Akumaizer 3

Akumaizer 3
Genre	Tokusatsu
Created by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Written by	Shukei Nagasaka (head writer)
Directed by	Atsuo Okunaka
Voices of	Jiro Chiba
Theme music composer	Michiaki Watanabe
Composer(s)	Michiaki Watanabe
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	38
Distributor	Toei
Release
Original network	TV Asahi
Original release	October 7, 1975 – June 29, 1976
Chronology
Related shows	Choujin Bibyun

Akumaizer 3 (アクマイザー3, Akumaizā Surī^?) is a Japanese science fiction tokusatsu television series, created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei Company. The series premiered on Tuesday October 7, 1975 at 7:30, and ran for 38 episodes in that timeslot on NET, now known as TV Asahi. The series remains obscure outside Japan, but was popular and renowned in its home country. The series was followed by a sequel called Chojin Bibyun which used rejected designs from the Kamen Rider series as its hero designs.

The program frequently alludes to the famous Alexandre Dumas, père novel The Three Musketeers.

Due to the inhuman nature of the main characters, the primary protagonists and antagonists were portrayed exclusively by stuntmen, with only their voices being portrayed by professional actors. Because of this, an unusual number of well-known voice actors star in the series, as the voices of the main characters. Makio Inoue portrays Xavitan.,Kōji Yada plays Evil, and Jōji Yanami provides Gabra's gravelly intonation.

The program follows the adventures of three mutant superhero-refugees from the "Akuma Clan" ("Devil Clan", in English), a vast empire that exists below the surface of the Earth, and their efforts to stop the Akumas from attacking the surface world. The three warriors are Xavitan, a half-demon swordsman, Evil, a somewhat vain and foppish sharpshooter, and Gabra, a slow- and dim-witted strongman. Together, they make up the superheroic team of the show's title. At the end of the series, the heroes' bodies are destroyed, but their souls survive to be reincarnated in the direct sequel to the show, Choujin Bibyun

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