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Battle Fever J (バトルフィーバー
The Rangers have designations named for countries around the world: Battle Japan, Battle France, Battle Cossack (Soviet Union), Battle Kenya and Miss America. It was also the first show in the series to solidify the Super Sentai format where the heroes must control giant robots to defeat a monster who itself has grown to a gigantic size (or anything similar). This was done due to the immense popularity of Toei's adaptation of Spiderman, and their own home made shows Daitetsujin 17 and Giant Robo in reruns among Japanese children and in toy sales.
The average ratings of the series was 12.0%.[1]
Production[]
The first Super Sentai?[]
Battle Fever J was the first series to use the term Super Sentai (unlike the previous two who were just called Sentai, without the “Super”). For a long time, Battle Fever J was considered the first entry in the Super Sentai series, as seen in first episode of Turboranger that honors the past ten Sentai (the other nine being Denziman, Sun Vulcan, Goggle V, Dynaman, Bioman, Changeman, Flashman, Maskman and Liveman) until Toei announced in 1994 that its predecessors Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. were also part of the Super Sentai series, when Chouriki Sentai Ohranger was announced as the 19th Super Sentai team.
International broadcasts[]
Battle Fever J was especially popular in Hawaii, along with Gorenger, Kikaider, Kamen Rider V3, and Ultraman, all of which were shown with the original Japanese dialogue and subtitled by JN Productions on then KIKU Channel 13. The show was also broadcast in Thailand late in the mid-1990s under the name of Ranger J on MCOT Channel 9.
Plot[]
General Kurama assembles four young agents who had been dispatched around the world for training. They are joined by FBI investigator Diane Martin, whose father was murdered by Egos. The five don powered suits to become the Battle Fever team. (The word 'fever' was popular at the time.) The Battle Fever team's trump card is the Battle Fever Robo. Egos tries to stop the construction of the Robot, but the monsters they send to perform this task are defeated one by one by the Fever team.
Egos then unleashes the 'younger brother' of the Buffalo Monster, a giant robot replica of its "older brother". The Robot, fortunately, is finished in time. Aboard it, the Fever team defeats the Buffalo Monster and its successors. The Fever team never stops, even when it lost two of its members (the original Miss America leaves and first Battle Cossack is killed). With two new members, the team defeats Hedder, now the Hedder Monster, and breaks into Egos' headquarters, where they are fed into the Egos Monster Making Machine so that they may be used as material for a Battle Fever Monster. The team destroys the machine and slays the mysterious deity Satan Egos himself with the Lightning Sword Rocketter sword-throwing move.
Characters[]
Rangers[]
Designation | Name | Actor |
