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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (特命戦隊ゴーバスターズ, Tokumei Sentai Gōbasutāzu) is a Japanese tokusatsu series that serves as the 36th installment in the Super Sentai franchise and the 24th entry in the Heisei era.
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The eponymous Go-Busters are a spy team formed under the EMC's Special Operations Unit to combat the threat of Vaglass and prevent the theft of Enetron-related supplies using their Buster Gear (バスターギア, Basutā Gia). At the start of the series, the team consists of three young adults who were present when the Transport Research Center's freak accident took place 13 years prior to the series, and were inoculated with an anti-Metavirus program that gives them each a unique Super Power (超パワー, Chō Pawā) and enabled them to be safely teleported away when the Transport Research Center was sent into Hyper Space, at the cost of suffering from a crippling weakness called a Weakpoint (ウイークポイント, Uīkupointo). In the middle of their campaign against Vaglass, the Go-Busters are joined by Masato Jin and Beet J. Stag as additional members despite their tendency to operate on independent terms. During their final battle with Enter, the Go-Busters perform an enhanced version of Red Buster's Volcanick Attack called the Volcanick All Busters Attack (ボルカニックオールバスターズアタック, Borukanikku Ōru Basutāzu Atakku).
The primary members transform through the Morphin Brace (モーフィンブレス, Mōfin Buresu) and can summon their weapons from the Energy Management Center through the left shoulder-mounted Transpod (トランスポッド, Toransupoddo) device, such as the Ichigan Buster (イチガンバスター, Ichigan Basutā) handgun/digital single-lens reflex camera and the Sougan Blade (ソウガンブレード, Sōgan Burēdo) dagger/binoculars, which can combine to form the Ichigan Buster Special Buster Mode (イチガンバスター スペシャルバスターモード, Ichigan Basutā Supesharu Basutā Mōdo).[lower-alpha 1] At the height of the Messiah Metaloids' appearances, the main trio later receive GB Custom Visors (GBカスタムバイザー, Jī Bī Kasutamu Baizā), which allow them to fuse with their Buddyroids to form the Powered Custom (パワードカスタム, Pawādo Kasutamu) armor, and the Lio Blaster (ライオブラスター, Raio Burasutā) rifle, which doubles as Tategami LiOh's steering mechanism and can combine with the Sougan Blade to form the Lio Blaster Final Buster Mode (ライオブラスター ファイナルバスターモード, Raio Burasutā Fainaru Basutā Mōdo).
Inversely, the secondary members transform through the Morphin Blaster (モーフィンブラスター, Mōfin Burasutā) firearm/cellphone and can summon their weapons from Hyper Space through the Transpod, such as the DriBlade (ドライブレード, Doraiburēdo) sword, which doubles as their Buster Machines' steering mechanisms.
In an alternate timeline where Messiah never came to exist, depicted in the V-Cinema special Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters, the Go-Busters became the animal-themed Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters (動物戦隊ゴーバスターズ, Dōbutsu Sentai Gōbasutāzu, Animal Squad Go-Busters) to combat the Mechalius Empire.
Hiromu Sakurada (桜田 ヒロム, Sakurada Hiromu) is the serious, dedicated, and level-headed yet blunt and solitary leader of the team despite joining last, who serves as Red Buster (レッドバスター, Reddo Basutā). Thirteen years prior to the series, Hiromu's parents worked at the Transport Research Center as its head and a researcher respectively before they sacrificed themselves to trap Messiah in Hyper Space. As a result, Hiromu was entrusted to take care of his sister Rika. After training with his Buddyroid, Cheeda Nick, and promising Yoko Usami to get everyone who was lost back, Hiromu resolved to become a Go-Buster to ensure no one else would lose a loved one to Messiah again. Initially putting his missions first, Hiromu refuses to see Rika despite Nick's efforts at repairing their relationship, though the latter eventually succeeds. Upon learning that his parents were turned into extensions of Messiah, Hiromu escalates his feud with Enter and, with help from his teammates, overcomes his Weakpoint before learning the 13th Messiah Card is in his body. Hiromu attempts to kill himself to deny Enter his back-up, but the card protects him from harm, including self-inflicted harm. After Masato Jin sacrifices himself to take Hiromu's place and the Go-Busters' final battle with Enter, Hiromu lives peacefully with Nick and Rika.
