Denji Sentai Megaranger

Denji Sentai Megaranger (電磁戦隊メガレンジャー, Denji Sentai Megarenjā; Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger) is Toei's twenty-first production of the Super Sentai metaseries, and the second Sentai, after Kousoku Sentai Turboranger in which all heroes are high school students. The footage was also used in the American series Power Rangers in Space. It aired from February 14, 1997, to February 15, 1998, replacing Gekisou Sentai Carranger, and was replaced by Seijuu Sentai Gingaman. Toei gave it the name Mega Rangers for international distribution.

Denji Sentai Megaranger
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Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction
Created by	Toei Company
Developed by	Junki Takegami
Directed by	Takao Nagaishi
Starring	Hayato Oshiba Atsushi Ehara Masaya Matsukaze Eri Tanaka Mami Higashiyama Shigeru Kanai Satoru Saito Tetsuo Morishita Asami Jō
Opening theme	"Denji Sentai Megaranger" by Naoto Fūga
Ending theme	"Ki no Sei ka na" by Naoto Fūga "Bomb Dancing Megaranger" by Hiroko Asakawa
Composer	Keiichi Oku
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	51 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Kenji Ōta Shigenori Takadera Naomi Takabe Kōichi Yada
Production location	Tokyo, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area)
Running time	approx. 25 minutes
Production companies	TV Asahi Toei Company Toei Agency
Original release
Network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Release	February 14, 1997 (1997-02-14) – February 15, 1998 (1998-02-15)
Related
Gekisou Sentai Carranger Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Shout! Factory released "Denji Sentai Megaranger: The Complete Series" on DVD on October 31, 2017. This is the 6th Super Sentai series to be released in North America on Region 1 DVD.^[1] In January 2018, Shout! streamed the series on their website.^[2]

Plot

Kenta Date, a senior high school student, is the ultimate champion of an arcade video game called Megaranger. He belongs to the Cybernetics club, a group of like minded friends from his school. Koichiro Endo, Shun Namiki, Chisato Jogaseki, and Miku Imamura are also members of Cybernetics. The International Network of Excel-Science and Technology (INET), the games creators, invite Kenta and the Cybernetics club members to tour the INET laboratories. Following a short tour of the INET HQ buildings, the company is attacked by the Neijirejia, an evil force led by Dr. Hinelar on a mission to conquer the current reality. Dr. Kubota, INET's chief scientist, reveals that Megaranger was more than only a simple video game but actually a combat simulator to identify potential recruits for a super fighting team to combat the Neijirejia. While the INET headquarters (HQ) is destroyed by the Neijirejia warrior Yugande, Dr. Kubota gives Kenta and his friends devices known as 'Degitaizers'. By entering the key-code "3-3-5" and shouting "Install, Megaranger!", the five students transform into the Megarangers to fight the Nejirejia.

Characters

INET

The International Network of Excel-Science and Technology (世界科学者連邦, Sekai Kagakusha Renpō; INET) is the company responsible for the Megaranger video game used to identify five people to become the Megarangers.

Megarangers

The Megarangers (sans Yuusaku Hayakawa) transformed. From left to right: Kouichirou Endo, Chisato Jougasaki, Kenta Date, Miku Imamura, and Shun Namiki.

Five high school students chosen by INET become the titular Denji Sentai Megaranger, with one additional member who is an INET agent. Their base of operations is the Digital Research Club at Moroboshi High School.

Kenta Date

Kenta Date/Mega Red (伊達 健太/メガレッド, Date Kenta/Mega Reddo): 18 years old, Kenta is a slacker and knucklehead who likes yakiniku (to a point where he will ask Dr. Kubota to treat him to a yakiniku lunch for every mission accomplished), but is also friendly, playful, and has a good heart. He becomes an ideal candidate to become a Megaranger after beating a skilled opponent on INET's Megaranger arcade game, which was actually a tool used to recruit Megarangers.

Mega Red's forehead symbol is a Personal computer; ironically, Kenta is the only member who does not like computers. This symbol allows him to upload data and program skills into his mind, making him an adaptable warrior.

Kouichirou Endo

Kouichirou Endo/Mega Black (遠藤 耕一郎/メガブラック, Endō Kōichirō/Mega Burakku): 18 years old, Kouichirou is the functioning leader and overachiever of the team. Aside from being a keen soccer player, he is a member of the class committee and is concerned about his schoolwork. He balances his duties as a Megaranger and a student. He has a younger brother, Koujiro, who also plays soccer. A natural leader but extremely bossy, he once created an hour by hour schedule for all the Megarangers to follow but they ignored it. During his stay at the Epinard Nasu hotel in Tochigi, Kouichirou encounters a mysterious boy who is a spiritual representation of the forest that is not only in danger of Kinoko Nejire's attack on it but INET's Relay Base. He eventually gains the forest spirit's trust as he uses up all his power to help the Megarangers as Kouichirou promises to have INET relocate the relay base.

Mega Black's forehead symbol is a digital satellite, which enables him to trace communication sources and transmissions.

• Special attacks: Satellite Search, Satellite Scan, Miracle Shoot (ミラクルシュート, Mirakuru Shūto) (soccer ball kicking attack).

Shun Namiki

Shun Namiki/Mega Blue (並樹 瞬/メガブルー, Namiki Shun/Mega Burū): 18 years old, Shun is a loner who aspires to become a computer-graphics artist and initially refuses to become a Megaranger. After seeing Kenta attempt to keep the Kune Kune from interfering in his lifelong dreams, Shun reconsiders and becomes good friends with Kenta. He plays the flute, as his late mother was a world-renowned flautist. Shun is adept at creating battle strategies, such as confusing the Nejirangers by making the other Megaranger suits look like his. Shun is a Virgo, according to Miku.

Mega Blue's forehead symbol is a Digital TV, which allows him to create CG images and trap enemies in a movie dimension where characters from that dimension attack the enemy.

• Special attacks: Virtual Vision, Virtual Holograph.

Chisato Jougasaki

Chisato Jougasaki/Mega Yellow (城ヶ崎 千里/メガイエロー): 18 years old, Chisato dreams of becoming a professional photographer. Aside from photography, she is also into singing. She is attracted to Kouichirou. Compared to the rest of her teammates, she gets the least amount of focus (sans from the episode previews).

Mega Yellow's forehead symbol is a Digital camera, which can telescopically search for people and things – even allowing her to see through walls. This symbol also allows her to record and playback anything she sees.

• Special attacks: Digicam Search, Galaxy Search, Blade Arm (ブレードアーム, Burēdo Āmu).

Miku Imamura

Miku Imamura/Mega Pink (今村 みく/メガピンク, Imamura Miku/Mega Pinku): 18 years old, Miku eats a lot, but is very self-conscious about her weight. She dislikes schoolwork just as much as Kenta, and because of this, the two of them are very good friends. She is attracted to Shun. During the Megarangers' encounter with Bibidevi on episode 17, Miku is accidentally hit by an evolution beam and becomes "Super Mega Pink" (超メガピンク, Chō Mega Pinku; 17), which makes the colored squares on her costume turn gold. As Super Mega Pink, Miku gains super strength and can wield the other Megarangers' weapons. Additionally, her intelligence increases to an IQ of 800, along with a change in her personality. However, after suffering painful side effects, Miku manages to return to her normal self. In Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai, she lectures Sae Taiga (Gao White) on the Super Sentai franchise's many female warriors and their shared skill at changing their clothes in the blink of an eye, something that Sae had never done before.

Mega Pink's forehead symbol is a Cell phone, which can track and analyze sound waves.

• Special attacks: Telephone Search.

Yuusaku Hayakawa

Yuusaku Hayakawa/Mega Silver (早川 裕作/メガシルバー, Hayakawa Yūsaku/Mega Shirubā; 24–29, 32, 33, 35–38, 40–43, 46, 48–51 & Megaranger vs. Carranger): The 25-year-old chief of INET's Special Development Division, Yuusaku is one of the scientists under Kubota who created the Mega Suits, including Mega Silver which was the prototype Mega Suit. Though he is placed in charge of the Super Mega Project, Yuusaku secretly took the Mega Silver powers for his own use in helping the Megarangers despite Kubota's insistence that he gets back to work. Initially, Yuusaku's transformation into Mega Silver lasts for 2.5 minutes due to how powerful it was, but he was able to repair it by the time Nejirejia discovers this. When the primary Megarangers alter their costumes to look like Shun's to trick the Nejirangers, Yuusaku confuses them even further by disguising himself as Neji Silver (ネジシルバー, Neji Shirubā; 41), wielding a twisted version of his Silver Blazer. Yuusaku also pilots his own mecha, Mega Winger. He has also demonstrated his culinary skills by preparing a lavish meal to distract a Nezire Beast before Mega Pink defeats it. In the final battle, he is able to assist the Megarangers by using his damaged Mega Winger to free the Voyager Machines from the rubble of the INET Moonbase to give the Megarangers a chance of defeating Death Nejiro and attend their high school graduation ceremony.

Mega Silver's forehead symbol is a microchip.

Allies

INET members

The following are known members of INET:

Prof. Eikichi Kubota

Prof. Eikichi Kubota (久保田 衛吉博士, Kubota Eikichi-hakase): He is in charge of the Megaranger program – specifically the Megaranger video game. During a surprise attack on the NASADA base by the Nezirejia, he is forced to give the Degitaizers to five students – turning them into Megarangers. He was once friends with Dr. Samejima, who had left this dimension for Nezirejia – becoming Dr. Hinelar. Dr. Kubota is a former high school boxer and he plays the trumpet.

Eikichi Kubota is portrayed by Satoru Saitō.

Shougo Kawasaki

Shougo Kawasaki (川崎 省吾 Kawasaki Shōgo): A young man who is the head engineer of the Mega Ship's maintenance department. His father, Professor Kawasaki, is a world authority on robot control programs (helped create the program for Delta Mega) and wants Shougo to attend college, using the program he developed for Delta Mega to get his son back on Earth. However, after Mega Red saves Shougo from Guirail, he is allowed to remain with INET.

Shougo Kawasaki is portrayed by Yuki Tanaka.

Tachibana

Tachibana (立花): A member of INET and a crew member aboard the Galaxy Mega.

Tachibana is portrayed by Takao Miyashita (宮下 敬夫 Miyashita Takao).

Pop

Pop (ポップ Poppu) is a technician associated with I.N.E.T. who assists the Megarangers.

Pop is portrayed by Samuel Pop Aning.

Moroboshi High School

Moroboshi High School (諸星学園, Moroboshi Gakuen): The high school attended by the five Megarangers until the series finale. Each of the team's classmates and teachers ended up being involved in a Nejirejian scheme and they become enraged when they learned the identities of the Megarangers to which almost everyone turns against them. It was only in the final battle with Dr. Hinelar that the school realized the error of their stand and started to support the Megarangers.

Gen Ooiwa

Gen Ooiwa (大岩 厳 Ōiwa Gen): The class' lazy Homeroom/Science teacher. Despite his laziness, he manages to find ways to motivate his students – especially the well-disciplined Kouichirou. In episode 12, while the Megarangers battle Mole Nezire Mr. Ooiwa stumbles upon a meteorite fragment and keeps it in his possession, making him a target of the Nejirejia. When he and Mega Black are captured by Mole Nezire, he tells the overachiever to never give up. As a result, Mr. Ooiwa inspires Mega Black to break free and foil the Nezirejian plans. During the finale, despite the Megarangers being expelled, he is the only staff member not to turn his back on the Megaranger and together with Jirou and Erina start the pep rally to cheer the Megarangers on.

Gen Ooiwa is portrayed by Yoshihiro Nozoe.

Shintarou Wada

Shintarou Wada (和田 シンタロウ Wada Shintarō, 6, 45 & 49–51): An overweight shy boy who has a crush on Miku. He threatened to reveal some secret photos of Miku to the school unless she would go on a date with him. Miku agrees as she thought the photos were of her transforming into Mega Pink. The photos are of her sleeping in class and the nurse's office. Shintarou was placed under the control of the Thorn Nejilar to do Dr. Hinelar's bidding until he is freed by the Megarangers. Later after the Megaranger's secret identities are exposed and Jirou is injured during the Nejilars attack, Shintarou blames the Megarangers and turns his back on them. He comes around during the final battle and cheers his friends on. Afterwards, he graduates with his classmates.

