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{{Short description|Television series}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2023}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = SunVulcanTitleCard.jpg
| image_size           = 250
| caption              = Title Screen
| genre                = [[Tokusatsu]]<br>[[Superhero fiction]]<br>[[Science fiction]]
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| creator              = [[Toei Company]]<br>[[Marvel Comics]]
| developer            = Shozo Uehara
| country              = [[Japan]]
| network              = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] (TV Asahi)
| director             = Koichi Takemoto
| starring             = Ryūsuke Kawasaki<br />Kinya Sugi<br />Asao Kobayashi<br />[[Shin Kishida]]<br />Yumi Nemoto<br />[[Takayuki Godai]]<br>[[Machiko Soga]]<br>Yukie Kagawa
| narrated             = [[Tōru Ōhira]]
| producer             = Takeyuki Suzuki<br />Yūyake Usui<br />Susumu Yoshikawa
| opentheme            = "Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan" by [[Akira Kushida]] & [[Koorogi '73]]
| company              = [[TV Asahi]]<br>Toei Company<br>Toei Advertising
| composer             = [[Michiaki Watanabe]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1981|2|7}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1982|1|30}}
| num_episodes         = 50
| list_episodes        = List of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan episodes
| related      = {{ubl|''[[Denshi Sentai Denjiman]]''|''[[Dai Sentai Goggle-V]]''}}
| released     = 
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan'''''|太陽戦隊サンバルカン|Taiyō Sentai San Barukan|[[Solar energy|Solar]] Squadron Sun Vulcan}} is a Japanese television show and the fifth series in [[Toei Company]]'s ''[[Super Sentai]]'' [[tokusatsu]] [[metaseries]]. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, replacing ''[[Denshi Sentai Denjiman]]'' and was replaced by ''[[Dai Sentai Goggle-V]]''. The program first ''Super Sentai'' series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series (''[[Denshi Sentai Denjiman]]''). It is also the first and only series in the franchise to have an all-male ''Super Sentai'' team and the first to have fewer than five members in the core team. Its international English title as listed by Toei Company is ''Sunvulcan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/library/series-title.html|title=Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website|access-date=January 13, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119211925/http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/library/series-title.html|archive-date=January 19, 2009}}</ref> This is last entry in the Super Sentai tokusatsu metaseries to be produced in partnership with [[Marvel Comics]] and possess a Marvel copyright, despite no Marvel influence.

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==Plot==
The threat of the Machine Empire Black Magma causes the [[United Nations]] to establish the Taiyo Sentai at a summit. From the UN's Guardians of World Peace's (GWP) air force, navy, and rangers, Commander Arashiyama assembles three specialists to become Sun Vulcan. When Black Magma learns of this, he attacks the GWP's base, but Sun Vulcan debuts in time to save it. Führer Hell Saturn prays to the Black Solar God and is rewarded with a revived Queen Hedrian, now a cyborg with a mechanical heart and a metallic [[afro]]. Black Magma multiple plots, even with Hedrian's aid, fails. Following the death of 01, Amazon Killer, (a Vader) arrives from space, destroying the Sun Vulcan Base. A new Vulcan Base is then built.

The original Vul Eagle, Ryusuke Owashi, is replaced by a friend and master of the sword, Takayuki Hiba (who first appeared in episode 23).

==Characters==
===Guardians of World Peace===
The Japanese branch of the GWP is Sun Vulcan's secret headquarters, with the restaurant Snack Safari and a [[safari park]] acting as a front.

