TV series / 1973

Inazuman

Episode directors Masaki TsukadaMinoru YamadaKatsuhiko TaguchiHiroyuki Maekawa

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Shotaro Ishinomori

Action & adventureSci-fi & fantasyDrama

★ 9.0/10Audience rating

Ban Daisuke of Kikaida fame takes the lead role in this classic series pitting a college student against the hostile forces of the Neo-Human Empire. Unique among live action tokusatsu shows, this innovative series features the extraordinary double henshin transformation, the Raijingo supercar, and psionic (psychic) abilities. Watari Goro (Ban) clashes with Emperor Bamba's grotesque corps of mutant monsters, and exclaims, "Summon Supreme Power” (Choriki Shorai!) to initiate his final transformation into Inazuman.

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Season 1 Inazuman 1973 · 25 episodes Season details

Oct. 2, 1973

Inazuman is, in reality, young college student Goro Watari, a mutant. He lost his mother as a child and had other dark moments in his childhood (he had a childhood girlfriend named Teresa who was taken away by an American soldier during the US occupation of Japan). But when the Neo-Human Empire begins its attacks on mankind with its Fantom Army foot soldiers and mutated monsters, he puts his psionic powers to the test.

Season 2 Inazuman Flash 1974 · 23 episodes Season details

April 9, 1974

A direct and darker continuation of the first Inazuman series, after the defeat of Emperor Bamba and his mutant minions Inazuman goes on to fight the evil robots of the Despar Army with the help of cynical cyborg Interpol agent Arai Makoto and the new ability to hurl lightning bolts.