Ike! Greenman


Go! Greenman is a tokusatsu television series Kyodai Hero kaiju produced by Toho in 1973. It ran from November 12, 1973, to September 27, 1974. It emerged as a follow-up series to Ike! Godman, but the two share no continuity. Compared to Ike! Godman, Go! Greenman has an established plot.

Synopsis

Deep beneath Japan, a demonic orange, fang-faced creature with glowing red eyes called Maoh awakes in Hell 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 jellyfish-like female servant Tonchiki to assist him. Through her he uses beak-faced, pointy-headed clay doll phantom warriors called Maoh-no Teshita that can be transformed into hideous kaiju 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 God" who can grow to giant size and fire missiles 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.
These are the monsters from the various episodes. The show lasted 52 episodes.
-Note: The henchmen are known as Maoh-no Teshita.

Costumes

The various theme songs that appear in this show are:
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 opening.
Sung by: Nakatsu Tomoyoshi & Green Peace
Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke
Music by: Setitguchi Tokichi
Arrangement by: ‘Bob’ Sakuma
Sung by: Nakatsu Tomoyoshi & Green Peace
Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke
Music by: Yamashita Takeo
Arrangement by: ‘Bob’ Sakuma