Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

I wouldn't be giving episode reviews these days. Expect me to REACT TO UPDATES. If you want updates then CHECK OUT sites like Tokusatsu News Network, UkiyaSeed, and JEFusion (I left guest writing it to pursue my own passion). Anyway, time for a bit of my random react! No. 1 Sentai GoZyuger introduces us to Megumi Osai -- another Universe Warrior. It's explained that the Universe Warriors partake in the power of the red rangers. The only true Super Sentai now are the Gozyugers. Yeah, it seems Gozyuger is some kind of finale-esque Super Sentai entry. I had that feeling when I was watching Mirai Sentai Timeranger and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. Well, it also happened during Doubotsu Sentai Zyuohger,  which caused that line that still makes me chuckle, "The History of Super Sentai! It's over!" It was also because Shuriken Sentai Ninninger isn't all that good.  It's really easy to notice some references every now and then. The name Tega Sword sounds like MEGAZORD....

  Strange but true. I fall in love with older music when I heard some old school songs sung in new school entertainment. I remember hearing some old Chinese music while watching newer Chinese shows from either China or Taiwan. The same can be true with Japanese shows. I fell in love with the song that Maya sang in the bar of episode 5. I feel the whole song was filmed but was deleted due to time constraints. Yeah, talk about how deleted scenes are PLAIN INEVITABLE. The song came from the LONG-RUNNING series called G-Men 75. It's a long-running detective series in Japan that ran from May 24, 1975, to April 3, 1982 -- a total of 355 episodes! I'm certainly not too curious to watch it! The song "Omokage" was sung from episodes 1-55 and episodes 175-204. I don't like anything that runs too long. Why do you think I didn't bother watching Dragon Ball Super and I don't watch One Piece ? Maya Imamori plays the role of Sumino Ichikawa -- a DETECTIVE. The sad song a...

No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger celebrates the 50th anniversary of Himitsu Sentai Goranger . Has the celebration changed to  Goranger's birthday from the entry number ? I'm watching Gozyuger (but no episode reviews, sorry in advance). It's already amazing enough (?) that we have a half-Pinay ranger  and that Power Rangers Operation Overdrive had a Pinay ranger (but was born in Great Britain). The most recent episode ended with Daizyujin as the FIRST MEGAZORD (well, for Super Sentai ) to come out of that dreadful Megazord Graveyard! I'm A-OK with using Power Rangers terminology with discussing Super Sentai . The term Mecha is no longer overshadowed and would be more appropriate. However, the term Zord was used in Mirai Sentai Timeranger for the enemy robot known as the G-Zord. Before that, a lot of Evil Zords were created even before Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger . Dora Talos from Zyuranger was a redesign of Giga Volt from Chojuu Sentai Liveman  -- both Evil Zords! They would be called...

Feeling old yet? I wrote that post in 2016 . It reminds me of how Mirai Sentai Timeranger's Ranger History Lesson (special episode) called Himitsu Sentai Goranger  "Your parents' Super Sentai. " Timeranger was the 24th series and it felt like a grand finale. It was like Toei was telling audiences that Hyajakuu Sentai Gaoranger was rebooting Super Sentai . Super Sentai  needs a reboot if it expects to go on for a long time. Keep the current audience in check! Goranger will turn 50 years old this April 4, 2025. So yeah, big event. And now, it's time for the generation gap jokes in No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger . Episode 4's Old Man Ranger can be considered bonkers for me Kinjiro Takehara is actually AN OLD MAN? The actor Jun Matsumoto is only 20 (going 21) years old! The old man version is played by Masako Kobayashi -- who's only 76. Kinda reminds me of what happens when the actor's actually TOO OLD. However, the late Eddie Garcia continued to film until he died...

  There are times when comparing Power Rangers and Super Sentai can be apples and oranges. However, both shows tend to copy from each other and from American superhero fiction -- A LOT! I watched Denji Sentai Megaranger -- the source material for Power Rangers in Space . There's no doubt that Space saved Power Rangers from cancellation -- hence the possible why Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog was left hanging. Power Rangers gained traction and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy was conceived. I watched Megaranger without thinking too much about Space .  SPOILERS AHEAD! I. The heroes and their exploits However, the same couldn't be said about Dengeki Sentai Changeman . I heard the series was supposed to be named Cosmoman but the military theme was put. That's why there's the Shuttlebase as a Carrier Zord. However, the Changemen aren't trained to be astronauts but hardened soldiers. The first episode is pretty much Up to Eleven with the training scene. Commander Ibuki does extrem...