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Koyomi Yamanaka

* **Overview**
* Synopsis
* Relationships
* Gallery

## Portrayal

Koyomi Yamanaka (山中 暦, *Yamanaka Koyomi*) is a main character in *SSSS.DYNAZENON*. He is an implied NEET and cousin of Chise Asukagawa who became one of three co-pilots of Dynazenon (the other being Yomogi Asanaka and Yume Minami).

## Appearance

Koyomi has brown hair, with bangs which over both of his eyes almost all of the time, but when you can see his eyes, they are shown to be light blue. He wears a light green jacket with black and yellow stripes on either sides of the sleeves. He wears black sweatpants with yellow stripes on the sides along with orange sandals.

## Personality

As noted by Gauma, Koyomi is perceptive and clever despite outwardly lazy and has little things to do beside standing in front of his computer in his room most of the day. True to this, he is not only managed to master his Dynastriker, but also quick to analyze Greyjhom's combat abilities thus ensured their victory.

His laziness and lack of worthwhile goal in mind was attributed to the failure in pursuing the relationship with his middle-school crush Inamoto in the past when the chance was present, something that became apparent upon learning her marriage with another man. Unlike Mujina whom he could relate with however, Koyomi is capable of growing out of his self-pity, even if the early steps to do so proved to be difficult (saving Inamoto's husband despite his resentment towards him and understanding the pointlessness of how his life would've been if he somehow went back in time just to be with his former crush).

By the end of the series, Koyomi has since matured, though he's still awkward on certain things due to spending his time as a NEET for quite a while after graduating from middle-school.
Sakuragaoka

**Sakuragaoka** (桜が丘, ***Sakuragaoka***) is the main world location of Gridman the Hyper Agent.

The town where Naoto Sho and his JUNK friends live, where all the cyberattacks occurred by Khan Digifer and Takeshi Todo the Computer World by impacted onto the town/real world.

## Development

The filming location is set at Koyodai, Inagi Town and Tama-Center Station.

* Kamesan Park (かめさん公園) in Episode 3 is based on the actual local park in Koyodai.
* Naoto's house is based on an actual house with the living room set within the premises of Tsuburaya HQ, and Naoto's room set inside Toho Built.
	+ The basement where Junk is stationed is set inside Toho Built's 5th Stage.
* Takeshi's room is set on the 2sd floor of the conference room in the apartment behind Tsuburaya Productions.
* Ippei's house, the **Interior Space "Aya"** (インテリアスペース彩, ***Interior Space "Aya"***) interior shop is staged from an actual interior design store which the settings were also used for "Ultraman Dyna" and the 2nd season of **Minami's Lover** (南くんの恋人, *Minami-kun no Koibito*) which aired around the same year. Initially during the scenario stage for the series, it was intended to be a grocery store.
Pratchert's Radical Departure

**Pratchert's Radical Departure** is the 47th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

Malcolm decides to use a virus to mentally submit Principal Pratchert back to his hippie days, much to Lucky's pleasure. But Pratchert's job is on the line, as a school inspector named Mr. Lapel is due to arrive and can't walk in on a classroom strike led by the principal!
Akane's Return

**"The Return of Akane"** is the 12th voice drama for *SSSS.GRIDMAN*. This voice drama was only exclusively included in Volume 4 of the *SSSS.GRIDMAN* Blu-ray and DVD release.

## Synopsis

Rikka and Utsumi see Akane pass by, but upon closer investigation, they find out it's not really her.

Previous: The Natural Order of Things

*YouTube*: Gridman Voice Drama 12.12
Digital Communicator

Transportation

The **Digital Communicator** is the device that allows Sam Collins to transform into Servo in situations where Sam is unable to access his guitar. The Digital Communicator allows Team Samurai access to the Digital World from any computer, but is almost exclusively used with either Sam's computer or Syd's laptop.

## History And Function

Sam received the Digital Communicator from Servo during his trip through the Digital World. At first, Sam tried to remove the device that was attached to his right wrist. Eventually, Sam decided to conceal it under his clothes. Soon after receiving the Digital Communicator, Sam, Tanker, and Syd synced the device to Sam's computer and guitar so in case of emergency, they could use it to transform.

The Digital Communicator is a portable wrist unit possessing all the giga-watt energy transmission capability of a mainframe mega-modem without any of the hardwired cables. It is activated when the user applies pressure to the blue central circuit activator button on the bottom. It is modeled with cutting-edge technology and a digital action simulation program. The two blue antenna capture multi-frequency electrowaves from the real and digital worlds. They are released when the device is activated. The electro-charged diode at the top serves as both a renewable energy and a mobile light source. The Digital Communicator can also be used as a homing device for locating the portal to the real world. The gold button on the top allows the user to communicate with people on a computer. The communicator button also projects a holographic screen in which the user can communicate with others, face-to-face.

## Notes

* In Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, the Digital Communicator is actually the toy version produced by Playmates.
Love Me Don't

**Love Me Don't** is the 33rd episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

Malcolm sends a non-armored Krono-type virus into a music box, hoping when opened, it attracts Jennifer to him. But the plan backfires as Mrs. Starkey opens the box instead, attracting Sydney and Tanker's suspicions about the box being infected. In the midst of Malcom's plan, Sam notices Malcom's move on Jennifer and runs off angrily in a jealous fit. Can Sam let go of his grudge in time to break the horrid love spell?
Decisive Battle

***Decisive Battle*** (決・戦, *Kessen*) is the eleventh episode of *SSSS.GRIDMAN*.

## Summary

After stabbing Yuta Hibiki, Akane Shinjo wrecks the computer, Junk. They rush Yuta to hospital. The city is still in an uproar after the destruction caused by the kaiju Nanashi. With the Venora destroyed, the city did not get reset overnight like with the previous kaiju attacks. What’s more, everyone can see the ceiling of Computer World, which has become the sky.

Akane explains to Alexis・Kerib that with Yuta dead, there is no more Gridman, so she won’t need to make any more kaiju. He insists, but she can’t do it. Her heart isn’t in it any longer. Making do with what’s available, Alexis Kerib revives all of the previous kaiju.
Anti arrives at the hospital. He explains how he has changed, but the others are still hostile towards him. Nevertheless, they accept his help. He runs off to transform into Gridknight, and engages the rampaging kaiju in battle.

Yuta is in a coma, and the NGJHS realize that he can't wake up because the computer, Junk, is out of order, so they begin repairs. Within his coma, Yuta talks with Gridman. Gridman explains everything. They get Junk repaired, and Yuta wakes up. Sho Utsumi is still there at the hospital, so Yuta tells him what he learned. He is actually the persona of Gridman. Gridman took over Yuta’s body upon arriving in this world, but lost his own memories of being Gridman, tcausing the appearance of amnesia. Yuta’s mind and memories are asleep, and will return when Gridman leaves.

Yuta and Utsumi join the others at the pawn shop, and they launch into battle.

Rikka Takarada finds Akane. She is still covered with Yuta’s blood. As they discuss their friendship, Alexis Kerib arrives, needing material for one more kaiju. With a cry of “Instance Abreaction”, he transforms Akane into a kaiju.

## Voice Drama

* **11.11: In a Town Where Kaiju Exist**
	+ Sho and Rikka talk about their current situation while watching over the unconscious Yuta at the hospital.

## Trivia

* The Gridknight Circular attack is based on Ultraman's Dismembering Halo aka the Ultra Slash.
* At the hospital, a voice comes over the PA, paging Yuichiro Kanesue. That’s the name of a character from Kinpachi-Sensei, played by actor Koichi Sudo, who was also in Ultraman Cosmos.
* At the hospital, a voice comes over the PA, paging Doctor Amaji. That’s the name of a character in Ultraseven, who was captured by the enemy.
* Rikka finds Akane atop a flood gate which resembles Arakawa flood gate in Tokyo. It's the same flood gate as where Minami has her conversation with her sister in Episode 10 of Dynazenon.

## Gallery

Computer World is revealed for everyoneGridknight in actionRikka and Akane have their conversation at this flood gateThe real-life flood gate is in Tokyo
## References

1. ↑ https://medium.com/@mach.dent/ssss-gridman-reference-recap-11-2f290f1e15ce
Compoid

## Portrayal

The Compoids (コンポイド, *Konpoido*) are the human-like cyber natives to the Computer World in the Gridman Universe. A compoid named Unizon (ユニゾン, *Unizon*) made its representative debut to her species in episode 6 of Gridman the Hyper Agent.

## History

### Gridman the Hyper Agent

Unizon was first mentioned as an urban legend of the Sound Spirit (音の精霊, *Oto no Seirei*) whose appearance is identified by the treble clef-like emblem on her dress.

She appeared to prevent Gridman from killing Anosillus stating that the monster simply went berserk from the contaminated music which brainwashed it. She tried to purify the monster with her music, but Takeshi disarm her from her baton. Yuka gets the idea to play through Ippei's keyboard and purify Anosillus with her music, allowing the monster to undo the damages done to Sakuragaoka.

As a token of appreciation, Unizon and Anosillus gifted and installed the Gridman Sword combination program through the Barrier Shield and Plasma Blade.

### SSSS.GRIDMAN

During Zegga's rampage, Alexis・Kerib explained to Rikka that she and the entire citizens of Tsutsujidai were Repli-Compoids (レプリコンポイド, *Repuri Konpoido*), artificial humans created by Akane to inhabit her virtual town as part of her escapism from reality. However as each Repli-Compoid became individual sapient beings, Akane created monsters to eliminate those she deemed unworthy or had wronged her in certain ways while having the Venoras cleansing the city per operation to cover the damages and realtering the murdered Repli-Compoids' memories from its citizens.

Akane added that despite the numerous atrocities she committed, the Gridman Alliance members are incapable of hating her as their programming forbid them to do so.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Performance Baton:** Unizon's main weapon which she twirls it clockwise to access its abilities.
	+ **Purifying Melody:** In her futile attempt to save Anosillus, Unizon unleashes a melody to soothe the brainwashed monster.
	+ **Program Creation:** Although the ability's true extent is unexplored, Unizon and Anosillus are capable of updating the Barrier Shield's programming, allowing it to combine with the Plasma Blade into the Gridman Sword.

## Trivia

* The name was only mentioned by the narrator at the very end of Unizon's episode debut with no proper explanation of their origin and lore for the rest of the series.
	+ In the original plan, the Compoids were supposed to be given a bigger involvement in the story to appear in groups, but Tsuburaya scrapped the idea due to the heavy use of special effects required.
	+ The term "Compoid" was scrubbed from the English subtitles of the episode provided by Amazon and Tsuburaya's YouTube channel.
	+ In the Crunchyroll subtitle and Funimation dub of SSSS.GRIDMAN, the translation of Alexis' Repli-Compoid term was altered into "replica". This is probably due to the international audience not familiar with the Original Series' terminology and was hid for convenience purposes.
A Pet Dog Bomb Operation

**A Pet Dog Bomb Operation** (愛犬爆弾計画, *Aiken Bakudan Keikaku*) is the twenty-ninth episode of the Gridman the Hyper Agent*.*

## Synopsis

Kung Fu Shinobilar sends a signal to computer-controlled dog collars. The plan is to make the dogs attack humans!

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Naoto Sho
* Ippei Baba
* Yuka Inoue
* Gridman
* Khan Digifer
* Takeshi Todo
Kaiju Eugenicists

The **Kaiju Eugenicists** (怪獣優生思想, *Kaijū Yūsei Shisō*) are a band of four Kaiju Users from five thousand years ago who served as main antagonist faction in *SSSS.Dynazenon*.

## History

Following their revival in modern-day era, these group of ancient Kaiju Users set out to wreak havoc upon the world starting from Yomogi's home city with Shalbandes. Kaiju Eugenicists' only formidable foe seems to be Gauma, another ancient Kaiju User who used to be one of their own, and that their enmity apparently stemmed from the fact that he was entrusted with Dynazenon, a gestalt mecha which he can deploy at its fullest after recruiting Yomogi, Yume, and Koyomi, in order to combat the band's forces.

