Rare SENTAI behind-the-scenes video from MMPR director/stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt

[@alucard624]

I really admire the actors who put on those robot and monster suits to entertain us with these shows. I still prefer a guy in suit versus CGI most of the time when it comes to these shows.

[@supa4ys843]

alucard624 Currently watching Wild Force and man, couldn't agree with you more

[@frenzioalberto1114]

SAME

[@kajikanna]

Same. It’s more real.

[@michaeldenton9618]

You so right just watched the movie omg those zords ruin the movie for me

[@jonc2914]

The cgi looked horrible. Lost galaxy was the beginning of shitty looking zords

[@JeffPruittstunts]

For those who have asked: This video was shot over June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of 1993. Really glad to see so many people enjoy seeing it. I was afraid it might be too long, but then I thought what it would be like if someone suddenly showed up with 8mm film of Bruce Lee working on The Green Hornet and how I'd feel about that. I'd love to see a couple of hours of my favorite hero show behind-the-scenes. I'll try to post some other Ranger-related home vids later on.

[@guitoorbenchi]

Thank you very much, Sir. I, for one, appreciate the BTS videos of how my favorite childhood shows were made.

[@emiliolopez2023]

So was this research for when you were doing the show?

[@eishiba10]

for 20+ years I always wondered what material they used to make the robots. seeing what they used and how they were put together and even watching you touch them was so incredible. thank you for sharing this.

[@gerry1888]

Do you had the autorisation of Toei to post this clip? i mean ... it's despite being RARE .... it's still propriety of Toei ... and this could bring some problem DX

[@moviereviews4life]

Thank you so much for this, I recently watched Gosei Sentai Dairanger(it was subbed and uploaded on youtube)and loved the differences, plus it had a very Star Wars type element. Love the KibaRanger in this series

[@bakporchgrilln35]

For anybody wondering the shots at the amphitheater are in Dairanger episode 21 about 6 minutes and 45 seconds into the episode. The zord footage at the beginning and end are in Dairanger episode 22. Most of the zord footage seen in the video starts at 16 minutes and 28 seconds in that episode. It is the same zord footage used in White Light part 2 of Power Rangers season 2 with the footage starting at 14 minutes 40 seconds

[@Jiterdomer]

The Amphitheatre is also in MMPR S1 Episode 4, where the Rangers fight King Sphinx.

[@redroversk]

this is really special footage, you watch the show and stuff goes by so fast, can't really imagine they have to laboriously stage it all together

[@JeffPruittstunts]

REGARDING WHO DID WHAT INFO: When I started the show in season 1 they were using all Japanese footage for fights and the un-morphed "civilian" fights were being shot by Issac Florentine. He had shot some footage with Red but at that time everything was still Japan footage for the Ranger team fights. I started about the same time as Jason Frank joining the show. When I took over I began adding Ranger fight action with the Japan footage until there was no more Japan Dino footage to use. By the end of season 1 I was shooting everything. The main footage from Japan we used was the giant fights. We shot INTERIOR of the Zords with our Ranger stunt team (so that White could be there with them) but never any giant footage. At the end of our fights I would shoot the monsters catching the prop Zedd would throw to them and then film them growing large. From there we would edit to whatever giant battle the Japanese had shot for us. ALL White Ranger fights were shot by me. We only used a close up and the shot of White riding his Zord from Japan. This is because the White Ranger in Japan was too tiny to be Jason and the Z Putties and Lord Zedd only existed in American footage. ALL of the Ranger fights were performed by either the Japan stunt guys or the American stunt team. NONE of the fights as Rangers (including the movie) were performed by the actors. The actors performed their civilian fights only. I would create sequences that used each actor's skills to the max. The martial arts guys' fights (Austin/Jason/Steve/Walter/Johnny) were easy to make. The gymnastics-only guys (Amy Jo/David Yost) were trickier, but I used their skills and made their striking more simple with less combinations. The most difficult to make were the fights with the actors who had little to no physical training prior to filming (Karen Ashley/ Thuy Trang). I only doubled one actor during the civilian fights and that was Thuy. If you check out my ORIGINAL MMPR DOC video you'll see a behind-the-scenes segment of me shooting a fight with the original actors at the playground. That's actually MER MER CHEN performing Thuy's fight for her. Thuy had been trying to learn some moves off the mini-tramp and seriously injured her knee (as you can see her explain in the video). So most of her fights after that consisted of her standing in place and doing a close-up while Mer Mer did the wide fighting shots. This is a technique I would later use to make BUFFY fights with Sarah Geller and Sophia Crawford. The martial arts actors could have easily been stuntmen instead of actors if they wanted to. But they had auditioned for the acting roles and that's what they were doing. So - just to clear up that rumor - whenever you see a Ranger in a helmet fighting in any of the footage I worked on it is always one of the stunt team.