As a result of his anti-Metavirus program, Hiromu possesses superhuman speed, but his Weakpoint causes him to freeze whenever he sees or hears anything chicken-related due to his alektorophobia, which he developed after being trapped in a chicken coop for an entire night as a child. Despite this, Hiromu sees his and his teammates' Weakpoints as a factor that encourages them to work as a team, as he gradually overcomes this handicap on certain occasions. As Red Buster Powered Custom (レッドバスター パワードカスタム, Reddo Basutā Pawādo Kasutamu), he gains warping capabilities and can perform the Volcanick Attack (ボルカニックアタック, Borukanikku Atakku) finisher.[1]
In the Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters' timeline, the kind-hearted and justice-minded Hiromu became a chemistry teacher-in-training for the EMC's agricultural division's high school, developed a fear of cockroaches instead of chickens, slowly forms a crush on Yoko, and joins the Go-Busters as Red Cheetah (レッドチーター, Reddo Chītā).
Hiromu Sakurada is portrayed by Katsuhiro Suzuki (鈴木 勝大, Suzuki Katsuhiro).[2][3][4][5] As a child, he is portrayed by Ryu Hashizume (橋爪 龍, Hashizume Ryū).
Ryuji Iwasaki (岩崎 リュウジ, Iwasaki Ryūji) is the easy-going, cool-headed, and passive second-oldest and most experienced member of the Go-Busters who serves as Blue Buster (ブルーバスター, Burū Basutā). As a child living near an EMC facility that employed Megazords, Ryuji aspired to become an engineer, but was forced to give up his dream and become a Go-Buster following the Messiah incident. As the oldest of the original three, he feels that it his duty to watch over his teammates and mediate when they get into arguments, having dedicated his training to keeping pace with Hiromu and Yoko. Despite this, Ryuji lacks a personal reason for fighting Vaglass, initially preferring to support his teammates from the sidelines until Masato Jin prompts Ryuji to find a reason. Following the Go-Busters' final battle with Enter, Ryuji resumes and fulfills his childhood dream.
As a result of his anti-Metavirus program, Ryuji possesses superhuman strength, but his Weakpoint makes him more susceptible to heat than a regular person, which makes him angry and irritable. If he uses his power for extended periods of time, his body will overheat, his strength will increase exponentially, and his personality will shift towards a murderous berserker incapable of distinguishing friend from foe until he eventually "shuts down" or is exposed to large amounts of water, ice, and/or a special cooling cream the EMC developed for him. As Blue Buster Powered Custom (ブルーバスター パワードカスタム, Burū Basutā Pawādo Kasutamu), he gains the ability to analyze substances and create a digital copy of it, and can perform the Gorillarge Punch (ゴリラージパンチ, Gorirāji Panchi) finisher.[6]
In the Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters' timeline, the energetic and high-spirited Ryuji became a P.E. teacher after being hired by Takeshi Kuroki while in middle school before joining the Go-Busters as Blue Gorilla (ブルーゴリラ, Burū Gorira).
Ryuji Iwasaki is portrayed by Ryoma Baba (馬場 良馬, Baba Ryōma)[3][4][7][8] As a teenager, he is portrayed by Koudai Matsuoka (松岡 広大, Matsuoka Kōdai).
