VR Troopers (1994)
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Cast & Crew.
Brad Hawkins
Ryan Steele
Sarah Joy Brown
Kaitlin Star
Michael Hollander
J.B. Reese
Gardner Baldwin
Ziktor/Grimlord
Richard Rabago
Tao
Julian Combs
Professor Hart
Michael Sorich
Woody
Aaron Pruner
Percy
Kerrigan Mahan
Jeb (voice)
T.J. Storm
Doom Master
Kristin Norton
Despera
Scott Page-Pagter
Supervising Producer / ADR Supervisor
Tony Oliver
Supervising Producer
Ron Wasserman
Music Producer
Haim Saban
Executive Producer
Robert Hughes
Producer / Director / Writer
Mike Reynolds
General Ivar
Shuki Levy
Executive Producer / Director
Katy Wallin
Casting
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
Stewart St. John
Writer
J.K. Richards
Writer
Judd Lynn
Writer
Adam Gilad
Writer
Clifford Herbert
Writer
Winston Richard
Writer
Cheryl Saban
Writer
Peter Meech
Writer
J.T. Paul
Writer
Sam Okun
Writer
Gil Rosencrantz
Writer
Al Winchell
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 3, 1994
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes92
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-Y7
Genres
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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: Metalder, Spielban and 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.
The show was canceled after only two seasons primarily because the available Japanese footage was quickly exhausted. Its successor, Big Bad Beetleborgs, another Saban adaptation of a Metal Heroes series, was cancelled for the same reason. The show spawned a toy line and a video game for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear.