Choujuu Sentai Liveman (1988) Season 1
Yusuke, Jo, Megumi, Kenji, Gou and Rui are students at Academia but the latter three decide to turn bad and join forces with the evil army Volt. When the defectors return, their three friends are forced to combat them as Choujuu Sentai Liveman. With the help of an android ally named Colon and a few others along the way, the Liveman must save the world and their friends.
Friends! Why Did You Do This!? 01 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.
2/27/1988
Three Powers Sworn to Life 02 With Academia destroyed, the Liveman gain from their dying mentor Doctor Hoshi instructions and a clue to assist in their battle against Volt.
3/5/1988
Obular Demonic Transformation 03 Jou shows doubt in facing down his old friend Gou as he prepares to use a virus to evolve into the ultimate being.
3/12/1988
04 Megumi suspects Mazenda in a plot involving transforming Jimmers into Dummy Man spies.
3/19/1988
The Reckless Driving Engine Monster 05 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.
3/26/1988
Attack! The Dinosaur That Lived 06 A boy befriends a young dinosaur brought to the present by Obular's time-manipulating Brain Beast.
4/2/1988
07 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.
4/9/1988
The Duel of Love and Anger! 08 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.
4/16/1988
09 Megumi attempts to protect the love of her newlywed friends from being corrupted by Mazenda's love-potion perfume.
4/23/1988
The Skateboard to Escape the Maze 10 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.
4/30/1988
The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast 11 Arashi Busujima, a self-proclaimed idiot gang leader, causes trouble for both Volt and the Liveman by making a Brain Beast his own servant.
5/7/1988
12 Bias transforms the idiotic gang leader Arashi into Doctor Ashura, the ultimate genius who befuddles the Liveman with both brains and brawn!
5/14/1988
13 A malfunctioned Jimmer who falls for Colon assists the team in stopping a plot by Mazenda to poison the city.
5/21/1988
The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke 14 Ashura depowers and estranged Yusuke with a Brain Beast that turns him into a walking electromagnet.
5/28/1988
15 Jou protects a robot being targeted by Gash for a special crystal Bias wishes to obtain.
6/4/1988
16 Yusuke returns to Academia to retrieve love letters he left that are being used for jumping, zombie-like apparitions of his fellow students.
6/11/1988
The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll! 17 Megumi fights to regain a doll with emotions that is transformed by Kemp into a doll-controlling Brain Beast.
6/18/1988
A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast 18 Jou falls for a mysterious girl created from the remnants of Mazenda's loving heart into a Brain Beast.
6/25/1988
19 A Brain Beast created with Obular's own mind leads to a shocking revelation to the Liveman about their enemy Gou.
7/2/1988
Failing Obular's Counterattack! 20 Gou is kicked out of Volt for his failures, forcing him to return home in order to resume experiments for becoming the ultimate Obular.
7/9/1988
Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice… 21 Yusuke attempts to convince Gou's mother to save her son as Volt bring him back for their own schemes.
7/16/1988
Enter the Space Karaoke Master 22 Megumi tries to give confidence to a girl whose song may be the only means to stop a mad musical alien.
7/23/1988
The Life Risked at 0.1 Second 23 Colon tries to prove her worth to Yusuke against a swordsman Brain Beast using a new metal developed by Kemp.
7/30/1988
Can You Get a 100 for Playing!? 24 Yusuke tries to convince a boy the importance of hard work in school and fun while dealing with Mazenda's mental manipulation of children.
8/6/1988
The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle! 25 On vacation in Aizu, the Liveman help a boy get over his fears of a castle haunted by revived Brain Beasts.
8/13/1988
Aizu's Huge Rhinoceros Beetles! 26 The Liveman investigate a strange light caused by Mazenda's new Giga energy making the insects of Aizu giant-sized.
8/20/1988
Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project 27 The Liveman are unexpectedly assisted by Megumi's father as Volt ups the ante with the activation of the Giga Project.
8/27/1988
The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt 28 The Liveman struggle against Bias' completed "Giga Volt", but are saved by a mysterious young man with his own hatred of the enemy.
9/3/1988
29 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.
9/10/1988
Five Warriors, Here and Now 30 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.
9/17/1988
Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries 31 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.
9/24/1988
Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses 32 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.
10/1/1988
Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot 33 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.
10/15/1988
Love That Runs through the Future and Present! 34 An accident by Ashura allows for a girl from fifteen years in the future into 1988, where she has a peculiar encounter with Jou.
10/22/1988
Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!! 35 Yusuke and Kemp return to Academia Island to see how far they've come and settle old scores as promised four years prior.
10/29/1988
Crash! The Tackle of Friendship 36 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.
11/5/1988
16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation! 37 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.
11/12/1988
Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda 38 Yusuke unexpectedly runs away from a rampaging Mazenda, who has furthered her modifications into a living mechanical weapon!
11/19/1988
Protect it! A Lifeform of Space 39 Jou assists an alien in retrieving a seed from its homeworld trapped within a meteor Brain Beast.
11/26/1988
Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief 40 A tricky jewel thief interested in Megumi gets his hands on a gem containing a Brain Beast that helps him in his devious tasks.
12/3/1988
The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!! 41 Jou fights to protect his former rival Gou from Volt when he regains memories that are key to the truth behind Bias.
12/10/1988
Bias' Challenge From Space 42 Bias uses the power of Giga Brain Waves to brainwash Tetsuya into sabotaging the Gran Tortoise and killing his Liveman teammates.
12/17/1988
A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form 43 Junichi desperately tries to prove his power against Guildos, who wishes to prove the power of his planet to Bias.
12/24/1988
Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!! 44 After discovering the horrifying truth about himself and Guildos, Butchy goes on a rampage through Earth which is interpreted sympathetically by Megumi.
1/14/1989
Ashura Reversal One Chance Game 45 Fearing being left behind by Bias' remaining pupils, Ashura enacts a plot to hack all information from the world computer networks into himself.
1/21/1989
Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle 46 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.
1/28/1989
A 1000-Point Brain! Mazenda!! 47 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.
2/4/1989
48 As Kemp finally achieves a thousand-point brain for Bias, Yusuke sneaks into Brain Base to stop the Giga Brain Wave from controlling humanity.
2/11/1989
The Fall of Great Professor Bias 49 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.
2/18/1989
