Denji Sentai Megaranger
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| Denji Sentai Megaranger | |
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 The title card for Denji Sentai Megaranger |
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| Genre | action/adventure |
| Starring | Kunihiko Oshiba Atsushi Ebara Masaya Matsukaze Eri Tanaka Mami Higashiyama Shigeru Kanai |
| Opening theme | "Denji Sentai Megaranger" by Naoto Fuuga |
| Ending theme | "Ki no Sei Ka Na" by Naoto Fuuga "Bomb Dancing Megaranger" by Hiroko Asakawa |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
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| Running time | approx. 25 minutes |
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| Original channel | TV Asahi |
| Original run | February 14, 1997 – February 15, 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Gekisou Sentai Carranger |
| Followed by | Seijuu Sentai Gingaman |
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Denji Sentai Megaranger (電磁戦隊メガレンジャー Denji Sentai Megarenjā?), translated into English as Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger, was Toei Company Limited's 21st production of the Super Sentai television series. It was the footage used in the American Power Rangers in Space.
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Kenta Date, a young high-school student, is the champion of an arcade video-game known as "Megaranger". When he becomes champion of the game, a company known as INET (International Network of Excel-Science and Technology) invites him to their laboratories along with his school friends and members of the Cybernetics club, Miku, Kouchiro, Chisato, and Shun. However, soon after a small tour of the INET HQ, the building comes under attack by the evil Neijireija, an evil dimensional force lead by Dr. Hinelar, with plans of conquering this reality. Dr. Kubota, INET's chief, then reveals the truth to Kenta and friends: Megaranger was not a videogame, but actually a combat simulator that had been made to find the recruits to become a super fighting team to strike against the Neijirejia. While the INET HQ is ravaged and Neijirejia warrior Yugande begins destroying the base, Kubota gives Kenta and his friends special devices known as 'Digitizers'. By entering the key-code "3-3-5" and shouting "Install, Megaranger!", Kenta, Miku, Shun, Kouchiro and Chisato become the fighting team known as Denji Sentai Megaranger.
After a brief fight against Yugande, the Megarangers are forced to retreat from the exploding INET HQ, taking off within the Galaxy Mega. Later, the evil Guirail, sent by Javious, injures Yugande in a battle with Megarangers. Dr. Hinelar poisons Guirail, turning him into Mad Guirail. The Megarangers abandon the damaged Galaxy Mega and fly the Delta Mega to the INET Moonbase where INET member Yuusaku has created the Space Mega Project. The Rangers destroy Guirail with Mega Voyager, a new mecha made up of 5 different transforming/combing Voyager Machines. Soon, Yuusaku becomes MegaSilver, but at first can only fight for 2.5 minutes, although eventually he conquers time limit. Dr. Hinelar then creates the evil Nejirangers, secretly draining energy from Javious the First after both Nejirangers' and Javious's destruction. Later, Dr. Hinelar creates Nejirejia City. The Nejirangers are later resurrected but turned into data cards. Dr. Hinelar learns the MegaRangers' identities, and Shibolena accesses INET database and locates the moonbase. Yugande gains a new, more powerful, red form with a special circuit, and attacks the moonbase, forcing the main five Megarangers to flee, Yuusaku stays at the moonbase to work on salvaging the Voyager Machines that were buried in the rubble. Dr. Hinelar turns into a monster form, and the Grand Nejiros base transforms into the Death Nejiros. Yuusaku is able to finish the salavge work and sends the Mega Voyager. Hinelar self-destructs Death Nejiros, destroying Mega Voyager high above the city when the Megarangers were forced to risk their lives to prevent any damage to the city by carrying Death Nejiros into the sky. However, in the end, the Megarangers survive, and celebrate their High School graduation with Dr. Kubota and Yuusaku present.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Megarangers
Five high school students chosen by INET to become the Megarangers, another is an INET agent who became an additional Megaranger.
- Kenta Date (伊達健太 Date Kenta?) / Mega Red (メガレッド Megareddo?): 21 years old, Kenta is a bit of a slacker and a knucklehead, but he is friendly, playful, and good hearted. He was an ideal candidate due to the fact that he was a pro on the arcade games INET was marketing to find ideal recruits to become Megarangers. After his Drill Saber was broken by Yugande, Mega Red received an enhanced version of the weapon that can combine with his Mega Sniper to form the Drill Sniper Custom. He is the only member who doesn't like computers (which, ironically, is his forehead symbol). The computer allows Kenta to upload data and program any type of skill into himself, making him a potentially omnipotent warrior (in fact, on the business card that he used to present himself to the Gingamen in Gingaman vs. Megaranger, the card itself states "Warrior of Ten-Thousand Abilities" (万能戦士 Mannō Senshi?). His possible last appearance was when the GaoRangers met the Super Sentai team.
- Kouichirou Endou (遠藤耕一郎 Endō Kōichirō?) / Mega Black (メガブラック Megaburakku?): 21 years old, Kouichirou is the functioning leader of the team. A keen soccer player, he is concerned about his schoolwork. Also has a younger brother named Koujiro, who also plays soccer. Forehead symbol is the satellite, which enables him to trace communication sources and transmissions.
- Shun Namiki (並樹瞬 Namiki Shun?) / Mega Blue (メガブルー Megaburū?): 21 years old, Shun is a loner, but he is good friends with Kenta and dreams of becoming a computer-graphics artist. Shun is also adept at creating battle strategies, such confusing the NejiRangers by making the others' costumes look like his. Forehead symbol is the digital television which allows him to create CG images and trap enemies in a movie dimension where characters from the dimension attack the enemy.
- Chisato Jougasaki (城ケ崎千里 Jōgasaki Chisato?) / Mega Yellow (メガイエロー Megaierō?): 21 years old, Chisato dreams of becoming a professional photographer. She is kind, talented, and both a talented photographer and singer, and is attracted to Kouichirou. Forehead symbol is the digital camera, which can telescopically search for people and things, and can allow Chisato to see through walls.
- Miku Imamura (今村みく Imamura Miku?) / Mega Pink (メガピンク Megapinku?): 21 years old, Miku eats a lot, but she is very self-conscious about her weight. She dislikes schoolwork just as much as Kenta, and it is because of this that the two are very good friends, but she in truth is attracted to Shun. In one episode Miku was hit by an evolution beam and became "Super Mega Pink" (超メガピンク Chou Mega Pinku?) which made the colored squares on her costume turn gold, gained super strength, and could wield the other Megarangers' weapons. Forehead symbol is the cell phone, which can track and analyze sound waves. In Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai, she lectured Sae Taiga (GaoWhite) on the Super Sentai franchise's many female warriors and their shared skill at changing their clothes in the blink of an eye, something that Sae had never done before.
