Choujin Sentai Jetman

鳥人戦隊ジェットマン Choujin Sentai Jetman
The 15th Super Sentai Series that started February 15th 1991.
Aired from Feb 15, 1991 to Feb 14, 1992 (51 episodes)

Plot

In the year 199X, Earth Defense Sky Force orbits the planet. They survey the Earth 24 hours a day to maintain world peace. When problems arise they send in agents to help out. SF-W6 (Tendo Ryu) and SF-W3 (Aoi Rie) are two such agents. Upon completing a mission they are promoted to J-project status. Aboard the ship, The Chief explains that when hit with Birdronic waves, they will turn into Choujin Sentai (Birdman squad). Immediately after Tendou Ryu's conversion into a Jetman, the enemy Vyram attack. Radiguet, leader of the Vyram, announces that they have conquered other detentions and now plan to conquer the 3rd dimension. During this attack, Ryu loses his girlfriend Rie through a hole in the ship. The Birdronic wave machine shatters and the remaining 4 waves are sent down to Earth at random. After the attack Ryu and The Chief search the Earth to find the remaining members of the group.

Characters

Choujin Sentai Jetman

Red Hawk / Tendou Ryu - Tanaka Kotaro
White Swan / Rokumeikan Kaori - Kishida Rika
Yellow Owl / Ooishi Raita - Tadano Ikko
Blue Swallow / Hayasaka Ako - Uchida Sayuri
Black Condor / Yuuki Gai - Wakamatsu Toshihide

Sky Force

Chief Odagiri Aya - Miki Mikiko
Aoi Rie - Ryu's girlfriend that dies in the Vyram attack

Other Characters

Jiiya - Hayakawa Yuzo

Dimensional War Party Vyram

Grinam Soldiers - the grunts of the Vyram

Dimension Beasts

The monster of the week. They are born from an egg that changes into a scorpion. This scorpion fuses with an object and becomes a monster to wreck havok. If the scorpion is detached from the monster, it will become a giant version of the monster. Sometimes the monster will be already giant-sized.

Jet Machines

Jet Hawk - Red Hawk's Jet Machine
Jet Swan - White Swan's Jet Machine
Jet Owl - Yellow Owl's Jet Machine
Jet Swallow - Blue Swallow's Jet Machine
Jet Condor - Black Condor's Jet Machine

Combinations

Icarus Hawken - first combination of all five Jet Machines, becomes a giant plane and uses Jet Phoenix as its finisher
Jet Icarus - second combination of all five Jet Machines, becomes a giant robot

