Kyôryû sentai Jûrenjâ

Looking at power rangers now it just is so goofy this comes across way more serious and it has everything that made mmpr good and then some.

As we all know, Power Rangers was created from a Japanese TV show entitled Zyuuranger (Beastranger). Well, the majority. The plot has 5 ancient warriors from dinosaur tribes resurrected to do battle with a sorceress, Bandora, and her henchmen. Bandora hates dinosaurs because of personal reasons dealing with her past and origin of her evil. Anyways, the five warriors are equipped with powers that enable them to become a color coded force known as Zyuuranger. They combat Bandora's wicked Doramonsters with magical weaponry and machines. The series is my fave out of all the sentai I have seen. It's cheesy, but oh wah! Camp is fun. Heh. And let me say that Zyuuranger was very popular in Japan.

A witch named Bandora has escape from her prison after two astronauts open the seal while exploring on a planet that enters our solar system every some thousands of years. Banza a mystical sage who sealed Bandora must awake the mystic Zyurangers who have been put to sleep for millions of years. With their dinosaur/prehistoric animal mechas, they'll have what it takes to take down Bandora's monsters.

For a long time, I've been curious to see how different this was compared to Power Rangers. And after seeing the whole thing, there's no comparison other than sharing the same themes. Not to mention the story is 60% different from that of Power Rangers. And there is an actual conclusion to it while Power Ranger continued longer than 50 episodes.

I can only remember a little of Power Rangers, so I did recognize some of the footage that was used for that series. Except it was a different experience seeing how it was originally released in Japan.

I don't want to say it's better than Power Rangers. I just find the story to be better and more interesting. Those who disliked Power Rangers being too long will be glad that this one is shorter than power rangers.

I have seen the first 5 episodes (subtitled) and I think it is in every way better than Power Rangers.

The stories are better, granted they might not be Shakespeare but it's a kids show. and for a kids show it's good.

The action was cheesy in Power Rangers Because it's the same footage. But then again it's a kids show.

The way they got their powers isn't explained. It would have been nice but I don't think it's needed. Also the way they got their weapons and robots is better IMO.

Just remember this is the original show. Saban took it and localized it badly.

90% of the time the originals are better than the "remake" Please keep that in mind when the craptastic Smurfs Movie comes out.

I like Power Rangers, and it wasn't until late in 1996 I became aware of Sentai. Zyuranger from what I have seen appears to be darker that Power Rangers in a lot of ways even though there is a lot of silly humour in Zyuranger. I wish that a lot more Zyuranger footage had been used in Power Rangers, and I wish that the character dynamics had been copied to PR more. Also, I wish that Zyuranger would come out on video for the UK. I have still never seen the first ZYU ep - and I really really want to!!!! Does anyone have any video files of zyu for the first ep that they'd be willing to share? Does anyone know of any cool zyu sites out there or any cool zyu related stories or behind the scenes stuff? Please let me know.