Ep. 9: Lion, Run

This article is about an episode in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

Ep. 9: Lion, Run
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Episode 09
Tribute to	Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger
Air Date(s)	April 17, 2011
Production Information
Written by	Junko Kōmura
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kato
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 8: Little Spy Tactics
Next	Ep. 10: Card Game

Lion, Run (獅子、走る, Shishi, Kakeru) is the ninth episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. While a continuation of the previous episode, this is the tribute episode to Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger.

Synopsis

In a race to find the floating island before the Zangyack forces do, the Gokai Galleon crew instead finds a veterinarian.

Plot

While searching for a flying island, the GokaiGalleon crew stumbles upon Sky Island Animarium. However, upon setting foot on the island, the GokaiGalleon crew are attacked by a Gormin platoon under Action Commander Bowser. Eventually, after the Gokaigers use the Turboranger Keys to win, the conflict attracts the attention of Gao Lion who proceeds to knock everyone off the island.

The Gokaigers use the Jetman Keys to break their fall as Bowser rides a Sugormin, damaging Ahim's leg in the process. They are about to get back up to Animarium when they are warned by Kakeru Shishi not to go, with Captain Marvelous refusing to take heed. Tending to Ahim's wounds in his office, Kakeru reveals himself as GaoRed with Don pleading for his help with the vet explaining that only Gao Lion can unleash the Gaoranger Keys' power. At this time, they are contacted that their crewmates are fighting Bowser and the Gormin.

Kakeru watches the Gokaigers' fight and is astonished by the Gokaigers' saving people in their own way before they use the Gaoranger Keys to defeat the Sugormin with the Hyakujuken before finishing Bowser with the Gokai Blast.

When Bowser and his Sugormin are enlarged, the Gokaigers summon GokaiOh to combat him. As the Gokaigers prepare to finish off Bowser with the Gokai Star Burst attack, the vicious monster fires off one of his hand claws, which renders the compass at GokaiOh's back unable to revolve (which is necessary to activate the Star Burst attack) and leaves the Gokaigers unable to control GokaiOh for a brief period of time. Fortunately, GaoLion's acceptance enables them to summon him from Animarium with the Gaoranger Keys (Gaorangers' Greater Power) as he and Gokiaoh combine into Gao GokaiOh to take out both Sugormin before destroying Bowser with Gokai Animal Heart. As Kakeru walks off, the pirates thank their new ally as they sail off.

Cast

• Captain Marvelous (キャプテン・マーベラス, Kyaputen Māberasu): Ryota Ozawa (小澤 亮太, Ozawa Ryōta)
• Joe Gibken (ジョー・ギブケン, Jō Gibuken): Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, Yamada Yūki)
• Luka Millfy (ルカ・ミルフィ, Ruka Mirufi): Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央, Ichimichi Mao)
• Don Dogoier (ドン･ドッゴイヤー, Don Doggoiyā): Kazuki Shimizu (清水 一希, Shimizu Kazuki)
• Ahim de Famille (アイム・ド・ファミーユ, Aimu do Famīyu): Yui Koike (小池 唯, Koike Yui)
• Navi (ナビィ, Nabyi, Voice): Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり, Tamura Yukari)
• Commandant Warz Gill (司令官ワルズ・ギル, Shireikan Waruzu Giru, Voice): Hirofumi Nojima (野島 裕史, Nojima Hirofumi)
• Chief of Staff Damaras (参謀長ダマラス, Sanbōchō Damarasu, Voice): Kōji Ishii (石井 康嗣, Ishii Kōji)
• Development Technical Officer Insarn (開発技官インサーン, Kaihatsu Gikan Insān, Voice): Kikuko Inoue (井上 喜久子, Inoue Kikuko)
• Special Duty Officer Barizorg (特務士官バリゾーグ, Tokumu Shikan Barizōgu, Voice): Gaku Shindo (進藤 学, Shindō Gaku)

Guest Cast

• Bowser (バウザー, Bauzā, Voice): Keikou Sakai (酒井 敬幸, Sakai Keikō)
• Kakeru Shishi (獅子 走, Shishi Kakeru): Noboru Kaneko (金子 昇, Kaneko Noboru)
• OL: Miri Sakura (咲良美里, Sakura Miri)

Gokai Changes

• Gokai Changes in Lion, Run:
  • Gokai Red - Red Turbo, Red Hawk, GaoRed
  • Gokai Blue - Blue Turbo, Blue Swallow, GaoBlue
  • Gokai Yellow - Yellow Turbo, Yellow Owl, GaoYellow
  • Gokai Green - Black Turbo, Black Condor, GaoBlack
  • Gokai Pink - Pink Turbo, White Swan, GaoWhite
• All of the Gokai Changes in this episode involve Sentai powers that are tied to nature and given to their respective teams by a female mentor, and are anniversary seasons, at least at some point or another.
  • Turboranger: The natural energy of fairies tied to Fairy Seelon. Also honors the past 10 Sentai seasons during its initial run as Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. had yet to be recognized as Sentai series.
  • Jetman: The power of birds tied to the military project of Commander Aya Odagiri. At the time of Ohranger's airing in 1995, Jetman has become the 15th series.
  • Gaoranger: The power of guardian animals protected by Tetomu in the Animarium. As an anniversary series, Gaoranger is the 25th entry in Super Sentai.
• The usage of the Turborangers powers both in this episode and throughout the season emphasize a "speed" attack as if the team's main focus was cars; in truth, the cars were merely the focus of the suits and mecha vehicles and had nothing to do with their battle style, which were more focused on melee and team attacks.

Turboranger

Jetman

Gaoranger

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider OOO episode 30, The King, the Panda, and the Blazing Memory.
• Viewership: 4.5%
• Total Greater Powers Collected:
  • Gokaigers: 4
• This is the first tribute episode to center around a Sentai team with no Extra Rangers/Heroes.
• This is the first episode where the team's Gokai Changes are done in chronological order in terms of when the seasons aired.

Elements/Homages to Gaoranger

GaoRed's Legend Shift

• The title of this episode is similar Gaoranger episode titles; in many episodes, the title begins with a noun, which is then given an instruction by way of a verb, occasionally with the assistance of a comma; for example: the first Gaoranger episode has a Japanese reading of "Shishi, Hoero!!", which would literally translate into "Lion, Roar!!".
• The name of this episode is a pun on GaoRed's name, Kakeru Shishi.
• The mission of the Gokaiger to gain the trust of GaoLion on the Sky Island is similar to Kakeru in Gaoranger's first episode, with only the trust between the two being the key to unlocking their potential.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Volume 3 features episodes 9-12: Ep. 9: Lion, Run, Ep. 10: Card Game, Ep. 11: The Serious Rebellion and Ep. 12: The Guaranteed Showy Samurai. It was released on September 21, 2011.

Gokaiger Volume 3, DVD cover

Gokaiger Volume 3, Blu-ray cover

See Also

• A Lion's Alliance - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Megaforce. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)

External Links

• Episode 9 page on the TV Asahi site