## Members

* Juuga
* Onija
* Mujina
* Sizumu
* Gauma (formerly)

## Trivia

* In addition of being an ancient band of kaiju-users (humans with the ability to control and link themselves with a kaiju) and downright terrorize real world instead of Computer World, another aspect which made Kaiju Eugenicists contrasted to previous installment's main antagonists being their more reactionary tactics in which they waited for their kaiju that had been spread throughout a targeted human populace in their seed forms to mature via. feeding on nearby unsuspecting random people's emotions before putting said kaiju under their control as opposed of having an unwitting pawn to design said kaiju on their behalf.
Provocation

Provocation (挑・発, *Chōhatsu*) is the fifth episode of *SSSS.GRIDMAN*.

Monster of the week: Go'yavec

## Summary

Yuta and his class head out on a field trip into the mountains. However, Akane makes arrangements to summon a kaiju if needed. During the trip, Akane questions Yuta about his amnesia and tricks him into admitting he transforms into Gridman. She then summons a massive kaiju the size of a mountain in order to draw Gridman out. Unfortunately, since he is in the mountains, Yuta has no access to Junk and cannot transform. The NGJHS purchase Junk from Rikka's mother and carry it up the mountain to Yuta's location, allowing him to transform into Gridman. Anti also appears, but Borr combines with Gridman to form Buster Gridman. Buster Gridman completely overwhelms the kaiju with sheer firepower, and Anti is buried under the rubble. Afterwards, Yuta and the rest of his class return home, with Max observing that all of the kaiju seem to be appearing in proximity of Yuta's class.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Akane Shinjo
* Alexis Kerib
* Anti
* Rikka Takarada
* Yuta Hibiki
* Sho Utsumi
* Samurai Calibur
* Hass
* Namiko
* Gridman
* Rikka's Mother
* Borr
* Vit

## Voice Drama

* **5.5: It's Not Gridman's Fault (グリッドマンは悪くない, *Guriddoman wa Warukunai)*)**
	+ The gang discuss where to move the Junk, but it seems that nobody wants to take it.

## Trivia

* The payphone scene copies the image framing of a scene from *Neon Genesis Evangelion* Episode 11. It’s not the style of the phone that is copied. All payphones in Japan are a green cube. It’s the giant book on top, which cuts the character’s face in half. Note how the walls of the phone booth frame Rikka in a 4:3 ratio to match the format of *Evangelion*

* The train station is based on Kami-Igusa Station, Tokyo.

## References

1. ↑ *SakugaBlog*: *SSSS.Gridman* Episodes 5-7 Production Notes
2. ↑ *Flubber's Unsteady Anime Pilgrimage* (blog): SSSS.GRIDMAN Places in Suginami Ward and Nakano Ward
Gridman Universe

**Gridman Universe** are the collective anime works revolving the titular Hyper Agent and his allies' adventures and battles after *Gridman the Hyper Agent*.

As the franchise progressed and expanded, new works were created that took inspiration from the original and made it something new.

## Description

Though initially appeared as spin-off to *Gridman the Hyper Agent*, *SSSS.GRIDMAN* was eventually clarified as the sequel to the former. After defeating Khan Digifer with assistance of Naoto Sho, Yuka Inoue, and Ippei Baba as well as releasing his hold over Takeshi Todo and stopping the threat of Neo Khan Digifer, Gridman soon faces another threat in form of Alexis・Kerib only to be defeated and had his very being splintered into six fragments; the master fragment that resided within Tsutsudjidai's recreation of Junk, four fragments that became a group of Repli-Compoid-spawned Hyper Agents called Neon Genesis Junior High Students, and final one that possessed his second host and partner Yuta Hibiki. It doesn't take long for Gridman to finally reunite with bearers of his fragments to combat the evil interdimensional being of unknown origin who, like Khan Digifer before him, has taken a pawn in form of Akane Shinjo to create more Kaiju to wreak havoc upon Computer World and the rest of the world.

## Chronology

* SSSS.GRIDMAN
	+ SSSS.GRIDMAN: Hime & Samurai
	+ Neon Genesis Junior High Students' Diary
	+ SSSS.GRIDMAN NOVELIZATIONS
	+ SSSS.GRIDMAN ANOTHER LOAD
	+ Sengoku Gridman
	+ SSSS.GRIDMAN: Neon Genesis Junior High Students Butler Cafe
	+ Diaclone VS. Gridman
	+ Gridman Dogma
* SSSS.DYNAZENON
* GRIDMAN UNIVERSE (film)

## Game Cameos

* **Gestalt Odin**
* **Project Tokyo Girls:** May 15 - June 3, 2019 Limited Event
* **Senki Zesshō Symphogear XD Unlimited**
	+ Yume wo Utau Eiyū: May 31 to June 13, 2019 Limited Event with SSSS.GRIDMAN
* **Vivid Army:**
* **Super Robot Wars 30** (Official console cameo debut)
* **Azur Lane**
	+ Kokō wa Majiwaru Sekai nite: November 25th to December 8th 2021 Limited Event with SSSS.GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON
Sam Collins

## Portrayal

*"Let's Samuraize, guys!" (strums his guitar or presses on his wrist communicator)*
Sam's Battle Call.
**Samuel "Sam" Collins**is the teenage leader of Team Samurai and the human host of the Servo program. He lives in the basement of his house, where he keeps his electric guitar and his computer. His best friends are Sydney Forrester, Amp Ere, and Tanker who is later replaced by Lucky London. Sam's family includes his mother, father, and little sister Elizabeth. Using his guitar or the Digital Communicator, Sam can transform into the superhero Servo to defeat the Megavirus Monsters sent by the evil Kilokahn.

## Personality

Sam is clever and easygoing, and always willing to help anyone in need or be their friend

## Relationships

* Jennifer Doyle: The school's cheerleading team captain and Sam's love interest, but their relationship keeps going on-and-off.
* Elizabeth Collins: His little sister who he cares about while off-screen, but is often annoyed by her shenanigans.
* Malcolm Frink: Unbeknownst to each other and identity, Sam and Malcolm are digital archenemies in Syberspace. But in the real world, Sam considers Malcolm a competition for Jennifer's affections and sometimes tries to reach out to him, but never returned the favor.

