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| Power Rangers | |
|---|---|
| File:General PR Logo.jpgThe Saban-era logo for Power Rangers | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure |
| Created by | Haim Saban |
| Directed by | Various |
| Starring | Cast Members |
| Voices of | Voice Actors |
| Theme music composer | Various |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| No. of episodes | 629 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Saban Entertainment, Walt Disney Entertainment |
| Production locations | United States,  New Zealand |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | FOX, Toon Disney, ABC, ABC Family |
| Release | August 28 1993 – Present |
| Related | |
| Masked Rider VR Troopers 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.
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:
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, 1995; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, 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 Forever Red and White Light are amongst them)
- Power Rangers: Ninja Storm Volumes 1-5, 2003; BVHE
- Power Rangers: Dino Thunder Volumes 1-5, 2004; BVHE
- Power Rangers: S.P.D. Volumes 1-5, 2005, BVHE
- Power Rangers: S.P.D. Volumes 1-5 Boxset (UK), 2006, BVHE
- Power Rangers: Mystic Force Volumes 1-3, 2006, BVHE
- Power Rangers: Mystic Force Dark Wish, 2006, BVHE
- Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive Volumes 1-2, 2007, BVHE
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.
- UK - Airs on Jetix UK CITV and Nick Jr. (UK)
- USA - Airs on Toon Disney and ABC
- Australia - Airs on Channel Seven and FOX8
- France - Airs on TF1 and Jetix France
- Germany - Airs on Jetix Germany, Super RTL and RTL
- Italy - Airs on Italia 1 and Jetix Italia
- Middle East - Airs on MBC 3
- India - Airs on Jetix
- Canada - Airs on Family Channel
- Poland - Airs on Jetix Polish, Polsat and TV4
- Spain - Aired on Tele 5, Antena 3, Canal Megatrix, FoxKids Spain and now on Jetix Spain.
- Mexico - Airs on Jetix and Canal 5
- Brazil - Airs on Jetix Brazil and Rede Globo
- Chile - Airs on Jetix
- Latin America - Airs on Jetix
- Portugal - Airs on SIC
- Philippines - Airs on ABS-CBN (Seasons 1-3, 5, 10-13); Studio 23 (Zeo) and Hero (Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder and SPD). The series is dubbed in Filipino.
- Malaysia - Airs on RTM, initially sponsored by Litt Tak, the distributor of Bandai toys in Malaysia
- Singapore - Airs on MediaCorp TV 12 Central
- Indonesia - Airs on Indosiar, previously on RCTI
- South Africa - Airs on Mnet
- Zimbabwe - Airs on ZBC and Star Kidz and Kidz.Net
- Japan - All Power Rangers (パワーレンジャー, Pawārenjā, often abreviated to Pawaren (パワレン)) shows and movies are dubbed into Japanese for television and video. The voice actors are often pulled from past Super Sentai casts, which also leads to the English-dubbed action sequences being "re-dubbed" or "restored" back to Japanese as well.
- South Korea - Airs on JEI TV. 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, S.P.D., Magic Force and Treasure Force.
Characters
Main article: List of Power Rangers charactersSee also
- List of Power Rangers cast members
- List of Power Rangers voice actors
- List of Power Rangers villains
- List of Power Rangers monsters
- List of Power Rangers planets
- List of Power Rangers episodes
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References
- "Kick into Overdrive 1". Power Rangers Operation Overdrive. Season 15. 2007-02-26. Toon Disney.
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- "Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - First 2 Volumes of 'Complete Series' DVDs Planned @ TVShowsOnDVD.com". Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- "Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Box Art, Date, Price & Extras for Volume 3: Blue Sapphire DVD @ TVShowsOnDVD.com". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 in Forums > Discs & Movies at DVDActive". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- "alphamusic: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers - The Complete Season 1 (DVD)". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- "파워레인저". Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- "파워레인저 SPD". Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ":: 파워레인저 매직포스 ::". Retrieved 2007-08-05.
External links
- Jetix' Official Power Rangers website
- Official Disney Power Rangers Websites
- Template:Tv.com show
- Power Rangers Universe Wikia
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