Shintarou Wada is portrayed by Takenari Hirowara.

Jirou Iwamoto

Jirou Iwamoto (岩本 ジロウ Iwamoto Jirō, 6, 45, 49 & 51): Shintarou's best friend and spokesperson due to Shintarou's shy personality. He consoles Shintarou when Miku turns him down for a second date. Near the finale, he is injured when the Megarangers' secret identities are exposed. During the final battle, a bandaged Jirou returns to the school and together with Erina and Mr. Ōiwa started the pep rally to cheer the Megarangers on. Afterwards, he graduates with his classmates.

Jirou Iwamoto is portrayed by Takumi Hashimoto.

Erina

Erina (恵理奈, 37 & 49–51): A classmate of the Megarangers. After the Megaranger's secret identities are exposed, she is among the few people in the school who still supports the Megarangers and tried unsuccessfully to convince the school staff not to expel them. It is heavily implied she is attracted to Kenta, having looked up to him for his compassion and leadership qualities; becoming deeply depressed when he was kicked out. Ultimately with Jirou and Mr. Ooiwa she started the pep rally to cheer the Megarangers on, which would be instrumental in restoring the Megaranger's fighting spirit, contributing to their final victory against Dr. Hinelar and the Death Neziros. Afterwards, she graduates with her classmates and poses next to Kenta in the school graduation photo.

Erina is portrayed by Emi Shigemitsu.

Other allies

Takeshi

Takeshi (タケシ): One of the arcade children Kenta befriended. He was used by Guirail in a scheme to break Mega Red's fighting spirit by having the boy receive the end of Mega Red's punch.

Takeshi is portrayed by Yōsuke Asari.

Picot

Space Fairy Picot (宇宙妖精ピコット Uchū Yosei Pikotto): Known as the "Light of Hope", Picot is a dragon-like fairy who assumes a clam-like form while traveling to a planet where he can only grant five wishes. After fulfilling the wishes, Picot leaves the planet and would eventually return to the visited planet 100,004,000 years later. Though originally chased by Helmedor, Picot becomes targeted by the Nejireians as well. While on Earth, Picot granted Miku's giant cake wish, Kyosuke's wish for katsudon, Helmedor's planet destroying laser cannon, and Kani Nejilar's wish to bring dead Psycho Nejilars back to life. After granting Kenta's wish for the Megarangers to have for energy to keep fighting, giving them their Mega Tector armor and aiding the Carrangers, Picot leaves for the next planet.

Space Fairy Picot is voiced by Fushigi Yamada (山田 ふしぎ Yamada Fushigi).

Evil Electric Kingdom Nezirejia

The Evil Electric Kingdom Nezirejia (邪電王国ネジレジア, Jaden Ōkoku Nejirejia)^[a] are invaders from another dimension ruled by an entity called Javious. Their names and appearances are all twisted and distorted. They have stationed in the Death Neziros (デスネジロ, Desu Nejiro) fortress which transforms into the giant robot Grand Neziros (グランネジロス, Guran Nejirosu; 51) in the series finale. This robot can regenerate severed limbs as well as bind and electrocute his victims with cables and was finally destroyed along with the Mega Voyager in the finale. Hinelar self-destructed the Death Neziros from the inside in an attempt to blow up the Megarangers, the people in their high school and the Mega Voyager. The Megarangers nearly sacrifice themselves to carry Death Neziros with the Mega Voyager into the sky to prevent any further damage to their high school.

