Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014)

Original title

烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー

Directed by

Nakazawa Shojiro, Watanabe Katsuya, Takemoto Noboru, Kato Hiroyuki

Cast

Shison Jun, Mabuchi Homare, Hiramaki Jin, Nagase Keishiro, Kojima Riria, Ishii Kaoruko, Yokohama Ryusei, Yamazaki Hikaru

Genre

tokusatsu

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 47 episodes

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of heroes uses train-themed powers to fight evil. They can swap colors during battle and rely on teamwork to overcome challenges. The series was recognized by Japan's railway authorities for encouraging kids' interest in trains.

energeticcolorfulwhimsicalfast-pacedplayfulteam-orientednostalgiclighthearted

What happens

Ressha Sentai ToQger (烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー, Ressha Sentai Tokkyūjā; Train Squadron ToQger) is a Japanese television series, a Tokusatsu drama of the 38th installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. It aired on TV Asahi affiliates from February 16, 2014 to February 15, 2015, replacing Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and was replaced by Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. The program joining Kamen Rider Gaim and later, Kamen Rider Drive in the Super Hero Time programming block. The series has a train motif, and unlike many previous series where the heroes are named after colors, the heroes in ToQger are numbered and also regularly swap colors during battle. The series' main characters made a cameo appearance in the film Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends, and appeared in a special meet-and-greet and press conference at Tokyo Dome City in late January 2014. In October 2014, the series was given the Japan Railway Award's Special award by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in its annual "Train Day" observance, recognizing its effect on making children enjoy trains. Two of the series villain costumes and a prop were respectively used for the 24th/25th & 28th/29th seasons of the American Power Rangers series (Power Rangers Ninja Steel / Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel & Power Rangers Dino Fury, which was adapting the 2015 & 2019 Sentai installment, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger & Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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