is the second installment in Toei

Toei Company

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's Metal Hero Series and aired on the TV Asahi

TV Asahi

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 network from 4 March 1983 through 24 February 1984. It served as a direct sequel to its predecessor, Space Sheriff Gavan and featured many of the same characters.

For distribution purposes, Toei

Toei Company

is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...

 refers to this television series as Shariban, The Space Guardian.

Plot

Initially appearing in Space Sheriff Gavan, Den Iga is attacked by a monster called Buffalo Doubler, member of the crime organization, Makuu Empire. Den is seriously injured in the attack when he is found by Gavan, who takes him to Planet Bird for medical assistance. Qom, leader of the , is impressed by Den's courage. Den returns in the final episode of Gavan, saving Gavan himself in his newly acquired form of Space Sheriff Sharivan during Gavan's final battle. After Don Horror is defeated, Sharivan is assigned to Earth and is partnered together with Lily from the planet Bird as he deals with the threat of the Madou Space Crime Syndicate on Earth

Grand Birth crew

Den Iga/Space Sheriff Sharivan: Earth's Space Sheriff in recent years. Originally from Inner Iga Island, he served as forest patrolmen until fatally wounded by Buffalo Doubler and saved by Gavan who brought him to Planet Bird to undergo special training to become a Space Sheriff, Den became a racer. When he transforms with the command , the Grand Birth envelops him with Solar Metal particles that it absorbs from solar flares to form his armor within milliseconds. As Sharivan, he uses the Laser Blade sword in his signature move Sharivan Crash or the Crime-Buster hand gun. Sharivan uses Prism Goggles to see clearly the object. It is a rectangular yellow glasses with crystal particles

Lily: Sharivan's assistant from Planet Bird.

Arsenal

Grand Birth: Sharivan's flying fortress, which has two modes, the self-explanatory Battle Mother-Ship able to fires the Birth Beam and the vaguely humanoid Battle Birth Formation that fires the Grand Buster and Plasma Cannon.

Motosharian: Sharivan's motorcycle, capable of entry into the Phantom Dream World.

Sharinger Tank: Sharivan's tank, which splits into a flying upper half and treaded lower half.

Mogriran: Sharivan's drill-headed vehicle.

Galactic Union Patrol

Captain Gavan: The previous Space Sheriff.
The Organizers (27 & 50): The anti-Madou resistance, represented by Moore, Keith, and Rita, who aid Sharivan.
Iga Warriors (51)
The mystical warriors from Iga Planet to protect the wonders and civilizations of the Iga Crystal. Membered by Jackie, Hemrius, Mylene, and Francis

Space Crime Syndicate Madou

The (literally "demon way") is an organization of psychic criminals whose headquarters, , lies within the dimension, a "white hole" where all the matter sucked up by black holes ends up. The syndicate intends to conquer the universe through chaos created by its members' psionic abilities. Their air force include space fighters and the Madou Battleship.

: The immobile ruler of Madou. He eventually uses his fully mobile cyborg Psychorror as an extension of himself, armed with twin swords. When Sharivan and Gavan enter his fortress, they discover that he uses two bodies at once. Sharivan destroys his immobile self while Gavan simultaneously destroys his second body.

(1-49): A black-armored field commander who is defeated by Sharivan. In the cross-over movie, Retsu, Den and Dai mistakenly thought Gyrer had revived, but he was actually a vendor who just looks like Gyrer, much to the Trio's Surprise.

: A female strategist who dies fighting against Sharivan and Gavan.

(34-50): A mystic from the Death Spirit World who intended to take over Madou. He was destroyed by Demon King Psycho with the help of Psychorror.

: Gyrer's female aides. Miss Demon 1 was devoured by Reider's personal Demonster. Miss Demon 2 was killed along with her mistress while fighting Sharivan and Gavan.

: The foot soldiers of Madou in black tights decorated with lightning bolts.

Makai Beasts

The are monsters created by Psycho and usually have a two-mode gimmick. During a fight with Sharivan, a Makai Beast retreats into the Phantom Dream World where it becomes four times more powerful in an attempt to get the upper hand against Sharivan.
(1): A 2-faced gold-armored monster with the capability to curl into a saw-bladed ball.

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• Sound Beast (5)
• Yamagami Beast (6)
• Double Beast (7)
• Doku
  Poison
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• Cash Beast (9)
• UFO Beast (10)
• Shouri
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• Ocarina Beast (12)
• Boxer Beast (13)
• Killer Beast (14)
• Shikake
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  Phantom
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• Magma Beast (17)
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• Kataribe
  Storyteller
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• Utsubo
  Moray
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• Shinigami Beast (22)
• Nimen Beast (23)
• Virus Beast (24)
• Hard Beast (25)
• Keiki
  Weird
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• Uragiri
  Betrayal
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   Beast (27)
• Campus Beast (28)
• Heiki
  Weapon
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• Henshin
  Transformation
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   Beast (30)
• Kodai Beast (31)
• Jekyll-Hyde Beast (32)
• Shunkan
  Moment
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• Hyakume Beast (34)
• Washi
  Eagle
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• Bunri
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• Kuma
  Bear
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• Ashura
  Demon
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• Doll Beast (39)
• Yogen
  Prophecy
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• Anahori Beast (41)
• Mukuro Beast (42)
• Reikai Beast (43)
• Ankou
  Anglerfish
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   Beast (44)
• Yukai Beast (45)
• Present Beast (46)
• Kenkyaku Beast (47)
• BEM Sasori (48)

Episodes

Cast

• Den Iga: Hiroshi Watari
• Lily: Yumiko Furuya
• Retsu Ichijouji: Kenji Ohba
• Mimi: Wakiko Kano
• Qom: Toshiaki Nishizawa
• Marin: Kyoko Nashiro
• Tsukiko Hoshino: Aiko Tachibana
• Kojiro Oyama: Masayuki Suzuki
  Masayuki Suzuki
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• Kappei Suzuki: Gozo Soma
• Chiaki Suzuki: Midori Nakagawa
• Chie Suzuki: Yukari Aoki
• Akira Suzuki: Katsuya Koiso
• Miyuki: Sumiko Kakizaki
• Bell Helen: Yuki Yajima
• Keith: Toshimichi Takahashi
• Saint: Takeshi Watabe
  Takeshi Watabe
  was a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually played villains and performed the voices for many anime characters and tokusatsu villains. He is most famous for voicing Kaminari in Doraemon...
  
  
• Denichiro Iga: Tsunehiko Kamijo (in flashback) (episodes 13, 20, 35, 49 and 51)
• Yuhko Iga: Yukiko Yoshino (Played as Keiko Yoshino) (in flashback) (episodes 35, 49 and 51)
• Voicer: Sonny Chiba
  Sonny Chiba
  , also known as Sonny Chiba, is a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director and martial artist.Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience.- Early life :Born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka,...
  
   (in flashback) (episode 15)
• Hunter Killer: Michiro Iida (in flashback) (episode 15)
• Demon King Psycho: Shōzō Iizuka
  Shozo Iizuka
  is a male Japanese voice actor from Fukushima Prefecture who is affiliated with Sigma Seven. He graduated from the fine arts department of Nihon University....
  
  
• Doctor Polter: Hitomi Yoshioka
• General Gyrer: Satoshi Kurihara
• Reider: Mitsuo Ando (episodes 34–50)
• Umibōzu
  Umibozu
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  : Kazuyoshi Yamada
• Narrator: Issei Masamune

Songs

Opening theme

• • Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Composition and Arrangement: Michiaki Watanabe
  • Artist: Akira Kushida
    Akira Kushida
    , is a Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, and Uchuu Keiji Gavan. His nickname from his fans is...
    
    

Ending theme

• • Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Composition and Arrangement: Michiaki Watanabe
  • Artist: Akira Kushida