• Evil Electro-King Javious the First (邪電王ジャビウス1世, Jadenō Jabiusu Issei; 2–43)^[b] is the ruler of Nezirejia. He appears only as a giant eye on the screen of the Death Neziros. Very little is known about him and he is killed when the last of the Nejirangers, whose life forces are connected to his, are destroyed by the Megarangers. Upon his death, Javious was revealed to be the nucleus of Nejirejia which fades away upon his death. Only Javious' heart remained which Hinelar used to power his Hinelar City. Javious' heart was later destroyed along with Hinelar City. Javious the First is voiced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo.
• Dr. Hinelar (Ｄｒ．ヒネラー, Dokutā Hinerā)^[c] is the leader of the Nezirejia invasion party. He was originally a cybernetics scientist named Dr. Samejima (鮫島博士, Samejima-hakase), who studied space exploring suits and lost his beloved daughter in one of his experiments, destroying his reputation and scarring him. He later worked with Kubota on an interdimensional project, being the first to discover the existence of Nezirejia. A year later, Samejima decides to enter the dimension to prove its existence in spite of Kubota's pleas not to be reckless and ends up becoming Javious', right-hand man. Kubota later realized that Dr. Hinelar and Samejima are one and the same when he recognizes that the suits of the Nejirangers are similar to the Power Suits Samejima had developed. Hinelar later plots and successfully kills Javious through the Nejirangers, to become the new high leader of the Nejirejians. After the destruction of Javious, the Nezire Dimension closes making Hinelar build Hinelar City (ヒネラーシティ, Hinerā Shiti) in which he intended to concentrate all mankind as data cards. Soon after the destruction of his city, Hinelar began his personal attack on the Megarangers after learning their identities and making sure that they become outcasts to society. But Yugande's and Shibolena's demises drove Hinelar over the edge and gained a monster form to battle the Megarangers himself. However, the device that kept his body from warping on itself (a side effect from being in Nezirejia) was damaged and he retreated into the Death Neziros and turning it into Grand Neziros. When GrandNeziros exploded during the Mega Voyager's sacrifice, Hinelar dies, still inside while trying to will his body from collapsing onto itself. Dr. Hinelar is portrayed by Tetsuo Morishita.
• Shibolena (シボレナ, Shiborena; 1–50)^[d] is a cybernetic gynoid modeled after Hinelar's long dead daughter, Shizuka. Considers herself the masterpiece of Dr. Hinelar's work. She was second-in-command to Hinelar on the Death Neziros, a mistress of disguise and illusions. Wielding a rapier, she was also the smart one, often initiating plans for conquest. Creating Rose Nezire through her own DNA, Shibolena poses as a nun to give her offshoot's roses to children, turning them into slaves and subject them to Demon Therapy to create "Little Rose Nezire". But with one of the children being her new friend Ruri, Chisato arrives and nearly exposes herself as Mega Yellow (whom Shibolena establishes a rivalry with) to wound Shibolena with her Blade Arm. Fortunately, Mega Blue creates a holographic duplicate of Chisato to confuse Shibolena. She was critically wounded near the finale, by Mega Red, while protecting Yugande. She makes it back to the Death Neziros, to inform Hinelar of Yugande's death. Her body explodes right before Dr. Hinelar's eyes after she says goodbye to her master. The design of her hairstyle-like helmet is based on an American CG illustration used as a reference.^[4] Shibolena is portrayed by Asami Jo.
• Bibidevi (ビビデビ, Bibidebi)^[3][e] is a little annoying imp monster that begins his sentences with "Bibi" and ends them with "debi". In episode 3, Dr. Hinelar modified him with the ability to make the Nezire Beasts grow by biting them and injecting them with a Giganto Virus (巨大化ウィルス, Kyodaika Wirusu) whenever they are destroyed or are nearing defeat at the hands of the Megarangers. In secret, Bibidevi wanted to be the head of Nejirejia and has some affection for Shibolena, secretly sending Canary Nezire to act on his behalf. He appears to have died in the Grand Neziros when it was destroyed, by Mega Voyager's suicide attempt. Later, it is revealed that he teleported Hizumina out of the giant robot before the destruction.
• Yugande (ユガンデ; 1–8)^[f] is a prideful wire-frame model-themed robot general created by Hinelar whom he admires and unconditionally obeys. He wields the Dark Thunder (ダークサンダー, Dāku Sandā) sword. Being high-strung, Yugande offers to handle the Megarangers himself. Using a divide and conquer strategy to take out the Megaranger members one by one, Yugande gets Mega Red to fight him in subspace so no one would interfere and nearly kills him before the others manage to breach the barrier. Mega Black is badly injured as they get their teammate to safety. Later, Yugande calls Mega Red out, attacking him in his enlarged form as the others arrive to aid him. Using Galaxy Mega, the Megarangers weaken him with the Saber Electromagnetic Whip before killing him with the Mega Side Cutter. However, Yugande is later rebuilt through the Nejzre Circle in a stronger form, Yugande Relive (ユガンデ・リライブ, Yugande Riraibu; 9–31). But as he needs to get used to his upgrade, Yugande remained on the sidelines until the "Ultimate Lifeform" incident, attempting to exact revenge on Mega Red while the monster feeds. Though he manages to destroy Mega Red's Drill Saber and nearly kills him, Yugande is driven off by the Megarangers' Multi Attack Rifle. Later, he was critically wounded in Episode 30 when Guirail uses him as a shield to protect him from the Super Galaxy Mega's Super Galaxy Knuckle. Yugande was modified in a form called Yugande Strong (ユガンデ・ストロング, Yugande Sutorongu; 33–50), with various mechanical implants placed on him to survive, and is given a better sword called the Dark Crisis (ダーククライシス, Dāku Kuraishisu), which has three buttons on its handle to activate different attacks such as Dark Blade, Dark Fire, Dark Lightning, and Dark Triple Crisis (all three attacks combined). Yugande uses a special chip to take on a more powerful, red-colored form called Burning Yugande (バーニング・ユガンデ, Bāningu Yugande; 50). With this new power, Yugande proves to be a difficult challenge for the Megarangers, as he destroys the Delta Mega, badly damages the Galaxy Mega and Mega Winger and nearly destroys the Voyager Machines when he damages the INET Moonbase. Yugande, however, meets his end when the Nezi Reactor inside him is damaged and he is killed by Mega Red. Yugande is voiced by Hirotaka Suzuoki.
• Guirail (ギレール, Girēru; 19–32)^[g] is a bandaged warrior was one of Javious' trusted minions, he is sent to Earth to aid Hinelar with the Megarangers. Guirail used crueler methods than Dr. Hinelar's (an example of this is in his first appearance where he used children as shields), even performing unusual experiments on the Nezire Beasts. Prior to revealing himself to Hinelar's group, Guirail stages an attack to capture the children of a city district while breaking Kenta's will to fight by having him hit Takeshi by accident. However, while leading a new attack on a communication building, Guirail messes with Mega Red until he is beaten by him with the Battle Rizer. Later on, he infected Yugande to become Giga-Guirail (ギガギレール, Giga Girēru; 30). But when the Super Galaxy Mega used its Super Galaxy Knuckle attack, Guirail canceled out the fusion to use Yugande as a shield to protect himself. An angry Shibolena tries to kill him but Dr. Hinelar stopped and tricked Guirail into taking the Nezire Source Capsule that gives him tremendous power and robs him of his sanity. This mutated Guirail into an insane beast called Mad Guirail (マッドギレール, Maddo Girēru; 31 & 32) who was so powerful that the Super Galaxy Mega was no match for it. Using full power, the Super Galaxy Mega only caused him to break off a piece of his body that formed into Gigire. The Megarangers were able to escape to the INET Moonbase on the Delta Mega where Yuusaku gave them the Voyager Machines. In the end, Gigire, and later Mad Guirail, were the first two to be killed by the Mega Voyager. Guirail is voiced by Tatsuyuki Jinnai.
• Hizumina (ヒズミナ; Gingaman vs. Megaranger)^[h] is the last of Hinelar's creations and Shibolena's "Younger Sister", mostly identical save for her armor being purplish. She secretly wished to revive Hinelar having grown to miss him with Shibolena's memories, but was betrayed by Gregory when participating in reviving the Balban space pirates. Surviving the treachery, Hizumina attempts to take advantage of the fight to kill the Megarangers, only to be ultimately killed by Mega Red.
• Kunekune (クネクネ)^[i] are Nezirejia's grunts, having twisted faces and using twisted blades as their weapons. They are also able to assume human form.
  • Boss Kunekune (ボスクネクネ, Bosu Kunekune; 14): A black-headed version of the Kunekune able to fire energy from his hands. Posing as a police officer, Boss Kunekune leads his Nezire Army into taking over the Yuhigaoka Apartment Building in the H Ward as part of a plan to secretly replace every person on Earth with Kunkune. When Megarangers uncover the plan, the Kunekune attempt to kill off Mega Red and Mega Pink with their massive numbers before Boss Kunekune arrives to finish them off. However, after being defeated by Mega Red's Drill Sniper Custom, Boss Kunekune calls his army to group around him to form King Kunekune (キングクネクネ, Kingu Kunekune), with his head in the heart area. Because he was composed of many Kunekune, King Kunekune could close wounds in seconds. When Boss Kunekune was destroyed by the Galaxy Mega with the Booster Rifle, King Kunekune disassembled in the explosion.

