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Warrior of Love Rainbowman 愛の戦士レインボーマン

Warrior of Love Rainbowman  was the first tokusatsu by Toho to feature a transforming hero. It aired from 6 October 1972 to 28 September 1973 with a total of 52 episodes. Overview Takeshi Yamato (ヤマトタケシ), a wrestler, goes to India and trains under a 150 year old man Devadatta (提婆達多) to attain the power of Rainbowman , a superhuman that can manipulate many elements of nature in seven different forms. Takeshi goes to India amidst the third India-Pakistani War to find Devadatta. A sense of realism is achieved, with the war happening just a year before Rainbowman aired. It takes two episodes to show the pains Takeshi goes through in training and Rainbowman only appears in the last part of the second episode. This series is a continuous story and not episodic. The Shine Shine Dan (死ね死ね団) aka "Die Die Team" is a anti-Japanese terrorist organisation formed to eradicate Japan and the Japanese. Again, a realistic atmosphere is created. The leader of Shine Shine Dan is Mr K...

Alien Tigris チグリス星人

Alien Tigris was an alien that appeared in episode 1 of Silver Kamen. He has a feline appearance, matching his name, which may be an allusion to tigers. However, he has spots like a cheetah. His arms have no fingers, with long spiky tips. His head is slightly lowered toward the body and has a hump on his back, in reality to hide the suit actor's head. Alien Tigris killed Dr Kasuga, who was creating the Photon Rocket, and burned down his house. He then tried to steal the Photon Rocket blueprints from Dr Kasuga's children. In the end he fought Silver Kamen and had his flame attack used against himself, burning to death.

Doctor Apache アパッシュ博士

Alien Kyrgys キルギス星人

Alien Jurie ジュリー星人