Power Rangers Ninja Storm | |
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Genre |
Action Adventure Superhero |
Directed by |
Koichi Sakamoto Charlie Haskell Andrew Merrifield Wayne Rose Paul Grinder |
Starring |
Pua Magasiva Sally Martin Glenn McMillan Adam Tuominen Jorgito Vargas, Jr. Jason Chan Katrina Browne Katrina Devine Grant McFarland |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Ann Austen Douglas Sloan |
Producer(s) |
Janine Dickins Koichi Sakamoto |
Location(s) | Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand |
Running time | 20–21 minutes |
Production company(s) |
BVS Entertainment Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment Toei Company, Ltd. Village Roadshow KP Productions Limited |
Distributor |
Saban Brands MarVista Entertainment BVS International (previously) |
Release | |
Original network |
ABC (ABC Kids) ABC Family (reruns) (Jetix) |
Original release | February 15 | – November 15, 2003
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Power Rangers Wild Force |
Followed by | Power Rangers Dino Thunder |
Website |
Power Rangers Ninja Storm is an American television series and the eleventh season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger. This is the first season to be filmed in New Zealand and also the second season to be under the BVS copyright. This is the first season not produced by MMPR Productions. This series is unique in the fact that it was the first to feature only one female Ranger serving on the team (although the 10-episode mini-series Alien Rangers featured only one female Ranger), the first season to not have an African American Ranger, the first season where the Blue Ranger was female, the second, (first full) season where the Yellow Ranger was male and was the first season to begin the series with three Rangers instead of five like the previous seasons, and also the first and only season to have a crimson and navy ranger. This was the first series to air on ABC in its entirety. It was also the last series to premiere episodes first on ABC Kids until Power Rangers RPM. ABC Family had encore reruns following their premiere. This season did not have a Power Rangers team up episode like the five before it due to a shift back to non-SAG talent when production was moved to New Zealand from Los Angeles. This is the third series to air under Saban Brands on Nicktoons, which began on June 1, 2012. It is available on DVD in Region 1 both individually and as part of the Seasons 8-12 box set.
Shane, Tori and Dustin are three students at the Wind Ninja Academy. Their less than stellar performance and tardiness gets them the occasional lecture from their Sensei, Kanoi Watanabe. One day, the academy is attacked by Lothor, a banished ninja master who has returned to capture all ninja students. Shane, Tori and Dustin are the only three remaining students, and along with Sensei, who has been transformed into a guinea pig by Lothor, and his son Cam, retreat into the underground Ninja Ops. There, the three are given wind morphers, which allow them to transform into Wind Power Rangers and protect the city of Blue Bay Harbor from Lothor's forces.