History Trivia / DenkouChoujinGridman

** ''Gridman Sigma'', a planned sequel would have followed a now fully re-formed Takashi who bonds with Gridman's younger brother to face off with Khan Digifer's own brother Neo. The plot was ready and a suit for Sigma was built but Tsuburaya's financial woes at the time (exacerbated by the TroubledProduction and subsequent failure of ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero'') meant the sequel had to be scrapped as a television show. What was developed instead got published as photo novel stories for Shogakukan Televi-Kun.

** ''Gridman Sigma'', a planned sequel would have followed a now fully re-formed Takashi who bonds with Gridman's younger brother to face off with Khan Digifer's own brother Neo. The plot was ready and a suit for Sigma was built but Tsuburaya's then money woes (not helped by the failure of ''Series/UltramanPowered'' prior to Sigma's conception) meant the sequel had to be scrapped as a television show. What was developed instead got published as photo novel stories for Shogakukan Televi-Kun.

** Producer Kazumitsu Akamatsu [[https://star.ap.teacup.com/karzworks/273.html revealed on his blog]] that the show was only supposed to run for at the most 30 episodes, but the show became such a surprise hit with kids that more were put into production. That said, only 9 additional episodes were produced as a result due to various issues during production.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Plans were made for an arc in the show where Takeshi would steal the schematics of Gridman and use it to become his EvilKnockoff and TheDragon to Kahn Digifer before he would make a HeelFaceTurn and join Naoto instead, naming himself Grid Knight. The idea would be the basis for the unproduced ''Sigma'' follow-up and would later be transplanted into ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' [[spoiler:with the character Anti and his arc]].

** Producer Kazumitsu Akamatsu [[https://star.ap.teacup.com/karzworks/273.html revealed on his blog]] that the show was only supposed to run for at the most 30 episodes, but the show became such a surprise hit with kids that more episodes were put into production. That said, only 9 additional episodes were produced as a result due to various issues during production.

* CutShort: Initially was supposed to end at 30 episodes, but the surprise success of the show meant more were ordered. Sadly production problems going on at Tsuburaya meant the show only got 9 of those additional episodes before it ended.

* WorkingTitle: Bigman.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A consequence of being a technology-based series just when the net boom was barely beginning.

** ''Gridman Sigma'', a planned sequel would have followed a now fully re-formed Takashi who bonds with Gridman's younger brother to face off with Khan Digifer's own brother Neo. The plot was ready and a suit for Sigma was built but Tsuburaya's then money woes (not helped by the failure of Series/UltramanPowered prior to Sigma's conception) meant the sequel had to be scrapped as a television show. What was developed instead got published as photo novel stories for Shogakukan Televi-Kun.

*** With Studio Trigger's ''boys invent great hero'' short being set after the ending of the series [[spoiler:and ending with Takeshi transforming into Gridman Sigma to battle a new threat in the real world]], it's probably the closest we'll get for this series being realized, as ''SSSS Gridman'' is a reboot/re-imagining/[[spoiler:StealthSequel]] of the concept.

*** With Studio Trigger's ''boys invent great hero'' short being set after the ending of the series [[spoiler:and ends with Takeshi transforming into Gridman Sigma to battle a new threat in the real world]], it's probably the closest we'll get for this series being realized, as ''SSSS Gridman'' is a reboot/re-imagining/[[spoiler:StealthSequel]] of the concept.

* CutShort: Initially was supposed to end at 30 episodes, but the surprise success of the show meant more were ordered. Sadly production problems going on at Tsuburaya meant the show only got 9 additional episodes before it ended.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Plans were made for an arc in the show where Takeshi Todo would steal the schematics of Gridman and use it to become his EvilKnockoff and become TheDragon to Kahn Digifer before he would make a HeelFaceTurn and join Naoto instead, naming himself Grid Knight. The idea would be the basis for the unproduced ''Sigma'' follow-up and would later be transplanted into ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' [[spoiler:with the character Anti and his arc]].

** With Studio Trigger's ''boys invent great hero'' short being set after the ending of the series [[spoiler:and ends with Takeshi transforming into Gridman Sigma to battle a new threat in the real world]], it's probably the closest we'll get for this series being realized, as ''SSSS Gridman'' is a reboot/re-imagining/[[spoiler:StealthSequel]] of the concept.

** ''Gridman Sigma'', a planned sequel would have followed a now fully re-formed Takashi who bonds with Gridman's younger brother to face off with Khan Digifer's own brother Neo. The plot was ready and a suit for Sigma was built but Tsuburaya's then money woes (not helped by the failure of Series/UltramanPowered prior to Sigma's conception) meant the sequel had to be scrapped. What was developed instead got published as photo novel stories for Shogakukan Televi-Kun.

** ''Gridman Sigma'', a planned sequel which would have followed a now fully re-formed Takashi who bonds with Gridman's younger brother to face off with Khan Digifer's own brother Neo. The plot was ready and a suit for Sigma was built but Tsuburaya's then money woes (not helped by the failure of Series/UltramanPowered prior to Sigma's conception) meant the sequel had to be scrapped. What was developed instead got published as photo novel stories for Shogakukan Televi-Kun.

** With Studio Trigger's ''boys invent great hero'' short being set after the ending of the series [[spoiler:and ends with Takeshi transforming into Gridman Sigma to battle a new threat in the real world]], is probably the closest we get for this series realized, as ''SSSS Gridman'' is a reboot/re-imagining/[[spoiler:StealthSequel]] of the concept.
** Then there's ''Gridman F'', a separate scrapped sequel which would feature the return of Ippei and Gridman himself. Three new characters are Yuta Hibiki (the new host of Gridman), Akane Shinjo (Takeshi Todo's expy) and Alexis Kerib (Kahn Digifier's expy). Elements of this were transplanted into ''SSSS.GRIDMAN''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Plans were made for an arc in the show where Takeshi Todo would steal the schematics of Gridman and use it to become his EvilKnockoff and become TheDragon to Kahn Digifier before he would make a HeelFaceTurn and join Naoto instead, naming himself Grid Knight. The idea would be the basis for the unproduced ''Sigma'' follow-up and would later be transplanted into ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' [[spoiler:with the character Anti and his arc]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Plans were made for an arc in the show where Takeshi Todo would steal the schematics of Gridman and use it to become his EvilKnockoff and become TheDragon to Kahn Digifier before he would make a HeelFaceTurn and join Naoto instead, naming himself Grid Knight. The idea would be the basis for the unproduced ''Sigma'' follow-up and would later be transplanted into ''SSSS Gridman'' [[spoiler:with the character Anti and his arc]].

** With Studio Trigger's ''boys invent great hero'' short being set after the ending of the series [[spoiler:and ends with Takeshi transforming into Gridman Sigma to battle a new threat in the real world]], is probably the closest we get for this series realized, as ''SSSS Gridman'' is a reboot/re-imagining/[[spoiler: of the concept.
** Then there's ''Gridman F'', a separate scrapped sequel which would feature the return of Ippei and Gridman himself. Three new characters are Yuta Hibiki (the new host of Gridman), Akane Shinjo (Takeshi Todo's expy) and Alexis Kerib (Kahn Digifier's expy). They are transplanted into ''SSSS.GRIDMAN''.