Choushinsei Flashman

television series

Choushinsei Flashman is a Japanese television series. It is the 10th series in Toei's Super Sentai series.

Choushinsei Flashman
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Action
Adventure
Science fiction
Created byToei
Developed byHirohisa Soda
Directed byNagafumi Hori
StarringTouta Tarumi
Kihachirō Uemura
Jo Ishiwatari
Youko Nakamura
Mayumi Yoshida
Sayoko Hagirawa
Narrated byEiichi Onoda
ComposerKōhei Tanaka
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes50
Production
ProducersMoriyoshi Katō
Takeyuki Suzuki
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesTV Asahi
NT21
Toei Company
Toei Advertising
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseMarch 1, 1986 (1986-03-01) –
February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21)

It was the first incarnation of Super Sentai that introduced a second giant robot.

Yutaka Izubuchi designed all characters in the series. He would eventually return much later on to design the characters for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.

Storyline

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In 1966, 5 young children were kidnapped by an alien group known as the Alien Hunters for the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess, who wanted samples of humans from Earth to experiment on. The 5 children were rescued by Mess' archenemy, the Flash alien race, which took each one to a different planet of the Flash solar system for training. Each child was trained separately in a range of superpowers that will allow them to fight Mess, their bodies also adapted to the atmosphere pf the Flash Solar System making them gain special abilities. When they finally return to Earth in 1986 to combat Mess, who is now trying to invade it, they use the opportunity to search for their birth parents.

Characters

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Actor Name Rangers
Touta Tarumi Jin Flash Red
Kihachiro Uemura Dai Flash Green
Jo Ishiwatari Bun Flash Blue
Youko Nakamura Sara Flash Yellow
Mayumi Yoshida Lou Flash Pink

Guest Stars

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Opening Theme
  • "Choushinei Flashman"
    • Lyrics: Reo Rinozuka
    • Composition: Yukihide Takewara
    • Arrangement: Keiichi Oku
    • Artist: Taku Kitahara
Ending Theme
  • "Fighting Pose, Flashman!"
    • Lyrics: Kōhei Oikawa
    • Composition: Yukihide Takewara
    • Arrangement: Keiichi Oku
    • Artist: Taku Kitahara