Official Power Rangers DVD news - 7 seasons at once at the end of July

[I've Got the Monkeys]

TVshowsondvd posted the news today:

Shout Factory & Time Life say:

Make Room on Your Shelf for 7 seasons

GET READY TO SUPER-CHARGE YOURSELF WITH THE SERIES
THAT STARTED A GLOBAL POP CULTURE PHENOMENON

POWER RANGERS

PRODUCTION NOW UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL
MULTI-DISC BOX SET COLLECTIONS TO BE MADE
AVAILABLE DIRECTLY TO FANS THROUGH TIME LIFE



LOS ANGELES, CA, May 9, 2012 - Following its debut in 1993, Saban's iconic live-action pop culture series, Power Rangers quickly became the most watched children's television program in North America. Emphasizing the importance of teamwork, responsibility and helping others by following the adventures of a group of ordinary young people who "morphed" into superheroes, this long-running series has been seen in more than 60 countries, translated into numerous languages, and remains a mainstay in children's programming blocks. For 19 years, the highly entertaining saga and fan favorite characters from Power Rangers have captivated children and adults alike, and are beloved by legions of fans worldwide.

Now you can return to where the phenomenon began and re-live these thrill-packed adventures when Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Saban Brands, unleashes a cornucopia of home entertainment offerings, many of which have never been released on DVD, from the original series Power Rangers. Through unprecedented access to Saban Brands' vast archive of content, many of these DVD collections produced by Shout! Factory boast extensive bonus materials and collectible packaging, making them must-haves for loyal fans and collectors.

The first multi-disc set to be released will be the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One, Volume One 3-Dvd set, which will arrive in stores and will be available through select digital entertainment platforms on August 21, 2012. Marking the DVD debut of the original Power Rangers series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One, Volume One features the first 30 original episodes from the first season and delivers over 10 hours of high-energy, family friendly entertainment. Poised to attract a new audience of kids as well as young adults who grew up with this popular series, this 3-DVD set is priced to own at a suggested retail price of $19.93. Pre-order is now available at Amazon.com and ShoutFactory.com.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One, Volume Two 3-DVD set is slated to arrive on store shelves Fall 2012. Featuring the subsequent 30 original episodes, this DVD set continues more action-packed adventures of five teens, who quickly learn the full impact and awesome responsibility of their new powers and weapons. The evil villain, Rita Repulsa and her henchmen prove to be very worthy adversaries for the young super heroes, and they are challenged at every turn.

In an effort to provide avid collectors with an exclusive first-to-own experience, fans will have the first opportunity to collect upcoming box sets through a Time Life direct-response television and online campaign. Shout! Factory has teamed up with Time Life to make Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season One 6-DVD set and the 40-DVD collection of Power Rangers: Seasons One - Seven directly available to fans starting July 30, 2012 through Time Life's direct-response on-air TV campaign, as well as online.

The Power Rangers: Seasons One -Seven 40-DVD collection will include: All 145 original episodes from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Seasons One, Two and Three, plus the ten-episode series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alien Rangers. It then continues on with Power Rangers: Seasons Four - Seven, featuring all of the original 183 episodes spanning the seasons entitled Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers In Space and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. In-depth bonus content includes: a retrospective featurette on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers phenomenon, brand-new interviews with members of the cast and the creative team, and much more!

I bought the Masters of the Universe Sets, I bought the Thundercats, both Voltrons, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna buy this.

It'll be nice to give seasons a watch in full and then watch Linkara's Histories with the full experience.

[Shurato2099]

Sweet! Time to drive my roomie crazy(-er).

[Karen El]

So have they started looting Pirate Sentai Gokaiger for Power Rangers action footage yet? Because that's easily my favourite Sentai show.

[Shurato2099]

Not yet, but if the progression holds it should be next on the list.

[Impulse]

So have they started looting Pirate Sentai Gokaiger for Power Rangers action footage yet? Because that's easily my favourite Sentai show.

Not yet, but if the progression holds it should be next on the list.

