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Juukou B-Fighter (重甲ビーファイター Jūkō Bī Faitā), is a 1995 Japanese television series. Translated into English, the name means Heavyshell B-Fighter (B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter"). It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Heroes series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious Earth Academia fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamhal Empire. Footage and costumes were taken from B-Fighter and used in Big Bad Beetleborgs, however the shows had very different storylines running through them. Followed by B-Fighter Kabuto.

Storyline

The insects of the world all swarm for unknown reasons. To investigate this, Takuya Kai of the Earth Academia journeys into the jungle and met Guru in a cave. Guru tells him that invaders from another dimension are coming to take over the Earth, and that the insects are fighting to protect it. Takuya says humans will fight too. As perparations are being made, the Jamahl arrives on Earth, sending its generals and soldiers to start enslaving mankind. Daisaku and Rei save a girl from Jamar soldiers, but are captured.

Meanwhile, at the Earth Academia, Professor Mukai and Takuya are working on three prototype armor suits to help combat Jamahl. Guru appears there and fuses three beetles into the suits, giving them life. The armors shrink and enter the three B-Commanders, and Guru tels them to select three warriors to fight Gaohm. One chooses Takuya, transforming him into Blue Beet when he opens the B-Commander and cries "Juukou!", and the others fly off to Daisaku and Rei. They change into G-Stag and Reddle, and when Blue Beet arrives the three of them fight off the Jamahl forces.

Characters

The B-Fighters

"Blue Beet!
G-Stag!
Reddle!
Heavyshell B-Fighter!"

  • Takuya Kai (Kai Takuya) / Blue Beet / Super Blue Beet: A 23-year old insect researcher at the Earth Academia, he is the team leader. The first to meet Guru in the South American rainforest, he was also the first to gain a B-Commander and use his suit. As Blue Beet, his armor was modeled after a rhinoceros beetle. His blood was used in the creation of his "evil twin" Shadow. At the second half of the series, Blue Beet gained the ability to evolve into Super Blue Beet.
  • Daisaku Katagiri (Katagiri Daisaku) / G-Stag: At age 23, he is an impetuous but nature-loving man. A tree doctor, Daisaku claims to be able to hear trees and plants when they are dying. He, along with Rei, was captured by the Jamar and held as captives during the start of the invasion of Earth, but upon receiving his B-Commander Daisaku made quick work of Jamar's soldiers. He was also aquaphobic until he overcame his fear to save his father Daitesu Katagiri, a fisherman, from a trap laid by the Ebikaania. As the most physically powerful of the B-Fighters, G-Stag's armor is modeled after a Stag beetle. G-Stag is strong enough to lift the Jamar soldiers and toss them around like rag dolls.
  • Rei Hayama (Hayama Rei) / Reddle I (1-22): A 22-year old an animal instructor at Earth Academia's Aquarium. Captured along with Daisaku at first and receiving her B-Commander at the sane time, she made quick work of Jamal soldiers before joining forces with Takuya and Daisaku. Being the only female B-Fighter, her armor was modeled after a flower beetle. Reddle is the fastest and most nimble of the B-Fighters. She eventually left for the South American branch of Earth Academia to do research and help with protecting the wildlife there.
  • Mai Takatori (Takatori Mai) / Reddle II (22-53): Rei's successor, a young and cheerful nineteen-year old girl who was "chosen" by the Pulsabers as the next Reddle.

