Super Sentai Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman arrives in September

During the fall of 1993, the kids in America discovered The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The TV series was an immediate hit with a teenage cast that could transform into superheroes to save the world. What a lot of the viewers didn’t quite know is that the big action scenes had been clipped from a long running TV series in Japan. Super Sentai had been airing since the mid-70s. Quite a few of the shows didn’t make the transition to American Power Ranger productions. Such is the case of Super Sentaichikyuu Sentai Fiveman. The fourteenth version of the series aired in 1990 The five members of this group are the Hoshikawa kids. The siblings have to defend the world and keep their family together. Now the complete series is coming to America in September. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory with all the details:

The Super Sentai franchise, spanning 46 different series and concepts, had been going strong in Japan for many years. Shout! Factory, in collaboration with eOne, is proud to present a special SUPER SENTAI collection, CHIKYUU SENTAI FIVEMAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES, available directly to fans beginning September 6. This highly collectible 7-DVD collection contains all thrilling 48 episodes presented in Japanese with English subtitles. A must-have for enthusiasts and collectors to complete their pop culture library, SUPER SENTAI: CHIKYUU SENTAI FIVEMAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES is available for pre-order now from ShoutFactory.com   SUPER SENTAI: CHIKYUU SENTAI FIVEMAN | Synopsis  SUPER SENTAI: CHIKYUU SENTAI FIVEMAN premiered in Japan in 1990 and was the fourteenth installment of the Super Sentai metaseries. Twenty years after their planet was attacked by the brutal Zone Empire, the five Hoshikawa children, who escaped and were raised on Earth, must prepare for a brand-new war. This time, though, they’re ready … having developed the powerful Fiveman technology that will help them defend Earth from the same empire that conquered their home world.