Mobile Cop Jiban (1989)
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"This is the drama of a girl's and a young man's hearts which love people and protect justice."
Overview
Mobile Cop Jiban is a Japanese tokusatsu television series which serves as the 8th entry in the Metal Hero franchise, and the first series to have toy commercials that were filmed on Videotape. Produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi in Japan from January 29, 1989 to January 28, 1990, it ran for 52 episodes and a feature movie aired on July 17, 1989. According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban. Created by Keita Amemiya, the premise for the series combines elements from the American film Robocop and the 1970s tokusatsu Robot Detective.
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Creator
Series Cast
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Naoto Tamura/Jiban
52 Episodes
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Chief Youko Katagiri
52 Episodes
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Seishiro "Seishi" Muramatsu
52 Episodes
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Ayumi Igarashi (Tamura)/Midori Hayakawa
52 Episodes
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Dr Jean Marrie (voice)
52 Episodes
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Yanagida
52 Episodes
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Doctor (Doutor) Jean Marrie
52 Episodes
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Cannon
52 Episodes
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Madogarbo (voice)
52 Episodes
Last Season
Season 1
1989 • 52 Episodes
Naoto Tamura, a new detective in Central City, is killed by a Bionoid Monster in the line of duty. Doctor Kenzo Igarashi, a man whose experiments had been responsible for the Bioron syndicate's existence, brought the man back to life as a cyborg detective, Jiban.
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Original Name 機動刑事ジバン
Status Ended
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Type Scripted
Original Language Japanese
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