Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

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Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

The title card for Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
Genre action/adventure
Starring Noboru Kaneko
Kei Horie
Takeru Shibaki
Kazuyoshi Sakai
Mio Takeuchi
Tetsuji Tamayama
Narrated by Hiroshi Masuoka
Opening theme "Gaoranger Roar!!" by Yukio Yamagata
Ending theme "Healin' You" by Salia
Country of origin Japan
Language(s) Japanese
No. of episodes 51
Production
Running time Approx 25 min.
Broadcast
Original channel tv asahi
Original run 2001-02-18 – 2002-02-10
Chronology
Preceded by Mirai Sentai Timeranger
Followed by Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (百獣戦隊ガオレンジャー Hyakujū Sentai Gaorenjā?), translated into English as 100-Beast Squadron Gaoranger[1], was TOEI Company Limited's 25th production of the Super Sentai television series. Its footage was used in Power Rangers: Wild Force.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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[edit] Plot

1,000 years ago, a war raged between humans and the demonic Org race. With the help of the Power Animals, the ancient Gao Warriors were able to defeat the Org's leader, Hyakkimaru, and seal the Orgs.

Today, the Orgs have begun to revive, and five warriors have been chosen by the Power Animals. They must abandon their current lives and become the new generation of Gaorangers to protect the life of earth.

[edit] Characters

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
Main article: The Gaorangers
Red
Kakeru Shishi (獅子走 Shishi Kakeru?), the Blazing Lion (灼熱の獅子 Shakunetsu no Shishi?), was a veterinarian before becoming chosen by GaoLion to become GaoRed. He was the last chosen of the Gaorangers, but has an affinity for animals. His other Power Animals are GaoGorilla and GaoFalcon.
Yellow
Gaku Washio (鷲尾岳 Washio Gaku?), the Noble Eagle (孤高の荒鷲 Kokō no Arawashi?) was an airforce pilot before he was chosen first by GaoEagle to become GaoYellow. He was the one to decide that the Gaorangers should refer to each other by color, instead of name. His other Power Animals are GaoBear and GaoPolar.
Blue
Kai Samezu (鮫津海 Samezu Kai?), the Surging Shark (怒涛の鮫 Dotō no Same?), was a freeter before he was chosen by GaoShark to become GaoBlue. He is the most immature of the team. His other Power Animal is GaoGiraffe.
Black
Soutarou Ushigome (牛込草太郎 Ushigome Sōtarō?), the Iron Bison (鋼の猛牛 Hagane no Mōgyū?), was a retired sumo wrestler who was working at a flower shop before he was chosen by GaoBison to become GaoBlack. He is the physically strongest, but shyest of the team. His other Power Animals are GaoRhinos and GaoMadillo.
White
Sae Taiga (大河冴 Taiga Sae?), the Belle Tiger (麗しの白虎 Urawashi no Byakko?), was a martial arts student under her father before she was chosen by GaoTiger to be GaoWhite. She is the youngest of the team. Her other Power Animals are GaoElephant and GaoDeers.
Silver
Tsukumaro Oogami (大神月麿 Ōgami Tsukumaro?) (Shirogane (シロガネ?)), the Sparking Silver Wolf (閃烈の銀狼 Senretsu no Ginrō?), was a Gao Warrior from the Heian period over 1,000 years ago. He used the power of the Dark Wolf Mask to defeat the evil Hyakkimaru. However, he was turned into Duke Org Loki (デュークオルグ狼鬼 Dūku Orugu Rōki?) and got the other Gao Warriors to entomb him so he could not do any more harm. He was later awakened as Loki in the present age, but was freed of his curse by the Gaorangers. As GaoSilver, his Power Animals are GaoWolf, GaoHammerhead, and GaoLigator.

[edit] Ogre Tribe Org

Main article: Ogre Tribe Org

The Ogre Tribe Org (鬼族オルグ Onizoku Orugu?) is a race of Oni born from the sadness and madness of humans. They often take the forms of idols deep within an underground cavern known as the Matrix.

