With all the Power Rangers nostalgia going on I think it would be nice to talk about and appreciate the original Japanese Power Rangers. As pretty much everyone knows Power Rangers has always been an adaption of the Japanese series Super Sentai where the in-suit, monster, and mech scenes are all dubbed and the human only scenes replaced. But not many outside of Japan have actually watched it.
There are endless Super Sentai series but with the movie hype I am going to focus this initial post on the main series Might Morphin' was adapted from...ZYURANGER.
Ever wonder why only the Pink Ranger had a skirt and a female build in MMPR? The Yellow Ranger was actually a male too.
Instead of Rita Repulsa we have the witch Bandora:
Instead of Zordon we have the sage Barza:
The original of course also had a Green Ranger under the control of Bandora but this time instead of a random teen it was the Red Rangers brother:
Original Zyuranger opening theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ2w_aIfwPg
How the Red Ranger vs. Green Ranger battle played out in Zyuranger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOjBcWEJzLg
Every episode subtitled can be watched for free on Shout Factory's website:
http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/super-sentai-zyuranger
There are endless Super Sentai series but with the movie hype I am going to focus this initial post on the main series Might Morphin' was adapted from...ZYURANGER.
Ever wonder why only the Pink Ranger had a skirt and a female build in MMPR? The Yellow Ranger was actually a male too.
Instead of Rita Repulsa we have the witch Bandora:
Instead of Zordon we have the sage Barza:
The original of course also had a Green Ranger under the control of Bandora but this time instead of a random teen it was the Red Rangers brother:
Original Zyuranger opening theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ2w_aIfwPg
How the Red Ranger vs. Green Ranger battle played out in Zyuranger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOjBcWEJzLg
Every episode subtitled can be watched for free on Shout Factory's website:
http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/super-sentai-zyuranger