Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

I believe Shinkenger's mecha have paid a good tribute to older sentai such as: The Shinken Oh's finishing attack pays tribute to Battle Fever J's slash attack. Daikai Shinken Oh's fusion process imitates the Jet Icarus-Bird Garuda hand gestures. Daigoyou pays tribute to Ninjaman of Kakuranger as the "seventh ranger". Hmmm the Ushi Origami reminds me too much of the Ginga Taurus in Gingaman. The fact that it killed its original pilot was also from Maskman and Ohranger. This soon coming combination Samura Haoh is tribute to the Go-onger's Engine Oh G12. However the bulk reminds me of Zyutei Daizyujin.

I think Super Sentai really got some inspiration from the now no longer continuing Metal Hero franchise of Toei. However Toei decided to add in the concept into Super Sentai too. Jetman had: Tetraboy was the idea of a bazooka fired. Only this time a real robot not a matrix projection did it. Dekaranger had the following: Their home base that became a mobile robot. A concept taken from Vavilos in Shaider but it didn't become a cannon shooter. The existence of a space police force ran by many planets. The concept was taken from Gavan, Sharivan and Shaider. Dekaranger took Shaider's concept too far. Not to mention the hot girls. Boukenger had: The uniform of Eiji Takaoka/Bouken Silver is a spandex version of a Metal Hero concept. The one who acted as his father was Hiroshi Watari.

Super Sentai also had rangers that were funny and they weren't obnoxious like Disney's. Okay here they are: Note: I consider Go-onger and Carranger's team to be ALL FUNNY.  These are the funny rangers who are in a rather not meant to be funny team! Akira/Blue Mask of Maskman- He was the youngest of the group so it's somewhat natural he starts as the funny one although he isn't dumb. He usually is the comic relief especially when he uses comical tactics to beat the enemies. Kenta Satou/Red Turbo- Yes he was the leader but he was also very funny. He is the anti-thesis to Junichi Yamagata (who by the way I believe has better leadership skills) too. But I think he's the red ranger legend. Youhei Hama/Blue Turbo- Presumably his grades are worse than Riki Honoo's. I mean who can't forget the episode where he got punished to clean the whole school? He also was the type to play pranks on their teacher. Too bad we hardly get comedy like his nowaday...

Sentai has a lot of weird things too. I'd like to put them in this list: Sparks fly off from enemies when they are hit by a heavy attack. Many fight scenes can get too exaggerated. Just for example- Flashman's final duel between Red Flash and Kaura should have killed Red Flash too if it were real. For some reason, the enemies explode violently rather than just lie down there dead. So I assume if you gave them the death penalty by beheading, there's no body left to bury. None of the rangers really bother to destroy the monster-enlarging agent. How does Japan survive having giant monster attacks one after the other? Aliens that can speak the Earth language. Then again Japanese folklore has beings from other worlds. Enemies get stabbed but usually no blood gushes out. Only Red Flash's and Kaura's final battle had some bleeding but Kaura bled paint. Yes the rangers were usually those who bled. Some enemies are too thrifty with their monster deployme...

These are non-episode pictures (correct me if I'm wrong) but I'd love to share them: Ryuji Sainei and Ayumi Kinoshita making a funny picture about them during groceries. She knows how to make her leader mad. But then, I figured out I'd carry it for her. A rather fun picture of Tsuyoshi Hayashi and Ryuji Sainei in a scene that's supposed to be Doggie Kruger's birthday party. The first five Dekarangers in a non-episode post in civilian clothes.

Here are some of the items I wish I could get. Well unfortunately, I really don't have much room for newer stuff so I'd rather collect pictures instead due to my limited budget: The Hurricangers here look so cute. From all the stuff in here, I'd want to collect SD Doggie Kruger! Some great keychains- hmmm I think I'd get Hoji my personal favorite. The Gekirangers- I'd not get any. Go-onger- couldn't care much either.

Super Sentai had some of the smart rangers too and most of them are females. They are the ones who frequently help the others use their brains in combat to outsmart the toughest enemy. Peggy Matsumaya/Momo (Pink) Ranger was the brains of the Gorangers. She mastered using finding enemy weaknesses. Jun Kiyama/Denzi Yellow- He is the team scientist in Denziman. Miki Monozono/Goggle Pink was typically the actress of the Goggle V team and the witty one too since she used her brain more than her brawn in battle. The late Mika Koizumi/Yellow 4 1 was one to be an artist. Jun Yabuki/Yellow 4 2 was more than a fighter, she was a brainy one too. She was the type to help find a solution to problems in the team. Hikaru Katsuragi/Pink Five used most of her disguises to fool opponents or even find the toughest solutions. She relies more on stealth than strength. Sara/Yellow Flash was the brains of the Flashman team. Her powers granted in Flash Star enhanced them too. Megumi Misaki/Blue Dolphin- ...