Yoko Usami (宇佐見 ヨーコ, Usami Yōko) is the moody, sharp-tongued, hyperactive, and anger-prone yet energetic, thoughtful, and earnest youngest member of the Go-Busters who serves as Yellow Buster (イエローバスター, Ierō Basutā). After losing her mother, Kei Usami, as a toddler during the Messiah incident, Yoko became the most invested in the fight against Vaglass. As a result, she develops a rivalry with Hiromu, who promised her that he would get their family back and fight Vaglass together, only to seemingly forget in her eyes. Though she learns he did keep his promise, she still maintains a love-hate relationship with him. Additionally, due to her personality, she refuses to study, leaving her information processing and critical thinking skills at a disadvantage. Following the Go-Busters' final battle with Vaglass, Yoko enters high school.
As a result of her anti-Metavirus program, Yoko possesses superhuman jumping, but her Weakpoint causes her body's energy and calorie count to deplete quickly with extended use of her power, forcing her to replenish it through numerous sweets to keep herself awake and active. As Yellow Buster Powered Custom (イエローバスター パワードカスタム, Ierō Basutā Pawādo Kasutamu), she gains the ability to use data to manifest objects in the air that she can run or jump on mid-air and can perform the Rapid Kick (ラピッドキック, Rapiddo Kikku) finisher.[9]
In the Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters' timeline, Yoko entered high school at an earlier age than her original counterpart, became a studious student known for correcting others' mistakes, took on a more feminine personality, slowly develops feelings for Hiromu, and joins the Go-Busters as Yellow Rabbit (イエローラビット, Ierō Rabitto).
Yoko Usami is portrayed by Arisa Komiya (小宮 有紗, Komiya Arisa).[3][4][10] As a child, she is portrayed by Kokoro Hirasawa (平澤 宏々路, Hirasawa Kokoro).
Masato Jin (陣 マサト, Jin Masato) is an eccentric and haughty genius engineer who finds minor flaws to be more interesting than perfection. A worker of the Transport Research Center, as well as Kuroki's colleague, then 27-year-old Masato was one of the many victims of the facility's teleportation into Hyper Space 13 years prior to the series. Due to an error in the transportation, only a small fragment of his data was assimilated into Messiah. Masato spent the intervening years in stasis and creating Jay, his avatar body, his own Buster Gears, and the plans for BC-04. In anticipation of the upcoming war against Messiah, he sends Jay to reality so he can hone the Go-Busters' skills and join them in battle as the gold-colored Beet Buster (ビートバスター, Bīto Basutā).
Though Masato is considered a part of the Go-Busters, his disregard for rules and authority often puts him at odds with the EMC's chain of command. Nevertheless, he is quite wise and willing to put others' well-being above his priorities. As such, he sacrifices all the opportunities given to him in the series to restore his human body to ensure Vaglass' total destruction, switching places with Hiromu as the host of Messiah Card 13 at the cost of his life.
As an avatar, Masato resembles his younger self despite being 40 years old in the present. Since his existence in the real world is entirely dependent on Jay, he cannot transform on his own and requires Jay's Marker System to activate their Buster Machines. While his body in the real world is an avatar and thus incapable of being destroyed, having this avatar body recreated puts a serious strain on Masato's true body.
In addition to the television series, three separate iterations of Masato appear in supplemental media:
Masato Jin is portrayed by Hiroya Matsumoto (松本 寛也, Matsumoto Hiroya).[11]
Beet J. Stag (ビート・J・スタッグ, Bīto Jei Sutaggu), often simply referred to as "Jay", is Masato's Japanese rhinoceros beetle/stag beetle-esque Buddyroid. Created in Hyper Space by Masato, Jay is sent to reality by stowing away in a Vaglass Megazord that Enter transported. Like Masato, Jay is an egotist who likes appearing cool and often stands in the way of others, annoying whoever he inconveniences. Despite this, he has a very high sense of awareness around himself, allowing him to sense immediate danger, and is very observant, though he does not tell this to the others due to his attitude. Additionally, he has a softer side, as he is fascinated by nature, especially beetles, to the point of becoming melancholic. He also genuinely cares for his creator, going as far as to jeopardize his team's mission in the hopes of recovering a means to restore Masato's physical body. During the Go-Busters' final battle against Enter, Jay is forced to heed Masato's dying wish of destroying Messiah Card 13 at the cost of his creator's physical body, keeping the black block that represented Masato as a memento.