---|---|---|
Battle Japan | Masao Den | Kouki Tanioka |
Battle Cossack | Kensaku Shiraishi ▶ Makoto Jin | Yukio Itou ▶ Daisuke Ban |
Battle France | Kyousuke Shida | Narimitsu Kurachi |
Battle Kenya | Shirou Akebono | Kenji Ohba |
Miss America | Diane Martin ▶ Maria Nagisa | Diane Martin ▶ Naomi Hagi |
National Defense Ministry[]
- General Kurama Tetsuzan
- Keiko Nakahara
- Midori Aoba (1-15)
- Tomoko Ueda (19-52)
- Kyutaro
Other Allies[]
- Bosnar Martin (1 & 24)
- Masaru Nakahara
- Yuki Ueda (27 & 46)
- Mitsuru Okiyama (16)
- Black Tiger Mari (16)
- Mechanical Doll Monster (41)
- Tsuyoshi Takeuchi (Jackal) (43)
- All Super Sentai
Villains[]
- Secret Society Egos
- Leader
- Satan Egos (1-52)
- Generals
- Commanders
- Commander Hedder (1-30, 32-35, 38-42, 44-51) / Hedder Monster (51)
- Salomé (19-52)
- Others
- Hikaru Amano (2)
- Zero One (21-22)
- Zero Two (21-22)
- Commanders
- Egos Monsters
- Umbrella Monster (1)
- Fang Lion Monster (1-2)
- Death Mask Monster (3)
- Psychokinesis Monster (4)
- Buffalo Monster (5)
- Doguu Monster (6)
- Fireball Monster (7)
- Sports Monster (8)
- Icicle Monster (9)
- Naumann Monster (10)
- Cobra Monster (11)
- Monster Roselinka (12)
- Egg Monster (13)
- Galaxy Monster (14)
- Snail Monster (15)
- Hand-to-Hand Combat Monster (16)
- Blue Vein Monster (17)
- Magnet Monster (18)
- Notch Tooth Monster (20)
- Dinosaur Monster (21-22)
- Ghost Monster (23)
- Dracula Monster (24)
- Magic Monster (25)
- Bandage Monster (26)
- Black Mask Monster (27)
- Jellyfish Urchin Monster (28)
- Kuchisake Monster (29)
- Picky Eating Monster (30)
- Money Violence Monster (31)
- Earthworm Monster (32)
- Eagle Monster (33)
- Cicada Killer Monster (34)
- Ancient Fish Monster (35)
- Bomb Monster (36)
- Four Faced Monster (37)
- Skull Mushroom Monster (38)
- Hyde Monster (39)
- Study Monster (40)
- Mechanical Doll Monster (41)
- Electric Monster (42)
- Rolling Monster (43)
- Illusion Monster (44)
- Heart Monster (45)
- Curse Monster (46)
- Left Hand Monster (47)
- Great Thief Monster (48)
- Fly Trap Monster (49)
- Ogre Beard Monster (50)
- Grunts/Mecha
- Grunts
- Cutmen (1-52, The Flying Ghost Ship)
- Mecha
- Egos Fighters (5, 7-8, 17, 22, 36, 41, 51)
- Grunts
- Leader
Arsenal[]
Transformation Devices[]
Team Blaster and Weapons[]
- Command Bats/Penta Force cannon/boomerang
- Spear ◆
- Sais ◆
- Fencing Sword ◆
- Whip ◆
- Throwing Knives ◆
- Nunchaku
Vehicles[]
- Battle Fever Car ◆◆
- Three Machines ◆◆◆
Mecha[]
- Legend:✶ team-piloted mecha, ➲ carrier mecha
Episodes[]
- Ep. 1: Assault!! Run to the Ballpark (突撃!! 球場へ走れ Totsugeki!! Kyūjō e Hashire)
- Ep. 2: Egos' Monster-Making Method (エゴス怪人製造法 Egosu Kaijin Seizō Hō)
- Ep. 3: Search for the Spy! (スパイを探せ! Supai o Sagase!)
- Ep. 4: It's a Super-Powered Trap! (超魔力の罠だ! Chōriki no Wana da!)
- Ep. 5: The Great Robot Dogfight (ロボット大空中戦 Robotto Dai Kūchūsen)
- Ep. 6: Launch the Multipurpose Battleship (万能戦艦発進せよ Bannō Senkan Hasshin Seyo)
- Ep. 7: The House Burns!! (お家が燃える!! O-ie ga Moeru!!)
