Line #19 Anime/JushinLiger


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4	''Jushin Liger'' (獣神ライガー ''Jūshin Raigā'', lit. Beast God Liger,) is an anime superhero TV series created by Creator/GoNagai. Produced by {{Creator/Sunrise}}, the series ran through 1989 to 1990 with a total of 43 episodes. This anime was responsible for kicking off the wrestling career and popularity of Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger.
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6	The story of this anime starts off with three bodies of Dragonite appear. Possessing overwhelming destructive force, they attack the city. By doing so, they also awaken the evil [[BigBad Jashin Drago]] from the seal he was trapped in. 200 years ago, Drago was trapped in the seal by a powerful warrior with the tattooed mark of the Liger.
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8	Assuming that the warrior is dead, Drago and Empress Zara are free to conquer the Earth using their army of biomechanical beasts. Even the Japan Self-Defense Forces are no match for the Dragonites' awesome power. One of the people fleeing is the protagonist, a teenager named Ken Taiga. Unbeknownst to the Dragonites, Ken realizes that he is the descendant of the Liger warrior.
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10	In a burst of anger, Ken's Liger birthmark appears, and he rises his palm into the air, shouting the henshin command, "LIGER!" which then covers him in demonic, long-haired biomechanical armor. Ken transforms into Jushin Liger to fight the evil forces of the Dragonite!
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12	!!Tropes from this anime:
13	* AllMenArePerverts: Both Ken and Dangoro are quite prone to it, especially around the Kamishiro twins.
14	* AnimalMotifs: Liger is based on a lion, while the Demon Dragon Empire are somewhat based on dragons.
15	* AnimalMecha: Velaguarda and Thunder Phoenix.
16	* BarehandedBladeBlock: Liger does this against Maryuo Doll.
17	* BigBadEnsemble: Drago and Empress Zara.
18	* BloodierAndGorier: Between monster and bio-mechas, that is.
19	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: It is implied that Zara took Ryu from a hospital and raised him to fight for their side.]]
20	* DarkerAndEdgier: When compared to other anime in the mecha genre.
21	* EvilCounterpart: Ryu and his mecha Maryuo Doll are one to Ken and Liger.
22	%%* {{Fanservice}}: Considering [[Creator/GoNagai who]] made this, it's not too surprising.
23	* FatBestFriend: Dangoro.
24	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Yui, in contrast with the more tomboyish Mai.
25	%%* GoNagaiSideburns: Again, a Go Nagai work.
26	* HotBlooded: Duh. It also inspired a real-life wrestler to take on the name from this anime.
27	* HonorBeforeReason: Ryu refuses to finish a downed Liger after the latter is attacked InTheBack by another Drago mook, and leaves the battlefield promising to defeat him cleanly some day.
28	* HumongousMecha: Sort of. Liger is a bio-mechincal armor.
29	%%* IdiotHero: Ken.
30	%%* MonsterOfTheWeek
31	* MotionCaptureMecha: Liger is this.
32	* SuperMode Liger's Fire and Thunder modes.
33	* TheTease: Both Yui and Mai. After an instance in which they accidentally enter the bathroom nude and starts bathing with Ken already there under the water, they take a liking to tease the boy with bathing with him and "washing his back".
34	* TigerVersusDragon: Ken and Ryu (which even is the word for "dragon" in Japanese).
35	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Mai and Yui Kamishiro.

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