T.R. Futures

Mirai Sentai Timeranger
The title card for Mirai Sentai Timeranger
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Action thriller Crime Drama
Created by	Toei
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi Ryōta Yamaguchi Toshiki Inoue Noboru Takemoto
Directed by	Satoshi Morota Noboru Matsui Hajime Konaka Taro Sakamoto Hiroshi Butsuda Shojiro Nakazawa Noboru Takemoto
Starring	Masaru Nagai Yūji Kido Masahiro Kuranuki Shūhei Izumi Mika Katsumura Shinji Kasahara
Narrated by	Yukitoshi Hori (堀 之紀, Hori Yukitoshi)
Opening theme	"JIKŪ ~Mirai Sentai Timeranger~" by Kumi Sasaki
Ending theme	"Toki no Kanata E" by NAT'S (1-43, 46-49) "Miracle X-Mas" by T.R. Futures (44) "Eternal Wind" by Shigetaka Takayama (45) "Mirai no Yuku E" by Motoyoshi Iwasaki (50) "Don't Stop Your Story!" by T.R. Futures (51)
Composer(s)	Kōichirō Kameyama
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	51
Production
Producer(s)	Ken Fukuyoshi Jun Hikasa Kōichi Yada
Running time	approx. 25 minutes
Release
Original network	TV Asahi
Original release	February 13, 2000 – February 11, 2001
Chronology
Preceded by	Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
Followed by	Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

Mirai Sentai Timeranger (未来戦隊タイムレンジャー, Mirai Sentai Taimurenjā, ) is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series, the 24th series in Toei's Super Sentai franchise. Footage from this series was used in the American production Power Rangers Time Force. The opening narration of the series announces, "People from the future in the year 3000 AD and one man have met by chance, for the sake of marking a new passage of time…!" (西暦3000年の未来人たちと一人の男が出会った。新しい時を刻む為に‥！, Seireki sanzennen no miraijin-tachi to hitori no otoko ga deatta. Atarashii toki wo kizamu tameni).

In the 30th century, time travel becomes illegal after a time paradox crisis. The Time Protection Department (TPD) is established to watch for and stop time crimes. Four new enlistee cadets of the TPD are tricked by Don Dolnero and his gang into letting them time-travel to the year 2000 to commit various crimes and, to protect history, the four cadets pursue them. They encounter a severe problem: the Timeranger program requires five members for the first operation. They force a present-day martial artist, Tatsuya Asami, to join them, and they become the Timerangers. Tatsuya rents a building for them to live in, and they start a small odd-jobs business called Tomorrow Research to financially support themselves.

Over time, the four cadets begin to realize that their presence would inevitably change the future in the form of the City Guardians, a security force under the employment of the Asami Corporation to protect the city from the Londers. The City Guardians form a tenuous relationship with the Timerangers, especially when Tatsuya's college acquaintance Naoto becomes Time Fire and later also becomes the City Guardian's captain.

Tatsuya Asami/Time Red (浅見 竜也/タイムレッド, Asami Tatsuya/Taimu Reddo): The main protagonist of the series, Tatsuya is a 22-year-old martial artist who is "drafted" into the team. He refuses to accept fate and his heritage as future CEO of his father's company. He believes that people can control their own destiny, but only if they fight for a desirable future. After joining the Timerangers, Tatsuya decides to move out of his father's house and uses his savings to rent the building that would be the Timeranger's home. He works as a karate teacher at Tomorrow Research. Although Yuri is the team leader, Tatsuya is the driving force of the Timerangers, essentially acting as field commander during the battles. When operating the Time Robo formations, Tatsuya is usually in charge of accessing the finishing moves to recapture the Londers Prisoners by wielding a miniature version of the Space-Time Sword/Chrono Divider to mimic the movement pattern. In the finale, one year after the final battle, Tatsuya continues to live freely by choosing his lifestyle until he feels that he is ready to join his father's company. At the end of the series, Tatsuya runs into four individuals who resemble Yuri, Ayase, Domon and Sion, who may be their ancestors, and even an individual who resembles Naoto.