Starting Station: Let's Ride the Limited Express Train

This article is about an episode in Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Starting Station: Let's Ride the Limited Express Train
Ressha Sentai ToQger, Episode 1
Air Date(s)	February 16, 2014
Production Information
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Shoujirou Nakazawa
Episode Guide
Previous	Brave Final: Great Explosion! Goodbye, Kyoryuger
Next	Station 2: We Are Here

Starting Station: Let's Ride the Limited Express Train (始発駅：特急烈車で行こう, Shihatsueki: Tokkyuu Ressha de Ikou) is the first episode of Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Synopsis

When the evil Shadow Line begins to use their evil train the Kleiner to kidnap children, a young man named Right is amongst those nearly captured. He then sees the prismatic Rainbow Line and its Ressha trains appear, along with four of the ToQgers, inspiring him to help protect the children with them.

Plot

Children with strong imagination are being kidnapped by the Shadow Kaijin Bag Shadow and taken aboard the Shadow Line's evil train the "Kleiner". Much to the monster's surprise, among the captives is a sleeping young man.

The young man awakens and introduces himself as Right. He is harassed by Bag Shadow until the prismatic Rainbow Line and its Ressha trains appear, along with four heroes who call themselves the "ToQgers". The ToQgers fight the monster and his army of Kuros, but are forced to flee when Right steps into the battle and is knocked out by Bag Shadow.

Right later awakens inside the Ressha and recognizes the ToQgers as his childhood friends: Tokatti, Mio, Hikari, and Kagura. He is greeted by an enigmatic person called the Conductor and his sidekick Ticket who inform him that because of their high imaginations, they were chosen by the Rainbow Line to become the ToQgers in order to stop the Shadow Line's plans to envelop the world in darkness. Soon after, the Kleiner is spotted again and Right is the first to jump into action, not even giving time for his friends to give him his ToQ Changer. When his friends catch up to him and after he takes a beating, Right uses his Imagination to deal a powerful punch to Bag Shadow even without transforming. After rescuing the children, all five ToQgers fight together for the first time.

During the battle, Right learns that they can switch their powers and weapons between themselves and they make use of it to confound their enemies (though they were also confusing themselves), alternating their attacks randomly and defeating all the Kuros until the Conductor forcibly undoes the switches, claiming that such an ability must be only used in emergencies. The ToQgers then finish the monster with the Renketsu Bazooka, but it later enlarges itself with the power of darkness, prompting the Conductor to switch control of the Ressha temporarily for the ToQgers to form the giant robot ToQ-Oh, using it to destroy Bag Shadow for good with the Fumikiriken Ressha Flash.

Back from their first victory, Right and his friends are astonished when Ticket lets slip that the main reason for them being chosen to become the ToQgers is because they are as good as dead.

Cast

• Right (ライト, Raito): Jun Shison (志尊 淳, Shison Jun)
  • Young Right: Homare Mabuchi (馬渕誉, Mabuchi Homare)
• Tokatti (トカッチ, Tokatchi): Jin Hiramaki (平牧 仁, Hiramaki Jin)
  • Young Tokatti: Keishiro Nagase (永瀬 圭志朗, Nagase Keishirō)
• Mio (ミオ, Mio): Riria (梨里杏, Riria)
  • Young Mio: Kaoruko Ishii (石井 薫子, Ishii Kaoruko)
• Hikari (ヒカリ, Hikari): Ryusei Yokohama (横浜 流星, Yamazaki Hikaru)
  • Young Hikari: Hikaru Yamazaki (山崎光, Hikaru Yamazaki)
• Kagura (カグラ, Kagura): Ai Moritaka (森高 愛 Moritaka Ai, Ai Moritaka)
  • Young Kagura: Rara Shimizu (清水 らら, Shimizu Rara)
• Conductor (車掌, Shashō): Tsutomu Sekine (関根 勤 Sekine Tsutomu, Tsutomu Sekine)
• Ticket (チケット, Chiketto, Voice), ToQger Equipment Voice: Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei)
• Baron Nero (ネロ男爵, Nero Danshaku, Voice): Jun Fukuyama (福山 潤, Fukuyama Jun)
• Madame Noir (ノア夫人, Noa Fujin, Voice): Aya Hisakawa (久川 綾 Hisakawa Aya, Aya Hisakawa)
• General Schwarz (シュバルツ将軍, Shubarutsu Shōgun, Voice): Haruhiko Jo (壤 晴彦, Jō Haruhiko)
• Miss Gritta (グリッタ嬢, Guritta Jō, Voice): Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子, Hidaka Noriko)

