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** The opening theme, of course, sung by the Red Ranger himself
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** When Guildos [[spoiler:insults Bias and declares himself superior in #43, was that a case of Guildos [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming growing beyond his programming]]? And did Bias allow Guildos to go through with his plan in the episode in the hopes he'd get [[UriahGambit killed off by the Livemen]] before he could become [[TheStarscream a threat]]?]]
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** When Guildos [[spoiler:insults Bias and declares himself superior in #43, was that a case of Guildos [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming growing beyond his programming]]? And did Bias allow Guildos to go through with his plan in the episode in the hopes so he'd get [[UriahGambit killed off by the Livemen]] before he could become [[TheStarscream a threat]]?]]
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** The ending theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQMZOYZfn8 Ashita ni Ikiru ze!]]" is a triumphant and invigorating [=80s=] pop theme that does a great job capping off each episode.
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** The ending theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQMZOYZfn8 com/watch?v=OlnhT6APl_k Ashita ni Ikiru ze!]]" is a triumphant and invigorating [=80s=] pop theme that does a great job capping off each episode.episode. There's also the [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=kgkZa5DHf7A the Latino version]], which has a much different vibe but is still fun to listen to.
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* EvenBetterSequel: While it's immediate predecessor ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is generally well liked, ''Liveman'' is seen as the culmination of ''Sentai'''s GrowingTheBeard, with many considering it one of the best seasons of ''Super Sentai'' even to this day.
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* EvenBetterSequel: While it's immediate predecessor ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is generally well liked, ''Liveman'' is seen as the culmination of ''Sentai'''s GrowingTheBeard, with many considering it one of the best seasons of ''Super Sentai'' even to this day.seasons of all time.
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** It was also popular in France where it, along with other ''Sentai'' and {{Toku}} shows, aired on ''Series/ClubDorothee''. As a nod to this, Dorothée herself even cameos in episode 30.
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* HilariousInHindsight:
** The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that an UnbuiltTrope. 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
** Bias' secret would be similar to how it kept [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel prolong her youth, 22 years later,]] [[spoiler:except Bias used 1000-point brains to do it.]] Ironically, they got killed with having too much pride in themselves.
** The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that an UnbuiltTrope. 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
** Bias' secret would be similar to how it kept [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel prolong her youth, 22 years later,]] [[spoiler:except Bias used 1000-point brains to do it.]] Ironically, they got killed with having too much pride in themselves.
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* HilariousInHindsight:
**HilariousInHindsight: The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that an UnbuiltTrope. 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
** Bias' secret would be similar to how it kept [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel prolong her youth, 22 years later,]] [[spoiler:except Bias used 1000-point brains to do it.]] Ironically, they got killed with having too much pride in themselves.''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
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** Bias' secret would be similar to how it kept [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel prolong her youth, 22 years later,]] [[spoiler:except Bias used 1000-point brains to do it.]] Ironically, they got killed with having too much pride in themselves.
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** Bias is cold and heartless for the entire series, but there's just no coming back after it's revealed he gave [[spoiler: Butchy ''memories of a happy life on Planet Chibuchi'', only to tell him he's a robot and those were programmed, and kill him when he tries to turn good.]]
*** [[spoiler:Then his whole Fountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and trapping them in an AndIMustScream state? And leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
*** [[spoiler:Then his whole Fountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and trapping them in an AndIMustScream state? And leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
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** Bias is cold and heartless for the entire series, but there's just no coming back after it's revealed he gave [[spoiler: Butchy [[spoiler:Butchy ''memories of a happy life on Planet Chibuchi'', only to tell him he's a robot and those were programmed, and then kill him when he tries to turn good.]]
*** [[spoiler:Then his wholeFountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis "[[MassHypnosis Giga Brain Wave]]" plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and trapping them in an AndIMustScream state? And leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
*** [[spoiler:Then his whole
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Evil Is Sexy TRS; this has become an objective, in-universe trope.
