Ep. 44: Carefree! Kenta's New Year's Eve Crisis

This article is about an episode in Denji Sentai Megaranger.

Ep. 44: Carefree! Kenta's New Year's Eve Crisis
Denji Sentai Megaranger, Episode 44
Air Date(s)	December 28, 1997
Production Information
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Masato Tsujino
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 43: We Won't Be Defeated! Decisive Christmas Eve Clash
Next	Ep. 45: Tenacious! Hinelar's Counterattack

Carefree! Kenta's New Year's Eve Crisis (お気楽! 健太の年越し騒動, O-kiraku! Kenta no Toshikoshi Sōdō) is the forty-fourth episode of Denji Sentai Megaranger.

Synopsis

Kenta mysteriously loses his Digitizer while the rest of the Digital Research Club cleans up for New Years.

Plot

Kenta came out from a photographic shop after buying some polaroid film as he wanted to take "some photos" behind his Megarangers' friends. However, bad news for him, he lost his Digitaizer. Subsequently, worried Kenta had to find it while reminding his previous fights as MegaRed. Also, when he passed a game center, he reminded when he and his friends became Megaranger for the first time and their fights as a whole team. Later, he heard siren which he was mistaken as DigiTank with Professor Kubota who could be angry with him because of Digitaizer loss, but the siren actually came from an ambulance.

Meanwhile, at the Digital Research club room, four members were cleaning the room as they were nearly graduated. Chisato wondered where Kenta was, but no one knew. Then, something fell on Chisato's body which was revealed to be MegaRed's Cyber Slider. Moreover, when Kouichirou moved the Cyber Slider, a cupboard's lid was unexpectedly opened making Shun found the Drill Saber which was hidden inside that cupboard. Also, Miku found Kenta's pictures with all of his arsenals. As a result, irate Kouichiro told Miku to contact Kenta, only to hear Digitaizer's sound inside the club's room.

By the way, at INET moon base, Professor Kubota explained his subordinate that even if Nezirezia had no movement since Neziranger's death, Megarangers could not let their guard down as Nezirezia could came back with more dangerous and unimaginable tactics. Then, many archive footages were shown regarding Nezirezia's actions before it was ended with the battle against Neziranger. After that, Professor Kubota and his worker found the dimensional warps on their screen so Professor Kubota ordered to check that quickly.

As Kenta could not find Digitaizer, he pretended to wear in plaster cast and went back to the Digital Research club which four Megaranger's teammate waited for him with tired faces. Kenta tried to tell his team that he was missing due to being slipped, but then they cleaned their own Digitaizer and told Kenta how Digitaizer was so important. Being mocked, Kenta spoke back if they forgot Yuusaku who did not have Digitaizer while reminded all of his actions as MegaSilver. However, Shun spoke that Yuusaku had Keitaizer as his own transformation device which was equal to Digitaizer. Then, Chisato and Miku informed the importance of Digitaizer as it could control all gattai. At this moment, archive footages regarding Megaranger's robots were displayed. After that, Chisato told Kenta to clean his Digitaizer but Kenta responsed that he could not do that due to being in the cast. Therefore, Kouichirou revealed MegaRed's figure with Digitaizer allowed Kenta to recall that when he was taking photographs with Cyber Slider and Drill Saber, his camera had out of film so he placed his Digitaizer with MegaRed's figure and placed behind the computer. As a result, Kenta revealed that all photographs will be used for New Year's cards he made to the team. Unfortunately, Kenta was being punished by his teammates for his recklessness.

Back to INET, Professor Kubota was informed that the dimensional warps they had found before was not anomaly. However, to make sure, Kubota contacted the Digital Research club so that he could inform Megaranger to monitor more, only to find the punishment on Kenta instead. When Kouichiro asked, Kubota changed his mind and just told them Happy New Year and thank you for Megaranger's hard works. Kouichiro said Happy New Year to Kubota before came back for Kenta again. After that, Kubota showed his belief that even if Dr.Hinelar told him how imperfect human was, his Megarangers could still win over Nezirezia with their youth and their friendship. The story ended with highlights of each Megaranger's core members from prior episodes.