Allies

  • Professor Kenzou Mukai: An old man dedicated to the pursuit of justice. He fell in love with Sayuri, a plant researcher, many years ago, but left her.
  • Insect Elder Guru: The elder of the insect tribe, and looks like a big brown rhinobeetle. He carries a staff with a curled top and was the one who gave the B-Fighters their powers. Guru possesses great mystical power of his own.
  • Kabuto: Guru's son who left his father a hundred years ago and has been traveling across the dimensions as a supplier of weapons and equipment. He returns to Earth to visit his mother's grave, bringing the Beet Ingram with him.
  • Tokusou Robo Janperson and Gun Gibson: The robotic detective heroes from the 1993 Metal Heroes series Tokusou Robo Janperson, they appeared and assisted the B-Fighters in their battle against Jagul in the end of the series.
  • Shou, Sig and Sarah (Blue SWAT, Grey SWAT, Purple SWAT): Trio of special, heavily armed alien-destroying heroes. The 3 main heroes from the 1994 Metal Heroes series Blue SWAT. Sarah was captured by Jagul, and Shou and Sig, along with Janperson and Gun Gibson, aided the B-Fighters to rescue her.
  • Saint Papilia: A legendary 'butterfly of life' who can grant immortality. She appears when the life on a world has been destroyed. She then revives the world by giving it new life. Saint Papilia already appeared once on Earth, after the Ice Age, and revived the Earth so the life of today could be born. Saint Papilia has also revived Muscle during the course of her existence. Both Gaohm and Black Beet sought Saint Papilia in the hopes of obtaining the gift of eternal life. After he defeated Shadow, Takuya was severely wounded and died. Saint Papilia appeared above him and resurrected him, saying that Earth still needed him.

Arsenal

  • Beet Commanders: The B-Fighter's Henshin devices, the command is "Juukou!" (Heavy Shell).
  • Saber Magnum: Combination of the Input Magnums & Pulsabers. It can fire a powerful beam of energy called the Maxim Beam.
    • Input Magnum: The Input Magnums are the B-Fighter's side arms. It has a 10- key pad on the side, and by keying in different combinations of 3 numbers the gun can fire a variety of different projectiles, although not all of these were used on the show.
      • 110: Beam Mode
      • 010: Freezing Beam
      • 108: Supersonic Soundwaves
      • 119: Fire Extinguishing Gas
      • 289: Magnetic Beam
      • 818: Flamethrower
      • 964: Destructive Bullets
      • 264: Flash Bullets
      • 305: Torimochi Bullet
      • 967: Anti-Gravity Beam
      • 049: Rescue Signal
      • 088: Laughing Gas
      • 409: Anesthetic
      • 054: Recovery
      • 026: Boiling Water
    • Pulsaber: A short sword with a gold blade each of the B-Fighters. First appearance (episode 22). With this each fighter can execute the PulSlash, a diagonal slash with the Pulsaber. The Pulsaber can also attach to the top of the Input Magnum to form the Saber Magnum.
  • Stinger Weapons: The B-Fighter's arm bond weapons.
    • Stinger Blade: a triangular swordlike weapon used by Blue Beet. When the turbine inside the Stinger Blade spins, the blade revolves and gains extra power, allowing him to perform the deadly Beetle Break, a diagonal slash trailing blue energy behind it.
    • Stinger Drill: An augmented Stinger Drill used by Blue Beet. A large drill that attaches to his wrist. The front and back halves of the drill rotate in opposite directions, and his attack with it is the Strike Blast, a charging stab that bores a hole through his enemies. First appearance (episode 21).
    • Stinger Claw: A large yellow pincer-like claw used by G-Stag that he can use to crush enemies or grab them and throw them aside. When the turbine inside it spins, the entire claw spins to give it added crushing power. G-Stag also can lift enemies captured in the claw above his head and when the turbine activates, they spin around in his grip and he throws them to the ground. His deadly attack with the claw is the Raging Slash, a horizontal slice trailing green energy behind it. The claw can also detach and be thrown like a projectile, the Stinger Boomerang.
    • Stinger Plasmar: An array of 4 red beam emitters that fire powerful beams of red ion energy, used by Reddle. She can use this energy to capture her enemies in energy ropes and drag them across the ground or throw them through the air. If the internal turbine is activated the array spins at high speed and Reddle can utilize the Tornado Spark, firing her beams in a wide circular pattern.
  • Beet Ingram / Beet Ingram Final Mode: A red and white semi-automatic-like double-barreled gun. The Beet Ingram is a legendary gun that is said can only be used by a great hero. The top of the Beet Ingram can fold forward and over the barrels so that they are covered by a single barrel with two pincerlike armatures protruding from it. The Beet Ingram in this mode can be combined with Blue Beet's Pulsaber by attaching the Pulsaber to the top, to create the Beet Ingram Final Mode, whose power reached it full potential when wielded by Super Blue Beet for Super Final Blow attack.

