Chouseishin Gransazer
Chouseishin Gransazer (Japanese: 超星神グランセイザー, Hepburn: Chōseishin Guranseizā, English: /tʃoʊseɪʃɪn ˈɡrænseɪzər/) (translated into English as Ultra Star God Gransazer or Super Star God Gransazer, also known as only Gransazer) is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd. and Konami. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 2003, to September 25, 2004, with a total of 51 half-hour episodes. This series is the first of Toho's "Seishin (Star God)" series.
| Chouseishin Gransazer | |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Action/Adventure |
| Created by | Toho and Konami |
| Written by | Toshimichi Okawa |
| Directed by | Hirochika Muraishi |
| Starring | Ryou Segawa Asuka Shimizu Kouhei Takeda Hideaki Serizawa Maya Hoshino Ren Matsuzawa Tomohide Takahara Sayaka Isoyama Soji Masaki Hideki Okada Kumiko Ito Takuma Sugawara Soichiro Akaboshi Shunsaku Kudo Tomonori Yoshida Shinnosuke Abe Marie Sada |
| Opening theme | "Life Goes On" by U-ya Asaoka |
| Ending theme | "Kimi o Tsurete Iku" by Asami Abe |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes (per episode) |
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| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Release | October 4, 2003 – September 25, 2004 |
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The premise of this series is similar to both the Super Sentai series and the manga/anime series Saint Seiya: there are 12 heroes, divided into four tribes, and each tribe has a giant transforming robot. The events and characters are described below, using in-universe tone.