Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger

Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger
Japanese name
Kanji	劇場げきじょう版ばん 炎えん神かみ戦隊せんたいゴーオンジャー VS ゲキレンジャー
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gekijōban Enjin Sentai Gōonjā tai Gekirenjā
Directed by	Satoshi Morota
Written by	Junko Kōmura Naruhisa Arakawa
Produced by	Hajime Sasaki Atsushi Hikasa Ken'ichi Wasano Kazuo Katō Kōichi Yada
Starring	Yasuhisa Furuhara Shinwa Kataoka Rina Aizawa Hiroki Suzuki Mina Fukui Manpei Takagi Masahiro Usui Kenji Ebisawa Hidenori Tokuyama Yumi Sugimoto Riki Miura Sotaro
Cinematography	Fumio Matsumura
Edited by	Ren Sato
Music by	Megumi Ōhashi Kazunori Miyake
Distributed by	Saburo Yatsude Toei Co. Ltd
Release date	January 24, 2009 (2009-01-24)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger the Movie (劇場げきじょう版ばん 炎えん神かみ戦隊せんたいゴーオンジャー VS ゲキレンジャー, Gekijōban Enjin Sentai Gōonjā tai Gekirenjā) is the second superhero film adaptation of the 2008 Japanese Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger. Initially planned to be a V-Cinema release on DVD March 21, 2009, it was announced on December 7, 2008, that it would be released to Japanese theaters on January 24, 2009, to commemorate the fifteenth entry in the Super Sentai VS Series. The film features a team up between the characters of both Engine Sentai Go-onger and its predecessor Juken Sentai Gekiranger. This is the first time that any Super Sentai series has had a film beyond the double-feature with the Kamen Rider Series film during the summer. In its first weekend of release, the film opened at #3 in Japanese box offices and earned the equivalent of US$964,079, showing on 292 screens.

Plot

The story begins when Geki Red battles Nunchaku Banki after returning from his trip around the world for Natsume's birthday, with Geki Yellow and Geki Blue arriving to provide backup. After sending the Gekirangers into another dimension, the Go-ongers arrive before the Barbaric Machine Beast departs after his quarry. After clearing a misunderstanding with Geki Violet and Geki Chopper, the two bring them to SCRTC to see Master Xia Fu, with Hant revealing he met Miki at one of his past jobs at the Kyoryuya Curry Shop. After taking Xia Fu to the site, realizing the Gaiark are after Dōkokugan, he opens the path for them to follow as the Gekirangers are overwhelmed by Nunchaku Banki, who demands the sealed Long from Jyan. After the Gekirangers' reunion and meeting the Go-ongers, they take out the Ugats and overwhelm Nunchaku Banki. In retaliation, he steals the Engine Souls as the Pollution Ministers arrive with the mastermind of their scheme, Meka, who reveals himself as the last of Rinjū Hall's fighters. Using the Engine Souls as his hostages, Meka tricks Jyan in giving up the Dōkokugan to save the Engine Souls before sending the Rangers back to their world. As Meka pounds the Dōkokugan into an Engine Soul that is implanted into Nunchaku Banki, the Gekirangers attempt to teach the Go-ongers the ways of the Gekijūken style. Nunchaku Banki arrives to test his new-found power with Meka overseeing it to take in the suffering. The Go-on Wings arrive to take the two trouble makers out of the city before fighting them with what they learned from Gorie.

Although he was unable to endure Jyan's teachings, Go-on Red runs to Hiroto and Miu's aid as he battles Nunchaku Banki and gets Speedor back with his newly acquired Engine Ken. After mastering their own Engine Ken style, the other Go-ongers arrive to support Go-on Red and Geki Red while getting back their Engine Souls. After scrapping Nunchaku Banki, the Pollution Ministers retreat to have Meka fend for himself. However, Long breaks from his seal, discarding his robot vessel with intent to get his revenge to be completely free. However, the Go-on Wings arrive with the resurrected Rio and Mere to turn the tables as Long converts Nunchaku Banki into a new form for him in inhabit, Long Banki. While the reds and Rio battle Long Banki, Mere and the Go-on Wings deal with Meka before the teams use a Super-Super Special combo on them. Although Meka is destroyed, Long Banki enlarges with EngineOh G9 and GekiRinTohja Wolf fighting him; Bae would return all the way from India to give commentary. Although the teams are initially overpowered by the immortal, EngineOh G12 and SaiDaiGekiRinTohja are formed and manage to destroy Long Banki with Long resealed. After giving the Dōkokugan back to Jyan, Rio and Mere depart for purgatory, with Rio telling Jyan he hasn't forgotten his promise. The movie ends with both teams throwing a birthday party for Natsume later that night.

