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| '''''Power Rangers''''' is a critical, distasteful and lousy Americanized adaptation which is being expressively loathed and resented by many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans for mocking and insulting Toei’s most prominent Japanese '''Super Sentai''' series and tarnishing the reputation of the genre as a whole. The cheap, greedy, lousy and despicable '''Haim Saban''' and his critically no-good shrewd manager '''Shuki Levy''' were overall and originally responsible for this critical and distasteful “Toku and Sentai Snob” existence and lousy Americanized franchise which no-good bastardizing property had been sold to the Walt Disney Company to further mock and bastardize Toei’s long-running and most prominent Japanese '''Super Sentai''' genre. This critical, distasteful and lousy franchise is also known to have been criticized heavily for Saban's use of non-SAG actors with no benefits and insultingly low-pay which are disappointingly non-negotiable and frustratingly one-sided contracts. Fans theorized that this was because Saban was rather too cheap, greedy, lousy and despicable. Saban's other critical, distasteful and lousy Americanized adaptations include '''Masked Rider''', '''VR Troopers''' and '''Big Bad Beetleborgs'''. Many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans utterly despise these critical, distasteful and lousy Americanized adaptations for having random stock footage spliced-in which includes action scenes/sequences from the original Japanese source/material which even featured close-ups of the original Japanese actors making such scenes critical, distasteful and lousy as glaring errors by Saban’s cheap and not-so-good editing team occur time and time. Overall, these are not flawless transitions and less-than-stellar adaptations with footage of American actors inserted and spliced-in with action scenes/sequences from the original Japanese source/material. Many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans as well as the late '''Ishinomori Shotaro''' (Manga writer and Kamen Rider co-creator) are repulsed by this critical and outrageous idea by Saban and now the Walt Disney Company and rather disavow their no-good existence, relying continually and successively on the original Japanese stock footage of Super Sentai by this mocking, critical, distasteful and lousy franchise. | |||
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| ==Criticism== | |||
| '''''Power Rangers''''' is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise, built around a ] featuring teams of costumed heroes. Produced by ] (and later ] under ]), the ''Power Rangers'' concept originated from the Japanese ] ]. Rather than making an ] ] of the original, the American production team put together a "new" production with English-speaking actors spliced in with the original Japanese footage in varying ratios. Due to the very Japanese nature of many of the Super Sentai Series' stories and design, the American shows vary detail to appeal to a ] audience. However, they typically dub many of the action sequences featuring the characters in costume and the ] (referred to as "]s" in the English series). | |||
| Many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans (including fans of '''Super Sentai''') expressively loathe and resent '''Power Rangers''' because according to enthusiasts, the critical, distasteful and lousy franchise mocks the original Japanese source/material by the usage/insertion/splicing of random stock footage of the original Japanese action scenes/sequences making such scenes with the new and not-so-good footage of American actors critical, distasteful and lousy. Glaring errors by Saban’s not-so-good editing team occur time and time. Overall, the franchise is not a flawless transition and a less-than-stellar adaptation of American actors replacing the original Japanese actors. According to many fans, the franchise had bastardized and tarnished the reputation of the genre as a whole, relying heavily and successively on the original Japanese stock footage, not only insulting '''Super Sentai''', but also having other tokusatsu shows like '''Godzilla''', '''Ultraman''' and '''Kamen Rider''' being associated with this despite the obvious differences. Many fans also overreact, calling this mocking franchise "racist", which is the result in the term "Sentai Snob" (which now evolved into "Toku Snob"). It again evolved with the term "Toku and Sentai Snob". This is similar to the debate in the anime genre over the relative merits of "subtitles" versus "dubbing", "re-filming" and "re-editing" footage. | |||
| ==Broadcasting summary== | |||
| The series that began the ], '']'', began broadcasting as part of the ] group of programs that aired on the ] network. It lasted for three seasons (from 1993 to 1996). The franchise has continued, and as of today consisted of 17 television seasons, 15 different series, and two theatrical films. The latest series, '']'', debuted on March 7, 2009. | |||
