Underplayed Gems

Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993)

Gosei Sentai Dairanger poster
Original title
五星戦隊ダイレンジャー
Genre
tokusatsu
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 50 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Five young warriors are chosen to be the Dairangers. They fight against an evil empire using martial arts and giant robots.

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What happens

Gosei Sentai Dairanger (五星戦隊ダイレンジャー, Gosei Sentai Dairenjā; Five Stars Squadron Dairanger) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the seventeenth production in the long-running Super Sentai metaseries of television tokusatsu dramas produced by Toei Company, following Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. It was originally broadcast from February 19, 1993, to February 11, 1994, replacing Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and was replaced by Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. Toei gave this series the name Star Rangers for international distribution. Elements from Dairanger were adapted into the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, specifically the action sequences between the giant robots (which became the Power Rangers' Thunderzords) and some of the monsters. None of the Dairanger costumes were used in Power Rangers, except Kiba Ranger, which was adapted into the White Ranger's costume for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for the remainder of Season 2 and throughout Season 3, while the suits from the previous season, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger were instead used for the other Rangers in that show (the end credits listed the show as titled Dai Rangers). Although the Aura Changer was adapted as the Magna Morpher in “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy”, the core Dairanger costumes in the footage were not used in Power Rangers until Power Rangers Super Megaforce. In July 2015, Shout! Factory announced that they would release "Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Complete Series" on DVD in North America. On November 10, 2015, Dairanger was released on DVD in North America. This is the second Super Sentai series to be released in North America. In addition on May 23, 2016, Shout! streamed the series on their website. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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