## Trivia

* In the *Power Boy* series pitch, Sam's original character name was Zack Jason. And in some of the early previews of the show, Sam was described as a "computer genius", however those previews never showed Sam's actor Matthew Lawrence beside only the back of his head, and the "computer genius" part of his character was scraped.
Mujina

* **Overview**
* Synopsis
* Relationships
* Gallery

## Portrayal

Mujina (ムジナ, *Mujina*) is a character in *SSSS.DYNAZENON*. She a member of Kaiju Eugenicists.

## Appearance

She wore a white major's uniform. blue pants White gloves and white boots

## Personality

Mujina is a stoic woman who, by her own admission, has no goal in life she's working towards, a stance emphasized in her discussions with her fellow Kaiju Eugenicists where she says she'll do whatever they decide on. The lack of motivation for a worthwhile goal is something she shares with Koyomi as discovered through their amicable conversation together leading to her briefly considered to live a better life than the one she currently has. However, while Koyomi eventually grows out of such habit and even moves on with his own life, Mujina wasted the opportunity to do the same through stealing his Dynastriker, leading the hurt Koyomi to join forces with Gauma to reclaim it thus allowing the latter to nearly crush her and her comrades with the Dynazenon component. This, coupled with her inability to see her own fault in such mess and both envy and misplaced hatred towards the Dynastriker pilot, resulted her becoming as ruthless as her comrades to a fault, a change that surprised even the already ruthless Onija.

The further irony of her character is that she did find something enjoyable as much as fighting as a Kaiju Eugenicist such as hanging out at a water park, going to a game center, drinking at soda joint, and watching movies with the others.
A Break in the Food Chain

**A Break in the Food Chain** is the 11th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

Malcolm creates the Hock virus and sends it into the food factories to sabotage the food shipments. The lack of food begins to drive a ravenous Tanker insane with hunger, until Sydney suspects something wrong.
It's Magic

**It's Magic** is the 46th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

Lucky decides to incorporate the concept of Sam disappearing into Syberspace behind a curtain as a part of his school magic act. After the first part of the trick works, the second part doesn't, since Sam/Servo, is stuck fighting the Chronic virus again (thanks to Malcolm's sabotage).
Brother's Bond

Brother's Bond (兄弟の絆, *Kyōdai no Kizuna*) is the eighth episode of *Gridman the Hyper Agent*.

Monsters of the week: Blizzalar and Flamelar

## Synopsis

Blizzalar and Flamelar destroy the air conditioner's computer system.

## Summary

Daichi pranks Naoto by tying him to the bed, but Naoto gets him back when he ties Daichi down. Takeshi creates Blizzalar, a kaiju with a cold-breath attack. He sends it and Flamelar to attack the home air conditioners all across the city. Everyone flees outside, but Daichi is trapped in the bed and seems about to freeze to death. Naoto joins with Gridman and goes off to fight. The Plasma Blade is ineffective against Blizzalar’s thick armor. Then Flamelar arrives and the kaiju brothers attack together. Gridman tricks them into fighting with each other. Gridman then whips out the Thunder Axe and takes out them both with that. Naoto apologizes for leaving his brother helpless.

## Characters

* Naoto Sho
* Ippei Baba
* Yuka Inoue
* Daichi Sho
* Kana Baba
* Naoto's parents
* Ippei's parents
* Gridman
* Khan Digifer
* Takeshi Todo
* Flamelar
* Blizzalar
* Police Officer Koganemura

## Gallery

Gridman uses Plasma Blade and Barrier Shield against BlizzalarDaichi got trapped in the houseNaoto kowtows to Daichi as apology
## Trivia

* The subtitles on the 2021 Blu Ray edition spell the kaiju's name as "Blizzlar".
Ashes to Ashes Disk to Disk

**Ashes to Ashes Disk to Disk** is the 13th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

A new Troid virus has the ability to trap anybody on Floppy Disks, and is somehow stored inside Jennifer's electrical pom-poms. Random victims keep disappearing until only Sam is left. Things look bleak until Sam notices Elizabeth playing around with the pom-poms and deduce that Kilokhan is behind the disappearances.
Confrontation

Confrontation (対・立, *Tairitsu*) is the eighth episode of *SSSS.GRIDMAN*.

Monster of the week: Mecha-Ghoulghilas

## Summary

As the school prepares to host a festival, Akane approaches Yuta and his friends and taunts them, saying that she will attack the festival with her newest kaiju. Yuta and Utsumi immediately start making plans to counter Akane's kaiju, while Rikka has reservations about their plan, wondering if there's a way to peacefully convince Akane not to attack. She quickly gets into an argument with Utsumi and they have a falling out. Regretful at the things he said to Rikka, Utusumi accompanies Yuta to confront Akane, to ask her why she wants to attack the festival if her enemy is Gridman, but Akane refuses to answer.

Rikka confronts Akane, and Akane reveals that Rikka is just an artificial intelligence who was programmed from the start to be her friend, and therefore Rikka is incapable of hating her. Yuta finds a troubled Rikka, who says she plans to apologize to Utsumi before he can since he wouldn't be expecting her to act preemptively. This gives Yuta the idea to have Gridman appear at the festival, forcing an evacuation before Akane can summon her kaiju. They implement their plan, deliberately reducing Gridman's size so the entire NGJHS can transform and combine with him to form Full Powered Gridman. The kaiju is defeated, and the festival continues as planned after the day resets. Yuta and his friends participate in the festival and Rikka and Utsumi make amends. Akane stays home, growing increasingly depressed over her inability to defeat Gridman while Alexis encourages her to make more kaiju.

## Voice Drama

* **8.8: Parent and Child Argue At A School Festival**
	+ Rikka and her mother have an argument during the Culture Festival.
Romeo & Joule-watt

**Romeo & Joule-watt** is the 24th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

Tanker & Jennifer are cast as Romeo and Juliet in the school play, much to Sam's and Sydney's dismay. Malcolm upgrades the Chronic virus and sends him into the school's stage lights. Sam/Servo intercepts it but get cornered until Sydney goes in as Drago.
Kaneishi

## Portrayal

Kaneishi (金石, *Kaneishi*) is a minor character in *SSSS.DYNAZENON*. She is in main character Yomogi's circle of friends.

