WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Power Rangers Cosmic Fury.
Summary
- Power Rangers Cosmic Fury borrows footage from Uchu Sentai Kyuranger but features mostly original scenes and costumes.
- Unlike previous Power Rangers seasons, Cosmic Fury's episodes are part of an overarching story, avoiding the "monster-of-the-week" format and steering away from other Power Rangers tropes.
- The costumes in Cosmic Fury are mostly original and differ from previous Power Rangers suits, arguably resembling those seen in American superhero shows.
Cosmic Fury’s costumes and Zords have multiple inspirations behind them, including but not limited to Uchu Sentai Kyuranger. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which premiered in 1993, introduced the concept of combining footage from the Japanese Super Sentai franchise with American scenes in a brand-new show. The success of Mighty Morphin meant that this trend would continue for decades to come, with each Power Rangers season borrowing from a Super Sentai. The same applies to Cosmic Fury, although there are some significant differences in how the new Power Rangers show uses Sentai footage compared to other seasons.
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury can be described as Power Rangers Dino Fury season 3. The newest series only had 10 episodes and avoided the “monster-of-the-week” trope. All Cosmic Fury episodes, including the game-changing Power Rangers Cosmic Fury ending battle, were part of an overarching story that concluded the Dino Fury saga. However, unlike Dino Fury, Cosmic Fury was not an exact adaptation of a Super Sentai show.
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury Is Partially Based On Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury is the American adaptation of Uchu Sentai Kyuranger, the 41st Super Sentai series. Just like every Power Rangers show before it, Cosmic Fury reuses and repurposes footage from Super Sentai, and most of the show’s Zord battles originate from Kyuranger. All Power Rangers Cosmic Fury Zords and Megazords have a Kyuranger counterpart, from the Cosmic Lion to the Cosmic Ultrazord. That said, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury features mostly original footage and does not adapt Kyuranger in the same way previous seasons had used Super Sentai scenes. For example, Cosmic Fury does not use the Kyuranger suits.
In other words, all of the “ground battles” in Power Rangers Cosmic Fury are original footage rather than repurposed Kyuranger scenes. Whether Cosmic Fury can be considered an actual Kyuranger adaptation is debatable, as none of Kyuranger’s Ranger designs was brought into the show. The reason why Cosmic Fury did not use too much Kyuranger footage has to do with the number of characters in this Super Sentai season. Having Power Rangers steer away from Super Sentai can be divisive, but Power Rangers Cosmic Fury’s original scenes worked. None of the Cosmic Fury episodes were filler, and the pacing was better than in previous seasons.
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury’s Costumes Are Mostly Original
The core Power Rangers Cosmic Fury costumes were designed for the show, which is unusual for Power Rangers. There have been dozens of American Power Rangers costumes before, but no Power Rangers TV show before Cosmic Fury had featured an all-original set of Ranger suits. The decision to use Kyuranger footage exclusively for the Zord and Megazord fights meant that Power Rangers would have to create multiple new costumes for Cosmic Fury. However, whereas previous American-made Power Rangers suits were still heavily inspired by their respective Super Sentai series, the Cosmic Fury ones were quite different from anything the Power Rangers had ever worn.
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Power Rangers Cosmic Fury’s suits had a simpler design compared to the average Super Sentai suit, including the Ryusoulger-based Dino Fury costumes. Most of the Power Rangers Cosmic Fury cast kept their Dino Fury colors, with a few changes. Amelia Jones (Hunter Deno) went from Pink Ranger to Red Ranger; Zayto (Russell Curry) went from Red Ranger to Zenith Ranger, and Fern (Jacqueline Joe) ed the team as Power Rangers’ first Orange Ranger. The Cosmic Fury suits were arguably closer to those of American superhero shows like The Flash than to the usual Power Rangers costumes. While this was a significant change, the Cosmic Fury costumes worked in the context of the show.
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury Also Uses Ryusoulger Designs (& Other Super Sentai)
Kyuranger is not the only Super Sentai season that informs Power Rangers Cosmic Fury. Even though the newest Power Rangers show used far more original footage than previous seasons, Power Rangers is still heavily tied to Super Sentai. For example, the Cosmic Fury helmets were the same ones from Dino Fury. Therefore, Cosmic Fury kept some of the Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger designs, namely the ones for the helmets. In addition, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’s Billy Cranston (David Yost), the original Blue Ranger, appeared with his classic uniform in Cosmic Fury. As such, Cosmic Fury technically included a Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger design.
Dark Ranger Heckyl (Ryan Carter), whose design comes from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, also appeared. Lastly, Cosmic Fury’s Mick Kanick (Kelson Henderson) first appeared in Power Rangers Ninja Steel and was able to morph into the Ninja Steel Red Ranger. Ninja Steel was based on Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, whose Red Ranger costume returned for a couple of scenes in Cosmic Fury. It must also be noted that Power Rangers Cosmic Fury’s final battle included several classic Megazords, such as the Dino Megazord and the Astro Megazord, but those were original scenes created for the series.