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* EvilIsSexy:
** Great Professor Bias, who's played by a young and quite handsome Creator/JojiNakata.
** Episode 37 gives us naked Kemp, including a [[{{Fanservice}} full view of his rear end]], for anyone who might be interested.
** Great Professor Bias, who's played by a young and quite handsome Creator/JojiNakata.
** Episode 37 gives us naked Kemp, including a [[{{Fanservice}} full view of his rear end]], for anyone who might be interested.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: ''Liveman'' is remembered as one of the darkest ''Sentai'', and also one of the best because of how dark and dramatic it gets.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]] who doesn't exactly provide the most invigorating of battles, being easily destroyed by Super Live Robo's finisher.]]
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]] who doesn't exactly provide the most invigorating of battles, being easily destroyed by Super Live Robo's finisher.]]]] At the very least, there is a cool fight between Yusuke and Gash after the commercial break.
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** In #48, did Kemp [[spoiler:go along with Bias’s plan because he genuinely believed he’d get to rule the Earth alongside him? Did he just not want to acknowledge that the mentor he revered had been using him all along? Or did he believe [[IveComeTooFar he’d come too far]] and done too many evil things [[NoPlaceForMeThere to go back]], and chose to go along with it so he wouldn’t have to face up for what he’d done.]]
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** In #48, did Kemp [[spoiler:go along with Bias’s plan because he genuinely believed he’d get to rule the Earth alongside him? Did he just not want to acknowledge that the mentor he revered had been using him all along? Or did he believe [[IveComeTooFar he’d come too far]] and done too many evil things [[NoPlaceForMeThere to go back]], and chose to go along with it so he wouldn’t have to face up for what he’d done.]]done?]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that an UnbuiltTrope.
** 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
** 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that anUnbuiltTrope.
**UnbuiltTrope. 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
** Bias' secret would be similar to how it kept [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel prolong her youth, 22 years later,]] [[spoiler:except Bias used 1000-point brains to do it.]] Ironically, they got killed with having too much pride in themselves.
** The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that an
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** Bias' secret would be similar to how it kept [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel prolong her youth, 22 years later,]] [[spoiler:except Bias used 1000-point brains to do it.]] Ironically, they got killed with having too much pride in themselves.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Seriously, this show gets ''very'' dark towards the end. To the shocking ''Series/KamenRider'' levels. In the first episode alone you have [[MoodWhiplash two of the characters suddenly getting killed]] by two of their classmates who joined an evil cult, followed by their school getting bombed and the students all being massacred.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Seriously, this show gets ''very'' dark towards the end. To the end, to shocking ''Series/KamenRider'' levels.levels of dark. In the first episode alone you have [[MoodWhiplash two of the characters suddenly getting killed]] by two of their classmates who joined an evil cult, followed by their school getting bombed and the students all being massacred.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]] who doesn't exactly gives the most climatic of battles, being easily destroyed by Super Live Robo's finisher.]]
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** When Guildos [[spoiler:insults Bias and declares himself superior in #43, was that a case of Guildos [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming growing beyond his programming]]? And did Bias allow Guildos to go through with his plan in the episode in the hopes he’d get [[UriahGambit killed off by the Livemen]] before he could become [[TheStarscream a threat]]?]]
** In #48, did Kemp [[spoiler:go along with Bias’s plan because he genuinely believed he’d get to rule the Earth alongside him? Did he just not want to acknowledge that the mentor he revered had been using him all along? Or did he believe [[IveComeTooFar he’d come too far]] and done too many evil things [[NoPlaceForMeThere to go back]], and chose to go along with it so he wouldn’t have to face up for what he’d done.]]
** In the final episode, [[spoiler:was Guardnoid Gash simply following his programming when he carried Bias back to the Brain Base and [[LetThemDieHappy fed his senile master’s delusions]]? Or did he too grow beyond his programming and genuinely care for Bias? Notably, Gash briefly hesitates before claiming he can hear Bias’s hallucinations, as if needing to process the fact that his master will soon be gone.]]
* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]] who doesn't exactlygives provide the most climatic invigorating of battles, being easily destroyed by Super Live Robo's finisher.]]
** When Guildos [[spoiler:insults Bias and declares himself superior in #43, was that a case of Guildos [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming growing beyond his programming]]? And did Bias allow Guildos to go through with his plan in the episode in the hopes he’d get [[UriahGambit killed off by the Livemen]] before he could become [[TheStarscream a threat]]?]]
** In #48, did Kemp [[spoiler:go along with Bias’s plan because he genuinely believed he’d get to rule the Earth alongside him? Did he just not want to acknowledge that the mentor he revered had been using him all along? Or did he believe [[IveComeTooFar he’d come too far]] and done too many evil things [[NoPlaceForMeThere to go back]], and chose to go along with it so he wouldn’t have to face up for what he’d done.]]
** In the final episode, [[spoiler:was Guardnoid Gash simply following his programming when he carried Bias back to the Brain Base and [[LetThemDieHappy fed his senile master’s delusions]]? Or did he too grow beyond his programming and genuinely care for Bias? Notably, Gash briefly hesitates before claiming he can hear Bias’s hallucinations, as if needing to process the fact that his master will soon be gone.]]
* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]] who doesn't exactly
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** Bias is cold and egotistically heartless for the entire series, but there's just no coming back after it's revealed he gave [[spoiler: Butchy ''memories of a happy life on Planet Chibuchi'', only to tell him he's a robot and those were programmed, and kill him when he tries to turn good.]]
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* ShockingMoments: Seeing two of the purported FiveManBand get killed in the first episode must have been quite shocking for audiences at the time.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: ''Liveman'' is remembered as one of the darkest ''Sentai'', and also one of the best because of how dark and dramatic it gets.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Seriously, this show gets ''very'' dark towards the end. To the shocking ''Series/KamenRider''levels.
levels. In the first episode alone you have [[MoodWhiplash two of the characters suddenly getting killed]] by two of their classmates who joined an evil cult, followed by their school getting bombed and the students all being massacred.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Seriously, this show gets ''very'' dark towards the end. To the shocking ''Series/KamenRider''
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* MagnificentBastard: [[GeniusBruiser Doctor Ashura]] is a member of the [[AcademyOfEvil Armed Brain Army Volt]] and a tough but [[NobleDemon honorable]] foe of the Livemen. Formerly a gang leader named Arashi Busujima who had his mind enhanced by Great Professor Bias, Ashura devises strategies that combine his augmented intelligence with his already impressive physical strength, even nearly succeeding in breaking [[TheLeader Yusuke]]'s spirit with one plan. Growing suspicious of Volt after his score stops rising, Ashura uses Hacker Brain to hack into the Brain Base and unearths files on Bias's [[FountainOfYouth true plan]], leading Bias to deem him a liability and revoke his modifications. Reverted to normal, Arashi sacrifices himself to blow up the seemingly-indestructable Battle Brain, choosing to go out in a blaze of glory with his humanity intact.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The evil plan in episode 6 is to bring the dinosaurs back so they go on a rampage and destroy the world. Bringing the dinosaurs back would be a subplot 4 years later in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''. Since that show framed bringing the dinosaurs back as a good thing, so much so that the characters protected those dinosaur eggs over the course of the entire series, this show makes that an UnbuiltTrope.
** 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
** 15 years later, dinosaurs on a rampage would be a motif in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Although his role in most episodes is just to [[MakeMyMonsterGrow enlarge the monster]], Guardnoid Gash is one of the more popular characters in the series for [[spoiler:his moment in the final episode where he [[LetThemDieHappy helps the senile Bias to die happily]]]].
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* EvilIsCool: Great Professor Bias, for being a charismatic and mysterious manipulator who stands out as cool and unique compared to the typical ''Sentai'' EvilOverlord.
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* EvilIsCool: Great Professor Bias, for being as a charismatic and mysterious manipulator cult leader who stands out as cool and controls his students through careful psychological manipulation, he's definitely a lot more unique and interesting compared to the typical ''Sentai'' EvilOverlord.
