Series synopsis
Tokusatsu GaGaGa, also known as トクサツガガガ is a Japanese comedy drama action & adventure television series that premiered on NHK on January 18, 2019. It ended on March 1, 2019. It was created by Tanba Niwa. It stars Fuka Koshiba, Kana Kurashina, Haruka Kinami and Yuki Morinaga.
The series is based on the manga Tokusatsu Gagaga, a comedy manga by Tanba Niwa. Tokusatsu Gagaga series follows Kano Nakamura, an office lady played by Fuka Koshiba, who is secretly a tokusatsu otaku, a toku-ota. She lives her life by the code of tokusatsu heroes and often envisions herself as one as a means to make it through her daily struggles.
Premise
The series is based on the manga Tokusatsu Gagaga, a comedy manga by Tanba Niwa. Tokusatsu Gagaga series follows Kano Nakamura, an office lady played by Fuka Koshiba, who is secretly a tokusatsu otaku, a toku-ota. She lives her life by the code of tokusatsu heroes and often envisions herself as one as a means to make it through her daily struggles.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Fuka Koshiba as Kano Nakamura
- Kana Kurashina as Hisami Yoshida
- Haruka Kinami as Yuko Kitashiro
- Yuki Morinaga as Naotaro Kawashima
- Honda Takafumi as Takashi Onoda
- Rena Takeda as Yuki Shirahama
- Mikoto Uchiyama as Mai Shiraishi
- Kokoro Terada as Taku Tamiya (Damian)
Supporting cast
- Manabu Takeuchi as Masaaki Matsumoto (Mr. Ninkyo)
- Yuki Matsushita as Fumi Nakamura
- Tomokazu Seki as Genka Shogun (voice)
- Kenichi Suzumura as Narrator (voice) / Emerjason (voice)
- Nozomi Nishiura as Cherda (voice)
Guest cast
- Masato Yoshihara as Toraiger (voice)
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Shishileo (voice)
- Michael Tomioka as Rotating Sushi Customer
- Masaru Mizuno as Shiroyan (Junpei Shirotani)
- Shunsuke Tanaka as Yamapon (Tatsuomi Yamamoto)
- Yukihisa Tamura as Ruirui (Asakura Rui)
- Takumi Ishida as Clothing Shop Employee
- Tatsunori Tsujimoto as Akkii (Akira Tsuchida)
- Yutaka Kobayashi as Waka (Naoya Wakabayashi)
- Yuhi as Ozaamu (Osamu Ozawa)
- Kento Hiramatsu as Kibatan (Taihei Kiba)
- Takumi Tsuchida as Kuuman (Kuya Manda)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 9 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | January 15, 2019 | January 22, 2019 |
| Season 1 | 7 | January 18, 2019 | March 1, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Promo Promotional video including interviews with cast members, onset footage, and episode footage. |
January 15, 2019 |
| 2 |
Gagagagagagaga Official Music Video for the opening theme song of "Tokusatsu Gagaga", performed by Golden Bombers. |
January 22, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tokusatsu Girl After seeing a fellow adult woman on a train with a toku keychain on her bag, Nakamura launches Mission Ichthys to secretely advertise her geekdom to other toku geeks. Later, she faces a trial of only knowing toku theme and insert songs at an office karaoke night. |
January 18, 2019 |
| 2 |
Toraiger Lady An aborted attempt to buy a Shishi Leo figure leads to Nakamura receiving a dreaded visit from her mother. Later, she attends her very first hero show and meets a kindred spirit. |
January 25, 2019 |
| 3 |
Additional Warrior Nakamura and Yoshida gush over the new hero on Jyushouwan when Nakamura gets the idea to recruit one of her coworkers into being a tokusatsu fan. |
February 1, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NHK |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 18, 2019 |
| Last aired | March 1, 2019 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 22:00:00 |