Guest Cast

• Bag Shadow (バッグシャドー, Baggu Shadō, Voice): Hisao Egawa (江川 央生, Egawa Hisao)
• Boy: Kento Shida (志田弦音, Shida Kento)
• Girl: Makoto Nanami (七海マコト, Nanami Makoto)
• Mother: Mari Takahashi (高橋麻理, Takahashi Mari)
• Narration: Kohsuke Toriumi (鳥海 浩輔, Toriumi Kōsuke)

Suit actors

• ToQ 1gou: Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi)
• ToQ 2gou: Masashi Takada (高田 将司, Takada Masashi)
• ToQ 3gou: Ryoko Gomi (五味 涼子, Gomi Ryōko)
• ToQ 4gou: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博, Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
• ToQ 5gou: Mizuho Nogawa (野川 瑞穂, Nogawa Mizuho)
• Baron Nero: Riichi Seike (清家 利一, Seike Riichi)
• Madame Noir: Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一, Hachisuka Yūichi)
• General Schwarz: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō)
• Miss Gritta: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭, Kusaka Hideaki)
• Bag Shadow: Keizo Yabe (矢部敬三, Yabe Keizō)
• Combatant Kuros: ?

Transfer Changes

• Transfer Changes for Let's Ride the Limited Express Train:
  • ToQ 1gou - Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green
  • ToQ 2gou - Red
  • ToQ 3gou - Pink
  • ToQ 4gou - Pink, Blue
  • ToQ 5gou - Green, Yellow

ToQ 2gou Red and ToQ 1gou Blue

ToQ 5gou Green & ToQ 4gou Pink

ToQ 4gou Blue and ToQ 1gou Pink

ToQ 3gou Pink

ToQ 1gou Yellow

Team Transfer Change

Errors

• to be added

Notes

• Tripping Scene: ToQ 1gou
• Everyone's Train Corner:
  • ​West Japan Railway Company - SL Yamaguchi Series: The steam locomotive rides again, as this formerly in-storage C571 has been fully restored. They use classic-style passenger cars as well.
  • ​West Japan Railway Company - 500 Series Shinkansen: A bullet train with a top speed of 285 kph, it runs both quickly and quietly thanks to the body's similarity to the shape of a bird's beak.
  • Odakyu Electric Railway - Romance Car LSE (7000 Series): An express train which connects Shinjuku and Hakone-Yumoto. Because there are seats all the way to the very front of the train, the driver's seat is on the second floor.
• As a part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Gaim episode 18, Farewell, Beat Riders.
• Viewership: 3.3%
• This is the first time a special title is used for an opening Sentai episode; many final episodes have had special episode titles prior to this.
• Riria Kojima's (Mio) 21st birthday and director Shojiro Nakazawa's 43rd birthday, falling on December 18th and December 29th 2013 respectively, were celebrated during filming of this episode.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Ressha Sentai ToQger Volume 1 features episodes 1-4: Starting Station: Let's Ride the Limited Express Train, Station 2: We Are Here, Station 3: Desperate Once Convinced and Station 4: Be Aware of the Things You Lose.

ToQger Volume 1, DVD cover

ToQger Volume 1, Blu-ray cover

See Also

• Return of the Prism - Power Rangers counterpart in Ninja Steel. See comparison page. (Baron Nero's costume except the head)
• Jam Session - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Fury. See comparison page. (Madame Noir's costume)

External Links

• TV Asahi's official preview for ｢始発駅：特急烈車で行こう
• Toei TV's official episode guide for ｢始発駅：特急烈車で行こう｣