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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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

That's gotta be the coolest workplace ever.

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!

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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!

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 :) ).

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.

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

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

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.

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

now i want a tigerzord costume

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.

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!

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

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

We get to see Kusaka Hideaki in action, doing what he does best, being THE suit actor for Sentai mecha!

This is a great video. Good to see file footage.

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

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

Awesome. Nice and long too. I just hope this doesn't get claimed and blocked. I just had one of my behind the scenes videos (well yours technically, you shot it) blocked by Saban. I have no idea why, there was no music or any direct footage. Guess I'll be downloading this just to be safe.

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

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!

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 ^_^

It's dairanger! (episode 21)

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.

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. :)

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!

90's after all. Forgivable, and thanks very much!

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

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

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

Thank you for posting this! One of my favorite episodes, too! (Well, in MMPR :-))

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.

Thank you so much for this, Mr Pruitt!

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 !!

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

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

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!

これはかなり貴重！！ すごいレアすぎる！！

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

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

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.

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

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.

All I can say is wow! Brilliant footage. I was a 1987 baby and was a huge fan of the original (American) Power Rangers series. Seeing this footage puts me in a strange state of mind, in a good way of course. Actually, it's very touching to see this behind-the-scenes material. Power Rangers certainly had the power to hit me. So am I right in thinking that you traveled to Japan to carry out research for the American production? Thank you for uploading this. You must have had a wonderful experience on the show. Greetings from England. By the way, while in Japan, did you happen to meet Ami Kawai/Scorpina?

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

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

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

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.

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!

I say " thank you" to everyone who had worked so hard in every super sentai to show a really masterpiece because it riched my childhood...Zyuranger is better than power ranger..I appreciate this video...

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

Increíble trabajo para recrear las escenas de batallas. Y el actor que interpreta al tiger zord se lleva mis respetos por aguantar ese traje tan pesado.

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

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!

Thank you SO MUCH for this, Jeff!

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

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.

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

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 :)

1:07:13 This is how the spark is made: gun powder in a capsule. I don't think this effect was ever replicated in any of the non-Japanese footage. The times any kind of pyro was used on a suit in non-Japanese footage, sparklers were used IIRC, which is nowhere near as visually impactful as the explosion we got from the gun powder in the Japanese footage.

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

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

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

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.

as a kid I was never quite sure if the zords were guys in cardboard/polystyrene costumes or if they were some sort of puppet

Thanks for uploading this it was very enjoyable to watch.

Thank you for uploading this.

Thank you so much for this upload!!!

Congratulations! excellent rare movie.

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

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

Thank you for posting this, man!! It was awesome!!!

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

7:42 Lion Leon Yellow CHOJU SENTAI LIVEMAN

Thank you for uploading this!!!!!!!

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

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

awesome!!! Great video.well explained

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 :)

Well this explains a lot, the megazord fight scenes have fooled me for decades. I should have guessed it was just people in suits.

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

I Like how this was shot. And then to see the American version and to see all the hard work for a 2 part show is very impressive to SEE one of the MMPR top episodes but together like this White Light is the first episode that JDF returned as the white ranger