====Sun Vulcan====
The eponymous Sun Vulcan is the name of the Guardians of World Peace's Taiyo Sentai, they are the first and only Super Sentai team to be all-male. Each of the Sun Vulcan members identifies himself before the group says {{nihongo|"Shine! Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan!"|輝け!太陽戦隊サンバルカン!|Kagayake! Taiyō Sentai San Barukan!}}. Ryusuke, Kinya and Asao's last names also Takayuki's given name include the Japanese names of their totem animals.
* {{nihongo|Vul Eagle|バルイーグル|Baru Īguru}}: The red-colored leader of the Sun Vulcan team whose moniker was used by its original user and his successor.
** {{nihongo|Ryusuke Owashi|大鷲 龍介|Ōwashi Ryūsuke|1-23}}: A GWP air force officer whose skills made him the top pilot in the organization. He left to pursue space shuttle research for [[NASA]] in the United States.  
** {{nihongo|Takayuki Hiba|飛羽 高之|Hiba Takayuki|23-50}}: A colleague of Owashi and master of [[kendo]]. Takayuki took over for Ryusuke after he left for NASA shuttle research. Along with his fellow Red Rangers from Gorenger to Timeranger, Takayuki appeared in ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai]]''. Takayuki appeared in the final episode of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'', receiving his powers back in the form of the Vuleagle Key as the Gokaigers left Earth.
* {{nihongo|Kinya Samejima/Vul Shark|鮫島 欣也/バルシャーク|Samejima Kin'ya/Baru Shāku}}: The blue-colored warrior of the Sun Vulcan team. A GWP naval officer who's also an oceanographer, Kinya spent most of his childhood in Africa. Having lost his parents and younger brother during an altercation, Kinya's hatred for any form of violence motivated him to volunteer for the Sun Vulcan project.
** Special moves: {{nihongo|Shark Washer|シャークウォッシャー|Shāku Wosshā}}, {{nihongo|Shark Diving|シャークダイビング|Shāku Daibingu}}, {{nihongo|Shark Rolling|シャークローリング|Shāku Rōringu}}, {{nihongo|Shark Jaws|シャークジョーズ|Shāku Jōzu}}
* {{nihongo|Asao Hyou/Vul Panther|豹 朝夫/バルパンサー|Hyō Asao/Baru Pansā}}: The yellow-colored warrior of the Sun Vulcan team. A GWP army officer who can climb any surface. Despite his courage in battle, he has an unusual [[Cynophobia|fear of dogs]] - especially CC.

====Allies====
* {{nihongo|Daizaburo Arashiyama|嵐山 大三郎|Arashiyama Daizaburō}}: The commander of the GWP, who is also an expert at robotics. He designed the team's mecha. He is also the owner of the Snack Safari restaurant and he cares for the animals in the zoo that the SunVulcan base is built on.
* {{nihongo|Misa Arashiyama|嵐山 美佐|Arashiyama Misa}}: The Commander's daughter, serving as his secretary. In Episode 29, she transforms into {{nihongo|Belle Swordswoman White Rose Mask|美剣士白バラ仮面|Bikenshi Shiro Bara Kamen}} (likely through the quick-change talent that she shares with many Super Sentai heroines) to aid the Sun Vulcans in their battle against Red Rose Mask (Rose Monger).
* {{nihongo|CC|シーシー|Shīshī}}: An intelligent dog cared by the Arashiyamas. He is trained by Misa to speak fluent Japanese.

===Machine Empire Empire Black Magma===
{{nihongo|Machine Empire Black Magma|機械帝国ブラックマグマ|Kikai Teikoku Burakku Maguma}} is an organization based at the Iron Claw Castle at the North Pole that worships the Black Solar God. Intending to have its Mechahumans rule the world, Black Magma's technology is advanced enough to cause natural disasters and cause global incidents. However, Black Magma targets Japan in order to obtain the cache of geothermal energy there needed to power their arsenal.

