is the fifth series of the anime television meta Brave series (Yūsha) created by Sunrise. It aired in Japan from February 5, 1994 to January 28, 1995. Brave Police J-Decker returns the series to a subtly lighter tone, focusing more on the concept of "robot as human-built AI construct" emphasized by the previous season's series, The Brave Express Might Gaine. The series takes place in the fictional city of Nanamagari City.
Characters (Voiced by Hiromi Ishikawa) A 10-year-old boy in fourth grade who stumbles upon Deckerd, a humanoid robot under construction by the Japanese police, built to fight advanced forms of crime. Yuta's constant contact with Deckerd gives the robot a "heart", or personality; when Yuta is recruited as the "boss" of the as a result, a true human/robot partnership occurs. While he's quite prone to tears, he shows that he also has both the kindness and the courage to stand up for other people, or for his team. (Voiced by Michiko Neya) The eldest of Yuta's sisters, 16-year-old Azuki takes care of the house instead of their absentee parents. She is in love with Masaya Kashiwazaki. (Voiced by Mika Yanata) The middle child of the Tomonaga family and Yuta's second oldest sister, at age 13. She's a tomboyish, impatient, hotblooded girl. (Voiced by Ryuzaburo Otomo) Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent General. He conceived Brave Police and appointed Yuta to Police inspector. (Voiced by Masaaki Tsukada) The development designer of Brave Police in Japan. He is not only a skilled mechanic, but has a genuine interest and love for the machines. (Voiced by Kazuo Oka) Metropolitan Police Department vice-inspector-general. He is a respectable, straitlaced person. (Voiced by Yuko Miyamura) Brave Police development chief of Scotland Yard. With the duke whom she made came over to Japan. She has a doctorate of the Cambridge University mechanical engineering despite being 12 years old. Due to her dark past, including her father refusing to arrest her mother for a crime, thus failing on his duty as policeman, she resolves to be a "perfect" policeman; one that will not be swayed by "evil" emotions. Believing that all emotions, including friendship, caring and love, would be evil. Believe she had failed with Duke, she tried to have Deckard be "perfect", but Deckerd's friendship with Yuta, changed her mind. After almost losing Duke, she saw the errors of her ways, and began to show more emotions. She designed and created Duke, and Duke always refers her as "Lady". She would also help to develop a British version of the Brave Police to combat crime. (Voiced by Takumi Kurebayashi) A cheerful journalist and photographer. She has a strong relationship with the Build Team's Dumpson, and may be in love with him. (Voiced by Etsuko Ishikawa) A high-ranking officer of the military Defense Forces. She bonds with the Build Team's McCrane, especially after he saved her brother Makoto, and it's strongly implied that they're in love with one another despite him being a robot. (Voiced by Mitsuaki Hoshino) (Voiced by Takumi Kurebayashi) (Voiced by Takumi Yamazaki) (Voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu) (Voiced by Ken Shiroyama) He is Yuta's father. (Voiced by Naoko Ishii) She is Yuta's mother. (Voiced by Akifumi Endo) He is Seia Onoue's younger brother. (Voiced by Takumi Kurebayashi) (Voiced by Michiko Neya) (Voiced by Mika Yanata)
Offenders An ex-police engineer with Cystic Fibrosis. He founded Excellent Inc. and stole Kagero's AI to taint with his personality traits. (Voiced by Kazuyuki Sogabe) He was a scientist killed by Tony Crusader. An android was built with an evil version of his personality who built the Chieftain robots, was destroyed and rebuilt as a super robot, and turned good. (Voiced by Takehito Koyasu) (Voiced by Nobuo Tobita) He is Eva's son who infiltrated Excellent corporation under the name "Tony Crusader" and killed Victim. (Voiced by Miki Ito) She is Neuva's mother who invented an artificially intelligent computer, but was cryogenically imprisoned for experimenting on humans to make a better one.
