The new Samurai Rangers also appeared at the 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. On November 24, 2010, the Power Rangers website placed a trailer for the show online, hosted on Yahoo! Kids. An official Power Rangers Facebook page was also created.
The run-up to the new series was promoted by 145 Days of Power Rangers, a daily airing of every Mighty Morphin episode in order. Saban announced they would be enacting an "aggressive" multimedia focus, with planned apps, games, streaming content, and social media content in addition to live shows and a feature film. The Samurai Power Rangers–Red Ranger Jayden Shiba, the stoic leader Blue Ranger Kevin Douglas, the devoted second-in-command Pink Ranger Mia Watanabe, the big sister Green Ranger Mike Fernandez, the creative rebel Yellow Ranger Emily Stewart, the youngest and most innocent and Gold Ranger Antonio Garcia, the expressive fisherman/tech wiz– fight the evil Master Xandred and his army of Nighloks, who want to flood the planet with the waters of the Sanzu River to bring about the end of civilization. Samurai also returns the series to a multi-seasonal format the second season, titled Power Rangers Super Samurai, began on Februand is officially considered the nineteenth season overall. Though 2006's Boukenger (which was adapted into Operation Overdrive) was the first Super Sentai series to be shot in HD, preceding Power Rangers seasons were not. Samurai uses props, footage and characteristics from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and, according to press material, had a "brighter tone and an infusion of fun and comedy that wasn't present in seasons 16 and 17." Samurai is also the first season to be shot and broadcast in HD. The season marks the franchise's debut on Nickelodeon, premiering on the main network and Nicktoons on February 7, 2011. The season was the first to be produced by SCG Power Rangers, after Saban Brands (a successor to the original production company, Saban Entertainment) acquired the franchise, and it was the first to use the "Saban" name since the first half of Power Rangers: Wild Force. Power Rangers Samurai is the eighteenth season of the American children's television series Power Rangers, which is based on the Japanese Super Sentai Series. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Re-version) Japan ( Saitama, Kyoto, Yokohama and Tokyo) The logo for Power Rangers Samurai (first season)Ĥ5 ( List of Samurai episodes, List of Super Samurai episodes)