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SSSS.GRIDMAN

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"You’re not alone. Whenever, forever."

―Series tagline

SSSS.GRIDMAN（グリッドマン） (Guriddoman) is a 2018 anime series produced by Studio Trigger in collaboration with Tsuburaya Productions, based on the titular character of the series, Denkou Choujin Gridman and its American adaptation, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. The series has also been licensed by Funimation, and is streamed in Fall 2018 with an English Dub via their streaming service, FunimationNow. It is also available for viewing on Crunchyroll, with English subtitles.

Plot

You’re not alone. Whenever, forever.

Yuta Hibiki is a first-year student in high school living in Tsutsujidai. One day, he woke up without his memories.

Yuta later meets "Hyper Agent Gridman" who was inside an old computer.

Gridman told him to fulfill his purpose. Yuta's quest to understand the meaning behind those words and to find his memories began.

While all of this was sudden, Yuta had helpful assistance from his classmates, Sho Utsumi, Rikka Takarada, and Akane Shinjo, but...

Those peaceful days were destroyed mercilessly by a monster that suddenly appeared.[5]

Characters

Hyper Agents

Gridman Alliance

Neon Genesis Junior High Students

Antagonists

Others

Kaiju

Good

Evil

Neutral

Episodes

  1. Awakening DEATH
  2. Restoration
  3. Defeat
  4. Suspicion DEATH
  5. Provocation SUGGESTIVE CONTENT
  6. Contact
  7. Scheme VIOLENCE BLOOD SUGGESTIVE CONTENT
  8. Confrontation
  9. Dream
  10. Collapse VIOLENCE BLOOD
  11. Decisive Battle BLOOD
  12. Awakening VIOLENCE BLOOD

Voice Drama

As a follow up to each episode, an original Voice Drama is uploaded to Tsuburaya Productions' YouTube channel, for a duration of one week though from the eight episode and onward, they are uploaded to Pony Canyon's channel instead. They normally contain dialogue that foreshadows certain things in the next episode and the overall plot.

Cast

Character Japanese English
Yuta Hibiki Yuya Hirose Hirose Yūya
Gridman Hikaru Midorikawa Robert McCollum
Sho Utsumi Soma Saito Greg Ayres
Rikka Takarada Yume Miyamoto Jill Harris
Akane Shinjo Reina Ueda Lindsay Seidel
Samurai・Calibur Ryosuke Takahashi Ian Sinclair
Max Katsuyuki Konishi Cris George
Vit Masaya Matsukaze Chris Burnett
Borr Aoi Yuki Apphia Yu
Anti/Gridknight Kenichi Suzumura Stephen Fu
Alexis・Kerib Tetsu Inada Barry Yandell
Rikka's Mother Mayumi Shintani Anastasia Munoz
Namiko Suzuko Mimori Sarah Wiedenheft
Hass Akari Kito Amber Lee Connors
Sakiru Tonkawa Kaede Yuasa Dani Chambers
Anosillus the 2nd Karin Takahashi Monica Rial

Staff

  • Director: Akira Amemiya
  • Screenplay: Keiichi Hasegawa
  • Character Design: Masaru Sakamoto
  • Gridman Design: Masayuki Goto
  • Alexis Design: Koyama Shigeto
  • Kaiju Design: Shinji Nishikawa, Hiroshi Maruyama, Ichiro Itano, Osamu Yamaguchi, Masahiro Maeda
  • Assist Weapon Design: Takeshi Nonaka
  • Junk Design: Shinta Sanniya
  • Heroic Drawing Chief: Muta Ouchi
  • Assistant Director: Yoshiko Kaneko
  • Sub Character Design: Mayumi Nakamura
  • 3DCG Director: Shinichi Miyanei
  • 3DCG Production: Graphinica
  • Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe
  • Color Design: Nishida Takeda
  • Director of Photography: Yamamoto Yayoi
  • Editing: Yoshitake Masato
  • Music: Shiro Sagisu
  • Music Production: Pony Canyon
  • Acoustic Supervision: Toshiki Kameyama
  • Sound Effects: Yuko Morikawa
  • Line Producer: Masato Takeuchi
  • Animation Producer: Kazuya Masumoto
  • Animation Production: TRIGGER

Gallery

Blu-Ray & DVD Release

Videos

Music

Opening Theme
  • UNION[6]
    • Artist: OxT (オクト, Okuto) (Masayoshi Ooishi (オーイシマサヨシ, Ōishi Masayoshi)xTom-H@ck)
Ending Theme
Insert theme
Character Songs[8]
  • ONLY I CAN
    • Artist: Yuya Hirose (Yuta Hibiki)
  • Ultra Theory
    • Artist: Soma Saito (Sho Utsumi)
  • Garasu Dama
    • Artist: Yume Miyamoto (Rikka Takarada)
  • Motto Kimi wo Shiritai
    • Artist: Reina Ueda (Akane Shinjo)
  • CODE "GRIDMAN"
    • Artist: Hikaru Midorikawa (Gridman)
  • May Way
    • Artist: Kenichi Suzumura (Anti)
  • INTERSECTION!
    • Artist: Masaya Matsukaze (Vit)
  • Dig Dig Boooom!
    • Artist: Aoi Yuki (Borr)
  • Toi Hi no Mirai
    • Artist: Katsuyuki Konishi (Max)
  • Kokoro no Samurai
    • Artist: Ryosuke Takahashi (Samurai・Calibur)
  • Xenon's Justice
    • Artist: Ryosuke Takahashi (Samurai・Calibur), Katsuyuki Konishi (Max), Aoi Yuki (Borr), Masaya Matsukaze (Vit)
  • Oh! My Hero!
    • Artist: Suzuko Mimori (Namiko), Akari Kito (Hass)
  • Darken Red Sky
    • Artist: Tetsu Inada (Alexis・Kerib)

