The currently airing "No.1 Sentai Gozyuger" (TV Asahi, 9:30am) is the 50th installment of the Super Sentai series, and a secret premiere event was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first series, "Himitsu Sentai Goranger," at Theater G Rosso in Tokyo Dome City (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) on April 5th, the same day as the first episode of Goranger aired. The five original cast members made a surprise appearance, greatly exciting the gathered fans.
When asked about his impressions of the five of them being together, Makoto Naoya, who plays Akaranger/Kaishiro Tsuyoshi, said with a sigh, "It's been 50 years," and continued, "As we all talked and reminisced about 50 years ago, we were all young and working hard. It was the beginning of Sentai stuff, so it made me feel warm inside when I think back to how we all felt at the time, wanting to make something good."
When asked how he felt about the 50th anniversary, Makoto said, "Sentai has continued for 50 years, and I'm happy that the number of events will continue to increase. I'm happy and overwhelmed to be able to meet the friends who worked hard with me 50 years ago. I really feel glad that I was able to be part of Gorenger. Thank you so much," and he expressed his gratitude to the fans.
In response to the same question, Miyauchi Hiroshi, who plays Ao Ranger/Arata Meiaki, commented, "Today is the first time in 50 years that all five of us have been together. We've never all been together before, so today was a wonderful day. I'm crying and can't speak." Daruma Jiro, who plays Kiranger/Kumano Daigoro, said, "I was just about able to make it with this group."
Risa Komaki, who plays Momo Ranger/Peggy Matsuyama, said, "I'm happy to be here after 50 years. When I heard about this project I felt really happy." Yukio Ito, who plays Midoranger/Asuka Kenji, said, "Even after 50 years, when we all talk it feels like we're back to the old days. It's amazing to be able to meet the members from back then again after 50 years. Even now, I realize what an amazing show we were able to appear on."
On this day, the movie "Himitsu Sentai Goranger Bomb Hurricane" was screened, the action show "Himitsu Sentai Goranger Secret Premium Show" was held, and it was also announced that the "All Super Sentai Exhibition", the largest exhibition in the history of the "Super Sentai" series, will be held in August this year starting at the Tokyo Dome City Prism Hall and then successively in other locations across the country. Voice actor Tomokazu Seki Seki acted as the MC.
