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Power Rangers is a long-running American superhero media franchise adapted from Japan's Super Sentai tokusatsu series. Created by Haim Saban, the franchise centers on teams of ordinary teens who gain superpowers to defend Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats, paired with extensive merchandising tied to each season's unique hero designs and giant mechs.
Key moments
1993Debut of first series *Mighty Morphin Power Rangers*
2002Franchise acquired by The Walt Disney Company
2010Saban Brands repurchases the franchise rights
2017Major theatrical *Power Rangers* reboot film released
2019Hasbro acquires full ownership of the franchise
202330th anniversary celebrations and new season releases
Power Rangers Competitive Landscape
Power Rangers competes primarily in the children's and young adult action/superhero media space, with both direct and indirect competitors:
Direct Tokusatsu/Team Hero Competitors: Localized adaptations of Japanese tokusatsu series like Kamen Rider and ongoing Super Sentai broadcasts, as well as fellow Western team-based kids' franchises such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Big-Budget Superhero Franchises: Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Extended Universe, and other streaming-first superhero properties that target broader family audiences.
Unique Selling Points: The franchise's core identity is tied to its weekly episodic TV format, annual season refreshes with new casts and mechs, and tightly integrated toy merchandising partnerships with Bandai and Hasbro. Unlike most cinematic superhero universes, Power Rangers prioritizes standalone season-long stories over interconnected overarching plots.
Direct competitors include localized tokusatsu series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and major Hollywood superhero franchises
Unique edge comes from annual season refreshes, direct toy tie-ins, and a decades-long legacy in kids' action television
Faces competition from both traditional linear TV and streaming-exclusive kids' superhero content
Power Rangers is one of the most enduring Western superhero media franchises rooted in Japanese tokusatsu, with a 33-year legacy spanning television, film, toy merchandising, and global licensing. Conceived by Haim Saban in 1993, the franchise has carved a unique niche by combining weekly episodic storytelling, rotating teen hero casts, and signature giant mech battles, paired with tightly integrated toy lines that drive core revenue.
Over its history, the brand has navigated multiple copyright transitions, from original ownership by Saban Entertainment to Disney, then back to Saban, and most recently to Hasbro in 2018. Each transition has been paired with strategic refreshes, ensuring the franchise remains relevant to new generations of child and young adult audiences while retaining loyalty from long-time fans.
Its competitive positioning rests on its distinct weekly season format, standalone story arcs, and long-standing partnerships with global toy manufacturers Bandai and later Hasbro, setting it apart from interconnected cinematic superhero universes like the MCU or DCEU. This unique model has allowed it to maintain a dedicated fanbase across multiple demographics and global markets.
Brand Leadership
Score: 85/100
As the most commercially successful Western adaptation of Japanese tokusatsu media, Power Rangers holds a dominant position in the children's team-based superhero franchise space. Its long-standing partnerships with top toy manufacturers and consistent broadcast coverage across major global platforms have solidified its leadership over competing tokusatsu adaptations and Western kids' action franchises.
Consumer & Stakeholder Interaction
Score: 80/100
The franchise fosters strong ongoing interaction with its fanbase through annual season premieres, official fan communities, and cross-platform content including streaming episodes, social media campaigns, and live events. Toy merchandising partnerships also create direct engagement between the brand and young consumers, who connect with character and mech designs tied to each season's story.
Brand Momentum
Score: 75/100
Following its acquisition by Hasbro in 2018, the franchise has seen renewed momentum with refreshed series formats, expanded streaming distribution on major platforms, and renewed interest from both new and legacy fans. Recent season launches have maintained consistent viewership and toy sales growth, supporting positive upward momentum for the brand.
Brand Stability
Score: 88/100
Despite multiple ownership changes over its 33-year history, Power Rangers has maintained near-continuous production of new television seasons, with only brief gaps in production. Its consistent release schedule, established revenue streams from merchandising and licensing, and loyal fanbase contribute to high overall brand stability.
Brand Age & Legacy
Score: 93/100
First launching in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise is one of the longest-running active superhero media franchises in the Western market. Its decades-long history has built deep institutional knowledge and a multi-generational fanbase, enhancing its long-term brand value.