| ]''.]] | |||
| ] distributed the ''Power Rangers'' series from 1993 until the end of 2001, and Fox broadcast it until the fall of 2002. ] purchased the franchise as a part of the buyout that took place in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saban.com/html/team/saban.html|title=Haim Saban|work=Saban|accessdate=2009-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.saban.com/html/press/010723.html|title=News Corp. and Haim Saban Reach Agreement to Sell Fox Family Worldwide to Disney for $5.3 Billion|date=July 23, 2001|work=saban|accessdate=2009-02-23}}</ref><ref name=buyout>{{cite news |url=http://money.cnn.com/2001/07/23/deals/fox_disney/ |title=Disney buys Fox Family for $3B |date=2001-07-23 |accessdate=2007-09-21 |work=CNNfn |publisher=www.money.cnn.com}}</ref> This resulted in Fox Family Worldwide becoming ]<ref name=buyout/> This buyout also included Saban Entertainment becoming BVS Entertainment, from ], Fox's parent company, and ].<ref name=buyout/> The show continued to air on Fox until its ] package was renamed the "FoxBox" in the United States. Since September 2002, all ''Power Rangers'' shows have aired on various Disney-owned networks (], ] and ] channels worldwide). ABC Family, another Disney-owned network, also used to air ''Power Rangers'' until it did away with its Jetix timeslot after August 31, 2006. On February 12, 2009 Toon Disney ended in the wake of ], currently ending all cable airings of ''Power Rangers'' in the United States. Several ABC affiliate broadcasting groups, most notably ] and ], have declined to air most of the ''Power Rangers'' series since 2005 due to the lack of FCC-compliant ] in the programs. | |||
| An article in '']'' identified ''RPM'' as the last season of the ''Power Rangers'' run. Production manager Sally Campbell stated in an interview, "...at this stage we will not be shooting another season".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10560372|title='Power Rangers' defeated|date=March 6, 2009|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref>. However, a couple weeks later, Bandai released a statement that "Disney is producing a Season 18 and Bandai America will continue to develop action figures and toys for fans and collectors of all ages."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/main/?p=2768 |title=Power Rangers Continues On |accessdate=2009-03-21 |date=2009-03-20 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Summary== | |||
| ===The Power Rangers=== | |||
| A Power Ranger, a ]al individual, "]" from a person into a powerful ] — generally wearing a color-coded battle suit usually made of ] or other skin-tight material and a helmet with an ] ].<ref>{{cite episode |title=Day of the Dumpster |episodelink=Day of the Dumpster |series=Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers |serieslink=Mighty Morphin Power Rangers |network=] |airdate=1993-08-28 |season=1 |number=1}}</ref> In many cases, the helmet serves to protect his or her ]. In some cases, more powerful Rangers may have extra shielding on their suit to protect them from strong blows. | |||
| A morphed Ranger generally possesses superhuman strength, durability, and ability in hand-to-hand combat. Starting with the Disney-created series, unmorphed Rangers usually possess superhuman abilities such as ] or ], and is somewhat related to their Ranger abilities.<ref>], ], ], ]</ref> | |||
| Rangers appear to retain their original physiology beneath their suits when in morphed form: viewers have seen Rangers' helmets removed or broken on numerous occasions,<ref>] removed his White Ranger helmet in the ] episode "]"; ], the Red Ranger in ], had his visor smashed in "Journey's End".</ref> revealing his or her natural form underneath.<Ref>Exceptions to this rule include: Justin, the Blue Turbo Ranger, was in his early teens, but had the body of an adult when morphed; Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, the S.P.D. Shadow Ranger, has a muzzle that seems to disappear beneath the helmet; and Daggeron, the Solaris Knight, transforms into his Ancient Mystic Mode while in the process of morphing.</ref> Helmets aside, the suits are donned and removed nearly instantaneously with a glow of light or some other effect. Rangers can also be "de-morphed" involuntarily when suffering significant physical damage. | |||
