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Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (星獣戦隊ギンガマン Seijū Sentai Gingaman, translated into English as Starbeast Squadron Galaxyman) is Toei Company Limited's 22nd production of the Super Sentai television series. it joined Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack. Its footage has been used in the American series Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. On July 22, 2017, it was announced that Shout! Factory has licensed Gingaman for distribution in North America.[1] It was released on January 30, 2018. This is the 7th Super Sentai series released on Region 1 DVD in North America.
The average ratings of the series was 7.9%.[2]
The main theme for Seijuu Sentai Gingaman uses various motifs of classical elements, such as pirates (for the main antagonists), horsemen, legendary elements (knights, warriors, etc.), and elements found in the older Sentai shows from the '70s and '80s.
Plot[]
- "The Starbeasts: They are mysterious animals who fight for the sake of defending harmony in the Milky Way!"
- ―Narrator[src]
3,000 years ago, the Balban space pirates invaded Earth. The Starbeasts and the first Gingaman, warriors of the Ginga Forest, fought them with the mystical power called Earth and eventually were able to imprison them. Subsequently, the Ginga people cloaked their forest within boundaries and passed on the duty of Ginga warriors through generations.
Hyuuga, Hayate, Gouki, Hikaru and Saya are chosen as the 133rd generation of warriors of the Starbeast Swords. Ryouma is very happy that his elder brother Hyuuga succeeds to the honorable title. While Elder Orghi holds the succession ceremony of the Starbeast Swords, an earthquake breaks the seal of Balban.
Orghi orders the 133rd generation of warriors to get the GingaBraces hidden in Roaring Mountain. However, the Balban attacks them to prevent the birth of the new Gingaman. During the battle, Hyuuga gets shallowed into a crack in the ground which Captain Zahab of the Balban created. Becoming enraged, Ryouma activates his Earth power and awakens the GingaBraces. The Gingaman fight together with the Starbeasts against the Balban, who desire to revive the Demon Beast Daitanix, on whose "corpse" they built their castle.
Characters[]
Rangers[]
Gingamen[]
Designation | Name | Actor |
---|---|---|
GingaRed | 132 predecessors ▶ Ryouma | Kazuki Maehara |
GingaGreen | 132 predecessors ▶ Hayate | Koji Sueyoshi |
GingaBlue | 132 predecessors ▶ Gouki | Shoei |
GingaYellow | 132 predecessors ▶ Hikaru | Nobuaki Takahashi |
GingaPink | 132 predecessors ▶ Saya | Juri Miyazawa |
Extra Heroes[]
Designation | Name | Actor |
---|---|---|
Black Knight | BullBlack ▶ Hyuuga | Kōji Ochiai ▶ Teruaki Ogawa |
Ginga Forest[]
- Elder Orghi (1, 2 & 50)
- Wisdom Tree Moak (3-48 & 50)
- Fairy Bokku
- Miharu (10, 46 & 50)
Other Allies[]
- Haruhiko Aoyama
- Yuuta Aoyama
- Suzuko Mizusawa
- Shunsuke Kishimoto (35 & 44)
- Krantz (19 & 25)
- Degius (40)
- All Super Sentai
Villains[]
- Space Pirates Balban
- Leader
- Captain Zahab (1-50, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Captain Gregory (Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Generals
- Balban Majin Army Generals
- Gun Boss Sambash (1-12, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Samurai General Budoh (1-3, 12-24, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Spectral Empress Iliess (1-3, 13, 20, 22-34, Gingaman vs. Megaranger) / Evil Empress IIiess (34)
- Destruction King Battobas (1-3, 13, 24, 29-30, 33-49, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Crewmates
- Steerwoman Shelinda (1-49, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Barreled Scholar Bucrates (1-35) / Barreled Scholar of Revenge Bucrates (37-42, 44-49)
- Dark Merchant Biznella (29-30, 33-42, 45-47) / Majin Biznella (47)
- Balban Majin Army Generals
- Monsters
- Balban Majin Armies
- Sambash Majin Gang
- Budoh Majin Mob
- Normal
- Komuhachi (2, 12-13, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Fudasoujou (14)
- Kemuemon (15 & Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Amehoshi (16)
- Kugutsudayuu (17)
- Kairikibou (18 & Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Onimaru & Yamimaru (24 & Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Budoh Majin Mob's Four Shoguns
- Sunabakutou (19)
- Hyoudogasa (20)
- Houretsudou (21)
- Dotoumusha (22-23)
- Normal
- Ilies Majin Tribe
- Medoumedou (2, 23-24)
- Wangawanga (25, 34, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Geltgelt (26 & Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Morgumorgu (27 & 34)
- Hielahiela (28, 34, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Barukibaruki (30 & 34)
- Gaaragaara (31, 34, Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Merudameruda (32)
- Desphias (33 & Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Battobas Majin Corps
- Normal
- Battobas Special Squad
- Demon Beasts
- Demon Beast Daitanix (1-3, 5-11, 13-21, 23-30, 33-42)
- Earth Demon Beast (49-50)
- Demon Beast Daitanix II (Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Demon Beast Fortress Ghelmadix (Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
- Balban Majin Armies
- Grunts
- Seamen Yartots (1-33, 35-42, 44-49, Gingaman vs. Megaranger, The Flying Ghost Ship, Super Sentai Strongest Battle!!)
