Ep. 16: Riding! Abare Surfing

This article is about an episode in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.

Ep. 16: Riding! Abare Surfing
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger, Episode 16
Air Date(s)	June 1, 2003
Production Information
Written by	Atsushi Maekawa
Directed by	Taro Sakamoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 15: The Abare World is Just Demons
Next	Ep. 17: The Battlefield's Abare-Strut

Riding! Abare Surfing (乗ってけ! アバレサーフィン, Notteke! Abare Sāfin) is the sixteenth episode of Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger. It concludes the two-part arc involving Yukito and the relation with his father; also introducing the third auxiliary Bakuryuu: Bakuryu Stegoslidon.

Synopsis

Yukito's failure to overcome his greatest hatred leads Ryoga to intervene to help Yukito understand the real issue behind Yukito's hatred towards his father. Meanwhile a boy who was injured holds the key to the location of the next missing Bakuryuu.

Plot

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Cast

• Ryoga Hakua (伯亜 凌駕, Hakua Ryōga): Koichiro Nishi (西 興一朗, Nishi Kōichirō)
• Yukito Sanjo (三条 幸人, Sanjō Yukito): Sho Tomita (富田 翔, Tomita Shō)
• Ranru Itsuki (樹 らんる, Itsuki Ranru): Aiko Ito (いとう あいこ, Itō Aiko)
• Asuka (アスカ, Asuka): Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫, Kaoru Abe)
• Emiri Imanaka (今中 笑里, Imanaka Emiri): Michi Nishijima (西島 未智, Nishijima Michi)
• Mai Hakua (伯亜 舞, Hakua Mai): Maya Banno (坂野 真弥, Banno Maya)
• Bakuryu Tyrannosaurus (爆竜ティラノサウルス, Bakuryū Tiranosaurusu, Voice): Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, Nagasako Takashi)
• Bakuryu Triceratops (爆竜トリケラトプス, Bakuryū Torikeratopusu, Voice): Kouki Miyata (宮田 幸季, Miyata Kōki)
• Bakuryu Pteranodon (爆竜プテラノドン, Bakuryū Puteranodon, Voice): Emi Shinohara (篠原 恵美, Emi Shinohara)
• Bakuryu Brachiosaurus (爆竜ブラキオサウルス, Bakuryū Burakiosaurusu, Voice): Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈, Ginga Banjō)
• Bakuryu Stegoslidon (爆竜ステゴスライドン, Bakuryū Sutegosuraidon, Voice): Hiroshi Iida (飯田浩志, Īda Hiroshi)
• Apostle of Destruction Jeanne (破壊の使徒ジャンヌ, Hakai no Shito Jannu): Eri Sakurai (桜井映里, Sakurai Eri)
• Apostle of Dawn Lije (黎明の使徒リジェ, Reimei no Shito Rije): Kasumi Suzuki (鈴木 かすみ, Suzuki Kasumi)
• Creative Messenger Mikela (創造の使徒・ミケラ, Sōzō no Shito Mikera, Voice): Bunkou Ogata (緒方文興, Ogata Bunko)
• Visionary Messenger Voffa (無限の使徒・ヴォッファ, Mugen no Shito Voffa, Voice): Hidenari Ugaki (宇垣秀成, Ugaki Hidenari)

Guest Cast

• Trinoid 10: Sharkurumarguerite (トリノイド十号．シャークルマーガレット, Torinoido Jūgō: Shākurumāgaretto, Voice): Junji Kitajima (北島淳司, Kitajima Junji)
• Soichiro Sanjo (三条総一郎, Sanjō Sōichirō): Takeshi Oobayashi (大林丈史, Ōbayashi Takeshi)
• Jiro Sakai (坂井次郎, Sakai Jirō): Ryoma Ishizaka (石坂良磨, Ishizaka Ryōma)
• Takeuchi: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博, Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
• Mother: Yuka Arai (荒井ゆか, Arai Yuka)
• Doctor: Yoshiichi Kawada (河田義市, Kawada Yoshiichi)
• Yukito Sanjo(Child): Masato Sunakawa (砂川政人, Sunakawa Masato)
• Student: Risa Sato (佐藤梨紗, Satō Risa)

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider 555 episode 19, Pure White Justice.
• Eyecatch
  • Featured Abaranger (Pre-Break): AbareBlue
• Viewership: 8.3%
• Brachio's Line: "Our souls are also burning-bra!" (俺たちの魂も燃えている ブラ, Oretachi no tamashī mo moete iru bura)
  • A quote from the opening theme of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan.

• Pre-Ending Question: Why does Mai think Ryoga was immune to Trinoid 10: Sharkurumarguerite's fear beam?
  • Answer: Because he doesn't hate anyone or anything.

DVD releases

• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD Volume 4 features episodes 13-16
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD-Collection Volume 1 features episodes 1-24
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: The Complete Series was released in North America by Shout! Factory on November 8, 2022.

Abaranger DVD Volume 4 cover

Abaranger DVD-Collection Volume 1 cover

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: The Complete Series cover

See Also

• Ocean Alert - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page.