- Yuusaku Hayakawa (早川裕作 Hayakawa Yūsaku?) / Mega Silver (メガシルバー Megashirubā?):27 years old, INET Agent, he used a prototype of the Megaranger suits to create his own suit. At first Yuusaku could only stay in his MegaSilver suit for 2.5 minutes due to a flaw in the suit, but he later was able to fix this. When the main Mega Rangers altered their costumes to look exactly like Shun's to trick the Nejirangers, Yuusaku confused them even further by disguising himself as NejiSilver, and was armed with a twisted version of his Silver Blazer. It was Yuusaku who had been working on the "Space Mega Project", which was revealed to be the Megaranger's Voyager Machines. Yuusaku even made his own mecha, Mega Winger. His change device is the cell-phone device known as the Keitaizer (play off of Keitai Denwa, or "cellular phone"). Forehead symbol is the microchip.
[edit] Allies
- Prof. Eikichi Kubota (久保田衛吉博士 Kubota Eikichi-hakase?): He is the in charge of Megaranger program using Megaranger video game, a surprise attack forced him to give Digitizers to five students in the INET building at the time based aboard orbital Megaship.
- Picoto: A dragon-like fairy who travels from planet to planet, granting five wishes on each. He appeared in Megaranger vs. Carranger, and the wishes were used by Miku for a giant cake, Kyosuke for katsudon, Helmedor for a giant, planet destroying laser cannon, Crab Nejire to bring dead Psycho Nejilars back to life, and Kenta for the energy to keep fighting, giving the Megarangers the Mega Tector armor.
- Gekisou Sentai Carranger: Again the Carrangers or more likely Red Racer decide to steal Picoto, so it could grant them wishes. After stealing Picoto, Red Racer/Kyosuke Jinnai rubs Picoto's shell and wished for a katsudon. The MegaRangers caught up with them and gotten back Picoto. Later Shibolena cast a spell making the CarRangers to go against the MegaRangers. Fortunately, the MegaRangers discovered Dappu, who was held in a small house, grants them special upgrades to their weapons to knock back the CarRangers' conscience.
[edit] Arsenal
- Digitizer (デジタイザー Dejitaizā?): The main 5 Megarangers special tool. By dialing certain number codes into the Digitizier (which is worn on their wrist) they can activate their suits, call on their Cyber Sliders, and activate their Mecha.
- 335: Ranger transformation. (Transformation call is "Install Megaranger!")
- 259: Calls Cyber Sliders.
- 761: Calls Digitank.
- 108: Launches MegaShuttle.
- 541: Starts Galaxy Mega formation.
- Mega Sniper (メガスナイパー Mega Sunaipā?): The main 5 Megarangers wield this gun, can be split into two smaller laser pistols, Mega Magnum and Mega Shot. Can also be attached to the Mega Weapons to increase the Mega Sniper's power. Kenta/MegaRed can also combine his Drill Sniper with a small screw to create the Drill Sniper Custom a powered up version of the Drill Sniper.
- Multi Attack Rifle (マルチアタックライフル Maruchi Atakku Raifuru?): Combination of the Mega Rod, Mega Tomahawk, Mega Sling, and Mega Capture, wielded by MegaBlack. Most of the time this weapon is used alongside the Drill Sniper Custom.
- Battle Riser (バトルライザー Batoru Raizā?): Special wrist-worn device given to Kenta by Prof. Kubota. It allows for powered-up chop, punch, and shooting attacks. It is also used to summon and control the Delta Mega and when to active the Super Galaxy Mega formation it is placed in the Galaxy Mega's controls. In the two final battles against the Nejirangers, MegaSilver received his own Battle Riser to control the Delta Mega to help fight with Mega Winger. Near the finale, MegaBlack and MegaYellow received their own Battle Risers, and in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai, MegaPink also had one. It is uncertain if MegaBlue got his own Battle Riser device.
- Keitaizer (ケイタイザー Keitaizā?): Yuusaku/MegaSilver's change device. It uses many of the same features as the Digitizer (but with MegaSilver's own unique vehicles), and is also used as an acutal cell-phone.
- 2580 / MEGA: Ranger transformation. (Transformation call is "Keitaizer, Install!")
- 259: Calls Auto Slider.
- Mega Tector (メガテクター Mega Tekutā?): An upgrade armor that the Megarangers receive in Megaranger vs. Carranger. Their finishing move involves them turning into balls of light and destroying their enemies, not unlike the Lights of Ginga. The armor was never used again in the series.
[edit] Vehicles
- Cyber Sliders (サイバースライダー Saibā Suraidā?): Surfboard-like vehicles the Megarangers use to move through space.
- Cyber Slider 1: MegaRed's Cyber Slider.
- Cyber Slider 2: MegaBlack's Cyber Slider.
- Cyber Slider 3: MegaBlue's Cyber Slider.
- Cyber Slider 4: MegaYellow's Cyber Slider.
- Cyber Slider 5: MegaPink's Cyber Slider.
- Digitank (デジタンク Dejitanku?): A tank vehicle used by the Megarangers for transportation and rescue that is highly durable. Can be used to enter dangerous areas or to burrow underground. It's armanents consist of the Digihand (デジハンド Dejihando?) a long claw and a small turret loctated on top called the Mega Particle Cannon (メガバーティカルキャノン Mega Bātikuru Kyanon?).
- Auto Slider (オートスライダー Ōto Suraidā?): MegaSilver had his own Cyber Slider which was capable of transforming into a motorcycle, which can fire the Slider Beam (スライダービーム Suraidā Bīmu?).
[edit] INET Mecha
The mecha used by the Megaranger were made by the people at INET.
- Super Galaxy Mega (スーパーギャラクシーメガ Sūpā Gyarakushī Mega?): Combination of Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega from the command "Super-Electromagnetic Fusion" (超電磁合体 Chō Denji Gattai?). In this mode, the Delta Mega's Gatling Guns are positioned on the shoulders of the Super Galaxy Mega, and are three times stronger than normal. The Super Galaxy Mega's finishing attack is called the Super Galaxy Knuckle (スーパーギャラクシーナックル Sūpā Gyarakushī Nakkuru?), where it fires off both of its fists like rockets to destroy the enemy. When the Super Galaxy Knuckle proved useless against Mad Guirail, a new attack was used, the Big Bang Attack (ビッグバンアタック Biggu Ban Atakku?). This is where the Super Galaxy Mega spun around at high speeds, then flew up into the air and finally shot down like a comet and blasted through the Mad Guirail, but still Mad Guirail survived the attack.
- Galaxy Mega (ギャラクシーメガ Gyarakushī Mega?): Combination of MegaShip and MegaShuttle, a homage to Bioman's Biorobo. The two components join together when the command "Electromagnetic Fusion" (電磁合体 Denji Gattai?) is given. The Galaxy Mega's weapons are the Mega Saber (メガサーベル Mega Sāberu?), a sword which the Galaxy Mega can perform a wide variety of attacks:
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- Mega Side Cutter (メガサイドカッター Mega Saido Kattā?): A horizontal slash.
- Mega Flying Cutter (メガフライングカッター Mega Furaingu Kattā?): A jumping slash.
- Mega Dash Cutter (メガダッシュカッター Mega Dasshu Kattā?): A dashing horizontal slash.
- Saber Electromagnetic Whip (サーベル電磁ムチ Sāberu Denji Muchi?): An energy whip that is used to weaken the opponent.
- Mega Cross Cutter (メガクロスカッター Mega Kurosu Kattā?): A double diagonal Slash attack that forms an X.
- Galaxy Lance (ギャラクシーランス Gyarakushī Ransu?): A sword extension attack that destroys it's target from a distance.
- Mega Flash Arrow (メガフラッシュアロー Mega Furasshu Arō?): The saber is thrown like an arrow/spear to implale it's enemy.
- Saber Electromagnetic Snake (サーベル電磁ヘビ Sāberu Denji Hebi?): Used against Toad Nejire, where Mega Pink took advantage of a toad's natural fear of snakes by transforming the tip of the sword into a projection of a snake.
- The Galaxy Mega is also equipped with the Mega Shield (メガシールド Mega Shīrudo?) which can protect the Galaxy Mega and enable it to safely enter Earth's atmoshpere, and Booster Rifle (ブースターライフル Būsutā Raifuru?), a gun created from the Shuttle Booster which originally enabled for the MegaShuttle to make it into space. The Booster Rifle can fire energy blasts or freezing gas to freeze its opponent. Galaxy Mega's power helped to power up GaoKing in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai.
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- MegaShip (メガシップ Mega Shippu?): Orbital space station for Megarangers and Dr. Kubota. The sides and nose form Galaxy Mega's legs, and the undercarriage forms the arms while the underbelly becomes the shield.
- MegaShuttle (メガシャトル Mega Shatoru?): The orbiter forms Galaxy Mega's head (the engine becomes the "mullet", and the cockpit becomes the cranium). The Shuttle Booster forms the Booster Rifle (with the fuel tank holding the handle and muzzle). The orbiter docks in the nose. The Shuttle Booster can be docked to the underside of the MegaShip. On the toy, the Shuttle Booster can also add weapons to the MegaShip by separating into three pieces with the fuel tank becoming a cannon on the underbelly and the rocket boosters go on the sides. This function is never seen in the footage.
- Delta Mega (デルタメガ Deruta Mega?): An additional mecha created by Prof. Kubota that is actived and controlled by MegaRed or MegaSilver using the Battle Riser bracelet. Its armaments consists of its two small guns known as the Delta Laser (デルタレーザー Deruta Rēzā?) and its two Gatling Blaster (ガトリングブラスター Gatoringu Burasutā?) arms. When the Battle Riser is placed into the Galaxy Mega's controls it allows for the Delta Mega to combine with it to form the Super Galaxy Mega. The Delta Mega was destroyed near the finale by a powered-up Yugande, only to be rebuilt, as it reappeared in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai to help out. The nose forms the head, the wings become the "boots", with the rear of the underside becoming the legs. Forms the helmet, chest, arms, gating guns, thrusters, leg armour, and back of Super Galaxy Mega.
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- Voyager Machines (ボイジャーマシン Boijā Mashin?): When Mad Guirail over powered the Super Galaxy Mega, the Megarangers were forced to retreat to INET's Moonbase via the Delta Mega. It was there they obtained the Voyager Machines. The five Voyager Machines were combined into Mega Voyager (メガボイジャー Mega Boijā?) when the command "Galaxy Fusion" (銀河合体 Ginga Gattai?) was given. Mega Voyager used the top section of Rocket Voyager 3 as its main weapon for the Voyager Spartan (ボイジャースパルタン Boijā Suparutan?) finishing attack. It remained as the MegaRangers' primary mecha until it was destroyed in the finale battle with Hinelar and Death Nejiros in the series finale. Aside from using Rocket Voyager 3 as a weapon, Mega Voyager has also used Galaxy Mega's Mega Saber.
- Rovoyager-1 (ロボイジャー1 Roboijā Wan?): Piloted by MegaRed, Rovoyager-1 is a humanoid robot with two large missile batteries on its shoulders. Forms the waist and upper legs of Mega Voyager.
- Shuttle Voyager-2 (シャトルボウジャー2 Shatoru Boijā Tsū?): Piloted by MegaBlack, Shuttle Voyager-2 is a space shuttle that can fire an energy blast from its nose. Forms Mega Voyager's head and shield.
- Rocket Voyager-3 (ロケットボイジャー3 Roketto Boijā Surī?): Piloted by MegaBlue, Rocket Voyager-3 is a large rocket ship that becomes the Voyager Spartan weapon for Mega Voyager, and also becomes Mega Voyager's lower legs and abdominal area.
- Saucer Voyager-4 (ソーサーボイジャー4 Sōsā Boijā Fō?): Piloted by MegaYellow, Saucer Voyager-4 is a UFO-like spaceship that can fire energy blasts from its wings. Forms Mega Voyager's body and arms, and the blasters on both sides of its thrusters attach to Mega Voyager's head.
- Tank Voyager-5 (タンクボイジャー5 Tanku Boijā Faibu?): Piloted by MegaPink, Tank Voyager-5 is a covered tank with two large cannons on top. Forms Mega Voyager's feet.
- Mega Winger (メガウインガー Mega Uingā?): Personal mecha of MegaSilver, created by Yuusaku, to which he could operate as MegaSilver. It could change from Flyer Mode (フライヤーモード Furaiyā Mōdo?) to Fighter Mode (ファイターモード Faitā Mōdo?) in phenomenal speed with the command "Blitzkrieg Transformation" (電撃変形 Dengeki Henkei?). It could donate its Mega Wing (メガウイング Mega Uingu?) to Mega Voyager, transforming it into Wing Mega Voyager (ウイグメガボイジャー Uingu Mega Boijā?), which could use the Winger Spartan (ウインガースパルタン Uingā Suparutan?) (the Voyager Spartan shot in midair). Mega Winger's main weapon was the Winger Cannon (ウインガーキャノン Uingā Kyanon?), which required both hands to operate. The undercarriage forms the lower legs and the "nose" becomes the arms (the inside parts spinning to become the forearms), revealing the head.
