Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman
1996 • Production I.G
- Format
- OVA
- Aired
- 1996
- Episodes
- 2
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Production I.G · Sony Music Entertainment · Animate Film · Movic
- Genres
- Action · Comedy · Science fiction
Hiroya Matsumoto, hoping to become a great employee as his late father, has just been hired at Raito (Right) Trading Company. Little does he know that he has been recruited for a very mysterious department within the company - the Special Duty Combat Unit, known as SHINESMAN. Their purpose, to fight the terrible (often times hilarious) alien forces that threaten the earth.
Like most corporate employees, Matsumoto still has meetings to attend and deadlines to meet. But when the Shinesman rage war against the alien race from Planet Voice, led by their Prince Sasaki, Matsumoto and his co-workers don their office-coloured comat Pro-suits and become: Shinesman Red, Sepia, Salmon Pink, Grey, and Moss Green.
If you thought you'd seen it all in Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, or even Dynaman, wait until you take a look at the zaney but corporate world of SHINESMAN!
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Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman was released as a two-episode original video animation in 1996, produced by the studio Production I.G. The series was created as a satirical homage to the tokusatsu genre, specifically drawing inspiration from the long-running Super Sentai and Ultraman franchises. Its narrative centers on a group of ordinary corporate employees who are recruited to protect Earth from alien threats, framing the quintessential superhero struggle through the lens of Japanese office culture.
The project was directed by Hideki Tonokatsu, with character designs provided by Hiroshi Hamazaki. The team intended to lean into the absurdity of the premise, juxtaposing the high-stakes heroics of spandex-clad warriors with the mundane, soul-crushing realities of corporate bureaucracy. While it remains a niche title within Production I.G's extensive filmography, it is often studied as a clever meta-commentary on the structural rigidity of the Japanese workplace during the mid-nineties.
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