is a Japanese television tokusatsu series broadcast by TV Asahi. The series is the fourteenth installment of Super Sentai. Directed by Takao Nagaishi, Masao Minowa, Kiyoshi Arai and Shohei Tojo, it stars Toshiya Fuji, Kei Shindachiya, Ryouhei Kobayashi, Kazuko Miyata, Keiko Hayase, Chika Matsui, Takeshi Ishikawa, Shunsaku Kudo, Hatsue Nishi, Motoko Watanabe and Kihachiro Uemura. It aired from March 2, 1990 to February 8, 1991, replacing Kousoku Sentai Turboranger and was replaced by Chōjin Sentai Jetman. The names given by Toei for international distribution are Fiveman or Sky Rangers.
It was released by Shout! Factory on Region 1 DVD on September 6, 2022, as part of Shout! Factory's new partnership with Hasbro. It originally was teased to be released in 2019. This is the second Super Sentai series to be officially released in North America that does not have a Power Rangers counterpart. The first one released was Chōjin Sentai Jetman, which was the series that came out the year following Fiveman. Jetman was released in the region on September 25, 2018.
Plot In 1970, Doctor Hoshikawa was researching how to transform the planet Sedon into a green, lush world, testing it by attempting to grow flowers. On the day the first flower bloomed, the Zone Empire launched an assault on the planet. Before separating him and his wife from their five children, Arthur G6 took Doctor Hoshikawa, his wife and their five children back to Earth after Zone destroyed the Planet P16 Milky Way.
Twenty years later, the five are now teachers at the same school, the Newtown Elementary School (Newtown Shougakko). The Galactic Imperial Army Zone led by Empress Meadow and Captain Garoa now prepares to invade Earth as its thousandth target to destroy for immortality of Empress Meadow (it was later revealed that Empress Meadow is an illusion used by Vulgyre, their base which is also a gigantic lifeform monster to manipulate them to be a "god"). As they begin the attack, three vehicles appear and counter the offensive. Five warriors descend from the vehicles and confront Zone.
The Hoshikawa siblings have been developing the Fiveman technology by their parents and training hard upon the possibility of Zone invading Earth. Now the five siblings are ready to battle with the familiar foes as Fiveman.
Characters Fivemen
The eponymous Fivemen is the first Super Sentai team to consist entirely of siblings. The five siblings of the , which consist of three brothers and two sisters, were separated from their parents during a sudden Zone attack, sent to board a ship along with Arthur G6 to be raised and learn of the Fiveman technology. They pose as teachers at New Town School, planting a garden of Sidon Flowers which they brought from planet Sidon.
/: (William/Manabu in Philippine dub) The first born and leader of the team at 27 years old. He is a Science teacher (Episodes 1, 16, and 38) skilled in kendo (Episode 40). He was 7 at the time of the Zone's attack on Sidon. Calm, responsible and a strict teacher (Episode 40), he had the task of raising his four younger siblings along with Arthur G6, making him not just a big brother but also a leader and a parental figure. Out of fear, he fired a gun at Garoa's face, scarring him, creating a rivalry between the two. Even though he is a reliable and brave leader, he has a major weakness with the supernatural (Episode 41). His helmet has the science symbol (an atom) on the front, and the triangle-shaped visor having no stripes indicates him being the first member. Weapons: , Attacks: /: (Ben in Philippine dub) The second born and second-in-command of the team at 25 years old. He is a Physical education teacher skilled in judo. Although reckless (Episodes 2 and 44), he is extremely passionate in everything he does, relies more in the body combat than in weapons (Episodes 20 and 38). He even taught one of his students the meaning of courage by defeating a foe without transforming (Episode 20). He can also lift heavy objects, even monsters in fighting. His helmet has a P.E. symbol (loosely derived from the swimming symbol) on the front, and the white horizontal stripe splitting the diamond-shaped visor into two parts indicates him being the second member. Weapons: , , Attacks: /: (Julio/Fumio in Philippine dub) The fifth born, youngest son, and younger twin brother of Remi at 20 years old. He is a Japanese teacher skilled in karate (Episode 39). He has a wide range knowledge of various languages, even alien ones. He can read alien languages (Episode 31) and speak and understand alien languages (Episodes 2, 5 and 7) Despite this, he tends to be childish and reckless like Ken (Episodes 2 and 32) and sometimes ill-tempered(Episodes 14, 32, 36 and 38) and clumsy (Episode 26, 36 and 43). He is thoughtful (Episodes 14 and 16) and good in spy-warfare (Episodes 23 and 38), stunts and sometimes fight without transformation (Episodes 10, 16, 23, 38, and 43). In episode 43, he teaches Yoshio-Kun the meaning of having playmates. He and Remi were only 1 year old during the attack on Sidon, therefore they continuously suffer for not remembering their parent's faces. His helmet has (the kanji for "language") on the front, and two white diagonal stripes forming a "V" and splitting the half-circle-shaped visor into three parts indicates him being the third member. Weapons: , , Attacks: /: (Rita in Philippine dub) The third born and eldest daughter at 23 years old. She is a Math teacher skilled in fencing. Sometimes, tagged as "Old maid" (Episodes 16 and 41). Calm and intelligent, she can analyze and calculate with her "computer like" brain. She was three years old at the time of the attack on Sidon and remembers nothing but fear which she had to overcome to do battle with Zone as an adult. Protective and