[edit] Quests (Episodes)

  1. The Lion Roars!! (獅子、吼える!! Shishi, Hoeru!!?)
  2. The Divine Spirit-King Rises!! (精霊王、起つ!!（たつ） Shūryō Ō, Tatsu!!?)
  3. The Eagle Vanishes!! (荒鷲が消える!! Arawashi ga Kieru!!?)
  4. The Two Who Never Give Up!! (二人でネバギバ!! Futari de Nebagiba!!?)
  5. The Mountain Moves!! (山が動く!! Yama ga Ugoku!!?)
  6. Bison in Love!! (牛、焦がれる!! Ushi, Kogareru!!?)
  7. The Dream Talks!! (夢が語る!! Yume ga Kataru!!?)
  8. The Dog Runs!! (犬、走る!! Inu, Hashiru!!?)
  9. The Twins Smile (双子が微笑む Futago ga Hohoemu?)
  10. The Moon Beckons!! (月が招く!! Tsuki ga Maneku!!?)
  11. Father Proceeds. (父親、上京。 Chichioya, Jōkyō?)
  12. Which is the Real One!? (本物はどっち!? Honmono wa Dotchi!??)
  13. The Baby's First Cry Freezes (産声が凍る Ubugoe ga Kōru?)
  14. The Soul Bird Cries (魂の鳥が叫ぶ Tama no Tori ga Sakebu?)
  15. The Ogre Howls!! (鬼、吼える!! Oni, Hoeru!!?)
  16. The Magic Flute Roars! (魔笛、轟く!! Mateki, Todoroku!!?)
  17. Elephants Vanish... (象が消えて… Zō ga Kiete...?)
  18. The Demon Beast Armament!! (魔獣、武装!! Majū, Busō!!?)
  19. The Bison Retires!? (猛牛、脱退!? Mōgyū, Dattai!??)
  20. The Maiden is Captured!! (巫女囚わる!! Fujo Torawaru!!?)
  21. Loki, Perplexed (狼鬼、惑う Rōki, Madō?)
  22. The Giant Bull is Broken!! (巨牛、壊れる!! Kyo Ushi, Kowareru!!?)
  23. Loki Dies!? (狼鬼、死す!? Rōki, Shisu!??)
  24. The Silver Wolf Flashes!! (銀狼、閃く!! Ginrō, Hirameku!!?)
  25. The Third Ogre Princess Arrives (三代目鬼姫参上 Sandaime Oni Hime Sanjō?)
  26. Loki, Again (狼鬼、ふたたび Rōki, Futatabi?)
  27. The Chick Pouts (雛がすねる Hina ga Suneru?)
  28. Secrets, Handed Down!! (奥義、伝承!! Okugi, Denshō!!?)
  29. The Deer Heals (鹿が癒す Shika ga Iyasu?)
  30. The Full Moon Kills the Wolf! (満月が狼を殺す! Mangetsu ga Ōkami o Korosu!?)
  31. The Hundred-Beast Squadron, Annihilated!! (百獣戦隊、全滅!! Hyakujū Sentai, Zenmetsu!!?)
  32. Three Creatures Eat!! (三匹が喰う!! Sanbiki ga Kū!!?)
  33. A Boy Prays. (少年が祈る。 Shōnen ga Inoru.?)
  34. The Mighty Org Weeps! (鉄人鬼（オルグ）、泣く! Tetsujin Orugu, Naku!?)
  35. The Beast King Swords, Plundered (獣皇剣、強奪 Jūōken, Kōdatsu?)
  36. The Warriors Dance (戦士踊る Senshi Odoru?)
  37. Yabaiba Burns (ヤバイバ燃える Yabaiba Moeru?)
  38. The Divine Spirit-King's Peak Decisive Battle (精霊王頂上決戦 Shōryō Ō Chōjō Kessen?)
  39. The God Takes Away (神が連れ去る Kami ga Tsuresaru?)
  40. Sky Island, Destroyed (天空島、滅ぶ Tenkū Shima, Horobu?)
  41. Santa Came (サンタが来た Santa ga Kita?)
  42. The Org Ninja Invasion! (鬼（オルグ）忍者侵略! Orugu Ninja Shinryaku!?)
  43. The Lion Burns Hot (獅子、灼熱する Shishi, Shakunetsu Suru?)
  44. Gao’s Rock Falls (亀岩（ガオズロック）、落ちる Gaozu Rokku, Ochiru?)
  45. Fighting Until the End (闘い終わらず Tatakai Owarazu?)
  46. The New Year Attacks (正月が襲う Shōgatsu ga Osō?)
  47. The Steam Engine Roars! (蒸気機関、爆走! Jōkikikan, Bakusō?)
  48. Those Guys Return to Life (奴らが蘇る Yatsura ga Yomigaeru?)
  49. The Matrix Closes (鬼洞窟（マトリックス）、閉じる Matorikkusu, Tojiru?)
  50. The Hundred Beasts Die (百獣、死す Hyakujū, Shisu?)
  51. The Hundred Beasts Roar!! (百獣、吼える!! Hyakujū, Hoeru!!?)