* {{nihongo|The Omnipotent God|全能の神|Zennō no Kami|5-50}}: The true leader of Black Magma, known as the Black Solar God. He is hinted to have connections to the Incan and Mayan civilizations. The Omnipotent God normally communicates to Hell Saturn via an idol.
* {{nihongo|Führer Hell Saturn|ヘルサターン総統|Heru Satān Sōtō|1-47, 49 and 50}}: Though he rules over Black Magma, he is actually a servant of the Omnipotent God.
* {{nihongo|Zero Girls|ゼロガールズ|Zero Gāruzu}}: A quartet of female spies numbered 01-04. 01 wears red and wields throwing knives, 02 wears black and wields cards, 03 wears green and dual wields a pair of swords, and 04 wears purple and wields yo-yos. While Zero Girl 01 died, the remaining three survive until they die piloting King Magma during the final battle.
** {{nihongo|Zero Girl 01|ゼロガール01|Zero Gāru 01|1-22}}: A red-suited member of the Zero Girls who functions as the active field commander and wields throwing knives. She is killed as the result of a cave-in.
* {{nihongo|Dark Q|ダークQ|Dāku Kyū|1-4 & 6-22}}: A series of spy mechanoids used by Hell Saturn for infiltration and assassinations, stronger than normal humans. Constructed with care, the mechanoids are placed in a torturous combat testing with the survivors branded as Dark Q and must succeed in their missions or be obliterated for failure. About 96 models were made before the 97th was created as the finalized model for Black Magma to use in its invasion. The 97th posed as Kagayama, becoming Arashiyama's aide to uncover info on Sun Vulcan Robo before she is exposed and ejected from the base before she self-destructs. The 97th model, wielding claws, aided in stealing a dangerous bacteria in Black Magma's scheme to cause conflict. A 98th model was built to kill various important figures considered national treasures in Japan, only to be stopped in her tracks. The 99th model, equipped with a detachable arm that doubles as flame thrower poses as an officer to obtain the contents of a vault. But her failure to secure it results in her destruction with the 100th model utilized to complete Black Magma's plan to build a fortress underground before she is destroyed by the Sun Vulcan group. Eventually, the Dark Q series is discontinued.
* {{nihongo|Queen Hedrian|ヘドリアン女王|Hedorian Joō|4-50}}: Originally the leader of the [[Denziman#Vader Clan|Vader Clan]], she was found frozen at the North Pole by the Omnipotent God and revived as a cyborg with a mechanical heart. As a result, instead of avenging her Vader Clansmen, Hedrian is forced to serve Black Magma as the Omnipotent God's high priestess with Hell Saturn able to shut down her mechanical heart should she betray them. After Hell Saturn is seemingly destroyed, Hedrian took over the Black Magma leadership until the ghost of her predecessor appeared just when she kidnapped Misa through her sorcery and induced cardiac arrest with the shutdown of her heart. She is portrayed by [[Machiko Soga]].
* {{nihongo|Amazon Killer|アマゾンキラー|Amazon Kirā|23-50}}: A former Vader Clan field officer who came from space, loyal only to Queen Hedrian. Taking Zero Girl 01's place as the field commander, Amazon Killer succeeded in destroying the Sun Vulcan's Head Base and did her job very actively in both combat and stealth. After Queen Hedrian's death, Amazon Killer was forced to fight the Sun Vulcan, who came to rescue Daizaburou and Misa. She had them on the ropes, but surviving their combination attack, Amazon Killer took her own life out of a refusal of serve Black Magma.
* {{nihongo|Inazuma Gingar|イナズマギンガー|Inazuma Gingā|45-49}}: A [[space pirate]] who is known as the {{nihongo|"Galactic Invincible Electric Man"|銀河無敵の電気男|Ginga Muteki no Denki Otoko}} who is sought by the Galactic Police. Once Amazon Killer's partner, Inazuma is manipulated into challenging Hell Saturn by her and Queen Hedrian. Inazuma seems to defeat Hell Saturn in the episode, allowing Queen Hedrian to declare herself ruler of Black Magma. However, Hell Saturn returns as a ghost and get his revenge by tossing Inazuma into the Monger-Maker transforming him into {{nihongo|Lightning Monger|イナズマモンガー|Inazuma Mongā}} who meets his end against the Sun Vulcan team.
* {{nihongo|Machinemen|マシンマン|Mashinman}}: The android foot soldiers in black with the [[Kabuki]]-like red insignia of Black Magma on their faces. They are not to be confused with ''[[Seiun Kamen Machineman]]''.

