Hikari Sentai Maskman

Hikari Sentai Maskman
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science Fantasy
Created byToei
Developed byHirohisa Soda
Written byHirohisa Soda
Directed byTakao Nagaishi
StarringRyousuke Kaizu
Kouichi Kusakari
Issei Hirota
Yuki Nagata
Kanako Maeda
Hayato Tani
Mina Asami
Keijiro Shiga
Kaori Kubota
Shunta Fuchino
Narrated byHiroshi Takeda
Opening theme"Hikari Sentai Maskman" by Hironobu Kageyama
Ending theme"Ai no Soldier" by Hironobu Kageyama
ComposerGoro Omi
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes51
Production
ProducersKanetake Ochiai
Takeyuki Suzuki
Kyōzō Utsunomiya
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesTV Asahi
NT21
Toei Company
Toei Advertising
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseFebruary 28, 1987 (1987-02-28) –
February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20)
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Hikari Sentai Maskman (光戦隊マスクマン, Hikari Sentai Masukuman, Light Squadron Maskman) is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and Toei's eleventh entry of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 28, 1987, to February 20, 1988, replacing Choushinsei Flashman and was replaced by Choujyu Sentai Liveman with a total of 51 episodes. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply Maskman.[1]

It was the first Super Sentai series that showcased each members having their own individual vehicles that forms their robot (previous shows had robots, but any ranger could pilot any robot), and the first in which five robots combined to form a larger robot (previous series had only 2 or 3 robots combining to form a larger robot). It also introduced non-Japanese martial arts discipline.

  1. ^ "Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-26.