FINISHED
Chargeman Ken
65 Episodes
7 min each
SPRING 1974
Synopsis
It is the year 2074. In a world threatened by aliens... an unlikely hero emerges! Ken Izumi may look like an ordinary 10-year-old boy, but he secretly possesses weapons, armor, and accessories that transform him into the superheroic Chargeman Ken. Ken protects his mom, dad, little sister Caron, robot pal Barican, and the rest of mankind from the diabolical Juralians, shape-shifting alien invaders bent on terrorizing the earth with flesh-eating butterflies, booby-trapped scientists, an evil doll, a prison break, alien mummies, a kid that sets stuff on fire, a song that makes you die... basically, they have about 65 plans for world domination. The only thing standing between the fragile human race and conquest by the Juralians is Chargeman Ken and his unquenchable thirst for fiery, atomic justice! Chargeman Ken originally ran on Japanese broadcast television in 1974. This delightfully bizarre kids’ cartoon was rediscovered in 2007 by Japanese fans, who flocked to Chargeman Ken for its strange artwork, clumsy animation, and fantastically inept stories... some of which have been banned from Japanese TV altogether.
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Supernatural
Format
Unknown
Episodes
65
Per Episode
7 min
Source
Unknown
Episodes
65 / 65 Episodes
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Episode 1
DANGER!! THE CHILDREN'S SPACE STATION
Young Ken Izumi, his sister Caron, and their annoying robot sidekick Barican must save the local amusement park from the sinister Juralians. Watch for the scene where Ken rolls two feet off the ground, thanks to an animation error!
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Episode 2
SAFE BY A HAIR!!!
It`s Caron`s birthday, and the Juralians crash the party to challenge Chargeman Ken. For some reason, Ken accepts and walks into the obvious trap.
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Episode 3
THE BUTTERFLY SWARM FLUTTERS!
The Juralians have a cunning plan: killer butterflies that eat human cells! The solution to this problem will likely involve a lot of dead butterflies.
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Episode 4
THE MYSTERIOUS HANDSOME BOY
A new student at Ken`s school has stolen every girl`s heart. So, why does he want to get Ken alone to show him his special secret? Absolutely nothing dirty happens in this episode.
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Episode 5
TERROR! THE MUMMY COMES BY CARRIAGE!
Ken and his class take a trip to Hokkaido, where they`re attacked by a Juralian mummy riding in a horse drawn carriage. Good thing Ken never leaves home without his trusty Alpha Gun!
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Episode 6
UNCANNY! THE SPACE BOTANICAL GARDEN
Ken and his class (with Caron and Barican tagging along) take a trip to the space botanical garden, filled with exotic alien plants. It would be a shame if they somehow came to life and began to attack, wouldn`t it?
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Episode 7
MAN OF THE WEST KEN!
Ken, Caron, and Barican travel to a futuristic Old West theme park inhabited by killer robots who exist to be gunned down by the human guests. You might have caught the recent remake of this episode on HBO.
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Episode 8
JURALIAN X-6
After Ken saves a woman who turns out to be a Juralian spy, she finds she can`t bring herself to kill Ken! This won`t end well.
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Episode 9
ENTER, THE JURALMONS!
The Juralians create a robot kaiju to attack Earth ships. The episode is most notable for a fight between Ken and Barican that serves no purpose whatsoever.
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Episode 10
BARICAN RUNS AMUCK!
In a stunningly logical move, the Juralians capture Ken and his family and prepare to execute them. Their only hope? Barican. Note - At no point does Barican actually ever run amuck.
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Episode 11
SAVE THE EARTH!
A runaway planet is going to destroy Earth, which would be bad news for both the humans and the Juralians. The solution? Team up, for this one time only!
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Episode 12
WE CAN'T EAT VEGETABLE SALAD
Caron`s on a health kick, and the Juralians are destroying all the vegetables on Earth. It`s up to Ken to return vegetables to dinner plates everywhere, earning him the eternal scorn of every other child on Earth who isn`t Caron.
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Episode 13
SHOWDOWN! THE UNDERSEA CITY
Ken`s class is off on yet another field trip, this time to an undersea city. But this time, the alien menace is a duplicate of his teacher, Miss Nagisa!
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Episode 14
THE DAIBUTSU THAT VANISHED INTO THE NIGHT
The Juralians bring the famous giant Buddha statue of Kamakura to life and set it on a rampage. The result is fantastically sacrilegious!
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Episode 15
THE ART GALLERY MYSTERY!
Ken`s class (Which apparently only goes on field trips) visits an art museum, but the students are vanishing. Could it be a Juralian plot? Could it be anything else?
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Episode 16
MURDER RECORD, MELODY OF TERROR!
The Juralians unleash their most fiendish plot yet: a record of the show`s background music that sucks the life from the listeners!
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Episode 17
FIND KEN'S SECRET!
The Juralians kidnap Dr. Yoshizaka to force the secret of Ken`s weakness from him. It turns out that Ken`s weakness is...losing his Alpha Gun!
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Episode 18
THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM PRISON ISLAND
The Juralians stir up a prisoner revolt and breakout from a giant prison. Can Ken somehow stop the Juralians without killing their human stooges?
