Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
| Himitsu Sentai Gorenger | |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu |
| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Written by |
Shōzō Uehara Susumu Takahisa Hikaru Arai Hirohisa Soda Kimio Hirayama Keisuke Fujikawa |
| Directed by |
Kōichi Takemoto Minoru Yamada Katsuhiko Taguchi Hidetoshi Kitamura Michio Konishi |
| Starring |
Naoya Makoto Hiroshi Miyauchi Baku Hatakeyama Lisa Komaki Yukio Itō Jirō Daruma |
| Narrated by |
Nobuo Tanaka Tōru Ōhira |
| Music by | Michiaki Watanabe |
| Opening theme | "Susume! Gorenger" by Isao Sasaki and Mitsuko Horie |
| Ending theme | "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" by Isao Sasaki "Mi Yo!! Gorenger" by Isao Sasaki, Koorogi '73 & Wilbees |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 84 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Takafumi Hagino Tōru Hirayama Michihisa Yanagisawa Susumu Yoshikawa |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original release | April 5, 1975 – March 26, 1977 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai |
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー Himitsu Sentai Gorenjā?) is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. Gorenger, created by Shotaro Ishinomori, was the first in the long-running Super Sentai series of tokusatsu programming. The series aired on NET (now TV Asahi) from April 5, 1975 to March 26, 1977 for 84 episodes. The title Toei gives this series for international distribution is Five Rangers.
When world peace is threatened by the emergence of a terrorist group called the Black Cross Army, a peacekeeping organization called EAGLE, the Earth Guard League, is formed by the United Nations to combat the threat. The Black Cross Army sends five operatives to destroy each EAGLE branch in Japan, killing everyone except for five agents who manage to survive. The five surviving agents are summoned to a secret base located underneath the snack shop "Gon" where they are recruited by EAGLE Japan's commander Gonpachi Edogawa to become the Secret Squadron Gorenger and are given electronic battlesuits that endow them with superhuman strength and speed. The five dedicate themselves to stopping the Black Cross Army and its leader, Black Cross Führer.
The International Secret Defense Organization EAGLE (国際秘密防衛機構イーグル Kokusai Himitsu Bōei Kikō Īguru?) is a peacekeeping organization created by the United Nations to protect the world from the terrorist group known as the Black Cross Army. EAGLE develops the battlesuits and advanced technology used by the Gorengers to counteract the Black Cross Army's cyborg technology.
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