| Power Rangers Samurai | |
|---|---|
 The logo for Power Rangers Samurai (first season) | |
| Also known as | Power Rangers Super Samurai |
| Genre | Action Adventure Fantasy Superhero |
| Created by | Haim Saban Toei Company |
| Based on | Samurai Sentai Shinkenger by Yasuko Kobayashi & Toei Company |
| Developed by | Saban Brands Toei Company |
| Showrunner | Jonathan Tzachor |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Peter Salmon Luke Robinson Jonathan Brough Akihiro Noguchi Jonathan Tzachor Nobuhiro Suzumura |
| Starring | See below |
| Opening theme | "Go Go Power Rangers" |
| Composer | Noam Kaniel |
| Country of origin | United States Japan |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jonathan Tzachor |
| Producer | Sally Campbell |
| Production locations | New Zealand (Auckland) Japan (Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama)) and Kyoto) |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production companies | SCG Power Rangers Power Rangers Productions, Ltd. Toei Company, Ltd. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | February 7, 2011 – December 15, 2012 |
| Related | |
| Power Rangers RPM Power Rangers Megaforce | |
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Power Rangers Samurai is the eighteenth season of the children's television series Power Rangers, which is based on the Japanese Super Sentai Series.[1] The season was the first to be produced by SCG Power Rangers, after Saban Brands (replacing BVS Entertainment as the main producer) acquired the franchise. The season marks the franchise's debut on Nickelodeon, premiering on the main network and Nicktoons on February 7, 2011.[2]
Samurai uses props, footage and characteristics from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and, according to press material, had a "brighter tone and an infusion of fun and comedy that wasn't present in seasons 16 and 17."[3] Samurai is also the first season to be shot and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen and in HD. Though 2006's Boukenger (which was adapted into Operation Overdrive) was the first Super Sentai series to be shot in widescreen, preceding Power Rangers seasons were not. However, Shinkenger was also the first Sentai series to be filmed with an HD camera at 720p resolution. Samurai also returns the series to a multi-seasonal format; the second season, titled Power Rangers Super Samurai, began on February 18, 2012 and is officially considered the nineteenth season overall.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Power Rangers | Seasons | Samurai". Power Rangers Official Website. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ ""Power Rangers Samurai" premiering in February 2011". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ Loveday, Samantha (September 23, 2010). "Saban reveals new Samurai theme for Power Rangers". Licensing.biz. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ^ "Power Rangers Super Samurai Promo". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ The Licensing Book, October 2011
- ^ "Saban Brands Super-Charges the #1 Kids Action Show". The Business Journals. January 30, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.