Nezirangers

The Jaden Sentai Neziranger (邪電戦隊ネジレンジャー, Jaden Sentai Nejirenjā; 38–43, 48) are cyborgs were created by Dr. Hinelar from Javious I's DNA as evil counterparts to the Megarangers. Their suits are similar to power suits that Dr. Hinelar had developed back when he was known as Samejima. They share an attack called Neji Energy Attack. Unfortunately, the Nezirangers were impatient and wanted nothing more than to kill their Megaranger counterparts. The Nezirangers were used by Hinelar not only to kill the Megarangers in suicide attacks, but also to kill Javious by slowly draining him of his "life energy" which they siphoned. When badly damaged or enlarged, they transformed into their monstrous true forms. The Nezirangers' urge to kill managed to keep them from dying as they used Hinelar's data-card machine to regain physical form. They not only resume their original goal, but also to try to kill Hinelar for using them in the first place. The Megarangers manage to digitize them, preserving them as Data Cards, which were destroyed along with Hinelar City.

• Nezi Red (ネジレッド, Neji Reddo; 38–43, 47 & 48) is the leader and most arrogant of the Nezirangers who wields the Nezi Saber (ネジセイバー, Neji Seibā). His true form of Nezi Phantom (ネジファントム, Neji Fantomu; 42, 43 & 48) is a fire monster with pyrokinetic abilities. Once turned on Dr. Hinelar when he discovered that the Nezirangers were mere pawns in Hinelar's plans, but had his free will removed. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, later turned into a Data Card.
• Nezi Black (ネジブラック, Neji Burakku; 38–43, 47 & 48) is the fiercest member of the five who wields the Nezi Rod (ネジロッド, Neji Roddo). His true form is Nezi Vulgar (ネジヴァルガー, Neji Varugā; 42, 43 & 48) is a rock monster that can use a rock-like tentacle. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, later turned into a Data Card.
• Nezi Blue (ネジブルー, Neji Burū; 38–41, 47 & 48) wields the Nezi Tomahawk (ネジトマホーク, Neji Tomahōku). As the most sadistic of the five, he became obsessed with specifically fighting and killing Mega Blue. His true form of Nezi Bizzare (ネジビザール, Neji Bizāru; 41 & 48) is a crystalline ice monster with freezing abilities. Killed by Wing Mega Voyager, later turned into a Data Card.
• Nezi Yellow (ネジイエロー, Neji Ierō; 38–43, 47 & 48) wields the Nezi Sling (ネジスリング, Neji Suringu). She is the most cunning member and rival of Nezi Pink. Her true form of Nezi Sophia (ネジソフィア, Neji Sofia; 42, 43 & 48) is a spider monster with the ability to control electronics or anything powered by electricity, most notably taking control over the Mega Voyager. Killed by Super Galaxy Mega, Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, later turned into a Data Card.
• Nezi Pink (ネジピンク, Neji Pinku; 38–40, 47 & 48) is the most brutal member who wields the Nezi Arrow (ネジアロー, Neji Arō). After making a bet with Nezi Yellow to see which one of them would take away the mask of their respective Megaranger counterparts and bringing them back, Nezi Pink faced off against both Mega Yellow and Mega Pink who defeated her with a Capture Sniper and Blade Arm combo. Unfortunately, Nezi Pink managed to show them her true form of Nezi Jealous (ネジジェラス, Neji Jerasu; 40 & 48), a plant monster who gave Mega Voyager and Mega Winger a hard battle. With Mega Silver using Mega Winger as a shield while the Megarangers channeled all of Mega Voyager's power into their Voyager Spartan, they managed to use the super-powered Voyager Spartan to finally destroy Nezi Jealous. Later turned into a Data Card.

Nezire Beasts

The Nezire Beasts (ネジレ獣, Nejirejū; Twist Beasts) are monsters created by Dr. Hinelar when a Nezire Egg, a capsule holding genetically altered DNA, is placed on the Nezire Magic Circle (ネジレ魔法陣, Nejire Mahōjin) and exposed to great amounts of energy, twisting and twirling while Shibolena chants a spell, "Twist and Turn. Assume physical form". Once the process is complete, a Nezire Beast is born and fully matured. There is always some part on the body of the Nezire Beast that is twisted.

