Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan is a Japanese television series. It is the 5th in Toei's Super Sentai series. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, and is the Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series (Denshi Sentai Denjiman). It is also the first and only series in the franchise to have an all-male Super Sentai team and the first to have fewer than five members in the core team.

Plot
The threat of the Machine Empire Black Magma causes the United Nations to establish the Solar Sentai at a summit. From the UN's Guardians of World Peace's (GWP) air force, navy, and rangers, Commander Arashiyama assembles three specialists to become Sun Vulcan. When Black Magma learns of this, he attacks the GWP's base, but Sun Vulcan debuts in time to save it. Hell Saturn prays to the Black Solar God and is rewarded with a revived Queen Heridan, now a cyborg with a mechanical heart and a metallic Afro. Black Magma multiple plots, even with Herdian's aid, fails. Following the death of 01, Amazon Killer, (a Vader) arrives from space, destroying the Sun Vulcan Base. A new Vulcan Base is then built.

The original Vul Eagle, Ryusuke Ohwashi, is replaced by a friend and master of the sword, Takayuki Hiba (who first appeared on episode 23).

Characters

Sun Vulcan
 Actor  Name  RangersRyusuke KawasakiRyusuke OhwashiVul EagleTakayuki GodaiTakayuki HibaKinya SugiKinya SamejimaVul SharkAsao KobayashiAsao HyouVul Panther

Cast
 Ryusuke Ohwashi / Vul Eagle I: Ryūsuke Kawasaki
 Takayuki Hiba / Vul Eagle II: Takayuki Godai
 Kinya Samejima / Vul Shark: Kin'ya Sugi
 Asao Hyou / Vul Panther: Asao Kobayashi
 Daizaburo Arashiyama: Shin Kishida
 Misa Arashiyama: Yumi Nemoto
 Narration: Tōru Ōhira
 Sun Vulcan Robo: Eiji Kinae

Songs
 Opening theme
 "Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan"
 Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
 Composition: Michiaki Watanabe
 Artist: Akira Kushida & Koorogi '73
 Ending theme
 "Wakasa wa Plasma" ("Youth is a Plasma")
 Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
 Composition: Michiaki Watanabe
 Artist: Akira Kushida
 Episodes: 1-33
 "Ichi tasu Ni tasu Sun Vulcan" ("One plus Two plus Sul Vulcan")
 Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
 Composition: Michiaki Watanabe
 Artist: Akira Kushida
 Episodes: 34-50

Category:Super Sentai series
Category:1980s Japanese television series
Category:1981 television series debuts
Category:1982 television series endings
Category:Japanese animated television series
Category:Japanese-language television programs
Category:Superhero television shows