Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger
Dinosaurs and explosions power the twenty-seventh Super Sentai series.
Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and Toei's twenty-seventh production of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 16, 2003, to February 8, 2004, replacing Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger and was replaced by Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. The series is based on dinosaurs and explosions, and its action footage, along with episode 10 in its entirety, was used in Power Rangers Dino Thunder.
- Field
- Tokusatsu / Super Sentai
- Network
- TV Asahi
- Aired
- February 16, 2003 – February 8, 2004
- Episodes
- 50 (approx.)
- Production
- Toei
- Block
- Super Hero Time (with Kamen Rider 555)
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Tokusatsu / Superhero fiction / Comedy
- Creator
- Toei Company
- Runtime
- 25 minutes
- Developer
- Naruhisa Arakawa
- Director
- Hajime Konaka
- Starring
- Koichiro Nishi · Sho Tomita · Aiko Itō · Kaoru Abe · Koutaro Tanaka · Michi Nishijima · Kouen Okumura · Maya Banno · Eri Sakurai · Kasumi Suzuki
- Voices
- Takashi Nagasako · Kōki Miyata · Emi Shinohara · Banjō Ginga · Hikaru Midorikawa
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Network
- ANN (TV Asahi)
- Open Theme
- "Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger" / performed by Masaaki Endoh
- End Theme
- "We are the ONE ~Bokura wa Hitotsu~" / performed by Akira Kushida
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Lore & Background
The series' plot involves a meteorite that 65,000,000 years ago split Earth into two parallel universes: Dino Earth, where dinosaurs remain the superior species, and Another Earth (our world). On Dino Earth, the Saurian and Bakuryū races warred with the Evoliens, entities from the meteor. The Saurian Asuka escapes to Another Earth via a trans-dimensional portal, pursued by Evoliens and three controlled Bakuryū. Three destined individuals with Dino Guts become Abarangers to protect their dimension. Later, a fourth Abaranger, Abare Killer, appears and fights the others while the Evoliens work to resurrect their god.
Reader's Guide
Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger is significant as the twenty-seventh Super Sentai series, introducing a dinosaur and explosion theme that was later adapted into Power Rangers Dino Thunder. Its cast reprised their roles for the 2014 film Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends. The series was released on Region 1 DVD by Shout! Factory on November 8, 2022. The show's legacy includes crossovers with other Super Sentai series, such as Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger and appearances in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. The Abarangers' unique transformation devices, mecha, and character dynamics have made it a memorable entry in the franchise.
Did You Know?
- The series' action footage and episode 10 in its entirety were used in Power Rangers Dino Thunder.
- Toei filed a trademark for the series on October 17, 2002.
- The Abarangers' transformation devices are called Dino Braces, and their sidearms are Aba Lasers.
- The character Mikoto Nakadai becomes Abare Killer using a prototype Dino Minder and later dies when his suit's self-destruct mechanism activates.
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