Mecha

  • Mega Beet Formation
    • Beetlunder: Blue Beet's Beet Machine. From the 2 tips of its horn, it can fire the Beet Blazer. It can attach the Magnet Attachment concealed within the Stagger Tank onto its horn also. With the magnet in place, the Beetlunder can fire the Beetractor.
    • Stagger Tank: G. Stag's Beet Machine. It has a double-barreled cannon, the Stag Buster.
    • Red Gyro: Reddle's Beet Machine.
    • Mega Heracles
      • Jet Heracles
      • Land Heracles

Jamar

Beings from another dimension, the Jamahl's base of operation was a claw-like dreadnaught. It had an opening where the palm would be, where the Jamar fighter jets emerged from and where Jamahl's new super-weapons were located.

  • Emperor Gaohm (1-18) / Final Gaohm (18-50): The mysterious leader of the Jamahl, who first appeared as a tall figure with a white and purple robe and chitinous face. Gaohm possessed the power to teleport people to the "Gaohm Zone". He was supposedly killed by the B-Fighters, only to reappears as Final Gaohm, a gigantic torso floating in space, with an exposed purple heart, only one arm (the right one) and wires running on his body. However, both forms were dummies used by the real Gaohm, a small embryonic enity in a tank of liquid. Gaohm revealed that he was born from a space warp and wandered through space until he gained enough power to assemble the Jamahl for his life-long goal of capturing Saint Papilia so he can obtain immortality. To that end, he plans to destroy all life on earth with the Jamahl Hole sucking world's atmosphere so everyone would die and Saint Papilia will come to revive Earth, only to be captured and be forced to give Gaohm immortality. He was killed when his fortress crashed on earth.
  • General Gigaro (1-47) / Final Gigaro (47): A creature composed of various animal parts, Gigaro commanded the Synthoid-Beast Army. Gigaro was originally a skeletal creature on a desert planet in the Garo dimension, hunted for unknown reasons by humanoids. Exhausted and near death, Gaohm gave him a new powerful body and recruited him into Jamahl. Gigaro used a white bonelike sword and his whale-flatop could open to reveal a gun. Gigaro imbued himself with life energy meant for the Jamahl to power-up into Final Gigaro, a red and white version of himself with more power. He was ultimately killed by his master Gaohm so that his life energy would hasten the completion of the Jamahl Hole.
  • Jera (1-49): A female warrior who wore a red robe and had a white mannequinlike facemask and a red beret. She used a whip that she could charge with energy as a weapon. Jera commanded the Mercenary Army. In battle, Jera discarded her robe to reveal a leotardlike red and pink costume. She turned against Gaohm upon learning of Gigaro's death by his hand, allying herself with Shadow/Black Beet, who had also saved her from Schwartz's insane rage upon losing his body. She was eventually killed when she saw Gaohm as he really was. Upon her death, her mask was removed to reveal that she was a blonde, caucasian woman.
  • Schwartz (1-48): The leader of the Combat-mecha army, he was actually a computer virus given a mechanical body. When Jera left Jamahl and Gigaro died, Schwartz took on the B-Fighters on is own. His body was destroyed though his head survived. However, the damage left Schwartz critically insane as he took control of various objects on Earth before his "immortal head" was blasted into outer space where it will orbit the Earth for all eternity.
  • Shadow / Black Beet (19-51): An evil clone of Takuya/Blue Beet made by the nefarious Jagul, Shadow is highly powerful, and was quite a formidable opponent to the other B-Fighters as Black Beet, whose armor was modeled after a Longhorn beetle. Because he was a clone, Shadow could not survive on his own and sought Saint Papilia's power to obtain an immortal life of his own. He died at Super Blue Beet's hands, reduced to a pile of black ash.
  • Insect Sorceress Jagul (19-20, 52-53): A mysterious woman Gaohm commissioned to create an evil B-Fighter. Jagul sent a long-horned beetle to bite Takuya and take a DNA sample from him. From the beetle and Takuya's cells, Jagul created Shadow/Black Beet. She resurfaced long after Jahaml was destroyed and started kidnapping young women and resurrecting several defeated monsters to battle the heroes. (Including Gagamoth's first form and Iluba from B-Fighter). Jagul soon underwent a transformation into a chimeric entity with the faces of the various resurrected creatures on her. She trapped the B-Fighters, Janperson, Gun Gibson, and the Blue S.W.A.T. team in a pocket convension dimension but Blue Beet managed to escape and slay Jagul.
  • Jamar: Faceless soldiers that served Gaohm and were employed in menial tasks. Gaohm has his own Elite Jamar, who are more powerful then the normal versions. Elite Jamar can only be destroyed by destroying their head. They can reassemble themselves as well as blast lasers from their eyes.