Unlike the other Buddyroids, Jay is battle-ready and outfitted with a Marker System (マーカーシステム, Mākā Shisutemu) that allows him to recreate Masato's avatar if it is destroyed and activate the duo's personal Buster Machines. Because of this, Jay is effectively Masato's anchor in the real world and the supplier of Beet Buster's suit. He is also Masato's partner both in and out of combat, with the ability to transform into the silver-colored Stag Buster (スタッグバスター, Sutaggu Basutā) to actively fight alongside him as Beet Buster. However, Jay is constantly in need of Enetron to sustain himself and behaves in a drunken manner when his energy reserves are depleted. Furthermore, he is not equipped with a vaccine program, which makes him susceptible to Metavirus infection, a trait that will also jeopardize Masato's avatar and the Beet Buster program as a whole.
In Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Dōbutsu Sentai Go-Busters, Jay exists as an anomaly in the alternate universe wished into existence by Cheeda Nick since his creation never took place in a world where Vaglass was nonexistent. Nevertheless, he is adopted by the alternate Masato and joins the Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters as Silver Stag (シルバースタッグ, Shirubā Sutaggu).
Beet J. Stag is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura (中村 悠一, Nakamura Yūichi).
The Buster Machines (バスターマシン, Basutā Mashin) are giant vehicles made of a rare fictional metal called Deltarium 39 and capable of switching between a Buster Vehicle (バスタービークル, Basutā Bīkuru) mode and a Buster Animal (バスターアニマル, Basutā Animaru) mode and combining to form Megazords via Special Ops Combinations (特命合体, Tokumei Gattai).
LT-06 Tategami LiOh (LT-06タテガミライオー, Eru Tī Zero Shikkusu Tategami Raiō) is a sentient Buddyzord (バディゾード, Badizōdo) created by Professor Hazuki to combine elements of a Megazord and a Buddyroid as well as work alongside Go-Buster Ace. LT-06 possesses an all-terrain Motor trike-like Buddy Vehicle (バディビークル, Badi Bīkuru) mode, a lion-like Buddy Animal (バディアニマル, Badi Animaru) mode, and a Megazord mode. In Buddy Animal Mode, it possesses sharp claws and teeth, can fire an energy beam from its mouth, and wields the Lioncer Gun (ライオンサーガン, Raionsā Gan). Additionally, Go-Buster Ace and Beet can ride LT-06 in its vehicle and animal modes. In its Megazord mode, LT-06 wields the Lioncer Gun in its spear mode and the Tategami Shield (タテガミシールド, Tategami Shīrudo) and can perform the Lio Impact (ライオインパクト, Raio Inpakuto) finisher.[17]
The Energy Management Center (エネルギー管理局, Enerugī Kanrikyoku), abbreviated as EMC, is a fictional organization whose Special Operations Unit (特命部, Tokumeibu) employs the Go-Busters in their fight to keep the fictional energy source Enetron (エネトロン, Enetoron) safe from Vaglass.
The Buddyroids (バディロイド, Badiroido) are sentient robots created by the EMC prior to Messiah's creation assigned to assist the original three Go-Busters in their missions who possess built-in teleportation technology, anti-Metavirus programming, and the ability to interface with the Buster Machines, with their heads forming the control mechanisms. Despite being robots, the Buddyroids are capable of understanding human behavior and behave similarly to humans. While they are initially unable to take part in combat, they later gain the ability to transform into protector armor and fuse with their Go-Buster partners via the GB Custom Visor.[24][25][26][27][28]
Cheeda Nick (チダ・ニック, Chida Nikku) is Hiromu's fun-loving, lively, and thoughtful cheetah-themed Buddyroid, trainer, and older brother figure with motorcycle handlebars for horns who is capable of transforming into Bike Mode (バイク形態, Baiku Keitai) to assist the latter when his Weakpoint is exploited and typically attempts to help Hiromu be more sociable. Though Nick possesses a powerful supercomputer that allows him to make calculations at super speed and an on-board navigational computer, he has no sense of direction and constantly gets lost due in part to his pride preventing him from asking others for help.
