--Tokumu Sentai Shinesman
----9 Volumes click here for the ISBN numbers

Shinesman is a hilarious comedy story that pokes fun at Japanese corporate life and the Japanese love of Sentai shows (think Power Rangers). It's the story of Matsumoto, a young man who is hired at the great 'Right Company' to be a Salaryman. Matsumoto is excited to be working at the Right Company, but soon realizes that his life will be quite different from your average Salaryman's daily grind. Soon after joining the Right Company, Matsumoto is recurited into a seceret company project called 'Shinesman'. What is Shinesman? It's a top secret team of color-coded, battle-suited warriors who fight for truth, justice, and the best interests of the Right Company! (They give new meaning to the word 'power suit'!) Matsumoto really doesn't have much choice in the matter, and he soon becomes Shinesman Red and fights alongside his fellow Shinesman team members: Shinesman Gray, Shinesman Sepia, Shinesman Moss Green, and Shinesman Salmon Pink. (yes, the team colors are rather scary, aren't they? but that's part of the fun ^_^) You'd think that a team of corporate fighters wouldn't really be up against much crime, but here is where things get even more fun!

Unbeknownst to us regular people, the Earth is actually under atack by people from another world! The forces of the kingdom of Voice are on Earth as I type this and are right now working alongside us! The rulers of Voice decided that Earth was a great place for their people to conquer. However in war the battleground usually ends up pretty damaged. This is bad. Voice wants to claim a complete, undamaged Earth, so they set about ruling our world by dominating the business world! By day the leaders and soldiers of Voice disguise their appearance to look like everyday Salarymen and work their way up the corporate ladder, intent on gaining control of our world through our wallets. Ahh quite a clever menace!

This sets the stage for a great parody of the sentai genre and Japanese corporate life. The Shinesman team has a strange group of aliens to fight, yet during the day find themselves doing business deals with those very same aliens, neither group realizing that their greatest foes sit just on the other side of the conference table! As you can imagine with such a plot, there is a lot of silliness and humor in the story, and with Kaim Tachibana as the creator, there are plenty of super-cute bishounen all over the place. The character development and situations are priceless, really. I couldn't recommend this series more! There are 9 volumes of Shinesman manga, and 2 OAVs (released in the US together on one tape). Go BUY THEM NOW! :)