Tokusou Robo Janperson (特捜ロボ ジャンパーソン) is a Japanese television show and 1993 installment in Toei Company's Metal Hero Series franchise. The two names given to this series by Toei for international distribution are Janperson or Jumperson.

Plot

The series revolves around Janperson, a robotic detective who patrols the streets of Tokyo and fights against three different underworld organizations that use super technology to subjugate the masses. Unlike most Metal Heroes, a monster-of-the-week is rarely shown and most of the villains are criminals akin to television police dramas.

Characters

Main

Weapons

Vehicle

Villains

Guild

The Guild (ギルド) was an evil organization of cyborgs whose goal was to eradicate and replace all humanity. Janperson eventually discovered their existence and destroyed the power source for their infiltration robots. The Guild ultimately fell when their leader self-destructed in a last ditch effort to destroy Janperson. The Guild was succeeded by the Neo Guild.

Tatewaki Konzern

Tatewaki Konzern (帯刀コンツェルン) is a financial corporation that seeks to destroy its rivals.

Villains

Tatewaki would employ different assassins and mercenaries to deal with Janperson with some of them either personally employed by Tatewaki or blackmailed by Tatewaki:

Neo Guild

The Neo Guild is the successor of Guild consisting of renegade robots that also wants to eradicate mankind.

Neo Guild's robots

The robots in the Neo Guild are used to either infiltrate the human race or destroy Janperson.

Super Science Network

The Super Science Network is a biological underworld organization.

Super Science Network villains

The Super Science Network has employed various human subjects, mercenaries, and scientists.

Episodes

Cast

Voice actors

Movies

Songs and Music

The series background music is composed by Megumi Wakakusa.

Big Bad Beetleborgs

Janperson, Gun Gibson, and Bill Goldy made brief cameos in the "Convention Dimension" episode of Big Bad Beetleborgs as Karato, Silver Ray, and Goldex, respectively.

International broadcasts and home video