- Ep. 8: The Riddle of the Strongarm Ace (鉄腕エースの謎 Tetsuwan Ēsu no Nazo)
- Ep. 9: The Woman from the Land of Ice (氷の国の女 Kōri no Kuni no Onna)
- Ep. 10: I Saw the Naumann Elephant (ナウマン象を見た Nauman-zō o Mita)
- Ep. 11: The Great Case of the Pet Kidnapping (ペット誘拐大事件 Petto Yūkai Dai Jiken)
- Ep. 12: The Cursed Killing Method, Rose Snowstorm (呪い殺法バラ吹雪 Noroi Satsu Hō Bara Fubuki)
- Ep. 13: Golden Eggs and Sunny-Side-Up Eggs (金の卵と目玉焼き Kin no Tamago to Medamayaki)
- Ep. 14: Marriage of the Beauty and the Beast (美女と野獣の結婚 Bijo to Yajū no Kekkon)
- Ep. 15: Egos' Hellish Cooking (エゴスの地獄料理 Egosu no Jigoku Ryōri)
- Ep. 16: Unarmed-Combat! The Queen of Darkness (格闘技! 闇の女王 Kakutōgi! Yami no Joou)
- Ep. 17: Steal the Monster Machine (怪物(モンスター)マシンを奪え Monsutā Mashin o Ubae)
- Ep. 18: Pigeon! Hurry to the Nest of Evil (鳩よ悪の巣へ急げ Hato yo Aku no Su e Isoge)
- Ep. 19: The World's Strongest Beauty!! (世界最強の美女!! Sekai Saidai Kyō no Bijo)
- Ep. 20: Hazardous Ghost Hunting (危険な幽霊狩り Kiken na Yūrei Kari)
- Ep. 21: Assault the Dinosaur Peninsula!! (恐竜半島へ突撃!! Kyōryū Hantō e Totsugeki)
- Ep. 22: The Female Spy Team's Counterattack (女スパイ団の逆襲 Onna Supai Dan no Gyakushū)
- Ep. 23: Decisive Battle!! All Monsters Appear (決戦!! 怪人総登場 Kessen!! Kaijin Sō Tōjō)
- Ep. 24: Tears! Diane Falls (涙! ダイアン倒る Namida! Daian Taoru)
- Ep. 25: The Film Studio is a Strange Haunt (撮影所は怪奇魔境 Satsueijo wa Kaiki Makyū)
- Ep. 26: The Bandage Man's Masked Report (包帯男の仮面報告 Hōtai Otoko no Kamen Hōkoku)
- Ep. 27: Be Careful of the First Love Thief (初恋泥棒にご用心 Hatsukoi Dorobō ni Goyō Kokoro)
- Ep. 28: Chase the Mysterious Boat (謎のボートを追え Nazo no Bōto o Oe)
- Ep. 29: Did You See Her!? The Kuchisake-Onna (見たか!? 口裂け女 Mita ka!? Kōretsuke Onna)
- Ep. 30: The Villainous, Omnivorous Head Chef (悪漢雑食の料理長 Akkan Zasshoku no Ryōrichō)
- Ep. 31: Violent Dash Truck Siblings (激走トラック兄妹 Gekisō Torakku Kyōdai)
- Ep. 32: Hometown Homicide Village (ふるさと殺人村 Furusato Satsujin Mura)
- Ep. 33: Cossack Dies for Love (コサック愛に死す Kosakku Ai ni Shisu)
- Ep. 34: The Dark General Who Laughs at Hell (地獄で笑う闇将軍 Jigoku de Warau Yami Shōgun)
- Ep. 35: The Great Starvation Panic (腹ペコ大パニック Harapeko Dai Panikku)
- Ep. 36: The Blown-Up Wedding (爆破された結婚式 Bakuhasareta Kekkonshiki)
- Ep. 37: Lightning Sword vs. Pinwheel Sword (電光剣対風車剣 Denkōken Tai Kazegurumaken)
- Ep. 38: Bizarre! The Costume Party (怪奇! 仮装行列 Kaiki! Kasōgyōretsu)
- Ep. 39: The Friend Who Became a Demon (悪魔になった友 Akuma ni Natta Tomo)
- Ep. 40: The Beautiful Teacher, in the Nick of Time (美人先生危機一髪 Bijin Sensei Kikiippatsu)
- Ep. 41: A Big Counterattack on the Verge of Explosion (爆破寸前の大逆転 Bakuha Sunzen no Dai Gyakushū)
- Ep. 42: Electric Humans: The Fireworks of Love (電気人間愛の花火 Denki Ningen-Ai no Hanabi)
- Ep. 43: Assassin Jackal (暗殺者ジャッカル Ansatsusha Jakkaru)
- Ep. 44: The Tsukikage Clan of Hell Valley (地獄谷の月影一族 Jigoku Tani no Getsuei Ichizoku)
- Ep. 45: Five Minutes Before the Heart Stops! (心臓停止五分前! Shinzō Teishi Gofun Mae!)