## Relationships

### Friends

* Awaki
* Nazumi
* Ranka
* Yomogi
* Mei - Kaneishi is friends with Mei, who is Yume's best friend. That's how gossip about Yume gets relayed to Yume.

## Gallery

### Designs

Inamoto, Mei, Awaki, Nazumi, Ranka, **Kaneishi**
### Episodes

Episode 1 - Kaneishi's backpack (white) is beside Yomogi's (yellow)Episode 2 - Kaneishi suggests they go for meat skewers, Yomogi's favorite take-out foodEpisode 6 - Kaneishi glances at Yume, then steps between themEpisode 12 - Mei's photography display has Yume and KaneishiEpisode 12 - Kaneishi, with a sad face, nudges Mei back, after Yomogi runs off to find Yume
## Trivia

* There are hints that Kaneishi likes Yomogi.
	+ In episode 2 she suggests that they go for meat skewers, which was mentioned in audio drama 11.1 as Yomogi's favorite take-out food, not to mention how in episode 1 he suggests serving them at the cultural festival.
	+ In episode 6 she notices Yume staring at Yomogi, then takes a step ahead in order to block Yume's view.
	+ In episode 12 when Yomogi is sent to find Yume, Kaneishi makes a sad face and gets a friendly, "I know how you feel" nudge from Mei.

## References

1. ↑ YouTube, *D180223*: Kaneishi Jealous of Yomogi & Yume
SSSS.GRIDMAN Stage Play

An upcoming stage play adaptation for SSSS.GRIDMAN is scheduled to premiere from May 7-10, 2020 at the Zenrozai Hall Space Zero, and on May 15-17 at the Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall. However, the stage play has since postponed until further notice in the light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan.

It was co-developed by Tsuburaya Productions and Studio Trigger.

## Plot

**"I was saved by Gridman."**

This is a world somewhere connected to that day. Another world.

The four Neon Genesis Students woke up in a strange place.

There in this world, heroes called "Characters" defeat "Evil Combatants" to keep the city in peace.

A mysterious girl and a boy resembling Anti appear in front of the Neon Genesis Junior High Students.

**"This is a world that doesn't need you. Return to the right world."**

The four people feel an evil presence in the shadow of the girl who talked about the "world".

Why did they get lost in a world that should have been peaceful?

A mysterious girl, a boy resembling Anti, and strong Characters who have double standards.

Feeling the uncomfort, the four start an investigation where they eventually reach a boy who knows Gridman.

## Staff

* Director: Fumiya Matsuzaki
* Screenplay: Yume Mizusawa, Fumiya Matsuzaki

## Cast

### Neon Genesis Junior High Students

* **Ryosukue Takahashi**: Samurai Calibur
* **Masashi Yokoyama**: Max
* **Nagato Okui**: Borr
* **Bishin Kawasumi**: Vit

## References

1. ↑ http://www.jefusion.com/2019/12/ssss-gridman-live-stage-play-announced.html
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/stage\_gridman/status/1244912703170203648
3. ↑ http://officeendless.com/sp/gridman/#anc\_01
4. ↑ http://officeendless.com/sp/gridman/about

## External Links

* Official website
* Official Twitter account
Naoto Sho

## Portrayal

**Naoto Sho** (翔 直人, *Shō Naoto*) is the 14-year-old male protagonist and human host of Gridman in *Gridman the Hyper Agent*. He attends Sakuragaoka Junior High School with his friends Ippei Baba and Yuka Inoue, where they they struggle to protect the Earth from the evil of Khan Digifer.

## Trivia

* His actor, Masaya Obi made later cameo appearances in the Gridman Universe project.
	+ SSSS.Gridman Episode 6: As a customer in Rikka's Mother's pawn shop.
	+ SSSS.Dynazenon Episode 5: As the lifeguard in the community water park.
* Unlike his successors, Naoto's merger with Gridman didn't involve the Hyper Agent assuming Fighter Form which design reflect his host and partner's character.
Gibzorg

**Gibzorg** (ギブゾーグ, *Gibuzōgu*) is a kaiju in *SSSS.DYNAZENON*.

## Appearance

Gibzorg is a semi-humanoid kaiju with orange, green, and golden platings over gray body. It has almost humanoid skull-like head beneath a mask-like crest with sharp teeth and barbed lower jaw, retractable tower-like spikes through which it performs its reality-warping ability, wing-like protrusions on the shoulder, arms ended with four-digit claws and purple orb on the palm, and clawed feet. The tower and wings are connected through four wires.

## Abilities

Gibzorg's primary ability is a limited reality-warping power in which it can cause things under its influence dent and contort. The same power also allows it to cause wave-like ripples on the ground and creating sinkholes to bury targets within. Its other ability is projecting a destructive beam created through combining three purple energy plates each generated by its left arm, right arm, and face.
Power of the Kaiju

**Power of the Kaiju** is a preternatural ability which debuted in *SSSS.DYNAZENON*.

## Overview

An obscure gift which manifested in selected few, Power of the Kaiju is an unique ability which, if honed properly, allows the bearer 'to make things impossible possible' (transcending beyond space, time, life, and death). It was first discovered by the people of an ancient Chinese nation 5000 years prior to the present day and subsequently studied, leading to said nation's technological advancement beyond its rivals in their time. As the main focus of the study on this ability later shifted to Kaiju creation and control, Power of the Kaiju eventually christened as such with bearers of the ability being called **Kaiju Users**.

### Abilities

* **Instance Domination**: The most common ability displayed by Kaiju Users, it allows a Kaiju User to put a fully grown Kaiju under their control and enlarge it to its proper giant size.
* **Kaiju Empathy**: The ability to precisely feel the thoughts of the Kaiju one interacts with. Only high-tier Kaiju User that can perform this.

