Fireman (series)

Fireman (ファイヤーマンFaiyāman? ), known as Magma Man in some markets, is a Japanese tokusatsu television series about a superhero, the title character, who fights kaiju and other villains. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show was broadcast on Nippon Television from January 7 to July 31, 1973, with a total of 30 episodes. This was also one of several shows Tsuburaya did to celebrate the company's 10th Anniversary (the other two being Ultraman Taro and Jumborg Ace). {| class="toc" id="toc" style="font-size:12px;border-color:rgb(170,170,170);background-color:rgb(249,249,249);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"

Contents
[hide] *1 Plot
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Song
 * 3.1 Opening Song
 * 3.2 Other Song
 * 4 Episodes List
 * 5 External links
 * }

[edit] Plot
A strange phenomenon happened throughout the world, causing giant, mutant dinosaurs to suddenly appear. The people of the Aban continent, living underground for the last 12,000 years sends a courageous young man named Misakey to live as an archeologist and SAF agent Daisuke Misaki. Whenever monsters and space aliens attack the world, Misaki transforms into Fireman by using the fire-stick, and defends the human race against them.

[edit] Cast

 * Naoya Makoto as Misakey / Daisuke Misaki / Fireman
 * Goro Mutsumi as Dr.Gunpachi Umino
 * Shin Kishida as Dr.Saburo Mizusima
 * Kishida wrote screenplays ep.12 as Shin Akegawa.


 * Sei Hiraizumi as Dr.Futoshi Chiba
 * Keiko Kunihara as Mariko Hayama
 * Mitsuru Saijō as Fireman (Suit Acting)
 * Voice of Fireman by Michihiro Ikemizu
 * Narraited by Ichirō Murakoshi

[edit] Opening Song

 * Fireman (ファイヤーマンFaiyā-man? )
 * Lyrics: Yū Aku
 * Composition: Asei Kobayashi
 * Arrangement: Bob Sakuma
 * Artists: Masato Shimon

[edit] Other Song

 * Shutsugeki! SAF (出撃!SAF Shutsugeki! Esu-ē-efu?, Go attack! SAF)
 * Lyrics: Hajime Tsuburaya(as Kyouichi Azuma)
 * Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki
 * Artists: Columbia Yurikago-kai and The Photons
 * Honō no Youni Moero (炎のようにもえろ?, Burn Like The Flame)
 * Lyrics: Kyouichi Azuma
 * Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki
 * Artists: Masato Shimon with The Photons
 * Haruka Aoi Chitei-ni (はるか青い地底に?, In the Depths of the Blue Earth)
 * Lyrics: Mieko Arima
 * Composition and Arrangement: Go Misawa
 * Artists: Masato Shimon

[edit] Episodes List

 * 1) Fireman Born (ファイヤーマン誕生Faiyāman Tanjō? )
 * 2) The Weapon is Science S･A･F (武器は科学だS・A・F Buki wa Kagaku da Esu-ē-efu? )
 * 3) The Mysterious Spaceship (謎の宇宙船Nazo no Ucyūsen<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 4) Destroy the Invaders (インベーダーを撃滅せよInbēdā wo gekimetsu seyo<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 5) The Boy who Fell into the Jurassic Era (ジュラ紀へ落ちた少年Juraki e ochita shōnen<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 6) The Secret of Planet Gomerous (遊星ゴメロスの秘密Yūsei-Gomerosu no himitsu<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 7) The Dreadful Space Bacteria (恐怖の宇宙細菌Kyōfu no ucyū saikin<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 8) The Micro Monster's Fear (ミクロ怪獣の恐怖Mikuro kaijū no kyōfu<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 9) A Challenge from the Deep Sea (深海からの挑戦Shinkai karano Chōsen<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 10) The Iron Monster that Attacked Tokyo (鉄の怪獣が東京を襲ったTetsu no kaiju ga Tōkyō wo osotta.<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 11) Resurrecting the Rock Monster (よみがえる岩石怪獣Yomigaeru ganseki kaijū<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 12) Earth is the Robot's Graveyard (地球はロボットの墓場Chikyū wa robotto no hakaba.<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 13) Fear of the Dragon God Swamp (竜神沼の恐怖Ryūjin-numa no kyōfu<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 14) Run Through the Devil's Sea (悪魔の海を突っ走れAkuma no umi wo tsuppashire<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 15) Planet Beldar M13 Command (ベルダー星M13号指令Berudā-sei emu-jūsan shirei<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 16) Steal it! The Fire-Stick (奪え! ファイヤースティックUbae! Faiyā-sutekku<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 17) Fireman Disappeared into the Magma (マグマに消えたファイヤーマンMaguma ni kieta Faiyāman<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 18) He did it! Fire-Dash (やったぞ! ファイヤーダッシュYattazo! Faiyā-dassyu<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 19) The Space Monster vs. The Primeval Monster (宇宙怪獣対原始怪獣Ucyū kaijū tai genshi kaijū<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 20) The Gagango Monster's Storm (怪獣ガガンゴの嵐Kaijū Gagango no arashi<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 21) Messengers of Murder, Dekon and Bokon (殺しの使者デコンとボコンKoroshi no shisya Dekon to Bokon<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 22) It has Arrived!! The Transformed Alien (来たぞ!! 変身宇宙人Kitazo! henshin Ucyūjin<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 23) Kill Fireman! (ファイヤーマンを殺せ! Faiyāman wo korose!<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 24) The Harmonica Crying in the Night (夜になくハーモニカYoru ni naku hāmonika<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 25) The Alien with no Home Planet (帰る星なき宇宙人Kaeru hoshi naki Ucyūjin<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 26) The Secret of the Mountain Shining in the Evening Sun (夕日に光る岩山の秘密Yūhi ni hikaru iwayama no himitsu<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 27) The Space Leader that Manipulates Corpses (死人をあやつる宇宙の支配者Shinin wo ayatsuru Ucyū no shihaisya<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 28) The Boy That Came From the Planet Argon (アルゴン星から来た少年Arugon-sei kara kita shōnen<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 29) Don't Shoot! Even Though he's a Monster, he's Still my Friend (射つな! 怪獣だって友達だ Utsuna! Kaijū datte tomodachi da<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )
 * 30) Fireman Disappears into Space (宇宙に消えたファイヤーマンUcyū ni kieta Faiyāman<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? )

[edit] External links

 * Fireman at the Japan Hero Encyclopedia.