I will have to check this out at some point. I watched the first episode a couple of years ago. It was really, really weird, but looked promising. But weird.

Hey so there was a thread for this all along? I've been wondering for a while where to start with this franchise, I asked a couple of times in the how are you thread but my posts quickly got lost.

There really isn't a fantastic place to start, considering very little of the franchise is subbed. Also the shows' themes and tones will differ wildly from series to series. We've got about 3/4s of Metalder (missing most of the 20s) subbed and that's a really good show; I'd always recommend giving it a chance. I'm not sure how easy those are to find now, though, since DFF is gone. Some of the other shows do have HK subs, but, well, HK subs.

Looks like Juspion is well under way, though, and Spielban will be starting up soon. There are some aborted attempts at the Space Sheriff series floating around, too, but those shows are generally about as exciting as watching paint dry.

So the best place to start is...don't? :lol

There just really aren't many subs available. Certainly no complete series that I'm aware of at all. The Other Toku Fansubs thread will show you there just isn't much out there.

Agreed, it really is a fantastic series that I think showcased that Metal Heroes indeed could have a life beyond the "Space Sheriffs". I think some of the episodes might be up on KRDL, but I can't be sure


I also thought the Blue Swat compilation movie was pretty great as well. It's a shame that Hikari Senshi & Dengaki weren't interested in subbing the series beyond that point because it looked REALLY interesting even though it was one of the low points in the franchise

None of the metal heroes had been fully subbed, but just for information Gavan and Shaider exist in french dvd box sets, with just french subs and french/japanese audio, zone 2.
They costs around 20~25€, really cheap for ~50 episodes. That's no consolation for the one who doesn't understand French, but for some in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland or north Africa... (if one can ignore DVD-zoning, of course).

I saw the recent Gavan movie, hoping to enjoy it more than I found Geki's appearance on Go-Busters to be...it could use some work. It was okay, but if they seriously want to restart this franchise, they're going to have to do something similar to what Kuuga or Zyuranger/Mighty Morphin' did, and add something new. Kuuga had more forms than I have recipes for cooking eggs, and Zyuranger started the (proper) whole 6th ranger craze. It gave their series something new to be toyed with in later seasons. Maybe if Gavan deputized civilian in trouble each adventure so that they could take care of the local problem as well, that be neat. As for the movie, it felt like by the obvious reveal of the former friend as the villain, they were just going through the motions. On the other hand, it was nice to see Kotoha's actress again.

You should watch "Mutant Girls Squad", she's in there too (and much sexy), but prepare mentally before because it's really in the WTF-zone.

Well don't expect to see a lot of fully subbed shows. The Metal Heroes don't get a whole lot of love compared to Sentai, Kamen Rider, Garo, and Ultraman. If you can live without the subs, then I would say the Space Sheriff series, Kikaider, Blue SWAT, and Juukou B-Fighter.