Cheeda Nick is voiced by Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治, Fujiwara Keiji).
Gorisaki Banana (ゴリサキ・バナナ, Gorisaki Banana) is Ryuji's faint of heart and mild-mannered gorilla-themed Buddyroid with a steering wheel for a face who constantly worries about Ryuji and primarily provides back-up for the Go-Busters by serving as a mechanic. Having been paired with Ryuji as a teenager, Gorisaki feels he possesses the weakest bond between him and his partner out of the Buddyroids and as such, holds back while talking to him and resorts to discreet methods such as eavesdropping to understand Ryuji better. After risking his life to protect his partner, Gorisaki and Ryuji improve their partnership, with the latter allowing the former to say what is on his mind without holding back.
Gorisaki Banana is voiced by Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章, Genda Tesshō).
Usada Lettuce (ウサダ・レタス, Usada Retasu), codenamed RHUL-03 (Āru Eichi Yū Eru Zero Surī), is Yoko's sharp-tongued, overbearing, and condescending yet caring rabbit-themed Buddyroid with a pair of control sticks for "ears" and a small, non-humanoid design who serves as a support system via his data management applications. While he is quick to make snide comments to everyone around him and believes Yoko cannot do anything without him, he secretly enjoys company and cares for her as much as she does him.
Usada Lettuce is voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki (鈴木 達央, Suzuki Tatsuhisa).
Ene-tan (エネたん) is a small, non-humanoid frog-like Buddyroid with an egotistic mentality similar to that of her creator, Masato Jin, and an aversion to be carelessly touched who first appears in the film Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower!.
Ene-tan is voiced by Nozomi Tsuji (辻 希美, Tsuji Nozomi).
Takeshi Kuroki (黒木 タケシ, Kuroki Takeshi) is the commanding officer of the Special Operations Unit, leading the Go-Busters and several hundred other staff members. As he was originally the lab assistant of Hiromu's father and a teammate of Masato Jin, Kuroki sees the elimination of Messiah as his main priority.
In an alternate timeline where Messiah never came to exist, depicted in the V-Cinema special Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters, Kuroki left the EMC after discovering the Mechalius Empire's movements ten years prior and worked with his version of Masato Jin to secretly establish the Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters, with the EMC's agricultural division's high school as a front and Kuroki working undercover as its principal. When the Mechalius Empire launches their first attack, Kuroki and Masato recruit their versions of Hiromu Sakurada, Ryuji Iwasaki, and Yoko Usami to become their Go-Busters. While this version of Kuroki retained his commander position, he would eventually join the Go-Busters in the field as Black Puma (ブラックピューマ, Burakku Pyūma).
Takeshi Kuroki is portrayed by Hideo Sakaki (榊 英雄, Sakaki Hideo).[29][30][31]
Toru Morishita (森下 トオル, Morishita Tōru) is the calm and cool-headed system control operator for the Special Operations Unit.
Toru Morishita is portrayed by Naoto Takahashi (高橋 直人, Takahashi Naoto).
Miho Nakamura (仲村 ミホ, Nakamura Miho) is an operator for the Special Operations Unit and a recent hire in the EMC who does not know much about the Go-Busters. While she is well versed in Hyper Space detection, she can snap if she is pushed too hard.
