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The ”Power Rangers” television series takes characters and [[footage]] from ”Super Sentai” and makes it more suitable for Western audiences by combining it with new elements, such as characters, settings, and score. Despite [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers#Reception and controversy|initial criticism]] that its action violence targeted child audiences, the franchise has been commercially successful. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6&nbsp;billion in toy sales.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dollan|last=Kerry|url=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html|title=Beyond Power Rangers|website=[[Forbes]]|date=November 26, 2001|access-date=January 30, 2024|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140908224619/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html}}</ref>

The ”Power Rangers” television series takes characters and [[footage]] from ”Super Sentai” and makes it more suitable for Western audiences by combining it with new elements, such as characters, settings, and score. Despite [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers#Reception and controversy|initial criticism]] that its action violence targeted child audiences, the franchise has been commercially successful. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6&nbsp;billion in toy sales.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dollan|last=Kerry|url=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html|title=Beyond Power Rangers|website=[[Forbes]]|date=November 26, 2001|access-date=January 30, 2024|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140908224619/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html}}</ref>

It was first produced by Saban Entertainment from 1993 to 2001, then [[The Walt Disney Company]] handled production from 2001 until the show’s cancellation in 2009. In 2010, the franchise was acquired by [[Saban Brands]], which revived the show‘s production. In 2018, ”Power Rangers” was acquired by American toy company [[Hasbro]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hasbro to Acquire Saban Brands’ Power Rangers and Other Entertainment Assets|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180501005946/en/|website=BusinessWire|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gruenwedel|first=Erik|title=Hasbro Acquires Saban’s ‘Power Rangers’ for $522 Million

Saban Entertainment from 1993 to 2001, then [[The Walt Disney Company]] from 2001 2009. In 2010, the franchise was acquired by [[Saban Brands]], which the ‘s . In 2018, ”Power Rangers” was acquired by American toy company [[Hasbro]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hasbro to Acquire Saban Brands’ Power Rangers and Other Entertainment Assets|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180501005946/en/|website=BusinessWire|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gruenwedel|first=Erik|title=Hasbro Acquires Saban’s ‘Power Rangers’ for $522 Million

|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/hasbro-acquires-sabans-power-rangers-for-522-million/|access-date=May 2, 2018|work=Media Play News|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref>. The brand is developed in collaboration with [[Toei Company]], producers of ”Super Sentai”, which owns the brand in certain Asian markets, including Japan.

|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/hasbro-acquires-sabans-power-rangers-for-522-million/|access-date=May 2, 2018|work=Media Play News|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref>. The brand is developed in collaboration with [[Toei Company]], producers of ”Super Sentai”, which owns the brand in certain Asian markets, including Japan.

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Power Rangers is an American media franchise, built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. The series ran for 30 seasons, which aired from 1993 to 2023, and it has expanded into other media, including theatrical films, comic books, novels and video games.

The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, produced by Saban Entertainment, debuted on August 28, 1993, and helped launch the Fox Kids programming block of the 1990s, during which it catapulted into popular culture, along with a line of action figures and other toys by Bandai.^[1]

The Power Rangers television series takes characters and footage from Super Sentai and makes it more suitable for Western audiences by combining it with new elements, such as characters, settings, and score. Despite initial criticism that its action violence targeted child audiences, the franchise has been commercially successful. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6 billion in toy sales.^[2]

The televison series originally ran from 1993 to 2009, with Saban Entertainment producing from 1993 to 2001, then The Walt Disney Company from 2001 to 2009. In 2010, the franchise was acquired by Saban Brands, which restarted the production with 2011’s Power Rangers Samurai. In 2018, Power Rangers was acquired by American toy company Hasbro^[3][4]. The brand is developed in collaboration with Toei Company, producers of Super Sentai, which owns the brand in certain Asian markets, including Japan.

Distribution rights for Power Rangers are handled by Toei Company, producers of Super Sentai, in certain Asian markets, including Japan and South Korea, while Hasbro handles rights for the rest of the world.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (MMPR) is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the Power Rangers franchise, which quickly became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon, along with a large line of toys, action figures, and other merchandise.^[5] It follows a group of teenagers chosen by a galactic warrior to become the Power Rangers, a team of superheroes prepared to fight evil monsters sent from space.

The show adapted visual elements, costumes and stock footage from the Japanese TV franchise Super Sentai, and combined them with different elements, such as new characters, a lighter and comedic tone, a rock score and environmental themes, to create a very different series from its original version.

Power Rangers serves not only as an adaptation for the television series, but also as a Western representation of the Super Sentai characters and designs, similar to other Japanese toy exports, such as Transformers or Robotech

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (MMPR) is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the Power Rangers franchise, which quickly became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon, along with a large line of toys, action figures, and other merchandise.^[6] It follows a group of teenagers chosen by a galactic warrior to become the Power Rangers, a team of superheroes prepared to fight evil monsters sent from space.

The show adapted elements and stock footage from the Japanese TV series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, which is part of Toei Company’s Super Sentai franchise, and combined them with new elements developed and filmed by Saban.

American live action children’s television series

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (MMPR) is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the Power Rangers franchise, which quickly became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon along with a large line of toys, action figures, and other merchandise.^[7] The show adapted elements and stock footage from the Japanese television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, an installment of the Super Sentai franchise by Toei Company.^[8] The second and third seasons of the show drew elements and stock footage from Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, respectively. The series was produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment.

The series follows a group of teenagers chosen by a intergalactic being to become the Power Rangers, a team of superheroes prepared to fight evil monsters sent from space. It was followed in 1996 by a mini-series titled Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers and a fourth season, titled Power Rangers Zeo, while a global storyline would continue until its seventh season, titled Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, in 1999.

Despite of taking place of the same universe, subsequent seasons of Power Rangers would rather present self-contained plots, without being explicitly connected to the first three seasons. However, cast members and elements from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers would occasionally be present on later iterations of the series. Production of the series continued until 2023.

The original series also spawned the feature film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, released by 20th Century Fox on June 30, 1995. Despite mixed reviews, it was a success at the box office and earned a cult following.^[9] In 2017, a reboot feature film simply titled Power Rangers was released.^[10] As of 2025, a new reboot is in the works.

A television special titled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always commemorated the 30th anniversary of the series and premiered on Netflix on April 19, 2023, with returning cast members David Yost, Walter Emanuel Jones, Steve Cardenas, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley, Catherine Sutherland, Barbara Goodson, and Richard Steven Horvitz who reprised their roles, joined by Charlie Kersh, who portrayed Minh, the daughter of Trini Kwan.^[11]

In 2025, Hasbro announced Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition, a digitally upscaled version of the first season of the series, in addition to Mighty Morphin Minute, a short-form series that narrates lore of the show, using footage from the upscaled version. The episodes became available to view on YouTube and Netflix. Both projects were supported by the release of a kid targeted product line of the same name from Playmates Toys.