The Chouseishin Series (超星神シリーズ - Chôseishin Shirîzu; "Super Star Gods Series") is the name of a tokusatsu superhero TV franchise which debuted in Japan in 2003. The Chouseishin Series are produced by Toho Company, Ltd., and attempted to compete with Toei's Sentai Series. Tokusatsu (特撮) (sometimes just called Toku) is the Japanese term for special effects and often used to classify Japanese live-action sci-fi/fantasy/horror movie/TV productions. ... Superman (left) and Batman, two of the most recognizable and influential superheroes. ... Meanings of franchise: Full rights of citizenship given by a country or a town, especially suffrage (political franchise) In a wider sense: any right or privilege granted by constitution or statute. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toho Company, Ltd. ... Toei Company, Ltd. ... Costumes from the 1975 series, Himitsu Sentai Goranger, on display at the Bandai Museum in Tokyo, Japan Sentai (Japanese: 戦隊), the Japanese word for task force, is most commonly used for classifying the super hero television shows produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi. ...

The Chouseishin Series are:

• Chôseishin Granseizâ (Ultra Star God GranSazer) - 2003/2004: The Gransazers involves a group of 12 ordinary people who have to power to transform and don the Gransazer battle suits, that were created by an ancient race of humans, before an alien alliance wiped them out. The Gransazers are divided into 4 tribes, of flame, wind, earth, and water. Each tribe has an Ultra Star God, which they can summon only when the three Gransazers of each tribe join together and use their Knuckle Risers. These Ultra Star Gods are each 150 metres tall and have special weapons and finishing moves like the Gransazers. The Gransazers also have the Cloud Dragon and Guntras for allies. The Cloud Dragon is sentient, like Guntras and the Ultra Star Gods, and can carry and heal the Ultra Star Gods, as well as help attack alien threats with its Galactica Prominence Cannon. Guntras is a massive sentient robot that has many weapons, i.e. laser battery, and can combine with the other Ultra Star Gods to form the ultimate Daisazer. Together with these aids, the Gransazers combat alien threats that threaten to annihilate Earth and mankind.

• Genseishin Jasutiraizâ (Illusion Star God JustiRiser) - 2004/2005.

• Chôsei Kantai Seizâ Ekkusu (Super Star Fleet Sazer X) - Upcoming in 2005.

Ultra Star God Gransazers (Chouseishin Gransazer) is the first tokusatsu superhero TV series of the Seishin (星神) series. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aliens are foreigners to their surroundings. ... Flame can refer to: The visible part of fire. ... Wind is the quasi-horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by a horizontal pressure gradient force. ... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... Water (from the Old English word wæter; c. ... Laser (US Air Force) A LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical device which uses a quantum mechanical effect called stimulated emission (discovered by Einstein while researching the photoelectric effect) in order to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

External Links

• Toho Website - Japanese