

Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
A beautiful-yet-awkward genius recruits three otaku to protect Akihabara. Powered only by their own delusions, and aiming to be acknowledged as a true Sentai team, they become the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger!
Cast

Masato Wada
Akagi Nobuo / Akiba Red

Shione Sawada
Luna Iwashimizu / Akiba Blue II

Karin Ogino
Moegi Yumeria / Akiba Yellow

Maaya Uchida
Hiroyo Hakase / Aoi Ichikawa (voice)

Kozue Aikawa
Kozukozu Mita

Honoka
Malshina

Ryo Horikawa
Tsu Shogun
Seasons
A beautiful-yet-awkward genius recruits three otaku to protect Akihabara. Powered only by their own delusions, and aiming to be acknowledged as a true Sentai team, they become the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger!

E1Pain is Power
Apr 6, 2012
As Super Sentai fanboy Akagi Nobuo, age 29, is hard at work in Akihabara, a woman named Hiroyo Hakase appears before him and asks him to “become Akiba Red!”

E2The Activation of a Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion
Apr 13, 2012
Nobuo is struck with disappointment at the discovery that Akibarangers’ feats are neither “Official” nor actually “real.” With Red unable to transform, Mitsuki and Yumeria struggle against a brutal foe. Then, the heartbroken Nobuo encounters...

E3The Pain! Drunken Superhero Adventure!!
Apr 20, 2012
A drunken Nobuo attempts to save a girl from a pushy club owner’s advances, and transforms into Akiba Red. With this, the Akibarangers discover a new power! Following Hiroyo’s suggestion to try getting hammered, our heroes really nail their foe!

