Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger

is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and Toei's twenty-seventh production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. After Toei filed a trademark for the series on 17 October 2002, it aired from 16 February 2003, to 8 February 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, and episode 10 in its entierty, was used in '' Power Rangers Dino Thunder''.

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 8 November 2022.

Plot

Scientists believe that 65,000,000 years ago, a meteorite's crash on Earth killed off the dinosaurs. In truth, it split Earth into two parallel universes. Dino Earth is an Earth where dinosaurs were still the superior species. Our Earth is referred to as Another Earth by the residents of Dino Earth. Over time, the Saurian and Bakuryū races came into being on Dino Earth. They were at war with the Evoliens, entities that emerged from the meteor. The two Earths are separate until Asuka, one of the Saurians from Dino Earth, arrives on Earth via a trans-dimensional portal. However, he is followed by the Evoliens in their Anomalocaris spaceship and the three Bakuryū under their control. As the Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus, Ptreranodon, and Triceratops attack Tokyo, a call is sent out to three destined ones who possess Dino Guts to gain the power to tame the three beasts. Together with their Bakuryū partners, the three become Abarangers to protect their dimension from the Evoliens. In time, another Abaranger appears, takes the name Abare Killer, and fights the others while the Evoliens carry out their ultimate goal: the resurrection of their god.

Characters

Abarangers

* : A 22-year-old environmental protection investigator from the United States who is the leader of the Abarangers and lives in Nagoya. He is brash, good-natured and warm-hearted. Ryoga becomes his niece Mai's guardian after the deaths of his brother and sister-in-law, and does his best to raise her. He becomes and is partnered with , nicknamed , who forms the core of Abarenoh. In the finale, he tours the United States with Mai. In '' Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends'', Ryoga is kidnapped by Neo-Geilton for his Dino Hope to be given to Voldos. He is rescued by the Kyoryugers, and he and the team collaborate with the other dinosaur Super Sentai teams to defeat their common enemy.
* : A 21-year-old chiropractor from Sapporo who initially became for the money and is partnered to , nicknamed , who forms AbrenOh's right arm. Despite his cool exterior as the result of a falling out with his father trying to prep him as the next head of their family's company, he has a kind heart. Yukito resumed his chiropractic career after the Evoliens were defeat, making appearances in '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger'' where he helped fixed Doggie Kruger's back problem, ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' where he married Emiri while helping the Gokaigers master his team's Great Power, and ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends'', where he infuses his Dino Guts into the Abaranger Zyudenchi developed by Yayoi Woorushade.
* : A 20-year-old tech-whiz from Fukuoka with an interest an interest in anything mechanical who became with her partner being , nicknamed , who normally forms AbrenOh's helmet and chestplate. She leaves the team to work on a racetrack after the Evoliens were defeated.
* : A warrior from Dino Earth who battled the Evoliens as with his partner, (nicknamed ), using the key in conjunction with the brace to transform. But his Dino Harp was damaged while escaping to Another Earth with the Dino Braces, providing them to the primary Abarangers while assuming the identity of . Asuka eventually joins the Abarangers once he restored his device, later manifesting his Dino Guts and learning that his wife Mahoro was brainwashed by the Evoliens with their unborn child becoming Lije. After regaining his family, renaming his daughter in honor of Mikoto, Asuka returns to Dino Earth with the Bakuryū. He makes return appearance in ''Dekaranger vs. Abaranger'' and '' GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai''.
* : A disillusioned doctor who found joy in witnessing the first Evolien attack before the primary Abarangers ruined everything, coming across a prototype of the Dino Brace called the and the egg of , nicknamed . Mikoto uses the Dino Minder to become the white-colored and target the Abrangers. Even after learning that his is a flawed prototype with a self-destruct mechanism, Mikoto saw it as incentive to continue as he revives Topgaler and drafts Stegoslidon while siding with the Evoliens as a leader at Lije's request. Mikoto is eventually revealed to be a host for the other half of Dezumozorlya, who kept the Dino Minder's self destruct in check, joining the Abarangers out of disdain of being manipulated and purging all traces of Dezumozorlya from his body. Near death, he is taken to the atmosphere by Topgaler as the two are killed in the explosion. Mikoto is temporary revived a few times after the series.

Allies

* : Nicknamed , a high school student who attempted to become Abare Yellow despite her body unable to support the transformation. She normally aids the Abarangers by suggesting names and as their unofficial member . After the Evoliens' defeat, Emiri becomes Yukito's assistant chiropractor.
* : An old man who runs curry restaurant , the Abarangers' base of operations. When the Bakuryū first came to Earth, Sugishita heard their call, nearly becoming Abare Blue; however, his body could not support the transformation. Kind and supportive, he advises and assists the team whenever possible. After the fight with the Evoliens, Sugishita's curry business became successful. Although in ''Dekaranger vs. Abaranger'' he becomes wealthy and opens a worldwide chain of Dino House curry restaurants which are frequently referenced in later entries of the Super Sentai series, he loses ownership to Yatsudenwani.
* : Ryoga's five-year-old niece who is one of the few people to see Lije's spirit.
* : A regular customer in Dino House.
* : A powerful crocodile Trinoid with '' Fatsia'' and telephone elements that forced by Abare Killer into serving him while attempting to redeem himself to his creator Mikela. He also stalk Ranru on occasion. He later joins the Dino House as a staff member and, deciding to remain on Another Earth, eventually takes over the restaurant after it became a franchise.

Wicked Lifeforms Evolien

The are the main antagonists who originate from Dino Earth, residing in the fortress with the as its core. Its leadership are the Dark Sect and they utilize amoeba-based as their army, using battleships to turn Dino Earth into a desert wasteland in an event known as the .

* : A parasitic entity the Evoliens revere as a god who was held in the meteorite that crashed to Earth with its being split along with the planet. Each half takes a resident of their respective Earth as a host and transmigrated through their descendants, said to have influenced history in negative ways. Piror to the series, Mikoto held the essence of the inactive Earth-counterpart while the Dezumozorlya of Dino Earth resided in Tree of Life before taking a host in Lije through Mahoro. But once Lije became Lijewel, Dezumozorlya entered a dormant state until coming in contact with Mikoto and seeking to rejoin its other half at the cost of the hosts' lives to assimilate all life. After being purged from Lijewel, Dezumozorlya sought stronger inhuman hosts by merging Mikela and Voffa as a temporary vessel to obtain BakurenOh as a new body and absorb Mikoto. But both attempts failed with the death of the other half and Dezumovorla's demise. This forces Dezumozorlya to merge back into Tree of Life and spread its primal urges throughout the entire Invasion Garden and remake into to invoke a 200 Days of Darkness event on Another Earth. But the Bakuryū manage to destroy their enemy and escape its attempt to take them down it.
* : Dezumozorlya's childlike metatron who was Asuka and Mahoro's unborn child before Dezumozorlya entered the latter's body and took the infant as a host with the power to teleport others to Another Earth with a kiss. But a part of Lije's mind gradually became a separate astral being that supported the Abarangers after Lije force grew herself into an adult form called , eventually struggling against Dezumozorlya before being mutated into . But the Abarangers help both sides of Lije to merge back together to expel Dezumozorlya, causing Lijewel to revert into an infant that was renamed Mikoto in honor of Mikoto Nakadai. But Mikoto still possessed Lije's ability to travel between the two worlds, allowing Asuka to travel back to Another Earth whenever needed.
* : An Evolien commander who was originally , Asuka's beloved who was captured alongside her brother Mizuho and brainwashed by Dezumozorlya into believing Asuka betrayed them. She killed Geilton for failing in the first attack on Another Earth so she can utilize the ammonite-themed . But she loses the armor to Asuka while her mind as Mahoro was restored, aiding the Abarangers in secret against the Evoliens.
* : The first of the Evolien commanders to attack Earth, he was originally Mahoro's older brother . Like Mahoro, believing Asuka had betrayed them and must be punished, discarded his old name. He managed to defeat Asuka in battle and take possession of the Armor of Darkness, being one of the few users to retain his mind. Once on Another Earth, Geilton led the attack with the Bakuryū and an Anomalogaris. But after his defeat, mortally wounded, he had Jeanne kill him so she can use the Armor of Darkness to fulfill their revenge on Asuka.
* and : Second ranked Evolien commanders who were originally an amoebic creature before exposure to Dezumozorlya evolved them to their current state, able to use from the Tree of Life to create . Mikela, his full-name , is an artist who paints human-sized Trinoids, twenty-three numbered monsters that are each is a fusion of an animal, plant, and object. Voffa is a composer who create the gigantic Giganoids, named after classical music pieces, from his compositions. The duo's fanatically loyalty to Dezumozorlya make them compliant to be merged into his temporary host body , only to be destroyed by KillerOh.
* : A Wicked Lifeform created by Mikoto using a Life Berry, modeled after Abare Killer's Abare Mode, with Mikoto speaking through the monster. Killerghost steals five of Abarangers' Bakuryū to forced them to play Mikoto's sick game where they must destroy Killerghost to save their friends, whom Mikoto force under his control. But AbaRed is able to destroy Killerghost as Abare Max. Lijewel later a stronger variant of Killerghost: which was eventually destroyed by Abare Black.
* : An eel Trinoid created with elements of a sauna and a ''ginkgo'' who is an antagonist in ''Dekaranger vs. Abaranger'' with the ability to revive the dead. Being the first Trinoid created, Saunaginnan was sealed away by Mikela in fear of his power before being freed by the Alienizer Kazak in a scheme to resurrect Dezumozorlya. But he ends up revived Abare Killer by accident and is destroyed by the teamwork of Killer AbarenOh and Super Dekaranger Robo.
* : An Abaranger-like Trinoid with additional elements of a gecko and '' Astragalus sinicus'' who is an antagonist in ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare''. Created a contingency should the Evoliens get defeated, sealed away in a pocket dimension until the events of ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger With Donbrothers'', Abarangekko is tasked to gather enough negative energy to turn Another Earth into a desert planet and revives Mikoto while directed to an anti-Abaranger influencer. Though he enlarges after being defeated, he is destroyed by AbaRed as Cho Abare Max.
* The : The Evolien foot soldiers who are humanoid amoebas. At one time, the Evoliens attempted to turn humans into Barmias with Wicked Life cells. Black Barmias are called Gelru, whilst the white Barmias are called Zolru.