[edit] Evil Electric Kingdom Nejiregia
The Evil Electric Kingdom Nejiregia (邪電王国ネジレジア Jaden Ōkoku Nejirejia?) are invaders from another Dimension ruled by an entity called Javious. Their names and appearances are all about twisting and distorting. They are stationed in the Gran Nejiros (グランネジロス Guran Nejirosu?) fortress, which transformed into the giant robot Death Nejiro in the series finale.
- Evil Electro-King Javious I (邪電王ジャビウス1世 Jadenō Jabiusu Issei?) (2-43): The ruler of Nejiregia, he appears only as a giant eye on the viewscreen of the Gran Nejiros. Very little is known about him, and he is killed when the last of the Nejirangers, whose life forces had been connected to his, were destroyed by the Megarangers. Upon his death, Javious was revealed to be the nucleus of Nejiregia itself which faded away upon his death. Only Javious' heart remained, which Hinelar used to power his Hinelar City.
- Dr. Hinelar (ドクターヒネラー Dokutā Hinerā?): Formely cybernetic scientist Dr. Samejima (鮫島博士 Samejima-hakase?), Hinelar is the leader of the group under Javious. He made studies on space exploring suits and lost his beloved daughter in one of this experiments, destroying his reputation and scarring him. He later worked with Kubota on an interdimenional project, with Samejima sucked into it. He ended up in Nejiregia, and became Javious' right hand man. Hinelar later ploted and successfully killed Javious through the Nejirangers, to become the new high leader of the Nejiregians. After the destruction of Javious, the nejire dimension closed making Hinelar build Hinelar City (ヒネラーシティ Hinerā Shiti?) in which he intended to concentrate all mankind as data cards. Soon after Shibolena's demise and the destruciton of his City, Hinelar gained a second 'fighting' form to battle the Megarangers himself. However, the device that kept his body from warping on itself (a side effect from being in Nejiregia) was damaged and retreated into the Gran Nejiros, turning it into Death Nejiro to pilot it. When the Death Nejiro exploded during the Mega Voyager's sacrifice, Hinelar, still inside while trying to will his body from collapsing onto itself, was killed.
- Yugande (ユガンデ Yugande?, Warping) (1-8, 13-50): A prideful robot general created by Hinelar whom he admires and unconditionally obeys. Yugande was killed by the Galaxy Mega's Mega Flying Cutter early in the series, but then rebuilt into a stronger, slightly larger form, Yugande Strong (ユガンデストロング Yugande Sutorongu?). Later he was critically wounded when Guirail used him as a shield to protect him from the Super Galaxy Mega's Super Galaxy Knuckle. Yugande had to be modified with various mechanical implants placed on him in order to survive, and was given a better sword called the Dark Crisis. Near the finale, Yugande uses a special chip to take on a more powerful form and his current body turned red, Super Warrior Yugande (Chō Senshi Yugande?). With this new power, Yugande proved to be a difficult challenge for the Megarangers, as he destroyed the Delta Mega, badly damaged the Galaxy Mega and Mega Winger and nearly destroyed the Voyager Machines when he damaged the INET moonbase. But the Neji Reactor inside him got to a critical point and MegaRed was able to kill Yugande for good this time.
- Shibolena (シボレナ Shiborena?) (1-50): A robot modeled after Hinelar's long dead daughter. She was second in command to Hinelar on the Gran Nejiros. She was also the smart one, often coming up with plans for conquering. She was killed near the finale by MegaRed while protecting Yugande.
- Hizumina (Gingaman vs. Megaranger): The last of Hinelar's creations and Shibolena's "Younger Sister". She bared an uncanny resemblance to Shibolena, except she is all purple instead of all blue. She secretly wished to revive Hinelar having grown to miss him with Shibolena's memories, but was betrayed by Gregory when she did her part in reviving the Balban space pirates. She was soon ultimately killed by MegaRed.
- Bibidebi (ビビデビ?): A little annoying monster that Hinelar modified to make the Nejire Beasts grow by injecting them the Enlarging Virus. He apparently died in the Gran Nejiros when it was destroyed by Mega Voyager's suicide attempt to stop Hinelar once and far all. But not before he teleported Hizumina out of the giant robot.
- Guirail (ギレール Girēru?) (19-32): He was assigned by Javious to be the new commander in Dr. Hinelar's place. Guirail used crueler methods that were different from Dr. Hinelar's, even performing unusual experiments on the Nejire Beasts. Later on, he parasited Yugande to become Giga Guirail (ギガギレール Giga Girēru?). But when the Super Galaxy Mega used its Super Galaxy Knuckle attack, Guirail cancelled out the fusion to use Yugande as a shield to protect himself. An angry Dr. Hinelar tricked Guirail into taking the NejiGen Capsule pill that gave him tremendous power but didn't bother to tell him that it would rob him of his sanity and mind. This mutated Guirail into an insane beast called Mad Guirail (マッドギレール Maddo Girēru?) who was so powerful that the Super Galaxy Mega was no match for it, having survived its new Big Bang Attack, and upon full power, only caused him to break off a piece of his body that formed into Gigire. The MegaRangers were able to escape to the INET moonbase on the Delta Mega where Yuusaku gave them the Voyager Machines. In the end, Gigire, and later Mad Guirail, were the first two to be killed by the Mega Voyager.
- King Kunekune (キングクネクネ Kingu Kunekune?) (14): Giant monster formed by an army of Kunekune piling together, with Boss Kunekune as its heart. Could close wounds by more Kunekune simply swarming over the gaps. Was disassembled by Galaxy Mega with the Booster Rifle.
- Boss Kunekune (ボスクネクネ Bosu Kunekune?) (14): Leader of the Kunekune armies. Killed by Galaxy Mega with the Booster Rifle.
- Soldiers Kunekune (兵士クネクネ Heishi Kunekune?, Soldiers Wriggling): The Nejire grunts. Have twisted faces and wield twisted blades. Briefly invaded earth and took the form of various humans. They were revealed to be led by their own Boss Kunekune who later combined with all the other Kunekune to become a giant monster, King Kunekune. When Boss Kunekune was destroyed by the Galaxy Mega with the Booster Rifle, the King Kunekune disassembled and was destroyed as well. The Kunekunes survived, but have not been seen since the finale after the Gran Nejiros exploded.
- Evil Electric Squadron Nejiranger (邪電戦隊ネジレンジャー Jaden Sentai Nejirenjā?) (38-43, 48): The NejiRangers were created by Dr. Hinelar from Javious' DNA to counter to the MegaRangers. Unfortunately, the NejiRangers were impatient and wanted nothing more than to kill their Megaranger counterparts. In this way, the NejiRangers were used by Hinelar not only to kill the MegaRangers in suicide attacks, but also to kill Javious by slowly draining him of his "life energy". When badly damaged or enlarged, they transformed from into their monsterous true forms. However, the NejiRangers' urge to kill managed to keep them from passing on, as they used Hinelar's data-card machine to regain physical form and not only resume their goal, but to try to kill Hinelar for using them in the first place. But the MegaRangers managed to digitize them, preserving them as DataCards in the now destroyed Hinelar City. Hinelar found the cards soon after the city was destroyed, and sent them to where no one would ever find them.
