Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
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is a Japan
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ese tokusatsu
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 television series and the nineteenth installment in the long-running Super Sentai
Super Sentai
The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...

 franchise of superhero
Superhero
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 programs. Its footage
Footage
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 was used in the American series Power Rangers Zeo (the closing credits of Zeo referred to it as "O Rangers").

Plot

Six hundred million years ago, Pangaea
Pangaea
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 created a robot
Robot
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 named Bacchushund, who turned on his creators. The King Ranger defeated Bacchushund and banished him from Earth. In the year 1999, Bacchushund returned to Earth as the ruler of the Baranoia Empire, with the intention of wiping out all human life and bring about machine rule
Machine Rule
The concept of machine rule is a common theme in science fiction stories and film, in which an artificially created lifeform takes over the naturally evolved beings that created them....

. Chief Counsellor Miura revived super energies that had been born of the lost civilization
Civilization
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 of Pangaea. With the assembling of pieces of a stone
Rock (geology)
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 plate uncovered three years previously, the secrets of "Super Power" were revealed. Miura built a pyramid
Pyramid
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 to generate Tetrahedron power in order to allow five UAOH officers to transform into the Ohrangers.

Others

: A crazed robot expert who unintentionally causes trouble while wanting to see what makes Acha tick.

Machine Empire Baranoia

The is a cruel race of machines out to conquer
Invasion
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 Earth. Led by Bacchushund and possessing a vast army
Army
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, Baranoia's Imperial Family was a force to reckon with, having already conquered an entire chain of galaxies before reaching Earth. It is when the Empire arrives on Earth that they finally encounter a power capable of blocking their forces: the Ohrangers
Ohrangers
The United Airforce Overtech Hardware is a fictional organization in the Japanese Super Sentai Series Chōriki Sentai Ohranger that has been founded to battle against the Machine Empire Baranoia.-The Ohrangers:...

.

Episodes


Movie

The movie version of Chōriki Sentai Ohranger, directed by Kobayashi Yoshiaki and written by Shōzō Uehara, premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995 at the Toei Super Hero Fair '95. It was originally shown as a triple feature alongside Mechanical Violator Hakaider
Mechanical Violator Hakaider
, is a Japanese tokusatsu film starring Hakaider, Kikaider's deadly rival and anti hero.-Production:Mechanical Violator Hakaider was released in Japan on April 15, 1995. It was produced by Bandai/Toei and directed by Keita Amemiya...

and the feature film version of Juukou B-Fighter
Juukou B-Fighter
, was a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero Series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire...

.

Crossovers

- A 1996 direct-to-video
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...

 movie which depicts a crossover between Ohranger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
was TOEI Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai television series. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is Ninja Rangers....

. - A 1997 direct-to-video crossover between Gekisō Sentai Carranger and Ohranger.

Cast

: Goro Hoshino: Shohei Yokkaichi: Yuji Mita: Juri Nijyo: Momo Maruo: Captain Miura: Riki
    • : Riki (Voice, 26): Dorin: Paku (Voice): Gunmajin (Voice): Kotarou Henoji
Emperor Bacchushund (Voice): Empress Hysteria (Voice): Prince Buldont (Voice): Princess Multiwa (Voice)
    • : Princess Multiwa's Human Form: Bomber the Great (Voice): Acha (Voice): Kocha (Voice): CameraTrick (Voice, Movie): FaucetChuck (Voice, Movie): Barlo Soldier (Voice, Movie): Barlo Soldier (Voice, Movie): Narrator

Suit actors

: Oh Red (main), Red Blocker (main), Ohranger Robo, Buster Ohranger Robo, Oh Blocker, Empress Hysteria: Oh Red (sub), Red Blocker (sub), Bara Revenger: Oh Green (main), Green Blocker (main): Oh Green (sub), Green Blocker (sub): Oh Blue, Blue Blocker, Emperor Bacchushund, Red Puncher: Oh Yellow (main), Yellow Blocker (main): Oh Yellow (sub), Yellow Blocker (sub): Oh Pink (main), Pink Blocker (main): Oh Pink (sub), Pink Blocker (sub), Acha: King Ranger: Tackle Boy: Ohranger Robo, Emperor Baccushund, Gunmajin, Oh Blocker: Prince Buldont, Kaiser Buldont: Princess Multiwa: Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers: Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers: Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers: Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers

Songs

Opening theme
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Ending theme
    • Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
    • Composition: Yasuo Kosugi
    • Arrangement:
    • Artist: Kentarō Hayami
    • Episodes: 1–47
    • Lyrics/Composition: (as KYOKO)
    • Arrangement:
    • Artist: Kentarō Hayami
    • Episodes: 48

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