Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
The main character, Servo
Developed by	James Rowley Jymn Magon Mark Zaslove
Starring	Matthew Lawrence Glen Beaudin Troy Slaten Rembrandt Sabelis Kevin Castro Robin Mary Florence Jayme Betcher John Wesley Diana Bellamy Kelli Kirkland Tim Curry
Voices of	Tim Curry Kath Soucie
Narrated by	Gary Owens (Opening Narration)
Composer(s)	Goro Awami
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	53 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	20 minutes
Production company(s)	Tsuburaya Ultracom DIC Entertainment All American Television
Distributor	Cookie Jar Entertainment (previously) DHX Media (currently)
Release
Original network	First run syndication (1994–1995) ABC (1994)
Original release	September 12, 1994 – April 11, 1995

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad is an American television series. It was produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultracom and DIC Entertainment, with distribution by All American Television, and ran for one season from September 12, 1994 to April 11, 1995 in syndication, as well as on ABC. It was an adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series Denkou Choujin Gridman, or Electronic Warrior Gridman, which was produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The series was originally going to be named PowerBoy, but it was renamed Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad to avoid confusion with Saban Entertainment's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

The series development mirrored the creative construct established earlier with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The master toy licensee, in this case Playmates Toys, funded the series, interpolated American development via toy licensing rights, and did a commercial buy-in on the Fox network, where Haim Saban had established a kids block of time with other programs such as Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Big Bad Beetleborgs, the 1994 version of Spider-Man, and the 1992 X-Men cartoon. Playmates called upon the development team at DIC--which, coincidentally, was in league with Pangea Corporation, which assisted in the development of DIC's New Kids on the Block and Playmates's earlier phenomenon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. DIC, Pangea, and Playmates's marketing group created an ensemble of character names, traits and profiles, which were spun into a most ambiguous series offering. More than anything else, this was a quick-to-market slam-dunk to capitalize on the upsurge in popularity of imported Japanese monster-robot shows which could be adapted with new, regionalized live-action footage.