Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger

Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー) is a Japanese drama, the 48th installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai series, and the fifth produced in the Reiwa era. The series is based on vehicles and explosions.

The series premiered on March 3, 2024, joining Kamen Rider Gotchard and later, Kamen Rider Gavv in the Super Hero Time lineup on TV Asahi following the finale of Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger.

Production
The Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger trademark was registered by Toei Company on September 1, 2023, and published on September 11, 2023.

Boonboomger was officially announced on December 22, 2023. An online production announcement conference introducing the main cast and characters and the artist for the show's ending theme song was held on February 18, 2024.

Story
Taiya Hando is a courier who befriends an alien machine life form named Bundorio Bunderas, helping him develop equipment for an important intergalactic race known as the "Big Bang Grand Prix". Enlisting freelance spy Ishiro Meita and supplier Genba Bureki, Taiya and Bundorio establish the Boonboomgers and moonlight as a high stakes freelance deliver service. But when Earth is invaded by a criminal group known as the Hashiriyan, Taiya recruits two new members: Mira Shifuto, a girl who becomes involved with them after they rescue her from an unwanted marriage, and Jyo Akuse, a police officer who serves as the group's liaison with the authorities. The assembled Boonboomgers balance their lives between accomplishing missions from various clients and fighting off the Hashiriyan, later gaining the assistance of the interstellar traveller Sakito Homura and his alien companion, Byun Diesel.

The series is divided into episode arcs called "Laps", true to its racing car theme.
 * Lap 1 (Episodes 1-9): It introduces the main characters and the Sunseaters, a group of low-ranked Hashiriyan. After successive failures, the Sunseaters are assisted by their leader Team Captain Madrex, who develops an obsession in defeating Taiya, but ends up getting destroyed by the Boonboomgers instead.
 * Lap 2 (Episodes 10-present): Cannonborg, another team leader, is dispatched to Earth to help the Sunseaters against the Boonboomgers, using his ability to upgrade the monsters created by them and even create his own, evil version of the Boonboomgers' giant robot. After a short meeting with Sōsuke Esumi of the Go-ongers and his Engine partners, the Boonboomgers gain inspiration to develop additional mecha to their arsenal. Meanwhile, Sakito Homura and Byun Diesel arrive to Earth to make a delivery to Cannonborg and meets the Boonboomgers, eventually joining the team.

Promise the Circuit
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger GekijōBoon! Promise the Circuit (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー 劇場BOON！ プロミス・ザ・サーキット) is an upcoming film scheduled for release in Japanese theaters on July 26, 2024. It will be double-billed with Kamen Rider Gotchard: The Future Daybreak. film as part of Kamen Rider the Summer Movie 2024 (仮面ライダー THE SUMMER MOVIE 2024).

Cast

 * Taiya Hando (範道 大也): Haruhi Iuchi (井内 悠陽)
 * Ishiro Meita (鳴田 射士郎): Yuki Hayama (葉山 侑樹)
 * Mira Shifuto (志布戸 未来): Miu Suzuki (鈴木 美羽)
 * Jyo Akuse (阿久瀬 錠): Ryu Saito (齋藤 璃佑)
 * Genba Bureki (振騎 玄蕃): Satoru Soma (相馬 理)
 * Sakito Homura (焔 先斗): Yu Miyazawa (宮澤 佑)
 * Shirabe Saibu (細武 調): Hashiyasume Atsuko (ハシヤスメ・アツコ)
 * Bundorio Bunderas (ブンドリオ・ブンデラス), Boonboom Changer (ブンブンチェンジャー), Boonboom Booster (ブンブンブースター): Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香)
 * Byun Diesel (ビュン・ディーゼル), Boonboom Controller (ブンブンコントローラー): Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹)
 * Decotrade (デコトラーデ): Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部 順一)
 * Itasha (イターシャ): Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々)
 * Yaiyai Yarucar (ヤイヤイ・ヤルカー): Sumire Morohoshi (諸星 すみれ)
 * Madrex (マッドレックス), Hashiriken (ハシリ犬): Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 浩史)
 * Cannonborg (キャノンボーグ): Kujira (くじら)

Guest cast

 * Muscular man (6, 17): Hayate Kajihara (梶原 颯)
 * Sōsuke Esumi (江角 走輔): Yasuhisa Furuhara (古原 靖久)
 * Engine Speedor (炎神スピードル): Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔)
 * Engine Bus-on (炎神バスオン): Hisao Egawa (江川 央生)
 * Engine BearRV (炎神ベアールV): Miki Inoue (井上 美紀)
 * Woman (19): Mizuho Hata (秦 瑞穂)
 * Man (19): Kei Kagaya (加賀谷 圭)

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * "Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger" (爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー)
 * Lyrics & Composition: Masahiro Takeda (武田 将弥)
 * Arrangement: Yusuke Shirato (白戸 佑輔)
 * Artist: Masaaki Endoh (遠藤 正明)
 * Ending theme
 * "Kotsukotsu-Pon-Pon" (コツコツ-PON-PON)
 * Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Kentaro Sonoda (園田 健太郎)
 * Artist: Bundorio Bunderas (Rica Matsumoto)