Cast

• Kenta Date (伊達 健太, Date Kenta): Hayato Oshiba (大柴 隼人, Ōshiba Hayato)
• Kouichirou Endou (遠藤 耕一郎, Endō Kōichirō): Atsushi Ehara (江原 淳史, Ehara Atsushi)
• Shun Namiki (並樹 瞬, Namiki Shun): Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也, Matsukaze Masaya)
• Chisato Jogasaki (城ヶ崎 千里, Jōgasaki Chisato): Eri Tanaka (たなかえり, Tanaka Eri)
• Miku Imamura (今村 みく, Imamura Miku): Mami Higashiyama (東山麻美, Higashiyama Mami)
• Yuusaku Hayakawa (早川 裕作, Hayakawa Yūsaku): Shigeru Kanai (金井 茂, Kanai Shigeru)
• Professor Eikichi Kubota (久保田 衛吉博士, Kubota Eikichi-hakase): Satoru Saito (斉藤暁, Saitō Satoru)
• Mimura: Rondo Mimura (三村ロンド, Mimura Rondo)
• Tachibana: Takao Miyashita (宮下敬夫, Miyashita Takao) (archive footage only)
• Gen Ooiwa (大岩 厳, Ōiwa Gen): Yoshihiro Nozoe (野添義弘, Nozoe Yoshihiro) (archive footage only)
• Takeshi: Yosuke Asari (浅利陽介, Asari Yōsuke) (archive footage only)
• Shougo Kawasaki (川崎省吾, Kawasaki Shōgo): Yuki Tanaka (田中優樹, Tanaka Yūki) (archive footage only)
• Dr. Hinelar (ドクターヒネラー, Dokutā Hinerā): Tetsuo Morishita (森下哲夫, Morishita Tetsuo)
• Shibolena (シボレナ, Shiborena): Asami Jo (城 麻美, Jō Asami)
• Yugande (ユガンデ, Yugande Voice): Hirotaka Suzuoki (鈴置 洋孝, Suzuoki Hirotaka)
• Bibidebi (ビビデビ, Bibidebi Voice): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)
• Guirail (ギレール, Girēru, Voice): Tatsuyuki Jinnai (仁内 建之, Jinnai Tatsuyuki) (archive footage only)
• NeziRed (ネジレッド, Nejireddo, Voice): Toshio Funatsu (舟津俊雄, Funatsu Toshio) (archive footage only)

Guest Cast

• Bee Nezire (ハチネジレ, Hachi Nejire, Voice): Takuma Suzuki (鈴木琢磨, Suzuki Takuma) (archive footage only)
• Android 167: Aya Mibuki (美吹彩, Mibuki Aya) (archive footage only)
• Mayuko Satome (早乙女麻由子, Satome Mayuko): Naho Suzuki (鈴木奈穂, Suzuki Naho) (archive footage only)
• Komutan (コムタン, Komutan Voice): Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 晶子, Suzuki Akiko) (archive footage only)
• Ooike: Tatsuzo Tayama (田山辰三, Tayama Tatsuzō) (archive footage only)
• Chisato Jogasaki's Grandmother: Tomiko Ishii (石井 トミコ, Ishii Tomiko) (archive footage only)
• Ayumi Shiraishi (白石歩美, Shiraishi Ayumi): Mai Oohira (大平麻衣, Ōhira Mai) (archive footage only)

Notes

• Eyecatch
  • Featured Megaranger (Pre-Break): MegaRed
  • Featured Megaranger (Post-Break): MegaRed
• Viewership: 5.3%
• This episode aired alongside B-Robo Kabutack episode 43, Lucky Pulling Technique Of The Girl.

Featured Songs

• Saikyou! Super Galaxy Mega
• Don't Stop! MegaSilver (Instrumental)
• Megaranger "The Cyberdelix"
• Watashi Rashiku Ashita e
• Mighty! Megaranger

DVD Releases

Megaranger Volume 5, DVD cover

• Denji Sentai Megaranger Volume 5 features episodes 42-51.
  

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Megaranger: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)

• The complete Megaranger series was released in North America by Shout! Factory in 2017.