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Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー, Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā?, High-Speed Sentai Turboranger) is the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai series. It was aired on TV Asahi on March 3, 1989 to February 23, 1990 with a total of 51 episodes.

The first car based series next to Go-onger and Carranger, correct me if I'm wrong. You may open the discussion's here
 
For this, TurboRanger is one of my least favorite Sentai series out there. Yes, it is not anywhere near as bad as the crap we have had over the last few years or as bad as Dynaman, but it is still pretty down right awful. And what is up with the yellow ranger's hat? Anyway, I found the villians to be pretty lackluster, the rangers were bland, and even changing the villians halfway through could not save this series.
 
I cannot admit that because I never made it beyond episode 8 of Dynaman. What episodes are that arc? Maybe I'll sometime just watch that arc and see if I can finish the show from there.
 
I cannot admit that because I never made it beyond episode 8 of Dynaman. What episodes are that arc? Maybe I'll sometime just watch that arc and see if I can finish the show from there.

So really you can only say "as bad as the 8 episodes of Dynaman" that you have seen and not lump it in with complete bad series you have seen?
 
Anyway, I loved Turboranger a lot!

I thought that each episode was very well-written, fun to watch, creative, and kept me on the edge of my seat!

The characters are simple. The heroes are a cheerful bunch. So I like to watch them. There really isn't anything I dislike about them. And seeing as how they were all high schoolers, that made the show unique amongst other Sentai seasons. While Megaranger dealt with technology, Turboranger dealt with fairies and demons. They used technology too, but not to the extent that Megaranger did. Which made both shows unique.

I thought it was a cool concept where the Turborangers used technology which was fueled by fairy magic. One of my favorite eps was 15, when the Turborangers lost their powers and had to get them back. That was epic!

Also, the Turborangers had Ms. Yamaguchi, who is one of the most kickass teachers ever! Like in ep 20, when she directed the Sumo Wrestling match between Sumo Bouma and Turbo Robo! Classic scene there! Though I admit, she can get quite scary. :P

The villains were pretty cool in design. In fact, I had lots of trouble trying to figure out what kind of demons they were supposed to be. But that made it all the more diverse, awesome, and interesting. The first three villains were simple, but were fun to watch. And even though it was written rather quickly, their final 3 eps were really intense!

And of course, Yamimaru and Kirika were awesome villains! I found them both to be quite relatable and fun to watch.

The music in Turboranger is amazing. They did a really awesome job with making the music sound very "automobile-ish" and "Demon Tribes-ish" at the same time! I think most of the credit goes to the use of the instrument, the cello. And a lot of this music made the show epic.

So overall, it was just a really fun season for me to watch. :)
 
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I don't care what people say Turboranger had two of the most Kickass villains ever, Yamimaru and Kirika FTW! :castlerock:

Plus there are some very memorable story's in there you just have to get into it first.
 
I still think Turboranger's one of the more unappreciated entries of the franchise. Sure, it might not be as strong as what Soda did with the Change through Live run, but...it's better than Fiveman, IMO. A problem is that it doesn't have many recurring storylines like the Change through Live run did, but I think it still has a lot of strong episodes, even in the standalones.

Maybe the heroes are a little too goody-goody -- the Turbo team were the popular ones, the athletes, the lovable class clown. (One of the smart things Megaranger did to differentiate itself was having two of the heroes be slackers.) But the Turbo heroes were all likable, and it makes Sayoko's story stronger by making her be the awkward freak in the back of the class. Even before learning of the situation with the Nagare-Bouma, she's already an outcast. They tried to make Yamimaru and Kirika more sympathetic, by not being fully human or Bouma, they were outcasts to both sides, feel they didn't belong, so they held grudges against both sides.

It's a shame the show didn't really know what to do with their early villains. You have Masashi Ishibashi as Reda, and Ishibashi's a biggie who kinda went to waste. Jarmin didn't cut it in the shadow of Ahames, Neferu, and Mazenda. Jinba had a pretty cool backstory, but he never was given much to do. But, Yamimaru and Kirika are great, IMO. Like all good villains late in joining the series, they stir things up for our heroes and for the villains, and they sort of continue that Liveman thing of "Are these villains, once our peers, beyond saving?"

And if I had watched Turboranger when I was a kid, I probably would have been scared by Ragon. :laugh: The guy's not the typical immobile main villain -- he's practically an entire set-piece! Just a gigantic, pretty elaborate design, with multiple people working it. So in that awesome episode where Yamimaru and Kirika lock Riki in with Ragon so they fight each other 'til the death, you fear for Riki.
 
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"Are these villains, once our peers, beyond saving?"

I really liked that ep where Riki thinks Yamimaru is beyond saving, and Ms. Yamaguchi talks about how she never expected Riki to think that way. And then following that up with Riki chasing Yamimaru on motorcycles to try and talk to him. The music that went with that (not sure what it was called. But I wish I knew) went really well with that scene and was very touching. Definitely one of my favorite scenes in Turboranger! :thumbs:
 

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