Kousoku Sentai Turboranger


Kousoku Sentai Turboranger is the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. The first Super Sentai title of the Heisei period, it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989 to February 23, 1990 with a total of 51 episodes. Its international title in English was listed by Toei is Turbo Rangers. Turboranger was also the first Super Sentai series to air on Friday instead of Saturday.
During its initial run, Turboranger was the 11th Super Sentai and billed as the 10th anniversary title of the Super Sentai series. However, in 1995, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai officially became the first two Super Sentai series; thus making Turboranger the 13th in the franchise.

Plot

Twenty thousand years ago, the Fairy race assisted humans in a battle against the Bouma Tribe and sealed them away. Due to modern day pollution and man's destruction of nature, the power of Fairy magic has weakened, allowing the seal to be broken and the Tribes escape. With the help of Dr. Dazai, Seelon, the last of the fairies, summoned five high school seniors. As children, they were showered with the "flames of spirit" of the fallen fairies in a forest, and can now hear Seelon's voice. Donning powered suits, the product of a collaboration between Seelon's magic and Dr. Dazai's science, the five become the Turborangers, juggling days of fighting with their regular school lives, in order to defeat the Bouma Tribe.

Characters

Turborangers

The five rangers are all high school students.
The Bouma Tribe are worshipers of violence and magic who lost to human-Fairy coalition 20,000 years ago and sealed away. However, due to pollution that weakened the Fairy magic that sealed them, the Bouma are free to take their revenge on humanity from Bouma Castle as their operations base. In the finale, Bouma Castle is destroyed by the Super Turbo Builder.
The Wandering Bouma are Yōkai, the offspring of humans and demons.
Meteor Gun, Yami Knife, Yamkiono, Dark Bow, Meteor Sword, Yamikonbo, Yamiyari, Yamishuriken, Yamikumo
five-pointed ringknife, Moonlight Sword

Episodes

Before the very first story arc premiered in the second episode the following week; the first episode acted as a television special was aired to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Super Sentai since Battle Fever J at that time. On October 6, 1989 the show began to be broadcast later on Fridays instead of Saturdays. A movie was released at the Toei Manga Festival on March 18, 1989 which was the same day episode 4 aired.
No.TitleDirectorWriterOriginal air date

1The first episode of Turboranger was originally scheduled to premiere on February 25, 1989. However, due to the death of Hirohito on January 7, the finale of Liveman was postponed to February 18, thus moving the premiere of Turboranger to March 3.

Cast

;Opening theme
;Ending theme