The Power Rangers your theater kid cousin wishes existed.
Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestVoicelugger is a Japanese tokusatsu that aired from January 12 to March 30, 1999. It was the last production by Shotaro Ishinomori, released posthumously, who intended for the series to be serious, while it was originally written to be a parody of older tokusatsu programs. The acting cast consisted of Japanese voice actors and popular singers of music in Japanese animation.
Acting
Voice actors visibly struggling to do physical stunts. Glorious.
Production
Ishinomori's dying wish for gravitas vs. producers wanting parody.
Haruna Ikezawa
Voicelugger Rose/Haruka Yuuki
Akiko Nakagawa
Voicelugger Ruby/Akiko Homura
Tomokazu Seki
Voicelugger Emerald/Tomokaze Daichi
Takeshi Kusao
Voicelugger Sapphire/Takeshi Tenma
Ichiro Mizuki
Voicelugger Gold
Akira Kamiya
General Gamma
Michie Tomizawa
Eyelash Line
Shin-ichiro Miki
Chaos
Satomi Korogi
Mu (Voice)
Masami Suzuki
Android Pi (Voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Emperor Genbah (Voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ishinomori died before production finished; producers ignored his 'serious' notes and leaned harder into parody. The result is a schizoid artifact.
This is essentially seiyuu fan service before that was a mainstream concept — casting beloved voice actors specifically so otaku would watch them in spandex.
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