Miho Nakamura is portrayed by Fuuka Nishihira (西平 風香, Nishihira Fūka).[32]
Vaglass (ヴァグラス, Vagurasu) is a fictional organization that seeks to make the Earth more suitable for machines and wipe out the human race by tapping into the EMC's Enetron. After being sent into Hyper Space (亜空間, Akūkan), an alternate dimension where gravity is greater to the point that breathing can be painful and humans become living data, Vaglass leader Messiah resolves to use his Avatars Enter and Escape to gather the vast amount of Enetron needed to re-enter reality and assimilate the Earth to ensure his dominion over it. The Vaglass' base of operations is the ruins of the Transport Research Center (TRC) that ended up in Hyper Space thirteen years prior, which also serves as Messiah's inactive body before it is destroyed with him.
Messiah (メサイア, Mesaia) is a powerful yet unintelligent, ill-tempered, single-minded, and impatient entity that originated as a computer virus that infected the TRC's computers on Christmas, 1999 NC and evolved after being exposed to Enetron in the TRC's system. Messiah used his assimilation powers to seize control of the facility's systems and machinery, but the research staff sacrificed themselves to transport the entire compound and themselves into subpace; preventing him from spreading to the world's communication, energy, and defense networks. Due to the nature of Hyper Space, Messiah assimilated the digitized humans and the facility to use their collective intellect as his "engineers" and as source material for Enter and Escape. Thirteen years later, Messiah renews his campaign for global domination by sending his agents across dimensions to gather enough Enetron to return him to reality and assimilate Earth.[30][31]
After Enter supplies resources from the Living Body Program Research Institute, Messiah evolves further and creates a personal vessel called Messiah Cell (メサイアセル, Mesaia Seru), which is capable of recreating defeated Metaloids and self-regeneration.[33] Though this form is eventually destroyed by the Go-Busters, Enter makes back-ups of Messiah's data in thirteen Messiah Cards with the intention of making himself an entirely different Messiah. While Escape thwarts this and restores their creator as he originally was by reformatting her personal Megazord into Messiah Reboot (メサイア・リブート, Mesaia Ribūto),[34] the Go-Busters use their anti-virus program to destroy him permanently.
Messiah is voiced by Seiji Sasaki (佐々木 誠二, Sasaki Seiji).
Enter (エンター, Entā)[lower-alpha 2] is Messiah's primary servant and a frivolous and laid-back, yet smart and manipulative Avatar created from the data of several Transport Research Center scientists who is fluent in French, can easily be recreated and disguise himself, and wields cable-like tentacles. He initially conducts espionage tactics to create Metaloids via his laptop and Metavirus cards as well as obtain Enetron for "his Majesty" before focusing his efforts on increasing the number of Metaloids created in order to teleport more Megazords and accelerate his agenda. Following several failed plots, being replaced with Escape, and relegated to Megazord teleportation and Enetron theft, Enter regains favor with Messiah by using the Living Body Program Research Institute's technology to evolve the sentient virus.
Despite failing to protect Messiah's core from destruction, Enter works to create back-ups of Messiah's data while leading Vaglass in his place and becomes more serious in his fight against the Go-Busters. This also leads to Enter attempting to use Hiromu Sakurada's data to fully understand the human spirit and evolve into a new Messiah. To this end, he scatters eleven Messiah Cards to the wind, uses Messiah Card 04 to upgrade himself into an armored form called Enter Unite (エンター・ユナイト, Entā Yunaito), and secretly places Messiah Card 13 in Hiromu's body. After Enter reclaims Messiah Card 07 to gain leverage on the Go-Busters and hasten his evolution, he is seemingly destroyed by Escape, but is later recreated with increased power and the ability to merge organic lifeforms with Metaviruses as Messiah Card 13 serves as his personal backup drive. Using the card, Enter copies Hiromu's data to learn everything about him and transform into a crimson-colored dark copy of Red Buster Powered Custom called Dark Buster (ダークバスター, Dāku Basutā). Upon gaining the ability to assimilate humans, Enter reaches the final stages of his evolution, but the Go-Busters successfully remove Messiah Card 13 from Hiromu. Enter faces the Go-Busters in a final battle, during which he learns he failed to understand humans' greatest strength is their friendship and imperfections before he is permanently destroyed and his victims are restored.[35]
During the events of the crossover film Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends, a one-time Vaglass restoration program creates a new Enter, who forms an alliance with Voldos, but is destroyed by the Kyoryugers.