- Ep. 46: The Cursed Straw Doll (呪いのワラ人形 Noroi no Wara Ningyō)
- Ep. 47: A Mystery! Strategic Grass-Lot Baseball (怪! 謀略の草野球 Kai! Bōryaku no Kusayakyū)
- Ep. 48: The Great Thief and the Robber Boy (大盗賊と泥棒少年 Dai Tōzoku to Dorobō Shōnen)
- Ep. 49: The Rebel Army of Class 2-5 (2年5組の反乱軍 Ninen Gokumi no Hanrangun)
- Ep. 50: The Masked Demon Who Aims for the General (将軍を狙う覆面鬼 Shōgun o Nerau Fukumen Oni)
- Ep. 51: Egos' Revival Ceremony (エゴス復活の儀式 Egosu Fukkatsu no Kishiki)
- Final Ep.: The Symphony of the Heroes (英雄たちの交響曲(シンフォニー) Eiyūtachi no Shinfonī)
Movies
- Battle Fever J: The Movie (バトルフィーバーJ Batoru Fībā Jei, Movie Version of Episode 5)
Stageshows
- Battle Fever J Stage Show at 3 Heroes Korakuen Yuenchi
- Battle Fever J Stage Show at Super Hero Korakuen Yuenchi
Songs[]
Opening Theme[]
- "Battle Fever J" (バトルフィーバーJ )
- Artists: MoJo, Koorogi '73 (こおろぎ'73 Kōrogi Nanajūsan) & Feeling Free (フィーリング・フリー Fīringu furī)
Ending Theme[]
- "Yūsha ga Iku" (勇者が行く "A Hero Keeps Going")
- Artist: MoJo
Mecha Theme[]
- "Battle Fever Daishutsugeki" (バトルフィーバー大出撃 "Battle Fever Major Sortie")
- Artists: Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎 Mizuki Ichirō), Koorogi '73 (こおろぎ'73 Kōrogi Nanajūsan) & Columbia Yurikago-Kai (コロムビアゆりかご会 )
Insert Themes[]
- "Battle Fever Sanka" (バトルフィーバー賛歌 "Battle Fever Anthem")
- Artists: Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎 Mizuki Ichirō), Koorogi '73 (こおろぎ'73 Kōrogi Nanajūsan) & Columbia Yurikago-Kai (コロムビアゆりかご会 )
- "Ashita No Senshi-Tachi" (明日の戦士たち "The Soldiers of Tomorrow")
- Artist: MoJo
Cast[]
- Narrator: Toru Ohira
- Masao Den (伝正夫 Den Masao): Kouki Tanioka (谷岡弘規 Tanioka Kōki)
- Kensaku Shiraishi (白石 謙作 Shiraishi Kensaku): Yukio Itou (伊藤幸雄 Itō Yukio)
- Makoto Jin (神 誠 Jin Makoto): Daisuke Ban (伴大介 Ban Daisuke)
- Kyousuke Shida (志田 京介 Shida Kyōsuke): Yuuhei Kurachi (倉知 雄平 Kurachi Yūhei)
- Shirou Akebono (曙四郎 Akebono Shirō): Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二 Ōba Kenji)
- Diane Martin (ダイアン・マーチン Daian Māchin): Diane Martin
- Diane Martin (Voice): Lisa Komaki (小牧 リサ Komaki Risa)
- Maria Nagisa (汀マリア Nagisa Maria): Naomi Hagi (萩奈穂美 Hagi Naomi)
- General Tetsuzan Kurama (倉間鉄山 Kurama Tetsuzan): Chiyonosuke Azuma (東千代之介 Azuma Chiyonosuke)
- Keiko Nakahara (中原ケイコ Nakahara Keiko): Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子 Hidaka Noriko)
- Midori Aoba (青葉ミドリ Aoba Midori): Yuri Tsukasa (司ゆり Tsukasa Yuri)
- Tomoko Ueno (上野トモコ Ueno Tomoko): Keiko Kanno (菅野啓子 Kanno Keiko)
- Masaru Nakahara (中原マサル Nakahara Masaru): Takumi Sato (佐藤たくみ Satō Takumi)
- Akio Hamamura (浜村昭夫 Hamamura Akio): Shinichi Yoshimiya (吉宮慎一 Yoshimiya Shinichi)
- Commander Hedder (ヘッダー指揮官 Heddā Shikikan): Kenji Ushio (潮 健児 Ushio Kenji, 1-7), Masashi Ishibashi (石橋雅史 Ishibashi Masashi, 8-51)
- Salomé (サロメ Sarome): Maki Ueda (マキ上田 )
- Satan Egos (サタンエゴス Satan Egosu, Voice): Shōzō Iizuka (飯塚 昭三 Iizuka Shōzō)
Suit Actors[]
- Battle Japan: Kazuo Niibori (新堀 和男 Niibori Kazuo)
- Battle Cossack: Hiroshi Atsumi (渥美 博 Atsumi Hiroshi, episodes 1-6), Hirohumi Koga (古賀弘文 Koga Hirohumi, episodes 7-52), Makoto Kenmochi (釼持 誠 Kenmochi Makoto, sub)
