Power Rangers is a long-running American children’s television series adapted from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it is not simply an English dub of the original. Rather, it is a ‘new’ production with English-speaking actors spliced in with the original Japanese footage in varying ratios.

The series that began the franchise was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which began broadcasting as part of the Fox Kids group of programs that aired on the Fox network. It lasted for three seasons (from 1993 to 1996). The franchise has continued, and as of 2007 has consisted of 15 television seasons, 14 different series, and two theatrical films. The fifteenth season and thirteenth series, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive, debuted on February 26, 2007.

With this, Screenhead has received a note from specialopsmedia announcing the release of the Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Volumes 1 & 2 is out on DVD this coming September 18. As a fan of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, this caught me off guard as I never thought that the franchise has been going as strong as ever.

The DVD synopsis are as follows:

Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive: Brownbeard’s Pearl (Vol. 1)

Take the ride of your life as a new team of Power Rangers kick the battle against evil into highest gear! When the discovery of an ancient crown — the Corona Aurora — awakens two dangerous villains, an elite task force of ultra-talented teen heroes must be recruited. Their mission: recover the crown’s five missing jewels before the forces of evil do. First they must find three legendary scrolls and fight a powerful weather-making machine on a quest for Brownbeard’s Pearl. It’s a spectacular global adventure which has the turbo-charged team searching the Temple of Atlantis and beyond, putting their teamwork and treasure-hunting skills to the ultimate test!

Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive: Toru Diamond (Vol. 2)

This explosive volume is an all-out charge into action as the Power Rangers search for the second priceless jewel — the Toru Diamond! Evil forces will not make such a prize easy to find. With Chillers and Lava Lizards at every turn, loyalties tested and the trickery of a Miratrix, a vital parchment is lost, found, then torn in pieces. Even armed with the latest high-tech equipment and an unlikely ally, our brave heroes find themselves racing to the edge of a fiery crater and a royal battle. But will they emerge in victory to claim the precious diamond?