Industry Niche Profile
Score: 90/100
Power Rangers occupies a unique niche in the global children's media industry, combining weekly episodic tokusatsu storytelling with integrated giant mech narratives and toy merchandising. Unlike most mainstream superhero franchises, its standalone season-long stories and rotating casts allow it to target new audiences annually while retaining core fans.
Global Brand Reach
Score: 82/100
The franchise has been localized and broadcast in over 100 countries worldwide, with regional adaptations and dubbed versions tailored to local markets. Its toy merchandising is distributed globally, and the brand has a dedicated fanbase across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, supporting strong global recognition and reach.
This brand valuation analysis is generated with AI-assisted reasoning, and all figures are illustrative estimates. For officially audited brand value assessments, please contact World Brand Lab directly.
plays
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: World Tour Live on Stage
games
Power Rangers Collectible Card Game
Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid
vgs
List of video games
books
List of books
comics
List of comics
soundtracks
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Album – A Rock Adventure Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Best of Power Rangers: Songs from the TV Series Power Rangers Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
music
"Go Go Power Rangers" "Power Rangers: The Official Single"
toys
List of toys
Power Rangers is an American media franchise, built around a superhero television series.The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, produced by Saban Entertainment, debuted on August 28, 1993.It became a hit in ratings and toy sales, establishing the franchise into pop culture.[1]
The Power Rangers television series adapts characters and footage from the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai for Western audiences, while also incorporating its own stories and characters.The original 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. A franchise reboot is currently in the works.
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]
In 2018, Bandai parted ways with Power Rangers, and the franchise was subsequently acquired by American toy company Hasbro.[3][4]Toei Company handles the brand in certain Asian markets, including Japan.
Premise
Since Power Rangers derives most of its footage from the Super Sentai series, it features many hallmarks that distinguish it from other superhero series. Each series revolves around a team of youths recruited and trained by a mentor to morph into the eponymous Power Rangers, able to use special powers and pilot immense assault machines, called Zords, to overcome the periodic antagonists. In the original series Mighty Morphin, the wizard Zordon recruits "teenagers with attitude" against Rita Repulsa.[5]
When "morphed," the rangers become powerful superheroes wearing color-coded skin-tight spandex suits and helmets with opaquevisors; identical except in individual rangers' color, helmet design, and minor styling such as incorporating a skirt. Morphed Rangers generally possess enhanced strength, durability, agility and combat prowess. Some possess superhuman or psychic abilities such as super-speed, element manipulation, extra-sensory perception or invisibility.[6] In addition, each individual ranger has a unique weapon, as well as common weaponry used for ground fighting.[7]
History
Adapting the Super Sentai series
The idea of adapting Sentai series for America emerged in the late 1970s after the agreement between Toei Company and Marvel Comics to exchange concepts to adapt them to their respective audiences.Toei, with Marvel Productions, created the Japanese Spider-Man television series, and produced three Super Sentai series, which had great success in Japan.Marvel and Stan Lee tried to sell the Sun Vulcan series to American television stations including HBO, but found no buyers and the agreement ended.[12][13]
Several years later, another idea to adapt Super Sentai began in the 1980s when Haim Saban made a business trip to Japan, in which, during his stay at the hotel, the only thing that was being transmitted on his television was the Japanese series
Television series
The first six seasons (beginning with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and ending with In Space) followed an overarching, evolving storyline. The second season began the annual tradition of the Rangers acquiring new Zords to battle enemies while the core suits from the first season were used, except for that of the White Ranger. With the fourth season, Zeo, Power Rangers began following the Super Sentai series' practice of annual Ranger suit changes.
Although the seventh season, Lost Galaxy, had ties with the preceding season, it was otherwise the first season to follow a self-contained story, as would later seasons of the show up until the seventeenth, RPM. The season also began the tradition of team-up episodes featuring Rangers, villains, and other characters from past seasons. Beginning with the eighteenth season, Samurai, the show returned to a multi-season format similar to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, with self-contained storylines told across two seasons each. The thirtieth season, Cosmic Fury, is a continuation of Dino Fury's story.[64][65][66]
According to executive producer Simon Bennett, Cosmic Fury was planned to be the final season set within the canon established since Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, with Hasbro instead opting for a franchise reboot; this reboot was originally set to be produced in partnership with Netflix; however, in 2024, Hasbro and Netflix ended their partnership, with the former opting to search for a new creative partner.[67]
Feature films
Power Rangers has been adapted into three theatrical motion pictures. The first two are distributed by 20th Century Fox, while the third film was released in 2017 by Lionsgate.