Wicked Lifeforms

The created as the result of using a Life Berry from the Tree of Life.

=Trinoids

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The are human-sized Wicked Lifeforms, each is a fusion of an animal, plant, and object. They are designed and painted to life by Mikela via a life berry (it acts a heart). When destroyed, the berry lifts up into the air and they are resurrected as a giant. They didn't speak at all. Of the 23 Trinoids created, only number 12 (Yatsudenwani) survived. Most Trinoids have their number somewhere on their bodies and are listed by order of their number.

Episodes

Films

Theatrical

Deluxe: Abare Summer Is Freezing Cold!

is a 2003 film, which takes place between episodes 21 and 22 and was written by Naruhisa Arakawa and directed by Satoshi Morota.

V-Cinema

*: A 2004 V-Cinema release, which takes place between episodes 40 and 41 and was written by Atsushi Maekawa and directed by Katsuya Watanabe.
*: A 2005 V-Cinema release, which takes place between episodes 31 and 32 of ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' and was written by Naruhisa Arakawa and directed by Taro Sakamoto.
*: A 2007 V-Cinema release, which takes place between episodes 42 and 43 of '' GoGo Sentai Boukenger'' and was written by Akatsuki Yamatoya and directed by Katsuya Watanabe.
*: A 2023 V-Cinema release, which takes place twenty years after the series finale and was written by Naruhisa Arakawa and directed by Hisashi Kimura.

Other Specials

*: A 2003 Kodansha Super Video special.
*: A 2023 Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club-exclusive special that is a prequel to ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare''.

Cast

*Ryoga Hakua:
*Yukito Sanjo:
*Ranru Itsuki:
*Asuka:
*Mikoto Nakadai:
*Emiri Imanaka, 今中 笑里, , Angel (36), Chiropractor (44):
*Ryunosuke Sugishita, , God (36), :
*Mai Hakua:
*Mr. Yokota:
*Lije, Mysterious girl:
*Lijewel:
*Mahoro/Jeanne:
*Mizuho/Geilton:

Voice actors

*Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus:
*Bakuryū Triceratops:
*Bakuryū Pteranodon:
*Bakuryū Brachiosaurus:
*Bakuryū Topgaler:
*Bakuryū Bachycelonagurus:
*Bakuryū Dimenokodon:
*Bakuryū Stegoslidon:
*Bakuryū Parasarokkiru:
*Bakuryū Ankyloveilus:
*Dezumozorlya/Dezumolijewel/Dezumovorla/Dezumogevirus:
*Mikela:
*Voffa:
*Yatsudenwani:

Guests

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*Recording Studio Staff (22):
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Movie and V-Cinema guest cast

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Songs

;Opening theme
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**Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
**Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
**Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
**Artist: Masaaki Endoh

;Ending theme
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**Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
**Composition: Yasuo Kosugi
**Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
**Artist: Akira Kushida

Notes

References

* Text was copied fro
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External links

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* for ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare''
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