| Rangers regularly operate in teams of five, with a special sixth Ranger frequently joining the team part way into the series.<Ref>This ''modus operandi'' applied from '']'' through to '']''.</ref> {{as of | 2009 | alt = More recently}} a core team of three will later expand to include additional Rangers. Each Ranger's suit and energy spectrum will match a specific color, with red, yellow, and blue joined by some combination of pink, green, black, or white. Rangers may be named after their respective colors, such as ], ], etc., but numbers or other names may also be used. There is usually no more than one Ranger of a given color on a team, but exceptions of this rule are generally given alternate names (in Time Force, there were two Rangers with red-colored costumes; the first was the Red Time Force Ranger, the second was the Quantum Ranger). Each team's costumes are nearly identical aside from color and helmet design (most notably the shape of the opaque visor) and perhaps a numerical designation. Any additional Rangers will regularly have additional costume modifications, usually some form of altered suit design and/or armor. | |||
| The Rangers' color designation influences their wardrobe throughout the series: their civilian clothing often features the same color as their Ranger color. A joke highlighted this correlation in "Dino Thunder" when ] (a former Green Ranger, White Ranger, and twice a Red Ranger) became the new Black Dino Ranger; he said that he had to go shopping because he did not own enough black-colored clothing. | |||
| ===Elements of a Power Rangers season=== | |||
| Each team of Power Rangers, with a few exceptions, obeys a general set of conventions, outlined at the beginning of '']'' and implied, though not stated explicitly, throughout many of the other incarnations. Thus the Power Rangers may not use their Ranger powers for personal gain or for escalating a fight, which explains why the Rangers do not simply crush the small monsters by means of their Megazord. Nor may the Power Rangers disclose their identities to the general public, barring extenuating circumstances, although this rule was disregarded in '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'', in which they were public servants (rescue squad, police officers, etc.) Following a '']''-inspired scene by ]'s townspeople, this rule was also disregarded at the conclusion of '']'' and, to a lesser extent, '']''. The penalty for disobeying these rules, at least in '']'', would be the loss of their power. | |||
| The Power Rangers have a somewhat standardized arsenal: each Ranger generally carries a weapon such as a ] and/or a ]. Each Ranger also has a secondary set of ]s that can often combine to form a larger weapon (usually a ]). As the series progresses, one or more of the Rangers are also usually given a ] for long-distance travel, as well as individual Zords. In many series, a Ranger is also given additional Zords or weapons. In some cases, one Ranger may receive something that other Rangers may not have; an example of this is the ] given to the Red Ranger of each series since '']''. Although much of the arsenal can also be found in '']'', there are usually at least some that are not, generally added for the express purpose of marketing toys designed and sold by ] America. | |||
| Episodes always include carry-overs from the Japanese source-material. Less commonly, some series use only the Sentai designs and footage, though despite this some sets have to be replicated for original footage if needed. In one instance, in order to maintain the trend of the Sixth Ranger for a series where only five existed in the source footage, the ] was created especially for ''Lightspeed Rescue''. | |||
| In seasons following ''Power Rangers in Space'' (1998), it became common for each team to follow a separate ] from those of previous incarnations. In later seasons, it became a tradition for two teams of Power Rangers to team up to take on a villain. In '']'', the tenth incarnation of ''Power Rangers'', this moves to the next level, as ten ]s teamed up in the episode "]"; and in '']'' a team of former rangers from various incarnations of the series teamed up with the Overdrive Rangers to defeat an alliance formed by the son of Rita & Lord Zedd, Thrax, in the episode '']''. The only seasons thus far to not feature such a team-up are '']'', due to a shift back to non-] ] when production moved to New Zealand, '']'' and '']'', due to budgetary reasons. This was somewhat rectified when Xander, the Green Mystic Force Ranger, and Tori, the Blue Ninja Storm Ranger, appeared in the ''Operation Overdrive'' crossover two-parter, "]". | |||
| Traditionally the arsenal of a Ranger team, especially the Zords, gets destroyed at the end of the season in order to destroy the final monster (often the main villain). The Rangers also tend to give up their powers, though they remain available for later team-ups (for instance, at the end of ''Ninja Storm'', the Rangers sacrificed their powers to imprison Lothor. Once Lothor was freed, however, they were able to get their powers back in order to fight him). | |||
| ==Characters== | |||
| {{main|List of Power Rangers characters}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Television series== | |||
| * '']'' aired from 1993 to 1995 and was the longest running series to date, spanning three seasons. In those three seasons, ''MMPR'' used footage, costumes, and props from three of the ] Series: '']'' for season 1, '']'' for season 2, and '']'' for season 3. | |||
| ** '']'' aired in early 1996 and was a miniseries that served as a link between ''MMPR'' and ''Zeo''. It also utilized footage and props from ''Kakuranger'', but featured the costumes used by the Kakurangers as the footage for the Alien Rangers. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 1996 and featured the first change in costume for the American Power Rangers, using footage from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 1997 and also had a movie with the series, titled '']'' which acted as the bridge between ''Zeo'' and ''Turbo'', introducing ], the youngest Power Ranger. ''Turbo'' used footage from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 1998 and ended a story arc concerning the character ] and introduced the ] armor, unique to the American productions. The ''in Space'' series took footage from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 1999 and was the first series to have an entirely new cast of characters be the Power Rangers, whereas all of the previous series were connected in their casts and characters. ''Lost Galaxy'' also began the trend of the "team up" ] episode where the current team meets with the previous team to fight a common enemy. ''Lost Galaxy'' used props and footage from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2000 and featured the first entirely American produced Power Ranger, the Titanium Ranger. ''Lightspeed Rescue'' used footage, costumes, and props from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2001 and was the last series to be fully produced by ]. ''Time Force'' used footage and props from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2002 and was the first series to be produced partly by ]. As the 10th anniversary series, it also featured an anniversary crossover episode titled ] where every ] up until that point (except ]' character ]) returned to fight a common enemy. ''Wild Force'' used footage and props from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2003 and was the first series to be produced entirely by BVS Entertainment and be filmed in ]. It did not feature a crossover episode and had a completely separate storyline from the previous ten seasons. ''Ninja Storm'' used footage and costumes from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2004 and reintroduced ]'s character ] who had previously been in ''Mighty Morphin'', ''Zeo'', and ''Turbo''. ''Dino Thunder'' used footage from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2005 and was the first series to take place in a future timeline, and like its Japanese counterpart '']'', featured more than six Rangers, two of which only appeared once. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2006 and is the first series to have a cast of entirely Australians and New Zealanders, as well as the first BVS-produced series to use only the antagonists of its Super Sentai counterpart, '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2007 and was the 15th anniversary season for the franchise, featuring the crossover episode ] that featured the return of ]'s character ]. ''Operation Overdrive'' used footage and costumes from '']''. | |||
| * '']'' aired in 2008 and is the first BVS-produced series to introduce original Power Rangers, the ]. Like its Super Sentai counterpart '']'', ''Jungle Fury'' also featured the first ]s used by the villains that could combine with the Power Rangers' Megazord in cooperation. | |||
| * '']'', as the current series, premiered in March 2009. It is the second series to take place in a futuristic setting and the first to take place in a ] setting. This series uses costumes and footage from '']''. | |||
| ==Ranger colors== | |||
| As in the '']'' series that provided the basis of the Power Rangers series, the color palette of a Power Ranger team has varied over the years. | |||
| <!-- Do not include characters based on just the color of the suit. The name of the character must include the color to be listed here. e.g. Trent was the White Dino Ranger but Sam was the Omega Ranger, despite both suits being white. --> | |||
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| |align="right" rowspan="2"|3||align="left"|'']'' (Season 3)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/mighty/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Mighty Morphin|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔ || | |||
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| |align="right"|5||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/turbo/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Turbo|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔|| || | |||
