24 minSeason 1 • Episode 39
LatestKhan Digifer invades the Junk's computer world and destroys the Assist Weapons. Being saved by Naoto becomes a wake up call for Takeshi. He works together with Naoto and his gang to bring down Khan Digifer!
Three computer-savvy kids, Naoto, Yuka and Ippei created their own videogame superhero, but then discover it possessed by an inter-dimensional police officer, Gridman. Pursuing an evil program called Kahn Digifer, he merges with Naoto and fights Kahn Digifer's digitized monsters in order to prevent the computerized demon from wreaking havoc on the Human World.
Practical Effects
Giant monster suits stomping miniature cities with genuine weight
Visual Effects
Early CGI cyberspace that aged like milk but hits different
Direction
Pre-Ultraman Tsuburaya learning to build coherent visual language
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gridman directly inspired the 2018 anime SSSS.Gridman, which reimagined the concept for a generation that grew up on the original.
The show was adapted into Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad for US audiences, replacing Gridman with a skateboarding teen and adding horrendous dubbing.
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