Dengeki Sentai Changeman


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, 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 Clustere 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 and leave the training session. Soon afterwards, they are attacked by Gozma troops. Five surviving officers gather together, beaten and exhausted but refusing to retreat from the threat. The Earth trembles, empowering them with the Earth Force, giving them the power of mythological beasts and becoming the Changeman. With the mystical power of the Earth Force and military technology, the Changeman begin their war against Gozma.

Characters

Changeman

The Changemen are all former members of the various branches of Japanese military who were hand picked by the Earth Defense Force to combat Gozma. As the Changemen, they derive their powers from a mysterious energy called Earthforce, which gives its users the power to protect Earth from any threat to it.
The Changemen meet other aliens who end up on Earth because of Gozma:
The Star Cluster Gozma is an interstellar empire that devastates planets and uses the survivors as warriors to invade other planets. The group is based on the battleship Gozmard.
  1. "Arrival! The Secret Power!"
  2. "The Wrath of Star King Bazoo"
  3. "Scram! Soldier Group"
  4. "A Kiss After the Fight"
  5. "Pegasus Arrest Order"
  6. "The Targeted High-School Girls"
  7. "The Sad Space Soldier"
  8. "The Lady is a Vampire"
  9. "Shine! The Deadly Miracle Ball"
  10. "The Dreadful Driverless-Car Army"
  11. "S.O.S. Koko and Kiki"
  12. "Mama is Mermaid"
  13. "Papa Sells the Earth"
  14. "Attack! The Huge Lizards"
  15. "Reckless Rider Mai"
  16. "The Girl Who Had Wings"
  17. "Nagasaki's Mysterious Ghost Ship"
  18. "Ahames' Challenge"
  19. "Bet on Sayaka!"
  20. "Grand Counterattack! Giluke"
  21. "Gozma's Big Star"
  22. "The Soldier Who Disappeared Into a Mirror"
  23. "The Boy Who Rides Dolphins"
  24. "Runaway Gyodai"
  25. "Sing With a Great Voice"
  26. "Mai's 20-Year-Old First Love"
  27. "Gator's Dream of Parent and Child"
  28. "The Cursed Crayon"
  29. "Protect the Flower! Phantom Butterfly"
  30. "Run, Pegasus!"
  31. "Reveal It! The Mystery of Bazoo"
  32. "Nana: Dangerous Reunion"
  33. "The End of Girook?"
  34. "Ahames the Terrible"
  35. "Earth, Help Us!"
  36. "Behold Our Power!"
  37. "Missing Dragon"
  38. "Ghost Baseball"
  39. "Dreadful Hide-and-Seek"
  40. "Strange Candy"
  41. "The Missing Prince of the Stars"
  42. "Sailor-Suited Nana"
  43. "Super Giluke"
  44. "Leave it to Mai!"
  45. "The Rainbow-Colored Girl Ira"
  46. "Beautiful Sheema"
  47. "Gaata's Tears of Parent and Child"
  48. "Pirate Booba's Storm of Love"
  49. "The Sad Sheema Beast Soldier"
  50. "The Day Gozma Trembled"
  51. "Nana, Tell Him!"
  52. "Booba Dies on Earth"
  53. "Fiery Ahames"
  54. "Girook Grand Explosion"
  55. "Farewell, Space Friends"

    Films

The opening theme is "Dengeki Sentai Changeman" and the closing theme is "Never Stop Changeman". Both have lyrics by Yoshiaki Sagara, music by Katsuo Ohno, arrangements by Tatsumi Yano and were sung by Hironobu Kageyama.