Enter is portrayed by Syo Jinnai (陳内 将, Jinnai Shō).[30][31][37]
Escape (エスケイプ, Esukeipu)[lower-alpha 3] is an emotional yet reserved and cautious female Avatar who was also created from the data of several Transport Research Center scientists, such as Michiko Sakurada, and loyal servant of Messiah, whom she refers to as "Papa". Messiah creates her to cause human suffering and replace Enter following his numerous failed plots. Unlike Enter, Escape wields via twin machine pistols, Gog and Magog (ゴク&マゴク, Goku to Magoku), possesses a tablet with Metavirus "apps", and takes delight in fighting strong opponents, gaining a rival in Blue Buster while under the influence of his Weakpoint.
Following Messiah's destruction, Escape reluctantly serves Enter to revive the former and under threat of deletion. Despite her data being critically damaged while fighting Blue Buster Powered Custom and suffering from software bugs, Escape risks further damage to protect Enter's Messiah Metaloids in the hopes that they will revive Messiah and upgrade herself into an armored form called Escape Evolve (エスケイプ・エボルブ, Esukeipu Eborubu). Escape eventually betrays Enter upon obtaining Megazord Zeta and learning he had no intent to revive Messiah as he originally was. After seemingly destroying Enter, she resolves to revive Messiah as she remembers him, only to be absorbed by her creator, who deems she outlived her usefulness.[38]
Using his newly acquired ability to create organic Metaloids, Enter uses this to recreate Escape as his servant and incorporate organic life into her data composition to grant her the ability to transform into Escape Evolve (Organic Unite Form) (エスケイプ・エボルブ(有機物融合態), Esukeipu Eborubu (Yūkibutsu Yūgōtai)), which grants a left arm-mounted flower cannon. However, the first three versions prove incomplete and possess limited intelligence and comprehension as Enter used backups of Escape that predate the time of her creation. Due to love-based data he gained from Tiaraloid, Enter became obsessed with creating a perfect copy of Escape. This resulted in him creating a mentally unstable version of her spliced with snake DNA and Escape's data composition being corrupted beyond Enter's ability to repair. Left to her devices and wanting to be like her creator, Escape assimilates various animals and transforms into Escape Evolve (Animal Unite Form) (エスケイプ・エボルブ(獣融合態), Esukeipu Eborubu (Kemono Yūgōtai)), gaining a reptilian claw for a right hand. While fighting the Go-Busters, she assimilates the surrounding matter and transforms further into Escape Zeta (エスケイプζ, Esukeipu Zēta), gaining crow-like wings on her head that allow her to fly, but is eventually destroyed and reverts to her original form. As she dissolves, Blue Buster assures her she made Messiah proud.[39][40]
During the events of the crossover film Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends, Escape is recreated as part of Vaglass' one-time restoration program and forms an alliance with Voldos, but is destroyed by Kyoryu Gold.
During the events of the crossover film Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad, the Space Ninja Demost revives Escape, among others, to help him take over the universe. However, Demost is defeated by the Kyurangers, Space Sheriff Gavan Type G, and Space Sheriff Shaider, causing the ninja's revived servants to return to the afterlife.
Escape is portrayed by Ayame Misaki (水崎 綾女, Misaki Ayame).
