Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

After reading Fantasy Leader's post on his favorite villains, I was encouraged to write this post.  Now here are just a few examples of what I think makes a good villain with some examples: You may want to consider the truth of inner conflict.  For example, Doctor Man may be a mad genius who's always aiming to ascend above his human self to the point he completely mechanized himself.  The adding of conflict to Doctor Man was when he was struggling between his battle with the Biomen and his son Shuichi who loves him dearly. There are also the writing of misguided villains.  Take Igam for example- being raised as a prince instead of a princess while wanting to restore the Igam family honor is one of the things why I like Igam as a villain.  So she's disguising as a he, or two she really got everyone but us fooled.  But the point is that, she's very misguided thinking that all she is doing is restoring the family honor, she does her work with much vigor ...

While Jetman still remains my favorite Super Sentai, sometimes I really want to ask this question on why in in the world did Radiguet turn Rie Aoi into Maria?  For one, let's just analyze Radiguet: We know Radiguet is a self-righteous person who abhors humans calling them "bastards" but why in the world did he save Rie Aoi?  I mean he could get any girl he wanted but why her of all people?  Why did he turn her into a Vyram?  I do sometimes find it confusing whether or not Radiguet really has a good taste in women then if he does, why doesn't he well turn every hot girl on Earth into Vyram officers?  Maybe even attempt to seduce Aya-Chokan?  Hmmm... just doesn't make sense that Radiguet had to even... Yup it's all about that Radiguet falling for Maria thing.  I do find that plot of him lusting after Maria to be a really terrifying plot.  So he said, "Regardless who wins, you are mine."  The plot resulted to that after he fell for Maria ...

Well here's my first first on a "what if I were the writer" of this series.  So first maybe I'll feature Hurricanger.  Here's how I might write it: Introducing the heroes.  For me, I would really build some tension between them like maybe, let some darker and edgier themes hit the three of them.  I might make it where they seek revenge for their loved ones, friends, etc. that were killed during the Ninja School attack.  I would start the opening with the Jakanja attacking the Ninja School and to make things tighter, I'll put a backstory with some of the Jakanja members having joined Tao Zanto for the sake of power. For the Goraigers, I think I might retain their desire for revenge.  The desire for revenge here will be because they are misled by Tao Zanto into believing their parents were killed by the Hurricangers during the assault. For the bad guys: I would make the Jakanja darker and edgier with real background story with the Hurricangers. ...

Go-onger is pretty much a like it or hate it season, for me it's a guilty pleasure.  I don't hate it but I can't praise it either.  For me, I just watch this show for blatant silliness than storyline since I'd admit it's truly a messy one. The cast of characters.  Pretty much, the characters are usually imbalanced or something.  Like I would comment that Saki's pretty dumb.  I don't have much problems with Sosuke, Gunpei or Renn (despite him being the nerdy type) but sometimes Hant gets me mixed due to the fact he can be very funny but there are just some scenes that makes him very annoying.  I don't find them hateful no matter how stupid they are.  Even Hant is less annoying than Patrick Star. For the Go-on Wings, Hiruto is VERY much like a Squidward-type character.  I really find him annoying but at least he's got real talent but whatever.  Really Hiruto does get on my nerves with how self-obsessed he is and Miu, well she does have t...

Well there are some Power Rangers fans who may be open minded to Super Sentai but aren't very open to pre-Zyuranger probably due to the fact it didn't provide them with the footage. Dengeki Sentai Changeman- Well it's very old really but it does provide the space-themed ones though they're not operating in space.  Maybe those who have already watched Power Rangers in Space should check this out first instead of Megaranger.  But if they want to check Megaranger first, fine but I'd say don't miss this! Choshinsei Flashman- I'd say this might be a good one to watch for those who have watched Power Rangers Lost Galaxy or Power Rangers in Space.  Maybe they're wanting to watch Gingaman either.  But maybe, Choshinsei Flashman might be better to start with for some "familiarity" with the origins of sources of inspiration for Super Sentai.   Hikari Sentai Maskman- For Power Rangers fans who like martial arts a lot, this show is very good.  So m...

As a Super Sentai fan, I personally feel I'd rather read accurate subs even if it sometimes hurts my eyes.  In fact, there have been a lot of errors and there's only a few out of many I can point out: Maybe the one I could share first is the Bioman English dub.  Plenty of stuff were altered like the powers of the New Empire Gear are exaggerated (for example, the bomb that was set on an earthquake fault was actually only meant to destroy Japan, not the whole world).  Plus, it really is something to realize that the Prince was introduced as Dr. Man's son, Mason knows Dr. Man was human from that episode and there was NO plot to steal the world's energy reserves.  A lot more will be known by fans later through GUIS to how many errors there are. Another was Hikari Sentai Maskman translated as "Laser Squadron Maskman" when it should be "Light Taskforce Maskman".  Hikari means light, not laser.  The Tagalog dub not only erroneously translated the open...

In the Soda era, there were some villains with concealed identities.  It seemed to be a very common trend during his era to have villains with concealed identities. Dark Knight- He was a mysterious villain who was actually Emperor Aton's estranged son Prince Megiddo all along. Doctor Man- While some speculate that he is human, his identity was kept a secret until later he was revealed to be Dr. Hideo Kageyama a former robotics scientist gone mad with power.  His revelations were during the Prince saga and two during the revelation of his real son Shuichi saga.  Mason figured out that Doctor Man was human during the Prince saga while the robot Prince managed to fool us into believing he was a wayward human being but was in reality a robot. Bazoo- While appearing himself as a giant torso in space, he was in reality the living planet Gozmaster. Emperor Zeba- While it's pretty obvious that he's not human, nobody knows what he was until the second to the last epsio...