Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
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海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー Pirate Sentai Gokaiger
The 35th Anniversary Super Sentai series. Catchphrases is "Let's make it showy/Hade ni iku ze". 派手に行くぜ!
Aired from: February 13, 2011 to February 19, 2012 (51 episodes)
Plot
The Gokaigers are a group of young pirates who uses the powers of the 34 previous Super Sentai teams to fight the evil Zangyack, whose first wave of invasion forces were completely defeated by the previous 34 teams until they arrive with reinforcements and invade the Earth once more, and they must visit the past 34 teams to obtain more power to fight against the ever-determined Zangyack.
Characters
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger 海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー
The space pirates. Their special ability is using the powers of the previous 34 Super Sentai team members.
Captain Marvelous キャプテン・マーベラス / GokaiRed ゴーカイレッド
- Played by Ozawa Ryouta 小澤亮太
- A former member of the Akaki Pirates. Marvelous' goal is to find the Greatest Treasure in the Universe with his crew, the Gokaigers.
- Bounty: 1.5 million zagins (Start), 3 million zagins (eps. 5), 5 million zagins (eps. 15), Unlimited Reward (eps. 39)
Joe Gibken ジョー・ギブケン / GokaiBlue ゴーカイブルー
- Played by Yamada Yuuki 山田裕貴
- A man of few words. Joe's specialty is two-handed sword techniques.
- Bounty: 1 million zagins (Start), 2 million zagins (eps. 5), 4 million zagins (eps. 15), 8 million zagins (eps. 39)
- According to writer Arakawa Naruhisa, Joe's personality is based on the director of the Chunichi Dragons, Takagi Morimichi. Also, his name was originally going to be Ken Gibujo, which is based on the name of Takagi's alma mata, Ken Gifushou. 岐阜県立岐阜商業高等学校（県岐阜商=ケン・ギフショウ）
Luka Milfy ルカ・ミルフィ / GokaiYellow ゴーカイイエロー
- Played by Ichimichi Mao 市道真央
- The tomboyish lady thief. Her special technique is to attack with blades on strings.
- Bounty: 300,000 zagins (Start),750,000 zagins (eps. 5), 1.5 million zagins (eps. 15), 3 million zagins (eps. 39)
- Comes from an impoverished planet. Had a little sister named Ria.
Don Dogoier ドン・ドッゴイヤー / GokaiGreen ゴーカイグリーン
- Played by Shimizu Kazuki 清水一希
- Everyone address's Don as "Doc/Hakase" ハカセ. The only exception is Gai who calls him "Don-san". The mechanic/chef of the crew. He became a refugee after Zangyack destroyed his home planet. His catchphrase is "Now's my chance!"
- Bounty: 100 zagins (Start), 1000 zagins (eps. 5), 5000 zagins (eps. 15), 50,000 zagins (eps. 39)
Ahim de Famille アイム・ド・ファミーユ / GokaiPink ゴーカイピンク
- Played by Koike Yui 小池唯
- Former princess of the Famille Planet. Speaks in an extremely high class, polite fashion. Addresses everyone with -san.
- Bounty: 500,000 zagins (Start), 1 million zagins (eps. 5), 2 million zagins (eps. 15), 4 million zagins (eps. 39)
Ikari Gai 伊狩 鎧 / GokaiSilver ゴーカイシルバー
- Played by Ikeda Junya 池田純矢
- The kari 狩 in his name means "to hunt". Gai 鎧 means "armor".
- The only member in the group who's from Earth. Gai is a Sentai otaku. After having a near-death experience saving a girl, Gai receives three Grand Powers and the GokaiCellular from AbareKiller, TimeFire, and DragonRanger. These three being connected by a dinosaur theme, and also being Sentai members who have died.
- His catchphrase is "Gingin iku ze ギンギンに行くぜ!" which means to do things "enthusiastically". It's basically a pun on gin/silver.
- Apparently Gai has the ability to redefine reality, as he can combine Sentai characters (Go-On Wings, a combination of Go-On Gold and Go-On Silver).
Navi ナビィ
Voiced by Tamura Yukari
- A robotic parrot who has the ability to give prophecies that act as hints for finding Grand Powers. When he does his prophecies, he says "Let's Treasure Navigate!" Since he uses "oira" to address himself, it's likely that Navi is male.
- A reoccurring gag in the show is Marvelous addressing Navi as tori/bird.
Space Empire Zangyack 宇宙帝国ザンギャック
The evil empire that rules the whole universe. Their first attack on Earth was known as the Great Legend War. The attack on Earth in the Gokaiger series is actually the second, smaller fleet. At the head of this attack is the mothership, Gigant Horse, headed by the son of the emperor, Waruzu Giru.
Waruzu Giru The commander of the fleet. 司令官ワルズ・ギル
- Played off as the spoiled, ineffectual son of the emperor. He sees the Earth campaign as a chance to prove himself.
- Name is an altered form of Japanese "waru sugiru" meaning "much too evil".
Damarasu Chief-of-staff 参謀長ダマラス
- The most competent, strongest member of the staff, thus he doesn't do anything or directly even appear before the Gokaigers until his last few episodes.
Insaan Technical officer in charge of development 開発技官インサーン
- The mad scientist of the group, she creates the gun that makes the monster grow.
Barizorg Special duties officer, Waruzu's loyal follower 特務士官バリゾーグ
- The brainwashed, cyborg of Joe's friend, Sid. He serves as the bodyguard of Waruzu and says very little, mostly "Yes boss."
Basco
- Played by Hosogai Kei 細貝圭
The combatants
- Action Commanders - The monsters of the week.
- Goumin 兵隊ゴーミン - The soldiers. Apparently named after the Japanese word for garbage, gomi. In the first episode, a group of them are tossed into a dump truck by the Gokaigers.
- Sugoumin 下士官スゴーミン - A step up from the Goumin. Their official rank is "non-commissioned officer". The giant versions can transform into vehicles. Their name is based on "sugoi" or "awesome".
- Dogoumin 親衛隊ドゴーミン - The elite guards for the emperor. Red in color like the Emperor's elite guard from Star Wars. The "do" here creates emphasis, like when Marvelous says "dohade" instead of just "hade".
Guest stars
Sid - Shindou Gaku 進藤学
List of previous Sentai members on Gokaiger
Rules for which color member the Gokaigers change into
When doing group transformations, the Gokaigers tend to specific colors.
Marvelous - Red.
Joe - Blue, regardless of gender.
Luka - Yellow, regardless of gender.
Don - Always green, sometimes black.
Ahim - Always pink, sometimes white. If there's one female in the group, she tends to always be that one if it's not yellow.
Gai - Sixth member and special members.
Gokai Machines
ゴーカイマシン
GokaiGalleon' ゴーカイガレオン
- The Gokaigers' base of operation. When GokaiRed is piloting it, he stands before a giant wheel and carries out all his operations by simply turning it. He's seen in suit when piloting GokaiGalleon even in non-hostile times.
GokaiJet ゴーカイジェット
- GokaiBlue's machine.
GokaiTrailer ゴーカイトレーラー
- GokaiYellow's machine.
GokaiRacer ゴーカイレーサー
- GokaiGreen's machine.
GokaiMarine ゴーカイマリン
- GokaiPink's machine. Possibly a reference to BoukenPink's submarine.
Robos
Gokai-Ou ゴーカイオー
- The Gokaiger's main mecha. He's armed with two swords called GokaiKen ゴーカイケン. Plus he has a giant cannon called GokaiHou ゴーカイホー. Ken and hou are just Japanese for "swords" and "cannons" respectively.
- Finisher: Gokai Star Burst ゴーカイスターバースト
- Magi Gokai-Ou マジゴーカイオー
- Gokai-Ou fused with MagiDragon.
- Finisher: Gokai Magi Bind ゴーカイマジバインド
- Deka Gokai-Ou デカゴーカイオー
- Gokai-Ou fused with PAT Striker.
- Attack: Gokai PAT Strike ゴーカイパトストライク
- Finisher: Gokai Full Blast ゴーカイフルブラスト
- Gao Gokai-Ou ガオゴーカイオー
- The top portion of Gokai-Ou on GaoLion's back.
- Finisher: Gokai Animal Heart ゴーカイアニマルハート
- Shinken Gokai-Ou シンケンゴーカイオー
- GaoLion also doubles as the Shinkenger's red Origami Lion. When combined with Gokai-Ou in a different way, he becomes Shinken Gokai-Ou, who looks almost exactly like Shinken-Ou. Armed with the Gokai Naginata ゴーカイナギナタ.
- Finisher: Gokai Samurai Giri (Slash) ゴーカイ侍斬り
- Hurricane Gokai-Ou ハリケンゴーカイオー
- Gokai-Ou fused with Fuuraimaru 風雷丸.
- Uses the Shuriken Chain 手裏剣チェーン as a weapon. Can fire countless shurikens with Gokai Mugen Shuriken ゴーカイ無限手裏剣.
- Attack: Gokai Fuurai Attack ゴーカイ風雷アタック
- Finisher: Hissatsu Ougi Midarezakura 必殺奥義 乱れ桜 (Deadly ascension technique scattered cherry petals)
- Go-On Gokai-Ou ゴーオンゴーカイオー
- The top portion of Gokai-Ou fused with Engine Machalcon.
- Finisher: Gokai Go-on Grand Prix! ゴーカイゴーオングランプリ
- Goran Gokai-Ou ゴレンゴーカイオー Might also be Goren Gokai-Ou if based on the sound.
- Gokai-Ou fused with the GoRanger's VariVroom バリブルーン.
GouJyuJin 豪獣神
- Gai's personally robo. Starts as a futuristic aircraft with a drill nose, GouJyuDrill 豪獣ドリル. This is TimeRanger's Grand Power and similar to their Time Jets.
- It transformers into a T-Rex called GouJyuRex 豪獣レックス. This is ZyuRanger's Grand Power, similar to Tyrannosaurus and Dragon Caesar's drill tail.
- Finally it becomes a robo with a drill arm, GouJyuJin 豪獣神. This is AbaRanger's Grand Power, and is similar to AbarenOh.
Wing GouJyuJin ウイング豪獣神
- Using MegaRanger's Mega Wing Grand Power, GouJyuJin gets wings and can fly.
- Finisher: Gokai Spartan ゴーカイスパルタン
GouJyu Gokai-Ou 豪獣ゴーカイオー
- Using Abaranger's Grand power, Gokai-Ou combines with GouJyuJin, receiving his drill arms.
- Finisher Gokai Dengeki Drill Spin ゴーカイ電撃ドリルスピン, a reference to AbarenOh's finisher.
- Finisher Gokai Rex Drill ゴーカイレックスドリル
Kanzen Gokai-Ou カンゼンゴーカイオー Or Perfect Gokai-Ou
- Armed with the Kanzen Drill カンゼンドリル and Kanzen Missiles カンゼンミサイル.
- Finisher: Gokai Kanzen Burst ゴーカイカンゼンバースト
- Finisher: Gokai Kanzen Super Burst ゴーカイカンゼンスーパーバースト
Chronology
Music
Trivia
- The first Sentai TV series to be released on Blu-Ray.
- The text on the newspaper that the Gokaigers read (which has their wanted pictures on them) is lifted from Wikipedia's page on "wanted posters". This is similar to how the text in the background of the Go-Busters' opening is from Wikipedia too.
Articles
Article describing the production of Gokaigers