E4A Forbidden Delusion Brings with It the Pain of Blue Corruption
Apr 27, 2012
Mitsuki explains that she is going to a martial arts training camp, and because of their drunken mishap on their last battle, Nobuo and Yumeria are asked not to enter any delusions while she is away. The next day, the duo go to Otamix for Yumeria to try out some new costumes, and when she does, the delusions begin…
E5Oh the Pain ☆ Yellow Mama
May 4, 2012
As Yumeria’s mother arrives for a sudden visit, Nobuo dives into a delusion based on Sentai family-visit episodes. Yumeria’s mother is anything but typical, though: she was a famous cosplayer in her own right! This hot mama is more than the Akibarangers can handle!
E6Take Flight Leader! The Painful Trap of Deluded Photography
May 11, 2012
Nobuo takes a job to deliver something for the studio director at Toei in Tokyo. For him, this is the Holy Grail for any Sentai fan. Thinking that they might learn to finally make the Akibaranger an official team, he takes Mitsuki along. After delivering the package, they meet the legendary stunt and suit actor Kazuo Niibori. Fascinated by his sword play, Mitsuki applies as an apprentice.
E7Fly, Itasha, Break Past the Limits!
May 18, 2012
After somehow escaping the Delusion, Malshina opens up her own Evil Base in Akihabara. Even worse, she has taken Hakase hostage. Can the Akibarangers stop her plans, and what is the connection between Malshina and Hakase?
E8The Bonds Forged through Painful Special Training Lead Down the Road of Becoming Official to a Conspiracy
May 25, 2012
A Toei producer calls the Sentai Cafe, telling the Akibarangers that he wants to make them an official Sentai team. However, Hakase is suspicious of the sudden timing of the call, but the Akibarangers travel to Ginza anyway. Meanwhile, Hakase tries to discover the secrets behind Malshina and the Moe Moe Z-Cune.
E9The Pain Sentai, Disbanded
Jun 1, 2012
For the safety of the real world, Hakase disbands the team. Despite attempting to return to their normal lives, they are met by Malshina and a mysterious man who has their MMZ-01s.
E10The Painfully Unofficial Curse of Z and a New Beginning
Jun 8, 2012
With the mysterious Doctor Z now in control of Blatantly Evil Marketing Firm B, Hiroyo finally reveals the truth regarding the Akibarangers, the Delusional World and their connection to the Z-Cune Aoi anime, even as they find themselves against a tough new opponent.
E11The Next Generation Heralds a Pain-Free, Down to Earth Warrior
Jun 15, 2012
As the Akibarangers bid farewell to Nobuo Akagi, Hakase’s half-brother Takuma Tsuzuki takes on the role of Akiba Red. As Nobuo is preparing to leave Akihabara for the United States, he comes to a shocking revelation about their world.
E12Most Painful Times. Farewell, Delusional Sentai
Jun 22, 2012
With Nobuo’s discovery that their world is in fact a television show, the Akibarangers must subvert the final episode tropes to prevent the end of their world.
E13Performance Review! If It Doesn't Hurt, Then That's All Right!
Jun 29, 2012
Nobou receives a DVD from the creator of the show telling them to review their mistakes for the show and if they do, they may be renewed for a second season…
Nobuo Akagi finds the MMZ-01 and Inordinate Cannon, weapons of the Akibarangers, in a store that sells Super Sentai as DX toys! Have the Akibarangers suddenly become a part of the official list of Super Sentai, unbeknownst to them? What has happened to the official heroes? He and the other Akibarangers encounter a new villain who is a major fan of Super Sentai and had modeled himself after classic villains, and who else is by his side but ©Na who wields an odd version of the MMZ-01 herself?
E1Delusion Wars
Apr 5, 2013
Visiting the Secret Base for the first time in nine months, Nobuo and Hiroyo recollect what happened during the previous battle... but their memories aren’t quite right...
E2Chinese Delusions
Apr 12, 2013
Discovering Akibaranger has become official at the cost of Dairanger, Nobuo tries to fix matters by himself, but he must ultimately reteam with Yumeria and an idol wannabe to deal with the new threat to reality.
E3Martial Arts Delusions
Apr 19, 2013
As the Akibarangers try and figure out how they’ve replaced Dairanger as the 17th Super Sentai, they are attacked by an angry Kibaranger, who declares he’s now only a shadow of his former self, when suddenly, Malshina appears!
E4Goddess of Delusions
Apr 26, 2013
Dealing with Luna quitting the team, Akagi learns that Yumeria got married during their time away from their life as the Unofficial Sentai, but her mother-in-law’s anti-otaku feelings create trouble for her. When Malsheena uses her own version of the Z-Cune to transform, and a monster spoils the Z-Cune Aoi film, it’s up to Yumeria to inspire Akagi’s delusions on a whole new level, but can they dodge the mother-in-law?!
E5Delusional Imports
May 3, 2013
Luna’s misunderstanding causes a twisted delusion where Super Sentai is an adaptation of America’s popular Powerful Rangers franchise! With the Red and Green Powerful Rangers teaming up with Malsheena against the Akibarangers and their “knockoff” Super Sentai, could this be the end of the Super Sentai franchise forever?!
E6Delusional Nyan Nyan
May 10, 2013
After General Pain creates a new mascot character that exploits Akagi’s weakness for super smooth shiny robotic girls, the Akibarangers are swiftly defeated and the effects leak into the real world! Can they find a way to train Akagi to overcome his weakness and defeat the latest threat to reality?!
E7Delusional Espionage
May 17, 2013
General Pain creates a 3rd Goraiger who steals the justice-loving hearts of the other two Goraigers and turns them to evil! Thanks to Malshina’s meddling, reality now features three extra days in the week, and otaku activities are outlawed!
E8Delusional Beauty War
May 24, 2013
General Pain unleashes a reconfigured Tentoraiger, Mutou Mushiten, who uses the powers of past Sentai villains. As the Akibarangers try and figure out how to beat their new enemy, they find themselves face to face with veteran villain suit actor Okamoto Yoshinori!
E9Delusion Number Two
May 31, 2013
Having found General Pain’s hideout, the Akibarangers fall into his trap and are Delusimported into a Grand Delusion where General Pain makes the rules! As they struggle to find a way out, they realize that they are experiencing another franchise trope: the defeat of the team’s mecha!
E10Delusional Pillow Talk
Jun 7, 2013
Withe General Pain seemingly trapped in his own Grand Delusion, things go somewhat back to normal, but Malshina talks General Pain into creating a new Alpaca Section Chief to eliminate the Akibarangers!
E11Delusional Cemetery
Jun 14, 2013
The Akibarangers confront Malshina, who has remodeled the entire reality to become the star of her own franchise in place of the Super Sentai! As the Akibarangers lose their will to fight, will Malshina’s new reality stand?!
E12Delusional Apostle
Jun 21, 2013
After defeating Delu Knight by exploiting the defeat flags in the warped reality, a strange new hero appears to become the 4th member of the Akibaranger team! However, upon their return to Secret Base Cafe, things are still twisted as they discover their new teammate is intended to replace the Super Sentai franchise entirely! The grand final battle is about to begin!
E13Delusional Compilation
Jun 28, 2013
As the final battle has come to a close, the memories come flowing back as Kozkoz and Hakase remember their friends’ adventures, but what is the future of the Unofficial Sentai?
Storyline
A beautiful-yet-awkward genius recruits three otaku to protect Akihabara. Powered only by their own delusions, and aiming to be acknowledged as a true Sentai team, they become the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger!
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