Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
Title Screen
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science fiction
Created byToei Company
Marvel Comics
Developed byShozo Uehara
Directed byKoichi Takemoto
StarringRyūsuke Kawasaki
Kinya Sugi
Asao Kobayashi
Shin Kishida
Yumi Nemoto
Takayuki Godai
Machiko Soga
Yukie Kagawa
Narrated byTōru Ōhira
Opening theme"Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan" by Akira Kushida & Koorogi '73
ComposerMichiaki Watanabe
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes50
Production
ProducersTakeyuki Suzuki
Yūyake Usui
Susumu Yoshikawa
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesTV Asahi
NT21
Toei Company
Toei Advertising
Marvel Comics
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseFebruary 7, 1981 (1981-02-07) –
January 30, 1982 (1982-01-30)
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Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (太陽戦隊サンバルカン, Taiyō Sentai San Barukan, Solar Squadron Sun Vulcan) is a Japanese television show and the fifth series in Toei Company's Super Sentai tokusatsu metaseries. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, replacing Denshi Sentai Denjiman and was replaced by Dai Sentai Goggle-V. The program first Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series (Denshi Sentai Denjiman). It is also the first and only series in the franchise to have an all-male Super Sentai team and the first to have fewer than five members in the core team. Its international English title as listed by Toei Company is Sunvulcan.[1] This is last entry in the Super Sentai tokusatsu metaseries to be co-produced by Marvel Comics and possess a Marvel copyright, despite no Marvel influence.

  1. ^ "Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2009.