#yume senshi wingman

[kagiriminoid]

ウイングマン実写ドラマ化記念

[bunnymajo]

Wing Girls: An early example of an all female transforming hero team

We've all heard the take that in 1992 Sailor Moon is the first anime to focus on an all-female super heroine show akin to "Super Sentei" or "Saint Seiya", aimed at girls, and that is true. But I want to talk about another very early example I've never seen mentioned: The Wing Girls, a plot element that shows up about midway of the 1984 shonen anime "Yume Senshi Wingman"

Yume Senshi Wingman is a show very aimed at teenage boys. It focuses on Hirono Kenta, a huge tokusatsu nerd with his own hero persona, Wingman. He's chosen and gifted with the Dream Note that can make anything he draws in it come true so he can become Wingman for real and defeat and evil organization from taking over his world. Another big point about Wingman is it's focus on love triangles and fanservice, between Kenta's ladylike classmate Miku and the more bold and flirtatious Aoi, who is a resident from the world that the Dream Note came from

The opening visually explains I think what kind of dynamic they were going for here: (also if nothing else, the music in this show is really good)

In episode 33, Airing on November 13, 1984 - Kenta and his classmates are visiting a shoot of a liveaction henshin hero episode. Agents from the evil organization are rumored to be part of the cast and Kenta's not able to focus his attention on it, so the female classmates who know his secret are given their own special forms in case something goes wrong and they need to step in

Enter the Wing Girls, consisting of Aoi, Miku, along with his other classmates Momoko and Kumiko

More of a backup squad to Wingman himself, they're still given similar abilities to instantly change forms with the power of the dream note and enhanced physical abilities for punching and kicking

They make a few other appearances throughout the show but this is their big solo moment. They even get their own theme song on one of the drama CDs, and figure merch in 2009.

I just think they're a neat little part of magical girl history.

Side mg history in case someone brings it up:

The idea of female super-hero magical girls as main characters goes as far back as the early 1970s with "Suki! Suki! Majo-sensei" and "Cutey Honey" and continues to sporadically appear through the decades. But these only focus on one heroine compared to an entire team.

Another early cited example of a mg team is the Studio Pierrot crossover special "Majokko Club Quartet: Alien X from A Zone" a direct-to-video special from 1987 that shows the heroines from Pierrot's line of magical girls: Creamy Mami, Magical Emi, Fairy Persia and Pastel Yumi, team up against alien invaders and parodies sci-fi tokusatsu tropes in the process. While the original TV series are all aimed at children, and the special is still within the realm of SFW, I would argue this OVA is more aimed at adult fans of the series due to its content and release format. So that's why I tend to not think of it on the same level as Sailor Moon.

[baradhiblue]

wingman! coming in live action to a tv (or, to be real another device) near you in a month!

he does not have a fandom yet but he has me (has devoured the manga in matter of days)

[kevynthedevylman]

Masakazu Katsura: Wingman - Official Teaser | October 22

[luckykittenpirate]

[yanchamisc]

Pages involving Masakazu Katsura (no interview or t&b material) from the March 2013 (No. 197) issue of Illustration magazine

[animenostalgia]

News - Masakazu Katsura's debut manga, 1983's Wingman, will be getting a new live-action TV series! The series will begin in Japan in October of 2024 to celebrate the original series' 40th anniversary. Toei also made an anime of Wingman that ran from 1984-1985. Katsura is best known in the US for his later works, such as Video Girl Ai, DNA^2, and Shadow Lady. He also did character designs for Iria - Zeiram: The Animation, Tiger & Bunny, and the video game Astral Chain.

[majokkoradio]

"Viva! Wing Girls" - Yume Senshi Wingman - Image Song

[hurumhagelag]

Yume Senshi Wingman OP⬆️ED⬇️

[80sanime]

[holy-cucumber01]

Dream Warrior Wingman

Genre : comedy, adventure, shonen, romance, school, sci-fi

Аnime series : 47 duration 25 min

[patchworkghost]

Yume Senshi Wingman is just about 2 kids trying to make an OC powerful enough to defeat the main Villain

[bunnymajo]

“Viva! Wing Girls” - Yume Senshi Wingman - Insert Song

[kevynthedevylman]

ドラマチューズ！「ウイングマン」ノンクレジットオープニング映像 | BLUE ENCOUNT「chang[e]」

Wingman's Op!

[luckykittenpirate]

Space Sheriff Gavan will be making cameo appearance in yume senshi Wingman episode 04!

@takkynoko @super-saiyan-rose @dragonoffantasyandreality @super-heroinecomparisons @jenndubya

[yanchamisc]

Jump Ryu Vol 17 (2016) featuring interviews and art from Masakazu Katsura. DVD contents can be viewed here: