Choushinsei Flashman

**Choushinsei Flashman** (超新星フラッシュマン, *Chōshinsei Furasshuman*?, translated as **Supernova Flashman**) is the tenth entry of the *Super Sentai* series. It aired on TV Asahi on March 1, 1986 to February 21, 1987. It was the first Super Sentai series that introduced a second giant robot.

## Plot

"One day, five children from Earth were taken to the far reaches of space. And twenty years later..."
―Narrator**[src]**

In 1966, five children were kidnapped by an alien group known as the Alien Hunters for the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess, who wanted samples of humans from Earth to experiment on. The children were rescued by Mess' arch enemy, the Flash alien race, which took each one to a different planet of the Flash solar system for training.

Each of them was trained separately in a range of superpowers that will allow them to fight Mess, their bodies also adapted to the atmosphere of the Flash Solar System making them gain special abilities. When they finally return to Earth in 1986 to combat Mess, who is now trying to invade it, they use the opportunity to search for their birth parents. They later learn that their time on Earth will be cut short as their birth planet's atmosphere has become deadly to them and after a year, they will die from what is known as the *Anti-Flash Phenomenon*.

## Characters

### Allies

* Mag
* Doctor Tokimura
* Setsuko Tokimura
* Kaori Tokimura
* Midori Tokimura
* Hero Titan
* Leh Baraki
* The Powaburu (11)
* Sumire Okano (20, 37)
* Milan (21)
* Ryuu Wakasa (27)
* Shibehl (40)

### Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess

* Great Emperor Lah Deus
* Great Doctor Lie Köpflen
* Leh Wanda
* Leh Näfel
* Leh Gals
* Wolk and Kilt
* Kuragen
* Zolors
* Beast Warriors
	+ The Baraboss (1)
	+ The Zululuk (2)
	+ The Garagoss (Movie)
	+ The Zaimoss (3)
	+ The Girai (4)
	+ The Gerzol (5)
	+ The Saizar (6)
	+ The Gariburu (7)
	+ The Jigen (8-9)
	+ The Galubari (10)
	+ The Gilgiss (12)
	+ The Jirugal (13)
	+ The Mashiras (14)
	+ The Zukonda (15-16, 24)
	+ The Jiraika (17-18)
	+ The Drake (19)
	+ The Buruzas (20)
	+ The Zobalda (21)
	+ The Argoss (22)
	+ The Nenjiki (23)
	+ The Dapiras (25)
	+ The Gurumess (26)
	+ The Jagan (27)
	+ The Sworduss (29)
	+ The Ganmel (30)
	+ The Gostero (31)
	+ The Biinon (32)
	+ The Wolkil (33)
	+ The Mazarass (34)
	+ The Garabas (35)
	+ The Metagas (36)
	+ The Devilub (37)
	+ The Zeragill (38)
	+ The Menonga (39)
	+ The Zehgul (40)
	+ The Bucross (41)
	+ The Descom (42)
	+ The Gitan (43)
* Deus Beast Warriors
	+ The Taffmoss (44)
	+ The Kiltos (45)
	+ The Nefuluss (46)
	+ The Wandal (47)
	+ The Gardess (48)
	+ The Deusura (49)
	+ The Demoss (50)

#### Alien Hunters

* Sir Cowler
* Bo Gardan
* Alien Hunters

## Arsenal

### Individual Weapons

* Prism Holy Sword ◆
* Prism Kaiser ◆
* Prism Ball ◆
* Star Darts ◆
* Prism Batons ◆
* Shocking Beads ◆
* Prism Boots ◆
* Shocking Hearts ◆

### Team Cannon

* Rolling Vulcan ◆◆◆◆◆
	+ Red Vul ◆
	+ Green Vul ◆
	+ Blue Vul ◆
	+ Yellow Vul ◆
	+ Pink Vul ◆

## Mecha

*Legend*:◆ 1-pilot mecha,  2-pilot mecha, ✶ team-piloted mecha, ◇ unpiloted mecha, ➲ carrier mecha
* Round Base ➲
* Star Condor ➲
* Flash King ◆
	+ Tank Command ◆
	+ Jet Delta 
	+ Jet Seeker 
* Flash Titan / Great Titan ✶
	+ Titan Boy ✶
	+ Flash Titan Trailer Unit ◇

