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Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger
is Toei's twenty-seventh production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, and the first series to use TV Asahi's current logo. It aired from February 16, 2003 to February 8, 2004, replacing '' Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger'' and was replaced by '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger''. The program was part of TV Asahi's 2003 Super Hero Time block with ''Kamen Rider 555''. The series is based on dinosaurs and explosions. Its action footage was used in ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder''. In addition, episode 10 in nearly its entirety was used for episode 19 of ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' as an English-dubbed show that the initial three Dino Thunder Power Rangers discover on television. The cast members from the series reprised their roles for the 2014 film, '' Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends''. Shout! Factory released the series on Region 1 DVD on November 8, 2022. Plot Scientists believe that 65,000,000 years ago, a meteorite's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, war, fantasy, or horror media featuring such technology but is sometimes dubbed a genre itself. The most popular subgenres of include '' kaiju'' such as the ''Godzilla'' and ''Gamera'' series; superhero such as the '' Kamen Rider'' and '' Metal Hero'' series; and mecha like '' Giant Robo'' and '' Super Robot Red Baron''. Some television programs combine several of these subgenres, for example the '' Ultraman'' and '' Super Sentai'' series. is one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, but only a small proportion of films and television programs are widely known outside of Japan. Nevertheless, certain properties have attained popularity outside of Japan; ''Godzilla'' is featured in popular American-made movies, and the ''Super Sentai Series'' was adapted into the ''Power Rangers'' seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentarō Haneda
was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken. Biography Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he taught as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He was best known as the composer of ''Wizardry''—which was ported to NES and SNES console by Ascii at early 1990—, ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' series, ''Barefoot Gen'', ''Ys Symphony'', ''Symphony Sorcerian'' and '' Genso Suikoden Ongaku-shu''. He died of liver cancer on June 2, 2007, at the age of 58. Selected works Anime soundtracks *''The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi'' (1977) *''Treasure Island'' (1978) *''Space Warrior Baldios'' (1980) *'' Natsu e no Tobira'' (1981) *'' Manga Mito Kōmon'' (1981) *''Thunderbirds 2086'' (Scientific Rescue Team Technovoyager) (1982) *'' Space Cobra'' (1982) *''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' (1982) *''Super Dimension Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Shout! Studios, Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. History Retropolis Entertainment was founded in April 2002 by Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos, three principals from Rhino Records, as the company was negotiating with the five majors for distribution. After selling Rhino to Warner Bros., the three set out to launch a new retro pop culture label. The company's first product was ''Red, White & Rock'', a joint release with PBS station WQED-TV that was produced with Warner Strategic Marketing. In August 2002, Retropolis acquired Biograph Records. Other early releases included blues and jazz CDs from the Biograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Thunder Power Rangers
''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' is the twelfth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers''. This incarnation of ''Power Rangers'' was adapted from ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger'', the 27th entry of Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' franchise. ''Dino Thunder'' was also the subtitle of the Korean dub of ''Abaranger'' in South Korea and had a similar/identical logo to the American version as well. The series is notable as it features the return of Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver and a dinosaur theme for the powers, abilities and assets of most of the series' protagonists and antagonists. It was the first series to be aired on ABC Family part of ABC. Plot A soccer player, a computer expert, a singer and then eventually both an artist and a teacher with a long history of such situations become Power Rangers to help save Earth fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Rangers Dino Thunder
''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' is the twelfth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers''. This incarnation of ''Power Rangers'' was adapted from '' Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger'', the 27th entry of Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' franchise. ''Dino Thunder'' was also the subtitle of the Korean dub of ''Abaranger'' in South Korea and had a similar/identical logo to the American version as well. The series is notable as it features the return of Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver and a dinosaur theme for the powers, abilities and assets of most of the series' protagonists and antagonists. It was the first series to be aired on ABC Family part of ABC. Plot A soccer player, a computer expert, a singer and then eventually both an artist and a teacher with a long history of such situations become Power Rangers to help save Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishinomori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, 2004. This series was the first to use TV Asahi's current logo. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2003 Super Hero Time block, alongside '' Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger''. Story The Smart Brain corporation, the world's most powerful corporation, is trying to take over the world using Orphnoch, the "next stage in humanity's evolution", to covertly kill off the human population. In pursuit of this, they develop three suits of power armor, called Rider Gears (each for Delta, Faiz, and Kaixa), to find and protect the Orphnoch King, who can fix a defect within Orphnoch DNA which causes their genetic structure to break down, leading to death. The Rider Gears are stolen by Hanagata, the Goat Orphnoch and former chief of Smart Brain. He sends them to his fos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Hero Time
is a programming block on the Japanese television network TV Asahi featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the public imagination for some time, not least of all because the driving creative force behind both was manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and both were produced by the same production company, Toei Company; however, they did not air together until 2000 with '' Kamen Rider Kuuga'' and ''Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive'' (which was quickly replaced by '' Mirai Sentai Timeranger'' 2 weeks later), though at the time they were not acknowledged together. Super Hero Time airs every Sunday morning, from 9:00 to 10:00 JST. The block is shown all over Japan via the All-Nippon News Network. Though, in other prefectures, one or both shows can be seen on other stations which are not affiliated with ANN. History Starting in the late 1960s, the hour was origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metaseries
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as “something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time.” Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its mediums and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The shows are of the ''tokusatsu'' genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. ''Super Sentai'' airs alongside the '' Kamen Rider'' series in the '' Super Hero Time'' programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the ''Super Sentai'' series is best known as the source material for the ''Power Rangers'' series. Series overview In every ''Super Sentai'' series, the protagonists are a team of people who – using wrist-worn or hand-held devices – transform into superheroes and gain superpowers – color-coded uniforms, signature weapons, sidearms, and fighting skills – to battle a group of otherworldly supervillains that threaten to take over the Earth. In a typical episode, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
is the twenty-eighth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries produced by Toei. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2004 Super Hero Time block with '' Kamen Rider Blade''. The action footage from the show was used for the American series, ''Power Rangers S.P.D.''. Shout! Factory will release the series on Region 1 DVD in the United States on February 14, 2023. Story The story begins when Banban Akaza arrives on Earth to the city of Megalopolis. He is transferred to the S.P.D. (Special Police Dekaranger) Earth branch by his commander. By that time, Agent Abrella, an Alienizer arms dealer, turns his destructive attention to Earth, helping the criminals there. It's up to the Dekarangers to stop them and bring them to justice. The S.P.D. of Earth are stationed in the Deka Base under the command of Doggie Kruger. Episodes Production The trademark for the series was filed by Toei Company on October 10, 2003. Film ''Full Blast Action'' opened in Japanese theaters on Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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