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.^[1]

Funimation licensed the series for streaming on FunimationNow and created an English dub in 2018. The series was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. The English dub of SSSS.Gridman aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from January 16, 2021 to April 3, 2021 at 2:30 AM.^[1]

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.

Characters[]

Voice Cast[]

Character	English Voice Actor	Japanese Voice Actor
Yuta Hibiki	Brandon McInnis	Yūya Hirose
Gridman	Robert McCollum	Hikaru Midorikawa
Rikka Takarada	Jill Harris	Yume Miyamoto
Sho Utsumi	Greg Ayre	Sōma Saitō
Akane Shinjo	Lindsay Seidel	Reina Ueda
Alexis・Kerib	Barry Yandell	Tetsu Inada
Anti	Stephen Fu	Kenichi Suzumura
Anosillus the 2nd	Monica Rial	Karin Takahashi
Samurai Calibur	Ian Sinclair	Ryousuke Takahashi
Max	Cris George	Katsuyuki Konish
Vit	Chris Burnett	Masaya Matsukaze
Borr	Apphia Yu	Aoi Yūki
Orie Takarada	Anastasia Muñoz	Mayumi Shintani
Namiko	Sarah Wiedenheft	Suzuko Mimori
Hass	Amber Lee Connors	Akari Kitō

Gallery[]

Toonami - SSSS. Gridman Bumpers (HD 1080p)-2

Episodes[]

Color	Season	Episodes	Toonami Premiere	Toonami Finale
	1	12	January 16, 2021	April 3, 2021

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.^[2]^[3]

In the United States, it was announced during Toonami Special Edition, a YouTube livestream panel that streamed on November 14, 2020, that the English dub of the series would premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on January 16, 2021 at 2:30 AM, replacing Gemusetto: Death Beat(s) in the lineup.^[1] The series completed its run on April 3, 2021 and was replaced in the lineup by season 2 of The Promised Neverland the following week.

Japan (WOWOW) — October 6, 2018^[2]^[3] - December 22, 2018
Japan (Tokyo MX) — October 6, 2018^[2]^[3] - December 22, 2018
Japan (BS11) — October 6, 2018^[2]^[3] - December 22, 2018
Japan (MBS) — October 6, 2018^[2]^[3] - December 22, 2018
Japan (ATV) — May 26, 2019^[2] - 2019
United States (Adult Swim) — January 16, 2021^[1] - April 3, 2021

Toonami Broadcast History[]

SSSS.Gridman made its Toonami premiere on January 16, 2021, replacing Gemusetto: Death Beat(s) ^[4] in the lineup, airing from 2:30 AM - 3:00 AM. The season finale made its Toonami premiere on April 3, 2021 and the series was subsequently removed from the lineup and replaced by The Promised Neverland ^[5]