[edit] Specials

  • Quest Ex: GaoPanda Appears!! Gao Access CD
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: Fire Mountain Roars
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger Super Video: Showdown! Gaoranger vs. GaoSilver
  • Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger vs. Gaoranger

[edit] Music

Opening Theme
  • "Gaoranger Roar!! (ガオレンジャー吼えろ!! Gaorenjā Hoero!!?)" by Yukio Yamagata
  • "Gaoranger Roar!! (ガオレンジャー吼えろ!! Gaorenjā Hoero!!?)" (All Cast Special Version)" by the Gaorangers (Noboru Kaneko, Kei Horie, Takeru Shibaki, Kazuyoshi Sakai, Mio Takeuchi, and Tetsuji Tamayama) & Yukio Yamagata (Movie)
Ending Theme
  • ""Healin' You (ヒーリン’ユー Hīrin' Yū?)" by Salia (ep 1-50)
  • "Gaoranger Roar!! (ガオレンジャー吼えろ!! Gaorenjā Hoero!!?)" (All Cast Special Version)" by the Gaorangers (Noboru Kaneko, Kei Horie, Takeru Shibaki, Kazuyoshi Sakai, Mio Takeuchi, and Tetsuji Tamayama) & Yukio Yamagata (ep 45)
  • "Stairway to the Sky (大空への階段 Ōzora E No Kaiden?)" by the Gaorangers (Noboru Kaneko, Kei Horie, Takeru Shibaki, Kazuyoshi Sakai, and Mio Takeuchi) (ep 51)
Insert Songs
  • "Hundred Beast Combination! GaoKing (百獣合体!ガオキング Hyakujū Gattai! Gaokingu?)" by Ichiro Mizuki
  • "white light ~GaoWhite Sae's Theme~ (white light~ガオホワイト 冴のテーマ~ howaito raito ~Gaohowaito Sae no Tēmu~?)" by Mitsuko Horie
  • "Dynamic Soul!!" by Hironobu Kageyama
  • "Samba de Gaoren (サンバ de ガオレン Sanba de Gaoren?)" by Ichiro Mizuki with the Gaorangers
  • "HOT! HOT! GaoMuscle!! (HOT!HOT!ガオマッスル!! Hotto! Hotto! Gaomassuru!!?)" by Yukio Yamagata
  • "a lone wolf ~The Silver Warrior~ (a lone wolf~銀の戦士~ a rōn urufu ~Gin no Senshi~?)" by Akira Kushida
  • "I.D. ~GaoHunter Requiem~ (I.D.~ガオハンター レクイエム~ Ai Dī ~Gaohantā Rekuiemu~?)" by Kiyotaka Imai
  • "Investigation of Echoes (響の調べ Hibiki no Shirabe?)" by Tetomu (Takemi)
  • "Bonds ~Spirit of Gaoranger~ (絆~Spirit of Gao Ranger~ Kizuna ~Supirito obu Gaorenjā~?)" by Yukio Yamagata & Salia
  • "EYES OF JUSTICE" by MoJo
  • "Keep Falling... (堕ちて行け… Ochite Yuke...?)" by TsueTsue (Rei Saito)

