Battle Fever J

Battle Fever J

Title Screen
Genre Tokusatsu
Created by Toei Company
Marvel Comics
Starring Kouki Tanioka
Yukio Itou
Narimitsu Kurachi
Kenji Ohba
Diane Martin
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Nahomi Hagi
Daisuke Ban
Narrated by Toru Ohira
Composer(s) Michiaki Watanabe
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 52
Production
Producer(s) Tetsuo Kanno
Kanetake Ochiai
Itaru Orita
Susumu Yoshikawa
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) TV Asahi
Toei Company
Release
Original network TV Asahi
Original release February 3, 1979 – January 26, 1980
Chronology
Preceded by J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Followed by Denshi Sentai Denziman

Battle Fever J (バトルフィーバーJ Batoru Fībā Jei) is a live-action Japanese TV series. The third entry of the Super Sentai series franchise, Battle Fever J was co-produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi. A total of 52 episodes aired on TV Asahi between February 3, 1979 and January 26, 1980.

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 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 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 Chōriki Sentai Ohranger was announced as the 19th Super Sentai team.

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 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 and Battle Cossack). With 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

National Defense Ministry

Team Battle Fever

Team Battle Fever is unique among Super Sentai shows in that, originally, they did not "transform" into their costumes (as in the previous two series, Gorenger and JAKQ), instead they resorted to an unseen costume change. In most episodes, however, the members yell "Fever!" and spin around to transform although in episode 24 it is revealed they can store their costumes in their Battleceivers.

Gear

Vehicles

Mecha

Allies

Secret Society Egos

Secret Society Egos (秘密結社エゴス Himitsu Kessha Egosu) is a religion of mad egocentrists who intend to plunge the world into chaos.