- NejiRed (ネジレッド Nejireddo?) / NejiPhantom (ネジファントム Nejifantomu?) (38-43, 48): Leader, armed with NejiSaber. True form is a fire-like monster. Once turned on Dr. Hinelar when he discovered that the NejiRangers were mere pawns in Hinelar's plans, but had his free will removed. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, later turned into a DataCard.
- NejiBlack (ネジブラック Nejiburakku?) / NejiVulgar (ネジヴァルガー Nejivarugā?) (38-43, 48): Armed with NejiRod. True form is a rock-like monster. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, later turned into a DataCard.
- NejiBlue (ネジブルー Nejiburū?) / NejiBizzare (ネジビザール Nejibizāru?) (38-41, 48): Armed with NejiTomahawk. The most sadistic of the five. His true form is a crystalline monster. Killed by Winger Mega Voyager, later turned into a DataCard.
- NejiYellow (ネジイエロー Nejiierō?) / NejiSofia (ネジソフィア Nejisofia?) (38-43, 48): Armed with NejiSling. The cunning member, rival of NejiPink. Her true form is a lizard/hornet monster. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, later turned into a DataCard.
- NejiPink (ネジピンク Nejipinku?) / NejiJealous (ネジジェラス Nejijerasu?) (38-40, 48): The brutal member, armed with NejiArrow. Her true form is a plant-like beast. Killed by Mega Voyager, later turned into a DataCard.
[edit] Nejire Arsenal
- Dark Crisis (ダーククライシス Dāku Kuraishisu?) (31-50): Yugande's long sword, which has three buttons on its handle to activate different attacks: Dark Blade, Dark Fire, and Dark Lightning.
- NejiSaber (ネジセイバー Nejiseibā?) (38-43, 48): NejiRed's sword.
- NejiRod (ネジロッド Nejiroddo?) (38-43, 48): NejiBlack's staff.
- NejiTomahawk (ネジトマホーク Nejitomahōku?) (38-41, 48): NejiBlue's axe.
- NejiSling (ネジスリング Nejisuringu?) (38-43, 48): NejiYellow's sling weapon.
- NejiArrow (ネジアロー Nejiarō?) (38-40, 48): NejiPink's bow.
[edit] Nejire Beasts
Monsters created by Dr. Hinelar when a Nejire Egg is exposed to great amounts of energy as it twists and twirls while Shibolena chants a spell, giving birth to a Nejire Beast (ネジレ獣 Nejirejū?, Twist Beast). There is always some part on the body of the Nejire Beast that is twisted.
- Stingray Nejire ( Ei Nejire?) (2): The first Nejire to be sent down to earth. The Stingray Nejire could fly through space as well as fire laser blasts from his eyes. Wounded by MegaRed with the Drill Sniper, Stingyray was killed when Galaxy Mega destroyed the NejiCrusher.
- Rhino Nejire ( Sai Nejire?) (3, 21): This Nejire could create earthquakes when he walked as well as drill through large buildings with the drill on his face. Rhino Nejire could also deflect blasts from the drill when it was spinning fast. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Mega Flying Cutter.
- Chameleon Nejire ( Kamereon Nejire?) (4): This Nejire could send humans into his own personal dimension where he gained extra power and abilities. In this dimension, he could electrocute the Megarangers with his tongue and teleport short distances. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Mega Dash Cutter.
- Shrimp Nejire ( Ebi Nejire?) (5, 21): This Nejire could launch his pinchers like a boomerang and was immune to the Galaxy Mega's sword because his shell was made from the same metal. When the Megarangers realized his armor was made from the same metal as their sword, they picked him up and threw him into a volcano to destroy him.
- Elephant Nejire ( Zou Nejire?) (6): This Nejire could headbutt buildings and knock them over. His mission was to knock over a building containing a powerful unstable fuel that would destroy the city. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Mega Flying Cutter.
- Bee Nejire ( Hachi Nejire?) (7, 21): This Nejire Beast could fly through space as well as launch a barrage of Space Bees from his "hive blade" on his hand. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Booster Rifle.
- Bat Nejire ( Koumori Nejire?) (9-10): This Nejire could manipulate sound and signals. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Mega Cross Cutter, later upgraded into Neo Bat Nejire ( Neo Koumori Nejire?), and could alter and manipulate sound at great distances and with greater strength.
- Rose Nejire ( Bara Nejire?) (11): This Nejire was partially created from Shibolena, linking them in battle and in pain. Rose Nejire could whip the Megarangers with her vines and blast them as well with her shoulder flowers. Rose Nejire could recover from any wound as long as Shibolena was all right, but after MegaYellow defeated Shibolena, Rose was weakened and could be defeated. Killed by Galaxy Mega.
- Mole Nejire ( Mogura Nejire?) (12): This Nejire could travel underground and attack from above. Killed by Galaxy Mega.
- Owl Nejire ( Fukurou Nejire?) (15): This Nejire could hypnotize people and blind/blast them with harsh rays from his large eyes. The Megarangers put a reflector on their Galaxy Mega's Mega Shield to give him a taste of his own medicine and the Megarangers eventually killed him with Galaxy Mega's Galaxy Lance attack.
- Poison Moth Nejire ( Dokuga Nejire?) (16, 21): This Nejire could flap his wings and release poisonous spores that could kill humans within 24 hours. Killed by Galaxy Mega while up in space.
- Toad Nejire ( Gama Nejire?) (17, 21): This Nejire could evolve or devolve a person's development with his two pistols as well as blast lasers from his eyes. He accidentally caused a bunch of Kunekune to act like babies, and turned Miku into "Super Miku" (the boxes on her suit turned gold), who fought him off by herself and got an IQ of 800, but later her body rejected the advancements. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Saber Electromagnetic Snake.
- Mushroom Nejire ( Kinoko Nejire?) (18): This Nejire could breath fire, throw his shroom hat like a spinning blade and release spores from his body. Killed by Galaxy Mega.
- Scorpion Nejire ( Sasori Nejire?) (19): This Nejire could sting humans and transform them into duplicates of itself. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Mega Dash Cutter.
- Crocodile Nejire 1 & 2 ( Wani Nejire 1 & 2?) (20): This Nejire was modified by Guirail to split into two after it was "destroyed" by Galaxy Mega. One Nejire could clamp down on enemies with his massive jaw, and the other could blast lasers from his toothy "handjaw". His arrival caused the debut of the Delta Mega to even the odds. Killed by the combined power of Galaxy & Delta Mega.
- Centipede Nejire ( Mukade Nejire?) (21): This Nejire could blast destructive lasers from its' hand as well as "resurrect" fallen Nejire Beasts with a psychic laser. First to be killed by Super Galaxy Mega.
- Ant Lion Nejire ( Arijigoku Nejire?) (22): This Nejire could create holes that its victim would fall into and become trapped. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega.
- Anglerfish Nejire ( Ankou Nejire?) (23): This Nejire could turn people into stone with the antennae on his head and was sent to absorb his younger sibling on Earth (who'd been befriend by Kenta) to reach his full potential. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega.
- Buffalo Nejire ( Baffaroo Nejire?) (24): A dummy of the superstrong Nejire was sent by Yugande to record the data on the Megarangers on the gem on its head, which survived the dummy's destruction and was inserted into the real Nejire Beast. Using it, Buffalo Nejire could deflect any attacks the Megarangers tried to inflict on him. His arrival signified the arrival of MegaSilver, whose moves were not analyzed by the dummy so the real Buffalo Nejire had no defense against his attacks. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega.
- Moray Nejire ( Utsubo Nejire?) (25): A Nejire that was being bred by Guirail to poison the humans' water supply. The original creature was red, but a blue-colored clone was later seen. The blue one was killed by Super Galaxy Mega, while the red one was killed by MegaSilver.
- Cicada Nejire ( Semi Nejire?) (26): A renegade Nejire who stole a device to amplify it's power. This Nejire could blast powerful sound waves and was very treacherous.
- Coral Nejire ( Sango Nejire?) (27): A Nejire that could transform people slowly into coral and eventually kill them. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega.
- Termite Nejire ( Shiroari Nejire?) (28): A Nejire who could lay eggs and power them to grow quickly. Killed by the Multi Attack Rifle and Drill Sniper Custom.
- Soldier Termite Nejire (28): A Nejire that was the fusion of the larva hatched from Termite Nejire's eggs. This Nejire was stronger that his mother, and could turn into a swarm of termites that can eat through anything (including the MegaRangers weapons) and avoid attacks. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega with a combination of using the Booster Rifle set on freezing gas and then using Super Galaxy Knuckle.
- Pig Nejire (Buta Nejire) (29) A monster who created a special diet food that actually induced people to eat anything nearby. While a formidable monster, Pig Nejire's weakness was hunger; he would abandon a fight he was winning to look for food if he got hungry. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega.
[edit] Psycho-Nejilar
The Psycho-Nejilars (サイコネジラー Saiko Nejirā?) are more powerful robotic monsters, created by Hinelar using Mad Guirail's remains in the Nejire Beast creation process, that were used following the debut of the Mega Voyager. They differ from the Nejire Beasts due to their heightened pyschotic natures and metallic bodies.
- Lion Nejilar ( Raion Nejirā?) (33, MegaRanger vs. CarRanger): A superstrong Psycho-Nejilar who could blast the Megarangers with his large cannon and could detonate bombs if the MegaRangers attacked him. MegaRed with an upgrade to his Battle Raizer was able to use the energy from his Battle Razier to power up his Drill Sniper Custom into the Super Drill Sniper Custom, allowing him to kill Lion Nejilar fast enough before he could detonate any of his bombs. Killed by Mega Voyager. Was resurrected by Crab Nejilar, killed by the Mega Tector powered Megarangers.
- Porcupine Nejilar ( Yamaarashi Nejirā?) (34, MegaRanger vs. CarRanger): A Psycho-Nejilar who could turn soccer balls into explosive devices and kick them at humans to blow them up. Was resurrected by Crab Nejilar, killed by the Mega Tector powered Megarangers.
- Mantis Nejilar ( Kamakiri Nejirā?) (35, MegaRanger vs. CarRanger): A Psycho-Nejilar that took advantage of MegaSilver's short transformation weakness by affixing a time bomb to him set to go off when he reverted to normal. However, MegaSilver managed to upgrade his powers so he no longer had the time limit and was able to defeat him. Killed by Mega Voyager. Was resurrected by Crab Nejilar, killed by the Mega Tector powered Megarangers.
- Condor Nejilar ( Kondora Nejirā?) (36, MegaRanger vs. CarRanger): A Psycho-Nejilar that could fly really fast and blast enemies with his beak lasers. First to be killed by Wing Mega Voyager. Was resurrected by Crab Nejilar, killed by the Mega Tector powered Megarangers.
- Canary Nejilar ( Kanaria Nejirā?) (37): A Psycho-Nejilar that had an "exchanging beam," allowing him to swap something he had for something someone else had, like his "old man" voice for Chisato's voice and goofy objects for the Megarangers' weapons. Canary Nejilar was sent by an unappreciated Bidebedi and stole Chisato's voice. Killed by Wing Mega Voyager.
- Lizard Nejilar ( Tokage Nejirā?) (39, MegaRanger vs. CarRanger): A Psycho-Nejilar who could photograph the Megarangers through their helmets threatening to blackmail them, although it didn't work. He could also blast lasers from his mouth. Killed by Wing Mega Voyager. Was resurrected by Crab Nejilar, killed by the Mega Tector powered Megarangers.
- Crab Nejilar ( Gani Nejirā?) (MegaRanger vs. CarRanger): Had a high-pressure water cannon concealed in his claw and a strong shell on his back that could deflect his opponent's attacks. Killed by Wing Mega Voyager.
- Thorn-Needle Nejilar ( Togebari Nejirā?) (45): A Psycho-Nejilar whose power grew stronger from the thorns on his hand. When the thorns were destroyed, he lost most of his power and was able to be killed by Mega Voyager.
- Illusionary Nejilar ( Maboroshi Nejirā?) (46): This Psycho-Nejilar could make himself disappear and reappear in various locations. At one point, he confused the Megarangers by going to the southern end of Japan, and then back to Sapporo only to appear behind them afterwards.
- Transport Nejilar ( Tensou Nejirā?) (47): A Psycho-Nejilar who could suck up earthlings in his vacuum-like laser and transport them into Hinelar City. Killed by Mega Voyager.
- Hell Nejilar ( Jigoku Nejirā?) (49): A bat/grim reaper designed Psycho-Nejilar, he forced the Megarangers to expose themselves in their high school. Though he died at the hands of Mega Voyager, he did managed to turn the heroes' schoolmates and friends against them.
[edit] Others
- Neji Crusher (ネジクラッシャー Neji Kurasshā?) (1-2): Sphinx-like spaceship. Could blast lasers from its' tail. Destroyed by Galaxy Mega's Mega Side Cutter.
