FINISHED
HEROMAN
26 Episodes
24 min each
SPRING 2010
Synopsis
Joey is an orphan living with his grandmother in Center City on the West Coast of the United States of America. Joey, like any other boy his age, is interested in robots and gadgets and dreams about owning a particular toy robot called a Heybo. Heybos have very advanced mechanisms and controls but with great mechanisms comes great price; the robot is too expensive for Joey, whose only source of income is a part-time job at a restaurant and he needs that money to help support himself and his grandmother. One day, when Joey is on his way home from school, he happens upon a couple of bullies who are playing around with a Heybo. Long story short, the bullies manage to get the robot run over by a car and Joey retrieves the wreckage from a trash can. Once home, Joey fixes the robot and names it Heroman. Later that night, a thunderstorm results in Heroman getting wet and, improbably, struck by lightning. The result is amazing, Heroman grows massive in size, gets emblazoned with the colors of the American flag and responds to Joey's commands! At the same time in space, an alien race called the Skrugg is preparing an invasion of Earth. Now it's up to Joey and Heroman to save Earth!
Action
Sci-Fi
Format
Unknown
Episodes
26
Per Episode
24 min
Source
Unknown
Episodes
26 / 26 Episodes
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Episode 1
Beginning
Center City, West Coast, USA. Joey loves heroes, and lives together in the city with his grandmother. While working a part-time job to support himself, he enjoys his life surrounded by Psy, his sarcastic lone-wolf friend, and Lina, a bright, cheerful girl from a well-to-do family. One day, Joey picks up a toy that was thrown away, repairs it, and names it "Heroman." But just then, a bolt of lightning strikes the toy! To Joey's surprise, a giant-sized "Heroman" is born before his eyes!
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Episode 2
Encounter
Seeing Heroman's power before his own eyes, Joey wasn't able to hide his happiness or bewilderment. He worries about what he should do with this power and what Heroman really is. Meanwhile, the mysterious life forms called "The Skrugg" have begun their Earth invasion. When Joey hears of it, he runs to tell Prof. Denton who was broadcasting to them of the imminent danger. However, the Skrugg appear there with weapons in hand! And Lina encounters them as well!?
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Episode 3
Invasion
The giant saucer that appeared in the skies of Center City begins sending tons of Skrugg down to the ground. Even with the military in wait, they were no match for the onslaught, and the people could do nothing but escape. After Joey stands in shock watching the neighborhoods being destroyed, he and Psy head to Joey's grandmother's house. However, the Skrugg show up and get in their way. Joey steels his determination, activates Heroman, and stands up, ready to face the enemy himself.
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Episode 4
Sphere
Will thinks that he should be the hero, and drags Nick along with him to infiltrate the enemy's base and steal some of their weapons. At the same time Joey, having successfully dropped off his grandmother at the shelter, heads toward Professor Denton's place to get more information. On the other hand, Kogorr starts attacking with a giant sphere. And what's more, it's started rolling straight toward the shelter where Grandma and Lina are! Joey and Heroman head out to face it and stop its advance somehow.
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Episode 5
Assassins
Against the rolling sphere that continues to destroy the city, Joey and the others could do nothing but barely hold its progress. Joey is determined to not leave the Skrugg alone, and leaps into the fray again even without a plan, while Prof. Denton gives a guitar weapon to Psy that he created using the Skrugg's weapon. Joey and Psy head into the city with the weapon in hand, and they come up with a new plan to go up against the huge number of Skrugg. But before them a new threat comes calling...
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Episode 6
Backlash
Joey's group is forced to retreat from the new enemies that suddenly appear in front of them. Meanwhile, Prof. Denton has analyzed the Skrugg and determined that the five spheres are heading toward different important world cities. One of them is the White House itself. At first thought to just be rolling spheres, it seems the Skrugg studied humanity well on how exactly to destroy the entire world. Realizing this, everyone is shocked and itching to do something about it, and as the time limit approaches, Joey and his friends become determined to head toward the enemy's base.
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Episode 7
Resistance
Faced with the extinction of the human race, the President is coming closer to deciding to use nuclear weapons. But before him appears the mad scientist, " Dr. Minami." He claims to be able to stop the sphere without using a nuclear attack. Back in Center City, Joey and the others are infiltrating the Skrugg's base, and in order to cause a diversion they split into two groups. The newly re-brainwashed Will and Nick appear before them. Joey has a plan to undo the brainwashing, but...
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Episode 8
Combat
In order to destroy the controls for the spheres, Denton and Psy infiltrate the Skrugg's base, but they are quickly surrounded by the enemy and even with the guitar weapon can't progress any further. Then the Skrugg's leader, Kogorr, putting them in a desperate situation. But Joey and Heroman run in just in the nick of time to save them. It's time for the battle between the two powerhouses, Kogorr and Heroman, to get started!