## Known Users

* Kaiju Eugenicists
	+ Juuga
	+ Onija
	+ Mujina
	+ Sizumu
* Gauma
* Yomogi Asanaka
Lucky's Unlucky Adventure

**Lucky's Unlucky Adventure** is the fiftieth episode of *Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad*.

## Synopsis

Lucky is trying to save up money for a fantastic surfboard but is failing in several jobs. When Mrs. Starkey gives him a chance, the register mysteriously comes short on the exact amount Lucky needs for his new board! Now a fugitive on the run from the principal and the authorities, Sam and the others find out that Kord is responsible.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Sam Collins
* Servo
* Sydney Forrester
* Kilokahn
* Tanker
* Kord
* Lucky London
* Malcolm Frink
Kaiser Gridknight

**Kaiser Gridknight** (カイゼルグリッドナイト, *Kaizeru Guriddonaito*) is Gridknight's combination form with Dynazenon, and Goldburn introduced in SSSS.DYNAZENON.

## Technical Overview

During the Gibzorg battle, it turned to the heroes' favor when it was also the same day Chise Asukagawa's Goldburn was born. After proving its allegiance towards its master where its assisted Gridknight and Dynazenon in battle, the result landed in Dynazenon and Goldburn's combination with Gridknight, giving the latter boosted speed and flight with the thrusters on its back and legs for extra agility or increasing the output of its melee blows like Dynazenon albeit at greater scale.

The combination requires Goldburn's Chaos Bringer sizeshift beam to compress Dynazenon in an agile robotic suit of armor for Gridknight to fit. Goldburn forms the chestplate while Dyna Soldier becomes its Dynamic Cannon form to be fitted as a right shoulder cannon attachment.

## Attacks & Abilities

* **Kaiser Knight Double Storm** (カイゼルナイトダブルストーム, *Kaizeru Naito Daburu Sutōmu*): Twin energy beams fired from both Dynasabers. Its firepower equals that of Gridknight's Gridknight Storm or Gridman's Grid Beam.
* **Kaiser Knight Circular** (カイゼルナイトサーキュラー, *Kaizeru Naito Sākyura*): Kaiser Gridman uses one of Dynazenon's Dynasaber to produce a more powerful version of the Gridknight Circular with more output and expandable range.
	+ **Kaiser Knight Double Circular** (カイゼルナイトダブルサーキュラー, *Kaizeru Naito Sākyura*): Using both hands.
* **Dynamic Cannon** (ダイナミックキャノン, *Dainamikku Kyanon*):
	+ **Rex Grid Fire** (レックスグリッドファイヤー, *Rekkusu Guriddo Faiyā*): Kaiser Gridknight's finisher move where after charging, the Dynamic Cannon fires a powerful, fiery purple energy beam which is devastatingly superior than the Dynamic Fire.

### Combination Attacks

* **Grid Double Power Finish** (グリッドダブルパワーフィニッシュ, ***Grid Double Power Finish***): A combination with Full Powered Gridman where they both exchange their main arsenal and dual fire powerful beams that destroys the opponent.

## Trivia

* Much like its equivalent, Full Powered Gridman; this combination requires equal mass proportions to work, an issue solved by Goldburn's Sizeshift Beam ability.
* Unlike its previous basis, King Gridman; this combination fully includes all its components compared to the other where it only requires the King Jet. The Dragonic Cannon was an additional feature shown only in Gridman the Hyper Agent: boys invent great hero.
Didoras

**Didoras** (ディドラス, *Didorasu*) is one of the kaiju in *SSSS.DYNAZENON* deployed by Kaiju Eugenicists.

## Appearance

Didoras is a kaiju with mechanical, crocodilian appearance, possessing teal green and red body with orange underbelly, armor plates on the limbs and sides of the neck, a pair of yellow drill/cannon-like protrusions on the back, golden talons, tail-tip, and saw tooth, and short head with a pair of crests that protrudes forward. It is pretty much car-sized and sports blue eyes while in its weaker form, but grows significantly larger once under control of a Kaiju Eugenicist with eyes turned red.

## Abilities

Didoras' special ability is dimensional shift, which allows it to turn things into holographic, 2D renditions of themselves thus unable to interact with 3D world around them. It can be used defensively by rendering incoming projectiles useless and its effects wear off once the kaiju is killed. Additionally, Didoras can also utilize buzzsaw on its abdomen and back to shred opponents with.

If the CCTV footage of its activity was of any indication, Didoras can shapeshift into objects around the size of car to further keep itself hidden.
Dig Dig Boooom!

**Dig Dig Boooom!** is the character song of Borr, and performed by his voice actor, Aoi Yuki.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

Dig Dig Boom！Boom！ Dig Dig Boom Dig！Dig！

Dig Dig Boom！Boom！ Dig Dig Boom

バニラ味のフラペチーノたっぷりたっぷりホイップで

今日だけは俺の横でお前が一緒だ

もう あっちにこっちにまどろっこしい

どストレートに行け！(狙え！)

『早くしろよ ったく…俺が決めてやろうか？

んーそんじゃコイツにもおんなじの！

…なに？なんか文句あんの？』

金色になびく髪を結んで

勝負しようぜ どっちが今日 楽しめるか

行くぜ！Dig Dig Dig Digしちゃう

お前ん中のハートに

今Boom！Boom！Boom！Boom！ 貫くぞ

火力本願

じぃっと見つめてどうしたんだ？ (ウジウジすんじゃねえ！)

ハッキリ伝えなくちゃ 手遅れになるぜ！

イチゴだらけショートケーキ ハッと気づいて身構える

とりあえず食わせとけりゃ 良いと思ってんだろ！？

心外だ不快だ不愉快だ

今日お前の奢り！(はい決定！)

『追加でハンバーガー！セットでポテトとコーラつけて！

あ、あとパフェとアイスとスペシャルドッグも！』

振り回そうと思ってたのに

調子狂うぜその笑顔 気に食わない

何故かメラメラメラメラしちゃう

俺の中のハートが

あぁShake！Shake！Shake！Shake！ぐらついて

理解不能だ！

どうしてそんな楽しそうなの？ (ニヤニヤすんじゃねえ！)

ハッキリ伝えてみろ 面白くないぜ！

Dig Dig Boom！Boom！ Dig Dig Boom Dig！Dig！

Dig Dig Boom！Boom！ Dig Dig Boom

はじめ、おわり、何もかもを教えてやる

なんかDoki Doki Doki Doki…

Dig Dig Dig Digしちゃう

お前ん中のハートに

今Boom！Boom！Boom！Boom！ 貫くぜ

火力本願

そんな目で見つめんじゃねえよ… (意外な展開…！)

ハッキリ伝えられちゃ キック喰らわすぜ！

Dig Dig Boom! Boom! Dig Dig Boom Dig! Dig!

