Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series and the seventh installment of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 5, 1983, to January 28, 1984, replacing Dai Sentai Goggle-V and was replaced by Choudenshi Bioman with a total of 51 episodes. The international English title is listed by Toei as simply Dynaman. Yutaka Izubuchi designed the villains of the series. This was his first time designing Super Sentai suits and costumes; he would later be recruited again to design the suits for Super Sentai consecutively until 1986's Choushinsei Flashman and would return as character designer for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.

Plot

The Jashinka Empire rises from the depths of the Earth to conquer the world. To stop them, Dr. Kyutaro Yumeno assembles five inventors to his laboratory, Yumeno Invention Laboratory and gives them the power to become Dynamen. Each member has their own goal, but as the Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, they are united to stop the Jashinka Empire in their tracks.

Characters

Dynamen

The eponymous Dynamen is a Super Sentai team assembled by Kyutaro Yumeno to combat the Janshinka Empire. They're also the first group in the franchise to have their costumes made out of spandex and they discontinued the use of capes and scarves, which were part of Super Sentai uniforms from Himitsu Sentai Gorenger to Dai Sentai Goggle-V.

Arsenal

Team Attacks

Vehicles

Mecha

Yumeno Invention Center

The Yumeno Invention Center is a children's playground, which actually acts as a front for the Dynastation.

Jashinka Empire

The Tailed-People Clan Jashinka Empire (有尾人一族ジャシンカ帝国) are evolved from a race of reptiles. They arrived at Earth in ancient times, the life-forms being carried along with a meteorite, crashing into the earth, and falling deep into its core. As time went on, the life-forms evolved, becoming the civilized Tailed-People Clan. The Tailed-People are a civilization of advanced science (higher than human's), with the rank of their civilization being determined by the number of tails. Believing Earth to be theirs, for their civilization to rise, they begin invasion. Originally planning to turn humans into their own kind, the experiment failed, and their strategy was changed to simply destroying mankind by reducing the number of human beings as the Tailed-People Clan was outnumbered. Being as the number of tails determines rank, the Emperor's dream is to obtain ten tails, who is said to provide one with eternal life and powers. Their rank and status is determined by the number of tails each member has. The more tails, the greater the status.

Episodes

Cast

Crew

Songs

International broadcast and home video