Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger

***Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger*** is a Japanese television series. It is the 42th in Toei's Super Sentai series, following _Uchu Sentai Kyuranger_.

## New things

This series if the first to feature two different teams of heroes-the gentleman thief-themed Lupinrangers and the Police-themed Patrangers. They engage in a three-way battle against an alien criminal organization targeting Earth called the Gangler. It is also the first _Super Sentai_ tv series to not have an ending theme like many of TV Asahi's other shows.

## Schedule

_Lupinranger vs Patranger_ was the last _Super Sentai_ series to air entirely in the Heisei era, premiered on February 11, 2018, and on February 10, 2019, joining _Kamen Rider Build_ and later _Kamen Rider Zi-O_, in the _Super Hero Time_ line-up on TV Asahi affiliate stations.

## Story

The Lupin Collection, a big collection of dangerous items acquired by the legendary gentleman thief Arsenè Lupin, is stolen by a crime syndicate known as the Gangler. However, they receive opposition from two Super Sentai teams: the Lupinrangers: Kairi Yano, Touma Yoimachi and Umika Hayami. They aim to steal back the collection to live up their namesake's reputation and save those they have lost. The others are Patrangers: Keiichiro Asaka, Sakuya Hikawa and Tsukasa Myoujin. They are tasked with uploading justice by getting back the collection and taking down the Gangler. A human drama unfolds that pits the opposing teams against each other as their late tale is woven. This is made more intricate by the Lupin Collection's mysterious origins and its contributor Noël Takao. He aids the two teams as their fourth member in the hopes of uniting them against the Gangler for his own agenda. After the Gangler are defeated, the Patrangers learn the Lupinrangers' identities and motives while Noël still works to unite the two Super Sentai teams into one.

### Lupinranger

|Actor|Name|Lupinranger|Weapon|VS Vehicle|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Asahi Ito|Kairi Yano|Lupin Red|VS Changer Lupin Sword|Red Dial Fighter|
|Shogo Hama|Touma Yoimachi|Lupin Blue|VS Changer Lupin Sword|Blue Dial Fighter|
|Hakura Kudo|Umika Hayami|Lupin Yellow|VS Changer Lupin Sword|Yellow Dial Fighter|

### Patranger

|Actor|Name|Patranger|Weapon|VS Vehicle|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Kousei Yuki|Keiichiro Asaka|Patren 1-gou|VS Changer Pat Megabo|Trigger Machine 1-gou|
|Ryo Yokoyama|Sakuya Hikawa|Patren 2-gou|VS Changer Pat Megabo|Trigger Machine 2-gou|
|Kazusa Okuyama|Tsukasa Myoujin|Patren 3-gou|VS Changer Pat Megabo|Trigger Machine 3-gou|

### X

|Actor|Name|Ranger|Weapon|VS Vehicle||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|Seiya Motoki|rowspan=2|Noël Takao|bgcolor="silver" style="color:black"|Lupin X|rowspan=2|X Changer X Rod Sword|rowspan=2|X Train Silver X Train Gold|
|bgcolor="gold" style="color:black:|Patren X|||||||||

## Cast

- Kairi Yano / Lupin Red: Asahi Ito
- Touma Yoimachi / Lupin Blue: Shogo Hama
- Umika Hayami / Lupin Yellow: Haruka Kudō
- Keiichiro Asaka / Patren 1: Kousei Yuki
- Sakuya Hikawa / Patren 2: Ryo Yokoyama
- Tsukasa Myoujin / Patren 3: Kazusa Okuyama
- Noël Takao / Lupin X / Patren X: Seiya Motoki
- Director Hilltop: Ike Nwala
- Zamigo Delma: Jingi Irie
- Shori Yano: Kōji Shiba
- Aya Ohira: Nagisa Yuzuki
- Shiho Ichinose: Moka Komatsu
- Kogure: Yoichi Nukumizu

### Voice Actors

- Good Striker: Yūji Mitsuya
- Jim Carter: Rie Kugimiya
- VS Changer: Rondo Mimura
- Narration: Hiroki Yasumoto

### Guest cast

- Bundorute Peggy (5, 6): Tadashi Mizuno
- Shinta Yamaguchi (19): Kazayuki Aijima
- Koji Yamada (35): The Touch
- Restaurant customers (51): Mai Oishi, Sumiko Tanaka, Yuki Nagata, Michiko Makino

## Opening theme song

- "Lupinranger VS Patranger"
    - Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    - Composition: Hiroshi Takaki
    - Arrangement: Hiroshi Takaki (Project.R)
    - Artist: Project.R (Tatsuhiko Yoshida, Hitomi Yoshida)
    - This song is a mix of "Lupinranger, Dial o Mawase" ("Lupinranger, Turn the Dial") by Tatsuhiko Yoshida (Project.R) and "Chase You Up! Patranger" by Hitomi Yoshida (Project.R).

## Infobox (television)

- **genre**: Tokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Action
Science fiction
Crime fiction
Neo-western
Neo-noir
Police drama
Comedy
- **runtime**: 24—25 minutes
- **creator**: TV Asahi
Toei Company
Bandai Visual
- **developer**: Junko Kōmura
- **director**: Teruaki Sugihara
- **starring**: Asahi Ito
Shogo Hama
Hakura Kudō (singer), Haruka Kudō
Kousei Yuki
Ryo Yokoyama
Kazusa Okuyama
Seiya Motoki
Jingi Irie
Ike Nwala
Yoichi Nukumizu
- **voices**: Yūji Mitsuya
Rie Kugimiya
- **narrated**: Hiroki Yasumoto
- **opentheme**: "Lupinranger vs Patranger" Performed by Project.R (Tatsuhiko Yoshida, Hitomi Yoshida)
- **composer**: Hiroshi Takaki
- **executive producer**: Motoi Sasaki
- **producer**: Chihiro Inoue
Ayumi Kanno
Takaaki Utsunomiya
Kōichi Yada
Akihiro Fukuda
- **company**: TV Asahi
Toei Company
Toei Agency
- **network**: TV Asahi
- **num episodes**: 51