Characters

Main articles: Go-ongers, Barbaric Machine Clan Gaiark, and List of Juken Sentai Gekiranger characters

New characters for the film are Rin Jū Tortoise-Ken Meka (臨獣トータス拳こぶしメカ, Rinjū Tōtasuken Meka), an engineer and last surviving Beast-Man of the Rin Jū Hall, and Barbaric Machine Beast Nunchaku Banki (蛮機獣じゅうヌンチャクバンキ, Bankijū Nunchaku Banki), a Barbaric Machine Beast created by Meka who has the powers of the Akugata and the Gaiark.

Cast

• Sōsuke Esumi: Yasuhisa Furuhara (古こ原はら 靖久やすひさ, Furuhara Yasuhisa)
• Renn Kōsaka: Shinwa Kataoka (片岡かたおか 信和のぶかず, Kataoka Shinwa)
• Saki Rōyama: Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, Aizawa Rina)
• Hant Jō: Masahiro Usui (碓井うすい 将すすむ大だい, Usui Masahiro)
• Gunpei Ishihara: Kenji Ebisawa (海老澤えびさわ 健次けんじ, Ebisawa Kenji)
• Hiroto Sutō: Hidenori Tokuyama (徳山とくやま 秀典ひでのり, Tokuyama Hidenori)
• Miu Sutō: Yumi Sugimoto (杉本すぎもと 有美ゆみ, Sugimoto Yumi)
• Kegalesia: Nao Oikawa (及川おいかわ 奈央なお, Oikawa Nao)
• Jyan Kandou: Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木すずき 裕樹ゆうき, Suzuki Hiroki)
• Ran Uzaki: Mina Fukui (福井ふくい 未菜みな, Fukui Mina)
• Retu Fukami: Manpei Takagi (高木たかぎ 万平まんぺい, Takagi Manpei)
• Gou Fukami: Riki Miura (三浦みうら 力つとむ, Miura Riki)
• Ken Hisatsu: Sotaro (聡さと太郎たろう, Sōtarō, Sotaro Yasuda)
• Miki Masaki: Kazue Itoh (伊藤いとう かずえ, Itō Kazue)
• Natsume Masaki: Sakina Kuwae (桑江くわえ 咲さき菜さい, Kuwae Sakina)
• Rio: Hirofumi Araki (荒木あらき 宏文ひろふみ, Araki Hirofumi)
• Mere: Yuka Hirata (平田ひらた 裕香ゆか, Hirata Yuka)
• Long: Naoki Kawano (川野かわの 直輝なおき, Kawano Naoki)

Voice actors

• Speedor: Daisuke Namikawa (浪なみ川がわ 大輔だいすけ, Namikawa Daisuke)
• Bus-on: Hisao Egawa (江川えがわ 央ひさし生せい, Egawa Hisao)
• BearRV: Miki Inoue (井上いのうえ 美紀みき, Inoue Miki)
• Birca: Sōichirō Hoshi (保志ほし 総一朗そういちろう, Hoshi Sōichirō)
• Gunpherd: Kenji Hamada (浜田はまだ 賢二けんじ, Hamada Kenji)
• Carrigator: Kyōsei Tsukui (津久井つくい 教生あつお, Tsukui Kyōsei)
• Toripter: Shizuka Ishikawa (石川いしかわ 静しず, Ishikawa Shizuka)
• Jetras: Kiyotaka Furushima (古島こじま 清孝きよたか, Furushima Kiyotaka)
• Jum-bowhale: Tomomichi Nishimura (西村にしむら 知道ともみち, Nishimura Tomomichi)
• Bomper: Akiko Nakagawa (中川なかがわ 亜紀子あきこ, Nakagawa Akiko)
• Yogostein: Kiyoyuki Yanada (梁田やなだ 清之きよゆき, Yanada Kiyoyuki)
• Kitaneydas: Mitsuaki Madono (真殿まとの 光昭みつあき, Madono Mitsuaki)
• Master Xia Fu: Ichirō Nagai (永井ながい 一郎いちろう, Nagai Ichirō)
• Bae: Akira Ishida (石田いしだ 彰あきら, Ishida Akira)
• Nunchaku Banki: Takahiro Yoshimizu (吉水よしみず 孝宏たかひろ, Yoshimizu Takahiro)
• Meka: Hidenari Ugaki (宇垣うがき 秀成ひでなり, Ugaki Hidenari)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger at IMDb