At the moment, Power Rangers Samurai/PR Super Samurai is still using Shinkenger footage so Saban will only get to Gokaiger next if they skip Goseiger - which hopefully they will, since everything about it was dreadful. Awful cast, stupid trading cards, boring mecha and the ridiculous 'headders' gimmick for power-ups. Ugh.

Gokaiger was indeed awesome though. The only problem I can see is the action footage using so much from sentai series pre-Zyuranger (the Japanese source series for MMPR season 1). It'd take some VERY selective editing to get away with it. Either that, or ignore the anniversary crossover theme, only use the original Gokaiger team action and write a wholly original series around it.

[Karen El]

At the moment, Power Rangers Samurai/PR Super Samurai is still using Shinkenger footage so Saban will only get to Gokaiger next if they skip Goseiger - which hopefully they will, since everything about it was dreadful. Awful cast, stupid trading cards, boring mecha and the ridiculous 'headders' gimmick for power-ups. Ugh.

Gokaiger was indeed awesome though. The only problem I can see is the action footage using so much from sentai series pre-Zyuranger (the Japanese source series for MMPR season 1). It'd take some VERY selective editing to get away with it. Either that, or ignore the anniversary crossover theme, only use the original Gokaiger team action and write a wholly original series around it.

Isn't that what they usually do?

[Impulse]

Isn't that what they usually do?

To varying degrees. MMPR S1-S3 were similar in mecha only; keeping the Zyuranger costumes when they were using Dairanger and Kakuranger mecha removed them even further from the source series (though the Kakuranger costumes were used for the Alien Rangers of Aquitar). Zeo was the first time they shifted costumes, allowing more of the Japanese source footage to be used, though the overall storyarc was still unique to the western series. From Lightspeed Rescue onwards though, most series have been direct adaptations of the sentai series, with the rather marvelous Power Rangers RPM being a notable exception. If Saban judiciously edit Gokaiger to only use the pirate outfits (so none of the shifting into previous teams entirely, or individual members thereof) then they can avoid having to try to explain who, say, Bioman or Changeman are. There's still the problem of all of the mecha add-ons coming from previous sentai teams though....

[I've Got the Monkeys]

To varying degrees. MMPR S1-S3 were similar in mecha only; keeping the Zyuranger costumes when they were using Dairanger and Kakuranger mecha removed them even further from the source series (though the Kakuranger costumes were used for the Alien Rangers of Aquitar). Zeo was the first time they shifted costumes, allowing more of the Japanese source footage to be used, though the overall storyarc was still unique to the western series. From Lightspeed Rescue onwards though, most series have been direct adaptations of the sentai series, with the rather marvelous Power Rangers RPM being a notable exception. If Saban judiciously edit Gokaiger to only use the pirate outfits (so none of the shifting into previous teams entirely, or individual members thereof) then they can avoid having to try to explain who, say, Bioman or Changeman are. There's still the problem of all of the mecha add-ons coming from previous sentai teams though....

Tommy's white ranger fit the second season sentai, which is why he was often separated from the others in footage.

[Karen El]

To varying degrees. MMPR S1-S3 were similar in mecha only; keeping the Zyuranger costumes when they were using Dairanger and Kakuranger mecha removed them even further from the source series (though the Kakuranger costumes were used for the Alien Rangers of Aquitar). Zeo was the first time they shifted costumes, allowing more of the Japanese source footage to be used, though the overall storyarc was still unique to the western series. From Lightspeed Rescue onwards though, most series have been direct adaptations of the sentai series, with the rather marvelous Power Rangers RPM being a notable exception. If Saban judiciously edit Gokaiger to only use the pirate outfits (so none of the shifting into previous teams entirely, or individual members thereof) then they can avoid having to try to explain who, say, Bioman or Changeman are. There's still the problem of all of the mecha add-ons coming from previous sentai teams though....

As I understand it, the old teams in Gokaiger aren't actually the original characters, since they are all from separate continuities. It's just in this story there were other teams with the same powers. Nothing to stop them using the same rationale in the Amercan 'adaptation'. Though that's a little sophisticated a concept for Power Rangers.

[Shurato2099]

To greater or lesser degrees. Some season borrow more from the original Japanese than others.