Episodes

No. Title Original air date
1 "Assault!! Run to the Ballpark"
"Totsugeki!! Kyūjō e Hashire" (突撃!!球場へ走れ) 
February 3, 1979
2 "Egos' Monster-Making Method"
"Egosu Kaijin Seizō Hō" (エゴス怪人製造法) 
February 10, 1979
3 "Search for the Spy!"
"Supai o Sagase!" (スパイを探せ!) 
Febaruary 17, 1979
4 "It's a Super-Powered Trap!"
"Chōmaryoku no Wana da!" (超魔力の罠だ!) 
February 24, 1979
5 "Robot Big Dogfight"
"Robotto Dai Kūchūsen" (ロボット大空中戦) 
March 3, 1979
6 "Launch the Multipurpose Battleship"
"Bannō Senkan Hasshin Seyo" (万能戦艦発進せよ) 
March 10, 1979
7 "The House Burns!!"
"O-uchi ga Moeru!!" (お家が燃える!!) 
March 17, 1979
8 "The Riddle of the Strongarm Ace"
"Tetsuwan Ēsu no Nazo" (鉄腕エースの謎) 
March 24, 1979
9 "The Woman from the Land of Ice"
"Kōri no Kuni no Onna" (氷の国の女) 
March 31, 1979
10 "I Saw the Naumann Elephant"
"Nauman-zō o Mita" (ナウマン象を見た) 
April 7, 1979
11 "The Great Case of the Pet Kidnapping"
"Petto Yūkai Dai Jiken" (ペット誘拐大事件) 
April 14, 1979
12 "The Cursed Killing Method, Rose Snowstorm"
"Noroi Sappō Bara Fubuki" (呪い殺法バラ吹雪) 
April 21, 1979
13 "Golden Eggs and Sunny-Side-Up Eggs"
"Kin no Tamago to Medamayaki" (金の卵と目玉焼き) 
April 28, 1979
14 "Marriage of the Beauty and the Beast"
"Bijo to Yajū no Kekkon" (美女と野獣の結婚) 
May 5, 1979
15 "Egos' Hellish Cooking"
"Egosu no Jigoku Ryōri" (エゴスの地獄料理) 
May 12, 1979
16 "The Tragedy of the Unarmed-Combat Queen"
"Kakutōgi Joō no Higeki" (格闘技女王の悲劇) 
May 19, 1979
17 "Steal the Monster Machine"
"Kaibutsu Mashin o Ubae" (怪物マシンを奪え) 
May 26, 1979
18 "Hurry to the Dove's Nest of Evil"
"Hato yo Aku no Su e Isoge" (鳩よ悪の巣へ急げ) 
June 2, 1979
19 "The World's Strongest Beauty!!"
"Sekai Saikyō no Bijo" (世界最強の美女!!) 
June 9, 1979
20 "Hazardous Ghost Hunting"
"Kiken na Yūrei Kari" (危険な幽霊狩り) 
June 16, 1979
21 "Assault the Dinosaur Peninsula!!"
"Kyōryū Hantō e Totsugeki" (恐竜半島へ突撃!!) 
June 23, 1979
22 "The Female Spy Team's Counterattack"
"Onna Supai Dan no Gyakushū" (女スパイ団の逆襲) 
June 30, 1979
23 "Decisive Battle!! All Monsters Appear"
"Kessen!! Kaijin Sō Tōjō" (決戦!!怪人総登場) 
July 7, 1979
24 "Tears! Diane Falls"
"Namida! Daian Taoru" (涙!ダイアン倒る) 
July 14, 1979
25 "The Film Studio is a Strange Haunt"
"Satsueijo wa Kaiki Makyō" (撮影所は怪奇魔境) 
July 21, 1979
26 "The Bandage Man's Masked Report"
"Hōtai Otoko no Kamen Hōkoku" (包帯男の仮面報告) 
July 28, 1979
27 "Beware of First Love Thief"
"Hatsukoi Dorobō ni Goyōjin" (初恋泥棒にご用心) 
August 4, 1979
28 "Chase the Mysterious Boat"
"Nazo no Bōto o Oe" (謎のボートを追え) 
August 11, 1979
29 "Did You See Her!? The Woman With the Torn Mouth"
"Mita ka!? Kuchisake Onna" (見たか!?口裂け女) 
August 18, 1979
30 "The Bizarre Taste, Omnivorous Head Chef"
"Akujiki Zasshoku no Ryōrichō" (悪食雑食の料理長) 
August 25, 1979
31 "Violent Dash Truck Siblings"
"Gekisō Torakku Kyōdai" (激走トラック兄妹) 
September 1, 1979
32 "Hometown Homicide Village"
"Furusato Satsujin Mura" (ふるさと殺人村) 
September 8, 1979
33 "Cossack Dies in Love"
"Kosakku Ai ni Shisu" (コサック愛に死す) 
September 15, 1979
34 "The Dark Shogun Who Laughs in Hell"
"Jigoku de Warau Yami Shōgun" (地獄で笑う闇将軍) 
September 22, 1979
35 "Starving Big Panic"
"Harapeko Dai Panikku" (腹ペコ大パニック) 
September 29, 1979
36 "The Blown-Up Wedding"
"Bakuhasareta Kekkonshiki" (爆破された結婚式) 
October 6, 1979
37 "Lightning Sword vs. Pinwheel Sword"
"Denkōken Tai Fūshaken" (電光剣対風車剣) 
October 13, 1979
38 "The Bizarre Party's Trap"
"Kaiki Pātī no Wana" (怪奇パーティーの罠) 
October 20, 1979
39 "The Friend Who Became a Demon"
"Akuma ni Natta Tomo" (悪魔になった友) 
October 27, 1979
40 "The Beautiful Teacher, in the Nick of Time"
"Bijin Sensei Kikiippatsu" (美人先生危機一髪) 
November 3, 1979
41 "A Big Come-from-behind on the Verge of Explosion"
"Bakuha Sunzen no Dai Gyakuten" (爆破寸前の大逆転) 
November 10, 1979
42 "The Fireworks of Electric Human Love"
"Denki Ningen Ai no Hanabi" (電気人間愛の花火) 
November 17, 1979
43 "Assassin Jackal"
"Ansatsusha Jakkaru" (暗殺者ジャッカル) 
November 24, 1979
44 "The Tsukikage Clan of Hell Valley"
"Jigoku-dani no Tsukikage Ichizoku" (地獄谷の月影一族) 
December 1, 1979
45 "Five Minutes Before the Heart Stops!"
"Shinzō Teishi Gofun Mae" (心臓停止五分前!) 
December 8, 1979
46 "The Cursed Straw Doll"
"Noroi no Wara Ningyō" (呪いのワラ人形) 
December 15, 1979
47 "A Mystery! Strategic Grass-Lot Baseball"
"Kai! Bōryaku no Kusayakyū" (怪!謀略の草野球) 
December 22, 1979
48 "The Big Thief and the Robber Boy"
"Dai Tōzoku to Dorobō Shōnen" (大盗賊と泥棒少年) 
December 29, 1979
49 "The Five Second Graders Rebel Army"
"Ninen Gokumi no Hanrangun" (2年5組の反乱軍) 
January 5, 1980
50 "The Demon Who Aims at the Shogun's Mask"
"Shōgun o Nerau Fukumen-ki" (将軍を狙う覆面鬼) 
January 12, 1980
51 "Egos' Revival Ceremony"
"Egosu Fukkatsu no Kishiki" (エゴス復活の儀式) 
January 19, 1980
52 "The Symphony of the Heroes"
"Eiyūtachi no Kōkyōkyoku" (英雄たちの交響曲) 
January 26, 1980

Cast

Guest Stars

Songs

Opening theme
Ending theme

International broadcasts

Battle Fever J was popular in Hawaii,[1] along with Gorenger, Kikaider, Kamen Rider V3, Rainbowman; and many others, all of which were shown in 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, title Ranger J on MCOT Channel 9.

Notes

  1. Original version only. Subsequent airings and releases have replaced Kenji Ushio by Masashi Ishibashi, except for episodes 4 and 6

References

  1. "Battle Fever J". Battlefever.com. Retrieved 2015-08-23.

External links

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