In May 2014, Saban Brands and Lionsgate announced that they were planning to produce a new Power Rangers feature film.[69] The film, titled simply Power Rangers, was released on March 24, 2017, to mixed reviews and a low performance at the box office.A fourth Power Rangers film was announced to be developed by Entertainment One and Netflix.[70][71][72][73] On July 11, 2019, during a Reddit AMA, Dacre Montgomery revealed that the studio had plans to produce a second reboot, without him and the rest of the cast and the director returning.
Recurring cast and characters
Distribution
Power Rangers has long had success in international markets and continues to air in many countries. As of 2006, Power Rangers aired at least 65 times a week in more than 40 worldwide markets.[80] Many markets carry or have carried the series on their respective Fox or later Jetix/Disney XD channels or have syndicated the program on regional children's channels or blocks, either dubbed into the local language or broadcast in the original English.After the 2010 acquisition by Saban Brands, international television distribution rights for Power Rangers have been managed by MarVista Entertainment until 2014.[81][82][83] Saban took over international distribution until Hasbro's acquisition.
Broadcast in East Asian territories has been treated differently from in other international markets due to the prevalence and familiarity of 'the Super Sentai brand originating in Japan. Power Rangers was briefly banned in Malaysia for supposedly encouraging the use of drugs because it contained the word "Morphin'" in its title, which could be associated with
Toys
On February 15, 2018, Saban Brands announced that their 25-year partnership with Bandai would end in 2019.[114] The next day, it was confirmed that Hasbro would be the new "global master toy licensee" for the franchise starting in April 2019, with a future option for Hasbro to buy the entire franchise.[115] Hasbro paid $22.25 million upon the toy contract's closure.When they acquired the franchise as a whole later that year, that amount was credited against the purchase price paid to Saban for the series and related assets.[116]
In 2019, Hasbro launched Power Rangers Lightning Collection, a collector line of articulated action figures and other collectibles inspired by characters from the television series, the BOOM! Studios comic books and other media, as well as two toy lines for kids, one designed to promote the Power Rangers Beast Morphers series, and another one focused on preschoolers.[117][118]
Video games
Comics
Power Rangers has had several series of comics over the years.
In 2015, Boom! Studios won the Power Rangers comics license, which brought a lot of award-winning publications.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Hamilton Comics, 1994–1995.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Marvel Comics, 1995–1996.
Power Rangers Zeo, Image Comics, 1996.
Power Rangers Turbo, Saban Powerhouse, 1997.
Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Disney Adventures, 2003.
In June 2018, Penguin Random House released Alien Encounters in Angel Grove, an encyclopedia of creatures from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, written by Gabriel P. Cooper.
In November 2018, Insight Editions released Power Rangers: The Ultimate Visual History, detailing the various toys and television seasons over the franchise's 25-year run.[124]
In May 2025, Force of Chaos, a young adult novel focused on Trini Kwan, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, was published by Amulet Books.It was written by Diana Ma.[125]
Parodies
The franchise has been parodied by many sectors of popular media along the years.
GTA V: The game features a fictitious animated show named "Kung Fu Rainbow Lazerforce" as a series in the in-game television program.
"Sour Rangers", the parody series of the Power Rangers from Annoying Orange.
British professional wrestling promotion All Star Wrestling featured multiple wrestlers performing under masks as the "Power Restlin' Rangers" on their shows in 1995.[126]
Rangers teams operate in teams of three to five, with more Rangers joining the team later. Each team of Rangers, with a few exceptions, obeys a general set of conventions, outlined at the beginning of Mighty Morphin and implied by mentors throughout many of the other series: Power Rangers may not use their Ranger powers for personal gain or for escalating a fight (unless the enemy does so), nor may the Power Rangers disclose their identities to the general public.[8] The penalty for disobeying these rules is the loss of their power.