The Buglers (バグラー, Bagurā) are Vaglass' robotic foot soldiers created by Enter using a Bugler Card (バグラーカード, Bagurā Kādo) that are capable of piloting giant Bugzords (バグゾード, Baguzōdo).[30][31]
The Metaloids (メタロイド, Metaroido) are Vaglass' robotic warriors created from objects infected with a Metavirus (メタウィルス, Metawirusu), a fragment of Messiah's data that mimics its inorganic assimilation and transforms the object into an artificial life form. A Metaloid's primary purpose is to serve as a beacon for its corresponding Megazord, though it will teleport within a three kilometer radius of them due to a margin of error in the teleportation process. Enter creates them to fight the Go-Busters, siphon Enetron, and buy time for the Megazords to arrive while Escape creates them to cause as much human suffering as possible.[30][31]
The Messiah Metaloids (メサイアメタロイド, Mesaia Metaroido) are Metaloids created from Messiah Cards (メサイアカード, Mesaia Kādo), Messiah's backup data capable of activating on their own. Enter scatters them to the four winds to select their vessels and siphon a nearby Enetron source before absorbing enough data to become powerful enough to survive the Go-Busters' attacks, potentially allow Messiah to take over one of them, and transmit copies of their data to Messiah Card 13 as part of Enter's master plan.
The Megazords (メガゾード, Megazōdo) are giant robots built by the EMC during their early research into Enetron before Messiah took over the Megazords' programming and turned them against the EMC. Vaglass are capable of reformatting the Megazords by downloading a Metaloid's Metavirus, granting them the latter's attributes, and teleporting them from Hyper Space to attack the city for its Enetron. The EMC developed three distinct Megazord models: the speed-oriented Type Alpha (タイプα, Taipu Arufa) that can summon Bugzords, the brute force-oriented Type Beta (タイプβ, Taipu Bēta), and the multi-purpose Type Gamma (タイプγ, Taipu Ganma). Later in the series, Vaglass steals the BC-04's specs to develop the parasitic, destructive Type Delta (タイプδ, Taipu Deruta) model.
Messiah Megazords (メサイアメガゾード, Mesaia Megazōdo) are stronger versions of the regular Vaglass Megazords. Unlike the previous iterations, Type Delta Megazords can be reformatted into a Messiah Megazord.
Rika Sakurada (桜田 リカ, Sakurada Rika) is Hiromu's older sister. Because of her dislike of machines, she seldom visited the Transport Research Center. After learning of parents' disappearances, she refused to allow Hiromu to become a Go-Buster for fear of losing him as well. Upon learning that he did so anyway, she slowly grows to accept his decision and accept Cheeda Nick into her family.
In an alternate timeline where Messiah never came to exist, depicted in the V-Cinema special Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters, Rika idolizes Hiromu after he joins the Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters team, was inspired by him to become unofficial member Pink Cat (ピンクキャット, Pinku Kyatto), and joined the Go-Busters in their final battle against the Mechalius Empire.
Rika Sakurada is portrayed by Risa Yoshiki (吉木 りさ, Yoshiki Risa). As a teenager, she is portrayed by Rin Mizumoto (水本 凛, Mizumoto Rin).
Yosuke Sakurada (桜田 ヨウスケ, Sakurada Yōsuke) is Hiromu and Rika's father, the chief of the Transport Research Center (転送研究センター, Tensō Kenkyū Sentā), and the only known scientist to have devised a way to install programs into humans. Thirteen years prior to the series, he, his wife Michiko, and their scientists sacrificed themselves to trap Messiah in Hyper Space and were digitized into him. Despite this, Yosuke managed to retain some of his free will and makes contact with Masato Jin to aid Hiromu and the Go-Busters, who eventually succeed in destroying Messiah at Yosuke and the other digitized scientists' request.
Yosuke Sakurada is portrayed by So Yamanaka (山中 聡, Yamanaka Sō).
Michiko Sakurada (桜田 ミチコ, Sakurada Michiko) is Hiromu and Rika's mother and a staff member of the Transport Research Center before she sacrificed herself to trap Messiah in Hyper Space 13 years ago.
Michiko Sakurada is portrayed by Michiko Hosokoshi (細越 みちこ, Hosokoshi Michiko).
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