The Mobile Cop Jiban

The Mobile Cop Jiban
Jiban DVD cover in Japan
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science fiction
Police drama
Biopunk
Cyberpunk
Created byToei Company
Developed byNoboru Sugimura
Directed byMichio Konishi
Starring
  • Shouhei Kusaka
  • Konomi Mashita
  • Michiko Enokida
  • Hajime Izu
  • Leo Meneghetti
Voices ofShōzō Iizuka
Narrated byTōru Ōhira
ComposerMichiaki Watanabe
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time30 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseJanuary 29, 1989 (1989-01-29) –
January 28, 1990 (1990-01-28)
Related
Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
Special Rescue Police Winspector
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The Mobile Sheriff Jiban (機動刑事ジバン, Kidō Keiji Jiban) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series which serves as the 8th entry in the Metal Hero Series franchise, and the first entry in the Heisei period. Produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi in Japan from January 29, 1989, to January 28, 1990, it ran for 52 episodes and a feature movie released on July 15, 1989. According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban.[1]

The premise for the series combines elements from the American film RoboCop and the 1970s tokusatsu Robot Detective.

  1. ^ "Title Lists: TV Series". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2009-03-08.