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Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

1981–1982 · 1 season

A lively, colourful superhero romp with weekly monster battles and giant robot action, easy to dip into.

Created by: Minoru Yamada, Kimio Hirayama
Genres: Action & adventure, Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
Starring: Takayuki Godai, Ryusuke Kawasaki, Kinya Sugi

Overview: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan is the fifth season in Toei Company's Super Sentai tokusatsu television series. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, and is the only Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series and the only all-male Super Sentai team. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply Sun Vulcan. This was the last Sentai season to be co-produced with Marvel Comics.

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Created by: Minoru Yamada, Kimio Hirayama
Genres: Action & adventure, Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
Starring: Takayuki Godai, Ryusuke Kawasaki, Kinya Sugi

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Tone: campystrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
power
friendship
technology
justice
Places: big city
military
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama, kids
Created by: Minoru Yamada, Kimio Hirayama, Shohei Tôjô, Takafumi Hattori, Akira Kashima, Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Written by: Susumu Takaku, Mikio Matsushita, Shozo Uehara, Akiyoshi Sakai
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Length: 1 seasons, 50 episodes, 25 min each
Network: tv asahi
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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