Choujin Sentai Jetman

Choujin Sentai Jetman (鳥人戦隊ジェットマン), was the 15th entry of Super Sentai series. It was produced by Toei and Bandai. It was aired on TV Asahi on February 15, 1991 to February 14, 1992, with a total of 51 episodes. With its well-developed storylines and character development, it is regarded by many fans to be one of the best series of the Super Sentai genre. It is a homage to Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman.

It was the last Super Sentai series not to be dubbed. It was also the last Super Sentai series not to be adapted as a series of Power Rangers, though it was planned. This is followed by Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, whose adaptations have yet to be confirmed.

Plot
This series takes place in 1991 on the Earth Ship, the command center of an international defence agency called Sky Force, the guardian of peace on Earth. In the ship, scientists have developed "Birdonic Waves", a newly developed technology which gives the subject superhuman abilities. Experiments called "J-Project" were successful. Aya Odagiri, the director of the project, chose five elite Sky Force officials from Earth to use this technology. Ryu Tendoh, one of the Sky Force officers, was successfully exposed to the Birdonic waves, making him the first Jetman, the Red Hawk.

However, the Earth Ship is suddenly attacked by Vyram, an evil outer-dimensional organization bent on inter-dimensional domination. They successfully destroy the ship, seemingly killing Ryu's lover and fellow candidate member Rie, in the chaos, and the remaining Birdonic waves that was meant for the other four officials become scattered on Earth, hitting four civilians instead. Odagiri and Tendou successfully escape and begin searching on Earth for the four remaining Jetman, training them to aid them in stopping Vyram's plans of conquering our dimension.

Allies

 * Commander Aya Odagiri
 * Back Dimension Dimensian Warriors
 * Ray
 * Kanna
 * Dan
 * Lou and Duran
 * Neo Jetman
 * J1
 * J2
 * J3
 * J4
 * J5

Dimensional War Party Vyram

 * Back Dimensional Count Radiguet/Radigan/Raguem
 * Tran/Emperor Tranza
 * Rie Aoi/Maria
 * Grey
 * Empress Juuza
 * Grinam Soldiers
 * (Bio) Dimensional Beasts

Arsenal

 * Cross Changer
 * Corresponder
 * Jet Hand Cannon
 * Bird Blasters
 * Bringer Swords
 * Smash Bomber
 * Bird Blaster
 * Beak Smasher
 * Wing Gauntlet
 * Jet Striker / Fire Bazooka
 * Jet Bouncer
 * Jet Speeders

Jet Machines

 * Hyper Haken / Great Icarus
 * Icarus Haken / Jet Icarus
 * Jet Hawk
 * Jet Swan
 * Jet Swallow
 * Jet Owl
 * Jet Condor or Jet Eagle
 * Bird Garuda / Jet Garuda
 * Tetraboy / Tetrabuster

Cast

 * Ryu Tendoh - Kotaro Tanaka (田中 弘太郎)
 * Gai Yuki - Toshihide Wakamatsu (若松 俊秀)
 * Raita Ooishi - Tomihisa Naruse (成瀬 富久)
 * Kaori Rokumeikan - Rika Kishida (岸田 里佳)
 * Ako Hayasaka - Sayuri Uchida (内田 さゆり)
 * Commander Aya Odagiri - Mikiko Miki (三輝 みきこ)
 * Jiiya - Yuzo Hayakawa (早川 雄三)
 * Rie Aoi/Maria - Maho Maruyama (丸山 真穂)
 * Count Radiguet - Daisuke Tachi (舘 大介)
 * Tran - Miku Kuga (久我 未来)
 * Emperor Tranza - Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕)
 * Gray - Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * Narrator - Tsutomu Tareki (垂木 勉)

Guest Stars

 * Kyotaro Tatsumi - Masaki Terasoma (てらそま まさき)
 * Bus Passenger - Mayumi Yoshida (吉田 真弓)
 * Juuza - Sachiko Yuto (高都 幸子)
 * Kaori Rokumekan (child) - Yuka Koide (小出由華)
 * Michiru - Nagiko Tono (遠野なぎこ)
 * Ray - Jouji Ishiwata (石渡 譲二)
 * Kanna - Kanako Maeda (前田 賀奈子)
 * Dan - Hideki Fujiwara (藤原 秀樹)
 * Scientist - Daisuke Ban (伴 大介)
 * Akira - Haruki Hamada (浜田 治貴)
 * Supreme Commander Akira Ichijo - Hideaki Tezuka (手塚秀彰)
 * J1/Neo Jetman 1 - Yuta Mochizuki (望月 祐多)
 * J2/Neo Jetman 2 - Ryuji Kasahara (笠原竜司)
 * J3/Neo Jetman 3 - Minoru Watanabe (渡辺実)
 * J4/Neo Jetman 4 - Takeshi Miyazaki 40-41
 * J5/Neo Jetman 5 - Miyuki Nagato (長門美由樹)

Suit actors

 * Red Hawk - Kazuo Niibori and Hiroshi Maeda
 * Black Condor - Naoki Ōfuji
 * Yellow Owl, Jet Garuda - Hirofumi Ishigaki and Tomihisa Naruse
 * White Swan - Yūichi Hachisuka and Masato Akada
 * Blue Swallow - Shōji Hachisuka
 * Tetra Boy - Yasuhiro Takeuchi
 * Jet Icarus, Jet Garuda, Great Icarus - Hideaki Kusaka
 * Dimensional Beasts - Takeshi Miyazaki

Trivia

 * This is the first Sentai series to have a Third Robo, Tetraboy.
 * Jetman introduces the format of the first five Rangers being Red, Blue, Yellow, Black and White, followed by Kakuranger, Gaoranger and Abaranger.
 * This is the first three-male/two-female team to switch genders between the Blue and Yellow Rangers (the male wears yellow while the female wears blue) followed by Magiranger.
 * Note that Liveman and Hurricaneger, despite featuring female Blue Rangers, cannot be counted as both of their respective Blue Rangers were the only females of their respective teams.
 * This the first three male/two female team to not feature a Pink Ranger, though White Swan featured pink accents, much like her eventual successor GaoWhite.
 * Like its respective 1981 and 1984 predecessors Sun Vulcan and Bioman, Jetman was also chosen to be the first series to be adapted as a Power Rangers series, but ultimately not adapted. The first adaptation to a Power Rangers series would later go to its immediate successor, Zyuranger.
 * A game based on Jetman was released for the Nintendo Famicom.
 * This is the first season in a while where the transformation call is not any of the Sentai Heroes' respective designations (instead, their transformation device's name), a trend that took much of the early years of the Sentai Series.
 * This is the last Sentai team where a member of the core team dies and remains that way. After this season, all permanent deaths have only occured with Sixth or Extra Heroes.