Enban Sensō Bankid

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Enban Sensou Bankid (円盤戦争バンキッド, Enban Sensō Bankiddo) is the title of a tokusatsu series produced by Toho. The series, consisting of 26 episodes, is a result of joint production with Nippon Television, and aired in Japan starting on October 3, 1976 until the 23 March 1977.

Enban Sensō Bankid
円盤戦争バンキッド
StarringEiji Okuda
Tomohiro Tanabe
Tatsuyuki Tsuji
Akinori Umezu
Yoshie Suzuki
Hiroshi Yagyu
Toki Shiozawa
Masami Shimojo
Akihiko Hirata
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (voice)
Narrated byRyo Kurosawa
Theme music composerKenjiro Hirose
Opening themeKakero Bankid by Shozo Tenma
Ending themeYume no Yuujou Hikou by Shozo Tenma
ComposerKenjiro Hirose
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time30 minutes per episode
Production companyToho
Original release
NetworkNippon Television
Release3 October 1976 (1976-10-03) –
23 March 1977 (1977-03-23)

This was Toho's first direct answer to the Super Sentai series (particularly the first series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, which was still running on TV 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 of Ultraman, Ultra Seven, the Gargantuas, etc.) designed the Bukimi Aliens, starting with Episode #6.

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