Episodes

On April 6, 1997, (The day that Episode 8 aired) the show later began to air on Sunday mornings at 7.30 am JST instead of late afternoons on a Friday. This would remain the regular time slot for Super Sentai shows until October 2017.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Don't Let Them! The Twisted Invaders" Transliteration: "Yurusu na! Nejireta Shinryakusha" (Japanese: ゆるすな！ねじれた侵略者)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	February 14, 1997 (1997-02-14)
2	"Look! Our Galaxy Mega" Transliteration: "Mite Kure! Oretachi no Gyarakushī Mega" (Japanese: 見てくれ！俺たちのギャラクシーメガ)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	February 21, 1997 (1997-02-21)
3	"For Real! A Huge Nezire Beast" Transliteration: "Maji ka yo! Dekkai Nejirejū" (Japanese: マジかよ！でっかいネジレ獣)	Noboru Takemoto	Junki Takegami	February 28, 1997 (1997-02-28)
4	"Smash it! Shibolena's Trap" Transliteration: "Kudaku zo! Shiborena no Wana" (Japanese: 砕くぞ！シボレナの罠)	Noboru Takemoto	Naruhisa Arakawa	March 7, 1997 (1997-03-07)
5	"Finish It! This Is an Underhanded Battle" Transliteration: "Kimeru ze! Kore ga Urawaza Batoru" (Japanese: キメるぜ! これが裏技バトル)	Ryuta Tasaki	Junki Takegami	March 14, 1997 (1997-03-14)
6	"We Did It! The Roaring Digitank" Transliteration: "Yatta ne! Bakusō Dejitanku" (Japanese: やったね！爆走デジタンク)	Ryuta Tasaki	Junki Takegami	March 21, 1997 (1997-03-21)
7	"What's This? The Clingy, Bothersome Girl" Transliteration: "Nan na no? Okkake Meiwaku Musume" (Japanese: ナンなの？おっかけ迷惑娘)	Takao Nagaishi	Naruhisa Arakawa	March 28, 1997 (1997-03-28)
8	"I Can't Lose! Turnabout Teamwork" Transliteration: "Makeru ka! Gyakuten Chīmuwāku" (Japanese: 負けるか！逆転チームワーク)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	April 6, 1997 (1997-04-06)
9	"Exposed! The Demon-Filled CD" Transliteration: "Abaku zo! Mamono ga Hisomu Shī Dī" (Japanese: あばくぞ！魔物がひそむＣＤ)	Noboru Takemoto	Junki Takegami	April 13, 1997 (1997-04-13)
10	"Farewell! Sorrowful Android" Transliteration: "Sayonara! Kanashimi no Andoroido" (Japanese: さよなら！哀しみのアンドロイド)	Noboru Takemoto	Naruhisa Arakawa	April 20, 1997 (1997-04-20)
11	"Look Out! The Lure of the Red Rose" Transliteration: "Abunai! Akai Bara no Yūwaku" (Japanese: あぶない！赤いバラの誘惑)	Ryuta Tasaki	Naruhisa Arakawa	April 27, 1997 (1997-04-27)
12	"What a Pain! Our Lazybones Teacher" Transliteration: "Komaru ze! Warera ga Gūtara Sensei" (Japanese: こまるぜ！我らがぐうたら先生)	Ryuta Tasaki	Junki Takegami	May 4, 1997 (1997-05-04)
13	"Heartthrob! Our Teacher Is Like the Wind" Transliteration: "Dokidoki! Sensei wa Kaze no You ni" (Japanese: どきどき！先生は風のように)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	May 11, 1997 (1997-05-11)
14	"Surprise! The Neighbors are Nejirejians" Transliteration: "Bikkuri! Otonari wa Nejirejia" (Japanese: びっくり！おとなりはネジレジア)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18)
15	"See Through It! The Mecha of Genius High" Transliteration: "Mi Yabure! Tensai Kōkō no Karakuri" (Japanese: 見やぶれ！天才高校のカラクリ)	Masato Tsujino	Shigeru Yanagawa	May 25, 1997 (1997-05-25)
16	"Very Bad! Will We Die?" Transliteration: "Gekiyaba! Oretachi Shinu no ka?" (Japanese: 激ヤバ！オレたち死ぬのか？)	Masato Tsujino	Yasuko Kobayashi	June 1, 1997 (1997-06-01)
17	"Too Cool!? The Awesome Super Miku" Transliteration: "Sugosugi!? Iketeru Sūpā Miku" (Japanese: すごすぎ！?いけてるスーパーみく)	Ryuta Tasaki	Naruhisa Arakawa	June 8, 1997 (1997-06-08)
18	"Protect it! The Mysterious Boy's Forest" Transliteration: "Mamoru zo! Fushigi na Shōnen no Mori" (Japanese: 守るぞ！不思議な少年の森)	Ryuta Tasaki	Naruhisa Arakawa	June 15, 1997 (1997-06-15)
19	"Drive It In! The Invincible Deadly Punch" Transliteration: "Uchikome! Fukutsu no Hissatsu Panchi" (Japanese: 打ちこめ！不屈の必殺パンチ)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	June 22, 1997 (1997-06-22)
20	"Counting On You! The New Robo: Delta Mega" Transliteration: "Tanomu ze! Shin Robo Deruta Mega" (Japanese: たのむぜ！新ロボデルタメガ)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	June 29, 1997 (1997-06-29)
21	"Now's The Time! The Life-Threatening Super-Fusion" Transliteration: "Ima Koso! Inochi o Kaketa Chō Gattai" (Japanese: いまこそ！命をかけた超合体)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	July 6, 1997 (1997-07-06)
22	"Escape! Labyrinth of Evil" Transliteration: "Nukedese! Akuma no Rabirinsu" (Japanese: ぬけ出せ！悪魔のラビリンス)	Masato Tsujino	Naruhisa Arakawa	July 20, 1997 (1997-07-20)
23	"Why! My Egg is a Nezire Beast" Transliteration: "Nande da! Ore no Tamago wa Nejirejū" (Japanese: なんでだ！オレのたまごはネジレ獣)	Masato Tsujino	Shigeru Yanagawa	July 27, 1997 (1997-07-27)
24	"Running Solo! A Silvery New Face" Transliteration: "Dokusō! Gin'iro no Nyū Feisu" (Japanese: 独走！銀色のニューフェイス)	Ryuta Tasaki	Yasuko Kobayashi	August 3, 1997 (1997-08-03)
25	"Just in Time! Time Limit: 2.5 Minutes" Transliteration: "Girigiri! Taimu Rimitto Nifunhan" (Japanese: ギリギリ！タイムリミット２分半)	Ryuta Tasaki	Yasuko Kobayashi	August 10, 1997 (1997-08-10)
