Gridman (Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad)

[Dino Hunter 2.0]

Hey guys. I've only seen a handful of Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad *phew* kaiju before, but no longer have the pics and can't find them either. I'm desperate to find as many pictures as I can. I'd appreciate pictures of any of the monsters, whether the pictures be from the show, movie or even the coloring books.

[biohazard85]

Sorry to say that the handful of SHSCS pics that you saw are the only ones that exists.

[Tomzilla]

Quote[/b] (biohazard85 @ April 05 2004,00:07)]Sorry to say that the handful of SHSCS pics that you saw are the only ones that exists.
Unless by some miracle I find all the episodes on DVD/VHS and record footage...then take snapshots...

[biohazard85]

Quote[/b] (Tomzilla @ April 05 2004,02:36)]Quote[/b] (biohazard85 @ April 05 2004,00:07)]Sorry to say that the handful of SHSCS pics that you saw are the only ones that exists.
Unless by some miracle I find all the episodes on DVD/VHS and record footage...then take snapshots...
Well, I have Gridman on VSH, but no capture card.

That't too bad, since you guys are missing out some cool looking kaiju.

[memory creature]

Tell me about it! Skorn, Radon, Plexton, Manfu, Hawk. They'll all awesome.

[Kaiju_Sensai]

<font color='#008080'>Here's a link to a SHSSS fan site. They have a few monster pics, but not very many.

LINK (http://minos.esmartkid.com/shsss/)

Man I loved this show. It was quite a refreshing departure from the Power Ranger. At least in this show the monsters, with a few exceptions, didn't look stupid and couldn't talk. I hav a few of the action figures still around. Hell I even have a calender wich I might be able to upload some pics from. Most the monsters were really cool. I especially liked Hock, in both his normal and cyborg versions. Here are as many of the names I can remember.

Lets see here there was...

Krono
Cathod
Skorn
Kord
Nexor
Sybo
Troid
Manfu
Reyhdon (actually called Trembulor in the show)
Blink
Cronick
Hock
Plexton
Gramm

thats all I can think of.
also go to ebay or an online store. You might be able to find some action figure pics.

[Kaiju_Sensai]

This show had to have had some of the coolest monsters in all sentai.

Personal Favorites (American Names)
Hock (normal & Mecha)
Skorn
Krono
Sybo (normal & Mecha)
Plexton (see signature- the red one)

[Enshohma]

To quote SNL's horny and twisted version of Sean Connery on Jeopardy when the subject of famous mothers were brought up... "my time has come!"

I have yet to see an episode of the original Gridman, but during its syndicated run, I caught quite a bit of the Us version. Late last year I went through those tapes again and edited them down to just the fight scenes featuring the Mega Virus Monsters, who I feel are some of the best looking kaiju Japan has to offer, mixing Heisei Godzilla menace with fanciful Power Ranger type lunacy. I quite proud of these compilation tapes, and feature many favorites. I've also gathered the US and Japanese names and first appearances for all the Mega Virus Monsters if anyone cares to see them?

[King Gordy]

I love to see them. Send them to me. :)

[HolyGoji777]

one of the best sentai shows to come out of the power rangers craze. i loved this show. some really incredible looking kaiju.

[Kaiju_Sensai]

Its a Tsuburaya produced show. Thats why the monsters are as impressive as they are. Much better than alot of Toei's creatures. Hock might be my all-time favorite kaiju, second only to Gigan of course.

[Enshohma]

I love to see them. Send them to me. :)

I'll post them for all to see, here's how the monster information is set-up:

Official Name (Aliases) (Forms) - First Appearance, Month/Day Date/Year

Also the list is in alphabitical order and EP is short for episode:


************************************************


Abu-Maru (Blink) - "Gridman" EP 34 "Bodyguard Benkei is Here!" 11/27/'93

Anoshirasu (Niseanoshirasu; Manfu) (regular & 'subjugated' forms) - "Gridman" EP 6 "Melody of Terror" 5/8/'93

Bagira (Hock) - "Gridman" EP 5 "Fatal Blade of Man's Pride" 5/1/'93

Bamora (Sybo; Malcome Frink Megavirus) - "Gridman" EP 2 "The Secret of Accepter" 4/10/'93

