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Super Rescue Solbrain (特救指令ソルブレイン, Tokkyū Shirei Soruburein, lit. Special Rescue Command Solbrain) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company. It ran for 53 episodes from January 20, 1991 to January 26, 1992 on TV Asahi.[1][2] It is part of the Metal Hero Series franchise; a sequel to Special Rescue Police Winspector, it is the second installment in the Rescue Police Series trilogy.
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| Super Rescue Solbrain | |
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The title card for Super Rescue Solbrain | |
| Tokyuu Shirei Solbrain | |
| Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction |
| Created by | Toei Company |
| Developed by | Noboru Sugimura |
| Directed by | Masao Minowa |
| Starring | Kōichi Nakayama Mitsue Mori Masaru Yamashita Hiroshi Miyauchi Hinenori Iura |
| Voices of | Seizō Katō |
| Narrated by | Takeshi Kuwabara |
| Composer | Kaoru Mizuki |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (per episode) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Release | January 20, 1991 – January 26, 1992 |
| Related | |
| Special Rescue Police Winspector Special Rescue Exceedraft | |
For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as simply Solbrain.
After the Winspector police team leaves Japan to fight crime in France, Chief Shunsuke Masaki realizes he must create a new police team to defend Tokyo from crime. He creates Solbrain – a high-tech special rescue force, expert in missions requiring rescue and firepower. Its leader is Daiki Nishio, a rookie detective who can use the Plus Up command in his car to transform into SolBraver. Other members are Reiko Higuchi, also able to use the Plus Up command to transform into SolJeanne, SolBraver's female counterpart; and SolDozer, a yellow bulldozer robot. Later in the series, the Winspector team returns to Japan and teams up with Solbrain for a three-part story (episodes 21-23). From episode 34 on, Ryouma, the protagonist from Winspector, returns as a member of Solbrain, wearing a suit dubbed the Knight Fire.
A video game for Tokkyū Shirei Solbrain was released in 1991 for the Famicom, published by Angel and developed by Natsume. It was localized into Shatterhand, which was published by Jaleco for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and Europe shortly after the Japanese release. The differences are mainly cosmetic (changing music and graphics) but there were also several substantial changes, such as which boss appeared in which area. In addition, the theme-park stage from the Famicom version was replaced with a nuclear-submarine stage in the NES version.
This is the first and only entry in the Metal Hero series to be given an English dub, as it was done in the Philippines. The dubbing work by Telesuccess Productions, Toei's Filipino Branch. All 53 episodes were covered. However, Some of the characters had their first names changed to be more anglicized, while their surnames were kept. However, several characters have kept their Japanese full names completely intact. For example, Daiki Nishio, Reiko Higuchi and Jun Masuda were renamed to Corey Nishio, Rachel Higuchi and John Masuda respectively. The series' English dub aired in the country on IBC-13 (formerly VTV) in 1997 and again on ABC 5 (now TV5) in 1999. The former aired reruns in 2000 and also reran on the Solar Channel in 2002. The series would also return once again in 2006 on GMA Network, but instead aired a newly produced Tagalog dub.
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