Super Sentai Ikkyomi 1982-1986 Blu-ray

$113.00

Release April 14, 2021

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Super Sentai TV Series

Celebrate the Super Sentai series reaching forty-five productions! A Blu-ray selection highlights the early shows, letting viewers enjoy five great teams in one sitting. From the hit 1975 series Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, Super Sentai has continued without interruption. It expanded worldwide as Power Rangers from the 1990s, and this release marks forty-five productions of Japan's ultimate special-effects heroes. This second selection covers 1982 through 1986, with thirty-four carefully chosen episodes from Goggle-V, Dynaman, Bioman, Changeman and Flashman.

Dai Sentai Goggle-V, broadcast from February 1982 to January 1983, contributes six selections from its fifty episodes: episode one, The Dark Science Invasion; fifteen, The Devil's Grand Marshal Revives; twenty-six, Black! A Great Reversal; thirty-four, Here It Is! The Golden Finishing Move; forty-nine, General! The Final Challenge; and fifty, Advance! Toward a Shining Future. Its cast includes Ryoji Akagi, Junichi Haruta, Shigeki Ishii, Sanpei Godai, Megumi Okawa, Yosuke Naka and Toshimichi Takahashi.

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, broadcast from February 1983 to January 1984, contributes seven selections from its fifty-one episodes: episode one, The Challenge of the Tailed People; eight, Chimera, the Evil Flower Princess; thirty-six, It Appears! The Finishing Move!; thirty-seven, Female General Zenobia; forty-two, Challenge: Dark Knight; forty-nine, General Kar's End; and fifty-one, A Battle for Tomorrow. Its cast includes Satoshi Okita, Junichi Haruta, Koji Unoki, Yu Tokita, Sayoko Hagiwara, Junji Shimada and Masashi Ishibashi.

Choudenshi Bioman, broadcast from February 1984 to January 1985, contributes seven selections from its fifty-one episodes: episode one, A Mysterious Giant Robot Appears; thirteen, Jun!; thirty-seven, The Assassin Silva!; forty-three, The Sailor-Uniform Warrior; forty-four, The Beautiful Conscience Circuit; fifty, Assault on Neo Grad; and fifty-one, Goodbye, Peebo! Its cast includes Ryosuke Sakamoto, Naoto Ota, Akito Osuga, Yuki Yajima, Michiko Makino, Sumiko Tanaka and Munemaru Koda.

Dengeki Sentai Changeman, broadcast from February 1985 to February 1986, contributes seven selections from its fifty-five episodes: episode one, The Secret Power Appears!; thirty-three, Giluke's End?!; forty-three, Super Giluke; fifty-one, Nana! Tell Them!; fifty-two, Booba Dies on Earth; fifty-three, Flaming Ahames!; and fifty-five, Farewell, Friends of the Universe. Its cast includes Haruki Hamada, Hiroshi Kawai, Shiro Izumi, Hiroko Nishimoto, Mai Oishi, Jun Fujimaki and Shohei Yamamoto.

Choushinsei Flashman, broadcast from March 1986 to February 1987, contributes seven selections from its fifty episodes: episode one, Hurry! Save Earth; eighteen, A Great Reversal! The Transforming Robot; forty, Execution City XX Operation; forty-five, Warriors, Leave Earth; forty-eight, Kaura's End!!; forty-nine, Ra Deus Strikes Back; and fifty, Farewell! Our Home Planet. Its cast includes Tota Tarumi, Kihachiro Uemura, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Yoko Nakamura, Mayumi Yoshida, Koji Shimizu and Joji Nakata.

The disc also includes the Choudenshi Bioman theatrical film, released in July 1984, as a forty-five-minute video bonus. Original first-press copies included a booklet; this physical extra depends on the copy supplied. The programs are recorded in standard-definition 480i picture quality.