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| |align="right"|6||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/space/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Space|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔||✔||✔|| || ||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|7||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/galaxy/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Lost Galaxy|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔||✔|| || ✔|| || | |||
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| |align="right"|8||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/rescue/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Lightspeed Rescue|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>{{rf||Lightspeed}}||✔||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔|| ||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|9||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/timeforce/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Time Force|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>{{rf||Quantum}}||✔||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔|| ||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|10||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/wildforce/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Wild Force|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔|| ||✔||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|11||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/ninja/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Ninja Storm|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>{{rf||Thunder}}||✔||✔||✔|| || ||✔|| ||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|12||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/dino/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Dino Thunder|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔|| ||✔|| | |||
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| |align="right"|13||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/spd/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} S.P.D.|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>{{rf||S.P.D.}}||✔||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔|| ||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|14||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/mystic/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Mystic Force|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>{{rf||Mystic Force}}||✔||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔||✔||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|15||align="left"|'']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/overdrive/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Operation Overdrive|accessdate=2007-06-09}}</ref>||✔||✔||✔||✔||✔|| || ||✔ | |||
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| |align="right"|16||align="left"|'']''<ref name="JF">{{cite web|url=http://www.toondisneymedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3115423&type=lead|title=Power Rangers Jungle Fury Press Release|accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/powerrangers/teams/junglefury/index.html|title=Power Rangers {{!}} Teams {{!}} Jungle Fury|accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref>{{rf||Jungle Fury}}||✔||✔||✔|| || || ||✔||✔<!-- The Bat and Elephant Rangers are not included under "Black" and "Green" because they are not referred to as "Black" or "Green" respectively. --> | |||
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| |align="right"|17||align="left"|'']''||✔||✔||✔|| ||✔||✔|| || <!-- Do NOT make any mention of a Gold or Silver Ranger without proof from reliable sources legitimatized by ] and ]. ANY additions without this proof will be removed. Fansites, Youtube, Veoh, forum postings, etc, are not legitimate proof. --> | |||
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| {{ent||MMPR}} The second season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' featured ] as the Green Ranger and the White Ranger, although not concurrently. | |||
| {{ent||Lightspeed}} The Titanium Ranger became the first original Power Ranger developed specifically for the English-language television series. | |||
| {{ent||Quantum}} In ''Time Force'', the sixth ranger, the Quantum Ranger, has a red-colored suit distinguishable from the Red Ranger's suit by its black accents and the jagged arrows. | |||
| {{ent||Thunder}} ''Ninja Storm'' has the Crimson and Navy Rangers that wear suits of darker hues of red and blue, respectively. | |||
| {{ent||S.P.D.}} ''S.P.D.'' includes nine additional rangers, a final count of fourteen rangers — the most in all the history of the Power Rangers franchise. Both the Omega Ranger (who wears a White suit) and the Shadow Ranger (who wears a primarily Black suit) are regular characters, whereas the Kat Ranger (who wears a primarily Orange suit) and the Nova Ranger (who wears a Silver suit) are only seen for one episode each. The ] wear the same colors as the main team. | |||
