Gosei Sentai Dairanger

Gosei Sentai Dairanger
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Action-adventure
Fantasy
Created byToei
Developed byNoboru Sugimura
Directed byYoshiaki Kobayashi
Starring
  • Keiichi Wada
  • Tatsuya Nōmi
  • Ei Hamura
  • Keisuke Tsuchiya
  • Natsuki Takahashi
  • Hisashi Sakai
  • Koji Naka
  • Rintaro Nishi
  • Maroshi Tamura
  • Akiko Amamatsuri
Narrated byHironori Miyata
Opening theme"Gosei Sentai Dairanger" Performed by New Jack Takurō
Ending theme"Ore-tachi Muteki sa!! Dairanger" Performed by New Jack Takurō
ComposerEiji Kawamura
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes50
Production
Producers
  • Atsushi Kaji
  • Shinichiro Shirakura
  • Takeyuki Suzuki
Production locationTokyo, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area)
Running timeapprox. 25 minutes
Production companyToei
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseFebruary 19, 1993 (1993-02-19) –
February 11, 1994 (1994-02-11)
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Gosei Sentai Dairanger (五星戦隊ダイレンジャー, Gosei Sentai Dairenjā, Five Stars Squadron Dairanger)[1][a] is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the seventeenth production in the long-running Super Sentai metaseries of television tokusatsu dramas produced by Toei Company, following Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. It was originally broadcast from February 19, 1993, to February 11, 1994, replacing Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and was replaced by Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. Toei gave this series the name Star Rangers for international distribution.[2]

Elements from Dairanger were adapted into the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, specifically the action sequences between the giant robots (which became the Power Rangers' Thunderzords) and some of the monsters. None of the Dairanger costumes were used in Power Rangers, except Kiba Ranger, which was adapted into the White Ranger's costume for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for the remainder of Season 2 and throughout Season 3, while the suits from the previous season, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger were instead used for the other Rangers in that show (the end credits listed the show as titled Dai Rangers). Although the Aura Changer was adapted as the Magna Morpher in “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy”, the core Dairanger costumes in the footage were not used in Power Rangers until Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

In July 2015, Shout! Factory announced that they would release "Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Complete Series" on DVD in North America.[3] On November 10, 2015, Dairanger was released on DVD in North America. This is the second Super Sentai series to be released in North America. In addition on May 23, 2016, Shout! streamed the series on their website.[4]

  1. ^ "五星戦隊ダイレンジャー 30周年記念 Tシャツ (全6種)" (in Japanese). Bandai. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Library – English Titles – TOEI TV Website". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  3. ^ Amand, Ginji (July 10, 2015). "SDCC 2015: Shout Factory Announces Gosei Sentai Dairanger DVD Release". Herotaku.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Watch full episodes of Super Sentai Dairanger". ShoutFactoryTV. Retrieved May 25, 2016.


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