Bio Armor Jushin Liger Series Of One

The show is based on the comicmanga by Go Nagai (creator of Devilman, Violence Jack, and Cutey Honey ) with character designs by Yorihisa Uchida (character designer for Metal Jack and director of Guy: Awakening of the Devil ).

With the aid of her Doru (Doll) Commanders, and her hordes of Drago-Knights, she plans on reawakening the evil god of human animosity and suffering, Drago.

Conventional weaponry proves to be ineffective against the ferocious, oozing, Godzilla-like monster soldiers of Drago.

Mankinds only hope at halting the evil empire from resurrecting their dark lord is twelve-year-old Ken Taiga (Tiger).

Ken lifts his hand to the heavens and cries-- LIGER This action summons the huge, humanoid, Bio-Armor suit, Liger.

Bio Armor Jushin Liger Series Of One

With the aid of this suit, Ken is able to defeat the Drago-Knights in a series of one-on-one monster smack-down fights.

Although most Go Nagai fans probably wouldnt like the comparison, this show is a lot like a Shonenboy version of the 1992 anime, Sailor Moon.

The Negaverse and the Drago Empire share a lot in common, and Zara is very similar to Beryl.

Except for three very notable exceptions, i.e., bodacious babe Doll Satan, and studly Ry Doruku (Dolk) and Doll Geist (first introduced as Dr.

Geist- a pun on M.D.

Geist ), Zaras henchmen arent very attractive.

However, the lessons Ken learns are much darker and harsher than anything I saw in Sailor Moon.

Ken witnesses the deaths of a few of his friends and his own grandfather (and they dont come back), and he is forced to kill a possessed friend and even a little orphaned puppy Also, even though the monsters explode when they are defeated, the audience frequently gets to see them decapitated or eviscerated first; one of the episodes has an attempted gang rape scene; and often, suddenly, watchers are flashed with shots of nude girls andor underwear.

These are all things I would expect to find in works from the minds that brought us Devilman and Guy, but they still seem odd in what is obviously a series created to sell plastic toys to 7-10 year-olds.

Still, a fun, energetic show with a vibrant comic superhero style Though mired in giant monster fights (which I love), Ken does somewhat develop as a character, and, from about episode 30 onward, the series even looks at the interpersonal relationships between some members of the Drago Empire (Doll Satan and Ry Dolk, of course).

Also, Jshin Liger has the very distinctive honor of being an animemanga with a spin-off live action wrestler.