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| Enban Sensō Bankid | |
|---|---|
| 円盤戦争バンキッド | |
| Starring | Eiji Okuda Tomohiro Tanabe Tatsuyuki Tsuji Akinori Umezu Yoshie Suzuki Hiroshi Yagyu Toki Shiozawa Masami Shimojo Akihiko Hirata Kiyoshi Kobayashi (voice) |
| Narrated by | Ryo Kurosawa |
| Theme music composer | Kenjiro Hirose |
| Opening theme | Kakero Bankid byShozo Tenma |
| Ending theme | Yume no Yuujou Hikou byShozo Tenma |
| Composer | Kenjiro Hirose |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Toho |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Release | 3 October 1976 (1976-10-03) – 23 March 1977 (1977-03-23) |
Enban Sensou Bankid (円盤戦争バンキッド,Enban Sensō Bankiddo) is the title of atokusatsu series produced byToho. The series, consisting of 26 episodes, is a result of joint production withNippon Television, and aired inJapan starting on October 3, 1976 until the 23 March 1977.
This was Toho's first direct answer to theSuper Sentai series (particularly the first series,Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, which was still running onTV Asahi at the time), in that this series has five color-coded superheroes (a red leader, blue, pink, and two yellows). In this series, a team of five kids (a teenage boy, a teenage girl, and three young boys, two of whom are siblings), form the top-secret "Bankid" superhero team ("Bankid" is derived from the Japanese word "enban" - "saucer"), to fight the evil Bukimi Aliens ("bukimi" - Japanese for "weird," "eerie"), led by the mysterious Commander Guzare, who plots to invade Earth.
This series is also notable in that veteran designer Tohl Narita (the designer ofUltraman,Ultra Seven, theGargantuas, etc.) designed the Bukimi Aliens, starting with Episode #6.
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