- Ultimate Lifeform (究極生命体 Kyūkyoku Seimeitai?) (13): Based on the data of an artificial creature, Hinelar created it to absorb and manipulate electricity on earth. Killed by Galaxy Mega's Flash Arrow.
- Gigire (ギギレ Gigire?) (31-32): Created from a part of Mad Guirail's body. He could fly through space and blast a powerful laser from his forehead. Killed by the Voyager Machines.
- Death Nejiro (デスネジロ Desu Nejiro?) (51): Robot form of the Gran Nejiros. He could regenerate his arm after losing it in battle, as well as bind and electrocute his victims with cables. Destroyed along with the Mega Voyager in the finale when Hinelar self-destructed the Death Nejiro from the inside to attempt to blow up the Megarangers and the Mega Voyager.
[edit] Episodes
- Don't Let Them! The Twisted Invaders (ゆるすな! ねじれた侵略者 Yurusu na! Nejireta Shinryakusha?)
- Look! Our Galaxy Mega (見てくれ! 俺たちのギャラクシーメガ Mite Kure! Oretachi no Gyarakushī Mega?)
- For Real!!? A Huge Nejire beast (マジかよ! でっかいネジレ獣 Maji ka yo! Dekkai Nejirejū?)
- Smash!! Shibolena's Trap (砕くぞ! シボレナの罠 Kudaku zo! Shiborena no Wana?)
- Decide!! This is an Underhanded Battle (キメるぜ! これが裏技バトル Kimeru ze! Kore ga Urawaza Batoru?)
- We Did It, eh?! The Roaring Digitank (やったね! 爆走デジタンク Yatta ne! Bakusō Dejitanku?)
- What the? The Annoying Groupie Daughter (ナンなの? おっかけ迷惑娘 Nan na no? Okkake Meiwaku Musume?)
- Will We Lose!? Reverse Teamwork (負けるか! 逆転チームワーク Makeru ka! Gyakuten Chīmuwāku?)
- Reveal!! The CD Goblins Lurk In (あばくぞ! 魔物がひそむCD Abaku zo! Mamono ga Hisomu Shī Dī?)
- Goodbye! The Android of Sadness (さよなら! 哀しみのアンドロイド Sayonara! Kanashimi no Andoroido?)
- Danger! The Temptation of the Red Rose (あぶない! 赤いバラの誘惑 Abunai! Akai Bara no Yūwaku?)
- Worry!! We're Lazy Teachers (こまるぜ! 我らがぐうたら先生 Komaru ze! Warera ga Gūtara Sensei?)
- Heartthrob! Our Teacher is Like the Wind (どきどき! 先生は風のように Dokidoki! Sensei wa Kaze no You ni?)
- Surprise! The Neighbors are Nejiregian (びっくり! おとなりはネジレジア Bikkuri! Otonari wa Nejirejia?)
- See Through It! The Mecha of Genius High (見やぶれ! 天才高校のカラクリ Mi Yabure! Tensai Kōkō no Karakuri?)
- Very Bad! Will We Die? (激ヤバ! オレたち死ぬのか? Gekiyaba! Oretachi Shinu no ka??)
- Way Cool! The Sexy Super Miku (すごすぎ! いけてるスーパーみく Sugosugi! Iketeru Sūpā Miku?)
- Protect!! The Strange Forest Boy (守るぞ! 不思議な森の少年 Mamoru zo! Fushigi na Mori no Shōnen?)
- Thrust! The Persistent Deadly Punch (打ちこめ! 不屈の必殺パンチ Uchikome! Fukutsu no Hissatsu Panchi?)
- Please!! The New Robo, Delta Mega (たのむぜ! 新ロボデルタメガ Tanomu ze! Shin Robo Deruta Mega?)
- Right Now! The Life-Threatening Super Fusion (いまこそ! 命をかけた超合体 Ima Koso! Inochi o Kaketa Chō Gattai?)
- Break Out! The Demonic Labyrinth (ぬけ出せ! 悪魔のラビリンス Nukedese! Akuma no Rabirinsu?)
- Why! My Egg is a Nejire Beast (なんでだ! オレのたまごはネジレ獣 Nande da! Ore no Tamago wa Nejirejū?)
- Running Alone! The New Silver Face (独走! 銀色のニューフェイス Dokusō! Gin'iro no Nyū Feisu?)
- Just in Time! Time Limit: 2.5 Minutes (ギリギリ! タイムリミット2分半 Girigiri! Taimu Rimitto Nifunhan?)
- Really? The End of Nejiregia (ホントか? ネジレジアの最期 Honto ka? Nejirejia no Saigo?)
- Kick them About! The Demonic Coral That Calls Death (けちらせ! 死を呼ぶ魔のサンゴ Kechirase! Shi o Yobu Ma no Sango?)
- It's Over! The Explosive Granny Whirlwind (おてあげ! 爆裂おばあちゃん旋風 Oteage! Bakuretsu Obaachan Senpū?)
- I Want to Lose Weight! Miku's Dubious Diet (やせたい! みくの怪しいダイエット Yasetai! Miku no Ayashii Daietto?)
- Explosion! The Combination of Friendship (サク烈! 友情のコンビネーション Sakuretsu! Yūjō no Konbinēshon?)
- Stop!! Guirail's Reckless Run (止めるぜ! ギレールの暴走 Yameru ze! Girēru no Bōsō?)
- Is It the End!? Desperate Situation, Galaxy Mega (終わりか!? 絶体絶命ギャラクシーメガ Owari ka!? Zettai Zetsumei Gyarakushī Mega?)
- Cheerful! The Lover Who Came From the Moon (ウキウキ! 月から来た恋人 Ukiuki! Tsuki Kara Kita Koibito?)
- I'll Show You!! Big Bro's Miracle Shoot (見せるぜ! 兄貴のミラクルシュート Miseru ze! Aniki no Mirakuru Shūto?)
- Overcome! Mega Silver's Greatest Crisis (のりきれ! メガシルバー最大の危機 Norikire! Mega Shirubā Saidai no Kiki?)
- Flap Your Wings! The Wings of Hope Dancing in the Sky (はばたけ! 宇宙（そら）に舞う希望の翼 Habatake! Sora ni Mau Kibō no Tsubasa?)
- Why? Chisato has an Old Man's Voice (どうして? 千里がオヤジ声 Dōshite? Chisato ga Oyaji Koe?)
- Scary! Nejiregia's Fiendish Squadron (戦慄! ネジレジアの凶悪戦隊 Senritsu! Nejirejia no Kyōaku Sentai?)
- Exposed!! Mega Red's True Identity (バレたぜ! メガレッドの正体 Bareta ze! Mega Reddo no Shōtai?)
