Choukou Senshi Changéríon is a Tokusatsu series created by Toei Company. The series aired from April 3, 1996 to December 25, 1996. It was originally planned to run for a full 52 episodes before being cut down to 39 due to low ratings.
Plot
The DarkZide stealthily appeared on Earth from their dying world in Dark Dimension to acquire the Larmu, human life-energy, to continue their existence. To counter the threat, Takeshi Munakata of the CabinetSecret Service established the group SAIDOC to intercept the DarkZide. SAIDOC developed the Crystal Power needed to complete the Changérion project. However, the power was accidentally transferred into the body of detective Akira Suzumura.
Akira Suzumura / Changéríon: A happy-go-lucky, frivolous PI who ended up with the Crystal Power. His favorite food is banana parfait. He has a vast debt because he is a waster who loves women and gambling. He obtained power due to a sudden accident. He wants to accept power with pleasure, and to be boasting of his own activity. He never joined the SAIDOC. In the Parallel World, Akira is a SAIDOC member. Akira in the Parallel World is very earnest, not like Akira, the PI.
Akemi Tachibana : Akira's aid and supposed girlfriend. She is very reliable and is the pivot of the detective office of Akira. She left Suzumura to be a kindergarten teacher.
Rui Kiribara Akira's new aid. Her capability as detective is higher than Akira's. In fact, Rui is actually the daughter of a big zaibatsu, and her real name is Reika Ayanokouji.
SAIDOC
Takeshi Munakata: Chief of SAIDOC. He is anguished that the government doesn't believe DarkZide exists. Especially, he is afflicted by financial problems, and SAIDOC's development fund is supported with his property.
Katsuhiko Hayami/Brader: The SAIDOC member originally meant to have the Crystal power. He is a serious, strait-laced man in contrast with Akira, and his sense of duty is very strong. He feels a bit of animosity towards Akira for stealing his thunder. He has the ability to transform himself into Brader when he eats a Umeboshi. However, his transformation is reverted when the Umeboshi is digested in his stomach, and his memory of the time of the transformation disappears.
Eri Minami: The only female SAIDOC member. A brave, willful & confident woman. She falls in love with Kuroiwa.
* Dark General Zander: A muscular demon who assumed the guise of Kazuki Katayama
* Doctor Vinsue: A toad-like demon.
* Priest Mordos: A tree-like demon who possesses the Key Bird. Mordos is the calm one of the 3 Cadres.
Dark Knight Gawer: A rogue DarkZide. He assumes the human identity of Shogo Kuroiwa. Sometimes Kuroiwa will cry "Do you know it?", so he explains bits of knowledge.
Zapphire: She assumes the human identity of Sayoko. Sayoko abnormally devotes herself to the man whom she loved and wastes him. She murders a rival in love and takes revenge on a man who betrayed her love.
Gingar : Posed as Izumi, the teacher of an elementary school, kidnapping children to use their lifeforce to resurrect Sacred Cadres. Though killed, she succeeded in reawakening her masters.
Shoeser : Posing as a lady's shoe salesman, he kidnapped his victims through the shoes he sold to them.
Jatou : Abducts brides.
Miraiza : A mummy-like monster who posed as the driver of a paper recycling truck. He was the first to be defeated by the Choukou Kishi.
