Gekisou Sentai Carranger is a Japanese tokusatsutelevision show. It was Toei's twentieth production of the Super Sentaimetaseries. It is the second vehicle-themed Super Sentai, preceded by Kousoku Sentai Turboranger. The show was written as a parody of its own franchise. Its action footage was used in Power Rangers Turbo. On January 6, 2017, Amazon set to pre-order "Gekisou Sentai Carranger: The Complete Series" on Region 1 DVD by Shout! Factory and it was released in North America on April 25, 2017. This is the fifth Super Sentai series to be released in North America. In June 2018, Shout! streamed the series on their website.
Plot
Five workers from the Pegasus Auto Garage discover Dappu, an alien from planet Hazard. He empowers the five with the "Carmagic" power of the five legendary car constellations, transforming them into Carrangers. As Carrangers, the five battle an alien reckless driver gang and prevent them from destroying Earth.
Characters
Carrangers
The Carrangers consist of five employees at the Pegasus garage and use Carmagic Power to fight the Bowzock. ;Kyosuke Jinnai/Red Racer: ;Naoki Domon/Blue Racer: ;Minoru Uesugi/Green Racer: ;Natsumi Shinohara/Yellow Racer: ;Youko Yagami/Pink Racer:
Universal Reckless Driving Tribe Bowzock
The UniversalBōsōzoku is an intergalactic biker gang with no regard for the laws of traffic. Hired by Exhaus to pave the way for his highway by blowing up every planet in the way of construction. They have targeted Earth, the last of such planets, for destruction and frequently hang out at the BB Saloon, a bar in the Baribarian spacecraft. After he had absorbed the Carrangers' Carmagic Power, Exhaus set the Baribarian spacecraft on fire and sent it crashing to Earth, only to have it stopped by Sirender and the Carranger in human form take control of it and drove it straight into Exhaus to try and kill him. It didn't kill him, though it was destroyed.
Names/Puns
Friends
The initial syllabes from the Carrangers' surnames form the word "Jidousha", which in Japanese means Automobile.
Radietta Fanbelt's first name is a pun on a car Radiator.
Villains
The name "Bowzock" is a play off of "Bōsōzoku", a term used for biker gangs, punks who ride around in hotrods, or those with no respect for traffic laws.
Exhaus' name is based on "Exhaust", as his debut involved him using exhaust on Police Planet.
The Bowzock leaders' names are puns on car parts; Gynamo is based on dynamo, Zelmoda on セルモーター, and Grotch on clutch.
SS Pamaan is named after Superman, and to a lesser extent is reminiscent of Perman.
The Bowzock members as well as Signalman mispronounce the Japanese word for "Earth", saying チ／ーキュ instead of the correct form ㋠／キュー. In Shout! Factory's release of the series, this effectively changes the name of "Earth" to "Earsh".
A side-scrolling fighting platformer game based on the series called Gekisō Sentai Carranger: Zenkai! Racer Senshi was produced for the Sufami Turbo, an add-on for the Super Famicom.
