Janperson Also Had Jiban References Too

It's no secret that both Jiban and later Janperson were obviously inspired by Robocop. Jiban as a show had Space Sheriff Gavan references (and some of the themes were used such as the battle theme and the laser blade). It's also said that Gavan's design inspired Robocop too. I guess it comes full circle when Jiban does references to both Gavan and Robocop. Later, Janperson would keep the Robocop spirit alive even when he has no human past (unlike Jiban and Robocop) to speak of.

Aside from having the obvious handgun (and Janperson's design appeals to me more) -- both of them have some kind of blade. Jiban used his sword to destroy Bioron monsters. Janperson would seldom use the Jan Blader to defeat some android minions sent against him by Neo Guild. Janperson would even use his Jan Blader to finally give Bill Goldy a rather gory finish too! 

Jiban had his dual cannon called the Daidaros. Janperson had a robotic assistant named Zic who would later become the Jic Cannon to destroy more powerful foes. However, Janperson never used Zic as a jetpack in contrast to Jiban's Daidaros served as a jetpack.

 Jiban would later gain a bazooka type of weapon to combat the Biorons. In Janperson, Gun Gibson would later gain the Spindle Cannon which he would use to even the odds.

Dr. Giba and Tatewaki are villains who get accompanied by two vicious female subordinates. Marsha and Kara serve as Dr. Giba's field commanders while Maya and Sara (Sara was later replaced by Cindy) served as Tatewaki's field commanders. Though there were times that Tatewaki himself would eventually go out and do the dirty work with his subordinates. Dr. Giba though was calmer while Tatewaki was prone to mental breakdowns like Boddicker was in Robocop. Tatewaki would later allow himself to become "Robocop 2" known as Bill Goldy -- which allowed him to personally take on Janperson.

Maybe, the more obvious one is that Super Science Network is a bioterrorist organization involved with genetic engineering. One episode of Janperson had a genetically engineered human that would betray them. Eventually, its president Reiko Ayanokouji would later allow herself to be modified into a Bioron-looking monster so she can turn all of humanity into fertilizers. Both Reiko and Dr. Giba wanted to restart humanity as they saw fit. Dr. Giba hated humans because he was born out of biological wastes and Reiko hated her fellow humans after she saw how much the Earth was destroyed by pollution. What's more amazing is that she also later had genetically engineered bodyguards in the finale akin to Dr. Giba's genetically engineered footsoldiers.

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