Metalder: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 1945, Dr. Ryuichiro Koga designed Metalder as a top-secret weapon for the Japanese Imperial Army for use in the Pacific War, modeling it after his late son, Second Sub-lieutenant Tatsuo Koga. However, the pacifistic Dr. Koga put Metalder to sleep in the Silver Caucus base and left for the America to work for NASA. During the 42 years, Dr. Koga's former colleague Major Muraki became the evil God Neros, ruler of Neros Empire. God Neros sends out his massive armies to kill Dr. Koga, who learned of their organization and returned to Japan to activate Metalder. Koga desperately tries to activate his android creation, who he named Ryusei Tsurugi, but the android is unable to understand what to do. In order to give Ryusei a "purpose", Koga runs out of the Silver Caucus base, allowing Neros' troops to kill him. Suddenly seeing his creator die, Ryusei becomes shocked, and soon is beaten by Ner

Series details

• Title: Metalder
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1987-03-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-01-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• TVMaze ID: 6161
• TVDB ID: 348883

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-03-16; final listed air date 1988-01-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Metalder on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.