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Final episode date 12 February 1993 Number of episodes 50 | 8.4/10 IMDb First episode date 21 February 1992 Network All-Nippon News Network | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Noboru SugimuraKenichi ArakiSusumu TakakuNaruhisa ArakawaToshiki InoueKyōko Sagiyama Directed by Shōhei TōjōTakeshi OgasawaraTarō SakamotoKatsuya WatanabeKeita Amemiya Starring Yūta MochizukiSeiju UmonHideki FujiwaraTakumi HashimotoReiko ChibaShiro IzumiMachiko Soga Cast Reiko Chiba, Yūta Mochizuki, Takumi Hashimoto, Machiko Soga, Hideki Fujiwara Similar Super Sentai, Gosei Sentai Dairanger, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー, Kyōryū Sentai Jūrenjā) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series and the sixteenth installment in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of superhero programs. Produced by Toei and Bandai, it aired on TV Asahi from February 21, 1992 to February 12, 1993, with a total of 50 episodes. It was the first Sentai series to be adapted into an installment of the American Power Rangers series—footage from all 50 episodes was extensively used for the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The title Toei gives this series for international distribution is Galaxy Rangers.
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Cast members from the series reprised their roles for the 2014 film, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends.
At the 2014 San Diego Comic Con, Shout! Factory announced that they would be releasing the entire Zyuranger series with English subtitles on DVD in North America. On February 17, 2015, Super Sentai Zyuranger: The Complete Series was released on DVD in North America. This is the first Super Sentai to be released in North America. In addition starting on January 23, 2016, Shout will be streaming the series on their website.
Plot
Five young warriors from an ancient civilization of Dinosaur-evolved Humans (恐竜人類, Kyōryū Jinrui) are awakened during the present day after 170 million years of suspended animation when their sworn enemy, Bandora the Witch, is inadvertently released from her magical container on Planet Nemesis by two astronauts. The five warriors, the Zyurangers, must summon the power of mechanical-looking deities known as Guardian Beasts, each modeled after a different prehistoric beast, in order to protect mankind from Bandora's evil forces. A sixth warrior, Burai the Dragonranger, later becomes involved with the conflict between the Zyurangers and Bandora's forces.
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Video game
A Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger video game was released for the Family Computer by Angel (a subsidiary of Bandai) on November 6, 1992. It is a side-scrolling action game in which the player takes control of a different Zyuranger in each of the game's five stages. The game includes two difficulty settings and a password feature.
The player begins the game as Boi in the first stage, followed by Mei, Dan, Goushi, and Geki in subsequent stages. Each Zyuranger begins his or her stage wielding the standard Ranger Gun, which can be replaced with the character's corresponding Legendary Weapon by finding the entrance to Barza's room in each stage. Each stage also contains ten scattered coins which will replenish the player's life gauge completely when fully collected, as well as display a still of the character's mecha and its specifications. At the end of each stage, the player will confront one of the main villains from the show. The villains faced are Pleprechuan, Bukbak, Totpat, Grifforzer, and Bandora herself.
Between stages, the player will be challenged to one of three possible minigames by Burai the Dragonranger. These consist of a trivia game where Bandora will ask the player a question related to the TV series, a Pong-style game between Daizyuzin and the Dragon Caesar, and a hot potato-style game between Gōryūzin and Lamie. These minigames are also accessible from the main menu and can be played with a second player.