Fireman (TV series)

Fireman (ファイヤーマン), known as Magma Man in some markets, is a Japanese tokusatsu television series about the titular superhero who fights kaiju and other villains. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show was broadcast on Nippon Television from January 7 to July 31, 1973, with a total of 30 episodes. This was also one of several shows Tsuburaya did to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary (the other two being Ultraman Taro and Jumborg Ace).

Plot
A strange phenomenon happened throughout the world, causing giant, mutant dinosaurs to suddenly appear. The people of the Aban continent, living underground for the last 12,000 years sends a courageous young man named Misaki to live as an archeologist and SAF (Scientific Attack Force) agent Daisuke Misaki. Whenever monsters and space aliens attack the world, Misaki transforms into Fireman by using the fire-stick, and defends the human race against them.

Cast

 * Naoya Makoto as Daisuke Misaki / Fireman
 * Goro Mutsumi as Dr. Gunpachi Umino
 * Shin Kishida as Dr. Saburo Mizusima
 * Kishida wrote screenplays ep.12 as Shin Akegawa.


 * Sei Hiraizumi as Dr. Futoshi Chiba
 * Keiko Kunihara as Mariko Hayama
 * Mitsuru Saijō as Fireman (Suit Acting)
 * Voice of Fireman by Michihiro Ikemizu
 * Narrated by Ichirō Murakoshi

Staff
Producers


 * Akira Tsuburaya
 * Kimihiko Eto (Mannensha)
 * Yoshikazu Morita (NTV)

Script Music Theme Song by Directors of Photography Lighting Production Designed by Assistant Directors
 * Bunzo Wakatsuki
 * Fumito Imamura
 * Toyohiro Ando
 * Shin Kishida
 * Ikuko Okamoto
 * Toru Fuyuki
 * Asei Kobayashi
 * Bob Sakuma
 * Toshiyuki Machida
 * Koji Yokote
 * Masanori Ando
 * Osamu Yamaguchi
 * Hiroshi Okamoto
 * Toshihiko Nakajima

VFX Unit
Cameraman Lighting Art Directors & Monster Design Assistant Directors Wire Operators Special Effects VFX Scripter Girls Production Chiefs Editing by Effects Sound Recording In Charge of Production Post Production Manager Music Selecting by Production Contacting Special Thanks Devices Post Production Film Processing Special Technology Directed by Produced by
 * Yuzo Kaneko
 * Eihachi Kubo
 * Yukio Ito
 * Nagaharu Watanabe
 * Shoichi Uehara
 * Masao Ohara
 * Shinichi Fujino
 * Senkatsu Ikeya, Kazumasa Otani
 * Shiya Nakamura
 * Masao Kobayashi
 * Isao Matsumoto
 * Masahiro Ito
 * Seishiro Kameda
 * Setsuo Mizunuma
 * Rumichi Kumazawa, Isamu Morohoshi, Haruo Sekiya
 * Masamichi Takayama
 * Minoru Nakano
 * Yuko Morita
 * Isao Matsumoto
 * Mayumi Nakamachi
 * Masahiro Ito
 * Haruyo Matsumaru
 * Setsuo Mizunuma
 * Seishiro Kameda
 * Miyo Tabata
 * Takahiro Katagiri
 * Yukio Ohno
 * Masana Takahashi
 * Toyo Suzuki, Tatsuharu Nakashizuka, Sachiko Yamaji, Junko Yoneuchiyama
 * Akira Kojima, Makoto Ishida
 * Kisaburo Goda, Hideo Okuyama
 * Masayuki Shitara
 * Teruyoshi Kokubo
 * Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Masami Hara
 * Hiroshi Saito
 * Miyazaki Transportation, Nippon Car Ferry Co., Ltd.
 * Isamu Sugimoto
 * Den Film Effects
 * Tokyo Laboratory
 * Kazuo Sagawa, Junkichi Oki, Masao Kobayashi, Iwataro Ishii, Shiya Nakamura
 * Junkichi Oki, Koji Otsuka, Tatsumi Ando, Toshiki Suzuki, Taiji Saeki, Hiromi Higuchi, Hiroshi Okamoto
 * Tsuburaya Productions
 * Mannensha
 * Nippon TV

International Releases
In the Philippines, the series was aired on ABS-CBN as Magmaman from 1991 to 1992 with a Tagalog dub.