* HoYay: Kemp is very, ''very'' loyal to Bias and devoted to pleasing him. Doujinshi artists have taken this and run with it.
* LoveToHate: Doctor Kemp is extremely pompous and egocentric, but while he's the least sympathetic out of all of Volt's students he's also one of the most entertaining for how unapologetically cruel and egotistical he is.
* LoveToHate: Doctor Kemp is extremely pompous and egocentric, but while he's the least sympathetic out of all of Volt's students he's also one of the most entertaining for how unapologetically cruel and egotistical he is.
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** Kemp's transformations. [[MonsterOfTheWeek Kemp-zuno]] ''especially'' - imagine a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] with spikes.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The main enemies the Livemen are fighting aren't aliens or monsters, they're their own classmates. In addition to adding a personal level to the conflict, it also makes it more unnerving since the Volt generals are effectively regular people who've fallen under the sway of a cult leader and been indoctrinated to the point where they're willing to massacre their own classmates, in a manner that has some eerie parallels to real life cults.
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* EvenBetterSequel: While it's immediate predecessor ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is generally well liked, ''Liveman'' is commonly ''Liveman'' is seen as the culmination of ''Sentai'''s GrowingTheBeard, with many considering it one of the best seasons of ''Super Sentai'' even to this day.
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* EvenBetterSequel: While it's immediate predecessor ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is generally well liked, ''Liveman'' is commonly ''Liveman'' is seen as the culmination of ''Sentai'''s GrowingTheBeard, with many considering it one of the best seasons of ''Super Sentai'' even to this day.
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** Doctor Ashura also for being a boisterous and cunning GeniusBruiser, as well as [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the more human members of Volt]].
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* TearJerker: Quite a few, given the dark nature of the last quarter of the show. [[TearJerker/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman See here]] for more]].
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* TearJerker: Quite a few, given the dark nature of the last quarter of the show. [[TearJerker/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman See here]] for more]].more information.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]].]]
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The final villain destroyed by our heroes is just another [[MonsterOfTheWeek Brain Beast]].Beast]] who doesn't exactly gives the most climatic of battles, being easily destroyed by Super Live Robo's finisher.]]
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... Not that the lesson is a bad one.
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** Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... Not that the lesson is a badone.one as such pressure can and will have severe effects on one's mental health.
** Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... Not that the lesson is a bad
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly Elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... Not that the lesson is a bad one.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly Elitist elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... Not that the lesson is a bad one.
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** "Taiketsu! Zunojuu" ("Duel! Brain Beast") is the quintessential 80's Sentai "Duel" theme. Strings and brass for the win.
** "Taiketsu! Zunojuu" ("Duel! Brain Beast") is the quintessential 80's Sentai "Duel" theme. Strings and brass for the win.
** The ending theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQMZOYZfn8 Ashita ni Ikiru ze!]]" is a triumphant and invigorating [=80s=] pop theme that does a great job capping off each episode.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: This Sentai may have you rolling your tissues for tears, but sometimes, it's tears of happiness. [[spoiler:Of all villains that they couldn't save, the Livemen succeeded in at least one: Dr. Oblar/Gou. After meeting Gou's mother and realizing how much her EducationMama attitude practically drove him into becoming Dr. Oblar, the Livemen [[WhatTheHellHero chew her out]] and tell her that she holds the key to completely redeeming Gou. She did so with gusto, apologizing for Gou and completely restoring him. In the end, maternal love prevailed that day and Gou turned to religion to redeem himself.]]
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: This Sentai may have you rolling your tissues for tears, but sometimes, it's tears of happiness. [[spoiler:Of all villains that they couldn't save, the Livemen succeeded in at least one: Dr. Oblar/Gou. After meeting Gou's mother and realizing how much her EducationMama attitude practically drove him into becoming Dr. Oblar, the Livemen [[WhatTheHellHero chew her out]] and tell her that she holds the key to completely redeeming Gou. She did so with gusto, apologizing See [[Heartwarming/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman this page]] for Gou and completely restoring him. In the end, maternal love prevailed that day and Gou turned to religion to redeem himself.]]them.
