Balatack[1][2] (超人戦隊バラタック, Chōjin Sentai Baratakku, Superhuman Squadron Barattack) is a Japanese mecha anime produced by Toei Animation, and is the final installment to Takara's Magne-Robo franchise. It follows the adventures of five teenagers as they fight against an evil alien force using the titular combining mecha, Barattack. The show aired on TV Asahi between 1977 and 1978.

Chōjin Sentai Barattack
Title card of the English dub
超人戦隊バラタック
(Chōjin Sentai Baratakku)
GenreMecha
Created byShigeto Ikehara
Mayumi Kobayashi
Anime television series
Directed byNobutaka Nishizawa
Produced byYūyake Usui (13-31)
Written byHiroyasu Yamaura
Keisuke Fujikawa
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Toyohiro Andō
Music byAkihiro Komori
StudioToei Animation
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
Original run 3 July 1977 26 March 1978
Episodes31
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The series is loosely related to Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and its sequel series JAKQ Dengekitai as the five main characters wear multicolored costumes. Unlike the sentai teams in the aforementioned series, they do not engage in hand-to-hand martial arts combat, only fighting in their combining mecha. All 31 episodes were released on three Region 2 DVD sets in Japan in March, April, and May 2010.

References

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  1. ^ "Toei Animation List of Works".
  2. ^ "Toei Animation".
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