Choju Sentai Liveman is a 1988 production by Toei Company of Japan. Its full title is "Choju Sentai Liveman" (literally "Super Beast Squadron Liveman"). The series ran from February 1988 to February 1989, for a total of 49 episodes.

Counting from "Battle Fever J" in 1979, the starting point of the "Super Sentai Series", Liveman was the tenth production, which made it the series' 10th-anniversary work. As an anniversary title, Liveman clearly strengthened its cast. Two of the three leads in the first half of the series were popular idol singers of the day: Daisuke Shima as Red Falcon and Megumi Mori as Blue Dolphin, joined by action specialist Kazuhiko Nishimura as Yellow Lion. A cast like this was unprecedented in tokusatsu, and because the number of heroes at the start was cut from the usual five to three, the three leads could be portrayed in far greater depth.

The theme of the series is youth and life. The show's planning document states that "people are the most frightening and also the most beautiful; youth is the most dangerous and also the most reliable". Liveman sets out to explore the contradictions of life and to search for the meaning of youth.

At the beginning of the story, the three heroes, who had bright futures ahead of them, suddenly lose everything: betrayed by friends, bereaved of close friends, their dreams shattered. "Friends, why did you sell your souls to the devil?" This line of narration, heard at the start of every episode, sums up the anguish in their hearts. Even though many of their questions go unanswered, they have no choice but to face them, overcome every difficulty and grow along the way. They have their dreams: at first, their hopes for the Space Academia; later, defeating Volt to protect humanity. Both reflect a positive attitude towards life.

In contrast, the Volt officers, who take a negative view of life, also show their own kind of youth. They will do anything to stay true to their beliefs: joining a mysterious organisation, shooting their former friends, even giving up their good looks in exchange for the strongest possible body. They may have taken the wrong path, but at least they chose their own path, and did so to realise their beliefs and ideals.

In Liveman, heroes and villains alike strive and clash for their different ideals, and the whole story is woven from one struggle after another between the contradictions of life.