Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

Is it me or are there a dozen coincidences just everywhere? Come to think about it Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive turned 20 last year and Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is turning 20 this year. Yet, both shows somehow owe two more shows (and I think they get underappreciated) namely Chikyu Sentai Fiveman and Tokkei Winspector which celebrate their 30th anniversary this year   The Metal Hero franchise has been long plugged though its spirit somehow lives on in Heisei era Kamen Rider up to the present . However, I don't want to deny how Winspector and Fiveman were aired on the same year - something that we'd like to acknowledge whether we like it or not! Fiveman and Winspector can be viewed as a clash IMHO. Fiveman (like it or not) was notorious for being known as Hirohisa Soda's burnout , and as the series that nearly ended Super Sentai (and I was shocked to learn that years later). Winspector was a brave turn from Jiban. The Rescue Police Trilogy (or tetralogy if you count To...

It's time for some #FlashbackFridays if there's also #ThrowbackThursdays. Sometimes, I just don't feel too comfortable with most post Go-Busters Super Sentai - maybe except for Kyuranger and Lupinranger vs. Patranger for my taste. Sure, those two aren't really top masterpieces for me but I admit that I give them huge points for trying something much newer than the fourth dinosaur Super Sentai, Ryusoulger. Then, I decided to look back when the Year 2000 happened which would be the final year of the 20th century and the beginning of the 2000s. We've had the 2010s and today it's the beginning of the 2020s. I might be kind of old-fashioned with Tokusatsu (though I do love newer Kamen Rider) and I'd love to take a trip back in time. So, let's get started with why I think celebrating the 20-year mark should be very important as a new decade begins... How Kuuga ended up reimagining the Kamen Rider franchise Checking the long history of the Kamen Ri...

It's no secret that Kishinryu Sentai Ryusoulger only has two episodes left (I'll just summarize the last three episodes) before it ends, right? Well, I remembered times when I tend to be overly excited only to have it backfire or get disappointed, right? I can't say what I should do between keeping expectations lower as possible or what? There's the excitement that Naruhisa Arakawa is about to become Mashin Sentai Kiramager 's head writer. Is it me or is there that inevitable time that any good writer will eventually burn out ? That is when it happens - you can expect the quality of work has become lesser no matter how new it is. We can take a look at Arakawa's projects back in the past. Remember how he had an Old Shame with the Chojin Sentai Jetman episode involving Dryer Jigen? I still think his Kamen Rider Black episode with the Golden Bug Mutant was all that good either. Then I think about how he ended up proving himself to have gotten better with Kam...

A lot of Super Sentai series usually don't have official pairings but some come close to it. Others do tend to tease audiences with possible shippings like how Shinkenger may have triggered the whole Takeru x Mako ship vs. Takeru x Kotoha ship (she did turn 18 during the show so it's legal). Then I think of one crack ship I like to try is Keiichiro x Tsukasa. It's past Valentine's Day but I don't see any reason why I can't write this outrageous pairing. The show (in earlier episodes) seemed to be shipping them even if they never got lovey-dovey. Episode 4  started to show their past together. Keiichiro secretly knew about Tsukasa's fondness for stuffed animals - which in turn resulted in him figuring out how the teleportation devices work. TBH, I kinda wish we got a scene where Keiichiro gives Tsukasa a stuffed animal! The flashback of their earlier days is also something. I really thought that the flashbacks earlier on in  episode 6  really tempted m...

Today is Valentine's Day and somehow it's become the norm to tease someone for being dateless. Well, some Super Sentai heroes are just hopeless romantics. I'd like to make a list of them just right here... Shou Hayate/Change Griffin Before there was Gai Yuki - there was Shou Hayate, right? He joined the military to impress the ladies which is just dumb. So, why didn't he get a mandatory haircut because his hair doesn't fit in? This guy did also nearly court Queen Ahames in disguise too. Also, there seems to be some shipping between him and Sakura. Dai/Green Flash While not really a womanizer - he does have a weak spot for women. He did fall in love with a flower shop owner who was never mentioned again. So, what's with superhero shows and one-shot love interests that just get forgotten? Though he does seem to put his weak spot under control due to years of disciplinary training at Planet Flash. Kenta/Black Mask This guy is Maskman's second-in-...

Well, Ryusoulger will have three more episodes to go, right? This week features more of Eras' history. So, what's really going on? It does focus on getting the heart from Pricious back. So, what's next? So, it turns out that Master Black was pretending to be Saden. I really find the flashback to be kind of weird with how Saden was slain by an UNMORPHED Master Black. Master Black would later infiltrate but his heart was taken by Pricious. He lead the Ryusoulgers out of some shortcut - something Pricious would later discover later. So how do you call upon Setoh's spirit possessing Naohisa within Ryusoulger's lore? Master Black wants to hear more of the past. However, trying to access Setoh is just really tough. Apparently, Setoh only appears when the situation is really in need of it. More lore is revealed that the past and sealing away Eras. So, it turns out that the Kishinryu also allowed themselves to be sealed. However, Eras is now getting more power. ...

Well, just hearing the news that Power Rangers Beast Morphers will resume airing this February 22, 2020 triggers my mind. You had last year which ended with two "specials" which didn't really do much. I mean, episode 20 was supposed to be where plot material was last seen, right? There was already the suspense that something could be wrong with Devon's father. Then the hiatus happened. There has been NO NEW EPISODE for the whole of January up to this present day. It's no secret that the Power Rangers franchise is now stuck with a lot of backlogs. It's due to Nickelodeon's rather stupid scheduling since Power Rangers Samurai . The same really stupid formula applied to Power Rangers Megaforce (better renamed Megafart, Megafarce, Megafail) up to Power Rangers Ninja Steel (which ended up inadvertently vindicating Shuriken Sentai Ninninger by being an even bigger mess) which resulted in what I'd call, "Go go Power Rangers backlog!" Just imagin...

Ryusoulger does want to be more RPG-ish? Then again, isn't the test of bonds a very recurring trope in team superheroes? X-Men, Avengers, Justice League, and what makes Super Sentai any different, right? This episode starts with a bit of an opener. The whole episode is preparing us for the finale. Though I may have a few whacked up predictions. One of them I was afraid to raise up but it did happen... so I'll raise it now! Okay, I have to admit that while Oto did a mistake but you have to consider the fact she's no D.W. from the Hey Arthur TV series. She even apologizes for her mistakes and she had good intentions in following them. The scene presents a dynamic of suitless fighting, Oto getting rescued, and somehow there's something about Saden right now! So why is that Eras has not spoken until now? Eras then presents Yabasword. Is it me or does Yabasword look like a clear mutilation of Kamen Rider Gaim? Did they decide to get ideas from Kamen Rider Zi-O w...