Mercenary Army

Composed of mercenary warriors from various dimensions who joined Jamahl for various reasons; some of these warriors were human. Led by Jera.

  • Saberiza (1): A swordsman who carried a large sword that he used as a weapon, and was the first of Jamahl's monsters that the B-Fighters battled against after gaining their powers.
  • Zaiking (6, 30): Sent to burn down the forests. His head resembled that of a cow's skull and he wielded an axe-covered mace in battle. He could blast lasers from the axe-covered mace.
  • Bardas (8): An other-dimensional warrior who got his power from a jewel called the Pholon Jewel, which fits inside his head. With his jewel he could fire energy blasts and was nearly unstoppable, but the B-Fighters destroyed it and killed him after losing his jewel horribly weakened him.
  • Baala (10): A comrade of Jera's who wore an armored chestplate made from the Black Dragon, a monster that Jera and Baala defeated some time ago together. Eventually, however, the revenge-filled spirit within the armor turned on Baala and possessed her so it could get revenge on Jera through this new vessel. Baala finally broke free of its control and stabbed it and herself with a dagger. Near death but free of the Dragon and still a warrior, Baala challenged Blue Beet to a duel and died a warrior's death.
  • Iluba (16, 30, 52-53): Iluba was sent to kill Mina, the last survivor of the Botania Dimension. (The Botania Dimension is one of the many dimensions that Jamahl had conquered.) Her father sent her to our dimension with the seeds of the Botania tribe, and erased her memory. Iluba sort of resembled a samurai warrior. The source of his power was his sword, which Reddle destroyed and finished the weakened Iluba off using her Stinger Plasma.
  • Gorgodal (23): Gorgodal was one of Jera's mercenaries who fought the B-Fighters for the money. When Mai gave him a scolding for following Jera,and ultimately Jahmal, just for the money, Gorgodal decided to quit and tried to return the money he had been paid. But Gaohm didn't accept this and brainwashed Gorgodal so that he would be nothing but a raging monster. Mai tried to talk to him again, but he could barely remember her name. Gorgodal eventually had to be destroyed, but was given a burial and his grave was marked with his own shuriken.
  • Deathgodian (28): A Grim Reaper-like being with the power to summon the spirits of the dead and control them, unless they had things they wanted to accomplish on Earth, which made them able to resist his control. One of the ghosts raised, a young girl named Kaori wanted to fall in love before she died and thus resisted crossing over. She fell in love with Takuya and helped him fight Deathgodian by helping the other ghosts realize they were just being used. Once Deathgodian was dead, the ghosts were free to return to the afterlife. Kaori followed this time, having fallen in love with Takuya and thus finishing her unfinished business.
  • Sinbad (30): He was a part of the Combat melee that Jamahl had, and kidnapped the B-Fighters, which sent them another dimension, and forced them to participate in combat. But G-Stag soon learned that Sinbad was infiltrating Jamahl in an attempt to assassinate Gaohm for destroying his homeworld. Gaohm learned of this, however, and sent a resurrected Death Mult to kill Sinbad and the B-Fighters. Realizing that the only way for the B-Fighter to return home was by the explosion caused by Death Mult's demise, Sinbad kamikazed Death Mult and killed them both. Before the B-Fighters became free and left the dimension, Sinbad asked them to please defeat Gaohm and the Jamahl.
  • Night Biker (33): Originally Kazuma Iwata, he was brainwashed and changed into an evil warrior by a machine used by Jera. The control device was in his bike's fairing, and when that was destroyed, Night Biker changed back into Kazuma, now safe and back to normal.
  • Hidra (49): Nicknamed Spider of Flame, she was assigned the job of capturing Guru so Gaohm could use him to gather the energy of the insects on the planet to complete the Jamahl Hole. Gaohm, secretly from Jera, promised Hidra that she would take Jera's place, if she had succeeded, which she did, and he gave her an armband as proof of her new rank. However, the armband was actually a bomb. Despite Jera's learning of this and warning Hidra, Hidra blew up and died but not before tellng the B-Fighter to kill Gaohm for her. In battle, Hidra could blast fire from her mouth as well as blast smoke from her mouth.
  • Drago (Movie): Another insect warrior, Drago lost any memory of his past until his fight with Blue Beet restored it. His powers are dragonfly based. Once learning who he really was, he helped the B-Fighters defeat Hells Gyra.