====Monger Army====
The {{nihongo|Monger Army|モンガー軍|Mongā-gun}}, also known as the {{nihongo|Machine Lifeforms|機械生命体|Kikai seimei-tai}}, are bio-machines created through a combination of a special super-alloy mined from the Japanese volcanoes and an environment's elements in the Monger Maker machine in Iron Claw Castle that are used by Black Magma. To make a Monger grow, the "Expansion Program" will be activated.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan episodes}}
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! Title
! Director
! Writer
! style="width:14%;" | Original air date
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| Title           = The Machine Empire of the North Pole
| AltTitle        = Hokkyoku no Kikai Teikoku
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|北極の機械帝国}})
| DirectedBy      = Koichi Takemoto
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|7}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = The Day Mankind Is Annihilated
| AltTitle        = Jinrui ga Shōmetsu Suru Hi
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|人類が消滅する日}})
| DirectedBy      = Koichi Takemoto
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|14}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = The Iron Claw Challenges Japan
| AltTitle        = Nihon ni Idomu Tetsu no Tsume
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|日本に挑む鉄の爪}})
| DirectedBy      = Koichi Takemoto
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|21}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = The Boy Detective And The Spy
| AltTitle        = Shōnen Tantei to Supai
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|少年探偵とスパイ}})
| DirectedBy      = Koichi Takemoto
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|28}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = The Wicked Sun God
| AltTitle        = Jāku na Taiyōshin
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|邪悪な太陽神}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|3|7}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = The House Ruled by Machines
| AltTitle        = Kikai no Shihai Suru Ie
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|機械の支配する家}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|3|14}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = Tears of the Beast Batter
| AltTitle        = Yajū Battā to Namida
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|野獣バッターと涙}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|3|21}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = Father Sings a Song of Diligence
| AltTitle        = Chichi ga Utau Temari Uta
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|父が歌う手まり唄}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|3|28}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = Papa Became a Monster
| AltTitle        = Kaibutsu ni Natta Papa
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|怪物になったパパ}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|4|4}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| Title           = The Poison Spider Mansion Ambush
| AltTitle        = Machibuse Doku-gumo Yakata
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|待ちぶせ毒ぐも館}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|4|11}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 11
| Title           = The Mecha Girl of Sadness
| AltTitle        = Kanashimi no Meka Shōjo
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|哀しみのメカ少女}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|4|18}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 12
| Title           = The Queen Who Eats Diamonds
| AltTitle        = Daiya o Kuu Joō
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|ダイヤを食う女王}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|4|25}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 13
| Title           = The Living Black Ball
| AltTitle        = Seimei o Motsu Kuroi Tama
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|生命を持つ黒い玉}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|5|2}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 14
| Title           = The Day the Earth Surrenders
| AltTitle        = Chikyū ga Kōfuku Suru Hi
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|地球が降伏する日}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Susumu Takaku
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|5|9}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 15
| Title           = The Queen's Greed Dance
| AltTitle        = Joō no Yokubari Odori
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|女王の欲ばり踊り}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|5|16}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 16
| Title           = A Demon Runs the Schoolyard
| AltTitle        = Akuma ga Kōtei o Hashiru
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|悪魔が校庭を走る}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|5|23}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 17
| Title           = Ghost Story! The Valley of Goblins
| AltTitle        = Kaidan! Obake no Tani
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|怪談！お化けの谷}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|5|30}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 18
| Title           = The Surprising Big Star
| AltTitle        = Bikkuri Dai Sutā
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|びっくり大スター}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|6|6}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 19
| Title           = The Dangerous 100-Point Boy
| AltTitle        = Kiken na Hyakuten Shōnen
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|危険な100点少年}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|6|13}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 20
| Title           = The Machine Wrestler's Trap
| AltTitle        = Kikai Resurā no Wana
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|機械レスラーの罠}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|6|20}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 21
| Title           = Love Brought by the Sea Breeze
| AltTitle        = Shiokaze ga Hakobu Ai
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|潮風がはこぶ愛}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Akiyoshi Sakai
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|6|27}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 22
| Title           = Tokyo Big Panic!
| AltTitle        = Tōkyō Dai Panikku!
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|東京大パニック！}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Mikio Matsushita
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|7|4}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 23
| Title           = Galaxy Haunts' Female Commander
| AltTitle        = Ginga Makkyō no Onna Taichō
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|銀河魔境の女隊長}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|7|11}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 24
| Title           = Hamanako's Nessie
| AltTitle        = Hamanako no Nesshī
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|浜名湖のネッシー}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|7|18}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 25
| Title           = The Hole of the Shocking Sea Serpent
| AltTitle        = Dokkiri Umihebi no Ana
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|ドッキリ海蛇の穴}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|8|1}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 26
