Super Rescue Solbrain Explained

Native Name:Tokyuu Shirei Solbrain
Runtime:30 minutes (per episode)
Country:Japan
Network:TV Asahi
Num Episodes:53
Genre:Tokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science fiction
Creator:Toei Company
Developer:Noboru Sugimura
Director:Masao Minowa
Starring:Kōichi Nakayama
Mitsue Mori
Masaru Yamashita
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Hinenori Iura
Voices:Seizō Katō
Narrated:Takeshi Kuwabara
Composer:Kaoru Mizuki
Related:Special Rescue Police Winspector
Special Rescue Exceedraft

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.

For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as simply Solbrain.

Plot

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.

The team

Daiki is Ryoma's successor. He wears blue armor, and his primary vehicle is SolGallop. He only can wear his solid suit, and his transformation call is . He is armed with Cerberus Delta (a triangular gun), which can transform into a rod or a sword.

Reiko is Junko's successor. She wears red armor, a black-and-white flameproof suit and a helmet without a mouthplate (so she can wear also an oxygen mask). Her primary vehicle is SolDrecker, which also carries Dozer. Her transformation call is also, and her weapon is a small gun.

Dozer is Bycle's and Walter's successor. He is a yellow heavy-duty robot (with design elements from a bulldozer, as the name implies) and can transform into a rescue machine.

Other members

A Solbrain member, unlike Daiki and Reiko he does not wear a solid suit; however, he is always in action.

Chief of Solbrain. Compassionate and dedicated, he usually goes into the battlefield to help his subordinates.

A machine expert, he is Nonoyama's successor.

A pilot of the mothership Solid States-I, he leads the mothership's operating team and is senior to Daiki.

Solbrain's Operation's team leader, she sees computer literacy as a main duty.

Winspector's former leader, he first reappears in episode 21 with the Winspector team (robots Walter and Bikel) chasing an android named Messiah. He later transformed into Fire and helped the team with Walter and Bikel. Later returns in episode 34 as Knight Fire, a new member of Solbrain, armed with Cerberus Delta and Pile Tornado. He is portrayed by Masaru Yamashita, reprising his role from the previous Metal Hero series.

Solbrain's supercomputer, and Madocks' successor.

Arsenal

Daiki, Reiko and Ryōma's armor.

Daiki's car, based on the Toyota Sera

Reiko's car, sometimes also driven by Jun. Based on the Toyota Previa

Ryōma's car, based on the Mazda RX-7 FC

In the episode 21, when Ryoma chases an android, he drives this car, a tenth generation Cadillac Eldorado with all the equipment and transformation mechanisms installed inside the car.

the mothership (abbreviated). S.S.-I takes off from in one minute.

SolBraver and Knight Fire's weapon. It has two operating modes: (used as a ray gun) and (used, as a sword, to break obstacles such as girders and fighting enemies armed with knives).

a tool which shoots a special carbon-fiber rope or a special bullet

Daiki and Reiko's police license

oxygen cylinder

emergency equipment used by SolJeanne

handcuffs

the only weapon Solbrain inherited from Winspector (see Tokkei Winspector for details).

SolBraver and Knight Fire's big gun, with three functions:

shoots a fire-extinguishing beam

shoots a special gelatinous, gluey, freezing bullet

a hail of 40 plasma-energy bullets per second, fired by Cerberus Delta. Its power is two times that of GigaStreamer's maximum mode (when SolBraver and Knight Fire fire it at the same time, its power is four times GigaStreamer's).

Episodes

  1. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Masao Minowa
  2. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Masao Minowa
  3. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  4. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  5. : written by Takahiko Masuda, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  6. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  7. : written by Kyoko Sagiyama, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  8. : written by Takashi Yamada, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  9. : written by Junichi Miyashita, directed by Michio Konishi
  10. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Michio Konishi
  11. : written by Takahiko Masuda, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  12. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  13. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kiyoshi Arai
  14. : written by Takashi Yamada, directed by Kiyoshi Arai
  15. : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Michio Konishi
  16. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  17. : written by Junichi Miyashita, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  18. : written by Kyoko Sagiyama, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  19. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Hidenori Ishida
  20. : written by Takashi Yamada, directed by Hidenori Ishida
  21. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  22. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  23. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  24. : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Michio Konishi
  25. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  26. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Michio Konishi
  27. : written by Kyoko Sagiyama, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  28. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  29. : written by Takashi Yamada, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  30. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Michio Konishi
  31. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Michio Konishi
  32. : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  33. : written by Junichi Miyashita, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  34. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  35. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  36. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  37. : written by Junichi Miyashita, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  38. : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  39. : written by Kyoko Sagiyama, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  40. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  41. : written by Takahiko Masuda, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  42. : written by Junichi Miyashita and Yasuyuki Suzuki, directed by Michio Konishi
  43. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  44. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  45. : written by Junichi Miyashita and Yasuyuki Suzuki, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  46. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  47. : written by Nobuo Ogizawa, directed by Kaneharu Mitsumura
  48. : written by Kyoko Sagiyama, directed by Michio Konishi
  49. : written by Noboru Sugimura and Akiko Asatsuke, directed by Michio Konishi
  50. : written by Mayumi Ishiyama and Junichi Miyashita, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  51. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  52. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi
  53. : written by Noboru Sugimura, directed by Michio Konishi

Video game

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.

Cast

Guest Stars

Suit Actors

Philippine English Voice Cast

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.

Crew

Songs

Opening theme
Closing theme

International Broadcasts and Home Video

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 特救指令ソルブレインとは . kotobank. March 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: 特救指令ソルブレインとは . 東映. March 2, 2020.

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