Synthoid-Beast Army

Composed of humanoid chimeras and other animal-based creatures. Led by Gigaro.

  • Snakeznake (2): Sent to hunt and capture humans for Jamahl, it has a humanoid body with a long snake draped over the head area that serves as its arms. In battle with the B-Fighters, the snake was destroyed to reveal a second head and pair of arms underneath. The second head could blast lasers from its' mouth but Snakeznake was still destroyed.
  • Bagma Virus (5, 30): Can shrink to microscopic size and infiltrate the B-Fighers' Insect Armor and control them to move as he wished, and could reproduce asexually to control more than one B-Fighter at once. In battle, he could blast electricity from his antennae.
  • Gari-Rat (9, 30): A hunchbacked gray-furred rat monster with sharp gnawing teeth. His mission was to gnaw through underground power cables to create a mass panic. However, he had a phobia of cats, so severe that he ran out of the battle at the sight of one. To cure this, Gigaro forced Gari-Rat to run through a maze with Jamar soldiers holding cats behind every corner 100 times. After the 100th time, his fear was gone, though he was still killed by Blue Beet. In battle, he could roll into a ball and tackle opponents as well as breathe fire.
  • Sloth-eruge (11, 30): Using the his long tongue, with a sucker on the end, he could use to steal motivation from people, making them lazy and inactive. The stolen motivation was collected in the pouch on his back. He was able to steal the motivation of both Takuya and Daisaku, but the insect power of their B-Commanders brought them back to their senses. He was killed when G-Stag sliced the pouch open to restore everyone's motivation, leaving them free to finish him off in his weakened state.
  • Bububu (15, 30): A pig monster who could breathe a white gas that stole human voices, rendering people unable to make any noises other then pig grunting and sqealing. In battle he could also breathe fire and blast lasers from his tusks. Blue Beet managed to destroy him with the Stinger Blade.
  • Kamazakiller (21, 30): A praying mantis monster whose mission was to spread its eggs throughout the city, injecting them into people using her long, spiked tongue. The eggs would then grow and hatch her offspring inside their hosts. Kamazakiller was killed by Blue Beet's new weapon, the Stinger Drill, using the Strike Blast.
  • Shrimpcrabya (26): A red-shelled combination crab and shrimp monster who could emit a liquid that turned ordinary water into poison. After Daisaku's father tried to stop him from polluting the water, Ebigaanya set him adrift with a bomb in his boat. Daisaku overcame his fear of the water and saved his father, and returned to battle Shrimpcrabya. He was killed by a hot water blast from the Input Magnums, which cooked him and rendered him incapacitated for G-Stag to finish him off with the Raging Slash. In battle he could deflect shots from his shelled armor as well as blast water as strong pulses.
  • Maskuder (31): Supposedly based on an amoeba, he wears a gold mask with rows of faces surround it while nested on each other, extending in a starlike pattern. Maskuder disguised himself as a plastic surgeon able to make anyone beautiful if they used his special masks. The masks gave his customers the face of the famous model Mizuzu Shiratori, who happened to be a childhood friend of Mai's. But the masks actually were explosive control devices that let Maskuder control the wearers and detonate them when he broke the mask he wore, which was his central gold face. Under the gold mask he wore was a single eye. Maskuder could also cause explosions on command.
  • The Moja: A species of other dimenional creatures that Gigaro gave to several children in the guise of a salesman, with the instructions that if they started to act up, to hit them with a special stick he gave them. But the stick causes the Moja to become firece creatures that absorbed the consciousness of the one who hits them. The creatures then eventually gathered together into Mojanga. The children's consciousness was trapped inside Mojanga, seeing the outside world. Though the children tried to urge the B-Fighters to fight, Mojanga could bring about exactly the reverse of what the consciousnesses trapped inside him said. Eventually Daisaku managed to get inside Mojanga's body and freed the children. Mojanga could also breathe fire in battle.
  • Gagamoth (36, 52-53): At first it was an energy-sucking caterpillar monster, but it metamorphosized into a moth when it absorbed the Beet Ingram's power. In this form, its right and left arms end transformed into duplicates of the Input Magnum and Stinger Blade respectively. It was, soon after, the first to be destroyed by the newly born Super Blue Beet.
  • Rasbelga (28): A monster created from the fictional Rasbel flower, a carnivorous plant that could move on its own and feed on small animals. Although almost invincible, Rasbelga's only weakness was the fruit of a tree discovered by an old girlfriend of Mukai's, which made him spit out the people he swallowed & robbed him of his pollen spray so he could be defeated. In battle, aside from spraying pollen, it could also launch vines from inside of its' mouth and strangle enemies.
  • Hell Sugyra (Movie): A monster whose body was covered in bony plates. He could also control the bones that lay strewn around his island, extending them and using them to capture the B-Fighters. Hellsgyra was beaten by the combined powers and strength of Drago and Blue Beet.