[edit] Names/Puns

[edit] Gaorangers

  • All the Gaorangers' names have reference to their animals:
    • Kakeru Shishi (GaoRed): Shishi means lion.
    • Gaku Washio (GaoYellow): Washi means eagle.
    • Kai Samezu (GaoBlue): Same means shark, and Kai means ocean.
    • Soutarou Ushigome (GaoBlack): Ushi means either cow or bull.
    • Sae Taiga (GaoWhite): Taiga is the kana rendition of tiger. It also means "Big Fang".
    • Shirogane/Tsukumaro Ōgami (GaoSilver): Shirogane means silver. Tsuku means moon, while Maro is related to dark forces. Ō means great, while gami means god. Ōgami is also a play in ōkami, which means wolf.

[edit] Orgs

  • "Org" is short for "Organization", since the Org Tribe is an organization of demons and ogres. Org also resembles the word "ogre".
  • All the Highness Dukes' names have reference to Ogres and Demons:
    • Shuten is named after Shuten Doji, a Oni referred as a "Japanese Vampire".
    • Ura was named after the principal villain who led the Oni defeated by Momotarō
    • The Monster Rasetsu was named after a demon in Japanese myth.
    • Rakushaasa was named after Rakshasa.
  • "Tsuetsue" & "Yabaiba"'s names were puns on "Wand" & "Sword" respectively
  • Loki's name is based on the Norse God, though his wolf-like face harkens to Loki's son, Fenrir. Also, Rō means wolf and ki means demon.
  • "Senki" means "Thousand Demon", appropriate since he is the combination of the three primary Highness Dukes (Rakushaasa wasn't included) and had some traits of the Dukes as well (such as having the same hair as Loki as well as having Tsuetsue and Yabaiba's headdresses on the backs of his arms).
  • The Three Org Brothers from the Super Sentai movie are named after the three prominent Greek Gods: Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.

[edit] Trivia

  • Rei Saito (Tsuetsue) and Takemi (Tetomu) playing acting in Sailor Moon Musicals (Seramyu) as Meioh Setsuna/Sailor Pluto (Rei) and Sailor Galaxia (Takemi). Also Miyu Otani, who guest in episode 6, played Minako Aino/Sailor Venus, Mao Mita, who guest in episode 8, played Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn, Kasumi Takabatake, who guest in episode 34, played Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon and Nanami Ikeuchi, who guest in episode 40, played Hook in the same musicals
  • Is the first series where the heroes refer to each other by their colors rather than their personal names, the second series is GoGo Sentai Boukenger
  • Gaoranger didn't have a traditional teamup with their predecessors, Mirai Sentai Timeranger. Instead, the focus was on the anniversary special Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai. This would be followed by GoGo Sentai Boukenger for their 30th Anniversary teamup.
  • In the final scenes, all the suit actors, apart from GaoSilver's, appeared alongside the Gaoranger they played. The suit actor for Yabaiba was also in the scene with GaoYellow's suit actor.
  • In the Rangers Strike trading card game released by Carddass, GaoBear and GaoPolar can be seen being healed by Rescue Fighter on the Rescue Fighter card, and GaoGiraffe can be seen on the card for the Go Go Crane, and both can be seen carrying a steel I-beam.
  • Tsuetsue is the only villain to have appeared in both Super Sentai Anniversary Crossover movies. Also, GaoRed is the only Red Ranger to have appeared in both crossovers, although in the latter it was just AkaRed using his suit and powers.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Guest Starring