Spin-Offs

The popularity of the series has led to the development of a number of spin-offs. Among them are[9]:

  • Confirmed/Released:
    • A stage play in Spring 2020.[10]
    • Neon Genesis Junior High Students Diary (新世紀中学生日記, Shinseki Chūgakusei Nikki)[11]: A comedy comic about the Neon Genesis Junior High Students. Written by Ariko.
    • Hime and Samurai[11]: A prequel story about Samurai・Calibur when he first went to Tsutsujidai. Written by Kei Toru.
    • Comicalize SSSS.GRIDMAN (コミカライズ SSSS.GRIDMAN)[11]: A manga rendition of the series.
    • SSSS.GRIDMAN NOVELIZATIONS[12][13]: A novel series written by Yume Mizusawa, taking place after episode 8.
    • SSSS.GRIDMAN ANOTHER LOAD[14]: Borr and Vitt travel to another world, taking on different roles.
  • Pending/Unreleased:
    • Sengoku Gridman (戦国グリッドマン, Sengoku Guriddoman)[12]
    • A manga about the Neon Genesis Junior High Students going into a butler game world and becoming butlers.[12]
    • A manga about Akane.[12]

Trivia

  • The release of this series coincides with the 25th anniversary of Denkou Choujin Gridman, which premiered in 1993.
  • To promote the premiere of the series, for a limited time starting 6 October, Gridman appeared on every screen in Akihabara Electric Town. A suit actor wearing a suit of the new Gridman also walked around town.[15][16]
  • Several elements of the series were reused and modified from a scrapped Gridman series, Denkou Choujin Gridman F. These include:
    • Yuta Hibiki appearing, as a classmate to Ippei Baba and bonds with Gridman (who may be another of his kind).
    • The main antagonist being Alexis・Kerib, who came from the Demon World as opposed to the Hyper World.
    • Akane working with Alexis.
  • The Ultra Series is an in-universe entertainment program and is referenced many times in several ways.
  • This is not the first time in the Gridman franchise where the fight is taken to the "real world". That honor goes to Denkou Choujin Gridman: boys invent great hero, where Gridman Sigma appeared in a city at the end of the anime short, which was also produced by Studio Trigger and directed by Akira Amemiya.
  • Most of the characters in the series have their designs based on characters in the Transformers franchise, mostly from Shattered Glass. Expanding on this, every main protagonist has blue eyes and the antagonists have red eyes, similar to how Transformers' eyes are color coded according to their allegiance.
  • Several characters in the show have their names inspired by the names of toy manufacturers; Hass (Hasbro), Kena (Kenner), Sakiru Tonkawa (Tonka), Namiko (Bandai Namco), Toiko (ToyCo), Takarada (TakaraTomy) and Doi Hako (Toy Box).
  • The series' Opening and Ending songs were awarded First and Third places respectively in AniUta's top 100 anime songs for October 2018.[17] UNION also won First place again in November 2018.[18]
  • While it has not been explicitly stated, there are hints of this series being a sequel to Denkou Choujin Gridman.
  • It is thought the SSSS in the name stands for "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad", referencing the American adaptation.
    • According to the twelfth and final episode, the SSSS actually stands for "Special Signature to Save a Soul".
  • SSSS.GRIDMAN managed to win the 50th Seiun Award. The physical award itself was given to the show's director, Akira Amemiya.[19][20]

External links

References

  1. ↑ https://gridman.net/character/
  2. ↑ https://gridman.net/onair/
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/1047909703035052037
  4. ↑ https://gridman.net
  5. ↑ https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/738
  6. ↑ http://www.oxt-music.com/event/201806291200.php
  7. ↑ http://uchidamaaya.jp/news/archives/2228
  8. ↑ https://gridman.net/product/cd/bestalbum.php
  9. ↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2019/05/29-1/ssssgridman-to-return-as-stage-play-in-spring-2020
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1132615372949954561
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1132614305457721345
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1132614486366478341
  13. ↑ https://twitter.com/gagaga_bunko/status/1171687541767958528?s=09
  14. ↑ https://twitter.com/sonoko_uchusen/status/1210717159896170496
  15. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-10-03/ssss.gridman-anime-takes-over-akihabara-to-mark-premiere/.137553
  16. ↑ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/301940
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/aniuta_PR/status/1057922331086008320
  18. ↑ https://twitter.com/aniuta_PR/status/1069517829471260673
  19. ↑ https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1155034352981463040
  20. ↑ https://twitter.com/trigger_inc/status/1155779980959211520

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