Chikyu Sentai Fiveman | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Action adventure Superhero fiction Science fantasy |
Created by | Toei |
Developed by | Hirohisa Soda |
Directed by | Takao Nagaishi |
Starring | Toshiya Fuji Kei Shindachiya Ryouhei Kobayashi Kazuko Miyata Keiko Hayase Chika Matsui Takeshi Ishikawa Shunsaku Kudo Hatsue Nishi Motoko Watanabe Kihachiro Uemura |
Voices of | Rica Matsumoto Seizō Katō |
Narrated by | Eiichi Onoda |
Opening theme | "Chikyu Sentai Fiveman" by Kenji Suzuki |
Ending theme | "Fiveman, Theme of Love" by Kenji Suzuki |
Composer | Akihiko Yoshida |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 48 |
Production | |
Producers | Takeyuki Suzuki Kyōzō Utsunomiya |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TV Asahi |
Release | March 2, 1990 February 8, 1991 | –
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Chikyu Sentai Fiveman (地球戦隊ファイブマン, Chikyū Sentai Faibuman, Earth Squadron Fiveman) is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series. It was Toei Company's fourteenth installment of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1990, to February 8, 1991, with a total of 48 episodes replacing Kousoku Sentai Turboranger and was replaced by Chōjin Sentai Jetman. The names given by Toei for international distribution are Fiveman or Sky Rangers.[1]
It was released by Shout! Factory on Region 1 DVD on September 6, 2022, as part of Shout! Factory’s new partnership with Hasbro.[2] It originally was teased to be released in 2019. This is the second Super Sentai series to be officially released in North America that does not have a Power Rangers counterpart. The first one released was Chōjin Sentai Jetman, which was the series that came out the year following Fiveman. Jetman was released in the region on September 25, 2018.