| Title           = Starving Filling Cooking
| AltTitle        = Harapeko Manpuku Ryōri
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|ハラペコ満腹料理}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|8|8}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 27
| Title           = A Midsummer Night's Great Fear
| AltTitle        = Manatsu no Yoru no Dai Kyōfu
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|真夏の夜の大恐怖}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|8|15}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 28
| Title           = Is Sukehachi Friend or Foe?
| AltTitle        = Sukehachi wa Teki ka Mikata ka
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|助八は敵か味方か}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|8|22}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 29
| Title           = Pretty Swordsman, White Rose Mask
| AltTitle        = Bikenshi Shiro Bara Kamen
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|美剣士白バラ仮面}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|8|29}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 30
| Title           = Dream of the Giant Monster's Big Riot
| AltTitle        = Ōabare Yume no Daikaijū
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|大暴れ夢の大怪獣}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|9|5}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 31
| Title           = Big Tokyo Numbing Ondo
| AltTitle        = Dai Tōkyō Shibire Ondo
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|大東京シビレ音頭}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Tomomi Tsutsui
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|9|12}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 32
| Title           = Arrest the Face-Thief
| AltTitle        = Kao Dorobō o Taiho Seyo
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|顔泥棒を逮捕せよ}})
| DirectedBy      = Yoshiaki Kobayashi
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|9|19}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 33
| Title           = The Hateful, Stylish Thief
| AltTitle        = Nikui Oshare Dorobō
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|憎いおしゃれ泥棒}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|9|26}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 34
| Title           = The Cursed Dead
| AltTitle        = Norowareta Bōrei Tachi
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|呪われた亡霊たち}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Tomomi Tsutsui
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|3}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 35
| Title           = Friends!? La Cucaracha
| AltTitle        = Tomodachi!? Kukaratcha
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|友達！？クカラッチャ}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|10}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 36
| Title           = The Esper
| AltTitle        = Esupā
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|エスパー}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|17}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 37
| Title           = Himiko!
| AltTitle        = Himiko yo
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|日見子よ}})
| DirectedBy      = Kimio Hirayama
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|24}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 38
| Title           = Asao Hyou's Master Father
| AltTitle        = Hyō Asao no Oyaji Dono
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|豹朝夫のおやじ殿}})
| DirectedBy      = Akira Kashima
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|31}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 39
| Title           = Falling on Her Rear, Tomboy Daughter
| AltTitle        = Shirimochi Otenba Musume
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|尻もちおてんば娘}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Tomomi Tsutsui
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|7}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 40
| Title           = The Best Friend Assassination Angel
| AltTitle        = Nakayoshi Ansatsu Tenshi
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|なかよし暗殺天使}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|14}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 41
| Title           = Seven Changing Doronpa Raccoon-Dogs
| AltTitle        = Shichi Bake Doronpa Tanuki
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|七化けドロンパ狸}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Tomomi Tsutsui
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|21}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 42
| Title           = Daydreams of Boys Who Sleep In
| AltTitle        = Nebō Shōnen no Hakuchūmu
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|寝坊少年の白昼夢}})
| DirectedBy      = Shohei Tojo
| WrittenBy       = Hirohisa Soda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|28}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 43
| Title           = You Can Become a Genius
| AltTitle        = Kimi mo Tensai ni Nareru
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|君も天才になれる}})
| DirectedBy      = Akira Kashima
| WrittenBy       = Akiyoshi Sakai
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|5}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 44
| Title           = The Great Escape: Helicopter Explosion
| AltTitle        = Dai Dassō: Heri Bakuha
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|大脱走・ヘリ爆破}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Tomomi Tsutsui
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|12}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 45
| Title           = The Galaxy's Invincible Electric Man
| AltTitle        = Ginga Muteki no Denki Otoko
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|銀河無敵の電気男}})
| DirectedBy      = Minoru Yamada
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|19}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 46
| Title           = The Female Commander's (Secret) Plan
| AltTitle        = Onna Taichō no Maruhi Sakusen
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|女隊長の（秘）作戦}})
| DirectedBy      = Minoru Yamada
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|26}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 47
| Title           = The Machine Empire's Rebellion
| AltTitle        = Kikai Teikoku no Hanran
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|機械帝国の反乱}})
| DirectedBy      = Takafumi Hattori
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|9}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 48
| Title           = The Stolen Giant Aircraft Carrier
| AltTitle        = Ubawareta Kyodai Kūbo
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|奪われた巨大空母}})
| DirectedBy      = Minoru Yamada
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|16}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 49
| Title           = The Queen's Last Apparition Art
| AltTitle        = Joō Saigo no Yōma Jutsu
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|女王最期の妖魔術}})
| DirectedBy      = Minoru Yamada
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|23}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 50
| Title           = Shine, North Pole Aurora
| AltTitle        = Kagayake Hokkyoku Ōrora
| RAltTitle       = &nbsp;({{Nihongo2|輝け北極オーロラ}})
| DirectedBy      = Minoru Yamada
| WrittenBy       = Shozo Uehara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|1|30}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = 9CC
}}
|}