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Episode 9
Alive
Minami's crew prepare a machine called the MR-1 Prototype to fight against the ball. Meanwhile, Joey, despite his injuries, continues to help Heroman, but ends up taking more brutal hits from Gogorr. Heroman becomes infuriated and grows flames, unleashing his rage upon Gogorr, ripping off his wings and unleashing large blasts. Joey awakes and finds his controller isn't responding, he pleads with Heroman to stop him from killing Gogorr, returning him to normal. Gogorr resumes his attack, but is beaten by Heroman's Blast mode. Unable to accept defeat, Gogorr sets the base to self destruct. Joey's group hurries to the control room in order to stop the spheres before Minami gets a chance to use his machine. With their job completed, they barely manage to escape from the base before it explodes. Whilst Minami becomes infuriated over who interfered with his plan, a red eyeball is shown at ground zero.
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Episode 10
Approach
As peace returns to Center City, the President is shown evidence concerning Heroman, who has been secretly help rebuild the city. Lina, who is depressed over Will leaving town due to his current state, tries to ask Joey out on a date, but keeps getting interrupted at every turn. A man by the name of Hughes questions Joey on rumours about Heroman. That night, some men kidnap Lina in front of Joey, forcing him and Heroman to take action. As Joey takes Lina back home, she is finally able to portray her request for a date. Meanwhile Axel Hughes, a secret agent for the president, reports the authenticity of Heroman.
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Episode 11
Menace
As Agent Hughes continues his investigation concerning Heroman, Joey is visited by his energetic big sister, Holly, who had come back from her band tour to check out the alien situation in Center City, albeit three months late. Deciding to crash for a few days, Holly soon makes Joey's life a living hell for him. Hughes meets up with Minami to ask why he is around in Center City. Later, an explosion occurs and Joey and Heroman investigate, but it turns out to be a trap laid out by Hughes. Joey and Heroman run off and Hughes catches up with them until Heroman breaks some rubble that was about to fall on him and escapes under the cover of dust, though Holly manages to catch a glimpse of him. After they reunite, Holly plays a song at the pier before revealing she intends to stay longer, having seen something interesting.
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Episode 12
Stalkers
As Joey goes on his date with Lina, they are stalked by Psy, Denton and Holly. As the date carries onto the beach, Joey's maths teacher, Vera Collins, inadvertently joins the stalking. Joey later catches onto their game and eludes them, only for the date to be interrupted by a report of Minami's MR-1 Prototype going out of control. Joey sends Heroman after the robot, who is actually being controlled by Minami to lure him out. Heroman manages to defeat the machine, but is caught on camera by a news helicopter in the process. As Joey returns to Lina, he gets Heroman to give them an unorthodox ride on the Ferris Wheel. Meanwhile Hughes, who had been watching the battle, discovers Joey on the scene.
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Episode 13
Getaway
Early one morning, a group of NIA troops, led by Hughes, enter Joey's house in search of him. Eight hours earlier, Joey was warned by Denton and got Holly to help him escape. After meeting up with Denton and Psy, they reveal that the government had been investigating Heroman, and covered up the previous day's incident to make Heroman look like the bad guy. With very little options, Joey, Denton and Psy prepare to leave the city and head towards Nevada. Meanwhile, the reporters for the All America Network who shot yesterday's footage are annoyed that they're report has been twisted to the government's will. With police checkpoints all over the city, Joey's group must resort to use Heroman for their escape. As Heroman distracts the majority of the cops, Denton and Psy push through the remainder. However, Joey and Heroman are then spotted by Hughes in a helicopter, but manage to lose them in an abandoned mine shaft.
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Episode 14
Beleaguer
Joey and the gang successfully escaped from Center City, and continue heading to an acquaintance of Prof. Denton`s in Nevada. Heroman should be a hero that saved the world, but instead is being chased by the United States government, and Joey is worried. Joey ends up contacting Lina, but that gives away their location to Hughes and they are cornered. Without any place left to run, the others volunteer to stand up in order to protect Joey and Heroman...
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Episode 15
Revolt
Joey is escaping alone in the forest, separated from his friends, and before him appears Hughes, the regular from Hilly`s coffee shop. When he reveals his true identity, he asks Joey to talk. Joey is cautious at first, but his sincerity begins to... At the same time, Minami is seaching for Heroman, and starts going wild with the MR-1 to settle his grudge. With the attack headed toward Joey, finally the fated battle between Minami and Heroman begins!
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Episode 16
Decision
Dr. Minami stubbornly continues to attack Heroman, and over the long battle Heroman and Joey`s stamina begins to fade. The fierce battle ends up at a dam, but Minami continues his attack, and begins to destroy it. The battle becomes extremely difficult for Heroman as he tries to fight while protecting the dam at the same time. Heroman continues to use his own body as a shield in the face of Minami`s indiscriminate attacks, until...
