Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction |
Created by | Toei Company Marvel Comics |
Developed by | Shozo Uehara |
Directed by | Koichi Takemoto |
Starring | Ryūsuke Kawasaki Kinya Sugi Asao Kobayashi Shin Kishida Yumi Nemoto Takayuki Godai Machiko Soga Yukie Kagawa |
Narrated by | Tōru Ōhira |
Opening theme | "Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan" by Akira Kushida & Koorogi '73 |
Composer | Michiaki Watanabe |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 50 |
Production | |
Producers | Takeyuki Suzuki Yūyake Usui Susumu Yoshikawa |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | TV Asahi Toei Company Toei Advertising |
Original release | |
Network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
Release | February 7, 1981 January 30, 1982 | –
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Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (太陽戦隊サンバルカン, Taiyō Sentai San Barukan, Solar Squadron Sun Vulcan) is a Japanese television show and the fifth series in Toei Company's Super Sentai tokusatsu metaseries. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, replacing Denshi Sentai Denjiman and was replaced by Dai Sentai Goggle-V. The program first Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series (Denshi Sentai Denjiman). It is also the first and only series in the franchise to have an all-male Super Sentai team and the first to have fewer than five members in the core team. Its international English title as listed by Toei Company is Sunvulcan.[1] This is last entry in the Super Sentai tokusatsu metaseries to be produced in partnership with Marvel Comics and possess a Marvel copyright, despite no Marvel influence.