## Episodes

*Main article: Choushinsei Flashman Episodes*
1. Ep. 1: Hurry! Save the Earth (急げ! 地球を救え, *Isoge! Chikyū o Sukue*?)
2. Ep. 2: Behold! The Giant Robo (見たか! 巨大ロボ, *Mita ka! Kyodai Robo*?)
3. Ep. 3: An Old Enemy? Hunter! (宿敵? ハンター!, *Shukuteki? Hantā!*?)
4. Ep. 4: Mag is a Genius Robo?! (マグは天才ロボ?!, *Magu wa Tensai Robo?!*?)
5. Ep. 5: In the Care of the Female Warriors! (女戦士に御用心!, *Onna Senshi ni Go-yōjin!*?)
6. Ep. 6: Roar! Machine (ほえろ! マシーン, *Hoero! Mashīn*?)
7. Ep. 7: Balloon! Become a Weapon (風船よ武器になれ, *Fūsen yo Buki ni Nare*?)
8. Ep. 8: Father!! Mother!! Little Sisters! (父よ! 母よ! 妹よ, *Chichi yo! Haha yo! Imōto yo*?)
9. Ep. 9: The Doctor Who Travels Through Time (時をかける博士, *Toki o Kakeru Hakase*?)
10. Ep. 10: Attack! The Flower Girl's Trap (撃て! 花少女の罠, *Ute! Hana Shōjo no Wana*?)
11. Ep. 11: Lou is the Beast Warrior's Mother (ルーは獣戦士の母, *Rū wa Jū Senshi no Haha*?)
12. Ep. 12: Super Power! Wanda (超パワー! ワンダ, *Chō Pawā! Wanda*?)
13. Ep. 13: Intense Battle! Danger, Jin (激闘! 危うしジン, *Gekitō! Ayaushi Jin*?)
14. Ep. 14: Love!? Bun and the Female Gangster (恋!? ブンとスケ番, *Koi!? Bun to Sukeban*?)
15. Ep. 15: The Giant Robo is Worn Out (巨大ロボ破れたり, *Kyodai Robo Yaburetari*?)
16. Ep. 16: The Human Minimini Plan (人間ミニミニ作戦, *Ningen Minimini Sakusen*?)
17. Ep. 17: The Mysterious Giant Reckless Vehicle! (謎の巨大暴走車!, *Nazo no Kyodai Bōsō Kuruma!*?)
18. Ep. 18: Big Turnaround! The Transforming Robo (大逆転! 変身ロボ, *Dai Gyakuten! Henshin Robo*?)
19. Ep. 19: Baraki's Dying Warning (バラキ決死の伝言, *Baraki Kesshi no Dengon*?)
20. Ep. 20: Revival! Giant Robo! (復活! 巨大ロボ!, *Fukkatsu! Kyodai Robo!*?)
21. Ep. 21: Sorrowful Sara (悲しみのサラ, *Kanashimi no Sara*?)
22. Ep. 22: SOS! Phoenix! (SOS! 不死鳥!, *Esu Ō Esu! Fushichō!*?)
23. Ep. 23: Heart-Throbbing Wishes! (お願いドキドキ!, *Onegai Dokidoki!*?)
24. Ep. 24: The Occult Summer Vacation (オカルト夏休み, *Okaruto Natsuyasumi*?)
25. Ep. 25: Hurry, Jin, Fusion is Impossible (急げジン合体不能, *Isoge Jin Gattai Funō*?)
26. Ep. 26: Space Pumpkin Cooking (宇宙カボチャ料理, *Uchū Kabocha Ryōri*?)
27. Ep. 27: Dai's Punch of Friendship (ダイ友情のパンチ, *Dai Yūjō no Panchi*?)
28. Ep. 28: Sublime! Fiery Galus (壮絶! 炎のガルス, *Sōzetsu! Honō no Garusu*?)
29. Ep. 29: Monstrous Warrior Wandarla (妖獣士ワンダーラ, *Yōjūshi Wandāra*?)
30. Ep. 30: Bizarre Nefelura (怪奇ネフェルーラ, *Kaiki Neferūra*?)
31. Ep. 31: It Vanished! The Power of the 5 (消えた! 5人の力（パワー）, *Kieta! Gonin no Pawā*?)
32. Ep. 32: We Like You, We Like You, Mag, We Like You (すきすきマグすき, *Suki Suki Magu Suki*?)
33. Ep. 33: Papa Won't Lose! (パパは負けない!, *Papa wa Makenai!*?)
34. Ep. 34: Bun Disappeared in the Rapids (激流に消えたブン, *Gekiryū ni Kieta Bun*?)
35. Ep. 35: The Starry Sky's Duet (星空のデュエット, *Hoshizora no Dyuetto*?)
36. Ep. 36: The Shocking Wonder Slug (ドッキリ不思議虫, *Dokkiri Fushigi Mushi*?)
37. Ep. 37: A Ghost's First Love (幽霊の初恋, *Yūrei no Hatsukoi*?)
38. Ep. 38: The Day Jin Dies?! (ジンが死ぬ日?!, *Jin ga Shinu Hi?!*?)
39. Ep. 39: Burn, Angry Sara (燃えろ怒りのサラ, *Moero Ikari no Sara*?)
40. Ep. 40: Execution City, Operation XX (処刑都市XX作戦, *Shokei Toshi Daburu Kurosu Sakusen*?)
41. Ep. 41: Dai Becomes a Child (子供にされたダイ, *Kodomo ni Sareta Dai*?)
42. Ep. 42: Don't Cry! Female Warriors (泣くな!女戦士, *Naku na! Onna Senshi*?)
43. Ep. 43: Kauler's Treachery! (カウラーの反逆!, *Kaurā no Hangyaku!*?)
44. Ep. 44: Deus Beast Warriors Appear (デウス獣戦士出現, *Deusu Jū Senshi Shutsugen*?)
45. Ep. 45: Warriors! Leave the Earth (戦士よ地球を去れ, *Senshi yo Chikyū o Sare*?)
46. Ep. 46: Only 20 Days to Live!! (たった20日の命!!, *Tatta Nijūichi no Inochi!!*?)
47. Ep. 47: Wanda! Death Cry (ワンダ! 死の絶叫, *Wanda! Shi no Zekkyō*?)
48. Ep. 48: The End of Kauler!! (カウラーの最期!!, *Kaurā no Saigo!!*?)
49. Ep. 49: Counterattack, Ra Deus (逆襲ラー・デウス, *Gyakushū Rā Deusu*?)
50. Final Ep.: Farewell! Our Home Planet (さらば! 故郷の星, *Saraba! Kokyō no Hoshi*?)