[@SimplyMamo]

I found you're Channel yesterday and i'm happy! You're MMPR behind the scenes footage is absolutly great. It's nice to see the original Cast (JDF,Austin, David,Walter,Amy,Thuy) behind the Camara..Thanks to upload i love it! I hope you bring more like this?! Im one of the biggest MMPR Fan. I saw the Series for the first time i was 5 or 6 years old! (Sorry for my English im German)

[@MindNumbingInc]

While the team are heroes behind helmets, you sir are a hero behind the scenes. Thanks for sharing this amazing footage. It shows the dedicated hard work that goes into Super Sentai and Power Rangers, tons of respect for everyone.

[@JaredsGaming]

That was very informative. Thank You!

[@XAD222]

***** woah... I always wanted admit it to one of main producer, did you realize how much more you could put into MMPR? before Zeo? I re-watched show and I can only say that MMPR could be extended in season 4 instead of Zeo, because the series had unlimited potential and still could put much more than it actually showed... We never got old megazords fight we never got backup of dragonzord ect. great actions, because you wasted your BIG potential running only japanese footage...shame on you! I feel sorry to you guys you thought that turbo sentai were normal sentai series, while it was made as comedy like one... I heard that you started losing audience with turbo... ehhh I wish season 4 was still based on MMPR and Zeo become season before in space I liked turbo but now I feel it would be better, if that sentai series never been used...

[@JaredsGaming]

***** No, it's legit Dairanger footage.

[@TheWorldofHA]

Thank you for posting this! This is so awesome. I love behind the scenes footage like this, seeing how the magic happens.

[@Dolemite5194]

I went back and watched Dairanger eps #21 and #22 after this. It was awesome to see these scenes knowing how they came together.

[@shindoushuichi0287]

haven grown up with MMPR and now a fan of Super Sentai, this really is a very cool inside look, especially because I'm going to school to be an actor and would love to be a part of a Sentai type show. the amount of effort and love that goes into these shows from the tech guys really impresses me. despite my issues with current power ranger shows, I still have huge respect for the guys in the suits and doing all that "magic" behind the camera.

[@peterstoate2153]

Have you made it as an actor?

[@Jiterdomer]

Do you have experience being a stuntman in any action shows?

[@NinjaRed5000]

Jeff Pruitt you've introduced me to the greatest thing to ever grace my childhood, and the heroes that continue to inspire me to this very day. Thank you very much!

[@usagijojo]

12:53 That Corvette is from Tokusou Robo Janperson, one of my personal favorite tokusatsu shows. I would've loved to have taken a photo with it.

[@NiGHTSaturn]

I still think the design at the beginning is one of the most gorgeous. It looks amazing. We’re so lucky to witness this behind the scenes. Thank you so much!

[@professorzoom6458]

Must have been very dangerous to film the zords each time they were summoned by the Power Rangers. How you kept the camera crew from getting trampled by the zords is incredible.

[@datboirb]

What lmao

[@kajikanna]

It’s amazing they can do any choreographed moves in those suits. So awesome!

[@pascalreich2876]

In 1998 or so, I skipped a school play I was supposed to be in because I really wanted to see Power Rangers. My teachers weren't happy, same with my parents who weren't at home and i was supposed to take the bicycle to get to the school. But i just loved the MMPR and couldn't even miss one part of it every saturday. Greetings from germany and thanks for an amazing show. 😊

[@terencethomas2632]

I thought the white tiger zord design was so cool looking growing up , never would've thought it was a stunt man in there , Dope and very creative how they put that together

[@TheFaithHashira]

wow...this really blew my mind. I had ALWAYS wanted to see this stuff since I was a kid man. Thank you for sharing this!

[@satoshioo4321]

これはかなり貴重！！ すごいレアすぎる！！

[@Olderaccount17]

That's gotta be the coolest workplace ever.

[@Jiterdomer]

The beginning of the video shows the same cloud backdrop for every closeup shots of the objects and characters doing special attacks. That backdrop was first created in Goggle V and now this backdrop doesn't exist anymore starting Carranger.

