Ep. 27: AbaRed is AbareBlue

This article is about an episode in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.

Ep. 27: AbaRed is AbareBlue
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger, Episode 27
Air Date(s)	August 31, 2003
Production Information
Written by	Takeshi Suzuki
Directed by	Taro Sakamoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 26: Fishing Idiot Abare Diary, Domodomo
Next	Ep. 28: The Bride is Abare-chan

AbaRed is AbareBlue (アバレッドはアバレブルー, Aba Reddo wa Abare Burū) is the twenty-seventh episode of Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.

Synopsis

When Ryoga and Yukito's minds are switched between their bodies by the latest Trinoid, they have to pretend to be the other until they can find a way to reverse it.

Plot

to be added

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)
• Mikoto Nakadai (仲代 壬琴, Nakadai Mikoto): Koutaro Tanaka (田中 幸太朗, Tanaka Kōtarō)
• Emiri Imanaka (今中 笑里, Imanaka Emiri): Michi Nishijima (西島 未智, Nishijima Michi)
• Ryunosuke Sugishita (杉下 竜之介, Ryūnosuke Sugishita): Kouen Okumaru (奥村 公延, Okamura Kōen)
• 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 TopGaler (爆竜トップゲイラー, Bakuryū Topugeira, Voice): Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川 光, Midorikawa Hikaru)
• 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 16: Tsutakotatsu (トリノイド十六号．ツタコタツ, Torinoido Jūrokugō: Tsutakotatsu, Voice): Toshiharu Sakurai (桜井 敏治, Sakurai Toshiharu)
• Child: Yuki Oda (織田悠希, Oda Yūki)
• Mother: Yumi Oota (太田有美, Ōta Yumi)
• TV Announcer: Hijiri Sakurai (桜井 聖, Sakurai Hijiri)
• Reporter Honami: Tamao Yoshimura (吉村 玉緒, Yoshimura Tamao)
• Thief: Yohei Tadano (多田野 曜平, Tadano Yōhei)
• Police: Masato Minakami (水上雅人, Minakami Masato)
• Kindergarten Teacher: Setsu Hatsuda (初田せつ, Hatsuda Setsu)

Notes

• This episode aired alongside Kamen Rider 555 episode 31, Origami Tears.
• Eyecatch
  • Featured Abaranger (Pre-Break): AbaRed
• Viewership: 6.5%
• Brachio's Line: "One cannot catch an octopus without entering its kotatsu-bra." (コタツにいらずんばタコを得ずブラ, Kotatsu ni irazunba tako o ezu bura)
  • A play on a Japanese proverb, "One cannot catch a tiger's cub without entering the tiger's den." (虎穴にいらずんば虎子を得ず, Koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu).

• Pre-Ending Question: What is the "Benberaberabera" Mai wants Ryoga to do?
  • Answer: A funny face that Yukito is an expert at.
• Tamao Yoshimura, who portrayed Honami Moriyama in Mirai Sentai Timeranger, appears in this episode as a reporter also named Honami.
• This is episode was not adapted for Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

DVD releases

• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD Volume 7 features episodes 25-28
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD-Collection Volume 2 features episodes 25-50
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: The Complete Series was released in North America by Shout! Factory on November 8, 2022.

Abaranger DVD Volume 7 cover

Abaranger DVD-Collection Volume 2 cover

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: The Complete Series cover

See Also

• Leader of the Whack - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page. (similar plot concept)