Force Five

For the 1981 film, see Force: Five.

Force Five
Created by	Jim Terry Original version Go Nagai (Gaiking, Starvengers & Grandizer) Leiji Matsumoto (Danguard Ace & Spaceketeers)
Written by	Collins Walker Mike Haller Lynn Garrison
Directed by	Jim Terry Collins Walker
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Country of origin	United States Japan (o.v.)
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	130 (286 in original versions)
Production
Producer	Jim Terry
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	Jim Terry Productions (former American Way) Toei Animation
Original release
Network	First-run syndication
Release	September 8, 1980 (1980-09-08) – December 4, 1981 (1981-12-04)

Force Five is an American adaptation of five different anime television series. In the United States, this series was primarily shown only in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, though it did make brief appearances in other markets, such as Texas and Northern California on KICU-TV 36. It was also shown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on CFMT channel 47 and in Asia on Star Plus during the 1990s. It was produced by Jim Terry and his company American Way, and it consisted of five imported Japanese giant robot serials (originally produced in the mid-1970s by Toei Animation) in response to the popularity of the Shogun Warriors toy collection. Mattel was one of the sponsors of the series.

In an anthology style, the five shows were broadcast simultaneously with one episode of each serial assigned a specific weekday. Additionally, all of the shows were edited into two-hour movies and marketed on video tape by Family Home Entertainment. In the UK, Krypton Force released several of these programmes but under different series titles.

Force Five series

Force Five consisted of the following five series:

Series	No. of episodes	Adaptation of	No. of episodes
Force Five: Gaiking	26 episodes	Dino-Mecha Gaiking (1976)	44 episodes
Force Five: Danguard Ace	26 episodes	Planetary Robot Danguard Ace (1977)	56 episodes
Force Five: Starvengers	26 episodes	Getter Robo G (1975)	39 episodes
Force Five: Grandizer	26 episodes	UFO Robot Grendizer (1975)	74 episodes
Force Five: Spaceketeers	26 episodes	Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (1978)	73 episodes

Originally, Great Mazinger was meant to be among the five shows, but at the last minute was swapped out for Starzinger.

External links

• Absolute Anime profile Force Five Television show