Brave Police J-Decker Team (Voiced by Tōru Furusawa): The Great Combiner of the Brave Police, the powered-up form of J-Decker, with Duke Fire as the additional parts. He can also combine with Gun-Max Armor to form Fire J-Decker Max Cannon Mode. (Voiced by Tōru Furusawa): Super robot combination of Deckerd and J-Roader. This is the leading main robot of the series. He can also combine with Gun-Max Armor to form J-Decker Max Cannon Mode. (Voiced by Tōru Furusawa): The sentient police robot that transforms into a police car based on Chevrolet Corvette (C4). He is the primary leading robot of the story and is the first robot of the Brave Police. All Brave Police robots' Super A.I. are originated from him. He acts as the leader of the team and he is usually a peace-maker when conflict arises among Brave Team. He is the only one from the team that refers Yuta as "Yuta" rather than "Boss". He forms the head and the chest of J-Decker. After being killed by the Chieftain's, Deckerd was temporary taken control of by Gaizonite, and turned into Satan J-Decker. The other's were able to get him back and put his Super A.I. into a new body, but he lost all of his memories. He was, however, able to get them back. : A massive SWAT truck based on Kenworth L700. It has a garage located in the rear in which to transport Deckerd in car mode. It forms the body of J-Decker. (Voiced by Naoki Makishima): The combined robot form of Gun-Max and his Gun Bike. He can also transform into Max Cannon as a weapon for J-Decker or Fire J-Decker. (Voiced by Naoki Makishima): A sentient police robot that does not transform on his own. He is from Traffic Patrol Division. As a quite independent robot, he refuses to work with Yuta in the beginning. However, when Yuta almost sacrificed himself to save him, he is touched by Yuta's genuine love and join the team. He often uses English when he talks, and is one of the most care-free character of the story. Time to time, he refers Yuta as "kid" and he has a special relationship with Todo, the development director of the Brave Police. : A oversized police motorcycle based on Honda GL1500 Goldwing that is large enough to be ridden by Gun-Max. (Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa): The secondary main robot of the series, formed from Duke and Fire Roader. He forms the body additions of Fire J-Decker. (Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa): A sentient robot that transforms into an ambulance based on Toyota Previa (XR10). Created by Regina, he was instructed to have perfect AI, not swayed by emotions and evil thoughts. However, as he spends more time with other members, he realizes that traits once Regina called evil, such as anger, hatred, are not always necessarily evil. He wanted to be Regina's "perfect" policeman just to see her smile again. As one of the most serious robots of the Brave Police, he does not talk much, speaks only if necessary. He always calls Regina as "Lady" rather than her real name. Only time he ever called Regina by her first name was when Regina was about to be attacked by Satan J-Decker (under the control of Gaizonite) as he managed to get all strength to unite to save Regina from the attack. He forms the arms of Duke Fire. When J-Decker was taken control by Gaizonite, Duke temporally became the new leader of the Brave Police. After Deckerd regained his memories, Duke became his second-in-command. : A massive tractor-drawn ladder fire engine that serves as Duke's support vehicle. It forms the torso, legs and head of Duke Fire.
Build Team (Voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu): The combined forms of the full Build Team, the powered-up form of Build Tiger with Drill Boy as the additional parts. The Tiger Gimlet is an elongated assault vehicle with a front-mounted drill. (Voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu): The combined forms of the first three Build Team members. The Build team originally did not start with Super A.I. as there was still a debate among the police force, as the police force did not buy the idea of Super A.I. After seeing the difference between the robot with super A.I (in this case Deckerd) and the robots without it (the Build Team), the police force decided to give super A.I. to the Build Team. (Voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu): Leader of the Build Team that transforms into a hydraulic mobile crane. He is one of the most reserved members and has a close relationship with Seia, the chief of the Defense Force, and might be in love with her. When forming Build Tiger or Super Build Tiger, McCrane forms the head, torso and right arm. (Voiced by Takumi Yamazaki): Member of the Build Team that transforms into a Hitachi UH07 excavator. His hot tempered personality often leads to quarrel in the team, especially with Drill Boy. He is close to Yuta's three friends, Masaki, Emily, and Kigumaro. He often wields nunchaku or Karate stick, a two section staff and is a fan of Kungfu. He often uses Kung Fu moves when engaged in a fight. When forming Build Tiger or Super Build Tiger, Power Joe forms the left arm. (Voiced by Mitsuaki Hoshino): Member of the Build Team that transforms into a Mitsubishi D320 offroad dump truck. He has a close relationship with Ayako, a field reporter, which may have romantic roots. He has a fighting style of a wrestler, and like Power Joe, he shows his temper time to time. He uses his dumbbells in a fight. When forming Build Tiger or Super Build Tiger, Dumpson forms the legs. (Voiced by Hiro Yūki): The additional member of the Build Team and a soccer player that transforms into a drill tank or drill jet. As the youngest member in Brave team, he has the mentality of a teenager and tends to acts childishly, which gets him scolded by Yuta or his teammates. He is a prankster, and loves to joke around. His main weapon is his soccer ball, which turns into spiked soccer ball when used against enemies. When forming Super Build Tiger, Drillboy becomes the foot additions, torso addition and wings.
BP-500 Ninja-type Series (Voiced by Fumihiko Tachiki): A large ninja robot that transforms into a kind of police car, an artillery tank, a jet, or a giant German shepherd. He can also transform into the , a massive gun that is supported by J-Decker, Duke Fire, Gun-Max Armor, and Super Build Tiger in a team attack. Shadow-Maru is a remolded and recolored version of Sixshot from the Transformers. Unlike other members, he is equipped with many difference sensors, he is able to detect things that other members cannot. He usually does all the research and detective work as he is an expert in that area. He is the only member of the team that does not unify with other members. He is the brother of Kagero and has personal history with Kagero. He was forced to kill Kagero in tears after Kagero became mindless killing machine as his A.I. was already taken by Shinjo, a villain of the series. He wished to die with Kagero after he revenged Kagero, but with the wish of Kagero, he became official member of the Brave Police. (Voiced by Shigeru Nakahara): The prototype and brother of Shadow-Maru. He is a large ninja robot of appearance similar to Shadow Maru, and transforms into a car mode and a Rodan-like draconic mode. He went renegade when he discovered that his A.I was to be deleted after testing. So, he fights against the Brave Police, who are assigned with the task of capturing him, and later killed by the hands of his brother Shadow-Maru. He is caught by Shinjo and his AI taken to be installed in a submarine, which sinks. His AI is later used by Excellent Inc., a company that main antagonist Nueva runs, to build enemy robots with Super AI Victim and his Chieftain series use the AI that was stolen from Kagero.
English Brave Police