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Chargeman Ken

Season 1
Infamous among anime fans in Japan, this 1974 series by Knack Productions is known for its nonsensical plots, absurdly incompetent animation, and brutal 10-year-old hero. See young Ken Izumi gun down wave after wave of ineffectual aliens, while dealing with misaligned animation cels, repetitive music, and a near total lack of sound effects. The best joke is that none of this was meant as a joke.
201765 episodes13+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - DANGER!! THE CHILDREN'S SPACE STATION
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    Young Ken Izumi, his sister Caron, and their annoying robot sidekick Barican must save the local amusement park from the sinister Juralians. Watch for the scene where Ken rolls two feet off the ground, thanks to an animation error!
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  2. S1 E2 - SAFE BY A HAIR!!!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    It's Caron's birthday, and the Juralians crash the party to challenge Chargeman Ken. For some reason, Ken accepts and walks into the obvious trap.
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  3. S1 E3 - THE BUTTERFLY SWARM FLUTTERS!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    The Juralians have a cunning plan: killer butterflies that eat human cells! The solution to this problem will likely involve a lot of dead butterflies.
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  4. S1 E4 - THE MYSTERIOUS HANDSOME BOY
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    A new student at Ken's school has stolen every girl's heart. So, why does he want to get Ken alone to show him his special secret? Absolutely nothing dirty happens in this episode.
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  5. S1 E5 - TERROR! THE MUMMY COMES BY CARRIAGE!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    Ken and his class take a trip to Hokkaido, where they're attacked by a Juralian mummy riding in a horse drawn carriage. Good thing Ken never leaves home without his trusty Alpha Gun!
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  6. S1 E6 - UNCANNY! THE SPACE BOTANICAL GARDEN
    April 15, 2020
    7min
    TV-PG
    Ken and his class (with Caron and Barican tagging along) take a trip to the space botanical garden, filled with exotic alien plants. It would be a shame if they somehow came to life and began to attack, wouldn't it?
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  7. S1 E7 - MAN OF THE WEST KEN!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    13+
    Ken, Caron, and Barican travel to a futuristic Old West theme park inhabited by killer robots who exist to be gunned down by the human guests. You might have caught the recent remake of this episode on HBO.
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  8. S1 E8 - JURALIAN X-6
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    After Ken saves a woman who turns out to be a Juralian spy, she finds she can't bring herself to kill Ken! This won't end well.
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  9. S1 E9 - ENTER, THE JURALMONS!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    The Juralians create a robot kaiju to attack Earth ships. The episode is most notable for a fight between Ken and Barican that serves no purpose whatsoever.
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  10. S1 E10 - BARICAN RUNS AMUCK!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    In a stunningly logical move, the Juralians capture Ken and his family and prepare to execute them. Their only hope? Barican. Note - At no point does Barican actually ever run amuck.
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  11. S1 E11 - SAVE THE EARTH!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    A runaway planet is going to destroy Earth, which would be bad news for both the humans and the Juralians. The solution? Team up, for this one time only!
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  12. S1 E12 - WE CAN'T EAT VEGETABLE SALAD
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    Caron's on a health kick, and the Juralians are destroying all the vegetables on Earth. It's up to Ken to return vegetables to dinner plates everywhere, earning him the eternal scorn of every other child on Earth who isn't Caron.
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  13. S1 E13 - SHOWDOWN! THE UNDERSEA CITY
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    Ken's class is off on yet another field trip, this time to an undersea city. But this time, the alien menace is a duplicate of his teacher, Miss Nagisa!
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  14. S1 E14 - THE DAIBUTSU THAT VANISHED INTO THE NIGHT
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    The Juralians bring the famous giant Buddha statue of Kamakura to life and set it on a rampage. The result is fantastically sacrilegious!
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  15. S1 E15 - THE ART GALLERY MYSTERY!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    Ken's class (Which apparently only goes on field trips) visits an art museum, but the students are vanishing. Could it be a Juralian plot? Could it be anything else?
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  16. S1 E16 - MURDER RECORD, MELODY OF TERROR!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    The Juralians unleash their most fiendish plot yet: a record of the show's background music that sucks the life from the listeners!
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  17. S1 E17 - FIND KEN'S SECRET!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    The Juralians kidnap Dr. Yoshizaka to force the secret of Ken's weakness from him. It turns out that Ken's weakness is...losing his Alpha Gun!
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  18. S1 E18 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM PRISON ISLAND
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    The Juralians stir up a prisoner revolt and breakout from a giant prison. Can Ken somehow stop the Juralians without killing their human stooges?
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  19. S1 E19 - BANK GANG - CARON'S IN DANGER!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    Caron rollerskates straight into a bank robbery and is taken hostage. Then she's captured by Juralians!
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  20. S1 E20 - KEN GETS A GIRLFRIEND
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    Ken meets a pretty girl named Miyuki and is immediately smitten. And Barican doesn't like that, at all! Nothing about this is remotely suspicious.
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  21. S1 E21 - CARON'S PRESENT
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    Caron gets a pretty doll from a secret admirer. But what sinister orders does it whisper to her as she sleeps?
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  22. S1 E22 - TIME BOMB FAX TV
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    The Juralians attack with the physical facsimile television, able to transmit weapons into vital Earth facilities. It's up to Ken to save the day!
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  23. S1 E23 - MENTAL HOSPITAL TERROR
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    TV-PG
    This episode is stunning in its portrayal of the mentally ill and probably couldn't be rebroadcast in Japan today. Features a doctor who wants to blow up Europe. Not a country in Europe, just...Europe.
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  24. S1 E24 - AN INVITATION TO THE ROBOT CLUB
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    7+
    Barican is invited to join a secret robot club. A club that meets in the graveyard? Would anyone want to join a club that would have Barican as a member?
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  25. S1 E25 - SAVE YOUNG YUUICHI!
    July 18, 2017
    7min
    13+
    Yuuichi is Ken's classmate, and he's taken to petty arson in response to his parents fighting all the time. But the Juralians want to use his fiery talents for something bigger...
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Content advisory
Violencesmokingfoul language
Subtitles
None available
Directors
Noboru Miura
Cast
Kazumi TanakaYoshiya NemotoSetsuko MiyagawaYuki AidaNoboru Satô
Studio
Cinedigm
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