As in Super Sentai, the color palette of each Power Rangers team changes every series.[9] Only Red and Blue appear in every Ranger team.Other colors and designations also appear throughout the series.[10] A Rangers' color designation also influences their wardrobe throughout the series: civilian clothing often matches Ranger color.[11]
Choudenshi Bioman
.
At the time, Saban was fascinated by the concept of five people masked in spandex suits fighting monsters, so in 1985, he produced the pilot episode of Bio-Man, an American adaptation of Choudenshi Bioman, which was rejected by several of the largest American television stations.[14][15] His idea only took off in 1992, as Saban came to Fox Kids, whose president Margaret Loesch had previously helmed Marvel Productions and thus was familiar with Super Sentai.[16]
Production of Power Rangers episodes involves extensive localization of and revision of original Super Sentai source material to incorporate American culture and conform to American television standards. Rather than making an English dub or translation of the Japanese footage, Power Rangers programs consist of scenes featuring English-speaking actors spliced with scenes featuring either Japanese actors dubbed into English or the action scenes from the Super Sentai Series featuring the Rangers fighting monsters or the giant robot (Zord and Megazord) battles with English dubbing.In some series, original fight scenes are filmed to incorporate characters or items unique to the Power Rangers production.[17]
Like many of Saban Entertainment previous ventures in localizing Japanese television for a Western audience, the plot, character names, and other names usually differ greatly from the source footage, though a few seasons have stayed close to the story of the original Super Sentai season.The American arm of Bandai, who co-produced the Sentai shows and manufactured its toys, worked with the adaptation of the Japanese names.
A brainstorming among executives led to "Power Rangers", and for the specific show that would be made, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, evoking the transformation sequences.The meeting also brought up the term "Zord" for the giant robots, to invoke both the sword that the Megazord carried, and the dinosaurs that were the team's theme.[16]
Along with adapting the villains from the Super Sentai counterparts, most Power Rangers series also feature villains with no Sentai counterpart. Generally, the primary antagonist of a Power Rangers series (for example, Lord Zedd, Divatox, etc.) are not adapted from the Sentai. Exceptions to this includes Zeo, Lightspeed Rescue and a few others which only use villains adapted from the Japanese shows.
The franchise began with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (an American adaptation of the 1992 Japanese Super Sentai Series, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger), which began broadcasting as part of the Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids programming block.[18]
In honour of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' broadcast premiere, Hasbro announced "National Power Rangers Day" to be celebrated annually on August 28, 2018.[19][20]
Broadcast and production
1993–2010
Saban Entertainment produced and distributed Power Rangers from 1993 until the end of 2001, with Fox Kids broadcasting the series in the United States until the Fall of 2002.The Walt Disney Company acquired the franchise as part of a larger buyout of Fox Family Worldwide that took place in 2001.[18][21][22][23] Fox Family Worldwide subsequently became ABC Family Worldwide Inc.[23] This buyout also saw Saban Entertainment become BVS Entertainment in 2002, from News Corporation, Fox's parent company, and Haim Saban.[23]
From September 2002, Power Rangers had aired on various Disney-owned networks, including the ABC Kids program block on ABC, the ABC Family and Toon Disney cable networks, and Jetix-branded outlets worldwide.[18] Disney moved production of the franchise from Los Angeles to Studio West in New Zealand after Wild Force ended.[24][25] Several ABC affiliate broadcasting groups, including Hearst Television, declined to air the series due to the lack of FCC-compliant educational and informational content.[26]
2008's Power Rangers Jungle Fury was originally set to be the final season, but due to obligations with Bandai, Disney would produce 2009's Power Rangers RPM.[27] An article in The New Zealand Herald published on March 7, 2009, identified RPM as the last season of the Power Rangers run.Production manager Sally Campbell stated in an interview, "...at this stage we will not be shooting another season."[28] A September 1, 2009, revision to Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia by Disney's head archivist Dave Smith states that "production of new episodes [of Power Rangers] ceased in 2009".[29] Production of Power Rangers ceased and the last series by BVS Entertainment, RPM, ended on December 26, 2009.[30]
