, 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.
Production Productions of both Fireman and Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) involved human and physical resources from the Daiei Film, a major film studio which went bankrupt in 1971. The Daiei Tokyo Studio was utilized for their filmings, and expertises and materials from Daiei's tokusatsu productions such as the Gamera franchise were put into practice by former Daiei staffs.
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 Bunzo Wakatsuki Fumito Imamura Toyohiro Ando Shin Kishida Ikuko Okamoto Music Toru Fuyuki Theme Song by Asei Kobayashi Bob Sakuma Directors of Photography Toshiyuki Machida Koji Yokote Lighting Masanori Ando Production Designed by Osamu Yamaguchi Assistant Directors Hiroshi Okamoto Toshihiko Nakajima
VFX Unit Cameraman Yuzo Kaneko Lighting Eihachi Kubo Yukio Ito Nagaharu Watanabe Shoichi Uehara Masao Ohara Shinichi Fujino Art Directors & Monster Design Senkatsu Ikeya, Kazumasa Otani Assistant Directors Shiya Nakamura Masao Kobayashi Isao Matsumoto Masahiro Ito Seishiro Kameda Setsuo Mizunuma Wire Operators Rumichi Kumazawa, Isamu Morohoshi, Haruo Sekiya Special Effects Masamichi Takayama VFX Minoru Nakano Scripter Girls Yuko Morita Isao Matsumoto Mayumi Nakamachi Masahiro Ito Haruyo Matsumaru Setsuo Mizunuma Seishiro Kameda Miyo Tabata Production Chiefs Takahiro Katagiri Yukio Ohno Masana Takahashi Editing by Toyo Suzuki, Tatsuharu Nakashizuka, Sachiko Yamaji, Junko Yoneuchiyama Effects Akira Kojima, Makoto Ishida Sound Recording Kisaburo Goda, Hideo Okuyama In Charge of Production Masayuki Shitara Post Production Manager Teruyoshi Kokubo Music Selecting by Kiyoshi Suzuki Masami Hara Production Contacting Hiroshi Saito Special Thanks Miyazaki Transportation, Nippon Car Ferry Co., Ltd. Devices Isamu Sugimoto Post Production Den Film Effects Film Processing Tokyo Laboratory Special Technology Kazuo Sagawa, Junkichi Oki, Masao Kobayashi, Iwataro Ishii, Shiya Nakamura Directed by Junkichi Oki, Koji Otsuka, Tatsumi Ando, Toshiki Suzuki, Taiji Saeki, Hiromi Higuchi, Hiroshi Okamoto Produced by Tsuburaya Productions Mannensha Nippon TV
Songs
Opening song
Lyrics: Yū Aku Composition: Asei Kobayashi Arrangement: Bob Sakuma Artists: Masato Shimon
Other songs
Lyrics: Hajime Tsuburaya(as Kyouichi Azuma) Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki Artists: Columbia Yurikago-kai and The Photons
Lyrics: Kyouichi Azuma Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki Artists: Masato Shimon with The Photons
Lyrics: Mieko Arima Composition and Arrangement: Go Misawa Artists: Masato Shimon
List of episodes
References
External links Official Site (Japanese)