**Movies**

1. *Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie* (超新星フラッシュマン, *Chōshinsei Furasshuman*?)
2. *Choushinsei Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy!* (超新星フラッシュマン：ビッグラリー！タイタンボーイ！, *Chōshinsei Furasshuman: Biggu Rarī! Taitan Bōi!*?)

## Cast

* Jin (ジン, *Jin*?): Touta Tarumi (垂水 藤太, *Tarumi Tōta*?)
* Dai (ダイ, *Dai*?): Kihachiro Uemura (植村 喜八郎, *Uemura Kihachirō*?)
* Bun (ブン, *Bun*?): Yasuhiro Ishiwata (石渡康浩, *Ishiwata Yasuhiro*?)
* Sara Tokimura (サラ 時村, *Tokimura Sara*?): Youko Nakamura (中村 容子, *Nakamura Yōko*?)
* Lou (ルー, *Rū*?): Mayumi Yoshida (吉田 真弓, *Yoshida Mayumi*?) (This actress is not to be confused with the actress who played Mazurka in *Dai Sentai Goggle V*)
* Mag (マグ, *Magu*?, Voice): Hiroko Maruyama (丸山 裕子, *Maruyama Hiroko*?)
* Doctor Tokimura (時村博士, *Tokimura-hakase*?): Akira Ishihama (石浜明, *Ishihama Akira*?)
* Setsuko Tokimura (時村節子, *Tokimura Setsuko*?): Tamie Kubota (久保田 民絵, *Kubota Tamie*?)
* Great Emperor Lah Deus (大帝ラー・デウス, *Daitei Rā Deusu*?, Voice): Unsho Ishizuka (石塚 運昇, *Ishizuka Unshō*?)
* Great Doctor Lie Köpflen (大博士リー・ケフレン, *Dai Hakase Rī Kefuren*?): Koji Shimizu (清水康次, *Shimizu Kōji*?)
* Leh Wanda (レー・ワンダ, *Rē Wanda*?): Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, *Hirose Yutaka*?)
* Leh Näfel (レーネフェル, *Rē Neferu*?): Sayoko Hagiwara (萩原 佐代子, *Hagiwara Sayoko*?)
* Leh Gals (レー・ガルス, *Rē Garusu*?, Voice): Hiroyuki Uchida (内田裕之, *Uchida Hiroyuki*?)
* Wolk and Kilt (ウルク＆キルト, *Uruku to Kiruto*?): Miyuki Nagato (長門美由樹, *Nagato Miyuki*?) (Wolk), Hiroko Kojima (小島寛子, *Kojima Hiroko*?) (Kilt)
* Sir Kauler (サー・カウラー, *Sā Kaurā*?): Joji Nakata (中田 譲治, *Nakata Jōji*?)
* Bo Gardan (ボー・ガルダン, *Bō Garudan*?), Hero Titan (英雄・タイタン, *Eiyū Taitan*?, Voice): Yoshinori Okamoto (岡本義則, *Okamoto Yoshinori*?)
* Narrator: Eiichi Onoda (小野田英一, *Onoda Eichi*?)

## Songs

Opening theme
* "Choushinsei Flashman" (超新星フラッシュマン, *Chōshinsei Furasshuman*?)
	+ Lyrics: Reo Rinozuka (里乃塚 玲央, *Rinozuka Reo*?)
	+ Composition: Yukihide Takekawa (タケカワ ユキヒデ, *Takekawa Yukihide*?)
	+ Arrangement: Keiichi Oku (奥 慶一, *Oku Keiichi*?)
	+ Artist: Taku Kitahara (北原 拓, *Kitahara Taku*?)

Ending theme (1-49)
* "Fighting Pose, Flashman!" (ファイティングポーズ、フラッシュマン!, *Faitingu Pōzu, Furasshuman!*?)
	+ Lyrics: Kohei Oikawa (及川 恒平, *Oikawa Kōhei*?)
	+ Composition: Yukihide Takekawa
	+ Arrangement: Keiichi Oku
	+ Artist: Taku Kitahara
* Episode 50 has a special ending, which credits roll like a end credits with a last scene special BGM, followed by *Maskman* special preview.

Insert theme
* Kagayake! Flash King
* Atsui Heart wa Spectral
* Body Action Dance Janai Wa Yo
* Beat wo Awasete Ima Sugu ni
* Flashman Tamashii
* Boku wa Magu
* Flashman no Chikai
* Action, No. 1
* Heart wa Hibana sa, Flashman

## International broadcasts

The series was broadcast in Brazil under the title Comando Estelar Flashman (Star Commando Flashman) and achieved a very strong acclaim in that country. It was broadcast in Ecuador on Ecuavisa, in Peru on Panamericana Televisión, in Mexico on Azteca 7 and it was broadcast several times through many years in Bolivia on RTP. The dub in Spanish was made by Everest Video, the same company which made the Portuguese dub and it was named, Comando Estelar Flashman, as in Brazil.

It was also broadcast in South Korea as *Earth Protector Flashman* (지구방위대 후뢰시맨, Jigu Bangwidae Hureoshimaen). The series was also broadcast in Thailand on Channel 7. The series was broadcast in France on TF1 as Flashman and was dubbed in Malay as Flashman on TV2 Malaysia Channel in 1994.

## Notes

* This is the first Sentai series to have a second Robo, Great Titan.
* This is the first Sentai series in which the last names of the Rangers are not revealed.
	+ It is also the first Sentai series where all the Rangers have their names be in katakana format.
* This is the first Sentai to have an opening narration before yelling the show title.
* At the time of Flashman's release in 1986, it was identified as the "10th Super Sentai" series, starting from *Himitsu Sentai Gorenger*. However two years later, *Choujuu Sentai Liveman* would be considered the 10th, with the franchise only counting from the modernization of the concept with 1979's *Battle Fever J*. *Gorenger* and *J.A.K.Q.* would not return to Super Sentai status until 1995's *Chouriki Sentai Ohranger* was identified as the 19th, at the time of the 20th anniversary of *Gorenger*.
* While initially from Earth, this is the first Sentai series in which the Rangers did not grow up on Earth. The first team to be comprised of Rangers not at all from Earth wouldn't be until *Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger,* 25 years later.
* First Sentai team to not have a mentor.
* Despite lacking a Power Rangers counterpart, their suits still appear in *Super Megaforce*. They are given the name Prism.
* Yutaka Hirose (Leh Wanda), Joji Nakata (Sir Kauler) and Yoshinori Okamoto (Bo Gardan) are castmates in *Choujuu Sentai Liveman*.

## External links

* *Choushinsei Flashman* at super-sentai.net
* *Choushinsei Flashman* at Wikipedia
* *Choushinsei Flashman* at Japanese Wikipedia