Dig Dig Boom! Boom! Dig Dig Boom

BANIRA aji no FURAPECHIINO tappuri tappuri HOIPPU de

Kyou dake wa ore no yoko de omae ga issho da

Mou acchi ni kocchi ni madorokkoshii

Do SUTOREITO ni ike! (Nerae!)

"Hayaku shiroyottaku... ore ga kimete yarou ka?

N~ son ja koitsu ni mo onnaji no!

...nani? Nanika monku an no?"

Kin-iro ni nabiku kami wo musunde

Shoubu shiyouze docchi ga kyou tanoshimeru ka

Ikuze! Dig Dig Dig Dig shichau

Omae'n naka no HAATO ni

Ima Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Tsuranukuzo

Kariyoku hongan

Jiitto mitsumete doushita'n da? (UJI UJI sun ja nee!)

Hakkiri tsutaenakucha teokure ni naruze!

Ichigo darake SHOOTO KEIKI hatto kizuite migamaeru

Toriaezu kuwase tokerya ii to omotte'n daro!?

Shingai da fukai da fuyukai da

Kyou omae no ogori! (Hai kettei!)

"Tsuika de HANBAAGAA! SETTO de POTETO to KOORA tsukete!

A, ato PAFE to AISU to SUPESHARU DOGGU mo!"

Furi mawasou to omotteta no ni

Choushi kuruuze sono egao ki ni kuwanai

Nazeka MERA MERA MERA MERA shichau

Ore no naka no HAATO ga

Aa Shake! Shake! Shake! Shake! Guratsuite

Rikai funou da!

Doushite sonna tanoshi sou na no? (NIYA NIYA sun ja nee!)

Hakkiri tsutaete miro omoshirokunaize!

Dig Dig Boom! Boom! Dig Dig Boom Dig! Dig!

Dig Dig Boom! Boom! Dig Dig Boom

Hajime, owari, nanimo kamo wo oshiete yaru

Nanka Doki Doki Doki Doki...

Dig Dig Dig Dig shichau

Omae'n naka no HAATO ni

Ima Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Tsuranukuze

Kariyoku hongan

Sonna me de mitsume'n ja nee yo... (igai na tenkai...!)

Hakkiri tsutaerarecha KIKKU kurawasuze!

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Kana Baba

## Portrayal

**Kana Baba** (馬場 カナ, *Baba Kana*) is the little sister of lead character Ippei Baba. Kana hangs out a lot with Naoto Sho's younger brother Daichi Sho.

## Trivia

* Kanako Nakatake played one of the kids in episode 6 of *Ultraman Tiga*(1997) - "Evil Monster Realm of the Rainbow".

## Gallery

Kana and Daichi hang out together a lot
1. ↑ *IMdb*: Ultraman Tiga s1.e26
Hasta la Virus, Baby!

**Hasta la Virus, Baby!** is the 40th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

In this clip show, Amp is supposedly missing from school and Team Samurai! Yolanda and Jennifer recall past experiences with Amp. It's revealed that Amp is back in outer space and later, the gang witnesses the arrival of surfer Lucky London, who would become the team's newest member.
Gridman Sigma

**Gridman Sigma** (グリッドマンシグマ, *Guriddoman Shiguma*) is the younger brother of Gridman and the supposed alter-ego of the reformed Takeshi Todo, the antagonist of *Gridman the Hyper Agent*. He was the co-protagonist of *Gridman the Hyper Agent: The Demon King's Counterattack* a novel sequel of the series before making his first public appearance in the anime short, *Gridman the Hyper Agent: boys invent great hero*.

## Abilities

* **Grid Sigma Beam** (グリッドシグマビーム, *Guriddo Shiguma Bīmu*): Sigma's version of the original Grid Beam.
* **Sigma Slash** (シグマスラッシュ, *Shiguma Surasshu*): Sigma conjures a lightblade to slash with.
* **Fixer Beam** (フィクサービーム, *Guriddo Fikusā Bīmu*): Like his brother, Sigma fires a beam that repairs damages.

### Combinations

* **Double Grid Beam** (ダブルグリッドビーム, ***Double Grid Beam***): A double beam attack with Gridman used to finish Gaist Digifer.

## Trivia

* In contrast with Tsuburaya's Ultraman franchise, Sigma's blue design would be later used in future concepts with future blue ultras.
Yomogi Asanaka/Relationships

* Overview
* Synopsis
* **Relationships**
* Gallery

## Yume Minami

At the beginning of the first episode , Yomogi seems to know of Minami, But isn't really friends with her yet. All he knew was a rumor she asked guys on dates a lot and kept standing them up for apparently no reason. Minami ends up pulling this on Yomogi, whilst despite hearing the rumors he waited for her anyways. Until Gauma shows up, asking why Yomogi is standing in the rain. Eventually Gauma goes to find Minami despite Yomogi not wanting him to. So this seems to set up an almost rivalship at first. Yet in later episodes as they work together in Dynazenon more and more they begin to become friends.
Operation Evil Brainwashing

Operation Evil Brainwashing (悪魔の洗脳作戦, *Akuma no Sennō Sakusen*) is the ninth episode of *Gridman the Hyper Agent*.

Monster of the week: Shinobilar

## Synopsis

Shinobilar invades the computer system of a cram school. Naoto sees the students being brainwashed!

## Summary

The results of the mock exam are back. Yuka (ranking 42) and Takeshi (ranking 57) did very well, ranking in the top 100. Takeshi is nevertheless jealous of Matsuoka (ranking 36). Naoto (ranking 246019) and Ippei (ranking 299000) get a lecture from sensei and flee their homes after getting scolded by their respective parents for doing so poorly. Takeshi designs a kaiju with an automatic intelligence ability. Thus it can speak. It takes over the school computers and uses them to hypnotize sensei and his class of students including friends Minako and Matsuoka. The class becomes a gang of authoritarian goons who treat other students ruthlessly. This goes on for what may be days or even weeks, during which time Yuka tutors Naoto and Ippei. Ippei confronts Matsuoka, and ends up getting a punch in the face for it. Finally Gridman detects the kaiju and summons Naoto to fight. After a considerable struggle Gridman takes out Shinobilar with Thunder Axe. The hypnotized students and teacher are then freed.

