Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

This week's Kiramager is what I'd call you were forced to write in a plot at a fast pace. Kiramager was affected by the Legacy Virus and I think Naruhisa Arakawa may really be burnt out. Regardless, like Ressha Sentai ToQGer , the imagination is still shining to a certain extent.  This is where things start to thicken up. Yodonna is angry that Carantula has met the emperor face to face. The Carantula that died was just a doppelganger. Meanwhile, it's the first time we hear Emperor Yodon. This reminds me of how Kamen Rider Black RX had it that Grand Lord Crisis was spoken of but never spoke until later. Maybe, some may remember how Kamen Rider Black had the Creation King of Gorgom spoken of but only speaking late in the series. Right now, I'm even comparing Yodonna to General Dasmader of Black RX . Yodonna executes her latest plan. Sena and Sayo are eating out but only for Yodonna to interrupt the meal. Is she really quite a bitch? Something revealed later will definitel...

This Christmas we get a rap battle. Granted, the writer is Ayumi Shino so I guess Naruhisa Arakawa is on break mode once again. I'm still thinking of the luxury that Arakawa got that Yasuko Kobayashi didn't get during ToQGer . Anyway, let's proceed with this rap episode. Garza is looking for Carantula. Meanwhile, Yodonna mentions some evil plan to do something similar yet different from Shinkenger . Who can remember the insulting monster in Shinkenger that spoke the brutal truth? In this case, it's a dangerous rap that gets the evil of human hearts to be utterly tactless. So, it turns out that there's also another holiday called Crystas in Crystalia. Granted, it's another planet so they get another version of Christmas.  The recent rap battle had made brooding people out of the Kiramagers. It turns out four out of five of the primary team are affected by Carantula's rap.  Even worse, Takamichi is the NEXT ONE to get hit by Carantula's dangerous rap. This...

  Looks like the Christmas gift has been unwrapped, right? I finally got the updates from The Tokusatsu Network which reveals several important details . Here are the details below: Synopsis In this story, our heroes will use full-force full-throttle (the catchphrase of the series: 全力全開) to stop the enemies who are trying to destroy the parallel universes. One hero known as Zenkaiser, with a heart of justice, will stand up to a preposterous giant mass of evil who has managed to break into their home world. Fighting alongside him are four robotic lifeforms. The visuals of the five heroes are themed on past Super Sentai heroes. Zenkaiser’s design is based on Akaranger from Himitsu Sentai Gorenger; Zenkaijyuran is based on the Daizyujin from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger; Zenkaigaon is based on Gao King from Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger; Zenkaimazin is based on Magi King from Mahou Sentai Magiranger; And lastly, Zenkaiburun is based on Daibouken from GoGo Sentai Boukenger. One of the highlight...

Thinking outside the box with Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger or Machine World Full Throttle Ranger ? It turns out that the team has only ONE human member and the rest are robots. They're obviously tributes to Gaoking, Daizyujin, Magiking, and Daibouken. Just seeing the latest news from JEFusion (which I stopped guest writing for some time now) has a new team coming in. The main hero seems to be a Kamen Rider if you ask me! Meanwhile, Kamen Rider Saber is a team of riders. Are Super Sentai and Kamen Rider trying to switch places?  Thinking outside the box was how Toei had actually created Super Sentai in the first place. Back then, Shotaro Ishinomori was the original founding father of the Super Sentai franchise - back when it wasn't called Super Sentai. I heard the idea was that if one is a hit (the first Kamen Rider) then why not make five? In 1975, the show Himitsu Sentai Goranger was born and it was a success. Two years later, another show called Dengekitai JAKQ was added with a te...

Just thinking about the recent trademark Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger means Super Sentai will celebrate its 45th anniversary. I remembered a couple of times I actually questioned if Super Sentai can still last that long when Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger became the 35th and when Gougou Sentai Boukenger became the 30th. I even thought that Doubotsu Sentai Zyuohger could be the last. Heck, the movie Doubotsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Shuriken Sentai Ninninger really had the phrase, "The history of Sentai - it's over!" line! Zyuohger was suffering from really low ratings. Fortunately, we had two beautifully inventive series  Ucchu Sentai Kyuranger and Kaito Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger to follow up two years of beautifully pointless entries . Last year, Kishinryu Sentai Ryusoulger really WENT BACK TO DINOSAURS - which caused me to question Toei's love affair with dinosaurs . Not surprisingly, Hasbro now decides to use Ryusoulger as the source material for their next Pow...

  This week's Kiramager is a weird, nearly clipshow-like episode. It has Tete Inoue writing a rather weird episode that I find hard to follow. It's a pretty messy episode yet it can be so hilarious too. This episode really has some weird trip to it.  Mabusheena awakens discovering she's wrecked CART's computer. Hakataminami points out that she did it but she has no memory. What in the world really happened? Meanwhile, the ToQGers are fighting off against the giant Golf Jamen. However, it just suddenly retreats for a reason. I really wonder why some villains tend to have that habit? It turns out that what's regular tea to humans doesn't work well with Crystalians. This really leads to a series of unfortunate events. The Japanese tea turns out to be alcoholic towards Crystalians. Boy, talk about weird alien biology! The Kiramagers try to confront Yodonna's latest plan to gather darkness. So, Yodonna is doing a regular half-brained villain plan instead of her u...

This week's Kiramager tests the bonds of friendship between Shiguru and Tametomo. Also, this week's writer is Kaori Kaneko which in turn should give Naruhisa Arakawa some room to relax.  Garza obviously hasn't gotten over the plan gone wrong. Yodonna then shows up with yet another despicable plan. Yodonna does her usual cartoony, less exaggerated version, of Dr. Evil's hammy laugh as she prepares another plan of hers. There's ab it of billiard between Juuru, Shiguru, and Tametomo. The three of them would later use this creative shot to win the battle later on. Yodonna reveals just how cruel she is. She feels that friends aren't important as she's well, your typical spoiled princess with an obnoxious laugh. What she does next is just so evil - she manages to use the power of friendship against the rangers. Her trap gets Shiguru poisoned. Even worse, she would have an ace card that only the poisoned victim can destroy the mask.  Meanwhile, Garza manages to rev...