Chargeman Ken!

Category: TV Series
Adult: No
Native: チャージマン研!
Titles:
Charge Man Ken!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Aired: Apr 1, 1974 [50 years 9 months ago]
Ended: Jun 28, 1974 [50 years 6 months ago]
Language: Japanese
Genres:
Action
Comedy
Science Fiction
Tags:
Nudity
Super Power
Gunfights
Crime
Alien
Murder
Air Combat
Superhero
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The show takes place in a futuristic city, where science has greatly progressed. A race of aliens called the Jurals invade the Earth to steal its resources, and Ken Izumi must become the superhero Chargeman Ken to stop them. Note: The order of the Episodes on the DVD Release were scrambled a lot. (See Japanese Wikipedia)

Episode 1: Danger!! The Children's Space Station
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-01
Young Ken Izumi, his sister Caron, and their annoying robot sidekick Barican must save the local amusement park from the sinister Juralians. Watch for the scene where Ken rolls two feet off the ground, thanks to an animation error! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 2: Safe by a Hair!!!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-02
It's Caron's birthday, and the Juralians crash the party to challenge Chargeman Ken. For some reason, Ken accepts and walks into the obvious trap. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 3: The Butterfly Swarm Flutters!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-03
The Juralians have a cunning plan: killer butterflies that eat human cells! The solution to this problem will likely involve a lot of dead butterflies. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 4: The Mysterious Handsome Boy
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-04
A new student at Ken's school has stolen every girl's heart. So, why does he want to get Ken alone to show him his special secret? Absolutely nothing dirty happens in this episode. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 5: Terror! The Mummy Comes by Carriage!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-05
Ken and his class take a trip to Hokkaido, where they're attacked by a Juralian mummy riding in a horse drawn carriage. Good thing Ken never leaves home without his trusty Alpha Gun! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 6: Uncanny! The Space Botanical Garden
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-08
Ken and his class (with Caron and Barican tagging along) take a trip to the space botanical garden, filled with exotic alien plants. It would be a shame if they somehow came to life and began to attack, wouldn't it? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 7: Man of the West Ken!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-09
Ken, Caron, and Barican travel to a futuristic Old West theme park inhabited by killer robots who exist to be gunned down by the human guests. You might have caught the recent remake of this episode on HBO. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 8: Juralian X-6
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-10
After Ken saves a woman who turns out to be a Juralian spy, she finds she can't bring herself to kill Ken! This won't end well. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 9: Enter, The Juralmons!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-11
The Juralians create a robot kaiju to attack Earth ships. The episode is most notable for a fight between Ken and Barican that serves no purpose whatsoever. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 10: Barican Runs Amuck!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-12
In a stunningly logical move, the Juralians capture Ken and his family and prepare to execute them. Their only hope? Barican. Note - At no point does Barican actually ever run amuck. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 11: Save the Earth!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-15
A runaway planet is going to destroy Earth, which would be bad news for both the humans and the Juralians. The solution? Team up, for this one time only! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 12: We Can't Eat Vegetable Salad
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-16
Caron's on a health kick, and the Juralians are destroying all the vegetables on Earth. It's up to Ken to return vegetables to dinner plates everywhere, earning him the eternal scorn of every other child on Earth who isn't Caron. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 13: Showdown! The Undersea City
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-17
Ken's class is off on yet another field trip, this time to an undersea city. But this time, the alien menace is a duplicate of his teacher, Miss Nagisa! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 14: The Daibutsu That Vanished into the Night
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-18
The Juralians bring the famous giant Buddha statue of Kamakura to life and set it on a rampage. The result is fantastically sacrilegious! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 15: The Art Gallery Mystery!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-19
Ken's class (Which apparently only goes on field trips) visits an art museum, but the students are vanishing. Could it be a Juralian plot? Could it be anything else? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 16: Murder Record, Melody of Terror!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-22
The Juralians unleash their most fiendish plot yet: a record of the show's background music that sucks the life from the listeners! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 17: Find Ken's Secret!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-23
The Juralians kidnap Dr. Yoshizaka to force the secret of Ken's weakness from him. It turns out that Ken's weakness is...losing his Alpha Gun! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 18: The Great Escape from Prison Island
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-24
The Juralians stir up a prisoner revolt and breakout from a giant prison. Can Ken somehow stop the Juralians without killing their human stooges? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 19: Bank Gang: Caron's in Danger!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-25
Caron rollerskates straight into a bank robbery and is taken hostage. Then she's captured by Juralians! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 20: Ken Gets a Girlfriend
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-26
