is a

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Kyodai Hero is a television subgenre in tokusatsu that involves Japanese superheroes or robots either with the ability to grow to immense heights to fight giant monsters or who are originally giant as a part of their lives. The Kyodai Hero is the mainstrea ...

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produced by

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in 1973. It ran from November 12, 1973, to September 27, 1974. It emerged as a follow-up series to ''

Ike! Godman is a Japanese tokusatsu Kyodai Hero kaiju television series by Toho. It ran from October 5, 1972, to April 10, 1973. It was pulled from reruns on September 28, 1973, and it was replaced by ''Ike! Greenman''. While on air Monday through Saturday ...

'', but the two share no continuity. Compared to the anthology-like storylines of ''Ike! Godman'', ''Go! Greenman'' has a single overarching plot.

Synopsis

Deep beneath Japan, a demonic orange, fang-faced creature with glowing red eyes called Maoh awakes in

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and plots his escape after being imprisoned there by God. But, in order to do this, he has to obtain the blood of human children and summons his cowardly purple

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-like female servant Tonchiki to assist him. Through her he uses

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-faced, pointy-headed clay doll phantom warriors called Maoh-no Teshita ("Minions of Maoh") that can be transformed into hideous

to complete his task. A set of four special minions, dubbed the 'Kaijin', appeared towards the end of the series, each bearing unique abilities and fighting without the requirement to transform. However, his plans are quickly foiled after the mighty robot Greenman, a self-described "envoy of

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" who can grow to giant size and fire

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from his chest, descends from space to do battle against Maoh's pawns. After his first battle on Earth, he gives the kids two devices called 'Green Calls' which can be used to summon him whenever the children are in danger.

Returning Monsters

Famously, and in line with the previous ''Ike! Godman'', numerous monsters from Toho's library of Kaiju made appearances in the series. *04. Gair

from ''

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''. *14. Gabar

from ''

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''. *31. Sand

from ''

''. *38. King Kong (Toho), King Kong from ''

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''. **Due to copyright reasons the character was simply called "Gorilla". It was the same suit from the film, but looked slightly different due to repairs having been made to it for the show. *46. An evil version of

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, the son of

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Other monsters

These are the monsters from the various episodes. The show lasted 52 episodes (each one broken into three parts). *01. Garamedon *02. Antguiru

*03. Gegi

*05. Bullpul

*06. Tsunozilla

*07. Stock *08. Valingar *09. Megahert

*10. Dragonda *11. Totsaurus *12. Danbaraki *13. King Takora

*15. Gyaro

*16. Mohtles *17. Bulguerilla *18. Alien Dorok *19. Spider *20. Foxaus *21. Blanca *22. Ibo Killer *23. Gowarakadon *24. Jairock *25. Dankett *26. Seguro No. 1 *27. Inbelun *28. Lorbabla *29. Giringa *30. Red Rock *32. Sibirego

*33. Zarizo

*34. Flasher (red and blu

*35. Stegodzilla

*36. Alien Tiborus *37. Yasugon *39. Spider II *40. Shilarji *41. Akumon *42. Kappalge *43. Kupad *44. Hotter *45. Cross Dressing Kaijin *47. Fonshugaron *48. Ninja Kaijin *49. Magic Kaijin *50. Tonchiki *51. Pattern Kaijin *52. Maoh the Devil King (a.k.a. "The Devil") -Note: The henchmen are known as Maoh-no Teshita (Devil's Underlings).

Costumes

*Like in ''

'', Gabara's suit was green instead of blue. *Sanda had a new head and wig, and can spray out a mist which makes people sleepy. *Gaira, like Sanda, also had a new head and wig. *The Gargantuas' suits in this show were in very poor condition. Not only did the suits look like they were rotting (despite a new paint job), but tears could clearly be seen in the legs. *The Minilla suit in this show was brand new (but looks very cheaply built) and was not an actual suit from any of the Godzilla films. *The Flasher kaiju (from episode 34) had previously been seen in the show ''

Assault! Human!! ''Assault! Human!!'' (突撃! ヒューマン!! ''Totsugeki! Hyūman!!'') is a 1972 ''tokusatsu'' series produced by Toho. Plot King Flasher, a mysterious being, and his army of Flashers threaten the safety of the Earth, starting by targeting c ...

''. Since Nippon TV co-produced that show, and co-produced this show with Toho, they were able to use the Flasher costumes. Red Rock, Shibiregon, Zarizon, Spider, Giringa, Gejiru, Stalk, Megahertz, Danbarki, Gyraron and Garmeddeon also appeared on ''Assault! Human!!''.

Theme songs

The various theme songs that appear in this show are: *"Green-Man" Sung by: ‘Call Unizone’ Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke Music by: Yamashita Takeo Arrangement by: ‘Bob’ Sakuma -Note: This is the song that plays during the show's openin

*"Green-Man March" Sung by: Nakatsu Tomoyoshi & Green Peace Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke Music by: Setitguchi Tokichi Arrangement by: ‘Bob’ Sakuma *"Green-Man No Chosenjou" ("Green-Man’s Challenge") Sung by: Nakatsu Tomoyoshi & Green Peace Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke Music by: Yamashita Takeo Arrangement by: ‘Bob’ Sakuma

External links

* http://minicard.hp.infoseek.co.jp/agreenman/agreenman.htm {{Godzilla 1973 Japanese television series debuts 1974 Japanese television series endings Tokusatsu television series Toho tokusatsu Godzilla television series Fiction about the Devil