Ninja Captor

Apr 07, 1976 (ja) Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Kids [25] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 07, 1976
  • Production
    Toei Company, Toei Advertising, TV Tokyo
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    忍者キャプター
  • Release
    Apr 07, 1976
  • ja
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Overview

Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Tôru Hirayama

    Producer

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  1. Sen Utsumi

    Dan Kurokawa

  2. Yuko Matsuba

    María Sakurakōji

  3. Daisuke Ban

    Daisuke Izumo

  4. Hiroyuki Satou

    Keita Izumi

  5. Sanpei Godai

    Noboru Ōyama

  6. Ai Nogawa

    Miki Tendō

  7. Kenji Ushio

    Saburōbei Fukuro

  8. Takamaru Sasaki

    Hakūn Togakushi

  9. Nobuyuki Nakano

    Jūrō Ōmori

  10. Masahiro Kamiya

    Magoyatsu Imura

  11. Shinzo Hotta

    Retsufū Fūma/Nindō Kurayami

  12. Sanji Kojima

  13. Iwao Dan

  14. Gorō Naya

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 14 / Crews : 12

Season 1 ( 1976-04-06)

Ninja arts and chemical weapons fused together! A ninja of justice reborn in the modern era! The seven Captors use weapons and ninja arts to defeat evil ninja. Captors are named after those who capture others. Mujin Tendo, who carries the ancestry of the ninja, learned that Wind-Demon Reppu is planning to use ninja arts to take over Japan. In order to squash this plan, he secretly gathers ninja of justice. When Daisuke Izumo escapes and becomes hunted by the Wind-Demon Clan, Tendo invites him to become the Fire-Ninja and forms “Ninja Captor,” a group of ninja who fight for justice. In this hero action series, Ninja Captors utilize various weapons to dazzle with their ninja combat skills.

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Apr 07, 1976 (ja)
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Kids
[25] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 07, 1976
  • Production
    Toei Company, Toei Advertising, TV Tokyo
  • Rotten tomato 50%
Original Title 忍者キャプター
ja

Overview

Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Tôru Hirayama

    Producer