Dengeki Sentai Changeman

Dengeki Sentai Changeman is a Japanese television series and the ninth installment in the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 2, 1985, to February 22, 1986, and ran for 55 episodes, making it the second-longest series after Himitsu Sentai Goranger. It is the third Super Sentai series, after J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai and Battle Fever J, to have no Yellow Ranger; it was followed by 2013’s Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and 2019’s Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger.

After conquering hundreds of planets, the Star Cluster Gozma sets its sights on Earth. To defend the planet, the Japanese military forms an elite Earth Defense Force. Under Commander Ibuki, its members begin rigorous training. Meanwhile, as its first move, Gozma decides to eliminate those most likely to interfere with its invasion: the military. After a brutal day of training, the Earth Defense Force recruits, fed up with Ibuki’s cruel methods, leave the session.

Soon afterward, Gozma troops attack them. Five surviving officers come together, battered and exhausted but unwilling to retreat from the threat. The Earth trembles and empowers them with the Earth Force, granting them the powers of mythological beasts and transforming them into the Changeman. Armed with the mystical power of the Earth Force and military technology, they begin their war against Gozma.