Uchuu Keiji Shaider

**Uchuu Keiji Shaider** (宇宙刑事シャイダー, *Uchū Keiji Shaidā*?, translated as **Space Sheriff Shaider**) is the third entry of the Metal Hero Series, the last of the Space Sheriff Trilogy. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1984 to March 1, 1985. Its action footage was used for Season 2 of VR Troopers.

For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as *Space Captain Sheider*.

## Plot

In college studying archaeology, Dai Sawamura deciphered the figures on the Nazca Plain in Peru. Impressed by this feat, the Galactic Union Police recruited him and trained him to be Earth's third Space Sheriff, after which he was given the code name 'Shaider' in memory of an ancient warrior who defeated the villain Emperor Kubilai and brought down the Fuuma 12,000 years ago. When the Fuuma returns, Dai is deputized as he returns to Earth to battle the Fuuma.

## Characters

### Galactic Union Patrol

* Commander Qom
* Marin
* Mimi
* Captain Gavan
* Sharivan
* Ullu
* Kitz
* Andro
* Vivian

#### Other Allies

* Kojiro Oyama
* Yoko
* Hiroyuki, Wataru, Shin, Rumi, Mio, and Kyoko
* Warrior Shaider

### Fushigi World Fuuma

* Great Emperor Kubilai
	+ Kubilai Body
* Priest Poe
* Commander Hessler
* Himley
* Girls Army
	+ Girl 1
	+ Girl 2
	+ Girl 3
	+ Girl 4
	+ Girl 5
* Beasts
* Soldier Miraclers
* Fushigi Beasts
	+ Balibali (1)
	+ Petpet (2)
	+ Girugiru (3)
	+ Meromero (4)
	+ Mujimuji (5)
	+ Gokugoku (6)
	+ Barabara (7)
	+ Kerokero (8)
	+ Tamtam (9)
	+ Paspas (10)
	+ Getogeto (11)
	+ Roborobo (12)
	+ Kotokoto (13)
	+ Guriguri (14)
	+ Gamegame (15)
	+ Bokeboke (16)
	+ Girigiri (17)
	+ Muumuu (18)
	+ Magmag (19)
	+ Shigishigi (20)
	+ Surisuri (21)
	+ Umiumi (22)
	+ Gasgas (23)
	+ Lovelove (24)
	+ Psypsy (25)
	+ Kamikami (26)
	+ Deathdeath (27)
	+ Itoito (29)
	+ Buyobuyo (30)
	+ Fumafuma (31)
	+ Karikari (32)
	+ Marimari (33)
	+ Kagekage (34)
	+ Daridari (35)
	+ Comcom (36)
	+ Guchiguchi (37)
	+ Moviemovie (38)
	+ Satasata (39)
	+ Muchimuchi (Movie 2)
	+ Terotero (40)
	+ Pairpair (41)
	+ Hebihebi (42)
	+ Tsutatsuta (43)

## Episodes

*Main article: Uchuu Keiji Shaider Episodes*
1. The Strange World (不思議界, *Fushigikai*?)
2. Dance, Petpet (踊れペトペト!, *Odore, Petopeto*?)
3. Annie doesn't listen (アニー応答なし, *Anī Ōtōnashi*?)
4. The Children who became Animals (犬になった子供達, *Inuni natta kodomotachi*?)
5. Suddenly! Lazy People (突然! なまけもの, *Totsuzen! Namakemono*?)
6. Counter-attack of the Strange Cooking (不思議料理の逆襲, *Fushigi Ryouri no Gyakushuu*?)
7. Have you seen the Girls' hallucination? (見たかギャル変幻, *Mitaka Gyaru Hengen?*?)
8. Rebellious Girl from the Stars (星からの非行少女, *Hoshi kara no Hikou Shōjo*?)
9. I hate the Blue Boys band! (青ガキ隊大キライ, *Aogaki Tai Daikirai!*?)
10. House of Twillight (トワイライトの家, *Towairaito no Ie*?)
11. Leave it to Annie (アニーにおまかせ, *Anī ni Omakase*?)
12. Perfect-Score Genta's True Identity? (百点源太の正体?, *Hyakuten Genta no Shōtai?*?)
13. The Gold Medal Tricked People (金メダル仕掛け人, *Kin Medaru Shikakenin*?)
14. The Mutant's Love (恋のミュータント, *Koi no Myūtanto*?)
15. Marine blue of the seashore (渚のマリンブルー, *Nagisa no Marin Burū*?)
16. The surprised alien life form (たまげた異星生物, *Tamageta Isei Seibutsu*?)
17. The mysterious writings of the space sheriffs (銀河警察の謎文字, *Ginga Keisatsu no Nazomoji*?)
18. The fallen empire swallowed by the pacific ocean (謎が謎呼ぶ太平洋, *Nazoga Nazoyobu Taiheiyō*?)
19. Annie in danger (アニー危機一髪, *Anī Kiki Ippatsu*?)
20. The Fushigi Song (不思議ソング, *Fushigi Songu*?)
21. Yaada! The Beast Family (ヤーダ! 珍獣家族, *Yāda! Chinjū Kazoku*?)
22. The Merman Calls the Ocean of Mysteries (人魚が呼ぶ海の怪, *Ningyo ga Yobu Umi no Kai*?)
23. The great escape with wounds all over (傷だらけの大脱走, *Kizudarake no Dai Dassō*?)
24. The Beautiful Poe's Mask (美しきポーの仮面, *Utsukushiki Pō no Kamen*?)
25. Esper Queen (エスパークイーン, *Esupā Kuīn*?)
26. Great crash into the Demon Zone (魔界ゾーン大当り, *Makai Zōn ōatari*?)
27. The Mashima Deathmatch (デスマッチの魔島, *Desumacchi no Matou*?)
28. The Demon Palace's Backstabbing Brothers (魔宮の裏切り兄弟, *Makyū no Uragiri Kyodai*?)
29. Police Woman with a Hundred Faces (百面相だよ女刑事, *Hyakumensō da yo Onna Keiji*?)
30. The message of life slicing the sky (空(くう)を裂く命の交信, *Kū wo saku Inochi no Kōshin*?)
31. Canned Beast Bargain (猛獣缶詰バーゲン, *Mōjuu Kanzume Bāgen*?)
32. Our Melody (僕と君のメロディ, *Boku to Kimi no Merodi*?)
33. The walking Puppet Master (散歩する腹話術師, *Sanpo Suru Hukuwajutsushi*?)
34. Kubilai's secret (クビライの秘密, *Kubirai no Himitsu*?)
35. The mysterious golden arrow (謎を射る黄金の矢, *Nazo wo iru Ōgon no Ya*?)
36. It's the maddening age of Yumecom (ユメコン狂時代だ, *Yumecon Kyou Jidaida*?)
37. Roaring beam gun (吼えろビームガン, *Hoero Beemu Gan*?)
38. Mashōjo Cinderella (魔少女シンデレラ, *Mashōjo Shinderera*?)
39. The Masked Dancing Choir (仮面が踊る聖歌隊, *Kamenga Odoru Seikatai*?)
40. Vavilos S.O.S. (バビロス号SOS, *Vavilosu-gou S.O.S.*?)
41. Direct attack on the female journalist (直撃じゃじゃ馬娘, *Chokugeki jaja Uma Musume*?)
42. The 6th Grade Class 0 Strangeness (6年0組の不思議, *6-Nen 0-Gumi no Fushigi*?)
43. Our Fuuma (ぼくンちのフーマ, *Bokunchi No Fūma*?)
44. The great invasion (吹き荒れる大侵略, *Fuki Areru Daishinryaku*?)
45. The fire breathing golden idol (火を吐く黄金巨像, *Hi o Haku Ōgon Kyozō*?)
46. Phantom Showtime (幻のショータイム, *Maboroshi no Shō Taimu*?)
47. 12,000 years of darkness (一万二千年の暗黒, *Ichiman Nisennen no Ankoku*?)
48. Justice, friendship, And love (正義・友情・愛, *Seigi.Yūjō.Ai.*?)
49. The Three Space Sheriffs - Gavan, Sharivan, Shaider Great Gathering! (3人の宇宙刑事 ギャバン シャリバン シャイダー大集合!!, *Sannin no Uchu Keiji: Gyaban, Shariban, Shaida Daishuno!*?)

