Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー, Kaizoku Sentai Gōkaijā; translated as Pirate Squadron Gokaiger) is the 35th season of the Super Sentai series and celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the franchise. It premiered on TV Asahi February 13, 2011, joining Kamen Rider OOO and Kamen Rider Fourze as program featured on TV Asahi's "Super Hero Time" programming block. The season's motif is pirates and follows the story of five young space pirates in search of the "Greatest Treasure in the Universe".

Plot
"The 34 Super Sentai who have protected the smiles of the people! They lost their powers fighting the Space Empire Zangyack, but their powers have been inherited by these unbelievable rogues!"

- Narrator

"These six youths who sailed across the cosmic sea in pursuit of adventure and glory! Raising their flags against Space Empire Zangyack, the brilliant men and women who take pride in being called pirates! They are..."

- Narrator

The Gokaigers use the "lost" powers of the 34 previous Super Sentai teams to fight the evil Universal Empire Zangyack, whose first wave of invasion forces were completely defeated by the older 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.

As they continue collecting more Grand Powers, the Gokai Crew run into Marvelous' ex-crewmate, Basco, who is also looking for the Greatest Treasure in the Universe, but he wants it all for himself. To that end, he betrayed his old crew and joined up with the Zangyack. He opposes the Gokaigers with his own set of Rangers Keys and his partner Sally, an monkey-like alien who can summon Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeforms.

Eventually, Gai Ikari, an Earthling, joins the crew as the newest Gokaiger, Gokai Silver, after obtaining his gear from three former Sentai heroes (Burai, Naoto Takizawa and Mikoto Nakadai) and proving himself worthy of being a Gokaiger. As a Sentai Fanboy, his knowledge of past Super Sentai teams aids the Gokaigers in their fight against the Zangyack Empire and Basco.

Allies

 * Navi
 * Heavenly Saint Flagel
 * Master Shafu
 * Toshizo Tanba
 * Emiri Sanjyou
 * BOMPER
 * Engine Speedor
 * Engine Buson
 * Engine Bear RV
 * Honami Moriyama
 * Mirai Moriyama
 * Shuchirou Amachi
 * Nozomu Amachi
 * Yuka Yamazaki
 * Shinkengers
 * Goseigers
 * Retsu Ichijouji/Space Sheriff Gavan
 * Go-Busters
 * Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade

Universal Empire Zangyack

 * Ackdos Gill (41 - 51)
 * Warz Gill (1 - 38)
 * Insarn (1 - 49)
 * Damaras (1 - 43)
 * Barizorg (1 - 38)
 * Gormin
 * Sugormin
 * Dogormin


 * Basco ta Jolokia (15 - 48)
 * Sally (15 - 47)
 * Ranger Key Clones

Action Commanders
The action commanders are alien monsters that the Zangyack send to lead their Gormin forces.

Imperial Guard

 * Deratsueigar (11 - 12)
 * Zatsurig (41)
 * Dyrandoh (41 - 51)
 * Bibaboo (44)

Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeforms

 * Liquidroid Wateru (16)
 * Moondroid Tsukki (20)
 * Fireoid Meran (23)
 * Soilroid Dororin (39)
 * Woodroid Moririn (39)
 * Sunroid Solar (47)
 * Goldroid Geronpa (47)

Zangyack Mecha

 * Great Warz (37 - 38)
 * Great Insarn (49)

Other Villains

 * Pachacamac XIII (7) [Gekiranger]
 * King Ryuuwon (21) [Boukenger]
 * Dragonoid Soldier Jaryuu
 * Satarakura Jr. (25 - 26) [Hurricaneger]
 * Low-Rank Magerappas
 * Sandaaru Jr. (25) [Hurricaneger]
 * Pollution President Babatcheed (35 - 36) [Go-Onger]
 * Barbaric Officer Chirakashizky (35) [Go-Onger]
 * Ugatz
 * Shitari of the Bones (40) [Shinkenger]
 * Nanashi Company
 * Metal Alice of the Agent (40) [Goseiger]
 * Zan-KT0 of the Shot (40) [Goseiger]

Arsenal

 * Mobirates - The main five Gokaiger's henshin device in the form of a cellphone.
 * Gokai Cellular - The henshin device of Gokai Silver in the form of a cellphone.
 * Gokai Buckle - The Gokaiger's Power Key storage in the form of a belt.
 * Gokai Sabre - A sword that each Gokaiger carries.
 * Gokai Gun - A pirate musket that each Gokaiger carries.
 * Gokai Spear - Gokai Silver's primary weapon.
 * Ranger Keys - Small figures that resemble the past Super Sentai heroes. The Gokaigers use these figures to take the appearance of the past Super Sentai heroes. The keys can be used with the Mobirates in order to become the past Sentai heroes to fight their enemies, as well as being compatible with GokaiOh's helms to unlock various mecha or powerups, as well as the finishers.

