Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

Right now, I'm somewhat skeptical about Boonboomger . I'll wait until the finale before I give my overall thoughts -- IF EVER! The press conference happened yesterday and failed to give an update immediately. Once again, this blog is nothing more than a hobby. As I look into the cast -- it's got the expected super young cast! Yes, I'm feeling old for the nth time ! Entering a new phase of life is like blowing a cake with a stick of dynamite on top! The cast of No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger (yes, THAT is the title) has its main cast born in the 2000s. It's been some time since different eras. Super Sentai has had some "reboots"  with a "finale series" or that the Heisei era ended with Super Sentai Strongest Battle . The cast is getting young and I'm getting old! Once again, Super Sentai is a kiddie show and it may not go on hiatus. It's amazing how Super Sentai might also be another reason why the Metal Hero franchise and the Super Robot franchis...

  Here's an artwork by Nick Peppermint . I can't match Nick's drawing skills. Snake-themed characters are often evil. Japanese entertainment has inspiration from American entertainment. Toei might be one of the most notorious for doing so. Toei is no exception to the rule. Toei would use snake-themed monsters every now and then. Kamen Rider started using snake-themed monsters. Super Sentai and Metal Hero followed suit too. It's expected given the amount of popular culture Toei gets into their shows! I decided to write this since this Chinese New Year 2025 is the Year of the Snake! Two rangers in Super Sentai have a snake theme. It took some time. Were snake-themed villains more popular than snake-themed heroes? I'd like to give interesting trivia. Did you know that Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book portrayed Kaa the Python as a PROTAGONIST? That's why I went "HUH?!" after realizing that Kaa in The Jungle Book Anime by Nippon Animation presented Kaa...

Cancer sucks and it's a bad way to go. Robert Baldwin died of colon cancer on December 26, 2024, after a two-year battle. Yuka Motohashi also died of cancer in 2024. I believe Boonboomger gave Yuka a tribute episode in a way . I wasn't a huge fan of Kyoryuger's story but I sure enjoyed its unmorphed fights. It can be easy to accept Olf Otsuki's death at 86. Ichiro Mizuki died of cancer in his 70s. Baldwin was only 59. This young death reminds me that Shotaro Ishinomori left us so soon at only 60 years old -- due to LYMPHATIC CANCER. Soga Machiko left the world due to pancreatic cancer at 68 years old. These can be heavy. Right now, I can imagine how the seven year olds last 2013 may still be too hurt as young adults over this incident! It might be interesting to know that Power Rangers Jungle Fury had the Spirit Ranger concept. It's too obvious Super Sentai and Power Rangers have been copying from popular culture. Gekiranger had references to popular Chinese martial...