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Episode 19
BANK GANG - CARON'S IN DANGER!
Caron rollerskates straight into a bank robbery and is taken hostage. Then she`s captured by Juralians!
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Episode 20
KEN GETS A GIRLFRIEND
Ken meets a pretty girl named Miyuki and is immediately smitten. And Barican doesn`t like that, at all! Nothing about this is remotely suspicious.
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Episode 21
CARON'S PRESENT
Caron gets a pretty doll from a secret admirer. But what sinister orders does it whisper to her as she sleeps?
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Episode 22
TIME BOMB FAX TV
The Juralians attack with the physical facsimile television, able to transmit weapons into vital Earth facilities. It`s up to Ken to save the day!
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Episode 23
MENTAL HOSPITAL TERROR
This episode is stunning in its portrayal of the mentally ill and probably couldn`t be rebroadcast in Japan today. Features a doctor who wants to blow up Europe. Not a country in Europe, just...Europe.
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Episode 24
AN INVITATION TO THE ROBOT CLUB
Barican is invited to join a secret robot club. A club that meets in the graveyard? Would anyone want to join a club that would have Barican as a member?
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Episode 25
SAVE YOUNG YUUICHI!
Yuuichi is Ken`s classmate, and he`s taken to petty arson in response to his parents fighting all the time. But the Juralians want to use his fiery talents for something bigger...
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Episode 26
THE GIRL WHO LOST HER MEMORY
Another pretty girl, another obvious Juralian trap. The eventual showdown in the amusement park is a series highlight.
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Episode 27
THE BURNING POISON MUSHROOM HOUSE
Ken`s classmates are acting strange, not paying attention in class and sneaking off to sample funny mushrooms. It`s like a classic afterschool special, only with a dose of alien murder!
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Episode 28
SPACE ROCKET Z9
A human scientist at a rocket factory is aiming to sell secret plans to the Juralians, but then he double crosses them! That...isn`t a smart thing to do, as he soon learns. Can Ken save him? Will Ken even want to save him?
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Episode 29
RUB OUT THE FASHION MODEL!
A fashion model has seen something she shouldn`t, and now the Juralians are after her! This episode features some really precious "futuristic" fashion.
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Episode 30
SAVE CARON FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER!
In an obvious nod to King King, an ugly Juralian takes Caron hostage and climbs to the top of a tower with her. Ken is especially brutal in this one.
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Episode 31
CRISIS! ONE SECOND TO BLAST
A human stadium owner is ready to sell out humanity to help the Juralians bomb it. Only a poor little mute girl who seems to have wandered in from another series entirely can warn Ken! Watch for an animation glitch at 2:46 where you can see the camera operator`s hands in the shot!
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Episode 32
THE MASTER SAFE CRACKER
Sousuke Furuyama is a newly released convict who just wants to get back to his family and live an honest life. Too bad the Juralians have a need for his talents.
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Episode 33
IS MY DAD OLD-FASHIONED?
Yes, Mamoru. Your dad is very old fashioned. This time around, the Juralians` sinister plan is...to help a man hang himself.
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Episode 34
SKY ROD, BURROW INTO THE EARTH'S DEPTHS!
The Juralians are trying to sabotage an underground industrial site in the remote mountains of Japan. This time, Ken will have to take Sky Rod underground to save the trapped workers!
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Episode 35
DYNAMITE IN THE BRAIN!
If you see only one episode of Chargeman Ken, let it be this one. It has it all: technical incompetence, a bizarre alien plot, and Ken at his sociopathic worst. Please forgive him, Dr. Volga!
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Episode 36
SHUDDER! THE DEVIL'S HOSPITAL
In a genuinely horrifying move, the Juralians plot to poison pregnant women all over Japan to produce malformed babies. But Ken stands ready to deliver some blazing atomic justice!
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Episode 37
BEAT THE HIJACK
Ken and his family have the bad luck to pick a flight that gets hijacked. The hijackers have the bad luck to pick a flight filled with Juralians who are all there to kill Ken!
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Episode 38
OPERATION JURALIAN FAKE FRIENDSHIP
A lonely rich boy wants to be friends with Ken. For some reason, Ken still can`t see that nobody wants to be his friend except for murderous Juralians.
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Episode 39
THE PRETTY ROBOT IS A HERALD OF DEATH
Mom and Caron are off to the beauty parlor. A beauty parlor...of death!
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Episode 40
RACE ON MURDER HIGHWAY!
Another standout episode, featuring an interminably slow "race". Nobody ever seems to question this 10-year-old boy driving his 7-year-old sister around in a car.
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Episode 41
CINDERELLA GIRL
Yet another Dickensian child gets used by the Juralians in a plot to steal aircraft designs. This episode features a bag of bees and a girl who is clearly voiced by an adult man using a falsetto.
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Episode 42
THE AIR FORCE BASE IS TARGETED!
The Juralians need someone to penetrate a secure military base to allow them entry. Naturally, they once again force a child to help them.
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Episode 43
PEER THROUGH THE CAMERA VIEWFINDER!
