Chargeman Ken! (1974)

Original title

チャージマン研!

Genre

science fiction anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 65 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

3.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ken is a superhero who fights aliens that have invaded Earth. Each short episode shows him using his gun and special powers to stop a different monster or villain.

sillyfast-pacedcampyepisodiclow-budgetquirkyaction-packedunintentionally funny

What happens

Chargeman Ken! (チャージマン研(けん)！, Chājiman Ken!) is a science fiction anime series created by Tetsuji Suzukawa and Eiji Tanaka and animated by Knack Productions (now ICHI Corporation) and Tama Production. It was directed by Noboru Miura and written by Masaaki Wakuda, Toyohiro Andō and Yoshio Tamado, with the characters designed by Tanaka. A total of 65 episodes were broadcast in syndication on various networks (it was broadcast in the Kantō region on TBS) from April 1 to June 28, 1974, in 10-minute slots from 5:30 to 5:40 PM, Monday through Friday. Each episode of the series is a self-contained story. Discotek Media currently licenses the series outside Japan. The anime was released to obscurity, but later gained cult attention for its extremely low budget and poor storytelling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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