caring, she is a maternal figure to Fumiya and Remi (Episodes 5 and 17). She may be considered as strict (Episodes 7, 18, and 42) but practical (Episode 42) but willing to sacrifice (Episodes 18 and 32) and in charge of household on Magma Base with Arthur G6 (Episodes 7, 10, and 42). Her helmet has a unique math symbol (a combination of the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division symbols) on the front, and three white horizontal stripes splitting the heart-shaped visor into four parts indicates her being the fourth member. Weapons: , Attacks: /: (Jessica in Philippine dub) The fourth born, youngest daughter, and older twin sister of Fumiya at 20 years old. A music teacher skilled in kung fu. She is disastrous at housekeeping and cleaning tasks which she leaves to either Kazumi or Arthur (Episode 42). She has excellent rhythm and musical senses (Episodes 1 and 13), she is also a rhythmic gymnast and dancer (Episode 34), which she applies to her fighting. She teaches children kung-fu in her spare time. In episode 4, she got drunk when water was turned into alcohol, yet she fought using the Drunken Fist and defeated the galactic warrior. During the events of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, she appeared and granted the Greater Power of the Fiveman to the Gokaigers. She would appear in the final episode of the series receiving the Five Yellow Ranger Key as the Gokaigers depart Earth. Her helmet has a single eighth note on the front, and four white horizontal stripes splitting the pentagon-shaped visor into five parts indicates her being the fifth member. Weapons: , Attacks:
Allies : A support robot created by Doctor Hoshikawa, Arthur was the one who raised the orphaned children on Earth, becoming the closest thing they had to their parents. He usually aids Fiveman from the Magma Base but at times he can fly out from base and transform into Earth Cannon. : Known as , Gunther was cared for by Doctor Hoshikawa and his wife when severely injured before he stole the Star Carrier. But arriving on Earth, Gunther battled the Fivemen but eventually could make friends with Gaku before he returns the Star Carrier to them and then was turned to stone. However, he was but was unintentionally revived by Iwakasekigin's spell and helps Gaku while he is trapped with Vulgyre. He sacrifices himself to save Gaku from Billion, and reveals in his dying breath his sins and receive forgiveness before he dies. : These plush dolls first appeared in episode 23, from a parallel dimension. The five members are Red-kun, Blue-kun, Black-kun, Pink-chan, and Yellow-chan. While watching TV, Fivemen must assist the plush dolls. The enemy of the dolls is . They made a few more cameos in the series, watching certain scenes in the episodes and expressing their thoughts of it.
Silver Imperial Army Zone The is an alien army plotting to rule the entire Milky Way, it flies across universe attacking worlds with its Galactic Warriors. Earth will be its 1,000th destroyed planet, at which point Meadow will gain eternal life. They operate from their ship Vulgyre and can send smaller battleships called . They use the Galactic currency Dolyen (combination of dollar and Yen) which is said to be equal to 100 Japanese yens.
: The true ruler of Zone. Even though being a living organism, he operated as the Zone headquarters called . Projecting into the sky the face of a dead alien woman named Meadow, who he was in love with and killed for refusing him, Vulgyre gave orders to Zone under the "Ōkubi" persona of Empress Meadow. Vulgyre had been traveling the galaxy to destroy a total of 1,000 stars. When the star number 1000 is destroyed, he would obtain eternal life and become "God" of the Milky Way. When Five Red exposed the truth, Vulgyre goes on the offensive on the city until he is exposed to New Town School's Sidon flowers and crashes into the mountainside where he confirms his identity. From there, Vulgyre forcefully combines Doldora and Zaza to destroy the Earth-grown Sidon flowers. Believing the one thing that can kill him is gone, Vulgyre reveals to the rest of Zone that he would be undergoing his "Galactic Eclosion", in which he would become "Super Galactic Beast" and that he needed a "final energy" to complete this. It is first thought that it is the deaths of the Fivemen but the truth was uncovered after Five Red defeated Chevalier: Vulgyre coveted the energy of Chevalier's death, and not Fiveman's, in order to begin his metamorphosis, explaining that Chevalier had committed multiple murders across the galaxy and his soul would be full with the blood of his victims, the source of the "last energy", resulting in the disturbing revelation that he had deceived Chevalier from the very beginning. After hatching, destroyed the Magma Base with remarkable ease. The Sidon Flowers are his weakness as they are the first sprout of new life in the very first planet he destroyed, using them the Fivemen weakened him and was ultimately destroyed by the Super Five Robo in the finale. : The white-skinned, silver-maned, purple-lipped, golden-eyed mystery ruler of the Zone Empire. She is only seen to be the face of a woman surrounded by a silver mane that appears from the sky. Extremely powerful. She seeks to devour life from planets and when the 1,000th is destroyed, she will gain eternal life. Later on, she appeared in reddish form, far more angry after continuous failure of Zone. She is revealed to be a simulation created by Vulgyre after the flowers of Sidon destroyed her. The real Meadow was an alien woman Vulgyre wanted to be his queen in galactic conquest but refused. In the end, her spirit helped the Sidon flowers destroy Vulgyre once and for all avenging herself for all the wrongs Vulgyre did in her name.