On October 1, 2009, Bandai released a press release stating that Disney would re-broadcast Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in January 2010 on ABC Kids in lieu of producing a new season.A new toy line accompanied the broadcast and appeared in stores in the later part of 2009.[18][31][32]
2011–2021
On May 12, 2010, Haim Saban bought back the Power Rangers franchise from Disney for $43 million and announced plans to produce a new season of the television series.[33][34][35] Beginning with the eighteenth season, Samurai (using footage from the 2009 Super Sentai series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger) the series would be produced under Saban Capital Group's new Saban Brands subsidiary and premiere on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2011.[34][36] Reruns of previous seasons and episodes would also begin airing on sister channel Nicktoons later that year.[36][37]
2021–2023
In late April 2021, actor Chance Perez announced in an interview that the second season of Power Rangers Dino Fury (the twenty-ninth season overall) would premiere on Netflix in 2022; making it the first season of the series to premiere exclusively online through a streaming service.Meanwhile, new episodes of the series moved to the streaming service on June 15, 2021.[52][53][54][55]
On June 14, 2022, it was announced that Jenny Klein would serve as showrunner for a Power Rangers television series that is being developed by Entertainment One for Netflix. It was reported that she will work alongside Jonathan Entwistle, who is set to direct a second attempt at a film reboot (unrelated to the 2017 film reboot).[56] Entwistle stated on his now-deleted Twitter page that the series he and Klein are developing was set to be part of the same canon as the upcoming Power Rangers film, which he described as a "cinematic universe".
2024–present
In December 2024, rumors surfaced that a new Power Rangers reboot film was being developed by Paramount Pictures in partnership with Hasbro.[59][60]
In March 2025, it was announced that Hasbro Entertainment and 20th Television would be producing a new live-action Power Rangers series for Disney+ with Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz in talks to serve as writers, showrunners, and executive producers.[61] Steinberg and Shotz publicly confirmed they would be developing the series in December of 2025.[62] The following month, Toei Company president and CEO Fumio Yoshimura revealed that the company was not involved in the live-action Power Rangers reboot.[63]
1993–2010
Saban Entertainment produced and distributed Power Rangers from 1993 until the end of 2001, with Fox Kids broadcasting the series in the United States until the Fall of 2002.The Walt Disney Company acquired the franchise as part of a larger buyout of Fox Family Worldwide that took place in 2001.[18][21][22][23] Fox Family Worldwide subsequently became ABC Family Worldwide Inc.[23] This buyout also saw Saban Entertainment become BVS Entertainment in 2002, from News Corporation, Fox's parent company, and Haim Saban.[23]
From September 2002, Power Rangers had aired on various Disney-owned networks, including the ABC Kids program block on ABC, the ABC Family and Toon Disney cable networks, and Jetix-branded outlets worldwide.[18] Disney moved production of the franchise from Los Angeles to Studio West in New Zealand after Wild Force ended.[24][25] Several ABC affiliate broadcasting groups, including Hearst Television, declined to air the series due to the lack of FCC-compliant educational and informational content.[26]
2008's Power Rangers Jungle Fury was originally set to be the final season, but due to obligations with Bandai, Disney would produce 2009's Power Rangers RPM.[27] An article in The New Zealand Herald published on March 7, 2009, identified RPM as the last season of the Power Rangers run.Production manager Sally Campbell stated in an interview, "...at this stage we will not be shooting another season."[28] A September 1, 2009, revision to Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia by Disney's head archivist Dave Smith states that "production of new episodes [of Power Rangers] ceased in 2009".[29] Production of Power Rangers ceased and the last series by BVS Entertainment, RPM, ended on December 26, 2009.[30]
On October 1, 2009, Bandai released a press release stating that Disney would re-broadcast Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in January 2010 on ABC Kids in lieu of producing a new season.A new toy line accompanied the broadcast and appeared in stores in the later part of 2009.[18][31][32]
2011–2021
On May 12, 2010, Haim Saban bought back the Power Rangers franchise from Disney for $43 million and announced plans to produce a new season of the television series.[33][34][35] Beginning with the eighteenth season, Samurai (using footage from the 2009 Super Sentai series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger) the series would be produced under Saban Capital Group's new Saban Brands subsidiary and premiere on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2011.[34][36] Reruns of previous seasons and episodes would also begin airing on sister channel Nicktoons later that year.[36][37][38] In addition to Samurai, Saban announced plans to make a new Power Rangers film.[39]
