Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger

is a 47 episode animated shōnen mecha television series, and the second generation Eldran franchise funded by Tomy right after Matchless Raijin-Oh and produced by Sunrise. It aired on TV Tokyo from April 1, 1992, to February 24, 1993 and it is succeeded by the third generation of the Eldran series Nekketsu Saikyō Go-Saurer. The series takes a year after the events of Matchless Raijin-Oh and it was the first season to introduce helmets, signature colors and signature vehicles as well as another additional auxiliary robot and a super robot formed by three robots. Plot Ever since God Raijin-Oh had defeated the Evil Empire, peace has returned to Hinobori. In Aozora City (a neighboring town to Hinobori City where Jin and his friends lived), Toubei is trying to train his son Kotaro in the art of the ninja, but a bomb accidentally releases Gokuark, a great demon king of that Eldran had been keeping contained. Eldran manages to contain him, but one of his servants manages to escape as well, and now attempts to free his master. Eldran grants Raijin-oh's (mainly Ken-Oh, Hou-Oh, Juu-Oh) three new successor mechas named Go Tiger, King Elephant, and Mach Eagle to Kotaro and his two friends, Yosuke and Rikiya, as well as pilot suits that grant each of them a superpower. However, there are also cursed and each of them can turn into a dog when their identity is known to others by a dark wizard, Yaminorius III. Later in the series, Bakuryuu-Oh's successor auxiliary mechas, Revolger and Gekiryuger appear and all form into God Raijin-Oh's successor super robot, Great Ganbaruger. Unless Yaminorius, the Demon Lords and the evil monsters must be defeated, the second generation of the Eldran pilots and the Earth Defense Class' successor, must keep their identities until Nekketsu Saikyou Gosaurer's debut a year later while Kotaro's father; Toubee has been turned into a dog by the curse and the Earth Defense Class and Raijin-Oh deals with Gokudo and Jaku Lucifer, from the 5th dimension.