Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger

is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television drama, the 47th installment in Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' series and the fourth produced in the Reiwa era. This series is the first in the franchise where all of the main characters have both an insectoid and royalty motif.

The series premiered on March 5, 2023, joining ''Kamen Rider Geats'' and later, ''Kamen Rider Gotchard'' in the Super Hero Time lineup on TV Asahi following the finale of ''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers''. Part of its plot and characters include some tie-ins with ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'', celebrating that series's tenth anniversary.

Plot

Two millennia ago on the planet Chikyu, a group of heroes joined forces to defeat and exile the Underground Empire Bugnarak to the planet's subterranean levels. Afterward, the heroes disbanded, five of them establishing the kingdoms of Shugoddam, Nkosopa, Ishabana, Gokkan, and Toufu, respectively. But a prophecy later spreads that the Bugnarak will return.

In the present, fifteen years after a catastrophe known as the Wrath of God, the current rulers attempt to forge an alliance as the Bugnarak, led by King Desnarak VIII, returns to annihilate humanity. But King Rcules Husty of Shugoddam plots on using the conflict to justify his agenda of unifying the kingdoms under his rule. A Shugoddam youth named Gira is disgusted by Rcules' callousness and steals his Ohger Calibur, the kings' symbol of authority, declaring himself an "evil king" who will destroy Rcules' reign. Branded a traitor despite being later revealed to be Rcules' missing younger brother, Gira forms an alliance the other rulers: President Yanma Gast of Nkosopa, Queen Hymeno Ran of Ishabana, Chief Justice Rita Kaniska of Gokkan, and Overlord Kaguragi Dybowski of Toufu to save their world from the Bugnarak and depose Rcules. They are eventually joined in their quest by the historian Jeramie Brasieri, revealed as the half-Bugnarak son of a forgotten sixth hero whose existence was erased from history for falling in love with a Bugnarak female, who fabricated the prophecy in a scheme to unite the two races. The six soon form a new alliance known as the "Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger". After Gira exposes the deposed Rcules and succeeds as Shugoddam’s king, he convinces Desnarak to reconcile with humanity once Jeramie learned his prophecy caused the current Bugnarak attack. But Desnarak is fatally wounded by his right hand Kamejim, revealed to be the true mastermind of the Human/Bugnarak conflict, with Jeramie establishing an official sixth kingdom of Chikyu for the Bugnarak to live in peace.

Two years later, the King-Ohgers face a new threat to their world when Kamejim's master, the Galactinsect King Dagded Dujardin arrives to force Chikyu to resume their war or be destroyed. But when Gira learns that Dagded convinced his ancestors to wage war against the Bugnarak with his minions responsible for the Wrath of God incident, his strong leadership allows the peoples of Chikyu to strengthen their fighting spirits and overcome Dagded's attempt to renew the Human/Bugnarak conflict. Dagded responds by sending the rulers to Earth, learning their ancestors migrated from there while helping the Kyoryugers defeat the revived Deboth Army. However, in the rulers' absence, the Galactinsect has taken over Chikyu, with Dagded installing his subordinates as puppet rulers in each country to carry out his will, one of them being a revived Rcules.

Production

According to Takahito Ōmori, the production of King-Ohger started one and a half years in advance, unlike the usual one-year preparation of previous Sentai series.

The ''Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger'' trademark was registered by Toei on September 21, 2022, and published on September 30, 2022.

''King-Ohger'' was officially announced on December 21, 2022. An online production announcement conference introducing the main cast and characters and the artist for the show's theme song was held on February 14, 2023. The series implements extensive on-set virtual production and LED walls produced in collaboration with Sony PCL Inc. This production practice was influenced by works like Disney's ''The Mandalorian'' and would be the first work in Japan that uses virtual production.

In fall 2023, Toei announced the series would feature a small crossover with ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' to commemorate the earlier series' tenth anniversary.

Episodes

Films

''Adventure Heaven''

is a film released in Japanese theaters on July 28, 2023, double-billed with ''Kamen Rider Geats the Movie: The 4 Aces and the Black Fox''. The events of the film take place between episodes 23 and 24 of the television series.

Special episodes

* is a three-episode web-exclusive series released on Toei Tokusatsu YouTube Official YouTube channel on April 23, 2023. The events of the web-exclusive series take place between episodes 2 and 3 of the television series.

Manga

is a manga released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club, BookLive, BookLive Fun, and Piccoma on November 11, 2023. The manga tells the first five episodes of the television series from Rita Kaniska's point of view.

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Reception

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger has been ranked third on the list of 100 Internet Buzzwords of 2023 in Japan.【ネット流行語100】大賞は『【推しの子】』に決定。ニコニコ賞は“君は完璧で究極のゲッター”、ネット新語賞は“薩摩ホグワーツ”
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Notes

See also

* Hirogaru Sky! Precure
* Kamen Rider Geats
* Kamen Rider Gotchard
* Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

References

External links

* at TV Asahi
* at Toei Company
* for ''Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger the Movie''

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Japanese fantasy television series
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