Tokusou Exceedraft

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Tokusou Exceedraft was the tenth entry in the Metal Heroes franchise, airing from 1992-1993. It was the third part of its Rescue Heroes Trilogy.

The story centers on another rescue team, the Exceedraft team. Their all-human members, Hayato, Kosaku, and Ken team-up to strike at disasters that grip their fair city.

The main heroes are:

Tropes used in Tokusou Exceedraft include:
  • BFG: HeavyCyclone.
  • Big Bad: Nope. There is no main villain organization.
  • By the Power of Grayskull: "Jisso!"
  • Cool Car: Varias 7, Redder's personal car, a modified Chevrolet Corvette C4, that is equipped with various modes and weapons.
  • Cop Show
  • Hey, It's That Guy!: Jun'ichi Haruta as Red Spade, the leader of a criminal organization.
  • Laser Blade: E.M Blade, Redder's personal close-combat weapon.
  • Mid-Season Upgrade: Hayato is later upgraded to SyncRedder.
  • Power Armor: All three heroes have them.
  • Rescue
  • Retool: Around mid-series, Toei decides to go back to the sci-fi angle with an odd plot about an alien hunter seeking help from the Exceedraft team seeking his nemesis, Carlos. Then there's A plot involving Draftredder vs. Satan.... Afterwards the team fights a lot of laser spewing enemies.
  1. Keace is a wordplay on ki, which is Japanese for yellow