Mecha

 * Kaizoku Gattai GokaiOh
 * GokaiGalleon - Gokai Red's pirate ship mecha that also serves as the Gokaiger's ship; forms the torso and head of GokaiOh.
 * GokaiJet - Gokai Blue's jet mecha; forms right arm and hat of GokaiOh.
 * GokaiTrailer - Gokai Yellow's tractor trailer mecha; forms left leg of GokaiOh.
 * GokaiRacer - Gokai Green's race car mecha; forms left arm of GokaiOh.
 * GokaiMarine - Gokai Pink's submarine mecha; forms right leg of GokaiOh.
 * Legend Sentai Mecha - Mecha that is summoned from within GokaiOh by using their respective team's Ranger Keys after the Gokaigers have obtained that Sentai team's Greater Power.
 * MagiDragon - Secondary mecha combination from Magiranger. Can combine with GokaiOh to form Magi GokaiOh.
 * Patstriker - DekaRed's first personal mecha from Dekaranger. Can combine with GokaiOh to form Deka GokaiOh.
 * GaoLion - GaoRed's totem Power Animal from Gaoranger. Can combine with GokaiOh to form Gao GokaiOh or Shinken GokaiOh.
 * FuraiMaru - Combination of the FuraiHead and FuraiKnuckle Kakakuri Balls from Hurricaneger. Can combine with GokaiOh to form Hurricane GokaiOh.
 * Variblune - The Gorengers' original flying base. Can combine with GokaiOh to form Goren GokaiOh.
 * Engine Machalcon - The thirteenth & newest of the Engines from Go-Onger. Can combine with GokaiOh to form Go-On GokaiOh.
 * GouJyuJin - GokaiSilver's mecha; has vehicle, dinosaur, and humanoid modes. Based on the respective Greater Powers of the Timerangers, Zyurangers and Abarangers. Can loan arms to GokiOh to form GouJyu GokaiOh as a result of using all of the Abaranger Ranger Keys.
 * Kanzen GokaiOh - The combination of GokaiOh, GouJyuJin, and Machalcon, united from the Greater Power of the Gokaigers themselves.

Cast

 * Captain Marvelous: Ryota Ozawa (小澤 亮太)
 * Joe Gibken: Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴)
 * Luka Millfy: Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央)
 * Don "Doc" Dogoier: Kazuki Shimizu (清水 一希)
 * Ahim de Famille: Yui Koike (小池 唯)
 * Gai Ikari: Junya Ikeda (池田 純矢)
 * Basco ta Jolokia: Kei Hosogai (細貝 圭)
 * Navi (Voice): Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり)
 * Ackdos Gill (Voice): Shinji Ogawa (小川 真司)
 * Warz Gill (Voice): Hirofumi Nojima (野島 裕史)
 * Damaras (Voice): Kōji Ishii (石井 康嗣)
 * Insarn (Voice): Kikuko Inoue (井上 喜久子)
 * Sid Bamick/Barizorg (Voice): Gaku Shindo (進藤 学)
 * Narration, Mobirates Voice, GokaiCellular Voice, GokaiSabre Voice, GokaiGun Voice, GokaiSpear Voice: Tomokazu Seki (関 智一)