Combat-Mecha Army

Led by Schwartz.

  • Hammer Kong (3, 30): A silver and gold robot with giant hammers on his hands and a head in the shape of a hammer head with the striking surface being his face. He could pound his hammer hands on the ground to create explosive shockwaves (Hammer Crush), or toss them like giant boomerangs. He could also fire an energy beam from his one eye & spit giant nails to pin his enemies to the wall. He was destroyed by Reddle's Tornado Spark.
  • Death Launcher (4, 30): A green robot with missile launchers on his shoulders and gun batteries on his wrists, which were his major weapons. He was destroyed by the Beetle Break.
  • Camerio (7, 30): A black camera-based robot with a lens on his chest and eyes that looked like flashbulbs. Camerio disguised himself as a photographer, and when he took pictures of people they were transported to a Jamahl slave quarry to work for Jamahl. His transport could be interfered with by high-frequency soundwaves, such as those emitted by a dog whistle.
  • Rage-Bomber (11) / Rage-Bomber 2 (27): A walking purple hand grenade with arms and legs and blue and green camouflage markings. When he got mad, his arms and legs folded in so that he looked like a giant grenade, the meter on the left side of his head went into the red zone, the pin on his head flew off and he exploded with tremendous power. He was destroyed when Reddle used the Wire Hand with the Magne Attachment to pick up Rage-Bomber off the ground, and blown up by the Beetluder and Stagger Tank's guns. He was eventalluy rebuilt as Rage-Bomber 2, now able to self-explode and self-repair. However, during a battle at a junkyard, he accidentally incorpated a hair clipper into his body, which grafted itself onto his left hand. Overcome by the hair clipper's desire to cut hair and to get back at those who had discarded it when it was still usable, Rage-Bomber went on a rampage, shaving people's heads. He kept being blown up and coming back together until finally the B-Fighters destroyed his remains one by one to hinder his self-repair ability.
  • Kagamirror (13): A white robot with a domelike head and a rounded chest that could open up into a large mirror, and anyone whose reflection he captured in the mirror could be trapped inside, and Kagamirror could assume their shape. He sucked Takuya into his mirror and disguised himself as Takuya to infiltrate the Heavyshell Base, but was eventually discovered and destroyed by the Beetle Break.
  • Dangar (25, 30): A blue robot with red circles on his chest, elbows, and shoulders, and black spikes on his arms, legs, and head. Dangar's mission was to eliminate the escapee Lala, who had been forced to help build the Death Gaohm, a super-cannon that could destroy an entire country in one blast, but had run away. Lala was actually a scientist from the Aroa dimension and although she fell in love with Takuya, she returned home after Dangar and the Death Gaohm were destroyed.
  • Macho Number-5 (41): Schwartz's older brother, though Schwartz actually built it himself. He was a muscular robot with blue and white armor plating and a face like Schwartz's. He was injured in a battle with the B-Fighter, however, mostly to save him, Schwartz entered Macho's head to pilot him personally. The two together were a formidable enemy, and Macho's final plan to get rid of the B-Fighter was a self-destruct switch he had installed in himself. He activated it and planned to take out the B-Fighter with him when he exploded, and so he told Schwartz to get out of his body. Schwartz refused, since they were brothers. But seconds before his death, Macho ejected Schwartz for his little brother's own safety. The only bit of remains Schwartz found later, was Macho's eyepiece which he took as a memento of his brother. He vowed to his brother he would defeat the B-Fighters for him.

