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| Kagaku Sentai Dynaman | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Action/Adventure |
| Created by | Toei Company |
| Developed by | Hirohisa Soda |
| Directed by | Shohei Tojo Minoru Yamada Takafumi Hattori Nagafumi Hori |
| Starring | Satoshi Okita Junichi Haruta Koji Unoki Yu Tokita Sayoko Hagiwara Junshi Shimada Masashi Ishibashi Takeki Hayashi Mari Kouno Ritsuko Fujimiya |
| Narrated by | Tōru Ōhira |
| Composer | Kensuke Kyō |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Seiji Abe Moriyoshi Katō Takeyuki Suzuki Yasuhiro Tomita |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | TV Asahi Toei Company Toei Advertising |
| Original release | |
| Network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Release | February 5, 1983 – January 28, 1984 |
| Related | |
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン, Kagaku Sentai Dainaman; Science Squadron Dynaman) is a Japanese television tokusatsu series broadcast by TV Asahi. The series is the seventh installment of Super Sentai. Directed by Shohei Tojo, Minoru Yamada, Takafumi Hattori and Nagafumi Hori, it stars Satoshi Okita, Junichi Haruta, Koji Unoki, Yu Tokita, Sayoko Hagiwara, Junshi Shimada, Masashi Ishibashi, Takeki Hayashi, Mari Kouno and Ritsuko Fujimiya. It aired from February 5, 1983 to January 28, 1984, replacing Dai Sentai Goggle-V and was replaced by Choudenshi Bioman. The international English title is listed by Toei as simply Dynaman.
The Jashinka Empire rises from the depths of the Earth to conquer the world. To stop them, Dr. Kyutaro Yumeno assembles five inventors to his laboratory, Yumeno Invention Laboratory and gives them the power to become Dynamen. Each member has their own goal, but as the Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, they are united to stop the Jashinka Empire in their tracks.

The eponymous Dynamen is a Super Sentai team assembled by Kyutaro Yumeno to combat the Janshinka Empire. They are the first team in the franchise to have their costumes made out of spandex as they discontinued the use of capes and scarves, which were part of Super Sentai uniforms from Himitsu Sentai Gorenger to Dai Sentai Goggle-V. Their special team attack is the {New) Super Dynamite ((ニュー) スーパーダイナマイト, (Nyū) Sūpā Dainamaito).
The Tailed-People Clan Jashinka Empire (有尾人一族ジャシンカ帝国, Yūbijin Ichizoku Jashinka Teikoku) evolved from an alien race of reptiles. They arrived at Earth in ancient times, the life-forms being carried along with a meteorite, crashing into the Earth, and falling deep into its core. As time went on, the life-forms evolved, becoming the civilized Tailed-People Clan. The Tailed-People are a civilization of advanced science (higher than human's), with the rank of their civilization being determined by the number of tails. Believing Earth to be theirs, for their civilization to rise, they begin invasion. Originally planning to turn humans into their own kind, the experiment failed, and their strategy was changed to simply destroying mankind by reducing the number of human beings as the Tailed-People Clan was outnumbered. Being as the number of tails determines rank, the Emperor's dream is to obtain ten tails, who is said to provide one with eternal life and powers. Their rank and status is determined by the number of tails each member has. The more tails, the greater the status.
The Evolution Beasts (進化獣, Shinkajū) are the monsters used by the Tailed-People Clan Jashinka Empire that are created from the "Life Soup" mixed with the genetics of an animal that is placed in the Progressor Machine. To make the Evolution Beasts grow into Mechaevolution Beasts (メカ進化獣, Meka Shinkajū), the Tailed-People Clan Jashinka Empire would have them undergo the Big Bang Process.
In 1988, the USA Network late-night show Night Flight ran six episodes of Dynaman dubbed into English, with a satirical take that bore only a cursory resemblance to the original dialogue. The Nickelodeon network repeated the dubbed episodes on the 1988 show Special Delivery. The director was John Beaulieu, and the writers were Gideon Brower and Shari Roman. Among the voice actors were Mark McKinney as DynaBlue and Jefferson Mays as DynaBeige.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot: Cy Steinberg" | John Beaulieu | Gideon Brower & Shari Roman |
| 2 | "Rhinoman" | John Beaulieu | Gideon Brower & Shari Roman |
| 3 | "Day of the Dolphin; Flipper’s Revenge" | John Beaulieu | Gideon Brower & Shari Roman |
| 4 | "The Lizard of Oz" | John Beaulieu | Gideon Brower & Shari Roman |
| 5 | "The Seven Loves of Lucky Pierre" | John Beaulieu | Gideon Brower & Shari Roman |
| 6 | "Last Adventure of Spunky the Wonder Squid" | John Beaulieu | Gideon Brower & Shari Roman |