History Series / ChouSeiShinGransazer

* Tappei Mikami/ Sazer-Gans (Cancer): A FriendToAllLivingThings who has a crush on Ai; his Manta Ray based armor is equipped with a [[BladeOnAStick double-edged spear]].

* ShoutOut: The opening music theme ends with tunes similar to the intro themes from the first game of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}, another Konami franchise.

* Ai Uozumi/ Sazer-Pisces ([[MeaningfulName take a guess]]): TheChick and youngest of all 12; her Orca-based armor is equipped with a [[TheGunslinger small gun]].

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Every Gransazer Tribe has a specific motif based around a kind of animal.
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** Fire Tribe: Birds.
%%*** NobleBirdOfPrey: Tenma (falcon)
** Wind Tribe: Insects.
%%*** JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Akira (rhinoceros beetle) and Jin (stag beetle).
%%*** PrettyButterflies: Ryouko.
** Earth Tribe: Mammals.
%%*** PantheraAwesome: Ran (leopard)
** Water Tribe: Aquatic animals.

* DarkestHour: Comes midway through the penultimate episode. [[spoiler:Ruby and Tenma are both seemingly dead, the other Gransazers are fighting a losing battle against [[TheJuggernaut Cabryon]], the Chouseishin are decimated, Ran's Communicator powers still haven't awakened and the Warp Monarch fleet is just hours away from destroying Earth.]]

*** NobleBirdOfPrey: Tenma (falcon)

*** JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Akira (rhinoceros beetle) and Jin (stag beetle).
*** PrettyButterflies: Ryouko.

*** A Load Of Bull: Naoto.
*** PantheraAwesome: Ran (leopard)

*** EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Subverted with Makoto, save if you're a bad guy.

* Jin Hakariya/ Sazer-Dail (Libra): A showoff who also believes in ThePowerOfFriendship; he has [[DualWielding two]] [[AnAxeToGrind axe-tonfas]] as his Stag Beetle-armored alter-ego.

** Radia: The hotheaded Brute. Uses an [[AnAxeToGrind ax]] as weapon. Subtlety is NOT his preferred method.

The first of Creator/{{Toho}} and Creator/{{Konami}}'s [[Series/ChouSeiShinSeries ChouSeiShin trilogy]], ''Series/ChouSeiShinGransazer'' debuted in 2003.

* Action Girl: All female Gransazers are skilled fighters who are just as capable as their male counterparts.

* AncientAdvancedHumans: The human civilization that existed on Earth 400,000,000 years ago was global in scope and developed advanced technology such as the Chou Sei Shin and Cloud Dragon.

** DarkActionGirl: Ryouko (Sazer Velsou) initially, though she's not evil so much as misguided. Lucia of the Impactors plays this straight.

* EnergyAbsorption: The Bosquito's modus apparatus.

* MsFanservice: Ryoko, Ran and Ai all get to show off skin at various points.

* ThePsychoRangers: The Impactor trio, HumanAliens whose black-armored fighting forms resemble evil Gransazers.

* VictimOfTheWeek: The routines in the second half of the show are mostly this.

* DarkestHour: Comes midway through the penultimate episode. [[spoiler:Ruby and Tenma are both seemingly dead, the other Gransazers are fighting a losing battle against [[TheJuggernaut Cabryon]], the Chouseishin are decimated, Ran's Communicator powers still haven't awakened and the Warp Monarch fleet is just hours away from destroying Earth.

* FiveManBand: The Garbans in the final arc of the series:
** BigBad: Belzeus, the leader of both the Garbans and Warp Monarch's Earth Invasion Force.
** TheDragon: Cabyron, who is a literal {{Dragon}}, and Belzeus's last line of defense against our heroes.
** EvilGenius: Brighton, an emissary of the Warp Monarch.
** TheBrute: Algol, a brutish soldier under the command of Brighton.
** DarkChick: Gorgion, another Garban soldier who reports directly to Belzeus.

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Belzeus is the one behind the Earth invasion, tricking the Warp Monarch into thinking the humans are decendants of the Bosquito.]]

* PostFinalBoss: Cabryon is the show's effective final boss before [[spoiler: Logia effortlessly subdues and arrests Belzeus]].