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*** [[spoiler:Then his whole Fountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and trapping them in an AndIMustScream state? And leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
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* TearJerker: Quite a few, given the dark nature of the last quarter of the show.
** Arashi, after being 'dropped' by Bias, finally asks [[spoiler:Omura]] what 8+4 is, a problem that's vexed him since his introduction. Upon getting the answer he [[spoiler:notes that there's nothing left for him to do, remarks that it was a strange life, then straps on some dynamite and suicide tackles the as-yet unbeatable Brain Beast of the week.]]
** [[spoiler:''All'' of the Volt members' final moments are like this. None of them are particularly easy to watch.]]
* ToughActToFollow: While many will cite ''Liveman'' as the best series produced during Hirohisa Soda's tenure as head writer and one of the best seasons, the next two shows, ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' and ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', were much more lukewarmly received, nearly killing off the franchise until ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' brought the ratings back up.
** Arashi, after being 'dropped' by Bias, finally asks [[spoiler:Omura]] what 8+4 is, a problem that's vexed him since his introduction. Upon getting the answer he [[spoiler:notes that there's nothing left for him to do, remarks that it was a strange life, then straps on some dynamite and suicide tackles the as-yet unbeatable Brain Beast of the week.]]
** [[spoiler:''All'' of the Volt members' final moments are like this. None of them are particularly easy to watch.]]
* ToughActToFollow: While many will cite ''Liveman'' as the best series produced during Hirohisa Soda's tenure as head writer and one of the best seasons, the next two shows, ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' and ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', were much more lukewarmly received, nearly killing off the franchise until ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' brought the ratings back up.
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* TearJerker: Quite a few, given the dark nature of the last quarter of the show.
** Arashi, after being 'dropped' by Bias, finally asks [[spoiler:Omura]] what 8+4 is, a problem that's vexed him since his introduction. Upon getting the answer he [[spoiler:notes that there's nothing leftshow. [[TearJerker/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman See here]] for him to do, remarks that it was a strange life, then straps on some dynamite and suicide tackles the as-yet unbeatable Brain Beast of the week.]]
** [[spoiler:''All'' of the Volt members' final moments are like this. None of them are particularly easy to watch.]]
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* ToughActToFollow: While many will cite ''Liveman'' as the best series produced during Hirohisa Soda's tenure as head writer and one of the bestseasons, seasons even to this day, the next two shows, ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' and ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', were much more lukewarmly received, nearly killing off the franchise until ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' brought the ratings back up.
** Arashi, after being 'dropped' by Bias, finally asks [[spoiler:Omura]] what 8+4 is, a problem that's vexed him since his introduction. Upon getting the answer he [[spoiler:notes that there's nothing left
** [[spoiler:''All'' of the Volt members' final moments are like this. None of them are particularly easy to watch.]]
* ToughActToFollow: While many will cite ''Liveman'' as the best series produced during Hirohisa Soda's tenure as head writer and one of the best
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This show, along with ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' and ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' was one of the very first ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series to be aired in some Latin American countries as Peru, where is still fondly remembered.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: EvenBetterSequel: While it's immediate predecessor ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is generally well liked, ''Liveman'' is commonly ''Liveman'' is seen as the culmination of ''Sentai'''s GrowingTheBeard, with many considering it one of the best seasons of ''Super Sentai'' even to this day.
* EvilIsCool: Great Professor Bias, for being a charismatic and mysterious manipulator who stands out as cool and unique compared to the typical ''Sentai'' EvilOverlord.
** Doctor Ashura also for being a boisterous and cunning GeniusBruiser, as well as [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the more human members of Volt]].
* EvilIsSexy:
** Great Professor Bias, who's played by a young and quite handsome Creator/JojiNakata.
** Episode 37 gives us naked Kemp, including a [[{{Fanservice}} full view of his rear end]], for anyone who might be interested.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** This show, along with ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' and ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' was one of the very first ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series to be aired in some Latin American countries as Peru, where is still fondlyremembered.remembered.