26	"Really!? The End of Nezirejia" Transliteration: "Honto ka!? Nejirejia no Saigo" (Japanese: ホントか!？ネジレジアの最期)	Takao Nagaishi	Yasuko Kobayashi	August 17, 1997 (1997-08-17)
27	"Kick Them About! The Demonic Coral of Death" Transliteration: "Kechirase! Shi o Yobu Ma no Sango" (Japanese: けちらせ！死を呼ぶ魔のサンゴ)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	August 24, 1997 (1997-08-24)
28	"Give Up! The Explosive Granny Whirlwind" Transliteration: "Oteage! Bakuretsu Obaachan Senpū" (Japanese: おてあげ！爆裂おばあちゃん旋風)	Masato Tsujino	Naruhisa Arakawa	August 31, 1997 (1997-08-31)
29	"I Want to Lose Weight! Miku's Dubious Diet" Transliteration: "Yasetai! Miku no Ayashii Daietto" (Japanese: やせたい！みくの怪しいダイエット)	Masato Tsujino	Shigeru Yanagawa	September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07)
30	"Full Throttle! The Friendship Combination" Transliteration: "Sakuretsu! Yūjō no Konbinēshon" (Japanese: サク烈！友情のコンビネーション)	Ryuta Tasaki	Junki Takegami	September 14, 1997 (1997-09-14)
31	"Stop it! Out of Control Guirail" Transliteration: "Tomeru ze! Girēru no Bōsō" (Japanese: 止めるぜ！ギレールの暴走)	Ryuta Tasaki	Yasuko Kobayashi	September 21, 1997 (1997-09-21)
32	"Is It the End!? Desperate Situation, Galaxy Mega" Transliteration: "Owari ka!? Zettai Zetsumei Gyarakushī Mega" (Japanese: 終わりか！？絶体絶命ギャラクシーメガ)	Ryuta Tasaki	Yasuko Kobayashi	September 28, 1997 (1997-09-28)
33	"Giddy! The Girlfriend From the Moon" Transliteration: "Ukiuki! Tsuki Kara Kita Koibito" (Japanese: ウキウキ！月から来た恋人)	Takao Nagaishi	Naruhisa Arakawa	October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05)
34	"I'll Show You! Big Bro's Miracle Shoot" Transliteration: "Miseru ze! Aniki no Mirakuru Shūto" (Japanese: 見せるぜ！兄貴のミラクルシュート)	Takao Nagaishi	Shigeru Yanagawa	October 12, 1997 (1997-10-12)
35	"Overcome! Mega Silver's Greatest Crisis" Transliteration: "Norikire! Mega Shirubā Saidai no Kiki" (Japanese: のりきれ！メガシルバー最大の危機)	Masato Tsujino	Yasuko Kobayashi	October 19, 1997 (1997-10-19)
36	"Fly! The Universe's Dancing Wings of Hope" Transliteration: "Habatake! Sora ni Mau Kibō no Tsubasa" (Japanese: はばたけ！宇宙（そら）に舞う希望の翼)	Masato Tsujino	Yasuko Kobayashi	October 26, 1997 (1997-10-26)
37	"Why? Chisato's Old Man's Voice" Transliteration: "Dōshite? Chisato ga Oyaji-goe" (Japanese: どうして？千里がオヤジ声)	Ryuta Tasaki	Naruhisa Arakawa	November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02)
38	"Scary! Nezirejia's Fiendish Squadron" Transliteration: "Senritsu! Nejirejia no Kyōaku Sentai" (Japanese: 戦慄！ネジレジアの凶悪戦隊)	Ryuta Tasaki	Junki Takegami	November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16)
39	"Exposed! Mega Red's True Identity" Transliteration: "Bareta ze! Mega Reddo no Shōtai" (Japanese: バレたぜ！メガレッドの正体)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	November 23, 1997 (1997-11-23)
40	"Scary! Bad Women" Transliteration: "Kowai ze! Baddo na Onnatachi" (Japanese: コワいぜ！バッドな女たち)	Takao Nagaishi	Yasuko Kobayashi	November 30, 1997 (1997-11-30)
41	"Snapped! The Blue Terror, Nezi Blue" Transliteration: "Kirete 'ru! Ao no Kyōfu Neji Burū" (Japanese: キレてる！青の恐怖ネジブルー)	Masato Tsujino	Yasuko Kobayashi	December 7, 1997 (1997-12-07)
42	"Lose Them! The Evil Pursuers" Transliteration: "Furikire! Jaaku na Tsuisekisha" (Japanese: ふりきれ！邪悪な追跡者)	Masato Tsujino	Junki Takegami	December 14, 1997 (1997-12-14)
43	"We Won't Be Defeated! The Decisive Christmas Eve Clash" Transliteration: "Makenai! Kessen wa Kurisumasu Ibu" (Japanese: 負けない！決戦はクリスマスイブ)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	December 21, 1997 (1997-12-21)
44	"Carefree! Kenta's New Year's Eve Crisis" Transliteration: "O-kiraku! Kenta no Toshikoshi Sōdō" (Japanese: お気楽！健太の年越し騒動)	Masato Tsujino	Yasuko Kobayashi	December 28, 1997 (1997-12-28)
45	"Tenacious! Hinelar's Counterattack" Transliteration: "Shibutoi! Hinerā no Dai Gyakushū" (Japanese: しぶとい！ヒネラーの大逆襲)	Takao Nagaishi	Shigeru Yanagawa	January 4, 1998 (1998-01-04)
46	"Prevent it! Setting Sail to Hell" Transliteration: "Habamu zo! Jigoku e no Funade" (Japanese: 阻むぞ！地獄への船出)	Masato Tsujino	Junki Takegami	January 11, 1998 (1998-01-11)
47	"Jump In! Terrifying Hinelar City" Transliteration: "Tobikome! Kyōfu no Hinerā Shiti" (Japanese: とびこめ！恐怖のヒネラーシティ)	Masato Tsujino	Yasuko Kobayashi	January 18, 1998 (1998-01-18)
48	"Crush it! Hinelar's Dark Ambition" Transliteration: "Tsubusu ze! Hinerā no Kuroi Yabō" (Japanese: つぶすぜ！ヒネラーの黒い野望)	Taro Sakamoto	Junki Takegami	January 25, 1998 (1998-01-25)
49	"Utter Despair! We Are Outcasts!?" Transliteration: "Zetsubō! Oretachi wa Kiraware Mono!?" (Japanese: 絶望！俺たちは嫌われ者！？)	Taro Sakamoto	Yasuko Kobayashi	February 1, 1998 (1998-02-01)
50	"Sublime! The Red-Hot Super Soldier Yugande" Transliteration: "Sōzetsu! Shakunetsu no Chō Senshi Yugande" (Japanese: 壮絶！灼熱の超戦士ユガンデ)	Takao Nagaishi	Junki Takegami	February 8, 1998 (1998-02-08)
51	"Seize it! Our Diplomas" Transliteration: "Tsukamu ze! Oretachi no Sotsugyōshōsho" (Japanese: つかむぜ！俺たちの卒業証書)	Takao Nagaishi	Naruhisa Arakawa	February 15, 1998 (1998-02-15)

