Super Sentai Sunday: Battle Fever J!

"Battle Fever!"

 Battle Fever J, (バトルフィーバーJ|Batoru Fībā Jei)

 - All info taken from Power Rangers Wiki

Battle Fever J is the third entry of the Super Sentai series franchise. It was co-produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi and aired on TV Asahi on February 3, 1979 - January 26, 1980 with a total of 52 episodes. It was Toei’s second co-production with Marvel.

The Rangers have designations named for countries around the world : Battle Japan, Battle France, Battle Cossack (Soviet Union), Battle Kenya and Miss America (United States). It was also the second show to introduce the Super Sentai format, where the heroes must control giant robots to defeat a monster who itself has grown to a gigantic size (or anything similar). 

The series was also partially inspired by the Marvel Comics character; Captain America.

Battle Fever J was the first series to use the term Super Sentai 

(unlike the previous two who were just called Sentai, without the “Super”).

General Kurama assembles four young agents who had been dispatched around the world for training. They are joined by FBI investigator Diane Martin, whose father was murdered by Egos. The five don powered suits to become the Battle Fever team. (The word 'fever' was trendy at the time.) The Battle Fever team's trump card is the Battle Fever Robo. Egos tries to stop the construction of the Robot, but the monsters they send to perform this task are defeated one by one by the Fever team. Egos then unleashes the 'younger brother' of the Buffalo Monster, a giant robot replica of its 'older brother'. The Robot, fortunately, is finished in time. Aboard it, the Fever team defeats the Buffalo Monster and its successors. The Fever team never stops, even when it lost two of its members (the original Miss America and Battle Cossack). With new members, the team defeats Hedder, now the Hedder Monster, and breaks into Egos' headquarters, where they are fed into the Egos Monster Making Machine so that they may be used as material for a Battle Fever Monster. The team destroys the machine and slays the mysterious deity Satan Egos himself with the Lightning Sword Rocketter sword-throwing move.

 Masao Den (伝正夫, Den Masao) /  

Battle Japan (バトルジャパン, Batoru Japan):

A former National Defense Ministry officer. He is good at judo and karate. He is armed with a spear. He does a kung fu dance. 21 years after Battle Fever J ended, Battle Japan appeared as one of the 24 Red Rangers in Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai, introduced by Liveman Red Falcon to inspire the current team.

 

   Kensaku Shiraishi (白石謙作, Shiraishi Kensaku) /

Battle Cossack I (バトルコサック初代, Batoru Kosakku Shodai) 

He is good at science as well as war. Wielded twin sais. He does a Cossack dance. He is the original second in command into the team. Left Big Baser without the Battle Cossack uniform and was killed by Egos with Machine Guns, attempting to save Mayumi from Egos. He loves to play Pachinko and enjoys eating caviar.

Makoto Jin (神誠, Jin Makoto) /

Battle Cossack II (バトルコサック二代目, Batoru Kosakku Nidaime):

A silent cowboy. A man of action, not words. A scientist who trained in the Defense Ministry along with Kensaku. He joined Battle Fever to avenge the death of his friend. Makoto is an expert marksman. He is a loner, preferring to go off by himself. Makoto plays a trumpet to distract Egos.

 

  

Kyousuke Shida (志田京介, Shida Kyōsuke) / 

Battle France (バトルフランス, Batoru Furansu): 

He is trained in France. He turns a new second in command into the team after Kensaku's death. He is normally a beautician. A dandy and playboy. He enjoys eating escargot. He is armed with a fencing sword. He does a Spanish dance.

 

Shirou Akebono (曙四郎, Akebono Shirō) /  

Battle Kenya (バトルケニア, Batoru Kenia): 

Unofficially the first Black Warrior in Super Sentai history. He is trained in Kenya. He is a wild child who can talk to animals. He is armed with a whip. He does a tropical dance. He eats just about anything. The smell of his cooking is not appreciated by the other team members.

Diane Martin (ダイアン・マーチン, Daian Māchin) /  

Miss America I (ミスアメリカ初代, Misu Amerika Shodai) 

An FBI agent who joined the Fever team to avenge her father Bosner, who was slain by Egos. She is armed with throwing knives. She does a disco dance. After she was wounded by the Dracula Monster, she returned to the United States. Diane has a sister named Catherine.

María Nagisa (汀マリア, Nagisa Maria) /  

Miss America II (ミスアメリカ二代目, Misu Amerika Nidaime) 

An FBI agent trained by Diane Martin's father. When Diane is WIA Maria takes her place as Miss America and then stays on permanently when Diane decides to return the United States.

Battle Fever Robo

Samurai-like in appearance, this the first giant robot in Super Sentai history. Has a variety of weapons; Lightning Sword, Chinese Bamboo Slice, Battle Fever Power, Lightning Sword Rocketter, Swords Fever, Fever Axe, Chain Crushers,Stick Attacker, Attack Lancer, Cane Knocker,Battle Shield, Knuckle Punchers, Cross Turn, Fever Cannons