In the United States, this series was primarily shown only in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, though it did make brief appearances in other markets, such as Texas, and Northern California on KICU-TV 36.

It was produced by Jim Terry and his company American Way, and it consisted of five imported Japanese giant robot serials (originally produced in the mid-1970s by Toei Animation) in response to the popularity of the Shogun Warriors toy collection.

In an anthology style, the five shows were broadcast simultaneously with one episode of each serial assigned a specific weekday.

Additionally, all of the shows were edited into two-hour films and marketed on video tape by Family Home Entertainment.

Force Five consisted of the following five series: Originally, Great Mazinger was meant to be among the five shows, but at the last minute was swapped out for Starzinger.