Batoru Feeba J ran February 03, 1979 through January 26, 1980, 52 episodes
Head writter Uehara, Shouzou
Cast
| Character |
|
Actor/Actress |
| Den, Masao |
|
Tanioka, Hironori |
| Battle Japan |
|
Niibori,
Kazuo |
| Shida, Kyôsuke |
|
Kurachi, Yûhei |
| Battle France |
|
Hasimoto, Haruhiko & Mashita, Tetuo |
| Shiraishi, Kensaku [episodes 1-33] |
|
Itô, Yukio |
| Jin, Makoto [episodes 33-52] |
|
Ban,
Daisuke |
| Battle Cossack |
|
Atsum, Hiroshi & Koga, Hirohumi |
| Akebono, Shirô |
|
Oba, Kenji |
| Battle Kenya |
|
Oba, Kenji & Kitagawa,
Tsutomu |
| Diane Martin [episodes 1-24] |
|
Diane Martin |
| Lisa
Komaki |
|
Diane Martin (voice) [episodes 1-14, 17-24] |
| Yokozawa, Keiko |
|
Diane Martin (voice) [episodes 15 & 16] |
| Maria Nagisa [episodes 24-52] |
|
Naomi Hagi |
| Miss America [episodes 1-17] |
|
Lisa
Komaki
& Kitagawa, Tsutomu |
| Miss America [episodes 18-52] |
|
Onodera, Eiiko & Kitagawa, Tsutomu |
| Shogun Tetsuzan, Kurama |
|
Chiyonosuke, Azuka |
| Nakahara, Keiko |
|
Noriko, Ito |
| Satan Egos (voice) |
|
IÎzuka, Shozoe |
| Commander Hedda |
|
Ishibashi,
Masashi |
| Salome [episodes 19-52) |
|
Ueda, Maquis |
| Narrator |
|
Ohira, Tôru |
(Diane Martin; Akebono,
Shirô; Shida, Kyôsuke; Tetsuzan, Kurama; Shiraishi, Kensaku; Den, Maso)
Shogun Tetsuzan,Kurama created Battle Fever to battle the criminal organization Egos. He gave the power suits to four Japanese men and one Japanese-American
woman, an FBI agent who followed Egos to Japan.
Den, Masao (Battle
Japan) - former National Defense Ministry officer. Trained in Judo and
karate. Armed with spear. Did a kung fu dance.
Shida, Kyôsuke (Battle
France) - a dandy and a playboy. Works as a beautician. Armed with
fencing sword. Did a flamenco (Spanish) dance. Enjoys eating escargo
(snails).
Shiraishi, Kensaku
(Battle Cossack 1) - trained in science and war. Armed with twin sais.
Did a Russian dance. Enjoys eating caviar (fish eggs). Left Big Baser
without the Battle Cossack uniform and was killed attempting to save a
child from Egos. Shiraishi, Kensaku is in episodes 1-33. (Itô, Yukio
(later Takeshi, Itô) left the series to get married and spend the time
with his bride.)
Jin, Makoto
(Battle Cossack 2) - a scientist who trained in the Defense Ministry
along with Shiraishi, Kensaku. Joined Battle Fever to avenge the death
of his friend. Jin, Makoto is an expert marksman. He's a loner,
prefering to go off by himself. In episode 45 Jin, Makoto plays a
trumpet to distract Egos. The tune he plays is the tune Ichiro plays in
Kikaida 01. Jin, Makoto is in episodes 33-52.
Akebono, Shirô (Battle
Kenya) - can talk with animals. Armed with a whip. Did an African
dance. Eats just about anything. The smell of his cooking is not
appreaciated by the other team members.
Diane Martin (Miss
America 1) - FBI agent. Joined Battle Fever to avenge her father, who
was killed by Egos. Armed with throwing knives. Did a disco dance.
After being injured by Dracula Monster, Diane decides to return to the
United States to care for her younger sister Catherine. Diane Martin is
in episodes 1-24. (Diane Martin apparently left the series because she had become increasingly uncomfortible in the role, she did not speak fluent Japanaese, her character's voice was actually dubbed)
Maria Nagisa
(Miss America 2) - FBI agent trained by Diane Martin's father. When
Diane is wounded Maria takes her place as Miss America and then stays
on permenantly when Diane decides to return the the US. Maria Nagisa is
in episodes 24-52.
The Battle Fever J henshin is simply the word "Fever".
The other
members of Battle Fever are two female spies (who when not out spying
wear brown uniforms) and a robotic minna bird. The bird's negative
comments about Battle Fever annoy them. The required child is Masaru,
the younger brother of one of the spies. He is NOT played by the Jinzo
Ningen Kikaida Masaru actor. The other spy has a teenage
sister.
Battle Fever defeated
the human sized monsters with "Penta Force". There were two versions of
"Penta Force" In the early episodes the Battle Fever J members formed
Penta Force Cannon from their Command Bats and fired an explosive shell
at the monster.
In later episodes they
throw their Command Bats into the air, forming Penta Boomarang, which
flew into the monster blowing it up.