Opening song

 * Fireman (ファイヤーマン)
 * Lyrics: Yū Aku
 * Composition: Asei Kobayashi
 * Arrangement: Bob Sakuma
 * Artists: Masato Shimon

Other songs

 * Shutsugeki! SAF (出撃!SAF)
 * Lyrics: Hajime Tsuburaya(as Kyouichi Azuma)
 * Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki
 * Artists: Columbia Yurikago-kai and The Photons


 * Honō no Youni Moero (炎のようにもえろ)
 * Lyrics: Kyouichi Azuma
 * Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki
 * Artists: Masato Shimon with The Photons


 * Haruka Aoi Chitei-ni (はるか青い地底に)
 * Lyrics: Mieko Arima
 * Composition and Arrangement: Go Misawa
 * Artists: Masato Shimon

List of episodes

 * 1) Birth of Fireman (ファイヤーマン誕生)
 * 2) The Weapon is Science S･A･F (武器は科学だS・A・F)
 * 3) The Mysterious Spaceship (謎の宇宙船)
 * 4) Destroy the Invaders (インベーダーを撃滅せよ)
 * 5) The Boy Who Fell into the Jurassic Era (ジュラ紀へ落ちた少年)
 * 6) The Secret of Planet Gomerous (遊星ゴメロスの秘密)
 * 7) The Dreadful Space Bacteria (恐怖の宇宙細菌)
 * 8) The Micro Monster's Fear (ミクロ怪獣の恐怖)
 * 9) A Challenge from the Deep Sea (深海からの挑戦)
 * 10) The Iron Monster that Attacked Tokyo (鉄の怪獣が東京を襲った)
 * 11) Resurrecting the Rock Monster (よみがえる岩石怪獣)
 * 12) Earth is the Robot's Graveyard (地球はロボットの墓場)
 * 13) Fear of the Dragon God Swamp (竜神沼の恐怖)
 * 14) Run Through the Devil's Sea (悪魔の海を突っ走れ)
 * 15) Planet Beldar M13 Command (ベルダー星M13号指令)
 * 16) Steal it! The Fire-Stick (奪え! ファイヤースティック)
 * 17) Fireman Disappeared into the Magma (マグマに消えたファイヤーマン)
 * 18) He Did It! Fire-Dash (やったぞ! ファイヤーダッシュ)
 * 19) The Space Monster vs. the Primeval Monster (宇宙怪獣対原始怪獣)
 * 20) The Gagango Monster's Storm (怪獣ガガンゴの嵐)
 * 21) Messengers of Murder, Dekon and Bokon (殺しの使者デコンとボコン)
 * 22) It Has Arrived!! The Transformed Alien (来たぞ!! 変身宇宙人)
 * 23) Kill Fireman! (ファイヤーマンを殺せ!)
 * 24) The Harmonica Crying in the Night (夜になくハーモニカ)
 * 25) The Alien with No Home Planet (帰る星なき宇宙人)
 * 26) The Secret of the Mountain Shining in the Evening Sun (夕日に光る岩山の秘密)
 * 27) The Space Leader that Manipulates Corpses (死人をあやつる宇宙の支配者)
 * 28) The Boy that Came from the Planet Argon (アルゴン星から来た少年)
 * 29) Don't Shoot! Even Though He's A Monster, He's Still My Friend (射つな! 怪獣だって友達だ)
 * 30) Fireman Disappears into Space (宇宙に消えたファイヤーマン)