Ken meets a pretty girl named Miyuki and is immediately smitten. And Barican doesn't like that, at all! Nothing about this is remotely suspicious. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 21: Caron's Present
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-29
Caron gets a pretty doll from a secret admirer. But what sinister orders does it whisper to her as she sleeps? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 22: Time Bomb Fax TV
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-04-30
The Juralians attack with the physical facsimile television, able to transmit weapons into vital Earth facilities. It's up to Ken to save the day! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 23: Mental Hospital Terror!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-01
This episode is stunning in its portrayal of the mentally ill and probably couldn't be rebroadcast in Japan today. Features a doctor who wants to blow up Europe. Not a country in Europe, just...Europe. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 24: An Invitation to the Robot Club
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-02
Barican is invited to join a secret robot club. A club that meets in the graveyard? Would anyone want to join a club that would have Barican as a member? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 25: Save Young Yuuichi!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-03
Yuuichi is Ken's classmate, and he's taken to petty arson in response to his parents fighting all the time. But the Juralians want to use his fiery talents for something bigger... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 26: The Girl Who Lost Her Memory
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-06
Another pretty girl, another obvious Juralian trap. The eventual showdown in the amusement park is a series highlight. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 27: The Burning Poison Mushroom House
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-07
Ken's classmates are acting strange, not paying attention in class and sneaking off to sample funny mushrooms. It's like a classic afterschool special, only with a dose of alien murder! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 28: Space Rocket Z9
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-08
A human scientist at a rocket factory is aiming to sell secret plans to the Juralians, but then he double crosses them! That...isn't a smart thing to do, as he soon learns. Can Ken save him? Will Ken even want to save him? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 29: Rub Out the Fashion Model!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-09
A fashion model has seen something she shouldn't, and now the Juralians are after her! This episode features some really precious "futuristic" fashion. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 30: Save Caron from the Top of the Tower!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-10
In an obvious nod to King King, an ugly Juralian takes Caron hostage and climbs to the top of a tower with her. Ken is especially brutal in this one. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 31: Crisis! One Second to Blast
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-13
A human stadium owner is ready to sell out humanity to help the Juralians bomb it. Only a poor little mute girl who seems to have wandered in from another series entirely can warn Ken! Watch for an animation glitch at 2:46 where you can see the camera operator's hands in the shot! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 32: The Master Safe Cracker
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-14
Sousuke Furuyama is a newly released convict who just wants to get back to his family and live an honest life. Too bad the Juralians have a need for his talents. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 33: Is My Dad Old-fashioned?
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-15
Yes, Mamoru. Your dad is very old fashioned. This time around, the Juralians' sinister plan is...to help a man hang himself. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 34: Sky Rod, Burrow into the Earth's Depths!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-16
The Juralians are trying to sabotage an underground industrial site in the remote mountains of Japan. This time, Ken will have to take Sky Rod underground to save the trapped workers! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 35: Dynamite in the Brain!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-17
If you see only one episode of Chargeman Ken, let it be this one. It has it all: technical incompetence, a bizarre alien plot, and Ken at his sociopathic worst. Please forgive him, Dr. Volga! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 36: Shudder! The Devil's Hospital
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-20
In a genuinely horrifying move, the Juralians plot to poison pregnant women all over Japan to produce malformed babies. But Ken stands ready to deliver some blazing atomic justice! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 37: Beat the Hijack!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-21
Ken and his family have the bad luck to pick a flight that gets hijacked. The hijackers have the bad luck to pick a flight filled with Juralians who are all there to kill Ken! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 38: Operation Juralian Fake Friendship
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-22
A lonely rich boy wants to be friends with Ken. For some reason, Ken still can't see that nobody wants to be his friend except for murderous Juralians. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 39: The Pretty Robot Is a Herald of Death
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-23
Mom and Caron are off to the beauty parlor. A beauty parlor...of death! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 40: Race on Murder Highway!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-24
Another standout episode, featuring an interminably slow "race". Nobody ever seems to question this 10-year-old boy driving his 7-year-old sister around in a car. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 41: Cinderella Girl
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-27
Yet another Dickensian child gets used by the Juralians in a plot to steal aircraft designs. This episode features a bag of bees and a girl who is clearly voiced by an adult man using a falsetto. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 42: The Air Force Base Is Targeted!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-28
