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Minoru Watanabe
is a Japanese stuntman and suit actor. TV *1982: ''Dai Sentai Goggle V'' - Ninja Officer *1983: ''Kagaku Sentai Dynaman'' *1985: ''Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' - Navigator Gaata / Officer Watanabe *1986: '' Choushinsei Flashman'' - Kerao *1987: ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' *1987: ''Kamen Rider Black'' *1988: ''Kamen Rider Black RX'' - Fanged Captain Gedorian *1991: '' Choujin Sentai Jetman'' - Neo Jetman 3 *1992: ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' - Bookback *1993: '' Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' - KibaRanger *1997: '' B-Robo Kabutack'' *2013: '' Kamen Rider Wizard'' - Raum / Kaga Films *2000: '' Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' - Megaguirus is a kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 2000 film ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus''. A mutated version of the fictional , Megaguirus is regarded as the queen of the species; according to Toho, she is 50 meters (164 feet) long, has a wingspan of 80 mete ... External links * Japanese male film actors 1962 births Living people {{Japan-film-actor-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Sentai Goggle V
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the sixth installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries of tokusatsu television dramas. It aired on TV Asahi from February 6, 1982 to January 29, 1983, replacing ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan'' and was replaced by ''Kagaku Sentai Dynaman'' with a total of 50 episodes. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply ''Goggle V''. This is the first Sentai series to be entirely produced by Toei since J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai, while Battle Fever J, Denshi Sentai Denjiman, and Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan were co-produced by Marvel Comics. Plot The Dark Science Empire Desdark launches its scheme for world conquest from their Destopia Castle in Germany. Dr. Hideki Hongo, the founder of the Future Science Laboratory, is saved from one of their attacks by world-class explorer Kenichi Akama. Using his Computer Boys & Girls, Hongo recruits five people, including Kenichi, to form the Dai Sentai Goggle-V (Goggle 5), the only force c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman
is the seventh installment of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 5, 1983, to January 28, 1984, replacing ''Dai Sentai Goggle-V'' and was replaced by ''Choudenshi Bioman'' with a total of 51 episodes. Six episodes of the series were shown in the United States on the USA Network's '' Night Flight'' and alternately Nickelodeon's '' Special Delivery'' throughout 1988 as a dubbed parody, simply titled ''Dynaman'' (which is also Toei's international English title for the series). Yutaka Izubuchi designed the villains of the series. This was his first time designing ''Super Sentai'' suits and costumes; he would later be recruited again to design the suits for ''Super Sentai'' consecutively until 1986's ''Choushinsei Flashman'' and would return as character designer for ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. Plot The Jashinka Empire rises from the depths of the Earth to conquer the world. To stop them, Dr. Kyutaro Yumeno assembles five inventors to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dengeki Sentai Changeman
is a Japanese television series and the ninth installment of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 2, 1985 to February 22, 1986, replacing ''Choudenshi Bioman'' and was replaced by '' Choushinsei Flashman'' running for 55 episodes, making it the second longest after ''Himitsu Sentai Goranger''. It is the third Super Sentai series after ''J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai'' and ''Battle Fever J'' where the Yellow Ranger is absent, followed by 2013's ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' and 2019's ''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger''. Plot After conquering hundreds of planets, the Star Cluster 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. Meanwhile, as 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choushinsei Flashman
is the tenth installment in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries produced by Toei Company. It was broadcast on TV Asahi from March 1, 1986, to February 21, 1987 , replacing ''Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' and was replaced by ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' with 50 episodes. It was the first Sentai series that introduced a second giant robot, Titan Boy. Yutaka Izubuchi designed all the characters in the series. He would return to design characters for ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. Storyline In 1966, five 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 children were rescued by Mess' arch enemy, 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 of the Flash Solar System makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikari Sentai Maskman
is Toei Company, Toei's eleventh entry of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 28, 1987 to February 20, 1988, replacing ''Choushinsei Flashman'' and was replaced by ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'' with a total of 51 episodes. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply ''Maskman''. It was the first Super Sentai series that showcased each members having their own individual vehicles that forms their robot, it also introduced non-Japanese martial arts discipline. Plot Commander Sugata is a scientist and sage who excels in mental reinforcements and is a master of every martial arts discipline. He discovered the existence of the Underground Empire Tube, a once peaceful kingdom that has turned into a malignant force under the mysterious Zeba, who desires to conquer the surface. In order to stand against them and thwart their plans, Sugata recruits five young people to become the Maskmen. Each becomes specialized in a style of martial arts, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Black