Battle Fever
J was the first Sentai to feature a giant robot used to
destroy giant monsters. Starting with episode 5, when the human sized
monsters of Egos are in danger of being defeated a giant robot "younger
brother" is sent to take their place. To fight these giants one of the
Battle Fever team radios Shogun Tetsuzan Kurama at Battle Fever's
underwater base, Big Bazer, to request the release of the flying
submarine Battle Shark. Most of the time it is Battle Japan who calls
for Battle Shark but each of the others has also made the call at least
once.
Battle Shark is armed
with Tail, Wing, and Vulcan Missiles, Guns of Navarone, and depth
bombs.
To finish off the
giant robots Battle Shark releases the giant robot Battle Fever Robo.
Battle Fever Robo is armed with Lightning Sword, Cross Fever throwing
knives, Stick Lancer, Chain Crusher, Attack Lancer trident and Fever
Axe. The throwing knives are stored in sheathes on Battle Fever Robo's
legs the other weapons and a shield are sent to Battle Fever Robo from
Battle Shark. Battle Japan, Battle France, Battle Kenya, Battle Cossack
and Miss America have rockets in their boots which allow them to fly
("Jet On") into Battle Fever Robo's stomach.
Battle Cossack, Battle
France and Battle Kenya travel by motorcycles, Three Machines. Battle
Japan and Miss America ride in Battle Fever Car.
The Battle Fever team
fights the evil Egos cult,
lead by the mysterious Satan Egos, his priest Commander Hedda
(played by Ishibashi,
Masashi who was Iron Claw in J.A.K.Q.
Dengeki Tai) and American Egos officer Salome.
Battle
Fever J is different from most tokusatsu in that the
villains do not know who the heroes are in the first episode. Egos
learns who each of the Battle Fever members are slowly over the course
of the series. They don't discover who Miss America is until episode 24
but then she's replaced by a different woman, who's name Egos does not
know. In episode 26 Egos finally learns the names of all the Battle
Fever members.
The
Episodes
1 02/03/1979 Charge!
To The Ball Park We Run
2 02/10/1979 Egos'
Mysterious Human Manufacturing Method
3 02/17/1979 Search
The Spy!
4 02/24/1979 It
Is The Trap Of Super Bewitchment!
5 03/03/1979 Battle
Of The Flying Robots
6 03/10/1979 Release
The Almighty Submarine
7 03/17/1979 Burn
The Houses!
8 03/24/1979 The
Secret Of The Steel-Armed Pitcher
9 03/31/1979 Woman
From the Frozen Lands
10 04/07/1979 The Sighting Of The
Elephant
11 04/14/1979 The Petnapping
Affair
12 04/21/1979 The Plans Of A
Cursed Rose
13 04/28/1979 Gold Egg And Fried
Egg
14 05/05/1979 Marriage Of Beauty
And Beast
15 05/12/1979 Egos' Hades Cooking
16 05/19/1979 Dark Queen Of
Fighters
17 05/26/1979 Steal The Monster
Machine
18 06/02/1979 Hurry To The
Pigeon's Evil Nest
19 06/09/1979 The World's
Strongest Beauty
20 06/16/1979 Dangerous Ghost To
Hunt
21 06/23/1979 Hurry To Dragon
Peninsula
22 06/30/1979 The Revenge Of The
Woman Spy
23 07/07/1979 Showdown! The
Appearance Of Many Monsters!
24 07/14/1979 Diane Overthrown
25 07/21/1979 Mystery Of The
Movie Studio
26 07/28/1979 The Masked Report
From The Bandaged Man
27 08/04/1979 Becareful Of The
Thief Of Your First Love
28 08/11/1979 Chase The
Unidentified Boat
29 08/18/1979 Did You See The
Torn-Mouth Lady?
30 08/25/1979 I Want To Eat --
The Cook Of Strange Foods
31 09/01/1979 Supersonic Siblings
32 09/08/1979 Homeland Village
Massacre
33 09/15/1979 Cossack Dies
34 09/22/1979 Shogun Of Darkness
Laughs In Hell
35 09/29/1979 Hunger Panic
36 10/06/1979 Blasted Wedding
37 10/13/1979 Lightning Sword vs
Wing Sword
38 10/20/1979 A Mysterious
Costume Party
39 10/27/1979 The Friend Who
Became An Evil Spirit
40 11/03/1979 Hour Of The Beauty
Queen
41 11/10/1979 The Old Explosion
Trick
42 11/17/1979 Fireworks And
Sparks Of Human Love
43 11/24/1979 Assassin Jackle
44 12/01/1979 Tsukkage Family Of
Hell Valley
45 12/08/1979 Five Minutes Before
A Heart Stops
46 12/15/1979 The Cursed Straw Man
47 12/22/1979 The Mysterious
Baseball Scheme!
48 12/29/1979 A Thief And A
Juvenile Deliquent
49 01/05/1980 2nd Grade, Glass
No. 5 Rebel Army
50 01/12/1980 The Masked Ogre
51 01/19/1980 The EGOS Rites Of
Ressurection
52 01/26/1980 The Hero's Symphony
Batoru Feebâ
J (Battle Fever J) featured music composed by Watanabe,
Michiaki (best known for the music from JInzo
Ningen Kikaida).
The Songs
The Ratings
Batoru Feeba J was proceeded by J.A.K.Q. Dengeki Tai
Last modified Saturday, April 3, 2021
Batoru Feebâ J © 1979 Toei Co., Ltd.
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