Blizzalar (Burizaraa; Gramm) - "Gridman" EP 8 "Brotherly Bonds" 5/22/'93

Boranga (Bolonga) - "Gridman" EP 27 "Astounding! Toy Revolt" 10/9/'93

Chidogerah (Chidogeraa; Chidogellar; 'Skeleton Monster') - "Gridman" EP 33 "Takeshi All Alone" Japan 11/20/'93

Dazurba (Dazuruba; Dazzlba (?); 'Nightmare Megavirus') - "Gridman" EP 21 "Execute! TheDream Hero" 8/28'93

Devil Fazer (Debirufeizaa; 'Stupid Megavirus') - "Gridman" EP 36 "For you! Baby" 12/11/'93

Eyegangar (Aigangaa; Eyegungar; Kord) - "Gridman" EP 28 "Spirited Away! Yuka Has Vanished!" Japan 10/16/'93

Fake Anoshirasu ('Pure Evil Manfu') - "Gridman" EP 17 "Lonely Hacker" 7/24/'93

Flamelar (Furemuraa; Plexton; 'Blaze Monster') - "Gridman" EP 7 "Microwave Oven Explosion in 0 Seconds" 5/15/'93

Generadon (Generapon; Jeneredon; Readon; Trimbulon) - "Gridman" EP 13 "I Hate Sports and Such" 6/26/93

Gigantic Kahndegifur (Super Kilokahn) - "Gridman" EP 38 "Danger Earth!" Japan 12/25/'93

Gilarus (Girarusu; Girarus; Giralus; Krono) - "Gridman" EP 1 "New Century Hero Birth!" 4/3/'93

Goromaking ('Punk Rocker Megavirus Monster') - "Gridman" EP 35 "Shock! Undercover Yuka!?" Japan 12/4/'93

Gyurunba ('Energy Sucker') - "Gridman" EP 32 "Attack of the Human Vacuum Cleaner" Japan 11/13/'93

Jubagon ('Hypnosis Megavirus') - "Gridman" EP 30 "The Day the World Died" Japan 10/30/'93

Khan Georjio (?) (Poison Spider Super-Beast) - "Gridman" EP 37 "Huh-! The Death Penalty for Papa?" 12/18/'93

Kahndegifur (Kilokahn) - "Gridman" EP 1 "New Century Hero Birth!" Japan 4/3/'93

Kung Fu Shinobilar (Kung Fu Synobillar; Skorn) - "Gridman" EP 29 "Pet Dog Bomb Project" 10/29/'93

Magnegauss (Magunegausu) - "Gridman" EP 12 "Beware of Catburglar Matty!" Japan 6/19/93

Mecha Bagira ('The Hockanator') - "Gridman" EP 18 "Dragon's Legend" 7/31/93

Mecha Bamora (Armored Sybo) - "Gridman" EP 16 " Ippei, Shrinks?!" 7/17/93

Mecha Flamelar (Armored Plexton) - "Gridman" EP 19 "Sexy Policewoman SOS!" 8/14/93

Mecha Generadon (Armored Trimbulon) - "Gridman" EP 23 "Assassination! Hell's Thunder" 9/11/93

Mecha Gilarus (Armored Krono) - "Gridman" EP 14 "Manipulated Time" 7/3/93

Mecha Stealgan (Armored Troid) - "Gridman" EP 20 "Colors Are Disappearing From Earth?!" 8/21/93

Metallus (Metarasu; Maetarus; Cronick; Metallath(?)) - "Gridman" EP 11 "Pocket Money is 100,000 Yen?" 6/12/93

Neo Metallus (Neo Metallath (?); Neo-Maetarus; Cronick) - "Gridman" EP 22 "Resurrection! Dinosaur Emperor" 9/4/93

Plandon (Purandon) - "Gridman" EP 24 "Love! Bioflower" 9/18/93

Shinobilar (Shinobiraa; Synobillar; Skorn) - "Gridman" EP 9 "The Fiendish Brainwashing Strategy" 5/29/93

Skuboo-om (Sukaboun) - "Gridman" EP 38 "Danger Earth!" Japan 12/25/'93

Stealgan (Suterugan; Sterugun; Troid) - "Gridman" EP 4 "Runaway Automobile" 4/24/93

Telebonze ('Sidney's Megavirus') (good & evil forms) - "Gridman" EP 31 "Monster Mama Is a College Girl" 11/6/93

Terragaia (Teragaiyaa; Nexor; 'Nixon') - "Gridman" EP 10 "Dangerous Gift" 6/5/'93

Venora (Benora; Red Smog Monster) - "Gridman" EP 25 "Deciding Match! Hero's End, part 1" Japan 9/24/'93

Volcadon (Borukadon; Cathod) - "Gridman" EP 3 "Telephone Panic Crisis" 4/17/93

[HolyGoji777]

anyone know where to get episodes from?