is a tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the '' Kamen Rider '' series and a co-production between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 4, 1987, to October 9, 1988. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as ''Black Kamen Rider''. The series has spawned a manga adaptation that ran in '' Shōnen Sunday'' during its broadcast; a direct sequel, ''Kamen Rider Black RX'', in 1988; and a remake, ''Kamen Rider Black Sun'', in 2022. Synopsis The Creation King, the pinnacle of the cult Gorgom. As his life begins to extinguish, the elected Creation King will inherit his power. On the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki were kidnapped by Gorgom and submitted to a mutant cyborg surgery to become the candidates for the next Gorgom Creation King. Both of them are called Century Kings and are d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Black RX
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series produced as part of the ''Kamen Rider'' series. The ninth show in the franchise, it is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company, and aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 23, 1988 to September 24, 1989. The series is a direct sequel to ''Kamen Rider Black'' and the first to feature a team-up with the past Riders since the 1984 TV special '' Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!''. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as ''Black Kamen Rider RX''. The series was adapted by Saban in North America as '' Masked Rider''. The Americanization featured a heavily altered story and all-new characters, in an attempt to fit the series in as a spin-off of the ''Power Rangers'' series, but ultimately failed to catch an audience. This was also the last installment of the ''Kamen Rider'' series to be produced in the Shōwa period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series and the sixteenth installment in the long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of superhero programs. Produced by Toei and Bandai, it aired on TV Asahi from February 21, 1992 to February 12, 1993, with a total of 50 episodes. It was the first Sentai series to have a regular Sixth Ranger, and the first to introduce the concept of sentient, living mecha, a theme that has been used frequently in the franchise ever since. It was also the first Sentai series to be adapted into an installment of the American ''Power Rangers'' series. Footage from all 50 episodes was extensively used for the first season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. The core ''Zyuranger'' costumes were used in all three seasons of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and were used as the original ''Power Rangers'' costumes while the Dragon Ranger costume was adapted into the Green Ranger's costume and was used throughout Season 1 and in early Season 2. The title Toei give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosei Sentai Dairanger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series. It was the seventeenth production in the long-running Super Sentai metaseries of television tokusatsu dramas produced by Toei Company, following ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger''. It was originally broadcast from February 19, 1993, to February 11, 1994. Toei gave this series the name ''Star Rangers'' for international distribution. Elements from ''Dairanger'' were adapted into the second season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', specifically the action sequences between the giant robots (which became the Power Rangers' Thunderzords) and some of the monsters. None of the Dairanger costumes were used in ''Power Rangers'', except Kiba Ranger, which was adapted into the White Ranger's costume for ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' for the remainder of Season 2 and throughout Season 3, while the suits from the previous season, ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' were instead used for the other Rangers in that show (The end credits listed the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-Robo Kabutack
is a Japanese television series and is the sixteenth series as part of Toei's Metal Hero Series franchise of tokusatsu programs. It aired from February 23, 1997, to March 1, 1998. It is the first of shows made by Toei in the Metal Hero Series that was aimed at children. It aired alongside Denji Sentai Megaranger on TV Asahi. ''Kabutack'' bears some similarities with Robocon, as well as other Toei series, particularly in characters and themes. Plot Dr. Torahiko Kouenji is an eccentric genius who dug out the ancient writings from the oldest layer of the earth. He translated the writings and learned the existence of 13 that had been hidden across the planet. If one should obtain all the Star Pieces, any wish could be granted. To that end, Dr. Kouenji built search robots, known as "B-Robots", to find the Star Pieces. However, a trio of such robots, led by Cobrander, were activated without their sleep-education program being completed and thus started to commit bad deeds across the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Wizard
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's '' Kamen Rider'' franchise, being the fourteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-third overall. It began airing on TV Asahi on September 2, 2012, joining ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' and then ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' in the ''Super Hero Time'' lineup. Tsuyoshi Kida is the series' main screenwriter. In April 2017, TV Japan began broadcasting the series in the United States and Canada. Story Six months before the start of the series, a mysterious ritual held on the day of the solar eclipse took place. Its purpose was to give birth to a group of magical creatures called Phantoms through humans with magical potential called "Gates", by forcibly subjecting them to immense despair. Haruto Soma, the survivor of the ritual, and Koyomi, a mysterious girl who has lost all of her memories, are tasked by the mysterious White Wizard to fight the Phantoms. Haruto is also given the WizarDriver to become Kamen Rider Wizard to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |