Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Infobox Television
show_name = Seijuu Sentai Gingaman


caption = The title card for "Seijuu Sentai Gingaman"
genre = Tokusatsu
creator = Toei
runtime = approx. 25 minutes
starring = Kazuki Maehara Kōji Sueyoshi Shōei Nobuaki Takahashi Juri Miyazawa Teruaki Ogawa
opentheme = "Seijuu Sentai Gingaman" by Masato Shimon (credited as Ryou Kisao)
endtheme = "Hadashi no Kokoro De" by Masato Shimon
narrated = nihongo|Norio Wakamoto|若本 規夫|Wakamoto Noriocite web|url=http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/user/program/read_story3.asp?Command=Old&SID=16|title=Official Gingaman Website|publisher=Toei|accessdate=2007-08-04|language=Japanese]
composer = Toshihiko Sahashi
producer = Kenji Ōta
Shigenori Takadera
Kōichi Yada
co-producer = Gō Wakamatsu
country = Japan
language = Japanese
network = TV Asahi
first_aired = February 22, 1998
last_aired = February 14, 1999
num_episodes = 50
list_episodes =
website = http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/user/program/read_story3.asp?Command=Old&SID=16
imdb_id = 0182632
preceded_by = Denji Sentai Megaranger
followed_by = Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-Vnihongo|"Seijuu Sentai Gingaman"|星獣戦隊ギンガマン|Seijū Sentai Gingaman, translated into English as "Starbeast Squadron Gingaman", [ Gingaman is a portmaneau of the Japanese word for nihongo|Galaxy|銀河

Ginga and Man. ] is "TOEI Company Limited's" twenty-second production of the "Super Sentai" television series. Its footage has been used in "

It is the first Super Sentai series that bore the "-man" suffix since "Choujin Sentai Jetman" since the writers wanted the series to have a retro feel.cn|date=July 2008

This series is not to be confused with the one-time villainous but humorous Sentai from "Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman", the Ginga Sentai Gingaman.

Plot

:"The Starbeasts: They are mysterious animals who fight for the sake of defending harmony in the Milky Way!"

Three thousand years ago, the Barban 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. The Ginga people later cloaked their forest within marked boundaries and passed on the duty of Ginga warriors through generations.

Hyuuga, Hayate, Gouki, Hikaru and Saya are chosen as the 133rd warriors of the Star Beast Swords. Ryouma is very happy that his elder brother Hyuuga succeeds to the honorable title. When Elder Ohghi holds the succession ceremony of Star Beast Swords, an earthquake breaks the seal of Barban.

Ohghi orders the 133rd warriors to get the GingaBraces hidden in Roaring Mountain. However, the Barban attacks them to prevent the birth of the new Gingamen. During the battle, Hyuuga got swallowed into a crack in the ground which Captain Zahab of the Barban created. Enraged, Ryouma activates his hidden Earth power and awaken the Ginga Braces. The Gingaman fights together with the Starbeasts against the Barban, who desire to revive the Demon Beast, Daitanix, on whose 'corpse' they built their castle.

Main characters

Gingamen

"Main article: The Gingamen"

Auxiliary characters

* (18-25): Not technically a Gingaman. The previous Black Knight was a vengeful warrior. He seeks revenge for his young brother Krantz, who is killed by the Barban during their assault on their home planet, Taurus. His original goal is to find Lights of Ginga, so he could take revenge on Zahab. But his means are very selfish, as he does not care about hurting innocent humans to reach his goal, unlike the Gingamen. But later it was revealed that he had fell one thousand years earlier in the same abyss as Hyuuga, and that BullBlack uses the man's body to escape the abyss and fight again. This revelation came up when Hyuuga begins stopping him from using techniques that would hurt humans. After Krantz's spirit begged him to stop hurting people, BullBlack releases Hyuuga and is killed to save the Gingamen from a hate energy explosion. His spirit found peace after reuniting with Krantz. Later, they appear (as spirits) to inherit Hyuuga with BullBlack's powers by giving him the BullRiot Sword.

*: BullBlack's dead brother, who BullBlack wanted to avenge. It was Krantz's spirit who begged him to stop causing damage and searching for revenge.

*: A very distracted fairy with an acorn-shaped helmet. He is always with Moak and ends every phrase saying "bokku!".

*: A writer of children's stories, Haruhiko believed in the existence of the legendary Ginga Forest. He offers the Gingaman his ranch for them to live in after their forest home was pertified and wrote all their adventures.

*: Haruhiko's son, Yuuta didn't believe the legend until he witnesses the birth of the 133rd Gingamen.

*: Yuuta's school teacher. Mizusawa is Gouki's secret love.

* (1-2, 50): Elder Orghi is the leader of the Ginga people. When the Ginga Forest is attacked by Shelinda to use its energy to revive Ditanix, Orghi casts a petrification spell on himself and everything in the forest to prevent her from sucking the energy. Before becoming fully petrified, Orghi leaves a pendant with a seed to the Gingamen. In the finale after Zahab's death, the Ginga Forest resurfaces and Orghi as well as the rest of the Ginga people are restored much to the surprise of the Gingamen.

* (3-48, 50): Moak is Orghi's final gift to the Gingamen before he is fully turned to stone. Moak senses all the events that happen near any forest or wood, such as Barban's presence. He is the one who gives new weapons to the Gingaman. He also has knowledge of all Ginga legends. Near the finale, he sacrifices himself to prevent the birth of the Earth Beast, but left behind a seed. After the Ginga Forest is restored in the finale, Moak is revived when Orghi plants his seed.