Others

  • Death Mult (17, 30): Originally one of Jera's soldiers, he was defeated by the B-Fighters easily. After this, Jera retrieved his body and decided to bring him back to life and make him a combination of all three monster army types. Though he still resembled himself, his armor was now red. Gigaro provided a scorpion's tail and wings while Schwartz added built-in shoulder cannons. Death Mult proved able to defeat the B-Fighter until the three generals started arguing about which feature he should use to attack and kill them. Death Mult was stalled by the conflicting orders, enough time for the B-Fighters to defeat him. He was later resurrected by Gaohm to exterminate the B-Fighters and Sinbad. He was destroyed again by Sinbad.
  • Babanba (32): At first, an old woman in a brown kimono with a brown cloth over her head and a wooden cask on her back. She could suck people inside the cask, which she used to turn them into pickles which she sold to creatures in other dimensions. She later revealed her true form, a demonic creature that could sprout and attack with claws and fangs during battle. Babamba was not truly evil, however, and although Jera tried to trick her into fighting the B-Fighters, an old man who had befriended her convinced her that she didn't need to fight anymore. She decided to stay in this dimension with him, and shattered her cask, freeing the people inside.
  • Nero (37): A so-called bodyguard from another dimension who wore cowboyish attire. He appeared during a fight and offered Jera his services, but in the fight he missed the B-Fighters and escaped back to Jamahl for his pay. Later, he approached the B-Fighters and claimed that he was just trying to infiltrate Jamahl so he could take out Gaohm, and if they paid him he would do just that. Mai believed him and scrounged up enough to pay him. Nero was planning to take the money from both sides and leave this dimension, when Mai found out that he had Jamahl money. Jera also appeared, having discovered his secret, and Jera impaled Nero. Meanwhile, Mai had scanned Nero's gun and found out that it was designed to miss. Nero hated war, and never meant to kill anyone. He died after telling Mai to end the fight quickly, because war is a terrible thing.
  • Faigar (39): A legendary fire-breathing monster that was fossilized and unable to move. Gigaro had Schwartz use a youth-restoring machine to bring back Faigar, but Schwartz set it too high and the Faigar that came out was a child who would breathe fire towards anyone around him, including Gigaro. While trying to stop it, Blue Beet tackled Faigar and was hit by residual youth energy that was in it which turned him into a child. Gigaro and Schwartz eventually recaptured Faigar with candy & tried to age it to a more dangerous age, but overdid it and the Faigar that came out this time was blackened and burnt. Blue Beet also used this chance to restore his own age, then destroyed Faigar with the Super Final Blow.
  • Muscle (40): A mysterious alien who arrives on Earth with a shining feather that belongs to Saint Papilia. He was once healed by her power, and has followed clues about her to Earth. Muscle is defeated and Shadow/Black Beet gains possession of Papilia's feather.