On July 2, 2012, Saban Brands announced that would it launch a new Saturday morning cartoon block on The CW, called Vortexx, on August 25, 2012, with reruns of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy to air on the block.[40][41][42][43][44]
On October 1, 2013, Saban Brands announced that it had extended agreements for the franchise with Nickelodeon and Bandai America Incorporated through 2016.[45] In January 2016, Saban and Nickelodeon extended their broadcast partnership through 2018.[46] In February 2018, it was announced that Power Rangers would continue airing on Nickelodeon through 2021.[47] That same month, Saban Brands appointed Hasbro as the global master toy licensee for Power Rangers in April 2019 with a future option to purchase the franchise.[48] On May 1, 2018, Saban would agree to sell Power Rangers and other entertainment assets to Hasbro for US$522 million in cash and stock.[49][50] The Saban Brands subsidiary ended operations upon the closure of the deal on July 2, 2018.[51]
The twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh seasons, Power Rangers Beast Morphers, would be produced by Hasbro's Allspark studio.Beginning with the twenty-eighth season, Power Rangers Dino Fury, the series is being produced by Entertainment One (which was acquired by Hasbro on December 30, 2019, and merged with Allspark in October 2020).
2021–2023
In late April 2021, actor Chance Perez announced in an interview that the second season of Power Rangers Dino Fury (the twenty-ninth season overall) would premiere on Netflix in 2022; making it the first season of the series to premiere exclusively online through a streaming service.Meanwhile, new episodes of the series moved to the streaming service on June 15, 2021.[52][53][54][55]
On June 14, 2022, it was announced that Jenny Klein would serve as showrunner for a Power Rangers television series that is being developed by Entertainment One for Netflix. It was reported that she will work alongside Jonathan Entwistle, who is set to direct a second attempt at a film reboot (unrelated to the 2017 film reboot).[56] Entwistle stated on his now-deleted Twitter page that the series he and Klein are developing was set to be part of the same canon as the upcoming Power Rangers film, which he described as a "cinematic universe". In June 2024, it was reported that none of those plans would move forward at Netflix; Hasbro Entertainment stated they were seeking a new partner to take the series in a new creative direction. No timeline was immediately announced.[57]
On June 28, 2023, Hasbro announced that Power Rangers Cosmic Fury would be the final season to be filmed in New Zealand.[58]
2024–present
In December 2024, rumors surfaced that a new Power Rangers reboot film was being developed by Paramount Pictures in partnership with Hasbro.[59][60]
In March 2025, it was announced that Hasbro Entertainment and 20th Television would be producing a new live-action Power Rangers series for Disney+ with Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz in talks to serve as writers, showrunners, and executive producers.[61] Steinberg and Shotz publicly confirmed they would be developing the series in December of 2025.[62] The following month, Toei Company president and CEO Fumio Yoshimura revealed that the company was not involved in the live-action Power Rangers reboot.[63]
On December 13, 2019, it was reported that Jonathan Entwistle is in early talks to direct the reboot, with
Patrick Burleigh
being set to write the screenplay.
The plot will reportedly involve time travel and will be set in the 1990s.[75] These plans were scuttled in 2024,[57] although, in December of the same year, reports surfaced that a new reboot film was being developed by Paramount Pictures in conjunction with Hasbro.[59][60]
On April 19, 2023, a special film titled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always was released. It serves to commemorate the 30th anniversary of both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Power Rangers franchise.
morphine
.
The show eventually aired without the offending word.[84] In Japan, many Power Rangers television seasons and films were dubbed into Japanese for television and video with the voice actors often pulled from past Super Sentai casts, leading to the English-dubbed action sequences being "re-dubbed" or "restored" back to Japanese as well.
Power Rangers Mystic Force is the latest season to be broadcast in Japan on Toei Channel in January 2014, with another cast voicing the American counterparts.
After broadcast of Power Rangers ended in South Korea with Wild Force, Bandai of Korea started airing dubbed Super Sentai series under the 파워레인저 (Power Ranger) brand on JEI TV.