| {{ent||Mystic Force}} ''Mystic Force'' has two allies who do not fall under the basic color schemes. The Solaris Knight wears gold armor over navy blue spandex and the Wolf Warrior wears dark red armor. | |||
| {{ent||Jungle Fury}} ''Jungle Fury'' has the Purple Wolf Ranger who wears a purple suit. The Shark Ranger (cyan), the Bat Ranger (black), and the Elephant Ranger (green) join ''Lightspeed Rescue's'' Titanium Ranger and ''S.P.D.'s'' A-Squad as characters with no basis in the Super Sentai footage. | |||
| ==Spin-off== | |||
| {{main|Masked Rider (TV series)}} | |||
| '''''Masked Rider''''', a spin-off of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', represents an American adaptation of the ] series '']'', one of the many series of the popular ]. Saban produced and aired it in 1995. | |||
| The main title character of ''Masked Rider'' featured in a three-part ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' episode (''A Friend in Need'') before his own series started. The Rangers themselves received no mention in the television run of ''Masked Rider'', however, as Saban reformatted the series to sever links with ''Power Rangers'', given that their popularity had been gradually beginning to slide following the first film. However, the Rangers were featured in the home video release of the ''Masked Rider'' story ''Super Gold'', in the form of narrated clips from ''A Friend in Need'', and also made a guest appearance in Masked Rider's short-lived comic book adaptation. | |||
| ==Motion pictures== | |||
| ]'']] | |||
| The ''Power Rangers'' series have also generated two theatrical ]s, both distributed by ]. As of 2007, ], long after Fox's parent company News Corporation and Haim Saban sold Fox Family (currently ABC Family), including Saban Entertainment and the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, to the Walt Disney Company, still maintains worldwide home-entertainment rights to these two ''Power Rangers'' films. | |||
| * '']'' (]) | |||
| * '']'' (]) | |||
| ==Power Morphicon== | |||
| The '''Power Morphicon''' was the first Power Rangers Convention. It took place in ] in 2007. It celebrated fifteen years of ''Power Rangers'' on the air at the time, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) to Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007). | |||
| ==DVD releases== | |||
| As of today, 30 USA DVD releases of ''Power Rangers'' exist, namely: | |||
| * '']'', 1995; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | |||
| * '']'', 1997; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | |||
| * ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie/Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie'', 1995, 1997; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (DVD compilation set of both movies.) | |||
| * ''The Best of the Power Rangers: The Ultimate Rangers'', 2003; BVHE (DVD compilation of episodes from five different seasons of Power Rangers. The episodes include '']'' and ''White Light'' <nowiki>] reintroduction as the ]<nowiki>]</nowiki>) | |||
| * '']'' Volumes 1–5, 2003; BVHE | |||
| * '']'' Volumes 1–5, 2004; BVHE | |||
| * '']'' Volumes 1–5, 2005; BVHE | |||
| * '']'' Volumes 1–3 and 'Dark Wish', 2006; BVHE | |||
| * '']'' Volumes 1–5, 2007; BVHE (The release of an entire season for the first time in the US.)<ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7535|title = Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - First 2 Volumes of 'Complete Series' DVDs Planned @ TVShowsOnDVD.com|accessdate = 2007-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7930|title = Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Box Art, Date, Price & Extras for Volume 3: Blue Sapphire DVD @ TVShowsOnDVD.com|accessdate = 2007-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=8409|title = Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Finish the Adventure in February: Final Two Volumes Kick Into Overdrive @ TVShowsOnDVD.com|accessdate = 2007-11-10}}</ref> | |||
| * '']'' Volumes 1 & 2, 2008; BVHE<ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Power-Rangers-Jungle-Fury-Volume-1-and-Volume-2/10514|title = Power Rangers Jungle Fury - Disney Announces Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 DVDs for Jungle Fury @ TVShowsOnDVD.com|date = 2008-09-13|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> (Volumes 3,4 & 5 are only available in the UK.) | |||
| * '']'' Volume 1 will be available July 7th, 2009. | |||