## Characters

* Naoto Sho
* Ippei Baba
* Yuka Inoue
* Gridman
* Khan Digifer
* Takeshi Todo
* Shinobilar
* Sensei Mitarai
* Matsuoka (classmate)
* Minako (classmate)
* Naoto's family
* Ippei's family

## Gallery

Matsuoka celebrates his score in the mock examSensei gets brainwashedThe class becomes the brute squadShinobilar strikes a poseShinobilar revels in his power
## Trivia

* This episode demonstrates how Gridman simply converts Barrier Shield into Gridman Sword or Thunder Axe at will, depending on which mode he needs it to be in.
Police Officer Koganemura

## Portrayal

Officer Koganemura is a minor character in *Denkou Choujin Gridman*. He appears in many episodes, often being the subject of some manner of humiliation due to the latest kaiju attack. He travels on his police bicycle.

## Gallery

Episode 2 - Introduction of the bicycling copEpisode 5 - He puts down a riot at the grocery storeEpisode 6 - He tells the kids his nameEpisode 6 - He gets hit with death musicEpisode 10 - He saves some kids from chlorine gasEpisode 12 - He investigates the broken security system
Gagula

* 1st Form
* 2nd Form

**Gagula** (ガギュラ, *Gagyura*) is the final kaiju in *SSSS.DYNAZENON*.

## Appearance

Gagula is a vaguely reptilian, semi-humanoid kaiju which vaguely mechanical in appearance as with ones before it. It has several crystalline structures growing on its back, a massive horn that covers majorities of its head as much as armored plate that covers its lower jaw, three curving dorsal fins on the nape, a barb on the point of its robust long tail, and forearm shield about its arms. Being more of Sizumu's very kaiju-half/alter-ego as opposed a mere beast under his control like Neophobia before it, Gagula adopts the color scheme of its host's features from his apparel's color scheme to a trailing quill/growth behind its back shaped after his braided hair.

After Sizumu absorbs his comrades into it and shares their control over it, Gagula's chest opened up into rainbow-colored chest plating adorned with a kaiju seed-like growth on the center. Its horn and jawplate similarly opened up to reveal its face. In this state, electric yellow, green, cyan, and magenta glows and meridians run across its body.

## History

Gagula originated from Kaiju Seed Sizumu hid inside his body for quite a while until he unleashed it during the final confrontation against Gauma and co. Whereas Kaiju before it grew from emotions in random people within vicinity of their seed form, this monstrosity instead fueled by strong emotions in three specific people; its host and human half Sizumu, Yume (who plagued by emotional turmoil from the death of her late sister Kano), and Yomogi (who determined to help Yume overcoming her trauma along with his growing romantic feelings for her). This vicious combination in turn, contributed Gagula to develop into a near-unstoppable behemoth, more so after the rest of Kaiju Eugenicists merged with it. Before then, it acted as the source of unique powers seemingly exclusive to Sizumu owing to his strong bond with the developing Gagula within, such as energy barrier, concussive blasts, the ability to remain active without the need of eat or sleep, endowing power boost to Kaiju he heals as demonstrated with Bullbind, and accurately communicate and determine attributes of developing Kaiju as hinted when he dismissed Zaiohn as failure and subsequently let Gauma and co. dispose it in his stead.

## Trivia

* The name is derived from Caligula effect, a psychological term referring to the guilt and excitement that comes after doing something that a person isn't supposed to do.
* Its tail-slide kick is referenced from Godzilla from the 1973 tokusatsu kaiju film.

## Gallery

Plushie by Good SmileConcept design2nd form Concept design
Jennifer Doyle

## Portrayal

**Jennifer "Jen" Doyle**  is one of the recurring characters in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. A cheerleader at North Valley High School, she is Sam Collins's on-again/off-again girlfriend with Malcolm Frink as his competition for her affections.

In What Rad Universe! when Sam ends up in the alternate universe, Jen is a genius who likes a befriending Malcolm and helps Sam get back to his normal universe.
Bullbind

**Bullbind** (ブルバイン, *Burubain*) is one of the kaiju in *SSSS.DYNAZENON* deployed by Kaiju Eugenicists.

## Appearance

Bullbind is a quadrupedal red and grey mechanical beast with dragon/gryphon-like characteristics, golden parts on its legs, hooves, head, and hip, draconic head with black nose, drill side horns, bird-like wings on the shoulder, and medium-length tail with grey vaguely gear-like pieces with round green teeth on it. It also sports wire-like brown tassels with grey points from which it generates destructive electrical gravity blasts.

## Abilities

Unlike Shalbandes before it, Bullbind possesses superior gravity power it can use to crush things with instead of making them lose their weight. It can also fight by projecting purple electrical gravity blasts that can destroy things in massive explosions and use its drill side horns to damage enemies at close range. Because of its great power, it requires two Kaiju Eugenicists to control it at the same time.
Anosillus the 2nd/Synopsis

* Overview
* **Synopsis**
* Relationships
* Gallery

## SSSS.DYNAZENON

Sometime after the conclusion of the conflict against Alexis Kerib, Anti and Anosillus the 2nd founded Gridknight Alliance.

## GRIDMAN UNIVERSE (film)

As the result of distortion caused by Mad Origin — the same distortion which created Yomogi's home universe, Anti's younger and adult selves, as well as those of Anosillus the 2nd, existed as separate entities.
My Virus Ate My Homework

**My Virus Ate My Homework** is the 20th episode of the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad series.

## Synopsis

Sam's report for school is destroyed by Elizabeth, and Sam feels he's about to face impending doom. But that is the least of his worries when Kilokahn, against Malcolm's wishes, releases the Thorned Virus to sound off an alarm system which will apparently trigger warheads throughout the globe.