Battle Fever J
Battle Fever J (バトルフィーバーJ, Batoru Fībā Jei) is a live-action Japanese–American TV series. The third entry of the Super Sentai series franchise, Battle Fever J was a co-production of Toei Company and Marvel Comics. A total of 52 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 3, 1979, to January 26, 1980, following J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai and being followed by Denshi Sentai Denjiman.
| Battle Fever J | |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction |
| Created by | Toei Company Marvel Comics |
| Developed by | Susumu Takaku Shozo Uehara |
| Starring | Hironori Tanioka Yukio Itou Narimitsu Kurachi Kenji Ohba Diane Martin Naomi Hagi Daisuke Ban Chiyonosuke Azuma Noriko Hidaka Masashi Ishibashi Maki Ueda |
| Narrated by | Toru Ohira |
| Composer | Michiaki Watanabe |
| Country of origin | Japan United States |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Producers | Tetsuo Kanno Kanetake Ochiai Itaru Orita Susumu Yoshikawa |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Toei Company Marvel Comics |
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| Network | TV Asahi |
| Release | February 3, 1979 – January 26, 1980 |
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The team have codenames named for countries around the world, also respectively named in their theme song: Battle France, Battle Cossack (Soviet Union), Battle Kenya, Miss America (United States) and Battle Japan. It marks the first appearance of a Black Ranger in the franchise. It was also the first series in the Super Sentai franchise where the heroes must control giant robots to defeat a monster who itself has grown to a gigantic size. Toei's tokusatsu adaptation of Spider-Man was the first to introduce this format and was also the inspiration for this and the subsequent entries in the Super Sentai series. The series was also partially inspired by the Marvel Comics character Captain America.
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”) until Toei announced in 1995 that its predecessors Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai were also part of the Super Sentai series, when Chouriki Sentai Ohranger was announced as the 19th Super Sentai team.