JUKO BEETLE FIGHTER
(Beettleborgs)

(1995)

Teenagers form up to save Earth from the Jamal Dimension, by transforming into the metallic Beetle Fighters. A sequel followed known as "B-Fighter Kabuto". The Saban company in the USA, adapted the series into an English language version by cutting out all the non action scenes, and replacing these scenes with American actors and dialogue, then dubbing the action scenes into English. The first series was called "Big Bad Beetleborgs" and the next was "Beetleborgs Metallix", which was an adaptation of "B-Fighter Kabuto". Saban also released three telemovies, edited down episodes of their two television series. These movies were "Beetleborgs: Curse of the Shadow Borg", "Beetleborgs: Vampire Files", edited episodes from "Big Bad Beetleborgs"; and "Beetleborgs Metallix: The Movie" edited episodes from "Beetleborgs Metallix".

JUKO BEETLE FIGHTER
Asahi
52 x 25 minute episode series

TRANSMISSION DATES
5 February 1995 - 25 February 1996

DIRECTORS
Osamu Kaneda
Shinichiro Sawai
Tetsuharu Mitsumura
Taro Sakamoto
Hidenori Ishida
Katsuya Watanabe

PRODUCERS
Jun Kaji
Nagafumi Hori
Jun Higasa

WRITERS
Shuichi Miyashita
Nobuo Ogisawa
Kyoko Sagiyama
Akira Asaka
Yasuko Kobayashi

CAST

Takuya - Blue Beetle	. . . . . . . . .	Daisuke Tsuchiya
Daisaku - Green Beetle	. . . . . . . . .	Shigeru Kanai
Rei - Red Beetle (-> ep 21)	. . . . . . . . .	Reina Hazuki
Rei - Red Beetle (ep 22 ->)	. . . . . . . . .	Chigusa Tomoe
	. . . . . . . . .	Takashi Sasano
	. . . . . . . . .	Keiko Konno
	. . . . . . . . .	Hideaki Hikuda
General Gigaro	. . . . . . . . .	Toshimichi Takahashi
Emperor Gaum	. . . . . . . . .	Takeshi Watabe
Shadow - Black Beetle (-> ep 43)	. . . . . . . . .	Jiro Okamoto
Shadow - Black Beetle (ep 44 ->)	. . . . . . . . .	Keisuke Tsuchiya

JUKO BEETLE FIGHTER "LINKS"

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