* (40): A forced Majin, Degius was once a warrior of good who became corrupted. He is eventually killed after Biznella's mind control collar forces him evil again. When he dies, GingaYellow turns his sword into a monument of sorts to remember him by placing his sword on the beach to look like a cross gravestone sticking out of the sand.

* Denji Sentai Megaranger

* Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V

pace Pirates Barban

"Main article: Space Pirates Barban"

The nihongo|Space Pirates Barban|宇宙海賊バルバン|Uchū Kaizoku Baruban are group of pirates who have destroyed many planets along the Milky Way. They have their headquarters, the nihongo|Rowdy Invincible Castle|荒くれ無敵城|Arakure Mutekijō, mounted on the back of Daitanix. They once tried to invade Earth but the first generation of Gingaman and the Starbeasts sealed them in the bottom of the sea. 3,000 years later, an earthquake broke the seal and Barban was released, with plans of awakening Daitanix in our time. Its four great armies plot various strategies in order to achieve it.

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Cast

Main Cast

* Ryoma/Ginga Red: nihongo|Kazuki Maehara|前原 一輝|Maehara Kazuki
* Hayate/Ginga Green: nihongo|Kōji Sueyoshi|末吉 宏司|Sueyoshi Kōji
* Gouki/Ginga Blue: nihongo|Shōei|照英|Shōei
* Hikaru/Ginga Yellow: nihongo|Nobuaki Takahashi|高橋 伸顕|Takahashi Nobuaki
* Saya/Ginga Pink: nihongo|Juri Miyazawa|宮澤 寿梨|Miyazawa Juri
* Hyuuga/Black Knight: nihongo|Teruaki Ogawa|小川 輝明|Ogawa Teruaki
* Steerwoman Shelinda: nihongo|Kei Mizutani|水谷 ケイ|Mizutani Kei
* Haruhiko Aoyama: nihongo|Yoshihiko Takamoku|高杢 禎彦|Takamoku Yoshihiko
* Yuuta Aoyama: nihongo|Shogo Hayakawa|早川 翔吾|Hayakawa Shōgo
* Suzuko Mizusawa: nihongo|Makiko Yoshida|吉田 真希子|Yoshida Makiko

Voice Actors

* Moak: nihongo|Rokurō Naya|納谷 六朗|Naya Rokurō
* Bokku: nihongo|Sanae Miyuki|深雪 さなえ|Miyuki Sanae
* BullBlack: nihongo|Kōji Ochiai|落合 弘治|Ochiai Kōji
* Zahab: nihongo|Hidekatsu Shibata|柴田 秀勝|Shibata Hidekatsu
* Bucrates: nihongo|Chafūrin|茶風林|Chafūrin
* Sambash: nihongo|Nobuyuki Hiyama|檜山 修之|Hiyama Nobuyuki
* Budoh: nihongo|Kazuo Hayashi|林 一夫|Hayashi Kazuo
* Iliess: nihongo|Gara Takashima|高島 雅羅|Takashima Gara
* Battobas: nihongo|Takeshi Watabe|渡部 猛|Watabe Takeshi
* Biznella: nihongo|Kaneto Shiozawa|塩沢 兼人|Shiozawa Kaneto

uit Actors

* GingaRed (main), BullTaurus, GingaLeon: nihongo|Seiji Takaiwa|高岩 成二|Takaiwa Seiji
* Budoh, Biznella, GingaRed (sub): nihongo|Hirofumi Fukuzawa|福沢 博文|Fukuzawa Hirofumi
* GingaGreen, Gingalcon, GigaRhinos: nihongo|Yasuhiro Takeuchi|竹内 康博|Takeuchi Yasuhiro
* GingaBlue, Gingarilla, Gingaioh/Shine Armor Gingaioh, Zahab: nihongo|Jirō Okamoto|岡元 次郎|Okamoto Jirō
* GingaYellow, GingaVerick, GigaPhoenix: nihongo|Yūichi Hachisuka|蜂須賀 祐一|Hachisuka Yūichi
* GingaPink, Gingat, Heavy Knight: nihongo|Motokuni Nakagawa|中川 素州|Nakagawa Motokuni
* Sambash, Black Knight: nihongo|Naoki Ōfuji|大藤 直樹|Ōfuji Naoki
* Gingaioh/Shine Armor Gingaioh: nihongo|Hideaki Kusaka|日下 秀昭|Kusaka Hideaki
* Iliess: nihongo|Shōji Hachisuka|蜂須賀 昭二|Hachisuka Shōji
* Battobas: nihongo|Hirofumi Ishigaki|石垣 広文|Ishigaki Hirofumi
* Bucrates: nihongo|Kenjirō Fujita|藤田 健次郎|Fujita Kenjirō

ongs

;Opening theme
*nihongo|"Seijuu Sentai Gingaman"|星獣戦隊ギンガマン|Seijū Sentai Gingaman
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Toshihiko Sahashi
**Artist: Masato Shimon (as Ryō Kisao)

;Ending theme
*nihongo|"Naked Mind"|はだしの心で|Hadashi no Kokoro de
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: nihongo|Masao Ideguchi|出口 雅生|Ideguchi Masao
**Arrangement: nihongo|Kōichirō Kameyama|亀山 耕一郎|Kameyama Kōichirō
**Artist: Masato Shimon (as Ryō Kisao)

References

External links

* [http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/user/program/read_story3.asp?Command=Old&SID=16 Gingaman at the Official Toei Website] (Japanese)