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

It's 99% standing around and waiting for your part. :) Also, any stages involving miniatures and over-cranked cameras has a lot of lights. It's absolutely miserably hot, especially during summer. I have memories of days on miniature and motion control stages, working to get shots done until the sun came up. :)

[@mugzy07]

Facts

[@TheTovestar]

Wow!! This is absolutely stunning!! I'm amazed at how simple everything is from setting up the shots, shooting them, and preparing for the next shots! I've worked on a few low budget films as an extra and I would agree I've never seen such simplicity, efficiency, and collaboration. Everyone was on the same page and it's true you never hear the assistant directors or the director himself shouting out directions! My favorite part is learning how they did the small explosions whenever the characters received damage during an attack!! Thank you so much for this!

[@EvilDoresh]

Indeed both interesting and amazing. It's especially cool to see just how fast they finish these shots. Those suit actors sure know what they're doing :3

[@WardenOfTerra]

It's not simple at all lol

[@Wolfspiritzero]

What a video! It's fascinating to see the tokusatsu genre filming techniques. They use the same techniques year after year for decades and still make the experience feel brand new for each series. Shame not all of the Dairanger footage was used. The visuals in that show were awesome. I hope more gems like this pop on down the line.

[@evaunit2005]

This is amazing to watch! As much as I've seen behind the scenes look at modern Sentai/rider, being able to see the magic of how Dairanger was made is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. You just got me as a subscriber

[@flclfan85]

Jeff, thank you for giving us fans a better look at how something like this really comes together. As a life-long fan of the series, this is really an amazing video

[@SciFiFan2012]

Thank you for uploading this, as a fan of both sentai and the PR franchise, this is a great look at what it takes to produce some of my favorite tv.

[@andarugo]

I've been dying for some behind-the-scenes footage of sentai-- this is seriously so amazing. Please, please, PLEASE upload more home videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RileyZilla1001]

Amazing! It's so cool to see behind the scenes of my favorite Sentai series. I always wondered how they made this stuff happen.

[@noonethatspecial]

The effort required to make this is staggering. Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@JediMB]

It was really cool seeing a part of the process behind that frankly iconic Mega Tigerzord/Shinsei Gattai Kiba DaiOh transformation. I don't think I ever realized that the Thunder Megazord's chest plate was on the Mega Tigerzord's back! The footage of the Bandora Palace model was really cool too.

[@monkeyjb1988]

And no worries about the quality: Behind the scenes video never get the same love as the actual show's footage. Any behind the scenes from before the 2000's of either Sentai or Rangers is a blessing. Thank you again. :)

[@marcusaurelius9266]

Just saw this video. It really echoes through time and remind us of our childhood and how we were super into those shows. Thank you for sharing this, you really documented a piece of sentai history.

[@monkeyjb1988]

Thank you Mr. Pruitt. I only saw a few minutes but will watch it all. I thought we didn't have a lot of behind the scenes of Super Sentai or Power Rangers (although PR has been slightly more plentiful). Of course, this works for both. In either case, thank you for this video and for all your work on Power Rangers (and that goes any person involved with bringing any Toku to life :) ).

[@michaelleary1737]

Thanks for all you've done to make PR the icon it is today. The first seasons will always be my favorites, largely due to your awesome fight scenes. I love how most of the actors back then could do their own civilian fights, but it's probably good they didn't do the costumed ones as well, or we might have lost them to injuries like Thuy. Great job!

[@audybharksuwana2041]

Toei should really put all these old props in some sort of museum or something... instead of having it rot away in a back lot... Actually recognized a lot of these from my childhood

[@Mattatiah95]

There is a museum like that. Toei has one in Kioto if I recall. It also has exibitions from other shows like Kamen Rider series, Metal Hero series and PreCures.

[@audybharksuwana2041]

Maciej Adamiak Awesome! Thanks for the info. :)

[@Mattatiah95]

there are some films with that museum on yt too. Look for them if you want.

[@TBustah]

Some of the suits are on display, but I don't know about the models and other props.

[@chuumon95]

I want that done here in America too. How about a traveling exhibit with 30 years worth of stuff from all the Power Rangers series, costumes, monster suites, props, zords, toys, artwork, etc. They’ve done it for Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, and CSI at the Franklin Institute. I’d also like one for The Muppets there as well.

[@fresh3456]

Holy crap...this is amazing. Thanks for sharing Jeff!

[@barney9456]

23 years on this planet and the first second of this video made my jaw drop seeing the tiger zord like that, I mean you know that of course there are people in these suits, but you never see them ever, so this is the most bizarre thing ever

[@RichySKing]

+BarneyStudioz I concur!

[@Jiterdomer]

The Zords or mecha pieces were done by a puppet or remote control.

