A lil backgrounder about BATTLE FEVER J
1979-80 courtesy of
www.rovang.org/sentai/battlefeverj.htm- first Super Sentai
- first sentai with giant robo
Story
- Egos begins assassinating top people of the National Defense Ministry
- General Kurama assembles four young agents who had been dispatched around the world for training; joined by FBI investigator Diane Martin, whose father was murdered by Egos
- five don powered suits to become the Battle Fever team; trump card is Battle Fever Robo
- Egos tries to stop construction of Robo, but monsters are defeated one by one
- Egos then unleashes the 'younger brother' of the Buffalo Monster, a giant robot replica of its 'older brother'; Robo, fortunately, is finished in time
- Fever team never stops, even after losing two members (the original Miss America and Battle Cossack)
- with new members, team defeats 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
- team destroys the machine and slays Satan Egos
National Defense Ministry:
Fever team
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-team.jpg- each has Command Bat: transforms into individual weapons, combine to form the Penta Force cannon or five-pointed boomerang
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-bats.jpg www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-bats2.jpg www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-bats3.jpgBattle Japan (Den Masao)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-japan.gif - white/red
- former National Defense Ministry officer
- skills: judo, karate
- does a kung fu dance
- armed with a spear
Battle France (Shida Kyousuke)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-france.gif - white/blue
- trained in France, normally a beautician; a dandy and playboy
- armed with fencing sword
- does a Spanish dance
Battle Cossack (Shiraishi Kensaku; 1-33)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-cossack.gif- good at science, war
- wielded twin sai
- did a Cossack dance
- died in battle with the Eagle Monster
[Also Green Ranger in GoRanger.]
Battle Cossack (Jin Makoto; 34-52)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-cossack.gif- silent cowboy, man of action
[Also Dr. Hoshi in Liveman.]
Battle Kenya (Akebono Shirou)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-kenya.gif - trained in Kenya
- wild child, talks to animals
- armed with a whip
- does a tropical dance
Miss America (Diane Martin; 1-24)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-america.gif - FBI agent, joined the Fever team to avenge her father Bosner who was slain by Egos
- wielded throwing knives
- wounded by the Dracula Monster, she returned to America
- has a sister, Catherine
- did a disco dance
Miss America (Maria Nagisa; 25-52)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-america.gif- FBI agent, took over for Diane
General Kurama Tetsuzan
- chief of special science office of the National Defense Ministry who established Fever team
- master of traditional Japanese swordsmanship
Vehicles
- Battle Fever Car: a stock green Savanna RX-7 for Japan and America
- Three Machines: stock bikes for other three
- Battle Shark: flying battleship, launches from Big Bazer; splits in two to release Battle Fever Robo; armed with Tail, Wing, and Vulcan Missiles, Guns of Navarone, and depth bombs
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-shark.jpg Battle Fever Robo (5-52)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-robo.jpg- Armament: Lightning Light Sword (Chinese Bamboo Cut, Rocketter techniques), Sword Fever throwing knives, Stick Lancer, Chain Crusher, Attack Lancer trident, Fever Axe
Big Bazer
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-bigbazer.jpg - underwater mobile base resembling a gigantic blue box
Egos
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-cutmen.jpg- secret religion of mad egocentrists who intend to plunge the world into chaos
- Egos monsters: divine children of Egos, created by heart-like Egos Monster Making Machine; many from episode 5 onward have "little brother" giant robot doubles
- Cutmen: grunts in grey and black armed with MP40 machine guns
- Egos Fighters: black fighter planes with bat wings
Satan Egos
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-satanegos.jpg- mysterious head, entirely draped in black
Commander Hedder (1-51)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-hedder.jpg - high priest, later becomes Hedder Monster
Salome (19-52)
www.rovang.org/sentai/fever-salome.jpg - Egos American branch officer who came to Japan to aid Hedder with her super strength
***Protoform: Patacat, I had to edit your post since you were hotlinking the images directly from Sentai Sanctorum. Please upload images first to www.photobucket.com then post it here. Thanks for the cooperation.***
I wonder how it will stand next to its vintage brother.
keeping the site active as a place to dump info for easier backtracking. 