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===Cast (4kids dub)===
*[[Frank Frankson]] as Sōsuke Ezumi
*[[Wayne Grayson]] as Renn Kōsaka
*[[Liza Jacqueline]] as Saki Rōyama
*[[Marc Thompson]] as Hant Jō
*[[Darren Dunstan]] as Gunpei Ishihara
*[[Marc Diraison]] as Speedor
*[[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]] as Bus-on
*[[Rebecca Soler]] as Bearrv
*[[Dave Willis]] as Birca
*[[Michael Alston Baley]] as Gunpherd


==Songs==
==Songs==

Revision as of 23:46, 12 May 2008

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Engine Sentai Go-onger
Engine Sentai Go-onger
The title card for Engine Sentai Go-onger
GenreTokusatsu
Created byToei
Written byJunki Takegami, Shō Aikawa
Directed byKatsuya Watanabe, Satoshi Morota, Noboru Takemoto, Shōjirō Nakazawa
StarringYasuhisa Furuhara
Shinwa Kataoka
Rina Aizawa
Masahiro Usui
Kenji Ebisawa
Nao Oikawa
Opening theme"Engine Sentai Go-onger" by Hideyuki Takahashi
Ending theme"Engine First Lap -Type Normal-" by Project. R with Engine Kids
ComposerMegumi Ōhashi
Country of originJapan Japan
No. of episodesOngoing (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersJun Hikasa
Kenichi Wasano
Kōichi Yada
Masashi Yagi
Running time24-25 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
Release2008-02-17

Engine Sentai Go-onger (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā, translated as Engine Squadron Go-onger(refactored from [[[α]|Engine]])(refactored from [[[β]|Go-on]])) is the title of Toei Company's thirty-second Super Sentai series of Japanese tokusatsu television dramas.. It premiered on February 17, 2008, a week following the finale of Juken Sentai Gekiranger. It airs as part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block alongside Kamen Rider Kiva. The motif of this series is animals, the motor industry, and environmentalism.

Story

The Machine World (マシンワールド, Mashin Wārudo) is one of the 11 Frame Dimensions other than our own, which is referred as the Human World (ヒューマンワールド, Hyūman Wārudo), and it is home to giant vehicular beings called Engines who wage a war against the Gaiark who desire to pollute their world. Losing, the Gaiark escape through time and space to end up on Earth, seeing the Human World as an easier location to create their ideal paradise. Three of the Engines manage to pursue them, selecting three humans to become their partners, the Go-ongers. The team are joined by two more Go-ongers, whose two Engines managed to enter the Human World as well along with the Gian Engine Carrigator.

Go-ongers

Main article: The Go-ongers

Based in their RV, the Ginjiro (ギンジロー号, Ginjirō-gō), the Go-onger team is composed of the core three and two back-up members who support the main team. Advertisements for the series show that the first kana in the Go-ongers' surnames spell "ecology" (「え・こ・ろ・じ・い」（エコロジー）, "E・Ko・Ro・Ji・I" (ekorojī)) in Japanese. One kanji in each Go-onger's given name contains a variation of the radical for "car" (車, kuruma). A sixth Go-onger has appeared in silohouette in Japanese children's magazines.

Sōsuke Esumi/Go-on Red (江角 走輔／ゴーオンレッド, Esumi Sōsuke/Gōon Reddo)
Nicknamed, the "Speed King," Sōsuke is a former racer with a sunny disposition. Unyielding and always full of confidence, he confronts anything without hesitation to fight right away. He is often seen flipping a Go-onger coin. As Go-on Red, his attacks are performed at high speed and his partner is Speedor.
Renn Kōsaka/Go-on Blue (香坂 連／ゴーオンブルー, Kōsaka Ren/Gōon Burū)
Nicknamed the "Cyclopedia" for his attention to the smallest detail, Renn is a former bus driver who can be talkative and good at cooking. As Go-on Blue, Renn's physical strength is magnified and his partner is Bus-on.
Saki Rōyama/Go-on Yellow (楼山 早輝／ゴーオンイエロー, Rōyama Saki/Gōon Ierō)
Nicknamed the "Sweet Angel", she used to work at a racing store. Cheerful and anxious, she keeps smiling with an upbeat attitude even in a crisis. As Go-on Yellow, she can fight in any hard terrain and her partner is Bearrv.
Hant Jō/Go-on Green (城 範人／ゴーオングリーン, Jō Hanto/Gōon Gurīn)
Nicknamed, the "Vagabond", Hant is a freeter working part-time at the Doki Doki Pizzeria until Gunpei's actions cost him his job. Hant becomes a Go-onger while assisting Gunpei. His Engine partner is Birca.
Gunpei Ishihara/Go-on Black (石原 軍平／ゴーオンブラック, Ishihara Gunpei/Gōon Burakku)
Nicknamed the "Chaser", Gunpei is a former police officer with excellent marksmanship and a passion for justice. He witnessed the Go-ongers in their first battles against the Gaiark, with his investigation of them allowing him to become a Go-onger himself. It took Gunpei a while to accept the primary Go-ongers, as he felt that their childish antics didn't give them the right to become heroes. His Engine partner is Gunpherd.

