Then in 1979, Marvel Comics wanted to do joint venture series with Toei Productions and TV Asahi.  They had already created one successful series in the Japanese Spiderman a few years earlier (who was a cross between Peter Parker and Kikaida).  This new series would be a spin off from Capt. America.  They mixed the theme with the Go Rangers style, and Battle Fever J was born!  It was then aired in Hawaii a couple of years later, subtitled by JN Productions, on then KIKU channel 13.  It quickly became my favorite TV show.  My dad recorded every epsidode for me on his brand new VCR gadget (Beta not VHS), and it is something I treasure to this day.

Battle Fever J, was actually the first series of the Sentai genre.  Go Rangers was later added to the genre when Toei wanted to celebrate a slightly early 20th anniversary.  However Battle Fever was still the first to have the giant robo mecha, and thus is till regarded as the first Super-Sentai series.  Of course this all takes place a good 2 decades before Saban Entertainment butchered the genre into those American rangers.

Tetsuzan Shogun outfits the team with special battle suits that enhance all of their natural fighting ability, which they learned in the different countries that they were previously stationed.  Each team member is a master of a different martial art which becomes even more powerful as the suits and their bushido discipline focus their ki energies.  Additionally, a giant battle mecha, the Battle Fever Robo is constructed to combat Ego's evil weapons.

Each week, Satan Egos would use the monster making capsule, to create a kaijin to lead a sinister new plot.  Egos plots would frequently promote the moral corruption of society, emphasizing such traits as greed, avarice, and sloth.  Battle Fever would be sent to investigate the scheme, which usually targeted the children of Japan.  They would flush out the evil kaijin, and destroy it using their special weapon, penta force.  Before dying the kaijin would summon it's younger brother, a 300 ft tall clone of it to wreak havoc.  The Battle Fever Robo would then be dispatched to deal with it using it's electric sword.  Battle Fever became the protectors of Japan's children.

As the series progressed, each member of the team would each be challenged, their characters developed, and their backgrounds more colorfully recounted. But the members of the Battle Fever team were not invulnerable.  Along the way, Diane is seriously wounded by blood loss.  Her friend Maria must take her place, as she returns to America to rest.  More seriously another member, Shiraishi Kensaku is killed in the lined of duty, and his friend Jin avenges his death and replaces him.  But despite their losses, Battle Fever triumphs in the end...

February 1999 marked the true 20th anniversary for Battle Fever and the Super Sentai genre.  I thought it was only fitting to finally create a website dedicated to the heros of my past; a hyperlink to my early childhood.

2001 - This page has a new home on my own web server at the Cyber Tea Club.  With all of the added web space, I now am able to post CD quality mp3s of the Battle Fever Music!

2004 - Okay, I walked into Collector's Maniacs on Waialae, and I saw they had a Battle Fever video for rental. When I looked at the case, they had MY screencaptures all over it.  The must've taken the ones I made for my website.   When I went to complain about it, they just brushed me off.   So I haven't really frequented Collector's Maniacs anymore.  It also made me kinda upset and not want to maintain my site anymore.  Look, I don't mind if you want to borrow my images or anything, but it's just common courtesy to ask my permission first.  I worked hard on this website, and you should give credit, where it's due.  Nothing on this site is Freeware, it's all Alohaware, so if you like something drop me line to say mahalos!

2007 - I really wanted to meet up with Ban Daisuke when he was appearing at Shirokiya, to ask if he would do an interview for this site.   But unfortunately I couldn't make it, and I don't speak Japanese anyway, so I'm not quite sure how I would conduct an interview.  But if anyone knows how to get in touch with him, I'd like very much like to interview him for the site.   Also, I've been trying to get in touch with the people at Generation Kikaida, to see if they would want to release Battle Fever to DVD.   Since they've released all of Kikaida and Inazuman, it only makes sense that they would release Battle Fever as well (following Ban Daisuke's career).   Plus since Toei has released a clean copy of Battle Fever to DVD, and I still have the JN Productions translations from the original broadcast, I figure it would be easy for them.   But I havent' been able to get a hold of them... 

2008.. Whoa... This site is almost 10 years old. It hasn't been up in several years. The net has changed a lot since then... But it's back, and I actually own the battlefever.com name now! These are golden days now, my friend. You can actually buy Battle Fever J on DVD from Japan now. Plus Bandai has released the AWESOME Soul of Chogokin GX-30 Battle Fever Robo!! So I've decided to reopen my site, redesign it to take advantage of today's bandwidth, and revisit the favorite superheroes of my youth...