Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer

Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (超人学園ゴウカイザー, Chōjin Gakuen Gōkaizā, "Superhuman Academy Gowcaizer") is a 2D fighting arcade game developed by Technos Japan Corporation for the Neo Geo arcade system and home consoles, and later ported to the PlayStation console. It was published by SNK and Urban Planet (for the PlayStation release). It was first released in arcades on September 18, 1995. Despite being inspired by the Super Sentai genre, not all of the characters are superheroes in the true sense of the genre.

Story
The year is 2017. In 1999, a monster earthquake devastated the entire Kanto region of Japan, thereby forcing Tokyo to move its government to a man-made island of about 115 square miles floating in Tokyo Bay.

A central computer controls public safety, traffic, and all other governmental functions on the island. In the middle of the island, there is a huge school called the "National Belnar Institute" with over 105,400 students. This institute has yielded a number of excellent graduates worldwide.

For some reason, unspeakable acts of evil have become increasingly common on this artificial island, in spite of the fact that it is supposed to be under the complete control of the central computer. Strangely enough, the incidents all began after a new principal was assigned to the National Belnar Institute. Some people suspect that this was somehow related to the immeasurable evil that was spreading throughout the island.

Now, a man by the name of Isato Kaiza has brought a stone that crystallizes fighting energy called the "Kaizer Stone" to the National Institute, to stand against the overwhelming evil as the Burning Hero "Gowcaizer"....

Characters

 * Gowcaizer
 * Hellstinger
 * Karin Son
 * Kyosuke Shigure
 * Shaia Hishizaki
 * Brider
 * Fudohmaru
 * Captain Atlantis
 * Marion
 * Sheng-Long

Bosses

 * The Platonic Twins (Sub-boss)
 * Ohga (Final boss)

Related media
Character designer Masami Obari directed an OVA series based on the game titled Gowcaizer: The Voltage Fighters, which consisted of three episodes. It was dubbed in English by U.S. Manga Corps. The game has also released a vocal CD collection, four drama CDs and a comic.