Lightspeed Esper



Light Speed Esper is a Japanese Live Action superhero TV series from the 1970's. It is about a boy named Ikaru who is chosen to wear a supersuit so he can battle alien invaders.

Originally created to be Toshiba's mascot, it also had a Manga by Leiji Matsumoto.

Fairly obscure, the series was broadcast in many countries in the 70s, including in Latin America.

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Tropes in Esper:

 * Clothes Make the Superman: a special spacesuit.
 * The Faceless: Ikaru's parents (in their real forms.)
 * Get Up Go to School Save The World
 * Jet Pack: How Esper flies.
 * Kid Hero
 * Mascot: For the Toshiba Electronics company.
 * Mission Control: The scientists who created the suit monitor it while in action and give advice when needed.
 * Monster of the Week
 * Ray Gun: Esper has two.
 * Robot Buddy: Esper has a talking robot parrot named Shikar.
 * Secret Keeper: Ikaru's parents know he's a hero, but he doesn't know they know. He also doesn't know that they're actually aliens in disguise! (They accidentally killed the real ones, and took their place to atone for it.)
 * Super Wrist Gadget: Esper wears a communication wrist watch.
 * Transformation Sequence: Sort of; tIkaru only needs to say "Space suit, come to me!" and it flies to him and wraps around him.
 * Word Salad Title: Esper doesn't have ESP, nor can he fly at the speed of light.