Episode. 18: Samurai Go West

This article is about an episode in Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger.

Episode. 18: Samurai Go West
Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger, Episode 18
Air Date(s)	June 13, 2004
Production Information
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by	Taro Sakamoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Episode. 17: Twin Cam Angel
Next	Episode. 19: Fake Blue

Samurai Go West (サムライ・ゴーウエスト, Samurai Gō Uesuto) is the eighteenth episode of Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger.

Synopsis

The Dekaranger head to Kyoto, where they encounter an alien who learned the ways of Bushido from Ban's Shinsengumi ancestor and whom they must convince to return home without causing trouble.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Banban Akaza (赤座 伴番, Akaza Banban): Ryuji Sainei (さいねい 龍二, Sainei Ryūji)
• Houji Tomasu (戸増 宝児, Tomasu Hōji): Tsuyoshi Hayashi (林 剛史, Hayashi Tsuyoshi)
• Senichi Enari (江成 仙一, Enari Sen'ichi): Yosuke Ito (伊藤 陽佑, Itō Yōsuke)
• Marika Reimon (礼紋 茉莉花, Reimon Marika): Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, Kinoshita Ayumi)
• Koume Kodou (胡堂 小梅, Kodō Koume): Mika Kikuchi (菊地 美香, Kikuchi Mika)
• Anubian Chief Doggie Kruger (アヌビス星人ドギー・クルーガー, Anubisu-seijin Dogī Kurūgā, Voice): Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹, Inada Tetsu)
• Swan Shiratori (白鳥スワン, Shiratori Suwan): Mako Ishino (石野真子, Ishino Mako)
• Agent Abrella (エージェント・アブレラ, Ējento Aburera, Voice): Ryusei Nakao (中尾 隆聖, Nakao Ryūsei)

Guest Cast

• Zoinaian Baytonin (ゾイナー星人ベートニン, Zoināseijin Bētonin, Voice): Mantaro Iwao (岩尾 万太郎, Iwao Mantarō)
• Student: Ayaka Nushida (主田綾佳, Nushida Ayaka), Misato Yoshimura (吉村美里, Yoshimura Misato)
• Bannoshin Akaza: Ryuji Sainei (Uncredited)

Errors

• to be added

Gallery

Ban met Baytonin for the first time.

Ban in his Samurai costume.

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Blade episode 21, Battles That Feel for Friends.
• Viewership: 7.1%

Closing Screen for Episode 18

• Eyecatch
  • Featured Dekaranger (Post-Break): DekaRed

• Pre-credits scene: The Dekarangers transforms into Shinsengumi, with Umeko as Oume
• The place the Dekaranger go to trick Zoinainan Baytonin is the Toei Uzumasa Eigamura, a park run by Toei studios in the Uzumasa section of Kyoto that is generally used for their Japanese period-films depicting the Edo period.
• This episode's emphasis on the Shinsengumi connected with a major Shinsengumi craze in Japanese pop culture tied to Shinsengumi!, a drama about the Edo-era police force also released in 2004.

Shinsengumi samurai during the late Edo period.

The Edo-era police force with a flag.

• The footage used for Ban's ancestor was also used in the corresponding Power Rangers S.P.D. episode.
• This episode marks the overall 1400th episode of the Super Sentai franchise.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

• Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger DVD Volume 5 features episodes 17-20
• Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger Complete Blu-ray 2 features episodes 17-32
• Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger: The Complete Series was released in North America by Shout! Factory on February 14, 2023.

Dekaranger DVD Volume 5 cover

Dekaranger Complete Blu-Ray 2 cover

Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger: The Complete Series cover

See Also

• Samurai (episode) - Power Rangers counterpart in S.P.D.. See comparison page.