Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
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Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger

8.2 / 10
2012
2 seasons
26 episodes
Action & AdventureComedy

A beautiful-yet-awkward genius recruits three otaku to protect Akihabara. Powered only by their own delusions, and aiming to be acknowledged as a true Sentai team, they become the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger!

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A beautiful-yet-awkward genius recruits three otaku to protect Akihabara. Powered only by their own delusions, and aiming to be acknowledged as a true Sentai team, they become the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger!

  • Pain is Power

    1.Pain is Power

    06-04-201227m

    As Super Sentai fanboy Akagi Nobuo, age 29, is hard at work in Akihabara, a woman named Hiroyo Hakase appears before him and asks him to “become Akiba Red!”

  • The Activation of a Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion

    2.The Activation of a Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion

    13-04-201227m

    Nobuo is struck with disappointment at the discovery that Akibarangers’ feats are neither “Official” nor actually “real.” With Red unable to transform, Mitsuki and Yumeria struggle...

  • The Pain! Drunken Superhero Adventure!!

    3.The Pain! Drunken Superhero Adventure!!

    20-04-201227m

    A drunken Nobuo attempts to save a girl from a pushy club owner’s advances, and transforms into Akiba Red. With this, the Akibarangers discover a new power! Following Hiroyo’s sugg...

  • A Forbidden Delusion Brings with It the Pain of Blue Corruption

    4.A Forbidden Delusion Brings with It the Pain of Blue Corruption

    27-04-201227m

    Mitsuki explains that she is going to a martial arts training camp, and because of their drunken mishap on their last battle, Nobuo and Yumeria are asked not to enter any delusions...

  • Ep 5

    5.Oh the Pain ☆ Yellow Mama

    04-05-201227m

    As Yumeria’s mother arrives for a sudden visit, Nobuo dives into a delusion based on Sentai family-visit episodes. Yumeria’s mother is anything but typical, though: she was a famou...

  • Ep 6

    6.Take Flight Leader! The Painful Trap of Deluded Photography

    11-05-201227m

    Nobuo takes a job to deliver something for the studio director at Toei in Tokyo. For him, this is the Holy Grail for any Sentai fan. Thinking that they might learn to finally make...

  • Ep 7

    7.Fly, Itasha, Break Past the Limits!

    18-05-201227m

    After somehow escaping the Delusion, Malshina opens up her own Evil Base in Akihabara. Even worse, she has taken Hakase hostage. Can the Akibarangers stop her plans, and what is th...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Bonds Forged through Painful Special Training Lead Down the Road of Becoming Official to a Conspiracy

    25-05-201227m

    A Toei producer calls the Sentai Cafe, telling the Akibarangers that he wants to make them an official Sentai team. However, Hakase is suspicious of the sudden timing of the call,...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Pain Sentai, Disbanded

    01-06-201227m

    For the safety of the real world, Hakase disbands the team. Despite attempting to return to their normal lives, they are met by Malshina and a mysterious man who has their MMZ-01s.

  • Ep 10

    10.The Painfully Unofficial Curse of Z and a New Beginning

    08-06-201227m

    With the mysterious Doctor Z now in control of Blatantly Evil Marketing Firm B, Hiroyo finally reveals the truth regarding the Akibarangers, the Delusional World and their connecti...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Next Generation Heralds a Pain-Free, Down to Earth Warrior

    15-06-201227m

    As the Akibarangers bid farewell to Nobuo Akagi, Hakase’s half-brother Takuma Tsuzuki takes on the role of Akiba Red. As Nobuo is preparing to leave Akihabara for the United States...

  • Ep 12

    12.Most Painful Times. Farewell, Delusional Sentai

    22-06-201227m

    With Nobuo’s discovery that their world is in fact a television show, the Akibarangers must subvert the final episode tropes to prevent the end of their world.

  • Ep 13

    13.Performance Review! If It Doesn't Hurt, Then That's All Right!

    29-06-201227m

    Nobou receives a DVD from the creator of the show telling them to review their mistakes for the show and if they do, they may be renewed for a second season…

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