Some seasons of Super Sentai broadcast in South Korea have similarly named titles as their American counterparts, such as Power Ranger Dino Thunder[85] for Abaranger in 2007 and Power Ranger S.P.D.[86] in place of Dekaranger.
Home Media and streaming
On VHS, 3 million Power Rangers video cassettes had been sold in the United States by early 1994.[87]
As of October 2009, 33 Power Rangers DVD collections have been released in the United States:On March 12, 2012, Shout! Factory announced a home video distribution deal with Saban, which includes the first 17 series of Power Rangers. Shout! Factory released the first seven seasons on DVD in August 2012,[94] seasons 8–12 in November 2013,[95] a 20-year collection in December 2013,[96] and seasons 13–17 in April 2014.[97]
On March 22, 2012 Lionsgate Home Entertainment reached a home media distribution deal with Saban to release Power Rangers Samurai to DVD and Blu-ray.[98]
Internationally, additional DVD releases have occurred (such as Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force and Wild Force in Germany) and as free DVDs attached to the Jetix magazine, published in the UK. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, and Power Rangers in Space have been released in Germany as well in both English and German, with Power Rangers Lost Galaxy only in German.[99][100][101][102][103][104][105] Additionally, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, S.P.D., Mystic Force, and Operation Overdrive saw complete boxset releases in the UK.[106]
The iTunes Store previously made Power Rangers episodes available: part of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, all of Power Rangers S.P.D., and the first 26 episodes of Power Rangers Mystic Force.Subsequent seasons and episodes of the program also made their appearances in the iTunes Store, but as of July 2009, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie is the only Power Rangers film available. In 2012, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 volumes 1 & 2 were released on iTunes to coincide with the DVD releases. As of February 2013, all 3 seasons of MMPR were released on iTunes.
On June 15, 2011, all episodes of Power Rangers from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers re-version were made available for instant streaming on Netflix.[112] In 2015, Power Rangers became available on the iTunes Store.
In 2021, more than twenty seasons of Power Rangers, including specials and spin-off shows, were removed from Netflix, while Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Beast Morphers remained in the platform's catalog.[113]
As of 2025, most seasons of the television show are currently available on Pluto TV, Roku Channel, Plex and Hasbro's official Power Rangers channel on YouTube.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, 1995; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, 1997; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie/Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, 1995, 1997; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (DVD compilation set of both films.)
The Best of the Power Rangers: The Ultimate Rangers, 2003; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (DVD compilation of episodes from five different seasons of Power Rangers. The episodes include "Forever Red" and "White Light" [ Tommy's reintroduction as the White Power Ranger ] ).
Power Rangers Ninja Storm Volumes 1–5, 2003; Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Dino Thunder Volumes 1–5, 2004; Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Power Rangers S.P.D. Volumes 1–5, 2005; Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Mystic Force Volumes 1–3 and 'Dark Wish', 2006; Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Volumes 1–5, 2007; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (The release of an entire season for the first time in the US.)[88][89]
Hasbro has also sublicensed the brand to other companies, such as Threezero and Super7, to produce high-end collectibles.[119][120]
In 2024, Playmates Toys signed an agreement with Hasbro to produce toys based on the Power Rangers brand, starting with a kid-targeted Mighty Morphin Power Rangers product line, scheduled to release in 2025.[121][122] During an earnings call, Hasbro's CEO Chris Cocks explained that the brand was chosen to be outsourced to Playmates due to low profitability.[123]
Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Jetix Magazine, 2004.
Power Rangers S.P.D., Jetix Magazine, 2005.
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Jetix Magazine, 2007.
Power Rangers Super Samurai, Papercutz, 2012.
Power Rangers Megaforce, Papercutz, 2013.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Papercutz, 2014.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, BOOM! Studios, 2016–2020, 2022–2024.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink, BOOM! Studios, 2016–2017.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Annuals, BOOM! Studios, 2016–present.