The Juralians need someone to penetrate a secure military base to allow them entry. Naturally, they once again force a child to help them. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 43: Peer Through the Camera Viewfinder!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-29
Ken's developed a sudden interest in kendo...and in the new assistant instructor at his dojo. He's clearly a Juralian in disguise, but what's he up to? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 44: Beat the Fake Ken!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-30
Ken's been out sick, and his teacher Miss Nagisa decides to pay a call. But something seems different about him... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 45: When the Cuckoo Clock Strikes Three
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-05-31
When the clock strikes three, it's time for Caron to kill! This episode features a knife-wielding Caron, child abuse, and terrible piano playing. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 46: Terror! The House of the White-Haired Crone!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-03
Apparently, parents in 2074 are totally cool with letting a bunch of 10-year-olds just ride off with the clothes on their back and stay in the homes of strange old ladies. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 47: The Great Juralian Counterattack
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-04
The Juralians aren't fooling around anymore, and have decided to attack en masse. The king is certain that Chargeman Ken can't possibly stop them. The king is clearly mistaken. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 48: Showdown on the Solitary Island!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-05
Ken awakens on a desert island, captive to a Juralian disguised as an old woman. Worse, his voice is gone, and without it, he can't transform! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 49: The Delinquent's True Colors!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-06
Ken's classmates are being bullied by a very dangerous juvenile delinquent. Somehow, this ends up with Ken in a bike race, fighting for his life. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 50: Save the Orphan Center!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-07
A rich benefactor seems to be adopting an awful lot of orphans, but none of his references check out. Maybe they should investigate them BEFORE handing over the orphans. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 51: Stray Dog Koro
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-10
Ken and Caron adopt an old abandoned dog. Warning: this episode contains terrible dog abuse from psychotic children and dangerous aliens. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 52: Blow Up the Undersea Oil Field!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-11
The Juralians have targeted an undersea oil field staffed by robots. Hurry, Ken! The oil must flow! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 53: The Suspicious Bride
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-12
Marriage! A joyful occasion...unless your bride is an alien in disguise! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 54: Spooky! The Waxwork Museum
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-13
Stranger than the fact that waxworks are still a thing in 2074 is that the figures are coming to life at night and driving the watchman mad! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 55: The Ones They Met in Egypt
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-14
In a clear abuse of his hero powers, Ken and Barican take a joyride to Africa, crash in Egypt, and yet somehow still manage to run into Juralians. This is one of the very few episodes where the show seems self-aware. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 56: Runaway! Horseback Ken
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-17
Ken is invited to try out horseback riding. As might be expected, this ends up with vehicular equus-cide. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 57: The Antarctic Amusement Park
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-18
Ken and his family take a fun trip to the Antarctic Amusement Park. As usual, the Juralians aren't about to let anyone have any fun! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 58: Circus of Fiends
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-19
Ken, Caron, and Barican want to see the circus, but don't have any money. Good thing that friendly clown decides to just let them in. Surely this won't end in crowds fleeing in panic. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 59: Forest of Terror
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-20
A couple of hunters learn that the only thing worse than getting on Ken's bad side is stumbling upon a secret Juralian base in the middle of the woods. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 60: Tsunami Attack
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-21
The Juralians have invented a tsunami weapon, and it's dragged beachgoers down to a watery prison...including Ken's family! Can he save them before they're gassed to death? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 61: Barican's Old Friend Pays a Visit
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-24
In a shocking twist, a robot shows up claiming to be Barican's old friend, and everyone seems to love him! But, why can't Barican recall ever having met this weirdo? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 62: Crisis at the Agricultural Complex!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-25
The staff of a giant farm have vanished, and from that pile of charred corpses in the farm house, we can assume there's been foul play! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 63: Defeat the Murderous Boxer!
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-26
A night at a prize fight ends in murder...and for once, it's not by Ken! There are Juralians in the house, and Ken's about to get on tonight's fight card! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 64: Explosion! The Mammoth Control Center
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-27
The cities of Earth depend on massive central control centers to function, and the Juralians are destroying them, one by one! Ken has to move fast, before civil order completely collapses. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 65: Victory! Chargeman Ken
Runtime: 7 minutes
Air Date: 1974-06-28
After 64 episodes of continual defeats, the Juralians launch their mightiest and deadliest offensive. It's time for Ken to settle things, once and for all! Source: crunchyroll