Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (特命戦隊ゴーバスターズ, translated as Special Mission Squadron Go-Busters) is the title of the 36th entry in the Super Sentai series. It premiered on February 26, 2012, and joined Kamen Rider Fourze as a part of the Super Hero Time programming block on TV Asahi. The series follows a spy motif and follows a group of warriors in their goal to stop a malevolent computer virus and its organization.

Story
"Neo AD 2012. The massive energy source, Enetron, is the foundation of city functions. After it are the Vaglass, a threat to humanity. The Go-Busters are youths entrusted with special missions to fight and protect the people."

- Narrator

The urban lives of the city now runs by a major power source known as, Enetron (エネトロン). An evil organization from a different dimesion called Vaglass (ヴァグラス) aims to threaten the city by stealing the Enetron from it. Three warriors are chosen by the Energy Management Center to be a group of elite heroes, known as Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, that will protect the city from any evil threat. Along with their partners known as BuddyRoids (バディロイドヅ), they have to stop Vaglass from obtaining the Enetron from the city. Hero and villain alike battle alongside 'roids' and giant villainous 'MegaZords' (メガゾード).

Go-Busters

 * Main article:Go-Busters (team)

EMC Special Missions Unit

 * Main article: Energy Management Center


 * Takeshi Kuroki
 * Miho Nakamura
 * Toru Morishita

Family

 * Rika Sakurada
 * Yousuke Sakurada
 * Michiko Sakurada

BuddyRoids

 * Main article: BuddyRoids


 * Cheeda Nick - Red Buster's BuddyRoid.
 * Gorisaki Banana - Blue Buster's BuddyRoid.
 * Usada Lettuce - Yellow Buster's BuddyRoid.
 * Beet J. Stag - BuddyRoid form of Stag Buster/Beet Buster's BuddyRoid.
 * Ene-tan - The Movie-exclusive BuddyRoid.

Other Allies

 * Super Sentai 199
 * Kamen Rider Fourze

Evil Organization Vaglass

 * Main article: Vaglass


 * Messiah
 * Enter
 * Escape
 * Buglars
 * MetaRoids
 * MegaZords

Arsenal

 * Main Article: Arsenal (Go-Busters)

MegaZords
The Super Machine System (超マシーン システム, Chō Mashīn Shisutemu) was developed to combat the evil MegaZords. Using this, the BuddyRoids can pilot Buster Vehicles for combat as well as access various MegaZord forms.


 * Great Go-BusterOh - The combined MegaZord of all five Go-Busters' Buster Vehicles.
 * Go-BusterOh - The combined MegaZord of the core Go-Busters.
 * CB-01/Go-Buster Ace - Red Buster's Buster Vehicle, a racecar.
 * GT-02 - Blue Buster's Buster Vehicle, a truck.
 * RH-03 - Yellow Buster's Buster Vehicle, a helicopter.
 * Buster Hercules - The combined MegaZord of Stag Buster and Beet Buster.
 * BC-04/Go-Buster Beet - Beet Buster's Buster Vehicle, a crane.
 * SJ-05 - Stag Buster's Buster Vehicle, a fighter jet.
 * FS-0O - auxiliary Buster Machine, a sub that can replace RH-03 on Go-BusterOh to form Go-Buster KeroOh.
 * Go-Buster King
 * LT-06

Cast

 * Hiromu Sakurada: Katsuhiro Suzuki (鈴木 勝大)
 * Ryuji Iwasaki: Ryouma Baba (馬場 良馬)
 * Yoko Usami: Arisa Komiya (小宮 有紗)
 * Cheeda Nick: Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治)
 * Gorisaki Banana: Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章)
 * Usada Lettuce: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (鈴木 達央)
 * Jin Masato: Hiroya Matsumoto
 * Beet J. Stag: Yuuichi Nakamura
 * Takeshi Kuroki (黒木 タケシ): Hideo Sakaki (榊 英雄)
 * Miho Nakamura (仲村 ミホ): Fuuka Nishihira (西平 風香)
 * Toru Morishita (森下 トオル): Naoto Takahashi (高橋 直人)
 * Rika Sakurada (桜田 リカ): Risa Yoshiki (吉木 りさ)
 * Enter (エンター): Syo Jinnai (陳内 将)
 * Messiah (メサイア): Seiji Sasaki (佐々木誠二)
 * Narration: Shoo Munekata (宗方 脩)

Suit actors

 * Red Buster: Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文)
 * Blue Buster: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博)
 * Yellow Buster: Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一)
 * Cheeda Nick: Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔)
 * Gorisaki Banana: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎)

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * "Busters Ready Go!" (バスターズ レディーゴー!)
 * Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi (Project.R)
 * Ending theme
 * "Kizuna ~ Go-Busters!" (キズナ～ゴーバスターズ!)
 * Artist: Nazo no Shin Unit Starmen (謎の新ユニットSTA☆MEN)

References to Power Rangers
Go-Busters contains several references to Power Rangers - some obvious, some not overtly stated, and some possibly not intentional. Usually these references refer to 'firsts' in Sentai history of plot devices already in place in Power Rangers.
 * The mecha are called MegaZords. This is for both the heroes and villains. The difference is that individual mecha are also called MegaZords, unlike in Power Rangers where the name refers to a "giant robo", usually a combiner. 'Zord' is used as a suffix for Metaroids' MegaZords, such as ShovelRoid's ShovelZord.
 * The term "Zord", which originated in Power Rangers, was also used for the G-Zord in Mirai Sentai Timeranger.
 * The Morphin Brace announces "It's Morphin' Time!" when activated, which was used throughout Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Zeo, the first two Power Rangers adaptations of Super Sentai shows.
 * Also, the Morphin Brace has a sunglasses theme similar to Jungle Fury, except the Go-Busters don't actually put them on like the Jungle Fury Rangers. However, the sunglasses do form the visor lenses when transforming.
 * The Go-Busters can wear their suits without their helmets. This is similar to how the first Power Rangers frequently appeared helmetless; though the Go-Busters weren't the first Sentai to do so (Go-Onger constituting a recent example).
 * The main villain Messiah is very similar to'' 'R.P.M.s Venjix as they were both computer viruses, not to mention very impatient and angry.
 * Messiah is a floating head from a different dimension, just like Zordon.
 * The Go-Busters have Super Powers (super speed for Hiromu, super strength for Ryuji and super jumping for Yoko) they can access to fight better. This is very similar to the heroes of Dino Thunder, S.P.D., or Operation Overdrive.
 * Unlike the Power Ranger series' powers, however, this series has given the Super Powers Weakpoints, which balance out the overall effectiveness of the Busters. Also, the Busters can use their "Civilian Powers" while transformed.

Trivia

 * This is the first Sentai team to have their name be in plural format as their official name.
 * Wikipedia code for various tokusatsu articles can be found in the opening for the first episode; most notable an entry reading "Super Sentai" which mentions various other Toei-related properties of the past that have an American connection, including Spider-Man, Voltron (an Americanization of Toei anime Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV) and Sailor Moon.
 * Every MetaRoid having a MegaZord version of itself is similar to Battle Fever J, where the series had their monsters not grow, but instead summon Big Brother Robots.
 * This is the 2nd season where the name of the show starts with Go-. The first one is Go-Onger.