| Internationally, additional DVD releases have occurred (such as ''Lightspeed Rescue'', ''Time Force'' and ''Wild Force'' in Germany) and as free DVDs attached to the ''Jetix'' magazine, published in the UK. ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1'', ''Season 2'', and ''Season 3'', ''Power Rangers Zeo'', ''Power Rangers Turbo'', and ''Power Rangers In Space'' have been released in Germany as well, with ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' due out in June 2009.<ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers-ClassiXX/dp/B000O59Z6G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202924080&sr=8-3 |title = Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2008-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers-ClassiXX/dp/B000V2SH0M/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202924080&sr=8-2 |title = Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2 @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2008-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers-ClassiXX/dp/B0010XJO6M/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202924080&sr=8-1 |title = Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3 @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2008-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Power-Rangers-ZEO-komplette-Staffel/dp/B00140TX80/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1212255253&sr=8-7 |title = Power Rangers Zeo @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2008-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Power-Rangers-Turbo-komplette-Staffel/dp/B001B9VFK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1242161036&sr=1-1 |title = Power Rangers Turbo @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Power-Rangers-Space-Complete-Season/dp/B001PL7GQY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1241561179&sr=8-1 |title = Power Rangers In Space @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2009-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.de/Power-Rangers-Lost-Galaxy-komplette/dp/B0029M8W5M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1242160449&sr=1-1 |title = Power Rangers Lost Galaxy @ Amazon.de|accessdate = 2009-05-12}}</ref> Additionally, ''Ninja Storm'', ''Dino Thunder'', ''S.P.D.'', ''Mystic Force'', and ''Operation Overdrive'' saw complete boxset releases in the UK.<ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Rangers-Ninja-Storm-Complete/dp/B001B26DO8/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1217644043&sr=8-16 |title = Power Rangers Ninja Storm @ Amazon.co.uk|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Rangers-Dino-Thunder-Complete/dp/B001B24QCO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1217644043&sr=8-4 |title = Power Rangers Dino Thunder @ Amazon.co.uk|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Rangers-Brandon-Jay-McLaren/dp/B001B20XSK/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1217644043&sr=8-6 |title = Power Rangers S.P.D. @ Amazon.co.uk|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Rangers-Mystic-Force-Complete/dp/B001B23DLY/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1217644043&sr=8-9 |title = Power Rangers Mystic Force @ Amazon.co.uk|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Rangers-Operation-Overdrive-Complete/dp/B001B4R5WK/ref=pd_sbs_d_h_?ie=UTF8&qid=1217644043&sr=8-4 |title = Power Rangers Operation Overdrive @ Amazon.co.uk|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref> In France, ''Mighty Morphin Season 1'' and ''Season 2'' have been released in their entirety in 5 episode DVD volumes, and the first 25 episodes of ''Season 3'' were released in May 2008.<ref>{{citeweb|url = http://www.lcj-editions.com/index.php?lang=fr&mod=sheet&func=show&sheetid=884 |title = Power Rangers Mighty Morphin' - Volume 28 @ lcj-editions.com|accessdate = 2008-08-01}}</ref> In Italy, ''Mighty Morphin'', ''Zeo'', ''Dino Thunder'' and ''S.P.D.'' have appeared in their entirety. ''Zeo'' and ''S.P.D.'' were made available as commercial DVDs, while ''Mighty Morphin'' and ''Dino Thunder'' were issued as bi-weekly volumes at newsstands. | |||
| ==iTunes== | |||
| Power Rangers episodes have become available on the ]. {{As of | 2009}}, part of '']'' and all of '']'' are available, and the first 26 episodes of '']'' are as well. Also, '']'' is the only Power Rangers movie currently available on iTunes. | |||
| ==Disney Xtreme Digital== | |||
| Power Rangers is one of several shows made available for free online streaming on ]'s official video streaming website . This scheme allows any U.S.-based web-user to watch entire episodes up to two weeks after broadcast. Episodes are even sometimes released via the website before airing on TV. However, most of the episodes have not yet begun streaming on the website and only sneak peeks and teaser trailers are available. | |||
| ==International airings== | |||
| Power Rangers has always had success in foreign markets and still airs in many countries today, except for New Zealand, where the series filming takes place {{as of | 2009 | lc = on}}. | |||
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| |{{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} ] || Jetix (Operation Overdrive/Mystic Force) || MMPR aired on ] 1995-1999, aired on Prima TV 1997-2000, aired on Nova TV 1999-2003 | |||
