Jushin Liger (anime)

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name = Jushin Liger


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ja_name = 獣神ライガー
ja_name_trans = Jūshin Raigā
genre = Infobox animanga/Anime
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studio = Dynamic Productions, Sunrise
network = Nagoya Broadcasting Network
first = March 11, 1989
last = January 27, 1990
episodes = 43

nihongo|"Jushin Liger"|獣神ライガー|Jūshin Raigā|lit. "Beast God Liger" is an anime superhero TV series created by mangaka Go Nagai. Produced by Dynamic Productions (Nagai's own company) and Nippon Sunrise, the series was broadcast on Nagoya Broadcasting Network (NBN) from March 11, 1989 to January 27, 1990, for a total of 43 episodes.

This anime series inspired the real-life pro-wrestler, Jushin "Thunder" Liger.

The opening theme "Ikari no Jyushin" ("Jushin's Rage"), which was performed by Yumi Hiroki, is also wrestler Jushin "Thunder" Liger's theme song.

The story

It is 199X A.D. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, three bodies of Dragonite appear. Possessing overwhelming destructive force, they attack the city. They also awaken the evil Jashin Drago from the holy seal he was trapped in. 200 years ago, Drago was trapped in the seal by a holy warrior with the tattooed mark of the Liger. Assuming that the warrior is dead, Drago and Empress Zara are free to conquer the Earth using their army of biomechanical beasts. Even the Japan Self-Defense Forces are no match for the Dragonites' awesome power. One of the people fleeing is the protagonist, a milquetoast 16 year old boy named Ken Taiga. Unbeknownst to the Dragonites, Ken realizes that he is the descendant of the Liger warrior! In a burst of anger, Ken's Liger birthmark appears, and he rises his palm into the air, shouting the henshin command, "LIGER!!!", which then covers him in demonic long-haired biomechanical armor. Ken transforms into Jushin Liger to fight the evil forces of the Dragonite!

ee also

*Jushin Liger the pro wrestler.
*"", the 1995 OVT tokusatsu film.