Zone Fighter | |
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Genre |
Tokusatsu Kaiju Superhero Science fiction |
Developed by | Toho |
Written by | Koji Amemiya Jun Fukuda Juro Shimamoto Tomoyuki Tanaka Susumu Takeuchi Shozo Uehara |
Directed by |
Ishirō Honda Jun Fukuda Kengo Furusawa Akiyasa Kikuchi Masao Minowa Kohei Oguri |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Nippon Television |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Godzilla Island |
Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen Zone (流星人間ゾーン Ryūsei Ningen Zōn?, lit. "Meteor Human Zone"), is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes. This was Toho's answer to not only the popular Ultra Series, but the Henshin Hero phenomenon started by shows like Kamen Rider and Android Kikaider. The previous year, Toho had just made their successful first superhero show, Rainbowman. The series was also notable for its guest appearance by Toho's own Godzilla, as well as two other Toho monsters, King Ghidorah and Gigan. Supplementary materials published by Toho have confirmed Zone Fighter to be part of the Showa-era Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
The Sakimori/Zone family resembles a normal Japanese family, but they are an alien family that came to Earth after their home planet, Peaceland, was destroyed by the evil Garoga aliens. To stop the Garoga army's invasion on Earth, the Sakimori family's three children, Hikaru (the oldest son), Hotaru (the teenage sister) and Akira (the young boy) transform into the superheroes Zone Fighter, Zone Angel, and Zone Junior. Their transformation code (associated with a "henshin" pose) is "Zone Fight Power".