VR Troopers (1994)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Brad Hawkins
Ryan Steele / Ryan Clone / Ryan Steel
Sarah Joy Brown
Kaitlin Star
Michael Hollander
JB Reese / J.B. Reese
Michael Sorich
Woody Stocker / Decimator / Zelton
Gardner Baldwin
Grimlord / Karl Ziktor / Cyrus Rikter
Aaron Pruner
Percival 'Percy' Rooney III / Percy
Kerrigan Mahan
Jeb (voice)
Mike Reynolds
General Ivar / Blue Boar / Amphibidor
Mike Reynolds
General Ivar / Blue Boar / Amphibidor
Richard Rabago
Tao Chong
T.J. Storm
Doom Master
Julian Combs
Professor Horatio Hart / Ghost Biker
Kristin Norton
Despera
Shuki Levy
Creator / Executive Producer / Director
Haim Saban
Creator / Executive Producer
Scott Page-Pagter
Supervising Producer / ADR Supervisor
Tony Oliver
Supervising Producer
Robert Hughes
Producer / Director / Writer
Katy Wallin
Casting
Ron Wasserman
Music Producer
Douglas Sloan
Creative Consultant / Director / Writer
John Blizek
Director
Worth Keeter
Director
Deborah Brock
Director
Vickie Bronaugh
Director
Ellen Levy-Sarnoff
Co-Producer
Margo McCahon
Writer
Mark Litton
Writer
Michael Ryan
Writer
J.K. Richards
Writer
Stewart St. John
Writer
Judd Lynn
Writer
Adam Gilad
Writer
Clifford Herbert
Writer
Cheryl Saban
Writer
J.T. Paul
Writer
Winston Richard
Writer
Peter Meech
Writer
Gil Rosencrantz
Writer
Sam Okun
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 3, 1994
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes92
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-Y7
Genres
Wiki.
VR Troopers is a syndicated live-action superhero-adventure television series produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to profit from the fascination with virtual reality in the mid-1990s as well as the success of Saban's other property, Power Rangers. VR Troopers was the first official "sister series" to Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Much like it, this was an Americanization of a Japanese tokusatsu children's program series by Toei Company. The series is a co-production of Toei and Cyberprod.
The show featured early CGI and video effects mixed with Japanese stock footage from three different Metal Hero Series: Superhuman Machine Metalder, Dimensional Warrior Spielban and Space Sheriff Shaider. On May 7, 2010, the copyright for VR Troopers was transferred from BVS Entertainment to Saban Capital Group. In 2018, the rights were transferred to Hasbro, as part of the acquisition of the Power Rangers brand, which included related intellectual property & content libraries previously owned by Saban Properties.While the series was almost as successful as Power Rangers, it was canceled after only two seasons. This was primarily because the available Japanese footage was quickly exhausted. In several extreme cases, multiple tokusatsu scenes were put together in one episode, forcing stock footage to be reused multiple times throughout the series. Big Bad Beetleborgs, another Saban adaptation of a Metal Heroes series, encountered similar problems. The show spawned a toy line and a video game for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear.