SSSS.Gridman

SSSS.Gridman is a Japanese anime series, adapted from the 1993–1994 tokusatsu series Denkou Choujin Gridman. The series is a co-production between Tsuburaya Productions and Trigger. The series is directed by Akira Amemiya, written by Keiichi Hasegawa, and animated by Trigger, with music by Shirō Sagisu. Masayuki Gotou designed Gridman with Masaru Sakamoto handling the other character designs. The "SSSS" in the title stands for "Special Signature to Save a Soul" as revealed in the final episode. The series aired in Japan from October 6, 2018 to December 22, 2018.

Funimation licensed the series for streaming on FunimationNow and created an English dub in 2018. The series was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. On November 15, 2020, it was announced during Toonami Special Edition, a YouTube livestream panel, that the English dub of the series premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on January 16, 2021 at 2:30 AM, replacing Gemusetto: Death Beat(s).

Plot

Yuta Hibiki awakens with amnesia and the ability see things that others cannot. He first encounters a Gridman in the reflection of his friend Rikka Takarada's computer and it tells him to "Remember his calling," but Yuta doesn't understand what this means. Later, in the distance, he sees an extremely large monster but it doesn't move. It's only when Yuta gets to school that the two sightings make sense: a monster attacks and the hero Yuta saw in the computer screen pulls him within the computer and transforms Yuta into a giant hero named Gridman.

Episodes
Funimation released the series on Blu-Ray and DVD in North America on January 28, 2020.

Broadcast History
SSSS.Gridman premiered in Japan on WOWOW, Tokyo MX, BS11 and MBS from October 6, 2018 to December 22, 2018. The series also later aired in Japan on ATV beginning on May 26, 2019. In the United States, the English dub premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on January 16, 2021 at 2:30 AM.


 * Japan (WOWOW) — October 6, 2018 - December 22, 2018
 * Japan (Tokyo MX) — October 6, 2018 - December 22, 2018
 * Japan (BS11) — October 6, 2018 - December 22, 2018
 * Japan (MBS) — October 6, 2018 - December 22, 2018
 * Japan (ATV) — May 26, 2019 - 2019
 * United States (Adult Swim) — January 16, 2021 - April 03, 2021