  • Bunkou Ogata: Turbine Org (voice) (1)
  • Kaoru Saitou: Plugma Org (voice) (1)
  • Yuuji Kishi: Camera Org (voice) (3)
  • Ryouichi Tanaka: Temple Bell Org (voice) (4)
  • Bin Shimada: Tire Org (voice) (5)
  • Sayuri Uchida: Saori Shimada (6)
  • Yukio Yamagata: Ayanosuke Yajima (6) / Hades Org (voice) (Movie)
  • Hisao Egawa: Wedding Dress Org (voice) (6)
  • Hidenari Ugaki: Boat Org (voice) (7)
  • Nobutaka Masutomi: Head doctor at Cherry Blossom Garden (8)
  • Atsuko Rukawa: Misaki (8)
  • Tokuichi Makotosui: Signal Org (voice) (8)
  • Kyousei Tsukui: Cell Phone Org (voice) (9)
  • Dai Matsumoto: Bulldozer Org (voice) (10)
  • Daigaku Sekine: Koshikai Taiga (11, 51)
  • Kiyoyuki Yanada: Samurai Doll Org (voice) (11)
  • Yasuhiro Takato: Copy Org (voice) (12)
  • Kazunari Tanaka: Freezer Org (voice) (13)
  • Kouzou Shioya: Vacuum Cleaner Org (voice) (15)
  • Akiko Taumi: Elder Murasaki (16)
  • Rina Sakuma: Young Tetomu (16)
  • Sachio Kishino: Bus Org (voice) (17)
  • Taiki Motsuno: Clock Org (voice) (18)
  • Keiko Konno: Glasses Org (voice) (19)
  • Kodama Taeko: Shi-chan (19, 51)
  • Takahiro Imasura: Bike Org (voice) (20)
  • Daisuke Sakaguchi: Human Body Specimen Org (voice) (21)
  • Tetsuo Sakaguchi: Lawnmower Org (voice) (22)
  • Hideyuki Umedu: Karaoke Org (voice) (25)
  • Yasuhiko Kawadu: Vase Org (voice) (27)
  • Tadashi Arifuku: Don Katayama (28)
  • Kouichi Toochika: Bowling Org (voice) (28)
  • Keiichi Sonobe: Tombstone Org (voice) (29)
  • Yutaka Asukai: Kyarara (voice) (32, 33)
  • Hideo Ishikawa: Propla (voice) (32, 33)
  • Tarou Suwa: Charcoal Grill Org (34)
  • Kazuhiko Kishino: Blacksmith Org (voice) (35)
  • Hironori Miyata: Magic Flute Org (voice) (36)
  • Toshiyuki Hayase: Juggling Org (voice) (37)
  • Naoki Imasura: Animal Tamer Org (voice) (38)
  • Naoki Yanagi: Monitor Org (voice) (39)
  • Keiira Noda: Christmas Org (voice) (41)
  • Yasunori Masutani: DoroDoro (voice) (42, 43)
  • Naoki Tatsuta: New Year's Org (voice) (46)
  • Masanobu Kariya: Steam Engine Org (voice) (47)
  • Daisuke Gouri: Senki (voice) (50, 51)
  • Yasuhiro Takeuchi: Flight instructor A (51)
  • Motokuni Nakagawa: Flight instructor B (51)
  • Yuichi Hachisuka: Sae's sparring partner (51)
  • Yasuhiko Imai: Surfer (51)
  • Hideaki Kusaka: Rancher (51)
  • Hirofumi Fukuzawa: Dog owner - Male (51)
  • Shouzou Iizuka: Rakushaasa (voice) (Gaoranger VS Super Sentai)
  • Mikio Oosawa: Kaito (Movie)
  • Yasue Satou: Princess Iriya (Movie)
  • Ichirou Mizuki: Poseidon Org (voice) (Movie)
  • Kenta Miyake: Zeus Org (voice) (Movie)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gao is Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent to a roaring sound, yet the Gaoranger roll call uses the kanji 牙吠, which mean "fang" and "howl", respectively

[edit] External links

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