Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

1995 · 1 season · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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It is the year 1999. The Machine Empire of Baranoia, led by Emperor Bacchus Wrath, has invaded Earth with the intention of wiping out all human life and bringing about machine rule. Chief Counselor Miura of the UAOH (United Airforce Overtech Hardware), in a desperate attempt to quell this invasion, has revived super energies born of the lost civilization of Pangaea. Enlisting an elite squad of the finest officers the UAOH has to offer, Miura has harnessed Tetrahedron Power, granting the team the power to transform into the Ohrangers… and save humanity from its darkest crisis yet!

Original title
超力戦隊オーレンジャー
Country of origin
🇯🇵 Japan
Year
1995
Channel
tv asahi
Studio
Toei Company

Trivia & behind the scenes

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Origins

This series was aired as the 'Chōseiki Zensentai 20 Shūnen Kinen Sakuhin' (20th Anniversary Commemorative Work), since Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and Jakker Dengekitai were officially reincorporated into the Super Sentai series count starting from this show.

Casting

Actor Masafumi Gōda struggled for about 10 episodes to grasp his character Yuji's 'strong-willed and modern' personality, until screenwriter Toshiki Inoue advised him to just express his own honest feelings, after which he played the role close to his real personality.

Casting

Director Takeshi Ogasawara told actor Kunio Masaoka to play Shohei as a comic third-lead type character rather than a straight leading man, after watching the ending of episode 2, and Masaoka pushed back against the direction.

Casting

Voice actor Tomokazu Seki was asked in his audition to voice Prince Buldont with a Suneo-from-Doraemon-like bratty impression, using a near-falsetto voice to avoid straining his throat; he later received a fan letter asking him not to use that voice even with machine processing, which he found frustrating.

Filming

Suit actor Yasuhiro Takeuchi, who played Ohblue, was noticeably shorter than actor Masafumi Gōda, so action director Junji Yamaoka instructed him to take lower stances to disguise the height difference.

Effects

The Barlo soldier costumes' shoulder and elbow bumps, inspired by Star Wars' C-3PO and The Rocketeer, reportedly hurt the suit actors when they rolled on the ground.

Music

The soundtrack was recorded with a full orchestra in Paris, France, marking the first time a Super Sentai series score was recorded overseas, and the opening theme became the first Super Sentai theme song to chart on Oricon's weekly singles chart (peaking at #90).

Origins

Toy developer Go Nonaka noted that Bandai's decision to make battery compartments reverse-insertion-proof forced a switch from AAA to AA batteries for the transformation devices, causing the toy props to become larger.

References

The Circle Defenser prop used for Ohpink in episode 31 of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger was actually a leftover prop from the original Ohranger production, as was the Hyper Storage Crystal used for the Ohre Bazooka in the same episode.

Filming

Director Takashi Nagaishi was originally meant to join the production from the beginning, but due to scheduling conflicts with a V-Cinema project, his participation was delayed by six months until episode 32; assistant director Kenta Fukasaku said Nagaishi had long envisioned the final episode's ending scene involving Gammagin's key, and considered Gammagin the true protagonist of the finale.

Reception

The cassette tape release 'Korochan Pack Chouriki Sentai Ohranger' from Nippon Columbia reached number one on the Oricon weekly cassette album chart.

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