Go! Go! Loser Ranger!, also known as Ranger Reject, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since February 2021, with its chapters collected in seventeen tankōbon volumes as of January 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Yostar Pictures aired from April to June 2024. A second season is set to premiere in April 2025. In October 2023, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation.

Plot

Thirteen years ago, the Villainous Army of Evil attempted to invade Earth, faced by the Super Sentai squadron known as the Divine Dragon Rangers (竜神戦隊ドラゴンキーパー, Ryūjin Sentai Doragon Kīpā, lit. 'Dragon God Squadron Dragon Keeper'), also known as the Dragon Keepers, and their super weapons, the Divine Tools. The evil army, however, was defeated within a year, all of its Executives wiped out, and the surviving (and almost immortal) foot soldiers have been forced ever since to reenact their defeat to the Keepers in front of a crowd of spectators every Sunday. Tired of the charade, and realizing that this amounts to little more than slavery, one of the foot soldiers rebels and decides he will defeat the Dragon Keepers by infiltrating the organization.

Characters

= Main

= Footsoldier D (戦闘員D, Sentōin D) Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi (Japanese); Zeno Robinson (English) A rebellious foot soldier from the villainous army in the sky fortress that arrived 13 years ago, he is a Duster with transformative and regeneration abilities alongside his fellow foot soldiers who vowed to defeat the Dragon Keepers by infiltrating their organization and ranks. He takes on two disguises for most of the series; one is an appearance of an average black haired teenage guy, and the other as Hibiki so he can use his identity to infiltrate their ranks easier. Hibiki Sakurama (桜間 日々輝, Sakurama Hibiki) Voiced by: Daishi Kajita, Tenma TakeshitaEp. 4 credits (young) (Japanese); Paul Castro Jr., William Luke (young) (English) An inspiring independent Ranger cadet who is aware of the Keeper's corruption but wishes to fix their system by bringing them back to their original sense of justice. Following an attack to cover D, he swaps places with him after becoming disfigured while D carries on using his identity for most of the series. His current whereabouts remain unknown. Yumeko Suzukiri (錫切 夢子, Suzukiri Yumeko) Voiced by: Yumika Yano (Japanese); Heather Gonzalez (English) A Junior First-Class ranked Ranger from the Yellow Battalion, who has a mysterious grudge against the Dragon Keepers. She and D made an alliance together to collect their Divine Tools and plans to kill them, though her background and motives remains unknown.

= Dragon Keepers

= The Dragon Keepers organization comprises the five "First Class" Dragon Keepers and those under their command. Each Keeper has their own battalion with distinct responsibilities within the organization, and each member has a different rank determined by their respective Keeper. The First Class Keepers also possess the Divine Tools that have the power to permanently kill members of the Villainous Army, although lower-ranking members can be assigned replicas or other weapons with similar power.

First Class

Sosei Akabane (赤刎 創星, Akabane Sōsei) / Red Keeper (レッドキーパー, Reddo Kīpā) Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Jonah Scott (English) The leader of the Dragon Keepers and commander of the Red Battalion. Despite appearing friendly and inspiring, he possesses an extremely violent nature that he will not hesitate to use on those that anger him, including his own subordinates. Shōgo Aoshima (靑嶋 庄吾, Aoshima Shōgo) / Blue Keeper (ブルー キーパー, Burū Kīpā) Voiced by: Go Inoue (Japanese); Alain Mesa (English) The Blue Keeper and commander of the Blue Battalion, and the only member with visible scars on his face. Originally in a gang to raise money for an orphanage, he joined the Rangers after Akabane blackmails him while in jail. He was killed by Peltrola's sneak attack in a battle with D. Shinya Kiritani (黄理谷 真夜, Kiritani Shinya) / Yellow Keeper (イエロー キーパー, Ierō Kīpā) Voiced by: Kensho Ono (Japanese); Dino Andrade (English) The Yellow Keeper and commander of the Yellow Battalion. He is often seen smiling constantly. Chidori (千鳥) / Green Keeper (グリーンキーパー, Gurīn Kīpā) Voiced by: Kohsuke Toriumi (Japanese); Michael Sinterniklaas (English) The Green Keeper and commander of the Green Battalion. He is the only member of the team to have his entire face covered. Sesera Sakurama (桜間 世々良, Sakurama Sesera) / Pink Keeper (ピンクキーパー, Pinku Kīpā) Voiced by: M.A.O (Japanese); Cherami Leigh (English) The Pink Keeper and commander of the Pink Battalion and Hibiki's older sister. She is obsessed with Hibiki. When un-transformed, it is revealed she is crippled after getting caught up in Peltrola's battle, and has to rely on a wheelchair.

