About this season
Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.
Episodes (12)
1. Episode 1
Aired 3 June 1959 • 30 min
The hero of this series is a young detective named Kotarō Ran, unknown to anyone (even his friends), is a master of disguise, utilizing seven different personalities. Most of his disguises are odd characters, like a magician and a cigar-smoking Indian, but Kotarō's 7th disguise is the 2-gun-toting caped, golden-masked superhero, Seven Color Mask!
2. Episode 2
Aired 10 June 1959 • 30 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 17 June 1959 • 30 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 24 June 1959 • 30 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 1 July 1959 • 30 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 8 July 1959 • 30 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 15 July 1959 • 30 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 22 July 1959 • 30 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 29 July 1959 • 30 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 5 August 1959 • 30 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 12 August 1959 • 30 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 19 August 1959 • 30 min