Shin Skyers 5 - Recommendations

• TV (37 eps)
• 1991

• TV (12 eps)
• 2016

Set in a futuristic Tokyo, Active Raid tells the story of “The Eighth,” a rash and careless unit of power-armored police called the “5th Special Public Security Section’s Mobile Assault Division.” After the Third Quicksand Disaster sinks Tokyo into a quagmire, the city's reconstruction efforts are carried out using high-output, reinforced exoskeletons called Willwears. But they can also be misused, and to combat the rising number of crimes involving them, the National Police Agency establishes at its Kichioji Branch the Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit, AKA Unit 8.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2016

The nation's capital, Tokyo, where the Space Elevator Project is proceeding at full tilt, in preparation for the summit. Established to fight crime based around Willwear, enhanced armor, is the Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit—Unit 8 in short. Having saved Japan from Logos' terrorism, Unit 8 was now become really popular around the country. However, crimes misusing Willwear showed no signs of slowing down. In fact, they kept escalating. Kuroki and the rest of Unit 8 now have new members on their side, and continue to fight evil crimes with their brains, bravery, and the gift of gab—now with the help of civilian police.

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1991 - 1992

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1999

When a rash of bombings plague the city, the task of exposing the criminal at large falls upon the unlikely shoulders of Ryotsu, the apelike laughing stock of the police squad. Unfortunately for Tokyo, while a normal police officer would jump at the opportunity, Ryotsu would much rather search for a Shogun's long lost treasure! Teamed with Lisa, an FBI agent, and Dandy, a bomb disabling robot, Ryotsu must save the city from Benten the Masked Bomber and a one ton detonation device that threatens to destroy all of Tokyo!

• TV (22 eps)
• 1984

The show revolves around criminals using robots to save innocents in exchange for years being cut from their long prison sentences.

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1987 - 1988

Kei and Yuri investigate a counterfeiter with a large amount of electronic defense gadgets/robots and then try to stop a megalomaniac from holding Chief Gooley and Eleanor City hostage.

• TV (50 eps)
• 1983

After being thrown off a bridge in a car chase, a delinquent youth is transported decades into the future by a mysterious phenomenon called a Timeslip. Arriving in the year 2050, he finds Tokyo a completely different place, with everything from high-tech automobiles and laser guns to zero-G discos! Unfortunately, the Timeslip also erases his memory and transforms him into the Urashiman, a human with astounding new superpowers. Now everyone is after him, including the Chief of Neo Tokyo’s Mobile Police Unit, who wants the Urashiman to help him fight the powerful crime syndicate, Necrime. Renamed Ryuu Urashima, and with new friends Claude and Sophia, the former delinquent must now fight for justice and discover the secret of his past!

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1986

When the planet Thanatos was destroyed, a young Maris was left with nowhere to go. Possessing strength six times that of a normal human made it difficult living on any other planet. She broke things everywhere she went and when the repair bills added up, Maris found herself in deep debt. Professional wrestling wasn't enough to keep the debts at bay so she took up work with the Space Patrol's Special Police! A call from her boss gives news that she hopes will change her life forever --she is being sent on a mission to save the kidnapped son of a wealthy politician. Her plan is to rescue the boy, but her motive is to steal his heart and gain his fortune in the process!

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2003