[@Blitzwing39]

On how I see today, many things are taken for granted. Sometimes, this footage is like a wake up call to remind the Production Teams and other Departments in the studio that Mediocrity is Unforgivable.

[@keithhosannah3022]

What a cool behind-the-scenes look of the debut the White Ranger in the American version of the Power Rangers show. Thanks for the footage!

[@ItsMotionTime]

15:09 really cool seeing the 1st AC pull the tape to measure distance for this, I'm a 1st AC in the modern day and it's cool to see footage of old 1sts work in the 90s

[@robkearsy2995]

Very neat. I wonder if there is any behind the scenes footage from late season 2 early season 3 with stunt guys as The Thunderzords. Also that Thunderzord Assault Team though.

[@MetropolisKid]

I literally just finished watching gosei sentai dairanger last week so amazing to see this behind the scenes of it 👍👍👍👌👌👌 I'm currently watching kyouryuu sentai zyuranger thank you for the video!

[@djaywrek]

This was very awesome to watch. Never thought I'd get a behind the scenes look into the zords, or how certain stunts were done. Very interesting. Thank you!

[@cleopatrehoney]

thank you SOOO much ! That's pure treasure and you're so kind to share with us ! me and my friends dreamed of that kind of footage forever ! We dream of jetman footage but we'll never see that I think ! seeing the crew working is amazing, and yes, that's how the magic happen, very happy to see Gara actress in the vid :) every other footage will be great discovery for true toku fans thanks again !!

[@LosDog]

Thanks for the upload. I really appreciate being able to see how one of my favorite show was made and see everyone working hard and the result.

[@COMBOY]

Seriously, thank you so much for sharing this! As a Super Sentai fan, I always wanted to make a fan video for myself, and watching this backstage video could be so useful for my project!

[@BizzerosLP]

Thank you so much for sharing these tapes and so much insight regarding power rangers and sentai. These shows made my childhood bearable :)

[@Mitchthe1soul]

This is so much to watch and learn how such epic stuff came out of this.

[@Simon_Said]

Thank you so much for posting this. I've been wanting to see something like this for so many years. You are the best!

[@cwolf201]

youtube being epic in recommending things. thanks for making this. I remember seeing teaser announcements on cable for the show shortly before the pilot went up

[@wajinshu]

13:32 is this the location of some Kamen rider fights? Example Kamen Rider Fourze

[@AldoYagami]

Thank you so much for this, Mr Pruitt!

[@Jiterdomer]

Toei Tokusatsus in the 90s are more creative than what it is today. No CGI stuff in any transformations and using cars as their transportation.

[@PlasticGeek]

This is so amazing, they had to have amazing storyboards or something for everyone to know exactly what to do next

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

I always wanted to see the footage of how the actors manages to wear the Megazords costume and how they bring all the zords model together to form a Megazord in every Power Rangers Series.

[@h_el_gamer628]

This is simply amazing, behind scenes from Dairanger! and my favourite sentai too, really great!

[@Asianiscool1]

Them spandex...thanks for uploading this to us viewers, it's truly marvelous to see how much effort and work is put into this and make it appeared so awesomely when I watched this as a kid.

[@bandai1983]

I have never before seen anything like this!! So nostalgic! Thanks so much for sharing Mr. Pruitt!!

[@carnut015]

Thanks for posting this!!!! Now I want to go re-watch Dairanger again.

[@Thetazord]

I think you are amazing man. I can't thank you enough for contributing so much to my childhood. You are a hero.

[@nicholaskong1673]

Thanks I saw this video and then I shared it to let my brother see this video. He was mind blown by the amount of effort it took to create an episode!

[@BeazleyStudios]

So glad that I found this video. I watched Zyuranger and now currently in Dairanger because I wanted to see how different they were. Seeing behind the scenes is so cool

[@HeavenlyPhantomStar]

This is so unbelievable cool to see! I'm nerding out so hard! Love Dairanger!

[@whopoder]

É impressionante o tempo, habilidade dos atores e a equipe dispensado para fazer uma pequena cena! O cinema e a TV devem muito aos seriados japoneses. As técnicas são incríveis.

[@KingLeonLionheart]

1:36:38 - "Don't be so sure of yourself, White Ranger. If you're not careful, history will repeat itself"

[@lcc457]

Que trabalhoso. nao imaginava que era asim. Parabens aos produtores pelo esforço.

[@undeadnightorc]

The whole shooting in sequence and constant switching of camera direction is very impressive. At first I was thinking what a waste of time all that moving around was but I have to remember that these are seasoned crews working on a genre that has been around since the mid 70's in Japan so they obviously know what they are doing.

