Animal Universe

Power Rangers Animal Universe of the Power Rangers franchise ran from March 2026 to June 2026. It was the second series produced by the joint-collaboration of BBC Essex and BBC London in cooperation with Toei and the BBC. It used the footage from the Super Sentai series Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger as its main source material. The series opened with Instincts Awaken and concluded with Battle Of The Animals .
==Overview & Plot==
Animal Universe introduces the Animal Universe Rangers. 
When one person unexpectedly finds themselves in a world where humans and animals live one by one together without threat of extinction, resurrected orgs from another world threaten all life and reality to the once peaceful existence of the animal universe planet.
==Production ==
Animal Universe consisted of nine stories across 15 episodes. 
When working on the concept of Animal Universe, it was agreed to make it a tribute of sorts to Wild Force with all of the available cast members returning. 
==Cast==
Designation	Name 	Actor
Eagle 	Damon 	
Shark 	Atasi 	
Lion 	Leonardo	
Elephant 	Tusk 	
Tiger 	Ingrid 	
Rhino 	 	
Bird 	 	
Condor 	 	
===Recurring===
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===Guest===
====Ninja Steel Rangers====
Designation 	Name 	Actor
Ninja Steel Red 	Brody Romero 	William Shewfelt
Ninja Steel Blue 	Preston Tien 	Peter Sudarso
Ninja Steel Yellow	Calvin Maxwell	Nico Greetham
Ninja Steel White 	Hayley Foster 	Zoe Robins
Ninja Steel Pink 	Sarah Thompson	Chrysti Ane
Ninja Steel Gold 	Levi Weston 	Jordi Webber
====Super Megaforce Rangers====
Designation 	Name 	Actor
Super Megaforce Red 	Troy Burrows	Andrew Gray
Super Megaforce Blue 	Noah Carver 	John Mark Loudermilk
Super Megaforce Yellow	Gia Moran 	Ciara Hanna
Super Megaforce Green 	Jake Holling	Azim Rizk
Super Megaforce Pink 	Emma Goodall	Christina Masterson
Super Megaforce Silver	Orion 	Cameron Jebo
====Wild Force Rangers====
Designation 	Name 	Actor
Red Wild Force Ranger 	Cole Evans 	Ricardo Medina Jr.
Yellow Wild Force Ranger	Taylor Earhardt	Alyson Kiperman
Blue Wild Force Ranger 	Max Cooper 	Phillip Jeanmarie
Black Wild Force Ranger 	Danny Delgado 	Jack Guzman
White Wild Force Ranger 	Alyssa Enrilé 	Jessica Rey
Lunar Wolf Ranger 	Merrick Baliton	Phillip Andrew
==Television stories==
===Story formats and arc ===
Animal Universe would continue its format of episodes from the previous season. 
Episodes 8 & 9 would feature the return of the Ninja Steel Rangers whilst also using footage from Zyuohger vs Ninninger whilst Episodes 11 and 12 would feature the return of the Super Megaforce Rangers whilst using footage from Episodes 28 & 29 of Zyuohger. 
===Episodes===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
1 / 2 	Instincts Awaken / A Wild To Save 	Andy Wilkins	 	
3 	Wild and Free 	 	 	
4 	Roaring Resolutions 	 	 	
5 / 6 	A Rhino's Journey / The Horn 	 	Isaac Florentine	Introduction of the Rhino Ranger.
7 	Claws of Courage 	 	Mark D. Allen 	
8 / 9 	Shuriken Journey / Animals In Our Souls 	 	Paul Schrier 	Both episodes would feature the return of the Ninja Steel Rangers whilst using footage from the Zyouhger vs Ninninger movie.
10 	Jungle Justice 	 	 	
11 / 12 	Pirates From The Past / Unity Of Pirates	Andy Wilkins	Jonathan Frakes 	Both episodes would feature the return of the Super Megaforce Rangers whilst using footage from Episodes 28 & 29 of Zyouhger.
13 	Bonds Beyond Species 	 	Steve Wang 	
14 / 15 	Wild At Heart / Battle Of The Animals 	Andy Wilkins	 	Both episodes would feature the return of the Wild Force Rangers.
==Stories set during this season==
===Special Episodes===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Air Date 	Notes
25XA 	Power Rangers Wild Force: Unity Of The Animals 	Andy Wilkins	Dean Israelite	May 2026 	This special would set as a prequel to the Wild Force Rangers return ahead of Eps 14/15 of Animal Universe.
24XA 	Power Rangers: Wild Force vs Ninja Storm 	 	 	November 2026	
12XA 	Power Rangers: Super Megaforce vs Beast Morphers	Andy Wilkins	 	March 2027 	This special would set as a prequel to the Super Megaforce Rangers return ahead of Eps 11/12 of Animal Universe.
===Novels===
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===Audio stories===
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===Comics===
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==Promotional trailers==
For the series, several promotional trailers were created, utilising shot footage of and
*Several short, wordless five-second "stings" were also produced. These showed close-ups of the Animal Universe Zord. No series logo or title is shown, with only a snippet of the original Ron Wasserman theme effect to identify the programme.