Choushinsei Flashman

Choushinsei Flashman
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Action Adventure Science fiction
Created by	Toei
Developed by	Hirohisa Soda
Directed by	Nagafumi Hori
Starring	Touta Tarumi Kihachirō Uemura Jo Ishiwatari Youko Nakamura Mayumi Yoshida Sayoko Hagirawa
Narrated by	Eiichi Onoda
Composer	Kōhei Tanaka
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	50
Production
Producers	Moriyoshi Katō Takeyuki Suzuki
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	TV Asahi NT21 Toei Company Toei Advertising
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	March 1, 1986 (1986-03-01) – February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21)

Choushinsei Flashman is a Japanese television series. It is the 10th series in Toei's Super Sentai series.

It was the first incarnation of Super Sentai that introduced a second giant robot.

Yutaka Izubuchi designed all characters in the series. He would eventually return much later on to design the characters for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.

Storyline

In 1966, 5 young children were kidnapped by an alien group known as the Alien Hunters for the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess, who wanted samples of humans from Earth to experiment on. The 5 children were rescued by Mess' archenemy, the Flash alien race, which took each one to a different planet of the Flash solar system for training. Each child was trained separately in a range of superpowers that will allow them to fight Mess, their bodies also adapted to the atmosphere pf the Flash Solar System making them gain special abilities. When they finally return to Earth in 1986 to combat Mess, who is now trying to invade it, they use the opportunity to search for their birth parents.

Characters

Actor	Name	Rangers
Touta Tarumi	Jin	Flash Red
Kihachiro Uemura	Dai	Flash Green
Jo Ishiwatari	Bun	Flash Blue
Youko Nakamura	Sara	Flash Yellow
Mayumi Yoshida	Lou	Flash Pink

Cast

• Jin / Flash Red: Touta Tarumi
• Dai / Flash Green: Kihachirō Uemura
• Bun / Flash Blue: Jo Ishiwatari
• Sara / Flash Yellow: Youko Nakamura
• Lou / Flash Pink: Mayumi Yoshida
• Leh Näfel: Sayoko Hagiwara
• Narrator: Eiichi Onoda

Guest Stars

• Miran: Kazuoki Takahashi (credited as Kenji Kawai) (Episode 21)
• Ryuu Wakakusa: Ryousuke Kaizu (Episode 27)
• Sibelle: Mina Asami (Episode 40)

Song

Opening Theme

• "Choushinei Flashman"
  • Lyrics: Reo Rinozuka
  • Composition: Yukihide Takewara
  • Arrangement: Keiichi Oku
  • Artist: Taku Kitahara

Ending Theme

• "Fighting Pose, Flashman!"
  • Lyrics: Kōhei Oikawa
  • Composition: Yukihide Takewara
  • Arrangement: Keiichi Oku
  • Artist: Taku Kitahara