Jushi Sentai France Five

nihongo|"Jushi Sentai France Five"|銃士戦隊フランスファイブ|Jūshi Sentai Furansu Faibu|translated as "Musketeers Squadron France Five", later known as nihongo|"Shin Kenjushi France Five"|新剣銃士フランスファイブ|Shin Kenjūshi Furansu Faibu|translated as "New Sword Musketeers France Five", is a French series produced by Buki X-1 Productions in 2000s. It is an homage to Toei's ever-popular Super Sentai Series, which was extremely popular in France in the 1980s. There have been four half-hour episodes of "France Five" made, with a fifth (supposedly the conclusion) underway.

This series is said to be a nod to another Sentai pastiche, "Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon" ("Patriot Squadron Great Japan") (1982) by Daicon Films (now Gainax).

Interestingly, the series has become somewhat popular in Japan as well, with singer Akira Kushida singing an original theme for Episode 4. Prior to that point, the themes were French remixes of older Sentai theme songs ("Choujin Sentai Jetman" and "Choudenshi Bioman") as well as an original French theme.

tory

Glou Man Chou, ruler of the empire Lexos, desires to conquer planet Earth. However, the Eiffel Tower generates a barrier around the planet that keeps him from sending his armies en masse. Glou Man Chou sends his warriors and monsters to Earth in order to destroy the tower and enable a full scale invasion, but they are opposed by the France Five.

In the fourth episode the shield is disabled and Lexos's army is shown prepared to invade the planet.

Cast

The heroes

*Antoine Deschaumes/Red Fromage

**Played by Sébastien Ruchet

*Thierry Durand/Black Beaujolais

**Played by Grégory Goldberg

*Albert Dumas/Blue Accordéon
**Played by Daniel Andreyev

*Jean Pétri/Yellow Baguette
**Played by Thomas Blumberg

*Catherine Fontaine/Pink à la Mode
**Played by Wendy Roeltgen, and later, Nolwenn Daste

upport

*Aramis Leclair/Silver Mousquetaire (1-4)
**Played by Grégoire Hellot

*Professor Aristide Brugonde
**Played by Tibor Clerdouet

*Margarine
**Played by Emilie Thore, and later, Clémence Perrot

The empire Lexos

*Glou Man Chou
**Played by David Guélou

*Extasy (1-4)
**Played by Nadège Bessaguet, and later, Aurélie Maurice

*Warduke
**Played by Jean-Marc Imbert

*Cancrelax
**Played by Olivier Fallaix

*Zakaral (4-5)
**Played by Patrick Giordano

Monsters

* Hypnostreum (1)
* Discostreum (2)
* Toxicostreum (3)
* Pyrostreum (4)

Mecha

*Jet Charlemagne : Flying fortress, carries the Falcon D'Artagnan and the Johan Of Arc Mont.
*Falcon D'Artagnan and Joan Of Arc Mount : Vehicles that combine into the France-Robot.
*Machine Chanteclerc : Silver Mousquetaire's rooster mecha.

External links

* [http://www.francefive.com/ Official France Five Website (in French, Japanese and English)]
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