manipulation of children.

Episode 25

The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle!

Aired: Aug 13, 1988

On vacation in Aizu, the Liveman help a boy get over his fears of a castle haunted by revived Brain Beasts.

Episode 26

Aizu's Huge Rhinocerous Beetles!

Aired: Aug 20, 1988

The Liveman investigate a strange light caused by Mazenda's new Giga energy making the insects of Aizu giant-sized.

Episode 27

Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project

Aired: Aug 27, 1988

The Liveman are unexpectedly assisted by Megumi's father as Volt ups the ante with the activation of the Giga Project.

Episode 28

The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt

Aired: Sep 03, 1988

The Liveman struggle against Bias' completed "Giga Volt", but are saved by a mysterious young man with his own hatred of the enemy.

Episode 29

The Vengeful Live Boxer

Aired: Sep 10, 1988

Tetsuya and Jun'ichi, the siblings of the Liveman's deceased friends, push forwards to do whatever it takes to defeat Giga Volt, even with unexpected assistance.

Episode 30

Five Warriors, Here and Now

Aired: Sep 17, 1988

With the continued threat of Giga Volt and Tetsuya and Jun'ichi still driven by revenge, the Liveman must figure a means to come together as a true team to defeat Volt's greatest weapon.

Episode 31

Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries

Aired: Sep 24, 1988

Jun'ichi is implanted with the child of Guildos and Butchy's Brain Beast, forcing him to make a decision regarding his unusual situation.

Episode 32

Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses

Aired: Oct 08, 1988

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.

Episode 33

Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot

Aired: Oct 15, 1988

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.

Episode 34

Love That Runs through the Future and Present!

Aired: Oct 22, 1988

An accident by Ashura allows for a girl from fifteen years in the future into 1988, where she has a peculiar encounter with Jou.

Episode 35

Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!!

Aired: Oct 29, 1988

Yusuke and Kemp return to Academia Island to see how far they've come and settle old scores as promised four years prior.

Episode 36

Crash! The Tackle of Friendship

Aired: Nov 05, 1988

Jun'ichi tries to reconcile with a member of his school rugby team as the rest of the team becomes minions to Mazenda's Brain Beast.

Episode 37

16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation!

Aired: Nov 12, 1988

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.

Episode 38

Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda

Aired: Nov 19, 1988

Yusuke unexpectedly runs away from a rampaging Mazenda, who has furthered her modifications into a living mechanical weapon!

Episode 39

Protect it! A Lifeform of Space

Aired: Nov 26, 1988

Jou assists an alien in retrieving a seed from its homeworld trapped within a meteor Brain Beast.

Episode 40

Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief

Aired: Dec 03, 1988

A tricky jewel thief interested in Megumi gets his hands on a gem containing a Brain Beast that helps him in his devious tasks.

Episode 41

The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!!

Aired: Dec 10, 1988

Jou fights to protect his former rival Gou from Volt when he regains memories that are key to the truth behind Bias.

Episode 42

Bias' Challenge From Space

Aired: Dec 17, 1988

Bias uses the power of Giga Brain Waves to brainwash Tetsuya into sabotaging the Gran Tortoise and killing his Liveman teammates.

Episode 43

A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form

Aired: Dec 24, 1988

Jun'ichi desperately tries to prove his power against Guildos, who wishes to prove the power of his planet to Bias.

Episode 44

Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!!

Aired: Jan 14, 1989

After discovering the horrifying truth about himself and Guildos, Butchy goes on a rampage through Earth which is interpreted sympathetically by Megumi.

Episode 45

Ashura Reversal One Chance Game

Aired: Jan 21, 1989

Fearing being left behind by Bias' remaining pupils, Ashura enacts a plot to hack all information from the world computer networks into himself.

Episode 46

Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle

Aired: Jan 28, 1989

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.

Episode 47

A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!!

Aired: Feb 04, 1989

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.

Episode 48

Birth!! Boy King Bias!

Aired: Feb 11, 1989

As Kemp finally achieves a thousand-point brain for Bias, Yusuke sneaks into Brain Base to stop the Giga Brain Wave from controlling humanity.

Episode 49

The Fall of Great Professor Bias

Aired: Feb 18, 1989

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.
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