''Power Rangers Samurai'' is the eighteenth season of the

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Power Rangers ''Power Rangers'' is an American media franchise created by Haim Saban, Shuki Levy and Shotaro Ishinomori built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. It is currently ow ...

'', which is based on the Japanese ''

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Series''. The season was the first to be produced by SCG Power Rangers, after

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(replacing

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as the main producer) acquired the franchise. The season marks the franchise's debut on

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, premiering on the main network and

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on February 7, 2011. ''Samurai'' uses props, footage, script, and characteristics from ''

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'' and, according to press material, had a "brighter tone and an infusion of fun and comedy that wasn't present in seasons 16 and 17." ''Samurai'' is also the first season to be shot and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen and in HD. Though 2006's '' Boukenger'' (which was adapted into '' Operation Overdrive'') was the first Super Sentai series to be shot in widescreen, preceding ''Power Rangers'' seasons were not. However, Shinkenger was also the first Sentai series to be filmed with an HD camera at 720p resolution. ''Samurai'' also returns the series to a multi-seasonal format; the second season, titled ''Power Rangers Super Samurai'', began on February 18, 2012 and is officially considered the nineteenth season overall.

Plot

The Samurai Power Rangers–Red Ranger Jayden Shiba, the stoic leader; Blue Ranger Kevin, the devoted second-in-command; Pink Ranger Mia Watanabe, the big sister; Green Ranger Mike, the creative rebel; Yellow Ranger Emily, the youngest and most innocent; and, eventually,

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Antonio Garcia, the expressive fisherman/tech wiz– fight the evil Master Xandred and his army of Nighloks, who want to flood the planet with the waters of the

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to bring about the end of civilization.

Promotion

Saban announced they would be enacting an "aggressive" multimedia focus, with planned apps, games, streaming content, and social media content in addition to live shows and a feature film. The run-up to the new series was promoted by 145 Days of Power Rangers, a daily airing of every ''Mighty Morphin'' episode in order. An official Power Rangers

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page was also created. On November 24, 2010, the Power Rangers website placed a trailer for the show online, hosted on

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. The new Samurai Rangers also appeared at the 2010

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has a recurring role in the season, reprising his role as Bulk originating from ''

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''.

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subsequently reprised his role as Skull in the final episode. For the second batch of episodes airing in 2012, Saban began promoting the season with the title of "Super Samurai" to reflect the upgrades to the Rangers powers (glimpsed already in "Clash of the Red Rangers The Movie"). Actor Hector David, Jr., released an official teaser poster for "Super Samurai" on his Facebook profile.

Cast and characters

Rangers *Alex Heartman as Jayden Shiba, the first Red Samurai Ranger. *Erika Fong as Mia Watanabe, the Pink Samurai Ranger. *Hector David Jr. as Mike, the Green Samurai Ranger. *Najee De-Tiege as Kevin, the Blue Samurai Ranger. *Brittany Anne Pirtle as Emily, the Yellow Samurai Ranger. *Steven Skyler as Antonio Garcia, the Gold Samurai Ranger. *

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as Lauren Shiba, the second Red Samurai Ranger. Supporting characters *

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as Mentor Ji *Felix Ryan as Spike Skullovitch *

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Villains * Rick Medina as Deker * Jeff Szusterman as the voices of Master Xandred and Octoroo * Kate Elliott as the voice of Dayu *Derek Judge as the voice of Serrator *

Cameron Rhodes Cameron Rhodes (born 1 August 1967) is a New Zealand film and theatrical actor and director. Life and career Rhodes graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting. He has appeared in various TV shows (in ...

as the voice of Professor Cog *

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as the voice of Sergeant Tread *John Dybvig as the voice of General Gut Guest stars *

Eka Darville Eka Darville (born 11 April 1989) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Scott Truman in ''Power Rangers RPM,'' Pip in '' Mr. Pip'', Malcolm Ducasse in ''Jessica Jones'' and Diego in '' The Originals''. Biography Early lif ...

as Scott Truman/Ranger Operator Series Red *

as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch

Episodes

''Power Rangers Samurai'' (Season 18, 2011)

''Power Rangers Super Samurai'' (Season 19, 2012)

Reception

By 2012, ''Power Rangers'' had an average of 2 million viewers. The highest rated episode was the May 15, 2011 broadcast of "The Blue and the Gold", with 3.7 million viewers.

Comic book

Papercutz produced two issues of a comic book based on ''Power Rangers Super Samurai''. The Samurai Rangers also played a role in the 2018 comic Book Event "Shattered Grid", celebrating 25 years of the Power Rangers franchise.

Awards and nominations

Home media

The complete season of ''Super Samurai'' was released on

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on December 4, 2012 and DVD on January 7, 2014 by

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References

External links

Official Power Rangers Website

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