- Battle Cossack (sub), Battle Fever Robo (sub), Egos Monsters, Cutman: Takanori Shibahara (柴原 孝典 Shibahara Takanori)
- Battle France: Haruhiko Hashimoto (橋本 春彦 Hashimoto Haruhiko), Tetsuo Masuda (益田哲夫 Masuda Tetsuo, sub)
- Battle Kenya: Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二 Ōba Kenji)
- Battle Kenya (sub), Miss America (extreme martial arts): Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多 川務 Kitagawa Tsutomu)
- Miss America: Lisa Komaki (小牧 リサ Komaki Risa, episodes 1-12), Eiko Onodera (小野寺 えい子 Onodera Eiko, episodes 13-52)
- Battle Fever Robo: Satoshi Fujikawa (藤川 聡 Fujikawa Satoshi)
- Egos Monsters: Shoji Sawada (沢田 祥二 Sawada Shōji), Michihiro Takeda (竹田 道弘 Takeda Michihiro)
Toyline[]
Notes[]
- The first Sentai series to have a Giant Robo.
- The first Sentai series to feature a Black Ranger as well as the first one with a recurring Orange Ranger.
- This is the only Sentai series to have Red-Blue-Black-Orange-Pink color designation and would not be until Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger forty-five years later.
- Battle Fever J was the first Sentai series to feature lips sculpted onto the heroes' helmets, and currently the only one to feature noses.
- Battle Fever J was also the first Sentai series to feature silver mouthpieces onto the heroes' helmets.
- Battle Fever J was originally going to be called Captain Japan, and would have been mainly a show about one hero who would team up with other heroes in the show.[2]
- The first Sentai series to feature a regular female villain.
- Battle Fever J has had the most power transfers in the Sentai series as two heroes had been replaced.
- The Battle Fever team was not called "Battle Fever J" within the show; that is the name of the show itself, not the team. In-show, the writing reference the rangers as simply "Team Battle Fever".
- However, the team are later referred to as "Battle Fever J" in post-show references to the team, such as the Turboranger special, The Great Gathering of 11 Sentai: The Glorious Opening Collection, and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
- Likewise, their team is one of four without "Sentai" in their name and the only Sentai team to have its entire series and team name in a language that is not Japanese.
- Battle Fever J holds a TV show rating of 12%. [1]
- Battle Fever J was the last season to have aired in the 1970s.
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References[]
Footnotes[]
Gorenger • J.A.K.Q. • Battle Fever J • Denziman • Sun Vulcan • Goggle V • Dynaman • Bioman • Changeman • Flashman • Maskman • Liveman • Turboranger • Fiveman • Jetman • Zyuranger • Dairanger • Kakuranger • Ohranger • Carranger • Megaranger • Gingaman • GoGo-V • Timeranger • Gaoranger • Hurricaneger • Abaranger • Dekaranger • Magiranger • Boukenger • Gekiranger • Go-Onger • Shinkenger • Goseiger • Gokaiger • Go-Busters • Kyoryuger • ToQger • Ninninger • Zyuohger • Kyuranger • Lupinranger VS Patranger • Ryusoulger • Kiramager • Zenkaiger • Donbrothers • King-Ohger • Boonboomger
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