SeriesMonster & Creature Sci-Fi Horror

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan1981

Name: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 1981-02-07
Rating: 6.5

6.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 6.3TMDB 8.4

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Year

1981

Seasons

Network

tv asahi

Status

Ended

The premise

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan is the fifth season in Toei Company's Super Sentai tokusatsu television series. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, and is the only Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series and the only all-male Super Sentai team. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply Sun Vulcan. This was the last Sentai season to be co-produced with Marvel Comics.

Horror Vault's take

Sun Vulcan is a classic piece of tokusatsu history — a three-man superhero squad squaring off against mechanized villains and giant monsters in weekly episodic battles. As the fifth entry in the Super Sentai lineage, it carries forward a direct narrative thread from its predecessor, a rare feat in the franchise. Giant robots clash with titanic creatures while the forces of evil scheme in the shadows, delivering the colorful chaos the genre is known for. It stands as a nostalgic time capsule of early-80s Japanese sci-fi spectacle.

Content: Stylized Action Violence, Villain Menace Suitable For Older Children

Episode Guide

· 20h 50m total· Feb 1981 → Jan 1982

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S1.E1 · The North Pole Machine EmpirePremiere
Feb 7, 1981 · 25 min · Dir: Koichi Takemoto
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S1.E2 · The Day When The Mankind Disappears
Feb 14, 1981 · 25 min · Dir: Koichi Takemoto
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S1.E3 · Challenges To Japan The Nail Of The Iron Which
Feb 21, 1981 · 25 min · Dir: Koichi Takemoto
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S1.E4 · Boy Detective Spy
Feb 28, 1981 · 25 min · Dir: Koichi Takemoto
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S1.E5 · Wicked Solar God
Mar 7, 1981 · 25 min · Dir: Yoshiaki Kobayashi