Gekisou Sentai Carranger | |
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The title card for Gekisou Sentai Carranger
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Genre | Tokusatsu |
Created by | Toei |
Starring |
Yūji Kishi Yoshihiro Masujima Yoshihiro Fukuda Yuka Motohashi Atsuko Kurusu Rika Nanase |
Opening theme | "Gekisou Sentai Carranger" by Naritaka Takayama |
Ending theme | "Paradise Samba" by Naritaka Takayama |
Composer(s) | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language(s) | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 48 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Tarō Iwamoto Jun Kaji Kenji Ōta Shigenori Takadera Kōichi Yada |
Running time | approx. 20 minutes' |
Release | |
Original network | TV Asahi |
Original release | March 1, 1996 – February 7, 1997 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Chōriki Sentai Ohranger |
Followed by | Denji Sentai Megaranger |
Gekisou Sentai Carranger (激走戦隊カーレンジャー Gekisō Sentai Kārenjā?, ) is a Japanese tokusatsu television show. It was Toei's twentieth production of the Super Sentai television series. The show was written as a parody of its own series. Its action footage was used in Power Rangers Turbo.
On January 6, 2017, Amazon set to pre-order "Gekisou Sentai Carranger: The Complete Series" on DVD by Shout! Factory and will be released on North America Region 1 on April 25th, 2017. This will be the fifth Super Sentai series to be released in North America.
Five workers from the Pegasus Auto Garage discover Dappu, an alien from planet Hazard. He empowers the five with the "Kurumagic" power of the five legendary car constellations, transforming them into Carrangers. As Carrangers, the five battle an alien reckless driver gang and prevent them from destroying Earth.
The Carrangers consist of five employees at the Pegasus Automobile Company (自動車会社ペガサス Jidōsha Kaisha Pegasasu?) and use Kurumagic Power (クルマジックパワー Kurumajikku Pawā?) to fight the Bowzock.