Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

is Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. It aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining Kamen Rider Wizard then Kamen Rider Gaim in TV Asahi's Super Hero Time programming block. Its footage is used for the 2015/2016 American Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Dino Charge and its follow up season, Dino Super Charge. It also has a South Korea-exclusive sequel, Power Rangers Dino Force Brave.
==Story==
Long ago in the time of dinosaurs, the Deboth Army invades Earth to the point of the extinction of the dinosaurs but they were defeated by Wise God Torin and the Zyudenryu during the first invasion. In the present day, the Deboth Army resurface as they resume their invasion. To counter the revived threat, Torin selects five brave individuals who must defeat their respective Zyudenryu first in order to acquire their powers to become the "People of the Strong Dragons", the Kyoryugers.
==Episodes==
Individual episodes are known as , and the titles are written solely in kana.
==Production==
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is the third Sentai series with a dinosaur motif (after Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger); this time mixed with electricity and up-tempo musical genres such as Samba. Ryo Ryusei, who portrays Daigo Kiryu, said he will find it difficult to live up to the role as the hero in the series. Yamato Kinjo, who portrays Nobuharu Udo, turns 30 within the year and spoke of how he felt it might be difficult to portray a hero to children so much younger than he is.
Critics have noted a drastic shift in the casting of Kyoryuger. Toei producer Takahito Ōmori commented on the lack of a yellow warrior in the series, something that has not happened since Dengeki Sentai Changeman, by noting that the color yellow has become associated with females for the modern generation of viewers and thus would not be able to properly portray the brutish strength a male character is capable of portraying to match with the concept that the characters beat their dinosaur partners in battle. Ōmori also stated that they chose to make the blue warrior aged 32 to insert some oyaji gags, while also noting the use of Papaya Suzuki as the ending theme's choreographer to insert some levity, hot-blooded actor Shinji Yamashita as the red warrior's father, and the inclusion of Shigeru Chiba as the series' narrator who gives a high tension style to the show.
==Films==
The Kyoryugers make their debut appearance in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie, and are the protagonists of the following films:
===Super Hero Taisen Z===
 is a film that was released in Japan on April 27, 2013 which featured the first crossover between characters of Toei's three main Tokusatsu franchises, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, and the Space Sheriff Series, including other heroes from the Metal Heroes series as well. The protagonists of Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger are featured, but the casts of Kamen Rider Wizard, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, and Kamen Rider Fourze also participate in the film. The event of the movie takes place between Brave 10 and 11.
===Gaburincho of Music===
As with every year, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger appears in their own film titled , which is a musical, that was released in theaters on August 3, 2013, double-billed with the film for Kamen Rider Wizard. The event of the movie takes place between Brave 20 and 21.
===Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters===
 was released in theaters on January 18, 2014. As with previous VS movies, this film features a crossover between the casts of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters while also bringing in cameos from the casts of Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. The event of the movie takes place between Brave 36 and 37.
===Kamen Rider Taisen===
The main casts from Ressha Sentai ToQger and Kamen Rider Gaim, along with Ryo Ryusei who returns as Daigo Kiryu from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger participate in which debuted in theaters on March 29, 2014. It also features the return of characters from previous Kamen Rider Series, most notably Hiroshi Fujioka of the original Kamen Rider.
===ToQger vs. Kyoryuger===
 is the VS team-up movie between Ressha Sentai ToQger and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. The film was released in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2015.
===Ultra Super Hero Taisen===
A crossover film, titled featuring the casts of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Amazon Riders, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, was released in Japan on March 25, 2017. This movie will celebrate 10th anniversary of Kamen Rider Den-O who also appear in this movie. It also features the spaceship Andor Genesis from the Xevious game, which serves to be used by the movie's main antagonists, as well as introducing the movie-exclusive Kamen Rider True Brave played by Kamen Rider Brave's actor Toshiki Seto from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, and villain Shocker Great Leader III played by the singer Diamond Yukai. In addition, individual actors from older Kamen Rider and Super Sentai TV series, Ryohei Odai (Kamen Rider Ryuki), Gaku Matsumoto (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger), Atsushi Maruyama (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger), and Hiroya Matsumoto (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) reprise their respective roles.
==Special episodes==
* is a special DVD by Kodansha that details Daigo and Utsusemimaru dealing with Nobuharu when he is possessed by the ghosts of Debo Tangosekku and Debo Tanabanta. But with the assistance of Ramirez and Tessai, the two Kyoryugers gain Spirit Ranger versions of the Pteragordon and Plezuon Zyudenchi to send the spirits back to Deboth Hell. The special concludes with a promo to the Kyoryuger movie as taking place between Brave 23 and 24.
* is a web-exclusive episode released on the official Brave Frontier YouTube channel as a collaboration between Toei Company and video game producer Alim to promote the release of Brave Frontier 2 in Japan, also serving as a reunion to the series's original cast. This episode serves as Brave 33.5, which taking place between Brave 33 and 34.
==V-Cinema==
 is a direct-to-video film released on June 20, 2014, taking places between Brave 42 and 43. The main cast of Ryo Ryusei, Syuusuke Saito, Yamato Kinjo, Akihisa Shiono, Ayuri Konno, and Atsushi Maruyama reprise their roles from the series while also portraying a future generation of Kyoryugers introduced in the movie.
==Video game==
The Kyoryugers appear in their very own video game developed by Namco Bandai Games for the Nintendo 3DS called , released on August 8, 2013.
==Cast==
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*: Jouji Shibue previously portrayed Mamoru Chiba in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and Ibuki in Kamen Rider Hibiki.
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==Songs==
;Opening theme
*"Vamola" is Brazilian Portuguese for "leggo (let's go)".
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition: Yusuke Mochida
**Arrangement: Kousuke Yamashita, Yusuke Mochida
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: Remixes of the song were used in the series: in episode 31 and sung by Syuusuke Saito, Yamato Kinjo, Akihisa Shiono, Ayuri Konno, and Marie Iitoyo during the climax of the final episode. The film Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends uses a slow melody remix called . In the V-Cinema 100 Years After, it is called sung by Haruka Tomatsu as Canderrilla.
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**Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude, Hideaki Takatori
**Composition: Hideaki Takatori
**Arrangement: Hiroaki Kagoshima
**Artist: Hideaki Takatori
==Notes==
==References==
==External links==
* at TV Asahi
* at Toei Company
* at Super-Sentai.net
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