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Episode 17
Legacy
Lately a number of research labs have been attacked in a series of incidents. Denton tells Joey and Psy that he believes the one thing that connects them all is the Skrugg. While feeling the dread of having to deal with the Skrugg again, they come up with a plan to lure out the culprit. Fully prepared, Joey waits for the attack, when they suddenly appear with a bang! Who shows up but someone entirely unexpected! What is their true identity? What is their motive?
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Episode 18
Separation
Hughes arranges for Joey and the gang to go to a government owned, uninhabited island. Without any prying eyes, Heroman and the others spend a pleasant summer vacation. When night falls, they start telling ghost stories, of course, and according to Psy, the island is cursed by a demon. While he`s telling the story, strange things matching the story happen one after another... Joey and the others may be about to experience a true fright while trapped on the island!
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Episode 19
Survival
The island that Joey and the others are visiting is being overrun with a mysterious life form! Joey and Lina begin to search deep into the jungle to find Heroman and the rest of the gang, and they come across Heroman who`s been caught by the life form and can`t move! Joey`s always been saved by Heroman before, but this time it`s his turn to do the saving, and then to find the origin of this creature and face it down!
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Episode 20
Missing
Professor Denton is investigating a string of abductions that have been occurring in Center City for the past month, from cows to dogs and now even humans! After announcing he`s figured something out he goes missing as well, so Joey and Psy start to look for him. Unfortunately, Holly decides to tag along and ends up taking over the entire investigation... Will they find out the true identity of the culprit behind the abductions, or just get dragged around by Holly as she plays around?
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Episode 21
Emotion
With Professor Denton missing, and now Holly kidnapped, Joey and Psy turn to the NIA for help finding the identity of the abductor. But Joey can`t help feeling he seemed an awful lot like Will... With the prospect of having to fight Lina`s brother looming, Joey and Psy head off in search of their friends, but the truth they find is even more disturbing...
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Episode 22
Memories
After Psy is injured, Joey tries to search for answers about what being a hero really means. He always looked up to his dad, who sacrificed himself in a coal mining accident to save a great number of people, and everyone in the town holds Brian Carter Jones as a hero to be looked up to. Except for Holly, that is. Holly asks Joey to answer the question "What is a hero?" and Joey tries to find the answer. Meanwhile, Will pays a visit to Lina, and warns her to stay away from Joey...
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Episode 23
Sortie
It`s discovered that the recent incidents are all connected to the legacy of the Skrugg, so Joey and the others immediately start looking into the existence of the Skrugg remnants. However, the Skrugg`s secret plan has already started, and they reveal themselves to mankind, by attacking the White House! Faced with mysterious plant-like creatures spreading destruction surrounding the White House, Joey and the gang prepare to fight, knowing that the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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Episode 24
Resurrection
A fierce battle unfolds as Joey and Heroman make their way into the heart of the Skrugg`s territory. With the government unable to mount an all-out attack while the President`s safety is still in question, they`re putting all their hopes on those two`s battle. Just then, Keisha`s news helicopter appears and starts broadcasting the situation to the world. The image of Heroman and a single boy fighting alongside him... Then, at the epicenter of the enemy`s stronghold, the greatest foe Joey has ever faced is reborn...
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Episode 25
Crisis
The Skrugg`s real aim was to resurrect their leader, Kogorr. Joey and Heroman bravely stand up before their greatest foe, reborn once again. But the rebirth of Kogorr is merely a prologue to the crisis that befalls them. At the same time, Denton and the others head toward the White House in the MR-1. With all the friends gathering together, Joey and Heroman put everything on the line to break through this worst possible situation, but... The story rushes toward its climax!
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Episode 26
Faith
A boy who looked up to heroes met "Heroman" and overcame countless battles and crises. As the world heads toward its end, a single boy, this "Joey Jones", stands up against mankind`s greatest foe, Kogorr. To protect the world, and his friends, Joey makes a firm decision. Does his fierce gaze peer toward a sparkling future, or something else... Now is when a true hero is born!
Characters
Voice Actors
Mikako Komatsu (japanese)
Joseph Carter Jones
Main
Voice Actors
Mayu Obata (japanese)
Lina Davis
Main
Voice Actors
Ryouhei Kimura (japanese)
Simon Kaina
Main
Voice Actors
Makoto Yasumura (japanese)
William Davis
Supporting
Voice Actors
Choo (japanese)
Matthew Denton
Supporting
Voice Actors
Atsushi Ii (japanese)
Stan Lee
Supporting
Staff
Stan Lee
Original Creator
Hitoshi Nanba
Director
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Series Composition
Shigeto Koyama
Character Design
Kylee
Theme Song Performance
Tetsuya
Theme Song Performance
Comments
Information
Aired
Mar 31, 2010
to Sep 22, 2010
Season
SPRING 2010
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
Studios
bones
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