Muteking

is a Japanese science fiction comedy anime series by Tatsunoko Productions. It ran from September 7, 1980 to September 27, 1981, on Fuji TV.

An English dub of episode one was made in an unsuccessful attempt to market the series to the United States. In this one-episode dubbed version (which has been posted on YouTube in three parts), Rin Yuki is named "Scooter Loon," and his father is renamed "Linus Loon."

In 2019, Tatsunoko announced a reboot of the series titled MUTEKING THE Dancing HERO that will premiere on October 3, 2021 on TV Osaka.

The Dashing Warrior
12-year-old Rin Yuki loyally supported his scientist father when the world ridicule him as a laughing stock for proclaiming "Earth is about to be invaded from outer space". But Rin did not expect to become personally involved—until he met Takoro, the strange young "deputy sheriff" from another world who was on the trail of notorious space criminals, the four Kurodako Brothers. They plot to use their alien science and natural shape-changing powers to become the secret masters of Earth. With Takoro's help, Rin became the mighty super-hero, Muteking, to foil their schemes.

The Dancing Hero
Set in Neo San Francisco with a theme of the 1980s, a young teenager named Muteki moves into the big city where he meets a guy named DJ This DJ lets Muteki transform into the legendary dancing hero "Muteking" where he defends the city from monsters and the looming darkness with his singing and dancing.