Red Battalion

Shun Tokita (朱鷺田 隼, Tokita Shun) Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English) Kai Shion (獅音 海, Shion Kai) Voiced by: Yūki Ono (Japanese); Sunil Malhotra (English)

Blue Battalion

Komachi Aizome (藍染 小町, Aizome Komachi) Voiced by: Rika Nagae (Japanese); Michelle Marie (English) Eigen Urabe (浦部 永玄, Urabe Eigen) Voiced by: Seiichiro Yamashita (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)

Green Battalion

Kanon Hisui (翡翠 かのん, Hisui Kanon) Voiced by: Azumi Waki (Japanese); Jessica DiCicco (English) Angel Usukubo (薄久保 天使, Usukubo Enjeru) Voiced by: Shiori Mikami (Japanese); Stephanie Sheh (English)

Yellow Battalion

Angelica Yukino (雪野 アンジェリカ, Yukino Anjerika) Voiced by: Akari Kitō (Japanese); Erica Lindbeck (English)

Pink Battalion

Masurao Nadeshiko (撫子 益荒男, Nadeshiko Masurao) Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese); Jamieson Price (English)

Colorless Rangers

The "Colorless" refer to the lowest-ranking members of the Keeper hierarchy, and are often looked down upon by those higher up the ranks. Sōjirō Ishikawa (石川 宗次郎, Ishikawa Sōjirō) Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese); Andrew Kishino (English) The oldest of the colorless cadets who once held the Dragon Keepers in high regards. He is killed by Peltrola during the monster's reveal in the final exams to become Rangers, sacrificing his life to ensure his friends won. Renren Akebayashi (明林 恋蓮, Akebayashi Renren) Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese); Cassandra Lee Morris (English) Yamato Kurusu (来栖 大和, Kurusu Yamato) Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka (Japanese); Alan Lee (English) Tsukasa Shippō (七宝 司, Shippō Tsukasa) Voiced by: Masanori Shimizu (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (English) Ranmaru Koguma (小熊 蘭丸, Koguma Ranmaru) Voiced by: Yukihiro Nozuyama (Japanese); Luis Bermudez (English) The shortest of the colorless cadets who was childhood friends with Urabe, both with dreams of joining the Dragon Keepers. He is the first to discover Fighter D's identity when he is in disguise as Hibiki, the Duster having trusted him enough to reveal his secret. He is nearly killed by Petrola when the monster reveals himself in the Blue Garrison, but survives and is left in a coma for a time.

Others

Ryūjin Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese); Dino Andrade (English) The mascot of the Dragon Keepers, also known as Draggie-kun.

= Villainous Army

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Executives

Peltrola (ペルトロラ, Perutorora) Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese); Adam Sietz (English) A surviving Executive of the Villainous Army who resides in the Blue Garrison. Magatia (マガティア) A surviving Executive of the Villainous Army who resides in a school by trapping it in a loop.

Dusters

Footsoldier F (戦せん闘とう員 F, Sentōin F) Voiced by: Taito Ban (Japanese); Daniel Walton (English) A loyal footsoldier who stayed in the fortress, submitting to the Dragon Keepers. He was D's first true friend and leaves the fortress to find him when he leaves to infiltrate the Dragon Keepers, only to end up being caught by them and executed by Red Keeper. His death heavily affects D. Footsoldier XX (戦闘員XX, Sentōin Ekusuzu) Voiced by: Hina Yōmiya (Japanese); Cristina Vee (English) A stray female foot soldier who left the fortress in search of any surviving boss monsters and resides in Hibiki's room who befriends D.

Production

On October 27, 2020, Negi Haruba started recruiting regular assistants for his coming new series. On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Negi Haruba would start his new manga series Go! Go! Loser Ranger! on February 3, 2021.

Media

= Manga

= Go! Go! Loser Ranger! is written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. The manga series began its serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in the 10th issue published on February 3, 2021. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 16, 2021. As of January 17, 2025, seventeen volumes have been released. In November 2021, during their panel at Anime NYC, Kodansha USA announced their license to the series and would release it in both print and digital.

Volumes

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

163. Kiritani Shinya 28-sai (黄理谷真夜 28歳) 164. Kiritani Shinya 28-sai 2 (黄理谷真夜 28歳②) 165. Kiritani Shinya 28-sai 3 (黄理谷真夜 28歳③) 166. Kiritani Shinya 28-sai 4 (黄理谷真夜 28歳④) 167. Kiritani Shinya 28-sai 5 (黄理谷真夜 28歳⑤) 168. Kiritani Shinya 10-sai (黄理谷真夜 10歳) 169. Kiritani Shinya 10-sai 2 (黄理谷真夜 10歳②) 170. Kiritani Shinya 10-sai 3 (黄理谷真夜 10歳③)

= Anime

= An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 6, 2022. It was produced by Yostar Pictures and directed by Keiichi Sato, with scripts written by Keiichirō Ōchi, and character designs handled by Kahoko Koseki, with Kenji Hayama serving as animation supervisor. The series aired from April 7 to June 30, 2024 on TBS and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Jikai Yokoku" (次回予告, lit. '"Next Time Preview"'), performed by Tatsuya Kitani, while the ending theme song is "Seikai wa Iranai" (正解はいらない, "Don't Need the Right Answer"), performed by Nanawo Akari. The series is streaming worldwide on Disney+, and on Hulu in the United States. The English dub premiered on Hulu on June 12, 2024. After the airing of the final episode of the first season, a second season was announced and is set to premiere on April 13, 2025, on the brand new Agaru Anime programming block on all JNN affiliates, including CBC and TBS.

Episodes

= Stage play

= On July 1, 2024, a stage play was announced. It ran at Theatre G-Rosso in Tokyo from September 11 to September 16, 2024.

Reception

In June 2021, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in the Best Printed Manga category. In October 2023, the manga had 20 million copies in circulation.

Notes

References

External links

Go! Go! Loser Ranger! official manga website at Pocket Shōnen Magazine (in Japanese) Go! Go! Loser Ranger! official anime website (in Japanese) Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia