Kousoku Sentai Turboranger | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fantasy Action/Adventure |
Created by | Toei |
Developed by | Hirohisa Soda |
Directed by | Takao Nagaishi |
Starring | Kenta Satou Yoshiaki Ganaha Keiya Asakura Junichirou Katagiri Noriko Kinohara Fujita Okamoto Mayumi Omuta Yoshinori Tanaka Masako Morishita |
Narrated by | Nobuo Tanaka |
Composer | Akihiko Yoshida |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 51 |
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Producers | Takeyuki Suzuki Kyōzō Utsunomiya |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TV Asahi |
Release | February 25, 1989 February 23, 1990 | –
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Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー, Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā, High Speed Squadron Turboranger) is a Japanese television show and the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries and the first title of the Heisei period. it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989, to February 23, 1990, replacing Choujyu Sentai Liveman and was replaced by Chikyu Sentai Fiveman with a total of 51 episodes (1 TV special and 50 ordinary episodes). Its international title in English was listed by Toei is Turbo Rangers.[1] Turboranger was also the first Super Sentai series to air on Friday instead of Saturday.
During its initial run, Turboranger was the 11th Super Sentai and billed as the 10th anniversary title of the Super Sentai series (as Battle Fever J was designated as the first Super Sentai series during 1988 to 1994 after the exclusion of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai due to rights issues with Shotaro Ishinomori). However, in 1995, Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. was included into the Super Sentai series once more, thus making Turboranger the 13th in the franchise.[citation needed]