Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

It's Power Rangers day, isn't it?  The recent news that Power Rangers' planned reboot is crashing on August is really something . My reaction towards that show has changed course overtime. I used to like it a LOT as a child. However, I view it as just "fitting into the playground". However, the older I got, the more accessible the Internet became, and I discovered Super Sentai . Sure, I learned how and why localization DOES HAPPEN in the international market, as America and Japan are two culturally diverse worlds. That's why Power Rangers was born, although I just grew to dislike it at a PERSONAL LEVEL. Over time, I just decided I prefer Super Sentai to  Power Rangers for rather PERSONAL reasons . I guess I was on the "winning side," even if Super Sentai is anything but perfect . I wrote my "controversial rant" HAMMERING IBC-13 after Super Sentai ended . I was actually expecting a 50th Super Sentai series for 2026, but we had Project RED in...

Kaiketsu Omegahorn 's second episode has a DIRECT link to Gavan Infinity . Historically, Toei has the habit of making shows either a direct soft sequel OR making shows in separate continuity. Most Super Sentai series usually exist as self-contained, except in rare instances. Super Sentai c rossover movies usually depict themselves in ways that contradict the show canon -- basically a series of what-if scenarios !  However, the Space Sheriff Trilogy was all part of an expanding Universe. The Metal Hero series began with Ucchu Keiji Gavan,  followed by the direct sequel Ucchu Keiji Sharivan . The final installment of the series was Ucchu Keiji Shaider . The three Space Sheriffs were soft sequels to each other -- each preceding hero taking a step back. Shaider was the last one and didn't feature the first two heroes within the series. The Metal Hero franchise later spewed mostly self-contained entries for shows like Kyoju Tokosou Juspion , Jiku Senshi Spielban (where Hiroshi Wata...

Previously, I wrote that  Project RED could truly replace Super Sentai . The toy sales have dwindled which may have caused Super Sentai's five-year finale . I had my concerns when Gavan Infinity wrapped up in just 23 episodes instead of going for a full year. It was like WUT? It's because Kamen Rider Zeztz is blatantly hitting its ending (and honestly, I'm under Kamen Rider taste fatigue ).  Remembering the Super Hero Time schedule (which was given its name in 2003) The trend where Super Sentai and Kamen Rider would be an early year thing, started in 2000 . Kamen Rider Kuuga premiered on January 30, 2000. On the other hand, Mirai Sentai Timeranger aired on February 13, 2000. The two tend to be together. Timeranger had lower toy sales than its predecessor Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive.   Kuuga was the first new Kamen Rider series that broke away from the late Shotaro Ishinomori's continuity in favor of a fresher formula. Honestly. I find most of the Showa era Kamen Rider show...

Gavan Infinity has just concluded in 23 episodes. This reminds me of the time when Toei Ltd. released some old-school Toku shows that didn't last a year. Kamen Rider Amazon was cut short by 24 episodes, probably due to the violence. Several Kamen Rider shows didn't last a year during the Showa era. Dengitai JAKQ only lasted 35 episodes. Gavan Infinity ended this year -- the same year that Kenji Ohba died. It seems that Toei had planned the whole episode count of 23, and not because of my speculation that Ohba's death this year caused the cut. How does Gavan Infinity hold up? Honestly, I want to call it an experiment of sorts. The whole story separates itself from Uchu Keiji Gavan (thankfully) despite carrying the same title. The story tends to mix elements from previous works, such as: Monsters of the week are humans who use Emorgear, the same way that Dopants in Kamen Rider W and Zodiarts in Kamen Rider Fourze get defeated and revert back to human form instead. The use of ...

Source I don't know if I should be shocked that Cho Ucchu Kejiji Gavan Infinity isn't even lasting an entire year. I read the new hero series  Kaikuketsu Omegahorn will premiere next month . These are the details: It has been revealed that the second installment of the new tokusatsu series "PROJECT RED," titled "Awakening Hunter Omega Horn" (TV Asahi, Sundays at 9:30 AM), will begin airing on July 26th. The main visual has also been released, featuring a giant beast with roaring horns (a horned beast) and a red hero standing with a megaphone-like item in his hand, accompanied by the tagline "Raise your voice!" Furthermore, a teaser PV titled "-Awakening-" has also been released on the YouTube channel "PROJECT RED" and the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club (TTFC). The video features a hero in a red cap awakening a giant red beast with large horns, and also includes shots of many more horned beasts lined up together. The protagonist is Sho...

It's sad but true. Yes, actor Hikaru Kurosaki had passed away just recently at only 64 years old. It's sad, but it's confirmed . His wife Yuko Asuka died on December 15, 2011 at only 56 years old. The two met during Hikaru's guest role as Shota Yamamori in Chodenshi Bioman . It was in episodes 35-36 when a prototype sixth ranger was created. But yeah, that was the Hirohisa Soda era . I called Soda's era as the head writer as the "era of experimentation". However, take note that episode 39 of Hikari Sentai Maskman titled "The Mysterious X-1 Mask" was written by Toshiki Inoue. I believe this is a concept worth revisiting. Episodes 35-36 have Doctor Man planning to create a super soldier. Mason (first half) and later Farah (second half) were in charge of gathering the Magne meteorites. It's also here that the Biomen run into Shota. The Biomen were looking for the cause of the strange fluctuations caused by meteorite rocks. Doctor Man wanted to f...

I wrote a post where I raised my ever-changing opinions on Gougou Sentai Boukenger . Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger  aired in 2023 -- the same year as Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' anniversary . I even felt King-Ohger probably felt that it was going to be that signal that Super Sentai was getting ready to be enshrined at Toei HQ as a museum relic. I decided to revisit the Corona Aurora plot from Power Ranges' Operation Overdrive . It was all because of King-Ohger's 18th episode , where the Founder's Crown was introduced as a plot device. It's a relic of Shugoddom that was introduced sometime later as a moving plot device. Still, I can't get over how the concept was almost from Operation Overdrive . The Battlizer that Kuwagata-Ohger dons (the King Kuwagata-Ohger) may remind some of the Operation Overdrive Battlizer. The difference was that Red Overdrive Ranger merged with Sentinel Knight to create the Battlizer. This Battlizer seems almost unintentional. After all...