Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Explained

Genre:
Based On:GoGo Sentai Boukenger
by Toei Company
Developer:Jetix
The Walt Disney Company
Toei Company
Showrunner:Bruce Kalish
Director:Mark Beesley
Britta Johnstone
Jonathan Brough
Mike Smith
Charlie Haskell
Vanessa Alexander
Starring:James Maclurcan
Caitlin Murphy
Samuell Benta
Rhoda Montemayor
Gareth Yuen
Dwayne Cameron
Rod Lousich
David Weatherley
Kelson Henderson
Gerald Urquhart
Ria Vandervis
Nic Sampson
Theme Music Composer:The Transcenders
Herman van Doorn
Composer:Leigh Roberts
Ry Welch
Gad Emile Zeitune
Wayne Jones
Rhett Nelson
Cinematography:Simon Riera
Country:United States
Japan
Language:English
Location:New Zealand (Auckland)
Japan (Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama)) and Kyoto)
Executive Producer:Bruce Kalish
Koichi Sakamoto
Producer:Janine Dickins
Charles Knight
Camera:Single-camera
Runtime:22 minutes
Company:BVS Entertainment
Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment
Toei Company, Ltd.
Ranger Productions, Ltd.
Network:Toon Disney
(Jetix)
Num Episodes:32

Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is the fifteenth season of the television franchise Power Rangers. The season uses footage and other material from the 30th Super Sentai series GoGo Sentai Boukenger, which celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of that franchise. In addition, this season's team-up episode, "Once a Ranger", commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise. The season premiered on February 26, 2007, on Toon Disney's Jetix programming block. It was the first season to use high definition/widescreen footage from the Super Sentai franchise, although this footage was scaled down & cropped to 4:3 aspect ratio until RPM.

Unique among Power Ranger series, Operation Overdrive has the Rangers exploring, operating and fighting in many different countries around the world, rather than focusing only on their home city of San Angeles.

Pre-production

The early working title for the series was Power Rangers Drive Force, but was later changed to "Relic Hunters" and then "Operation Overdrive"[1]

In early pre-production, on July 26, 2006, the series' logo was posted on a fan message board called "Fuñaroboard."[2] This same logo was later featured on the Disney website, RangerSecrets.com, as part of the preview for the series. The logo is very similar to that of the parent series Boukenger in the basic design and format.

On November 14, 2006, Disney had set up its official website for Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.

Synopsis

Five brave, skilled, and adventurous individuals - Mack Hartford, Will Aston, Dax Lo, Ronny Robinson, and Rose Ortiz - are chosen and genetically enhanced by billionaire adventurer and Mack's father Andrew Hartford to become Power Rangers and travel the globe to find five magical jewels that were taken from a powerful artifact called the Corona Aurora before two villainous brothers, Flurious and Moltor, can. Along the way, the Rangers encounter two additional villainous factions, Kamdor and the Fearcats, and are joined by an alien named Tyzonn.

Cast and characters

See main article: List of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive characters. Overdrive Rangers

Supporting characters

Villains

Guest stars

Episodes

See main article: Lists of Power Rangers episodes.

References

  1. The working titles for the series were "Power Rangers Relic Hunters" and "Power Rangers Drive Force".http://powerrangersrelichunters.com was registered by Disney in early 2005. In June 2006, "Power Rangers Operation Overdrive" was listed in an official press release .
  2. (The original post featuring the logo.)

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