Power Rangers Samurai

Power Rangers Samurai
Top: The logo for Power Rangers Samurai season 1 Bottom: The logo for season 2, Super Samurai
Format	Action/Adventure Fantasy
Created by	Haim Saban Toei Company
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi (original Shinkenger scripts)
Directed by	Peter Salmon Akihiro Noguchi Jonathan Tzachor
Starring	Alex Heartman[1] Erika Fong Hector David Jr. Najee De-Tiege Brittany Anne Pirtle Steven Skyler Rene Naufahu Felix Ryan Paul Schrier Rick Medina
Opening theme	"Go Go Power Rangers"
Composer(s)	Noam Kaniel
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	45[2][3] (List of Samurai episodes, List of Super Samurai episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jonathan Tzachor[4]
Producer(s)	Sally Campbell
Location(s)	New Zealand
Cinematography	Ilan Rosenberg
Production company(s)	SCG Power Rangers Power Rangers Productions Ltd[5]
Distributor	Saban Brands MarVista Entertainment (Internationally)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	1080i HDTV[6] 480p EDTV (downconverted widescreen)
Original run	February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)[6][7][5] – December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)
Chronology
Preceded by	Power Rangers RPM Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Re-version)
Followed by	Power Rangers Megaforce

Power Rangers Samurai is the eighteenth season of the American children's television series Power Rangers.^[8] With Saban Brands buying back the franchise, the show is produced by SCG Power Rangers and began airing on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons on February 7, 2011, making it the first to use the Saban name since the first half of Power Rangers: Wild Force.^[1] As with all Power Rangers programs, Power Rangers Samurai is based on one of the entries of the Super Sentai Series; in the case of Samurai, the source series is Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. Saban Brands have said the show will have a "brighter tone and gets an infusion of fun and comedy that wasn't present in seasons 16 and 17."^[3]

Power Rangers Samurai is the first Power Rangers season to be shot and broadcast in HD and to be airing on Nickelodeon. Samurai is split into two 20-episode seasons; the second set of 20 episodes began on February 18, 2012 ^[9] and is called Power Rangers Super Samurai,^[10] which is being called a new season.^[11] Super Samurai is considered the nineteenth season.

By 2012, the show had an average of 2 million viewers on Nickelodeon.^[12] The highest rated episode was the May 15, 2011 broadcast of "The Blue and the Gold", with 3.7 million viewers.^[13]

Plot

The Samurai Power Rangers–Red Ranger Jayden, the stoic leader; Blue Ranger Kevin, the devoted second-in-command; Pink Ranger Mia, the big sister; Green Ranger Mike, the creative rebel; Yellow Ranger Emily, the youngest and most innocent; and Gold Ranger Antonio, the expressive fisherman/tech wiz– fight the evil Master Xandred and his army of Nighloks, who want to flood the planet with the waters of the Sanzu River to bring about the end of civilization.

Promotion

Saban announced they would be enacting an "aggressive" multimedia focus, with planned apps, games, streaming content, and social media content in addition to live shows and a feature film.^[2][3] The run-up to the new series was promoted by 145 Days of Power Rangers, a daily airing of every Mighty Morphin episode in order. An official Power Rangers Facebook page was also created.^[14]

On November 24, 2010, the Power Rangers website placed a trailer for the show online, hosted on Yahoo! Kids. The new Samurai Rangers also appeared at the 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.^[15]

Paul Schrier has a recurring role in the season, reprising his role as Bulk originating from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.^[16]

For the second batch of episodes airing in 2012, Saban began promoting the season with the title of "Super Samurai" to reflect the upgrades to the Rangers powers (glimpsed already in "Clash of the Red Rangers The Movie"). Actor Hector David, Jr., released an official teaser poster for "Super Samurai" on his Facebook profile.

Cast

• Alex Heartman as Jayden, the Red Samurai Ranger
• Najee De-Tiege as Kevin, the Blue Samurai Ranger
• Erika Fong as Mia, the Pink Samurai Ranger
• Hector David Jr. as Mike, the Green Samurai Ranger
• Brittany Anne Pirtle as Emily, the Yellow Samurai Ranger
• Steven Skyler as Antonio, the Gold Samurai Ranger
• Rene Naufahu as Mentor Ji
• Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmei
• Felix Ryan as Spike Skullovitch
• Jeff Szusterman as the voices of Master Xandred and Octoroo
• Kate Elliott as the voice of Dayu
• Rick Medina as Deker
• Derek Judge as the voice of Serrator

International broadcast

Country / Region	Channel	Series Premiere
United States	Nickelodeon, Nicktoons	February 7, 2011
Canada	Nickelodeon (Canada), YTV, Télétoon	February 11, 2011
France	Canal J	April 16, 2011
United Kingdom	Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland), Nicktoons, Channel 5	May 7, 2011
New Zealand	Four	June 27, 2011
Australia	Nickelodeon (Australia)	July 2, 2011
	Go!	July 17, 2011
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim	July 3, 2011
Latin America	Nickelodeon (Latin America)	July 11, 2011
Germany	Nickelodeon (Germany), Nicktoons	August 1, 2011
Netherlands	Nicktoons (Netherlands)	August 3, 2011
Croatia	Nickelodeon (Croatia)	August 5, 2011
Turkey	Nickelodeon (Turkey) ( Web Site )	August 15, 2011
Philippines	Cartoon Network (Philippines)	October 3, 2011
	ABS-CBN	November 4, 2013
Hungary	Nickelodeon (Hungary)	October 8, 2011
Poland	Nickelodeon (Poland)	October 8, 2011
Singapore	okto	October 22, 2011
Spain	Nickelodeon (Spain), Boing	November 12, 2011
Greece	Nickelodeon (Greece)[17]	November 20, 2011
Malaysia	TV2	February 2012
India	Sonic, Nickelodeon (India)	April 16, 2012
Indonesia	Indosiar	March 2012
Japan	Toei Channel (Japanese Dubbed)	Winter 2013

Comic book

Papercutz produced two issues of a comic book based on Power Rangers Super Samurai.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Power Rangers Samurai at Power Rangers Official Website
• Power Rangers Super Samurai at Power Rangers Official Website
• Power Rangers Samurai at Nickelodeon
• Power Rangers Samurai at the Internet Movie Database