- Leader
- Wicked Electric Kingdom Nezirejia
- Hizumina (Gingaman vs. Megaranger)
Arsenal[]
Transformation Devices[]
- Ginga Brace ◆◆◆◆◆
- Bull Riot ◆
Weapons[]
- Starbeast Swords ◆◆◆◆◆
- Mechanical Blade Kiba ◆◆◆◆◆
- Beast Attack Rods ◆◆◆◆◆
- Knight Axe ◆
Power-up[]
- Beast Armor Shine ◆◆◆◆◆
- Flashing Starbeast Swords ◆◆◆◆◆
- Beast Armor Claws ◆◆◆◆◆
Vehicles[]
Mecha[]
Starbeast System[]
- Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ auxiliary mecha, ➲ carrier mecha, ● other
Steel Starbeast System[]
- Steel Starbeast GigaRhinos ❖❖❖❖❖
- GigaWheel 1 ❖
- GigaWheel 2 ❖
- GigaWheel 3 ❖
- GigaWheel 4 ❖
- GigaWheel 5 ❖
- Steel Starbeast GigaPhoenix ❖❖❖❖❖
- GigaWing 1 ❖
- GigaWing 2 ❖
- GigaWing 3 ❖
- GigaWing 4 ❖
- GigaWing 5 ❖
- Giant Steel Starbeast GigaBitus / GigaBitus Scramble Mode ➲
Episodes[]
While only the second Sentai to use an episode count after Ohranger, this is the first to use a special nomenclature for the episodes, in this case having them called "Chapters". From this series, all Sentai, including those without nomenclatures for episode names, will have an episode count as part of their name.
All episode titles are a combination of two nouns in Japanese, connected by the Japanese character "no", where the first noun affects the second in the title.
- Chapter 1: The Legendary Blades (伝説の刃(やいば) Densetsu no Yaiba)
- Chapter 2: The Starbeasts' Return (星獣の再来 Seijū no Sairai)
- Chapter 3: The Earth's Wisdom (大地の知恵 Daichi no Chie)
- Chapter 4: The Earth's Heart (アースの心 Āsu no Kokoro)
- Chapter 5: The Sure-Kill Fangs (必殺の機刃(きば) Hissatsu no Kiba)
- Chapter 6: The Starbeasts' Crisis (星獣の危機 Seijū no Kiki)
- Chapter 7: Time of Revival (復活の時 Fukkatsu no Toki)
- Chapter 8: Love's Culinary (愛情の料理 Aijō no Ryōri)
- Chapter 9: Secret Kitten (秘密の子猫 Himitsu no Koneko)
- Chapter 10: The Wind's Flute (風の笛 Kaze no Fue)
- Chapter 11: A Warrior's Devotion (戦士の純情 Senshi no Junjō)
- Chapter 12: Nightmare Reunited (悪夢の再会 Akumu no Saikai)
- Chapter 13: Beast Attack Reversal (逆転の獣撃棒 Gyakuten no Jūgekibō)
- Chapter 14: Two Sayas (二人のサヤ Futari no Saya)
- Chapter 15: Terrifying Hiccups (恐怖のしゃっくり Kyōfu no Shakkuri)
- Chapter 16: Homeland of the Heart (心の故郷 Kokoro no Kokyō)
- Chapter 17: True Courage (本当の勇気 Hontō no Yūki)
- Chapter 18: The Mysterious Black Knight (謎の黒騎士 Nazo no Kuro Kishi)
- Chapter 19: The Vengeful Knight (復讐の騎士 Fukushū no Kishi)
- Chapter 20: The One-Man Battle (ひとりの戦い Hitori no Tatakai)
- Chapter 21: The Tomato's Trial (トマトの試練 Tomato no Shiren)
- Chapter 22: Appearance of Light (光の出現 Hikari no Shutsugen)
- Chapter 23: End of the Contest (争奪の果て Sōdatsu no Hate)
- Chapter 24: Budou's Tenacity (ブドーの執念 Budō no Shūnen)
- Chapter 25: The Black Knight's Determination (黒騎士の決意 Kuro Kishi no Ketsui)
- Chapter 26: Brothers of Flame (炎の兄弟 Honō no Kyōdai)
- Chapter 27: The Mummy's Allure (ミイラの誘惑 Miira no Yūwaku)
- Chapter 28: Papa's Sudden Change (パパの豹変 Papa no Hyōhen)
- Chapter 29: Dark Merchant (闇の商人 Yami no Shōnin)
- Chapter 30: The Steel StarBeasts (鋼の星獣 Hagane no Seijū)
- Chapter 31: Cursed Stone (呪いの石 Noroi no Ishi)
- Chapter 32: The Mobile Horse of Friendship (友情の機動馬 Yūjō no Kidō Uma)
- Chapter 33: Yearning for Saya (憧れのサヤ Akogare no Saya)
- Chapter 34: Invulnerable Iliess (不死身のイリエス Fujimi no Iriesu)
- Chapter 35: Gouki's Choice (ゴウキの選択 Gōki no Sentaku)
- Chapter 36: Invincible Haruhiko (無敵の晴彦 Muteki no Haruhiko)
- Chapter 37: Bucrates' Ambition (ブクラテスの野望 Bukuratesu no Yabō)
- Chapter 38: Hyuuga's Determination (ヒュウガの決断 Hyūga no Ketsudan)
- Chapter 39: The Heart's Massage (心のマッサージ Kokoro no Massāji)
- Chapter 40: The Monster of Sadness (哀しみの魔人 Kanashimi no Majin)
- Chapter 41: The Demon-Beast's Revival (魔獣の復活 Majū no Fukkatsu)
- Chapter 42: The Horrible Demon-Beast (戦慄の魔獣 Senritsu no Majū)
- Chapter 43: Legendary Footprints (伝説の足跡 Densetsu no Ikisaki)
- Chapter 44: Earth's Demon-Beast (地球の魔獣 Chikyū no Majū)
- Chapter 45: The Fairy's Tears (妖精の涙 Yōsei no Namida)
- Chapter 46: Winds of Rage (怒りの風 Ikari no Kaze)
- Chapter 47: The Demon's Scheme (悪魔の策略 Akuma no Sakuryaku)
- Chapter 48: Moak's End (モークの最期 Mōku no Saigo)
- Chapter 49: The Miraculous Mountain (奇跡の山 Kiseki no Yama)
- Final Chapter: Tomorrow's Legends (明日の伝説(レジェンド) Ashita no Rejendo)
Movies
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs. Megaranger (星獣戦隊ギンガマンVSメガレンジャー Seijū Sentai Gingaman tai Megarenjā)
- Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive vs. Gingaman (救急戦隊ゴーゴーファイブVSギンガマン Kyūkyū Sentai GōGō Faibu tai Gingaman)
Releases[]
- Shout! Factory (DVD)
- Shout! Factory (Streaming)
- Tubi (Streaming)
- Pluto TV (Streaming)
Songs[]
- Opening theme
- "Seijuu Sentai Gingaman" (星獣戦隊ギンガマン Seijū Sentai Gingaman)
- Artist: Ryuu Kisami (希砂未 竜 Kisami Ryū)
- "The Galactic Warriors Gingaman"
- Artist: Ryuu Kisami (希砂未 竜 Kisami Ryū)
- Alternate version of the main opening theme with English lyrics
- Ending theme
- "Hadashi No Kokoro De" (はだしの心で "With a Barefoot Spirit")
- Artist: Ryuu Kisami (希砂未 竜 Kisami Ryū)
- "Naked Mind"
- Artist: "Ryuu Kisami" (希砂未 竜 Kisami Ryū)
- Alternate version of the main ending theme with English lyrics
- Mecha themes
- "Misetsukero Seijuu Damashii!" (見せつけろ星獣魂! Misetsukero! Seijū Damashī!, "Behold the Seijū Spirit!")
- Artist: Yukio Yamagata (山形 ユキオ Yamagata Yukio)
- "Ginga no Ouja Gingaioh" (銀河の王者ギンガイオー Ginga no Ōja Gingaiō, "The Galactic King, Gingaioh")
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi (宮内タカユキ Miyauchi Takayuki)
- "Araburu! Gasshin Juushi BullTaurus" (荒ぶる!合身獣士ブルタウラス Araburu! Gasshin Jūshi Burutaurasu, "Go Wild! Gasshin Jūshi BullTaurus")
- Artist: Norio Sakai (坂井 紀雄 Sakai Norio)
- "GigaRhinos! GigaPhoenix! GigaBitus!" (ギガライノス!ギガフェニックス!ギガバイタス! Giga Rainosu! Giga Fenikkusu! Giga Baitasu!)
- Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi (宮内タカユキ Miyauchi Takayuki)
- Insert themes
- "Ginga Tensei! Jikuu Wo Koete" (ギンガ転生!時空を超えて Ginga Tensei! Jikū Wo Koete, "Ginga Rebirth! Crossing Through Time")
- Artist: Yoshito Fuchigami (渕上 祥人 Fuchigami Yoshito)
- "Hoshi Ni Hikari Wo" (地球に光を "The Earth's Light")
- Artist: Eiichi Sato (佐藤 栄一 Satō Eiichi)
- "Kiba Wo Muke!" (機刃をむけ! "Brandish the Kiba!")
- Artist: Norio Sakai (坂井 紀雄 Sakai Norio)
- "GingaPink Saya Hana No Senshi" (ギンガピンク サヤ・花の戦士 "GingaPink Saya, the Flowery Warrior")
- Artist: Hiroko Asakawa (朝川 ひろこ Asakawa Hiroko)
- "Mugendai No Yuuki" (∞の勇気 Mugendai no Yūki, "Infinite Courage")
- Artist: Kakishima Shinji (柿島 伸次 Shinji Kakishima)
- "Unare Juugekibou! Juugekiha!" (うなれ獣撃棒!獣撃破! Unare Jūgekibō! Jūgekiha!, "Howling Beast Attack Rods! Beast Attack Break!")
- Artist: Naoki Takao (高尾 直樹 Takao Naoki)
- "Juusouken! Seigi Yo Kagayake" (獣装光!正義よ輝け! Jūsōkō! Seigi Yo Kagayake, "Beast Armor Shine! Shining Justice!")
- Artist: Yukio Yamagata (山形 ユキオ Yamagata Yukio)
- "Kitto Tarinai" (きっと足りない "It Can't Be Enough")
- Artist: Yoshito Fuchigami (渕上 祥人 Fuchigami Yoshito)
- "Ore wa Kuro Kishi Hyuuga" (俺は黒騎士ヒュウガ "I am the Black Knight Hyuuga")
- Artist: Hayata Akashi (明石 隼汰 Akashi Hayata)
- "Zutto, Kitto, Motto, Motto!" (ずっと,きっと,もっと,もっと! "Forever, Surely, More, More!")
- Artist: Gingamen
- Character themes
- "Bokku Bokku Boku Bokku" (ボックボックぼくボック )
- Artist: Bokku / Sanae Miyuki (深雪 さなえ Miyuki Sanae)
- "Sono Na Wa Sherinda" (その名はシェリンダ "The Name's Shelinda")
- Artist: Shelinda / Kei Mizutani (水谷 ケイ Mizutani Kei)
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Ryouma: Kazuki Maehara (前原 一輝 Maehara Kazuki)
- Hayate: Kōji Sueyoshi (末吉 宏司 Sueyoshi Kōji) (now known simply as Koji)
- Gouki: Shōei (照英 Shōei)
- Hikaru: Nobuaki Takahashi (高橋 伸顕 Takahashi Nobuaki)
- Saya, Misaki Hoshino: Juri Miyazawa (宮澤 寿梨 Miyazawa Juri)
- Hyuuga: Teruaki Ogawa (小川 輝明 Ogawa Teruaki)
- Haruhiko Aoyama: Yoshihiko Takamoku (高杢 禎彦 Takamoku Yoshihiko)
- Yuuta Aoyama: Shogo Hayakawa (早川 翔吾 Hayakawa Shōgo)
- Suzuko Mizusawa: Makiko Yoshida (吉田 真希子 Yoshida Makiko)
- Shunsuke Kishimoto: Yuji Kishi (岸 祐二 Kishi Yūji)
- Elder Oogi: Hiroshi Arikawa (有川 博 Arikawa Hiroshi)
- Miharu: Noriko Tanaka (田中 規子 Tanaka Noriko)
- Moak: Rokurō Naya (納谷 六朗 Naya Rokurō, Voice)
- Bokku: Sanae Miyuki (深雪 さなえ Miyuki Sanae, Voice)
- BullBlack: Kōji Ochiai (落合 弘治 Ochiai Kōji, Voice)
- Krantz: Masanori Ōtani (大谷 政憲 Ōtani Masanori)
- Zahab: Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝 Shibata Hidekatsu, Voice)
- Steerwoman Shelinda: Kei Mizutani (水谷 ケイ Mizutani Kei)
- Bucrates: Chafurin (茶風林 Chafurin, Voice)
- Sambash: Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之 Hiyama Nobuyuki, Voice)
- Budoh: Kazuo Hayashi (林 一夫 Hayashi Kazuo, Voice)
- Iliess: Gara Takashima (高島 雅羅 Takashima Gara, Voice)
- Battobas: Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛 Watabe Takeshi, Voice)
- Biznella: Kaneto Shiozawa (塩沢 兼人 Shiozawa Kaneto, Voice)
- Narrator: Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫 Wakamoto Norio)
Suit Actors[]
- GingaRed, Combined Beast-Warrior BullTaurus, GingaLeon: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二 Takaiwa Seiji)
- GingaRed, GingaLeon: Kazutoshi Yokoyama (横山 一敏 Yokoyama Kazutoshi)
- GingaRed, Samurai General Budoh, Dark Merchant Biznella: Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文 Fukuzawa Hirofumi)