* {{Precursors}}: Ancient Humanity.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The Gransazers start off fighting each other before coming together to battle Akelon alien Karin Saeki, who puts up a moderately tough challenge but is defeated by only three of the tribes. Then the Impactors arrive and prove much tougher than Karin, forcing all four tribes to team up. They're followed by several one-shot aliens of varying power levels, after which the Gransazers face much stronger opponents in [[spoiler:the Bosquito and Garbans, with the FinalBoss Cabryon putting up a tougher fight than anything they've battled previously.]]

%%* Action Girl: All female Gransazers are this.
%%** DarkActionGirl: Ryouko (Sazer Velsou), initially. Lucia plays this straight.
%%* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Everyone.
%%** Fire Tribe: Birds.
%%*** NobleBirdOfPrey: Tenma (falcon)
%%** Wind Tribe: Insects.
%%*** JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Akira (rhinoceros beetle) and Jin (stag beetle).
%%*** PrettyButterflies: Ryouko.
%%** Earth Tribe: Mammals.
%%*** A Load Of Bull: Naoto.
%%*** PantheraAwesome: Ran (leopard)
%%** Water Tribe: Aquatic animals.
%%*** EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Subverted with Makoto, save if you're a bad guy.

%% * BossSubtitles: Shown to name the Gransazers and their Chou Sei Shins.

%% * ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Souchaku!"
* ContrivedCoincidence: All 12 Gransazers and their Chou Sei Shins are Japanese and buried in Japan respectively. Given that the Precursors were a ''global'' civilisation, this scenario is highly, highly improbable.

%% * {{Courier}}: Tenma's main job.
%% * DisappearedDad: Ai's father. [[spoiler: He's actually Dr. Bear/Professor Wakui.]]

* FreudianTrio: Each tribe is composed of one.

* LostTechnology: The Ultra Star Gods, Cloud Dragon and Guntras.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Mika and Ken, respectively.

* MsFanservice: Ryoko, Ran and Ai.

* RealMenWearPink: Jin (Sazer-Dal) is a fashion designer whose Sazer armor is purple, but that doesn't mean he can't kick ass like his fellow Sazers.

* RecapEpisode: Episode 25 serves as this, explaining the formations of many of the Gransazers and the fights against the villains.

* SiblingTeam: Mika and Ken.
* SkywardScream: #22 has Logia screaming Lucia's name in agony.

* SuperpowerfulGenetics

* TransformationTrinket: The Knuckle Riser.
* {{Tsundere}}: Mika is a Type A, mostly around Tenma.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue

* AbsenteeActor: Unless needed, all 12 Gransazers don't appear in the same episode. Some are justified that they're all doing separate jobs-- Tenma working as a postman, Ryoko working as a sport instructor, Jin working on his fashion line, Go working as a police officer, Akira and Ai working at the hospital--but others aren't excusable, Makoto working as a photographer.

* BossSubtitles: Shown to name the Gransazers and their Chou Sei Shins.

* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Souchaku!"

* {{Courier}}: Tenma's main job.
* DisappearedDad: Ai's father. [[spoiler: He's actually Dr. Bear/Professor Wakui.]]

* MilitariesAreUseless: Subverted, as JSDF is ''much'' more involved in the plot than most of Toku series, and actually fared pretty well in assisting the Gransazers, especially after they got their own HumongousMecha Youhi.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to both ''Justiriser'' and ''Sazer X'', ''Gransazer'' has more serious tone with considerably less humorous moments.
** The series open with internal conflict between Gransazers [[spoiler: which is engineered by the actual villain]], you will be forgiven if you think this series will have similar direction with ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''.
** The Military (and in extension, The Government) is much more actively involved in the plot unlike majority of Toku series.
** Logia, the major villain in the second arc, is portrayed as NoNonsenseNemesis, whose ultimate plan would cause [[EarthShatteringKaboom Earth's annihilation]] if not [[TimedMission stopped on time]].
** Last but not least, [[spoiler: an EvilGenius alien is single-handedly manipulating an otherwise benevolent Empire into invading Earth]], pretty much unlike ''Justiriser'' and ''Sazer X'' more straightforward villains.