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== Motion pictures ==
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1993 TV series or program
Power Rangers
File:General PR Logo.jpgThe Saban-era logo for Power Rangers
GenreAction, Adventure
Created byHaim Saban
Directed byVarious
StarringCast Members
Voices ofVoice Actors
Theme music composerVarious
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes629 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersSaban Entertainment, Walt Disney Entertainment
Production locations United States,  New Zealand
Camera setupMulti-Camera
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
NetworkFOX, Toon Disney, ABC, ABC Family
ReleaseAugust 28 1993 –
Present
Related
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Super Sentai

Power Rangers is a long-running American children's television series adapted from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it is not simply an English dub of the original. Rather, it is 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 are altered to fit a Western audience. However, many of the action sequences featuring the characters in costume and the mecha (referred to as "Zords" in the English series) are typically dubbed.

The series that began the franchise was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which began broadcasting as part of the Fox Kids group of programs that aired on the Fox network. It lasted for three seasons (from 1993 to 1996). The franchise has continued, and as of 2007 has consisted of 15 television seasons, 14 different series, and two theatrical films. The fifteenth season and thirteenth series, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive, debuted on February 26 2007.

The Power Rangers series was distributed by Saban Entertainment from 1993 until the end of 2001 and was broadcast on Fox until the fall of 2002. The franchise was purchased by the Walt Disney Company as a part of the buyout that took place between 2001 and 2002. This resulted in Fox Family Worldwide becoming ABC Family Worldwide. This buyout also included Saban Entertainment becoming BVS Entertainment, from News Corporation, Fox's parent company, and Haim Saban. The show continued to air on Fox until its Fox Kids package was dismantled in the United States. Since September 2002, all Power Rangers shows have aired on various Disney-owned networks (ABC Kids, Toon Disney and Jetix 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. As of 2007 the Disney Channel remains the only Disney-owned station that has never aired Power Rangers.








Music

The music of the series was originally produced by Ron Wasserman, and later by Jeremy Sweet. Simon Cowell commissioned a single release of the theme song at the height of the Power Rangers' popularity. It reached #3 on the UK singles chart in December 1994 and sold over 250,000 copies in total.

Recent distribution

Power Rangers on DVD

Currently, there are only 25 DVD releases of Power Rangers in the USA (as listed below).

The current Power Rangers DVD titles are:

Additionally, volume 3 of Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive will be released on November 27 and another two volumes are scheduled in the future. For the first time in the US, all five volumes will contain the entire season.

Internationally, however, there have been additional DVD releases (such as Lightspeed Rescue , Time Force and Wild Force in Germany) and as free DVDs attached to Jetix Magazine UK. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 has been released in Germany, with season 2 coming on September 21, 2007 and season 3 tentatively being scheduled for a December release. France also has plans to release all of Power Rangers on DVD.

Power Rangers on iTunes

Power Rangers episodes have recently become available on the iTunes Music Store. So far, part of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and all of Power Rangers: S.P.D. are available, and the first 26 episodes of Power Rangers: Mystic Force are as well.

Power Rangers on Jetix.tv

Power Rangers is one of several shows made available for free online streaming, on Jetix's official website Jetix.tv. 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 is being filmed today.

Characters

Main article: List of Power Rangers characters

See also

References

  1. "Kick into Overdrive 1". Power Rangers Operation Overdrive. Season 15. 2007-02-26. Toon Disney. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episode= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Disney buys Fox Family for $3B". CNNfn. www.money.cnn.com. 2001-07-23. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  3. "Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - First 2 Volumes of 'Complete Series' DVDs Planned @ TVShowsOnDVD.com". Retrieved 2007-06-24.
  4. "Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Box Art, Date, Price & Extras for Volume 3: Blue Sapphire DVD @ TVShowsOnDVD.com". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  5. "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 in Forums > Discs & Movies at DVDActive". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  6. "alphamusic: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers - The Complete Season 1 (DVD)". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  7. "파워레인저". Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  8. "파워레인저 SPD". Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  9. ":: 파워레인저 매직포스 ::". Retrieved 2007-08-05.

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