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| * ] (''Mighty Morphin'', ''Zeo'', ''Turbo'', ''Wild Force'', ''Ninja Storm'', ''Dino Thunder'', ''S.P.D.'', ''Mystic Force'', ''Operation Overdrive''; all are given a rating of Parental Guidance) | |||
| * ] (''Zeo'') and ] (''Ninja Storm'', ''Dino Thunder'' and ''S.P.D.'') | |||
| * ] (''Wild Force'', ''Ninja Storm'', ''Dino Thunder'', ''S.P.D.'' and ''Mystic Force'', ''Operation Overdrive'' is the first Power Rangers series to be given a rating of PG by Cartoon Network Phil.) | |||
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| |{{Flagicon|South Korea}} ] || ] || Bandai of Korea dubs the original ''Super Sentai'' series from Japanese into Korean and airs it as "Power Rangers," and has so far had ''Dino Thunder''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerranger.co.kr/dino/ |title=파워레인저 |accessdate=2007-08-05}}</ref>, ''S.P.D.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerranger.co.kr/powerspd/ |title=파워레인저 S.P.D. |accessdate=2007-08-05}}</ref>, ''Magic Force'', ''Treasure Force'' and ''Wild Spirit''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerranger.co.kr/ |title=:: 파워레인저 매직포스 :: |accessdate=2007-08-05}}</ref> | |||
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Power Rangers is a critical, distasteful and lousy Americanized adaptation which is being expressively loathed and resented by many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans for mocking and insulting Toei’s most prominent Japanese Super Sentai series and tarnishing the reputation of the genre as a whole. The cheap, greedy, lousy and despicable Haim Saban and his critically no-good shrewd manager Shuki Levy were overall and originally responsible for this critical and distasteful “Toku and Sentai Snob” existence and lousy Americanized franchise which no-good bastardizing property had been sold to the Walt Disney Company to further mock and bastardize Toei’s long-running and most prominent Japanese Super Sentai genre. This critical, distasteful and lousy franchise is also known to have been criticized heavily for Saban's use of non-SAG actors with no benefits and insultingly low-pay which are disappointingly non-negotiable and frustratingly one-sided contracts. Fans theorized that this was because Saban was rather too cheap, greedy, lousy and despicable. Saban's other critical, distasteful and lousy Americanized adaptations include Masked Rider, VR Troopers and Big Bad Beetleborgs. Many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans utterly despise these critical, distasteful and lousy Americanized adaptations for having random stock footage spliced-in which includes action scenes/sequences from the original Japanese source/material which even featured close-ups of the original Japanese actors making such scenes critical, distasteful and lousy as glaring errors by Saban’s cheap and not-so-good editing team occur time and time. Overall, these are not flawless transitions and less-than-stellar adaptations with footage of American actors inserted and spliced-in with action scenes/sequences from the original Japanese source/material. Many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans as well as the late Ishinomori Shotaro (Manga writer and Kamen Rider co-creator) are repulsed by this critical and outrageous idea by Saban and now the Walt Disney Company and rather disavow their no-good existence, relying continually and successively on the original Japanese stock footage of Super Sentai by this mocking, critical, distasteful and lousy franchise.
Criticism
Many Japanese and American tokusatsu fans (including fans of Super Sentai) expressively loathe and resent Power Rangers because according to enthusiasts, the critical, distasteful and lousy franchise mocks the original Japanese source/material by the usage/insertion/splicing of random stock footage of the original Japanese action scenes/sequences making such scenes with the new and not-so-good footage of American actors critical, distasteful and lousy. Glaring errors by Saban’s not-so-good editing team occur time and time. Overall, the franchise is not a flawless transition and a less-than-stellar adaptation of American actors replacing the original Japanese actors. According to many fans, the franchise had bastardized and tarnished the reputation of the genre as a whole, relying heavily and successively on the original Japanese stock footage, not only insulting Super Sentai, but also having other tokusatsu shows like Godzilla, Ultraman and Kamen Rider being associated with this despite the obvious differences. Many fans also overreact, calling this mocking franchise "racist", which is the result in the term "Sentai Snob" (which now evolved into "Toku Snob"). It again evolved with the term "Toku and Sentai Snob". This is similar to the debate in the anime genre over the relative merits of "subtitles" versus "dubbing", "re-filming" and "re-editing" footage.