[MouthForWar]

Is it true that they based one of the monsers on Bagan?

[Kaiju_Sensai]

^You're probably thinking of Kilazee/Shiralee from Ultraman: Towards the Future. He was based on one of the unused Bagan art concepts.

ReaperGoji777 if you mean the American version, then I come across VHS here & there. Ebay has some once in a while. Though hopefully the will release the whole series here on DVD sometime soon. Kinda mad now that I never recorded it.

Of course for the uninitiated the ones in my signature are Plexton (red) & his sister Gramm (blue).

[Enshohma]

^You're probably thinking of Kilazee/Shiralee from Ultraman: Towards the Future. He was based on one of the unused Bagan art concepts

That is totally correct, but the same is also true for Hock / Bagira who too is based on an unused Bagan design. Its also wroth noting that Kilazee was also similar to Bagan in character and concept as him and the hefty turtle-like sea monster Kudara were guardian beasts of the Earth who were summoned by the planet itself to wipe out the cancer plaguing it, i.e. humans.

[Kaiju_Sensai]

Now that you mention it, the similarity between Hock & Bagan has become much more apparent. No wonder Hock is so damn cool.

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/8995/Hocksm.jpg

[juan]

I remember the American show, Superhuman Samurai Cyber Squad. In it (the American version at least) we see a group of teens. The leader is an easy going guy who loves to play his guitar. There's one big jock, brainy girl, and a geek. (As I recall the geek had two actors.) They are an ordinary buch at an ordiany school but there is trouble.

In the digital world is an evil computer virus who has made a pact with someone from our world. The evil hacker makes the monster, the virus brings them to life. However, Servo is always there to go to the rescue. I saw it on the channel now called the WB on saturdays, it was fun.

However, I always thought it was American. The one thing that struck me was that in one episode we see Japanese people running for their lives when one monster threatens to escape. I thought, why is it Japanese people? Now we know!

Internet Movie Database has a section. Its here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108944/

PS I recall having magazine with an article on it. I'll see if I still have it. G'day!:)

[Mecha74]

To anyone that may be wondering, I believe used vhs tapes can be found of the show on Amazon. I can't remember how much they cost, but the cartoon company DIC released three tapes with two episodes a piece on them.

The first tape was called "To Servo and Protect" and featured the monsters Chidogeraa; Chidogellar; 'Skeleton Monster', who looks like a skeletal demon posessed showa Goji! And a monster whose name I can't remember that was quadreped and had somekind of lens in his face.

The second tape was called a Scorn in their side and featured two of Scorn's(Shinobiler) appearances who kinda looks like a samurai/ninja warrior. The fights featuring Scorn are a joy to behold and feature fight choreography just as good IMO as anything I have ever seen in a martial arts film of any kind, they rock! Plain and simple!

The third and final tape was titled The Glitch that stole Christmas and was ofcourse a holiday special. It featued the spunky but ridiculous looking twin tailed smog monster called Venora; Benora who kinda looks like a finless version of Titanosaurus and also had what was originally the series finale in the japanese version. The final showdown between Servo(Gridman) and Kilokhan(Gigantic Kahndegifur)!

If you have never seen this show I'm telling you now you don't know what you're missing! And I would suggest going to Amazon and finding these with all due haste! The show is definetly worth it just for the kaiju and fights alone.

[RexRaptor]

The funny thing is guys...they still sell Super Human Samurai Squad Toys..ive seen them..and bought them..all 3-4 Forms of Gridman, and a few of the Kaijuu he fought.

[Mecha74]

The Gridman thread lives again! WUHAHAHAHA!!:darklord:

I have some awesome pics of some of the kaiju from the series, but I don't know the names of all of them.

SYBO
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Sybo.jpg

?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Spiky.jpg

?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Skelo.jpg

SCORN(Shinobler)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Scorn.jpg

PLEXTON
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Plexton.jpg

MANFU
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Manfu.jpg

HOCK(Bagira)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Hock.jpg

Cyber Hock
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Hock2.jpg

GENEREDON
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Generedon.jpg

I got these out of a couple of kids books that I bought at a Media Play store close to 10 years ago. Once I picked these up I never saw Media Play get them back in stock ever again, talk about a lucky break!

