Mahō Sentai Magiranger (魔法戦隊マジレンジャー) is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and Toei Company's twenty-ninth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 13, 2005, to February 12, 2006, replacing Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger and was replaced by GoGo Sentai Boukenger. It aired as part of TV Asahi's Super Hero Time alongside Kamen Rider Hibiki. This was the very last installment to be produced and broadcast in the 4:3 aspect ratio. The catchphrases of the series are "Magic, it's a sacred power! Magic, it's an adventure to the unknown! Magic, and it's a proof of courage!" and "Divine! Adventurous! Courageous! It's just MAGIC".

Synopsis

A war between the Infershia and Magitopia had occurred unbeknownst to humans. After being imprisoned within the Earth for fifteen years, the Infershia have returned to get revenge from their imprisonment. When the Infershia attack, five siblings witness their mother change in front of them and she hands them Magi Phones to transform into a magic team. Now endowed with magic powers, these five vow to live up to their family's legacy. They have yet to discover many more family secrets.

Characters

Magirangers

The is a family of mages that initially consisted of five children (three brothers and two sisters) who lived peacefully with their mother Miyuki on the assumption that their father died in an expedition in Antarctica. But the siblings learn their family legacy as they battle against the Infershia after their mother was taken from them, reunited with their parents by the series finale. The primary Magirangers transform using the, which allow them to cast spells, and are armed with the wands and the broom-like flying vehicles. Whenever facing a giant monster, the Magirangers use the to transform into the which can all combine into via or without Magi Phoenix to form via. After the siblings acquired the ability to become, once learning to regulate their powers to remain on Earth, they acquire the and the ability to become that combine into via.

Allies

Heavenly Saints

The following are the known members of the Heavenly Saints:

Infershia

The are an underground empire which was ruled by the mysterious N Ma. Fifteen years ago, N Ma created the Hades Gate to send his entire army to Earth, but was stopped by the Heavenly Saint Blagel. N Ma uses his agents to break the seal so he can conquer the surface world. However, over time, some of the Infershians began to realize N Ma's insane obsession of destroying Magitopia and the Ozu Family was reckless due to needless deaths. Once N Ma was destroyed, Hades Goddess Sphinx took over the Infershia to rebuild their world and start anew with Magitopia.

Infershia Pantheon

The Infershia Pantheon (冥府十神) are the antagonist of the second half of the series, composed of ten giant-sized deities residing in the Valley of the Gods (神々の谷) until they were revived upon N Ma's death to deliver Divine Punishment (神罰) on mankind with any interference having grave consequences for both the surface world and Magitopia. The reason for this is because the Hades gods' deaths serve an alternate purpose to provide N Ma with selecting a vessel among the survivors. Each deities follows a self-made code of conduct called the Dark Precept (闇の戒律), using the Slab of Judgement (裁きの石版) to pick the chosen god to cast divine retribution with a dark aurora heralding their arrival to the surface, assuming a human-size form to carry out the punishment. Should they choose to play games with anyone, they must abide by the rules they made. They are divided into three groups: The Three Wise Gods (三賢神), Five Warrior Gods (五武神), and the Two Ultimate Gods (二極神).

Hades Beasts

The Hades Beasts (冥獣) are he first wave of monsters to fight the Magirangers, send by Branken to kill humans in hopes that one of their victims is Lunagel, whose death would open the gate. The first three were naturally giant, but the rest were human-sized when first depicted. When these human-sized Hades Beasts are killed, Wolzard used a spell that resurrects the monsters and makes them grow. They emerged onto the surface through a dark magic circle.

Three Solitary Confinement Hades Beasts

The Three Solitary Confinement Hades Beasts (蟲毒房三冥獣) are three imprisoned Hades Beast that were released by Vancuria and can travel to the surface on their own.

Hades Beastmen

The Hades Beastmen (冥獣人) are the second wave of monsters to fight the Magirangers, previous humans who sold their souls to N Ma, and were more powerful and intelligent than ordinary Hades Beasts. They had been sealed away by Blagel but were set free by Meemy, bond to serve him as commanded by the Dark Contract to sacrifice many humans so that N Ma could be revived. While most were enlarged by Meemy, Peewee and Bullrates were enlarged by Vancuria using dark copies of the Magi Phone called Wolza Phones (ウーザフォン).

Hades Beastmen Elite Four

The Hades Beastman Elite Four (ハデスの獣人四底王) are the most evil and powerful of the Hades Beastmen who overpowered Blagel before they were sealed away. They were summoned by Meemy in an attempt to placate N Ma.

Other Infershia monsters

The following monsters do not fit in the categories above:

Grunts

Magical spells

The characters of Magiranger use magical spells to accomplish tasks. Each magical word correspond to a digit on a phone. For example, when the Magiranger wants to transform into their Magiranger forms, they use 106, which corresponds to "Maagi Magi Magiiro" and "Goolu Golu Goludiro".

Stages (Episodes)

Production

The Mahō Sentai trademark was registered by Toei on May 31, 2004, around 4-month before of trademark for the Magiranger's team name, The Magiranger trademark was registered on September 22, 2004.

Theatrical movie and direct-to-video releases

Cast

Voice actors

Songs

International broadcast and home video