Engines

The Go-ongers' mecha are the Engines (炎神, Enjin), denizens of Machine World with some of them pursuing the Gaiark, choosing the Go-ongers as their partners to fight Gaiark with them. While in the Human World, the Engines cannot exist in their full size and thus remove their Engine Souls to assume small forms called Engine Casts which are kept in the Engine Attache until they are needed, resuming their true size on Earth for only 10 minutes, or suffer fatal rusting. But to fight, the Engines need the aid of humans to resume their true forms, their hearts allow the Engines to assume more powerful forms.

Gaiark

Main article: Barbaric Machine Clan Gaiark

The Go-ongers fight the Barbaric Machine Clan Gaiark (蛮機族ガイアーク, Bankizoku Gaiāku), composed of the three Pollution Ministers who are last of their kind, escaping from being destroyed on the Machine World and desiring to pollute the Earth into their ideal paradise. The Gaiark base themselves in the Hellgaille Palace (ヘルガイユ宮殿, Herugaiyu Kyūden) on an isolated island, sending their Barbaric Machine Beasts (蛮機獣, Bankijū) to pollute the Earth. Gaiark is a pun on the Japanese word for "harm" (害悪, gaiaku).

Episodes

Main article: List of Engine Sentai Go-onger episodes

The episodes are titled as Grand Prix (グランプリ, Guran Puri), or "GP" for short, each ending with a Go-on Seminar to explain a trival fact relating to a character. The eyecatch has the five main Engines racing, with a different one winning each week.

  1. Allies of Justice (正義ノミカタ, Seigi no Mikata)
  2. Reckless Guys (無茶ナヤツラ, Mucha na Yatsura)
  3. Basic Investigation (捜査ノキホン, Sōsa no Kihon)
  4. Engine Trouble (炎神トラブル, Enjin Toraburu)
  5. Sometimes a Mother!? (時々オカン！？, Tokidoki Okan!?)
  6. The Maiden's Heart (乙女ノココロ, Otome no Kokoro)
  7. Partner Amigo (相棒アミーゴ, Aibō Amīgo)
  8. The Greatest Miracle (最高ノキセキ, Saikō no Kiseki)
  9. Tomorrow's There (明日ガアルサ, Ashita ga Arusa)
  10. Starting Alright (発車オーライ, Hassha Ōrai)
  11. Airwave Jack (電波ジャック, Denpa Jakku)
  12. Sōsuke Banki!? (走輔バンキ！？)
  13. Tank Full of Chivalry (侠気マンタン, Otokogi Mantan)
  14. Doki Doki Every Day (毎日ドキドキ, Mainichi Doki Doki)

Movie

Engine Sentai Go-onger The Movie (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー　ＴＨＥ　ＭＯＶＩＥ, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā Za Mūbī) is set to play in theaters on August 9, 2008, as a double bill with the Kamen Rider Kiva movie.