NOTE: He was more of a guest character than a malevolent alien.

  • Giga-Moonhalo (42): The spirit of a bear who was hunted and destroyed in the mountains. Gigaro, who felt a common bond, rekindled Giga-Moonhalo's hatred of man and made him a blood-thirsty monster whom Gigaro used for his "B-Fighter Hunt".

Episodes

  1. Insect Warriors!!
  2. The Dancing Human Hunt!!
  3. They Appeared - The Insect Mecha!!
  4. Super Machine Great Riot
  5. Heavyshell-Jack!!
  6. Listen to the Forest's Cry
  7. The Mysterious Violent Photographer!!
  8. Please!! Evil Jewel
  9. The Tabby-cat Recovery Operation
  10. A Violent Fight!! The Dragon Swordsman
  11. The Great Reckless Run of the Angry Robot
  12. Stealing Motivation!!
  13. Heavyshell Base Endangered!
  14. The Deadly Maze of Hell
  15. The Idol who Flew
  16. The Flaming Super-dimensional Girl
  17. Death Fight!! The Combined Monster
  18. The Great Leader Dies!!
  19. Birth of the New Warrior of Darkness
  20. Crash!! The Black Terror
  21. Atrocious Insect Tag
  22. First Experience as a Heroine
  23. A Bouquet for a Monster...
  24. Enter the Giant Beetle
  25. The Beautiful Runaway!!
  26. Crabs and Swimsuits and Dad
  27. Revive the Bad-Haircutting Soul
  28. The Pure-hearted Ghost of Summer
  29. Great Crash of the Rivals
  30. The 13 Monsters Great Combat Meet
  31. A Dangerous Young Lady
  32. Loving Pickles!!
  33. The Delinquent Girl of Justice
  34. A Scaaary Pet
  35. Thank you, Kabuto
  36. Behold - the Heavyshell Super Evolution
  37. Don't Swindle us, Bodyguard
  38. Professor!! The Heavyshell of Love
  39. Adventure of the Junior BF
  40. A New Chapter - the Butterfly of Life
  41. My Older Brother is ?????
  42. The Spiteful Bear's BF Hunt
  43. I Saw It!! Black's Unadorned Face
  44. The Butterfly of Life Appears!!
  45. A Christmas Eve Memory
  46. Despair!! Heavyshell Impossible
  47. Revival to Victory!!
  48. The Immortal Combination Rushing Head
  49. The Spider Woman's Unfeeling Flame
  50. Rush!! Final Battle in the Fortress
  51. The Period of Light and Shadow

Specials

  • Assemble!! The 3 Great Heroes
  • Flap Your Wings!! Heroes
  • Movie: Heavyshell B-Fighter

Trivia

  • Daisuke Tsuchiya (Takuya) and Keisuke Tsuchiya (Shadow) are twin brothers. In prevoius projects, Keisuke played Kazu/Kirin Ranger on Gosei Sentai Dairanger while his brother guest-starred as a clone of Kazu. The two also worked as twin ninjas, Tarou & Jirou, in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
  • Ami Kawaii, who played Baara in Episode 10 is another sentai alumni. She played Lamie in Zyuranger.
  • Toei's official Japanese DVD release of Juukou B-Fighter began in June of 2006.
  • Actress Reina Hazuki had to leave the show due to an injury; in her final few episodes, she remains inactive other than in their base of operation and is seen wearing a large scarf concealing her neck, which she barely moves (obviously meaning it was an injury to her neck).

Cast

References

B-Fighter FAQ page

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