[Mecha74]

Got some more pictures, and don't forget to check out the pics in the above post if you haven't already.


SCORN 2
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Scorn2.jpg

TROID
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Troid.jpg

PLANDON
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Plandon.jpg

KRONO
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Krono.jpg

CYBER-KRONO
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Krono2.jpg

GRAME
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Grame.jpg

?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Claws.jpg

CATHOD
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Cathod.jpg

[Mighty Minya]

Hey! I got 2 toys of Grid man, And a toy of Hock.It looks like a cool showhttp://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/images/icons/icon6.gif.

[Enshohma]

?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Claws.jpg



This guy is Gyurunba, AKA 'the Energy Sucker' from episode 32 "Attack of the Human Vacuum Cleaner" 11/13/'93

[Burkion]

Holy...most of these guys are cool! I think I just found a new favoreit monster in Grame...and that skeletal monster in the third pic...and Plexton...

[Dino Hunter 2.0]

Awesome! Really great pictures. I had forgotten about this thread... these kaiju really were great! :O

[Enshohma]

Holy...most of these guys are cool! I think I just found a new favoreit monster in Grame...and that skeletal monster in the third pic...and Plexton...

Skeleton Monster' is named Chidogellar and the siblings Gramm and Plexton were the more cooler of the lot. As much as I enjoy and support the "Gridman" monsters, I will admit the US version of the show was too campy for anyone's taste (though we should be grateful most of the monsters remained mute in it) and I have yet to see any episodes of the Japanese original.

[Kaiju Nexus]

God.

I LOVED that show. Every morning, I'd wake up, run out to the living room, and watch it before school. I had SO many toys from SHSCS!! I definitely remember a Hock toy, plus a few other kaiju. Then there was the awesome toys of the main hero (forget his name), and all of the transformable armor/vehicles, etc. you could attatch to him. Plus that one dragon robot.

Too awesome.

I need to bittorrent the episodes. lol

[Burkion]

Skeleton Monster' is named Chidogellar and the siblings Gramm and Plexton were the more cooler of the lot. As much as I enjoy and support the "Gridman" monsters, I will admit the US version of the show was too campy for anyone's taste (though we should be grateful most of the monsters remained mute in it) and I have yet to see any episodes of the Japanese original.

Chidogellar? Odd name...wait, Gramm and Plexton were siblings?

[Mecha74]

^Plexton and Gramm were brother and sister with Gramm as the female in the americanized version, I have the entire original japanese series on vhs but since I don't speak japanese I can't tell you what the major differences are in regards to the kaiju.:blush: And thanks for throwing out the names for some of the kaiju I couldn't get a handle on Ensho.:thumbs:

[Mecha74]

These are the last of the photos that I could scan from the books.

KRONIC
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Kronic.jpg

?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/gridkaiju.jpg

CYBERSYBO
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/CyberSybo.jpg

CYBERGENEREDON
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Cybergeneredon.jpg

And Ensho, if you come back to this thread I don't suppose you could tell me who this guy is with Gridman(Servo) could you?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Servo2.jpg

He looks like another version of Gridman, but he was never in the TV series.:confused:

[Kaiju_Sensai]

I still got the calender & my action figures too. The single coolest monster is Hock/Bagira (I especially like his cyborg form), or as he could have been called - Bagan.

[Kevzilla]

I uset to whatch this show when I was young, ah good times.

[biohazard85]

And Ensho, if you come back to this thread I don't suppose you could tell me who this guy is with Gridman(Servo) could you?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/Mecha74/Servo2.jpg

He looks like another version of Gridman, but he was never in the TV series.:confused:

Not another version, but another Gridman.

I am think his name is Sigman or something along those lines. He was suppose the lead in the follow-up series, but it never left the ground. There really isn't much information floating around that could give us any hard facts on the series itself. so we are really left with just a picture of what could have been. Though, it's one of the biggest shames that another series was never produced.

I am sure the biggest reason that another Gridman series was produced was because Tsuburaya went on to picked their Ultraman series back up as their love child.

[Serpentera]

I miss this show:cry:


Did anyone notice Xenon looks like optimus prime.

[Kaiju_Sensai]

Yeah, that always bothered me.

[Serpentera]

I wish there was a dvd set of this show.