battle fever j [1979] - battle fever team got two miss amercias and two battle cossacks
one mentor with samruai sword and one crazy myia black bird
one cool giant battle fever robot

Thing is, only the first Cossack was any good.

I haven't seen all of Flashman and Changeman, nor have I really seen too much that came before Dynaman, so right now, Liveman is my favorite of this era.

After watching the first three episodes and pretty much being blown away by it, I feel compelled to vote for Liveman.

As of today, Liveman is in the lead with Battle Fever J and Bioman tied at second place. Sun Vulcan is now fully fansubbed, so watch the series now.

I wish I have seen a Showa series from beginning to end, and I only saw a few episodes of Maskman (which isn't bad). I heard alot of great things about Changeman but never get to check them out. But I think I'll cast my vote for Sun Vulcan, simply because it is the series that I remember the most from my youth, so it does hold some sentimental value from me.

this is an easy one, Liveman. It did a lot of things first in the world of sentai, not only that it just had the best story in the showa era.

I gave up on Changeman after the first four episodes due to lack of character development and very bland pacing. Also, the commander is a total asshole and, IMO, the real villain of the show. Production-wise, it looks like a severe downgrade from what's been shown from Sun Vulcan to Bioman.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the sports bras they're wearing.

At least Flashman made up for that whole mess.

Yeah 4 episodes is PLENTY of time to expand on all 5 characters. I mean hell, they should have had each one of them explained fully in GREAT detail by episode 1. I mean 50 episodes is to short to have any kind of character building right?

And the point of your argument is?