Dengeki Sentai Changeman | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu |
Created by | Toei Company |
Starring | Haruki Hamada Kazuoki Takahashi Shiro Izumi Hiroko Nishimoto Mai Ooishi |
Narrated by | Nobuo Tanaka |
Composer(s) | Tatsumi Yano |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 55 |
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Producer(s) | Moriyoshi Katō Takeyuki Suzuki Yasuhiro Tomita |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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TV Asahi NT21 Toei Company Toei Advertising |
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Original network | tv asahi |
Original release | February 2, 1985 – February 22, 1986 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Choudenshi Bioman |
Followed by | Choushinsei Flashman |
Dengeki Sentai Changeman (電撃戦隊チェンジマン Dengeki Sentai Chenjiman?, ) is a Japanese television series and the ninth installment of the Super Sentai franchise. It aired from February 2, 1985 to February 22, 1986, running for 55 episodes.
After conquering hundreds of planets, the Great Star League Gozma sets its sights on Earth. To defend it, the Japanese military forms an elite Earth Defense Force. Under Commander Ibuki, the force begins rigorous training.
For their first act, the Gozma decide to eliminate those who pose the greatest risk of interfering with their invasion: the military. After a brutal day of training, the Earth Defense Force recruits are fed up with Ibuki's cruel ways and leave the training session. Soon afterwards, they are attacked by Gozma troops. Five surviving officers gather together, beaten and exhausted but refusing to retreat from the threat. The Earth trembles, empowering them with the Earth Force, giving them the power of mythological beasts and becoming the Changemen. With the mystical power of the Earth Force and military technology, the Changemen begin their war against Gozma.
The Changemen are former members of the Japanese military, chosen by the Earth Defense Force to fight Gozma. They derive their powers from an energy called Earthforce (アースフォース Āsufōsu?), which gives its users the power to protect Earth.
The Changemen meet other aliens who end up on Earth because of Gozma:
The Great Star League Gozma (大星団ゴズマ Daiseidan Gozuma?) is an interstellar empire which devastates planets and uses their survivors to invade other planets. The group is based on the battleship Gozmard (ゴズマード Gozumādo?).