Power Rangers Super Series Gallery

Power Rangers Super Series Gallery

Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise, built around a children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes. Produced by Saban Entertainment (and later BVS Entertainment under Disney), the Power Rangers concept originated from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai Series. Rather than making an English dub of the original, the American production team put together a "new" production with English-speaking actors spliced in with the original Japanese footage in varying ratios. Due to the very Japanese nature of many of the Super Sentai Series' stories and design, the American shows vary detail to appeal to a Western audience. However, they typically dub many of the action sequences featuring the characters in costume and the mecha (referred to as "Zords" in the English series).

The series that began the franchise, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, began broadcasting as part of the Fox Kids group of programs that aired on the Fox network. It lasted for three seasons (from 1993 to 1996). The franchise has continued, and as of 2009[update] consists of 17 television seasons, 15 different series, and two theatrical films. The latest[update]series, Power Rangers: RPM, debuted on March 7, 2009. An article in The New Zealand Herald published on 2009-03-07 identified RPM as the last season of the Power Rangers run. Production manager Sally Campbell stated in an interview, "...at this stage we will not be shooting another season".[4]. However, a couple weeks later, Bandai released a statement that "Disney is producing a Season 18 and Bandai America will continue to develop action figures and toys for fans and collectors of all ages."