** It was also popular in France where it, along with other ''Sentai'' and {{Toku}} shows, aired on ''Series/ClubDorothee''. As a nod to this, Dorothée herself even cameos in episode 30.
* EvilIsCool: Great Professor Bias, for being a charismatic and mysterious manipulator who stands out as cool and unique compared to the typical ''Sentai'' EvilOverlord.
** Doctor Ashura also for being a boisterous and cunning GeniusBruiser, as well as [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the more human members of Volt]].
* EvilIsSexy:
** Great Professor Bias, who's played by a young and quite handsome Creator/JojiNakata.
** Episode 37 gives us naked Kemp, including a [[{{Fanservice}} full view of his rear end]], for anyone who might be interested.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** This show, along with ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' and ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' was one of the very first ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series to be aired in some Latin American countries as Peru, where is still fondly
** It was also popular in France where it, along with other ''Sentai'' and {{Toku}} shows, aired on ''Series/ClubDorothee''. As a nod to this, Dorothée herself even cameos in episode 30.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Bias is cold and egotistically heartless for the entire series, but there's just no coming back after it's revealed he gave [[spoiler: Butchy ''memories of a happy life on Planet Chibuchi'', only to tell him he's a robot and those were programmed.]]
** [[spoiler:Then his whole Fountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
** [[spoiler:Then his whole Fountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
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* MoralEventHorizon: MemeticMutation: VIVA BIAS! has become a popular callsign for fans of the show, in reference to [[spoiler:Gash's last words]] in the final episode.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Kemp crosses it in the very first episode when he heartlessly guns down Takuji and Mari, his two former colleagues.
** Bias is cold and egotistically heartless for the entire series, but there's just no coming back after it's revealed he gave [[spoiler: Butchy ''memories of a happy life on Planet Chibuchi'', only to tell him he's a robot and those wereprogrammed.programmed, and kill him when he tries to turn good.]]
** *** [[spoiler:Then his whole Fountain of Youth/Mass Hypnosis plan is revealed, along with the revelation that he crossed the Horizon a looooooooooong time ago. Taking your students' brains and leaving the failures to die? ''Twelve times?'']]
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Kemp crosses it in the very first episode when he heartlessly guns down Takuji and Mari, his two former colleagues.
** Bias is cold and egotistically heartless for the entire series, but there's just no coming back after it's revealed he gave [[spoiler: Butchy ''memories of a happy life on Planet Chibuchi'', only to tell him he's a robot and those were
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* NightmareFuel: Dr. Oblar before turning full-on monster. That mouth... ''*shudder*''
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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
** Dr. Oblar before turning full-on monster. That mouth... ''*shudder*''
** Dr. Oblar before turning full-on monster. That mouth... ''*shudder*''
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*** NightmareRetardant: Except for Beauty Beast Kemp, who looks completely ridiculous for a Sentai monster.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Those who mainly know Creator/JojiNakata for his voice-acting may be surprised to find him in a live-action role as Great Professor Bias.
* RewatchBonus: Rewatch the series and you'll see a lot of setup for the final arc you may not have noticed, in particular [[spoiler:Bias's smirking while watching his students compete, his reason for bringing Ashura into the Volt, his nonchalant reactions to Guildos and Butchy's arrivals, and the true purpose of the Volt leaderboard.]]
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* ToughActToFollow: While many will cite ''Liveman'' as the best series produced during Hirohisa Soda's tenure as head writer and one of the best seasons, the next two shows, ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' and ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', were much more lukewarmly received, nearly killing off the franchise until ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' brought the ratings back up.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly Elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Not that the lesson is a bad one]].
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Japanese universities tend to have high entrance standards compared to Western ones, and it's still not uncommon to find students struggling to get in. Knowing this makes the "getting a good score above all" thrust of the overly Elitist Volt hit a bit closer to home... [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Not that the lesson is a bad one]].one.
