Go! Go! Loser Ranger![a] is a Japanese superheromanga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since February 2021, with its chapters collected into thirteen tankōbon volumes as of February 2024[update]. An anime television series adaptation produced by Yostar Pictures is set to premiere in April 2024.
Plot
Thirteen years ago, the Villainous Army of evil attempted to invade Earth, faced by the Super Sentai squadron known as the Ryūjin Sentai Dragon Keepers (竜神戦隊ドラゴンキーパー, Ryūjin Sentai Doragon Kīpā), 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.
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.
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 Rools and plans to kill them, though her background and motives remains unknown.
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.
The leader of the Dragon Keepers and commander of the Red Battalion who seemed to be friendly and inspiring outside, but is actually cruel who does not hold back against others when something needs to be done.
The Blue Keeper and commander of the Blue Battalion. Originally in a gang to raise money for an orphanage, he joined the Rangers after Akabane blackmails him between jail. He was killed by Peltrola's sneak attack in a battle with D.
The Pink Keeper and commander of the Pink Battalion who's also Hibiki's older sister, in which she has an obsession on. When un-transformed, it is revealed she is crippled after getting caught up in Peltrola's battle, and has to rely on a wheelchair.
Chidori (千鳥) / Green Keeper (グリーンキーパー, Gurīn Kīpā)
A stray female foot soldier who left the fortress 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.[7][8] On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Negi Haruba would start his new manga series Go! Go! Loser Ranger! on February 3, 2021.[9]
Media
Manga
Go! Go! Loser Ranger! is written and illustrated by Negi Haruba.[10] The manga series began its serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in the 10th issue published on February 3, 2021.[11] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 16, 2021.[12] As of February 16, 2024, thirteen volumes have been released.[13] 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.[14]
Chiman no Saigetsu (Za Chenjidoriaru) 20-sai (千萬の歳月(ザ・チェンジドリアル) 20歳)
Senpo Kaisen 20 (戦保怪戦(せんぽかいせん)⑳)
Senpo Kaisen 21 (戦保怪戦(せんぽかいせん)㉑)
Senpo Kaisen 22 (戦保怪戦(せんぽかいせん)㉒)
Usukubo Yakushi 18-sai (薄久保薬師 18歳)
Usukubo Yakushi 18-sai 2 (薄久保薬師 18歳②)
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
123. Senpo Kaisen 23 (戦保怪戦(せんぽかいせん)㉓)
124. Senpo Kaisen 24 (戦保怪戦(せんぽかいせん)㉔)
125. Senpo Kaisen 25 (戦保怪戦(せんぽかいせん)㉕)
126. Interval (インターバル)
127. Masshirona Aka (真っ白な赤)
128. Hōmupāti (ホームパーティ)
129. Goyō Aratamedearu (御用改めである)
130. Fukushū wa Sōki no Ato de (復讐は想起のあとで)
131. Kyarakutā (キャラクター)
132. Tekoire (テコ入れ)
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 6, 2022.[37] It will be produced by Yostar Pictures and directed by Keiichi Sato, with scripts written by Keiichirō Ōchi, character designs handled by Kahoko Koseki, and animation supervision by Kenji Hayama.[38][39] The series is set to premiere on April 7, 2024 on TBS and its affiliates,[2] and will be streamed worldwide on Disney+.[40]Tatsuya Kitani will be performing its opening song titled "On The Next Episode" (次回予告, Jikai Yokoku).[41]
Reception
In June 2021, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in the Best Printed Manga category.[42]