Cast

Voice actors

Suit actors

Cast (4kids dub)

Songs

Opening theme
"Engine Sentai Go-onger" (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā) performed by Hideyuki Takahashi (高橋 秀幸, Takahashi Hideyuki, Project.R)[7]
Ending theme
"Engine First Lap -Type Normal-" (炎神ファーストラップ－Ｔｙｐｅ　Ｎｏｒｍａｌ－, Enjin Fāsuto Rappu -Taipu Nōmaru-) performed by Project.R (Takayoshi Tanimoto (谷本 貴義, Tanimoto Takayoshi) and Sister MAYO on vocals, Kenichiro Ōishi (大石 憲一郎, Ōishi Ken'ichirō) on synthesizer) with Engine Kids (炎神キッズ, Enjin Kizzu)[7]
Insert songs
  • "BANG! BANG! Go-onger" (ＢＡＮＧ！ＢＡＮＧ！ゴーオンジャー, Ban! Ban! Gōonjā) performed by NoB (Project.R)[8]
  • "Engine Gattai! Engine-O" (炎神合体！エンジンオー, Enjin Gattai! Enjin'ō) performed by Shinichi Ishihara (石原 慎一, Ishihara Shin'ichi)[8]
  • "Tomorrow Go-onger" (明日もゴーオンジャー, Ashita mo Gōonjā) performed by Takafumi Iwasaki (岩崎 貴文, Iwasaki Takafumi, Project.R)[8]

For this series, Columbia Music Entertainment has taken various popular vocalists of anime songs and brought them together in a group called Project.R (プロジェクト・ドット・アール, Purojekuto Dotto Āru, the "R" stands for "Ranger"). The opening and ending themes as well as the insert songs are all performed by individual members or a subset of members of Project.R. Shinichi Ishihara does not include himself as part of Project.R, but members of Project.R composed and arranged "Engine Gattai! Engine-O." Project.R currently consists of Hideyuki Takahashi (making his Super Sentai debut), Kenichiro Ōishi (arrangement with Psychic Lover on the Boukenger ending "Adventurers ON THE ROAD"), Takayoshi Tanimoto (vocalist of the Gekiranger opening theme), Sister MAYO (vocalist of the Magiranger ending theme "Spell Advent ~ Magical Force"), NoB (vocalist of the Boukenger opening theme), Takafumi Iwasaki (vocalist of the Magiranger opening theme), and Megumi Ohashi (composition and arrangement on the Abaranger soundtracks with Kentarō Haneda).

The single of the opening and ending themes comes in two versions, one of which is the limited edition "Engine Soul Set" (炎神ソウルセット, Enjin Sōru Setto) version that includes a limited edition toy Engine Soul. It is the first Super Sentai theme song single to ever make it onto the Oricon charts' top ten list, reaching #4 on the weekly singles chart by selling 22,000 records in its first week.[9] It had started out at #3 on the daily singles chart on its first day of sale, March 19, 2008, peaking at #2 on March 20, 2008. It has remained in the top 20 of the weekly charts for four weeks.

Starting with episode 9, the second verse from "Engine First Lap -Type Normal-" was used as the ending theme, switching from the verse about Speedor to the verse about Bus-on, and the Bearrv verse is yet to be used in the series. A second ending theme single, entitled "Engine Second Lap ~Turbo Custom~" (炎神セカンドラップ～Ｔｕｒｂｏ　Ｃｕｓｔｏｍ～, Enjin Sekando Rappu ~Tābo Kasutamu~), is set to be released on July 2, 2008, featuring verses about Birca, Gunpherd, and Carrigator.[10]

Notes

Template:Ent "Engine" (炎神, Enjin) literally translates as "Flame God." The logo for the series uses the English word "Engine" in the title instead of the romanization of the kanji as "Enjin." Template:Ent "Go-onger" (ゴーオンジャー, Gōonjā) is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "thunderous sound" (轟音, gōon) and "Ranger" (レンジャー, Renjā). It is also related to the English words "go on."

References

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  2. ^ "片岡信和プロフィール". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  3. ^ "逢沢りなとは - はてなダイアリー". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  4. ^ "WE!マイページ: 碓井将大". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  5. ^ "CUBE Group". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  6. ^ "【サブカル最前線】初の平成生まれも…新戦隊「ゴーオンジャー」発表会 (2/3ページ) - MSN産経ニュース". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  7. ^ a b "コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント | 炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー主題歌シングルCD【通常盤】". Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  8. ^ a b c "コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント | コロちゃんパック 炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー". Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  9. ^ "炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー：主題歌が戦隊シリーズ初のオリコン4位　33年目の快挙". Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  10. ^ "炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー エンディングテーマ Ver.2 炎神セカンドラップ～Turbo Custom～/ 特撮". Retrieved 2008-04-29.

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