Kamen Senshi Lavithunder CM
仮面戦士ラビサンダー
Kamen Senshi Lavithunder is an intended anime that was never released. However, this EP with what would be the theme songs of the anime, both performed by Mitsuko Horie, was able to get a release. https://vgmdb.net/album/54883 Cancelled planned anime created by PANMEDIA, likely OVA, from December of 1986 whose CM was broadcast on TV Tokyo alongside Oh! Family which ran from October 6th 1986 to March 30th 1987 on Mondays at 19:30 JST, as documented by OUT magazine January 1987. Yoshiji Kigami is credited as character designer and animation director.
Synopsis
Kamen Senshi Lavithunder is an intended anime that was never released. However, this EP with what would be the theme songs of the anime, both performed by Mitsuko Horie, was able to get a release. https://vgmdb.net/album/54883 Cancelled planned anime created by PANMEDIA, likely OVA, from December of 1986 whose CM was broadcast on TV Tokyo alongside Oh! Family which ran from October 6th 1986 to March 30th 1987 on Mondays at 19:30 JST, as documented by OUT magazine January 1987. Yoshiji Kigami is credited as character designer and animation director.
Reviews(1)
_cjessop19_
August 11, 2022
Kamen Senshi Lavithunder was originally a commercial for a planned anime TV/OVA series... which never left the ground. And what's worse is that the 30 second clip hasn't been found by anyone since it aired back in December 1986, meaning that this is a piece of lost media, only snapshots and bits of artwork that featured in a Japanese magazine at the time is the only remains of this commercial. But luckily for us, the two songs that were produced for the anime, one that was used in the CM and one that would've been used in the TV/OVA series, are available online. And that iswhat I'm gonna be basing my judgement on this entry for. The two songs that were released are called "The Fighter" and "Winner" (you can find these posted in the forums), were performed by Mitsuko Horie, which got released on vinyl a month prior to the airing of the CM. The songs are quite good for their time. They fit the theme of heroism and action, and they have a very strong 80's vibe to them. Give them a listen if you enjoy 80's Japanese music. It's a shame that nothing came out of this proposal, though probably for the best, KSL will be recorded as one of the many hundreds of animated works to be lost to time, unless someone miraculously finds a copy of the original (though it's a bit late to ask Yoshiji Kigami where it is now). 6/10 for the two songs.