Denji Sentai Megaranger vs. Carranger

The V-Cinema special takes place between episodes 39 and 40. Arriving late for school, as the car was at Pegasus Garage, Kenta learns that today is graduation picture day. Seeing a beam of light nearby, Kouichirou gets the others out of class to investigate. The five find a seashell before they are attacked by Space Biker Helmedor who wants the shell to fulfill his dreams, overpowering the Megarangers before Mega Silver arrives and engages the biker in a motorcyclists' duel. Suddenly enlarging with his bike, Helmedor battles Super Galaxy Mega before he is forced to shrink and retreat. Later, while trying to find out the seashell's true nature, Miku uses it to wish for a big cake before it is stolen by a group of strange students who actually are the staff of the Pegasus Garage. But with Mega Yellow placing a tracer on the getaway car, the Megarangers track them to the Pegasus Garage where Kyousuke wishes for Katsudon before he and his team are attacked by Yugande and Crab Nezilar. Refusing to stand aside, they assume their Carranger forms to fight Crab Nezilar while the Megarangers deal with Yugande and the Kunekune. The two Sentai teams join forces to force the Nezirejians back as the shell opens up to reveal an alien identified as Space Fairy Picot who wants to grant their last three wishes. Arriving at Yume Beach, the teams get to know each other while talking out to want they would use the last three wishes before Dappu arrives. But "Dappu" turns out to be Helmedor, having made a deal with the Nezirejians to get Picot.

As Helmedor runs off, Shibonlena has the Kunekune hold the Megarangers as she uses her power to turn the Carrangers into her slaves and sicks them on the Megarangers. During the fight, the Megarangers find the real Dappu and untie him. In a risky gambit, Dappu fuses the Megrangers' weapons with his Carmagic to free the Carrangers from Shibolena's spell. At that time, after wishing for a planet-destroying laser cannon, Helmedor betrays Crab Nezilar and fights him. After making a wish to revive previous Psycho Nezilars to overpower the Megarangers, Crab Nezilars was about to make the final wish when Helmedor steals the fairy. But the Carrangers get Picot and throw a decoy into the distance to hold the villains at bay. Coming to the students' aid, the Carrangers give them Picot to make the final wish to their shock. By the time Crab Nezilar and a brainwashed Helmedor return to the battlefield, the Megarangers' wish to keep fighting enables them to don the Mega Tector armor. After destroying the revived monsters with Rainbow Impulse, Shibolena has Bebedebi bite Crab Nezilar and Helmedor as Mega Voyager and RV Robo are formed to fight them. Though Helmedor attempts to turn with the planting destroying laser, Mega Winger destroys the weapon as Wing Mega Voyager and RV Robo perform their finishers to respectively destroy Crab Nezilar and Helmedor. Soon after, Picot leaves for the next planet as the two sentai teams go out to take their own graduation memorial picture at Yume Beach.

Cast

• Hayato Ōshiba: Kenta Date
• Atsushi Ehara: Koichiro Endou
• Masaya Matsukaze: Shun Namiki
• Eri Tanaka: Chisato Jogasaki
• Mami Higashiyama: Miku Inanuma
• Shigeru Kanai: Yuusaku Hayakawa
• Satoru Saito: Eikichi Kubota
• Takumi Hashimoto: Jirou Iwamoto
• Yoshihiro Nozoe: Gen Ooiwa
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo: Evil Electro-King Javious I (Voice)
• Asami Jō: Shizuka Samejima/Shibolena, Hizumina
• Tetsuo Morishita: Professor Samejima/Dr. Hinelar
• Tomokazu Seki: Bibidevi (Voice)
• Hirotaka Suzuoki: Yugande (Voice)
• Tatsuyuki Jinnai: Guirail (Voice)
• Toshiro Tantsu: Nezi Red/Nezi Phantom (Voice)
• Kunihiko Yasui: Nezi Black/Nezi Vulgar (Voice)
• Yoshiharu Yamada: Nezi Blue/Nezi Bizarre (Voice)
• Masako Katsuki: Nezi Yellow/Nezi Sophia (Voice)
• Erina Yamazaki: Nezi Pink/Nezi Jealous (Voice)
• Samuel Pop Aning: Pop, Degitaizer (Voice)

Songs

Opening theme

• "Denji Sentai Megaranger" (電磁戦隊メガレンジャー, Denji Sentai Megarenjā)
  • Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
  • Composition & Arrangement: Keiichi Oku
  • Artist: Naoto Fūga

Ending themes

• "Ki no Sei ka na" (気のせいかな; "Is It Just My Imagination?")
  • Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
  • Composition & Arrangement: "Taka-Tora" (鷹虎)
  • Artist: Naoto Fūga
  • Episodes: 1–20 & 31–50
• "Bomb Dancing Megaranger" (Bomb Dancing メガレンジャー, Bomb Dancing Megarenjā)
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition & Arrangement: Toshihiko Sahashi
  • Artist: Hiroko Asakawa
  • Episodes: 21–30

Notes

1. Also spelt as "Nejirejia".^[3]
2. Javious' name is derived from the Japanese word for "evil" (邪, Ja) and "Moebius" (メビウス, Mebiusu).
3. Dr. Hinelar's name is derived from the Japanese word for "to twist" (ひねる, Hineru).
4. Shibolena's name is derived from the Japanese word for "to squeeze" (絞る, Shiboru).
5. Bibidevi's name is derived from the song "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" (ビビデバビデブー, Bibide Babide Bū) from Walt Disney's 1950 animated adaptation of Cinderella and "devil" (デビル, Debiru).
6. Yugande's name is derived from the Japanese word for "to warp" (歪む, Yugamu).
7. Guirail's name is derived from the Japanese word for "to cut" (切れる, Kireru).
8. Hizumina's name comes from the Japanese word for "to distort" (歪む, Hizumu), which can also be read as "Yugamu" – the base for Yugande's name.
9. The Kunekune's name is derived from the Japanese word for "wringling" (くねくね, Kunekune).