Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー) is a Japanese television show and the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries and the first title of the Heisei period. it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989, to February 23, 1990, replacing Choujyu Sentai Liveman and was replaced by Chikyu Sentai Fiveman with a total of 51 episodes (1 TV special and 50 ordinary episodes). Its international title in English was listed by Toei is Turbo Rangers. Turboranger was also the first Super Sentai series to air on Friday instead of Saturday. During its initial run, Turboranger was the 11th Super Sentai and billed as the 10th anniversary title of the Super Sentai series (as Battle Fever J was designated as the first Super Sentai series during 1988 to 1994 after the exclusion of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai due to rights issues with Shotaro Ishinomori). However, in 1995, Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. was included into the Super Sentai series once more, thus making Turboranger the 13th in the franchise.

Plot

20,000 years ago, the Fairy race assisted humans in a battle against the Bohma Tribe successfully sealing them. Due to modern-day pollution and man's destruction of nature, the power of the Fairy magic has weakened, allowing the seal to be broken and thus the Tribe's escape. With the help of Dr. Dazai; Seelon, the last of the fairies summons five high school seniors. As children, they were showered with the "flames of spirit" of the fallen fairies in a forest and can now hear Seelon's voice. Donning powered suits, the product of a collaboration between Seelon's magic and Dr. Dazai's science, the five become the Turborangers, juggling days of fighting with their regular school lives, in order to defeat the Bohma Tribe.

Characters

Turborangers

The eponymous Turborangers are all high school students of Musashino Academy.

Arsenal

Team Attacks

Vehicles

Mecha

Allies

Bohma Hundred-Tribe

The Bohma Hundred-Tribe (暴魔百族) is a crime faction, where they are worshippers of violence and magic who lost to human-Fairy coalition 20,000 years ago and were sealed away. However, due to pollution that weakened the Fairy magic that sealed them, the Bohma are free to take their revenge on humanity from Bohma Castle (暴魔城) as their operations base. In the finale, Bohma Castle is destroyed by the Super Turbo Builder.

Wandering Bohma

The Wandering Bohma (流れ暴魔) are Yōkai, the offspring of humans and demons.

Episodes

Before the very first story arc premiered in the second episode the following week, the first episode acted as a television special was aired to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Super Sentai since Battle Fever J at that time. On October 6, 1989 (the day that episode 32 aired) the show began to be broadcast later on Fridays instead of Saturdays. A movie was released at the Toei Manga Festival on March 18, 1989, which was the same day episode 4 aired. 1The first episode of Turboranger was originally scheduled to premiere on February 25, 1989. However, due to the death of Hirohito on January 7, the finale of Liveman was postponed to February 18, thus moving the premiere of Turboranger to March 4.

Cast

Guest stars

Songs

International broadcast and home video