- Scary!! Bad Girls (コワいぜ! バッドな女たち Kowai ze! Baddo na Onnatachi?)
- Collapsing! The Blue Terror, Neji Blue (キレてる! 青の恐怖ネジブルー Kirete 'ru! Ao no Kyōfu Neji Burū?)
- Lose Them! The Evil Stalkers (ふりきれ! 邪悪な追跡者 Furikire! Jaaku na Tsuisekisha?)
- We Won't Lose! The Decisive Battle is on Christmas Eve (負けない! 決戦はクリスマスイブ Makenai! Kessen wa Kurisumasu Ibu?)
- Relax! Kenta's New Year's Eve Riot (お気楽! 健太の年越し騒動 O-kiraku! Kenta no Toshikoshi Sōdō?)
- Stubborn! Hinelar's Big Strike Back (しぶとい! ヒネラーの大逆襲 Shibutoi! Hinerā no Dai Gyakushū?)
- Prevent!! Setting Sail to Hell (阻むぞ! 地獄への船出 Habamu zo! Jigoku e no Funade?)
- Plunge! The Dreadful Hinelar City (とびこめ! 恐怖のヒネラーシティ Tobikome! Kyōfu no Hinerā Shiti?)
- Crush!! Hinelar's Dark Designs (つぶすぜ! ヒネラーの黒い野望 Tsubusu ze! Hinerā no Kuroi Yabō?)
- Despair! We're Outcasts!? (絶望! 俺たちは嫌われ者!? Zetsubō! Oretachi wa Kiraware Mono?)
- Sublime! The Red-Hot Super Soldier Yugande (壮絶! 灼熱の超戦士ユガンデ Sōzetsu! Shakunetsu no Chō Senshi Yugande?)
- Seize!! Our Diplomas (つかむぜ! 俺たちの卒業証書 Tsukamu ze! Oretachi no Sotsugyōshōsho?)
[edit] Specials
- Denji Sentai Megaranger Super Video: It Could Be You! Mega Hero
- Denji Sentai Megaranger vs. Carranger
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs. Megaranger
[edit] Names/Puns
[edit] Megaranger
- Taking the first letters of each ranger's family name in order - Date, Endou, Namiki, Jougasaki, and Imamura - spells DENJI. (A similar thing was done in Carranger, and later in Magiranger)
[edit] Nejirejia
- Nejirejia's Name is based on the Japanese "nejireru" which means "to twirl".
- Hinelar's name is based on the Japanese word "hineru" or "to twist".
- Yugande's name is based on "Yugamu" or "warping"
- Shibolena's name basis, "shiboru" means squeezing.
- Guirail's name was based n "Kireru", meaning "to cut"
- The Kunekunes' name is a pun on zig-zag motion, which conists of twists and turns.
[edit] Cast
- Kunihiko Oshiba: Kenta Date/MegaRed
- Atsushi Ebara: Koichirou Endou/MegaBlack
- Masaya Matsukaze: Shun Namiki/MegaBlue
- Emiko Tanaka: Chisato Jogasaki/MegaYellow
- Mayumi Higashiyama: Miku Imamura/MegaPink
- Shigeru Kanai: Yuusaku Hayakawa/MegaSilver
- Ryūzaburō Ōtomo: Javious (Voice)
- Asami Jō: Shibolena, Hizumina
- Tomokazu Seki: Bibidebi (Voice)
- Hirotaka Suzuoki: Yugande (Voice)
- Naoki Oofuji: Guirail, NejiRed/NejiPhantom
- Masako Katsuki: NejiYellow/NejiSophia (Voice)
- Wakana Yamazaki: NejiPink/NejiJealous (Voice)
[edit] Trivia
- The first seven episodes of Megaranger aired Fridays 17:30-17:55 on TV Asahi. Upon the airing of Episode 08, it was switched to Sundays 7:30-8:00am.
- The plot to how the Megarangers get their powers is very similar to the American movie The Last Starfighter.
- One of the INET Techs would eventually become the future Sazer Tawlon of Gransazer.
- Takumi Hashimoto (Boi/Tigerranger in Zyuranger) is a guest star in this series.
- The actor who played Mega Silver, Shigeru Kanai, also played Daisaku Katagiri/G-Stag in Toei's 1995 Metal Heroes series, Juukou B-Fighter.
- First Sentai team to have the color set of Red, Black, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Silver. This would be repeated 9 years later in 2006's GoGo Sentai Boukenger. Also, Mayumi Higashiyama, who played MegaPink/Imamura Miku would play another character in Boukenger as Takaoka Kei, the mother of Takaoka Eiji, otherwise known as BoukenSilver. Emiko Takei, who played MegaYellow/Chisato would ALSO appear in the series as the mother of Natsuki/BoukenYellow. Boukenger would also reuse the particles "Tector" for an armor and "Voyager" for a giant robo.
- Yuusaku/MegaSilver's henshin device, the Keitaizer, was the first henshin device based off of a cell phone. Since then, many recent Sentai series (specifically, Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, Mahou Sentai Magiranger, and GoGo Sentai Boukenger) and at least one Kamen Rider series (Kamen Rider 555) have featured heroes with cell phone-based henshin devices.
- This is the first Sentai series in which the names of one or more mecha (in this case, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger) were kept in the show's Power Rangers counterpart. This was probably due to "Mega Voyager" and "Mega Winger" being prominently displayed in their respective cockpits.
- The actor who voiced Yugande, Hirotaka Suzuoki, passed away on August 6th, 2006, due to lung cancer. Megaranger was his only tokusatsu role, although he voiced many anime shows. As told by The cast of Megaranger, They Saw him as a Nice guy who taught them a lot about the experience on postrecording the show.
- Looking closely, Megaranger borrows or pays homage to Choudenshi Bioman, particularly in the ranger's individual "electronics" abilities and Galaxy Mega's numerous sword attacks (it actually has the second most of any Sentai robo, after Bio Robo).
- Galaxy Mega is unusual among Sentai robos in several ways. It is the only main robot that consists of a component containing the rangers (Mega Shuttle) and a component that does not (Mega Ship). It is also serves as the INET base, thus technically making it a "base robo", and regularly entered combat with the INET staff still aboard - the Japanese wiki gives this as around 100 members. It is also the first robo that was required to transform in space (and the other space-transforming robos are Super Galaxy Mega and Mega Voyager). It is also notable for being the first robo to have only one handheld cannon, whereas most of its predecessors had two if any.
- Megaranger was the last sentai series in which the team would refer to each other by their "Code names" (i.e "Megared, Megablack" , etc..) when in their suits instead of their personal names , though later Gaoranger and Boukenger did both feature team members who referred to their teammates by their respective color.
[edit] External links
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