Case File 1: The Time Fugitives

This article is about an episode in Mirai Sentai Timeranger.

Case File 1: The Time Fugitives
Mirai Sentai Timeranger, Episode 1
Air Date(s)	February 13, 2000
Production Information
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Satoshi Morota
Episode Guide
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The Time Fugitives (時の逃亡者, Toki no Tōbōsha) is the first episode of Mirai Sentai Timeranger. It is the opening episode of the two-part opening storyline of the season.

Synopsis

Four recruits of the Time Defense Bureau are tricked into sending themselves and an infamous criminal one-thousand years into the past; leading to them teaming up with a man of this era to stop him as the Timeranger.

Plot

By the year 3000, the Earth had reached an era of newfound prosperity. United with various races from other planets, space and time travel became possible. Ten years after the invention of the first time machine, the Time Defense Bureau already had its mission to preserve history and prevent time travel; constant time travel had endangered the 30th century in the past and the Bureau existed as a precaution.

Cast

• Tatsuya Asami (浅見 竜也, Asami Tatsuya), Captain Ryuya (リュウヤ隊長, Ryūya Taichō): Masaru Nagai (永井 大, Nagai Masaru)
• Yuri (ユウリ, Yūri): Mika Katsumura (勝村 美香, Katsumura Mika)
• Ayase (アヤセ, Ayase): Yūji Kido (城戸 裕次, Kido Yūji)
• Domon (ドモン, Domon): Shūhei Izumi (和泉 宗兵, Izumi Shūhei)
• Sion (シオン, Shion): Masahiro Kuranuki (倉貫 匡弘, Kuranuki Masahiro)
• Navigator Robo Tac (ナビゲーターロボタック, Nabigētā Robo Takku, Voice): Yūsuke Numata (沼田 祐介, Numata Yūsuke)
• Lila (リラ, Rira): Asami Kuru (久瑠 あさ美, Kuru Asami)
• Don Dolnero (ドン・ドルネロ, Don Dorunero, Voice): Ryuzaburo Otomo (大友 龍三郎, Ōtomo Ryūzaburō)
• Gien (ギエン, Gien Voice): Kōji Tobe (戸部 公爾, Tobe Kōji)

Guest Cast

• High Rank TDF Member: Koji Yamanaka (山中康司, Yamanaka Kōji), Toshio Yoshizaki (吉崎敏夫, Yoshizaki Toshio)
• Operator: Takemi (岳美, Takemi)
• Prison Manager: Yoshinori Okamoto (岡本美登, Okamoto Yoshinori)
• Prison Guard (Gien Disguise): Satoshi Wada (和田 智, Wada Satoshi)
• TDF Radio (Voice): Mami Nakajima (中島麻実, Nakajima Mami)
• Man who falls out of his car: Satoshi Morota (諸田 敏, Morota Satoshi)

Notes

• This episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 3, Tokyo.
• Viewership: 6.7%
• Closing Date: February 13th 2000
• One of the TDF's operators in this episode is portrayed by Takemi, who portrayed Tetomu in the following season Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger.

DVD Releases

Timeranger Volume 1, DVD cover

• Mirai Sentai Timeranger Volume 1 features episodes 1-10.
  

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Timeranger: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)

• The complete Timeranger series was released in North America by Shout! Factory on July 31, 2018.
  

See Also

• Force from the Future - Power Rangers counterpart in Time Force. See comparison page.
• Something to Fight For - Power Rangers counterpart in Time Force. See comparison page.
• Reinforcements from the Future - Power Rangers counterpart in Wild Force. See comparison page.