===Film===
A Sun Vulcan movie written by Shozo Uehara and directed by Shohei Tojo was released on July 18, 1981, at the Toei Manga Festival (on the same day episode 24 aired). It takes place some time after episode 23.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

==Cast==
* Ryusuke Owashi: {{nihongo|[[Ryūsuke Kawasaki]]|川崎 龍介|Kawasaki Ryūsuke}}
* Takayuki Hiba: {{nihongo|[[Takayuki Godai]]|五代 高之|Godai Takayuki}}
* Kinya Samejima: {{nihongo|[[Kin'ya Sugi]]|杉 欣也|Sugi Kin'ya}}
* Asao Hyou: {{nihongo|[[Asao Kobayashi]]|小林 朝夫|Kobayashi Asao}}
* Daizaburo Arashiyama: {{nihongo|[[Shin Kishida]]|岸田 森|Kishida Shin}}
* Misa Arashiyama: {{nihongo|[[Yumi Nemoto]]|根本 由美|Nemoto Yumi}}
* Führer Hell Saturn (Voice): [[Shōzō Iizuka]]
* Queen Hedrian: [[Machiko Soga]]
* Inazuma Gingar (Voice): [[Takeshi Watabe]]
* Zero One: [[Takako Kitagawa]]
* Zero Two: [[Mariko Hikashi]]
* Zero Three: [[Yuki Udagawa]]
* Zero Four: [[Toshiko Takashima]] (1-4) and [[Kyoko Hiro]] (5-50)
* Narration: [[Tōru Ōhira]]
* Amazon Killer: [[Yukie Kagawa]]
* Sun Vulcan Robo: [[Eiji Kanie]]

==Songs==
;Opening theme
* {{nihongo|"Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan"|太陽戦隊サンバルカン|Taiyō Sentai Sanbarukan}}
** Lyrics: [[Keisuke Yamakawa]]
** Composition: [[Michiaki Watanabe]]
** Artist: [[Akira Kushida]] & [[Koorogi '73]]

;Ending themes
* {{nihongo|"Wakasa wa Plasma"|若さはプラズマ|Wakasa wa Purazuma|"Youth is a Plasma"}}
** Lyrics: [[Keisuke Yamakawa]]
** Composition: [[Michiaki Watanabe]]
** Artist: [[Akira Kushida]]
** Episodes: 1-33
* {{nihongo|"Ichi tasu Ni tasu Sun Vulcan"|1たす2たすサンバルカン|Ichi tasu Ni tasu Sanbarukan|"One plus Two plus Sun Vulcan"}}{{r|group=Note|Ichi}}
** Lyrics: [[Keisuke Yamakawa]]
** Composition: [[Michiaki Watanabe]]
** Artist: [[Akira Kushida]]
** Episodes: 34-50

==International broadcast==
In the [[Philippines]], the series was aired on [[Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation|BBC-2]] from 1984 to 1985.

[[Marvel Productions]] commissioned a sizzle reel for an English-language adaptation in the vein of what would later become ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''. [[Stan Lee]] attempted to sell the show to multiple American broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Himitsu Sentai Blog All-Ranger |url=https://www.tumblr.com/himitsusentaiblog/136190535055/an-article-featuring-an-interview-with-gene-pelc |website=Tumblr |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stan Lee: How Marvel Almost Created the 'Power Rangers' |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/50806-stan-lee-and-marvel-almost-produced-power-rangers-toei-super-sentai |access-date=14 December 2023 |work=Inverse |date=14 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==
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<ref name=Ichi>The song's title is a play on the word "Sun", which is pronounced the same as {{nihongo3||三|San}} (the Japanese word for "three").</ref>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010501230423/http://www.super-sentai.net/sentai/sun.html ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan'']}} at the {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010223204621/http://www.super-sentai.net/ ''Super Sentai'' website]}} {{in lang|ja}}

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