The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an American live-action television series, created for the American market.The show and its related merchandise both saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months. The series ran from 1993 to 1996 and layed a feature film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

The 2nd and 3rd seasons drew on footage and elements from the Super Sentai series Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger respectively, though the Zyuranger costumes were still used extensively; the main five Dairanger suits were never used at all, only the Kiba Ranger (White Power Ranger) suit was used, while the five Kakuranger suits were used in the mini series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.

In 1996, the Mighty Morphin label was retired as the series would follow in the footsteps of its Sentai source material, changing its name, cast and plot every year; thus the Power Rangers franchise was born. Power Rangers still runs in this format to this day, though actually the majority of post-MMPR series are not spin-offs in the conventional sense. The series was produced by MMPR Productions and distributed by Saban Entertainment, and aired on Fox Kids.

See also:

Power Ranger Super Legends Video Game

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Opening