8.Public servants (rescue squad, police officers, etc.) appearing as Rangers disregard this convention in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Power Rangers S.P.D., Power Rangers Operation Overdrive and Power Rangers RPM.^
9.An original Power Ranger, the Titanium Ranger, was created especially for Lightspeed Rescue to add a sixth Power Ranger to the series.^
10.Other color designations include metallic colors, violet, and "Shadow", as well as protagonists who have powers and costumes similar to those of the Rangers but are not called "Power Rangers", such as the Blue Senturion and Magna Defender.^
11.A joke highlighted this correlation in Dino Thunder when Tommy Oliver (a former Green Ranger, White Ranger, and Red Ranger) became the new Black Ranger; he said that he had to go shopping because he did not own enough black-colored clothing.^
On July 2, 2012, Saban Brands announced that would it launch a new Saturday morning cartoon block on The CW, called Vortexx, on August 25, 2012, with reruns of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy to air on the block.[40][41][42][43][44]
On October 1, 2013, Saban Brands announced that it had extended agreements for the franchise with Nickelodeon and Bandai America Incorporated through 2016.[45] In January 2016, Saban and Nickelodeon extended their broadcast partnership through 2018.[46] In February 2018, it was announced that Power Rangers would continue airing on Nickelodeon through 2021.[47] That same month, Saban Brands appointed Hasbro as the global master toy licensee for Power Rangers in April 2019 with a future option to purchase the franchise.[48] On May 1, 2018, Saban would agree to sell Power Rangers and other entertainment assets to Hasbro for US$522 million in cash and stock.[49][50] The Saban Brands subsidiary ended operations upon the closure of the deal on July 2, 2018.[51]
The twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh seasons, Power Rangers Beast Morphers, would be produced by Hasbro's Allspark studio.Beginning with the twenty-eighth season, Power Rangers Dino Fury, the series is being produced by Entertainment One (which was acquired by Hasbro on December 30, 2019, and merged with Allspark in October 2020).
In June 2024, it was reported that none of those plans would move forward at Netflix; Hasbro Entertainment stated they were seeking a new partner to take the series in a new creative direction.
In France, Mighty Morphin Season 1 and Season 2 have been released in their entirety in 5 episode DVD volumes, and the first 25 episodes of Season 3 were released in May 2008.
Power Rangers Jungle Fury Volumes 1 & 2, 2008; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment[91] (Volumes 3–5 are only available in the UK.)
Power Rangers RPM Volumes 1 & 2, 2009; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment[92]
Power Rangers RPM 'Bandai Demo DVD', 2009; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (A promo DVD given away at Disney Stores. Contains the episode In or Out).[93]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 Volumes 1–2, 2012; Shout Factory
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Complete Series, 2012; Shout Factory
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2 Volumes 1–2, 2013; Shout Factory
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3, 2013; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Seasons 4–7, 2013; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Seasons 8–12, 2013; Shout Factory
Power Rangers: Legacy, 2013; Shout Factory. Contains the first 20 seasons and spare disc slots for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie DVDs
Power Rangers Seasons 14–17, 2014; Shout Factory
Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, 2013; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Zeo Volumes 1–2, 2013–2014; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Turbo Volumes 1–2, 2014; Shout Factory
Power Rangers in Space Volumes 1–2, 2013–2014; Shout Factory
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Green with Evil, 2014; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy The Complete Series, 2015; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue The Complete Series, 2015; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Time Force The Complete Series, 2016; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Wild Force The Complete Series, 2016; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Ninja Storm The Complete Series, 2016; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Dino Thunder The Complete Series, 2016; Shout Factory
Power Rangers SPD The Complete Series, 2017; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Mystic Force The Complete Series, 2017; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive The Complete Series, 2017; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Jungle Fury The Complete Series, 2017; Shout Factory
Power Rangers RPM The Complete Series, 2018; Shout Factory
Power Rangers Samurai Volumes 1–5, 2012–2013; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Samurai "Monster Bash" and 2 MMPR Halloween episodes; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Samurai "Christmas Together, Samurai Forever" and 2 MMPR Christmas episodes; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Super Samurai Volumes 1–4 plus The Complete Series; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Megaforce Volumes 1–5, 2013–2014; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Super Megaforce Volumes 1–5. 2014–2015; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Dino Charge Volumes 1–2, 2016; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Dino Charge The Complete Season, 2017; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers, 2017; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge The Complete Season, 2017; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Ninja Steel The Complete Season, 2018; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel The Complete Season, 2019; Lionsgate Home Entertainment