Guest stars

 * Tsuyoshi Kaijou/Akarenger: Naoya Makoto (誠 直也)
 * AkaRed (Voice): Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹)
 * Kai Ozu: Atsushi Hashimoto (橋本 淳)
 * Spell Voice: Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章)
 * Banban "Ban" Akaza: Ryuuji Sainei (載寧 龍二)
 * Marika "Jasmine" Reimon: Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美)
 * Doggie Kruger (Voice): Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹)
 * Kozo Kasugai: Kentarō Shimazu (島津 健太郎)
 * Jan Kandou: Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹)
 * Master Sha-Fu (Voice): Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎)
 * Cosmic Kenpō Master Pachacamac XIII (Voice): Yasunori Masutani (増谷 康紀)
 * Kakeru Shishi: Noboru Kaneko (金子 昇)
 * Kaoru Shiba: Runa Natsui (夏居 瑠奈)
 * Toshizo Tanba: Kazuyuki Matsuzawa (松澤 一之)
 * Eikichi Nashida: Takashi Yamanaka (山中 崇)
 * Kyousuke Jinnai: Yūji Kishi (岸 祐二)
 * Mikoto Nakadai: Kotaro Tanaka (田中 幸太朗)
 * Ryouma: Kazuki Maehara (前原 一輝)
 * Hyuuga: Teruaki Ogawa (小川 輝明)
 * Satoru Akashi: Mitsuomi Takahashi (高橋 光臣)
 * Matsuri Tatsumi: Kayoko Shibata (柴田 かよこ)
 * Yousuke Shiina: Shun Shioya (塩谷 瞬)
 * Nanami Nono: Nao Nagasawa (長澤 奈央)
 * Kouta Bitou: Kohei Yamamoto (山本 康平)
 * Gai Yuki: Toshihide Wakamatsu (若松 俊秀)
 * Emiri Sanjou: Michi Nishijima (西島 未智)
 * Yukito Sanjyou: Sho Tomita (冨田 翔)
 * Jou Oohara: Kazuhiko Nishimura (西村 和彦)
 * Gorou Hoshino: Masaru Shishido (宍戸 勝)
 * Momo Maruo: Tamao Sato (さとう 珠緒)
 * Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star: Keiichi Wada (和田 圭市)
 * Cain: Yuki Kimisawa (君沢 ユウキ)
 * Sosuke Esumi: Yasuhisa Furuhara (古原 靖久)
 * Bomper (voice): Akiko Nakagawa (中川 亜紀子)
 * Speedor (Voice): Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔)
 * Bus-on (Voice): Hisao Egawa (江川 央生)
 * BearRV (Voice): Miki Inoue (井上 美紀)
 * Barbaric Officer Chirakashizky (Voice): Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢)
 * Pollution President Babatcheed (Voice): Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈)
 * Kenta Date: Hayato Oshiba (大柴 隼人)
 * Domon: Shuhei Izumi (和泉 宗兵)
 * Honami Moriyama: Tamao Yoshimura (吉村 玉緒)
 * Shitari of the Bones (Voice): Chō (チョー)
 * Metal Alice of the Agent (Voice): Marina Inoue (井上 麻里奈)
 * Zan-KT0 of the Shot (Voice): Tora Take (武 虎)
 * Shirou Akebono: Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二)
 * Ninjaman (Voice): Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹)
 * Tsuruhime: Satomi Hirose (広瀬 仁美)
 * Takayuki Hiba: Takayuki Godai (五代 高之)
 * Shou Hayate: Kazuoki Takahashi (高橋 和興)
 * Dai: Kihachirō Uemura (植村 喜八郎)
 * Akira: Issei Hirota (廣田 一成)
 * Remi Hoshikawa: Ryō Narushima (成嶋 涼)
 * Sharma Tribe Knight Goushi: Seiju Umon (右門 青寿)
 * Professor Shuchirou Amachi: Louis Yamada LIII (山田ルイ53世)
 * Yuka Yamazaki: Kaoru Hirata (平田 薫)
 * Shou Tatsumi: Atsushi Harada (原田 篤)
 * Miu Sutou: Yumi Sugimoto (杉本 有美)
 * Houka Ozu: Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ)

Suit actors
A total of 182 suit actors playing the past 34 Super Sentai teams were involved in the Legendary Great War scene that was shown in both the first episode and Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle. During filming, the suit actors consist of several suit actors who are members of Japan Action Enterprises, Red Entertainment Deliver and Stunt Japan, as well as stage show actors from all across Japan.
 * Gokai Red: Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文)
 * Gokai Blue: Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文)
 * Gokai Yellow: Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一)
 * Gokai Green, Hurricane Yellow: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博)
 * Gokai Pink: Mizuho Nogawa (野川 瑞穂)
 * Gokai Silver: Daisuke Satō (佐藤 太輔)
 * Warz Gill, Great Warz: Riichi Seike (清家 利一)
 * Insarn: Masaru Ōbayashi (大林 勝)
 * Barizorg: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎)
 * Basco ta Jolokia (True form): Kōsuke Asai (浅井 宏輔)
 * Sally: Toshihiro Ogura (おぐら としひろ)
 * Action Commander: Keizo Yabe (矢部 敬三)
 * Action Commander, Black Lion Rio, Babatcheed: Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦)
 * Ninja Red: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二)
 * Bouken Pink: Motokuni Nakagawa (中川 素州)
 * Doggie Kruger, Deka Master, Ninjaman: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * Black Condor: Naoki Ofuji (大藤 直樹)
 * Others: Sanae Hitomi (人見 早苗), Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子)

Soundtracks
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger also has soundtracks based on the show.


 * Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Single - The official single to the TV show featuring the opening theme, the ending theme, and the karaoke version of the songs. At the end of episode 4, the Gokaigers had a special promotion for the thirty viewers.


 * Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Original Album Treasure Sound Box 1 - The first original soundtrack to the TV series featuring 31 songs from the show including: Gokai Change!, the TV size version of the opening theme, and more.

International broadcasts
It has been announced that Gokaiger will receive a Korean dub which will be broadcast in South Korea as Power Rangers Captain Force.

Trivia

 * The ending theme, Super Sentai Hero Getter, is an updated version of the 25th Anniversary theme, Super Sentai Tamashii. The former introduces Gorenger through Gokaiger, while the latter introduced Gorenger through Gaoranger. Also in the ending theme, the singers who originally sang for the more recent Sentai series’ opening theme rap the series’ line. E.g.: Yoffy of Psychic Lover rapping Dekaranger, Iwaki rapping Magiranger, NoB rapping Boukenger etc.
 * Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is the first Super Sentai since 2002s Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger to have more than 50 episodes.
 * This season has a connection to several of the "Vs. Movies", where several cross-over characters and concepts reemerge in the series.
 * The first was during the Juken Sentai Gekiranger cross-over, where Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger villain Cosmic Kenpō Master Pachacamac XII's successor, Cosmic Kenpō Master Pachacamac XIII, appeared.
 * During the Engine Sentai Go-Onger cross-over, another relation to a Vs. Movie villain appears: Pollution President Babatcheed, successor of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: Ginmaku Bang!! villain Pollution President Batcheed.
 * In the events of the Mirai Sentai Timeranger cross-over, the crossover the Gokaigers themselves make in Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku is explained. They also witness the Shinkenger and Goseiger's introducing themselves during their battle with Buredoran of the Bloodbath, as well as fight a prototype of a Manitroid the Goseigers would eventually face.
 * During most tribute episodes, when the Gokaigers transform into the respective team an instrumental version of that team's opening theme is played. The tribute episodes for Gekiranger, Jetman (Gai did sing a bit of the Jetman theme), Ohranger (the theme used for change in Ohranger is a Ohranger's theme, but not Ohranger's opening theme), and Battle Fever J (it was already used once before) are the only exceptions to this.
 * This is the first series to feature a Christmas themed Ranger (Gokai Christmas). However, this was only an alternate form of one of the Rangers.
 * This is also the first series to feature civilians unaffiliated to the team transforming into Rangers.
 * The main cast for this season have appeared in more movies than any other season. The Gokaigers first debuted in Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku, and then appeared in the VS movie Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle, their own movie Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship, the first cross-franchise movie Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie, and will appear again in the second cross-franchise movie Kamen Rider X Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen.
 * The 5 core Gokaigers share many similarities to the 5 Gorengers:
 * Captain Marvelous is similar to Tsuyoshi Kaijou because both of them has lost someone close to them (Marvelous lost AkaRed, while Tsuyoshi Kaijou lost his brother).
 * Joe Gibken is similar to Akira Shinmei because both of them were the serious loners of the team.
 * Luka Millfy is similar to Daita Ooiwa because both were strong members of thier team, and both were temporarily replaced by another character.
 * Don Dogoier is similar to Kenji Asuka because both were the comic relief characters for their team.
 * Ahim de Famille is similar to Peggy Matsuyama because both had lost at least one parent through the series.
 * This is the first Sentai series to have a pirate ship as a mech.
 * Nearly every major Sentai color was used for a tribute episode except for Green. Although three Green Legends appeared in the series, none of them were in a true tribute:
 * Chiaki Tani (Shinken Green) was part of the Sentai Legends in Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle. However, the Shinkenger's Greater Power was already granted by Kaoru Shiba.
 * Dai (Green Flash) granted the Flashman's Greater Power, but in a collective with four other teams.
 * Shou Tatsumi (GoGreen) was part of a Sentai group who appeared in Farewell Space Pirates to see the Gokaiger off as they regain their powers.
 * During the henshin sequence the roman numeral for 35 is seen "XXXV".
 * According to an interview, the number of returning legends in Gokaiger were not going to extend to the entire scope of the franchise. In the original plan, only series who were going to give mecha or mecha formations were going to have major focus and cameos, which would have made the Legends only extend to every series from Gaoranger to Goseiger. Surprisingly, Gekiranger was part of this group (even though their Greater Power did not necessarily have a mech), but Boukenger was not included, nor was any series prior to Gaoranger.