Spielvan
| Jikuu Senshi Spielban | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Tokusatsu Superhero fiction |
| Created by | Toei |
| Starring |
Hiroshi Watari Makoto Sumikawa Naomi Morinaga Shōzō Iizuka |
| Narrated by | Tōru Ōhira |
| Composer(s) | Michiaki Watanabe |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (per episode) |
| Release | |
| Original release | April 7, 1986 – March 9, 1987 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion |
| Followed by | Choujinki Metalder |
Jikuu Senshi Spielban (時空戦士スピルバン Jikū Senshi Supiruban, Dimensional Warrior Spielban) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series created by Toei Co. Ltd. and aired from April 7, 1986 to March 9, 1987. Spielban's footage was used for the American Live action Series VR Troopers.
For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Spielvan.
The Waller Empire destroys the planet Clin in search of water for its deity. Two Clinian children, Spielban and Diana, escape to Earth aboard the Grand Nasca. The two grow up during the long journey and don High Tech Crystal Suits to defeat the Waller who have come to Earth in search of more water. Spielban must avenge his dead mother Anna and his homeworld, and find his missing father Ben and older sister Helen. Unknown to Spielban at the start of the series his father and sister have been made members of the Waller against their will.
Spielban's group is based on the super dimensional mothership Grand Nasca, the source of Spielban and Diana's armor and vehicles. Diana also pilots it to see above the battlefield while Spielban is in Gaios. Its projectile weapons are Nasca Missiles and Nasca Rockets. It also transforms into the Big Bang Cannon, a bazooka-type weapon that Spielban can use. It can also go into "Combat Formation", where it becomes a giant robot that performs the "Nasca Hyper Crush" where it stomps General Deathzero's tank vehicles, shoot X-Ray beams from its eyes, and uses "Knuckle Bomber", where it punches General Deathzero's fighter planes in mid-air.
The Waller Empire (ワーラー帝国 Wārā Teikoku) is the antagonistic group in Spielban. From their winged turtle-like mobile fortress called the Waller Castle Gamedeath, they search for water throughout the universe on the notion that they are sustaining the life Waller Empire's Guardian Spirit Waller (ワーラー帝国の支配者ワーラー Wārā Teikoku no Shihaisha Wārā).
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