Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

Last year, I wrote a random rant admitting that I'm okay with Power Rangers fans using THEIR terminologies . It's actually easier to talk about Super Sentai with a Power Rangers fan using terms like rangers (which is acceptable), morph over henshin (both are synonyms), and I'm okay if someone still calls Kamen Rider with its now discontinued international name Masked Rider . The term "Zord" is also used to refer to any mecha. However, Super Sentai uses the Japanese term Mecha instead.  The term Zord has been used in Power Rangers . I may not like Power Rangers but watching The Toys That Made Us is still enlightening. The international market has no one-size-fits-all arrangement. Different countries may require different types of localization. Power Rangers is STILL an adaptation based on the BUSINESS TERM localization. The term mecha wouldn't hit. Instead, it was said that the word "Zord" was derived from the word sword or from the title  Zoids . Zoi...

I must admit I belong to the same age group as the 1980s babies Super Sentai veterans. Some of them are still acting and others aren't. It's understandable that some of my favorites barely show up because some are already married and have families. I watched No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger to get a glimpse of how Akiko Inoue (Toshiki Inoue's daughter) may contribute to Super Sentai . Honestly, why wasn't Akiko given some episodes in Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger to practice on?!  The opening has the plot of the Universe War This site is almost symbolic of different generations of Super Sentai toys. Who can remember the 1990s and why some things from that era are no longer cool today? Who can remember some old toys that they wish they still had? I look at this scene and think of the times I went to Toy Kingdom. It also reminds me of the Toys R Us song that says, "I don't wanna grow up... I'm a Toys R Us kid." The various Megazords fought in the Universe War from diffe...

  It's Valentine's Day today and I can't resist writing this post. As I grow older, I discovered that I've been watching love stories A LOT. I mean A LOT. Super Sentai has attempted love stories like any other superhero show. Some superhero shows tried to mix in love interests. However, most love interests tend to be treated like, "POOF! They're never remembered!" Super Sentai  doesn't focus too much on love stories -- presumably because the target audience is younger children.  When Super Sentai writes love stories for the heroes that go beyond a guest-starring Super Sentai rangers tend to have one-shot love interests. The Hirohisa Soda introduced one-shot love interests. Dengeki Sentai Changeman had Mai Ooishi fall in love with a scientist BUT he's treated like every guest character. However, Hikari Sentai Maskman put a love story experiment of sorts. Maskman Takeru has his Tossho Daimos type of romance with Princess Ial (disguised as Mio). Maskm...

Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger finally hit its finale. Shashiro's fake betrayal was really too predictabl e. This time, I'd like to review the finale. As always, please DON'T ask for episode reviews anymore. This blog is JUST MY HOBBY. It's time to look into the finale. The finale arc bit more than it could chew. Sure, the Hashiryans took over the Earth. But yeah, you know the center was Japan because Super Sentai has the trope of Tokyo being the Center of the Universe . It would be too expensive if they created scenes of some nations on Earth. For example, it'd be HILARIOUS if Toei decided to ask Hasbro for Power Rangers footage to emphasize Hashyrian taking over the Earth. The finale arc had its downright Too Good To Be True trap. Of course, Mira isn't willing to marry Wairudo Spindo out of the blue. I still feel the incident was as random as that Mighty Morphin' episode where Lord Zedd once tried to make Kimberly his bride. This scene is just too forced given...

It's known that I'm just a casual fan of just anything. If I ended up disliking something -- it's purely out of PREFERENCE. I'm writing this post as I prepare for another era of my life. I remembered that Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (yeah, screw that) had one episode where Shin Won Ho guest-starred as Silver. Won Ho (who starred in Legend of the Blue Sea alongside Shin Hye Sun aka Korean Ako-Chan) also spoke Japanese . So yes, Won Ho wasn't dubbed over in Ninninger . This reminds me when I feel "the need to move on" to something new. I got critical of Super Sentai's new direction   since the 2000s. The multiple combination modes of Megazords can get me lost. Himitsu Sentai Gaoranger started the multiple combination Zords gimmick with the Power Animals. I found it "bloated" until I first saw Power Rangers Wild Force in Cartoon Network. At the same time, Korean drama got more recognized worldwide in the 2000s. Is K-Drama the reason not so many ne...

Fake Defector is a common trope in superhero shows. Super Sentai did a couple of Fake Defectors . However, Ishiro Meita aka Shashiro pulls what may have been long overdue. Shashiro's the resident spy. I almost feel like playing the Bass Nova from Austin Powers . Shashiro is also part of the ISA as well. This is pretty much a double-agent plot. To deceive your enemies -- you must first deceive your friends! This has to be the longest fake defection scene in Super Sentai . Most Fake Defectors are usually done to undo the absurd villain plot of the week. This one is so convincing that you'd think Shashiro betrayed them. However, Shashiro's such an expert marksman that he's fired WELL-TIMED shots at his allies. What's with the exaggerated use of guns here? Aya Odagiri in Chojin Sentai Jetman once used a gunshot to get Ryu Tendo back on track. The "devil commander" Ibuki from Dengeki Sentai Changeman often fired a shot during military training -- without the in...