The Mobile Cop Jiban | |
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![]() Jiban DVD cover in Japan | |
Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Police drama Biopunk Cyberpunk |
Created by | Saburō Yatsude |
Developed by | Noboru Sugimura |
Directed by | Michio Konishi |
Starring |
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Voices of | Shōzō Iizuka |
Narrated by | Tōru Ōhira |
Composer | Michiaki Watanabe |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | Toei Company Asatsu-DK |
Original release | |
Network | TV Asahi (ANN) |
Release | January 29, 1989 January 28, 1990 | –
Related | |
Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya Special Rescue Police Winspector | |
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The Mobile Cop 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.