**Movies**

1. *Uchuu Keiji Shaider* (宇宙刑事シャイダー, *Uchū Keiji Shaidā*?)
2. *Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!* (追跡! しぎしぎ誘拐団, *Shikisiki! Shingi-Shingi Yukaidan*?)
3. *Uchuu Keiji Shaider NEXT GENERATION* (宇宙刑事シャイダー NEXT GENERATION, *Uchū Keiji Shaidā NEXT GENERATION*?)

## Cast

* Dai Sawamura: Hiroshi Tsuburaya
* Annie: Naomi Morinaga
* Commander Qom: Toshiaki Nishizawa
* Mimi: Wakiko Kano
* Marin: Kyoko Nashiro
* Kojiro Oyama: Masayuki Suzuki
* Great Emperor Kubilai: Shozo Iizuka (voice)
* Poe: Jun Yoshida
* Hessler: Kazuhiko Kubo
* Girl 1: Keiko Nawa
* Girl 2: Kano Aya (Episode 1-15)
* Girl 2: Hiroko Oouti (aka Mai Oishii) (Episode 16-35)
* Girl 2: Yumiko Yashima (Episode 36-48)
* Girl 3: Yoshimi Kawashima
* Girl 4: Kojima Noriko
* Girl 5: Rina Naoi
* Sei﻿ Hayami: Kaori Takahashi (Episode 38)
* Vivian: Kiyomi Tsukada (Episode 41)
* Narrator: Toru Ohira

## Songs

Opening theme
* "Space Sheriff Shaider" (宇宙刑事シャイダー, *Uchū Keiji Shaidā*?)
	+ Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
	+ Composition and Arrangement: Michiaki Watanabe
	+ Artist: Akira Kushida

Ending theme
* "Hello! Shaider" (ハロー！シャイダー, *Harō! Shaidā*?)
	+ Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
	+ Composition and Arrangement: Michiaki Watanabe
	+ Artist: Akira Kushida

## In other countries

*Uchuu Keiji Shaider* was released in the Philippines as *Shaider* in the mid-1980s, where it became the first *tokusatsu* show to be dubbed in Tagalog. For the Tagalog dub, Dai Sawamura was renamed **Alexis**,The Strange Dimension became known as the **Time-Space Warp,** & they even call Shaider a "*Pulis Pangkalawakan*" (Space Cop). In 2007, the GMA Network would produce a loose sequel series with Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan. It was met with mixed reception from fans. It was also released in France in the 1980s as *Capitaine Sheider (*Captain Sheider) and its first 3 episodes were aired by TF1, however the series didn't reached the same success as Gyaban.

## Video Game

A video game based on the TV series, The Space Sheriff Spirits, was released for the PlayStation 2 system on May 25, 2006 by Bandai Namco. This product was made available in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The actors for Gavan and Sharivan reprised their roles, but Hiroshi Tsuburaya died before the game was developed.

## External links

* *Uchuu Keiji Shaider* at Wikipedia
* *Uchuu Keiji Shaider* at Japanese Wikipedia