Choukou Senshi Changéríon
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Plot
The DarkZide stealthily appeared on Earth from their dying world in Dark Dimension to acquire the Larmu, human life-energy, to continue their existence. To counter the threat, Takeshi Munakata of the Cabinet Secret Service established the group SAIDOC to intercept the DarkZide. SAIDOC developed the Crystal Power needed to complete the Changérion project. However, the power was accidentally transferred into the body of detective Akira Suzumura.
Characters
Suzumura Detective Agency
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: A happy-go-lucky, frivolous PI who ended up with the Crystal Power. His favorite food is banana parfait. He has a vast debt and loves women and gambling.
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1-14): Akira's aid and supposed girlfriend. She eventually left Suzumura to be a kindergarten teacher.
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SAIDOC
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: Chief of SAIDOC. He is anguished that the government doesn't believe DarkZide exists. Especially, he is afflicted by financial problems, and SAIDOC's development fund is supported by his own property.
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: The SAIDOC member originally meant to have the Crystal power. He is a serious, strait-laced man in contrast with Akira, and his sense of duty is very strong. He feels a bit of animosity towards Akira for stealing his thunder. Later in the series he gains the ability to transform himself into the Blader when he eats the "Seed of Darkness" in the form of an umeboshi. However, he reverts back when the umeboshi is digested in his stomach, and his memory of the time during the transformation disappears.
- Eri Minami: The only female SAIDOC member. A brave, willful & confident woman. She falls in love with Kuroiwa (Gauzar).
DarkZide
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- The Sacred Cadres of the DarkZide
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- Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: A toad-like demon.
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: A tree-like demon who possesses the Key Bird. Mordos is the calm one of the 3 Cadres.
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DarkZide Monsters
- Gingar (01): Posed as Izumi, an elementary school teacher, kidnapping children to use their lifeforce to resurrect Sacred Cadres. Though killed, she succeeded in reawakening her masters.
- Shoeser (02): Posing as a lady's shoe salesman, he kidnapped his victims through the shoes he sold to them.
- Jatou (03): Abducts brides.
- Miraiza (04): A mummy-like monster who posed as the driver of a paper recycling truck. He was the first to be defeated by the Choukou Kishi.
- Elegis (05)
- Dachura (06)
- Maniya (07)
- Rangoria (08)
- Bashiza (09)
- Vakurina (10): A vacuum cleaner-like monster who disguised itself as a maid and takes victims through the vacuum on its hand.
- Shuranza (11)
- Insurar (13): A long-eared monster who posed as a life insurance agent, taking lifeforce through the plush rabbits it handed out.
- Shiragar (14)
- Dogotch (15): A hammer-themed monster who was obsessed with collecting chopstick holders.
- Ghameleo (16)
- Dark Noble Destar (17-18)
- Dark Demon Iceler (18)
- Irezuma (19)
- Miminga (21)
- Batanza (22)
- Buroda (25)
- Deringa (26)
- Getora (27)
- Meganos (28)
- Bochakka (29)
- Gohatto (30)
- Jabu (31)
- Guluris (32)
- Fondar (33)
- Hagan (37)
- Glokkar (38)
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Cast
- Akira Suzumura/Changéríon - Takashi Hagino
- Akemi Tachibana - Mie Hayashi
- Rui Kirihara - Yuka Matsui
- Katsuhiko Hayami/Blader - Kazunari Aizawa
- Eri Minami - Chika Kochihira
- Takeshi Munakata - Noboru Ichiyama
- Shogo Kuroiwa/Gawer - Atsushi Ogawa
- Dark General Zander (Voice) - Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
- Doctor Vinsue (Voice) - Tomoyuki Terai
- Priest Mordos (Voice) - Toshimichi Takahashi
- Kazuki Katagiri - Yutaka Hirose
- Sayoko - Ayami Endō
- Eureka - Mieko Kinoshita
- Narration - Noboru Ichiyama, Daiki Nakamura
Suit actor
- Changéríon - Jiro Okamoto
Songs
- Opening themes
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- "OVER THE TIMES (English Version)" by MISA
- Ending themes
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International Broadcasts
- In the Philippines, it was aired on ABS-CBN from 1998 to 1999 with a Tagalog dub under the title of Changerion.
External links
- Changerion Memorial at Toei
- CHANGERION UNPLUGGED at Radiotoon (Character Design)