Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger
A self-parody Super Sentai series for adult otaku.
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger is a Japanese tokusatsu comedy drama that parodies the Super Sentai Series. It is not part of the official Super Sentai franchise and is aimed at adult viewers rather than a general audience. The series aired on BS Asahi and Tokyo MX beginning in April 2012, with a second season premiering in April 2013.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Tokusatsu
- parody
- comedy
- Creator
- Saburo Yatsude
- Based on
- Super Sentai; by Toei Company
- Writer
- Naruhisa Arakawa, Junko Kōmura
- Director
- Ryuta Tasaki, Nobuhiro Suzumura
- Starring
- Masato Wada
- Kyoko Hinami
- Shione Sawada
- Karin Ogino
- Maaya Uchida
- Honoka
- Kazuki Yao
- Ryō Horikawa
- Composer
- Kenji Kawai
- Country
- Japan
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Did You Know?
- The plot involves three otaku chosen by a beautiful scientist otaku to protect Akihabara from delusional villains that become real.
- A bi-weekly web radio series hosted by Masato Wada began broadcasting on Animate.tv on July 6.
- The web radio series features guest appearances from other cast members and voice actors from other Super Sentai series.
Theme songs
The first season's opening theme is "Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger," with lyrics and composition by Haruko Momoi, arrangement by Hiroaki Kagoshima, and performance by Haruko Momoi featuring Yukio Yamagata. The ending theme for the first season is "Ashita wa Akiba no Kaze ga Fuku," with lyrics by Mike Sugiyama, composition by EFY, arrangement by Makoto Miyazaki, and performed by Masato Wada as Nobuo Akagi. In most episodes, the ending theme includes a monologue by a character adding background details. For the second season, the opening theme is "Akibaranger Season Tsuu!" with lyrics and composition by Haruko Momoi, arrangement by Hiroaki Kagoshima, and performance by Haruko Momoi featuring Yukio Yamagata and MoJo. In episode 1, a "Demo DEMO Version" sung only by Haruko Momoi is used. The second season has multiple ending themes. "Super Sentai ☆ Hikōnin Ōenka" (lyrics by Mike Sugiyama, composition by Seiji Miura, arrangement by Yasumasa Sato) is performed by Masato Wada, Yukio Yamagata, and Mojo in episode 1; episode 8 uses a "Mōsō Senshi ver." sung by Nobuo Akagi, Luna Iwashimizu, and Yuko Yokoyama; episode 13 uses "ver. MAX!!" sung by Nobuo Akagi, Luna Iwashimizu, Yuko Yokoyama, Haruko Momoi, Yukio Yamagata, and MoJo. Other ending themes include "Fight! Sun Vulcan Robo" (episode 2, covered by Yuko Yokoyama), "Go! Love Sick" (episode 3, covered by Luna Iwashimizu), "Cap-tan Chu-Chu-Chu" (episode 4, performed by Etsuko Horimi), "girls in trouble! DEKARANGER" (episode 5, covered by Nobuo Akagi and General Two), "Yume o Kanaete Dynaman ~Sayoko Hagiwara Version~" (episode 6, covered by Hiroyo Hakase), and "Shinken Matsuri" (episode 7, performed by Luna Iwashimizu, Yuko Yokoyama, Malseena, and Nobuo Akagi).
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