Chronology

Episode	Title	Air date	Episode writer	Director
Choujin Sentai Jetman 01	Seek the Warriors 戦士を探せ	Feburary 15, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 02	The Third Warrior 第三の戦士	Feburary 22, 1991		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 03	The Power of Five 五つの力	March 1, 1991		Arai Kiyoshi
Choujin Sentai Jetman 04	The Fighting Bride 戦う花嫁	March 8, 1991		Arai Kiyoshi
Choujin Sentai Jetman 05	Fall for Me 俺に惚れろ	March 15, 1991		Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 06	Get Angry, Robo! 怒れロボ！	March 22, 1991		Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 07	Ryu's Marriage!? 竜の結婚！？	March 29, 1991		Sakamoto Taro
Choujin Sentai Jetman 08	The Laughing Diamond 笑うダイヤ	April 5, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Sakamoto Taro
Choujin Sentai Jetman 09	Muddy Love 泥んこの恋	April 12, 1991	Kawasaki Hiroyuki	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 10	Cup Noodles カップめん	April 19, 1991	Arakawa Toshihisa	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 11	A Dangerous Game 危険な遊び	April 26, 1991	Kunio Fujii	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 12	Hellbound Bus 地獄行バス	May 3, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 13	Maze of Love 愛の迷路	May 10, 1991		Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 14	Love's Deadly Bazooka 愛の必殺砲（バズーカ）	May 17, 1991		Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 15	High School Student Warrior 高校生戦士	May 24, 1991	Watanabe Asami	Arai Kiyoshi
Choujin Sentai Jetman 16	The Papers' Revolution 紙々の叛乱	May 31, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Arai Kiyoshi
Choujin Sentai Jetman 17	The Revived Empress 復活の女帝	June 7, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 18	Gai Dies! 凱、死す！	June 14, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 19	I Can See! 見えます！	June 21, 1991	Arakawa Toshihisa	Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 20	Marriage Vacuum Cleaner 結婚掃除機	June 28, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 21	Walking Garbage 歩くゴミ	July 5, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 22	Exploding Love 爆発する恋	July 12, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 23	A New Squadron Debuts 新戦隊登場	July 19, 1991		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 24	Launch, Super Robot 出撃超（スーパー）ロボ	July 26, 1991		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 25	The Laughing Shadow-People 笑う影人間	August 2, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 26	I'm a Primitive 僕は原始人	August 9, 1991	Arakawa Toshihisa	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 27	The Great Escape From Hell 魔界大脱出	August 16, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 28	The Founding Dimensional Beast 元祖次元獣	August 23, 1991	Arakawa Toshihisa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 29	The Final Battle 最後の戦い	August 30, 1991	Watanabe Asami Watari Naoki
Choujin Sentai Jetman 30	The Three Majin Stand 三魔神起つ	September 6, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 31	The Squadron Disbands 戦隊解散！	September 13, 1991		Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 32	Wings!! One More Time 翼よ！再び	September 20, 1991		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 33	It's a Cockroach ゴキブリだ	September 27, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 34	Traitorous Ryu 裏切りの竜	October 4, 1991	Arakawa Toshihisa	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 35	The Fighting Courage Given by a Dove 鳩がくれた戦う勇気	October 11, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 36	A Walking Appetite! Ant-People 歩く食欲！アリ人間	October 18, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 37	Birth! Emperor Tranza 誕生！帝王トランザ	October 25, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 38	Sudden Hammer! いきなりハンマー！	November 1, 1991	Masuda Takahiko	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 39	Spin, Roulette of Life 廻せ命のルーレット	November 8, 1991	Arakawa Toshihisa	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 40	Command! Change the Squadron 命令！戦隊交代せよ	November 15, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 41	Transformation Impossible! The Base Destroyed 変身不能！基地壊滅	November 22, 1991	Araki Kenichi	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 42	Sleep on My Chest! おれの胸で眠れ！	November 29, 1991	Inoue Toshiki	Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 43	Sneak into the Commander's Body 長官の体に潜入せよ	December 6, 1991		Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 44	Majin Robot! Veronica 魔神ロボ！ベロニカ	December 13, 1991		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 45	Victorious Hot Milk 勝利のホットミルク	December 20, 1991		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 46	The Tomato Field's Great Demon King トマト畑の大魔王	January 10, 1992	Araki Kenichi	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 47	Emperor Tranza's Glory 帝王トランザの栄光	January 17, 1992	Inoue Toshiki	Toujou Shohei
Choujin Sentai Jetman 48	A Kiss That Calls Death 死を呼ぶくちづけ	January 24, 1992		Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 49	Maria... Her Love and Death マリア…その愛と死	January 31, 1992		Masao Minowa
Choujin Sentai Jetman 50	Respective Battles to the Death それぞれの死闘	Feburary 7, 1992		Amemiya Keita
Choujin Sentai Jetman 51	Flap Your Wings! Birdmen! はばたけ！鳥人よ	Feburary 14, 1992		Amemiya Keita
Gokaiger Episode 28	Wings are Forever 翼は永遠に	September 4, 2011	Inoue Toshiki	Nakazawa Shoujirou

Music

Opening Theme

"Choujin Sentai Jetman" (鳥人戦隊ジェットマン)

Artist: Kageyama Hironobu

Ending Theme

"Kokoro wa Tamago / The Heart is an Egg" (こころはタマゴ)

Artist: Kageyama Hironobu

Trivia

Jetman is inspired from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman which was the inspiration of Sentai. Gatchaman has its members representing a bird which Jetman does similarly. The birds Jetman represents are almost identical to the ones Gatchaman represents except for the hawk which Gatchaman uses the eagle instead.
Jetman's story went beyond the final episode. It had three novels written by Inoue Toshiki from 1992-1995 which are rather adult and removes any mention of giant mecha. It had a manga series in 1996 written by Fujii Akiko.
In the King Of Fighters series, when characters Ralf and Clark (the two soldiers from the Ikari Warriors games) fight against each other they usually do the "Cross Changer" pose as a reference to Jetman. Another Jetman reference is found in the KOF 98 gallery for the Neo Geo CD version of the game, where there's a picture of Leona Heidern saving Ralf and Clark dressed as Commander Aya Odagiri.