Ken`s developed a sudden interest in kendo...and in the new assistant instructor at his dojo. He`s clearly a Juralian in disguise, but what`s he up to?
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Episode 44
BEAT THE FAKE KEN!
Ken`s been out sick, and his teacher Miss Nagisa decides to pay a call. But something seems different about him...
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Episode 45
WHEN THE CUCKOO CLOCK STRIKES THREE
When the clock strikes three, it`s time for Caron to kill! This episode features a knife-wielding Caron, child abuse, and terrible piano playing.
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Episode 46
TERROR! THE HOUSE OF THE WHITE-HAIRED CRONE!
Apparently, parents in 2074 are totally cool with letting a bunch of 10-year-olds just ride off with the clothes on their back and stay in the homes of strange old ladies.
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Episode 47
THE GREAT JURALIAN COUNTERATTACK
The Juralians aren`t fooling around anymore, and have decided to attack en masse. The king is certain that Chargeman Ken can`t possibly stop them. The king is clearly mistaken.
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Episode 48
SHOWDOWN ON THE SOLITARY ISLAND!
Ken awakens on a desert island, captive to a Juralian disguised as an old woman. Worse, his voice is gone, and without it, he can`t transform!
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Episode 49
THE DELINQUENT'S TRUE COLORS
Ken`s classmates are being bullied by a very dangerous juvenile delinquent. Somehow, this ends up with Ken in a bike race, fighting for his life.
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Episode 50
SAVE THE ORPHAN CENTER!
A rich benefactor seems to be adopting an awful lot of orphans, but none of his references check out. Maybe they should investigate them BEFORE handing over the orphans.
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Episode 51
STRAY DOG KORO
Ken and Caron adopt an old abandoned dog. Warning: this episode contains terrible dog abuse from psychotic children and dangerous aliens.
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Episode 52
BLOW UP THE UNDERSEA OIL FIELD!
The Juralians have targeted an undersea oil field staffed by robots. Hurry, Ken! The oil must flow!
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Episode 53
THE SUSPICIOUS BRIDE
Marriage! A joyful occasion...unless your bride is an alien in disguise!
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Episode 54
SPOOKY! THE WAXWORK MUSEUM
Stranger than the fact that waxworks are still a thing in 2074 is that the figures are coming to life at night and driving the watchman mad!
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Episode 55
THE ONES THEY MET IN EGYPT
In a clear abuse of his hero powers, Ken and Barican take a joyride to Africa, crash in Egypt, and yet somehow still manage to run into Juralians. This is one of the very few episodes where the show seems self-aware.
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Episode 56
RUNAWAY! HORSEBACK KEN
Ken is invited to try out horseback riding. As might be expected, this ends up with vehicular equus-cide.
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Episode 57
THE ANTARCTIC AMUSEMENT PARK
Ken and his family take a fun trip to the Antarctic Amusement Park. As usual, the Juralians aren`t about to let anyone have any fun!
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Episode 58
CIRCUS OF FIENDS
Ken, Caron, and Barican want to see the circus, but don`t have any money. Good thing that friendly clown decides to just let them in. Surely this won`t end in crowds fleeing in panic.
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Episode 59
FOREST OF TERROR
A couple of hunters learn that the only thing worse than getting on Ken`s bad side is stumbling upon a secret Juralian base in the middle of the woods.
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Episode 60
TSUNAMI ATTACK
The Juralians have invented a tsunami weapon, and it`s dragged beachgoers down to a watery prison...including Ken`s family! Can he save them before they`re gassed to death?
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Episode 61
BARICAN'S OLD FRIEND PAYS A VISIT
In a shocking twist, a robot shows up claiming to be Barican`s old friend, and everyone seems to love him! But, why can`t Barican recall ever having met this weirdo?
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Episode 62
CRISIS AT THE AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX!
The staff of a giant farm have vanished, and from that pile of charred corpses in the farm house, we can assume there`s been foul play!
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Episode 63
DEFEAT THE MURDEROUS BOXER!
A night at a prize fight ends in murder...and for once, it`s not by Ken! There are Juralians in the house, and Ken`s about to get on tonight`s fight card!
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Episode 64
EXPLOSION! THE MAMMOTH CONTROL CENTER
The cities of Earth depend on massive central control centers to function, and the Juralians are destroying them, one by one! Ken has to move fast, before civil order completely collapses.
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Episode 65
VICTORY! CHARGEMAN KEN!
After 64 episodes of continual defeats, the Juralians launch their mightiest and deadliest offensive. It`s time for Ken to settle things, once and for all!
Characters
Voice Actors
Kazuko Sawada (japanese)
Ken Izumi
Main
Caron Izumi
Main
Voice Actors
Kazumi Tanaka (japanese)
Barican
Main
Volga Hakase
Supporting
Hoshi
Supporting
Jurals Seijin
Supporting
Staff
Toyohiro Andou
Series Composition
Masaaki Wakuta
Series Composition
Yoshio Tamado
Series Composition
Eiji Tanaka
Character Design
Kiyo Katou
Art Director
Junko Yonayama
Editing
Comments
Information
Aired
Mar 31, 1974
to Jun 27, 1974
Season
SPRING 1974
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
Studios
Knack Productions
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