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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger — Episode Guide
Every episode of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger in broadcast order, with subtitle, air date, writer and director. Full synopses are written in Japanese; this English page lists the per-episode facts as a table, with each cours opening on a short summary.
Sources: per-episode synopses rewritten in Japanese (not verbatim) from RangerWiki, an English fan encyclopedia (CC BY-SA); cours intros from Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Proper nouns are cross-checked against this site’s own data; uncertain specifics are left unstated.
US adaptation
This show’s suited action and giant-robo footage was re-edited into MMPR S3 / Alien Rangers (Season 3 → Alien Rangers) overseas. The footage does not map 1:1 to US episodes, so below we annotate only the debut episodes of mecha whose US names are sourced.
See the seam in detail →Four hundred years ago, ninja of the Kakure school sealed the yōkai behind the "Door of Seal." In the present Sasuke and the others mistakenly open it, releasing the yōkai, and Tsuruhime gathers the ninja descendants to form the Kakurangers. In episode 4 the Kakurangers first pilot the giant robot Muteki Shogun, formed by the ninja-union of the five Beast Generals.
| Ep | Subtitle (JP) | Air date | Writer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 忍者でござる KEY ▶ watch | 1994-02-18 | 杉村升 | 小林義明 |
| 02 | 危ないオバサン ▶ watch | 1994-02-25 | 杉村升 | 小林義明 |
| 03 | アメリカン忍者 ▶ watch | 1994-03-04 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 04 | 妖怪ポリスマン KEY ▶ watch
US → Muteki Shogun = Shogun Megazord | 1994-03-11 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 05 | 凸凹珍ゲーマー ▶ watch | 1994-03-18 | 杉村升 | 小笠原猛 |
| 06 | 目玉の王子様! ▶ watch | 1994-03-25 | 杉村升 | 小笠原猛 |
| 07 | こいつぁデカい ▶ watch | 1994-04-01 | 荒川稔久 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 08 | 化猫ショップ!! ▶ watch | 1994-04-08 | 高久進 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 09 | ドッキリ生中継 ▶ watch | 1994-04-15 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 10 | 子泣き爺いぢゃ ▶ watch | 1994-04-22 | 高久進 | 坂本太郎 |
| 11 | ボロこそ最高!! ▶ watch | 1994-04-29 | 高久進 | 小笠原猛 |
| 12 | 出たァ!! 新獣将 ▶ watch | 1994-05-06 | 杉村升 | — |
| 13 | ブッとばせ不幸 ▶ watch | 1994-05-13 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
The young noble Junior — in truth the skeleton-spirit Gashadokuro — appears, scheming to revive the overlord (ep.14). He unites the scattered yōkai and sends ever-stronger ones against the team.
| Ep | Subtitle (JP) | Air date | Writer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 俺は貴公子だ!! KEY ▶ watch | 1994-05-20 | 杉村升 | — |
| 15 | げえッ!! 凄い奴 ▶ watch | 1994-05-27 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 16 | 赤猿の鬼退治 ▶ watch | 1994-06-03 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 17 | 魔剣とパンツ!! ▶ watch | 1994-06-10 | 曽田博久 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 18 | ハローきのこ君 ▶ watch | 1994-06-17 | 杉村升 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 19 | 暗闇の地獄罠!! ▶ watch | 1994-06-24 | 杉村升 | 小笠原猛 |
| 20 | 花のくノ一組!! ▶ watch | 1994-07-01 | 杉村升 | 小笠原猛 |
| 21 | サルマネ必殺技 ▶ watch | 1994-07-08 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
| 22 | 笑って頂きます ▶ watch | 1994-07-15 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
| 23 | 電撃!! 白い怪鳥 ▶ watch | 1994-07-22 | 杉村升 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 24 | あァ 一巻の終り ▶ watch | 1994-07-29 | 杉村升 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 25 | 新たなる出発（たびだち）!! ▶ watch | 1994-08-05 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 26 | 鶴姫家の超秘密 ▶ watch | 1994-08-12 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
The yōkai army's overlord Daimaou reveals himself (ep.31), and the new giant robo Kakure Daishogun joins the fight. In episode 36 Ninjaman, disciple of the three Godgenerals, returns to Earth after 1,000 years as the additional warrior.
| Ep | Subtitle (JP) | Air date | Writer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 無敵将軍の最期 ▶ watch | 1994-08-19 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
| 28 | 超大物・来日!! ▶ watch | 1994-08-26 | 杉村升 | 東條昭平 |
| 29 | 史上初の超対決（スーパーバトル） ▶ watch | 1994-09-02 | 杉村升 | 東條昭平 |
| 30 | 再会 裏切りの父 ▶ watch | 1994-09-09 | 曽田博久 | 小笠原猛 |
| 31 | 見たか!! 新将軍 KEY ▶ watch
US → Kakure Daishogun = Ninja Megazord | 1994-09-16 | 曽田博久 | 小笠原猛 |
| 32 | ナメんな顔泥棒 ▶ watch | 1994-09-23 | 藤井邦夫 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 33 | あまのじゃく村 ▶ watch | 1994-09-30 | 高久進 | 佛田洋 |
| 34 | 花嫁砂地獄!! ▶ watch | 1994-10-07 | 曽田博久 | — |
| 35 | おしおき三姉妹（シスターズ） ▶ watch | 1994-10-14 | 荒川稔久 | — |
| 36 | 暴れん坊忍者!! KEY ▶ watch | 1994-10-21 | 高久進 | 小笠原猛 |
| 37 | 唐傘ダンス女王（クイーン） ▶ watch | 1994-10-28 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
| 38 | モオ〜ッ嫌な牛 ▶ watch | 1994-11-04 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 39 | 特別編だよっ!! ▶ watch | 1994-11-11 | 高久進 | 渡辺勝也 |
The story enters its final stretch. Daimaou's power is revealed to be the embodiment of the hatred in human hearts, and in episode 53 the Kakuranger's battle reaches its conclusion.
| Ep | Subtitle (JP) | Air date | Writer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 平成キツネ合戦 ▶ watch | 1994-11-18 | 杉村升 | 小笠原猛 |
| 41 | はぐれゴースト ▶ watch | 1994-11-25 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
| 42 | 強奪忍者パワー ▶ watch | 1994-12-02 | 高久進 | 坂本太郎 |
| 43 | 三神将最期の日 ▶ watch | 1994-12-09 | 杉村升 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 44 | 傷だらけ大逆転 ▶ watch | 1994-12-16 | 曽田博久 | 小笠原猛 |
| 45 | 慌てん坊サンタ ▶ watch | 1994-12-23 | 高久進 | 東條昭平 |
| 46 | 新春まんが地獄 ▶ watch | 1995-01-06 | 杉村升 | 坂本太郎 |
| 47 | 人間花火百連発 ▶ watch | 1995-01-13 | 曽田博久 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 48 | 大雪女の雪合戦 ▶ watch | 1995-01-20 | 高久進 | 小笠原猛 |
| 49 | 突然!! ビンボー ▶ watch | 1995-01-27 | 杉村升 | 佛田洋 |
| 50 | 特選!! 妖怪の宿 ▶ watch | 1995-02-03 | 曽田博久 | 東條昭平 |
| 51 | 英・雄（ヒーロー）・失・格 ▶ watch | 1995-02-10 | 高久進 | 坂本太郎 |
| 52 | 大団円!! 父と娘 ▶ watch | 1995-02-17 | 杉村升 | 渡辺勝也 |
| 53 | 封印!! KEY ▶ watch | 1995-02-24 | 曽田博久 | 小笠原猛 |
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