[@TheCodeCrown]

This is so awesome. Like peeking behind the curtain in Emerald City. Thank you for uploading this.

[@anandanjohnsimon3571]

Definitely more difficult than the Ultraman series so thank you guys for all your great work 👍🤝🙌👏.

[@Moonstalker]

It's amazing to show those things, I like that. My kudos for sharing this with us and of course for making my childhood wonderful with nicely done sentai productions to entertain me :)

[@setoace]

WOW! this is rare video...you don't get to see this behind the scene footage of Super Sentai/PR unless you're a member of the crew. thanks for posting this ^_^

[@awakenspirit3277]

Thank you for this video. I would have loved to see this in person when I was a kid, even as an adult

[@hanshotfirst1138]

Ah, the old VHS tracking symbol! Good times. Good times.

[@ilovegengar]

It's dairanger! (episode 21)

[@Jiterdomer]

The episode where Ryou got kidnapped by the Gormas after the Earrings fight.

[@TheMonkieGrid]

Thank you SO MUCH for this, Jeff!

[@bobbyberetta4206]

Thank you for this, i appreciate what you & your crew did.

[@Aprion]

very nice to get this sort of behind the scenes look from one of the older sentai series. You occasionally see them pop up as specials for the newer ones, but never like this :) thankyou for sharing this

[@EVAUnit4A]

Oh, what a treat! I can't understand any of what they're saying, but the in-camera commentary is appreciated. I saw MMPR-2 instead of DaiRanger, so it's difficult seeing this and not thinking of MMPR, but this is Super Sentai and it's interesting to see the differences. But regardless, thank you so much for posting this!

[@daneyal7162]

What's insane is that I can't find any behind the scenes photos from super sentai that feature monster costumes...

[@Pegwarmers]

Wow, this is so cool the see the behind the scenes shots.

[@bustersword37]

SOOO AWESOME!!! ^_^....THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS ^_^

[@SenhorShadow]

Much cooler than the CGI Megazords!!!

[@ManOfSdeel]

still educational today! thanks for the upload, sharing this to at least a few people.

[@SushiSunshine2000]

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing Jeff Pruit!! You Rock!! Love Power Rangers AND Sentai!!

[@Iconic_Blitz]

Wow. This was an instant flashback to my childhood for real.

[@Raishinshi]

Simply amazing! A piece o tokusatsu history. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheBattra]

Thanks for uploading this it was very enjoyable to watch.

[@ShadowOmegaGuy]

So the megazords are actually guys in costumes? MY LIFE WAS A LIE.

[@moondeities]

Yes..also the Dragonzord as well. If you notice its torso movement.

[@KamenKami]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@eadantasl]

Damn, why did i watch this only now?? Awesome material, thanks Jeff. As a fan of earlier Sentais (they were big here in Brazil in the 80s), I always looked for BTS material.

[@lanceiroguardiao]

Parabéns pelo conteúdo. Maravilhoso ter uma ideia de como nossa infância foi criada 👏👏👏👏👏

[@lanceiroguardiao]

Se for possível, poste making offs de Jaspion, Changeman, Flashman, Jiraya, Kamen Rider Black, Kamen Rider Black RX, spelvan, Sharivan, Gavan e Jiban, por favor. Agradeço

[@InDzienInTampa]

Very interesting watch, especially for Sentai fans and film students!

[@TheLaughingMan712]

Thank you so much for this upload!!!

[@geodsg3965]

Congratulations! excellent rare movie.

[@TV21]

This is fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing this great footage!

[@haibinliu4990]

和“星兽殿”，（有：龙星王、星狮子、星天马、星麒麟、星凤凰），还有“星兽龟”，真是所向无敌🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾

[@themixchannel1816]

Thank you man for this video and Info..I Finally know how it's made 20 years later...My favorite serie when I was 8 years old :)

[@JulienDupuy]

That's an amazing document! Thank you so much.

[@TheVenom54]

This is a sweet video. i wish there were more like of them. Hope you will have more up in the future.

[@tonysslaystation9228]

This is a dream come true video , i always wonder what was like in the set of the first seasons of MMPR and Sentai

[@hafiezdaniel]

Thank you for the video. Always wanted to know how this was done back in the early 90s. Really enjoyed the video.

[@jungin25]

Hi Jeff. I'm glad that you post a value video. I was amused to watch the video. By the way, there is a sad news. 38:42 man is Tastuya Nomi as Green ranger died at 47 on 18th May 2017.

[@kiohei01]

Jeff pruit you are a true sentai in your heart tnx for upload