- GingaGreen, Gingalcon, Steel Starbeast GigaRhinos: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博 Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
- GingaBlue, Gingarilla, Seijuu Gattai GingaiOh, Captain Zahab: Jirō Okamoto (岡元 次郎 Okamoto Jirō)
- GingaYellow, GingaVerick, Steel Starbeast GigaPhoenix: Yūichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一 Hachisuka Yūichi)
- GingaPink, Gingat, Heavy Knight: Motokuni Nakagawa (中川 素州 Nakagawa Motokuni)
- Black Knight, Gun Boss Sambash: Naoki Ōfuji (大藤 直樹 Ōfuji Naoki)
- Seijuu Gattai GingaiOh: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭 Kusaka Hideaki)
- Spectral Empress Iliess: Shōji Hachisuka (蜂須賀 昭二 Hachisuka Shōji)
- Destruction King Battobas: Hirofumi Ishigaki (石垣 広文 Ishigaki Hirofumi)
- Barreled Scholar Bucrates: Kenjiro Fujita (藤田 健次郎 Fujita Kenjirō)
- Seamen Yartots, Kolshizer, Morgumorgu: Makoto Ito (伊藤 慎 Itō Makoto)
Stage Shows[]
- Gingaman Stage Show at Red Heroes Korakuen Yuenchi
- Gingaman Stage Show at Double Hero Korakuen Yuenchi
Toyline[]
Notes[]
- Gingaman is the final Sentai season to air alongside a Metal Heroes series in the Super Hero Time block as the next year the Metal Heroes’ timeslot was given to Moero!! Robocon and then in 2000 to Kamen Rider Kuuga in which the timeslot has stayed ever since until October of 2017 where Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger and Kamen Rider Build changed timeslots after the Metele portion of the Sunday Morning Kids Time was taken off and replaced with Sunday Live, after Pretty Cure was moved from immediately after Rider (now, Sentai) to before the Super Hero Time block begins.
- Gingaman is the last Sentai season to feature "-man" in the title.
- Originally, Gingaman was planned to be called Seijuu Sentai Gaoranger. However, due to animation company Sunrise releasing Yuusha-Oh GaoGaiGar at the same time, Toei felt that they could be sued for the similar name and premise; therefore, the name of the series changed. Gaoranger would ultimately be the name of the 2001 Sentai and would feature a homage to GaoGaiGar in the form of GaoKing.
- It was also at one point going to be called Seijuu Sentai Bioranger, though this was scrapped due to it sounding too similar to Bioman.[3]
- This is the first Super Sentai series to change the episode title from Ep to Chapter.
- In the English version of the opening theme, the series name is translated as Galactic Warriors Gingaman.
- The initial airing of this series retconned Chouriki Sentai Ohranger taking place in its year of broadcast instead of 1999, as the next season, GoGoFive, would take place in the year 1999.
- this was the last Sentai Season to have illustrated/anime eyecatches before and after the commercial break.
See Also[]
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy - Power Rangers counterpart . See comparison page.
External Links[]
- Super-Sentai website (Archived)
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman at Wikipedia
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman at Japanese Wikipedia
References[]
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-22/shout-factory-to-release-megaranger-gingaman-live-action-series/.119187 Shout! Factory to Release Megaranger, Gingaman Live-Action Series
- ↑ https://www10.atwiki.jp/shichouseiko/pages/68.html
- ↑ http://risingsuntokusatsu.com/?p=1568
Footnotes[]
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