Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

I remembered how I wrote about how I called GoGoFive as a product of Fiveman and Winspector . Now one can always argue that Timeranger is the end of the 20th century Heisei era Super Sentai yet GoGoFive is the end of the 90s. We can consider how it seems the 90s got planned accordingly by Toei huh? GoGoFive can be considered as a pretty innovative series yet I can't deny that I do have my shifting opinions towards it . So what's with the 90s? The 90s can be considered an era where I have a love-hate relationship with it -- those were simpler times yet who can remember some technology you're glad won't make it into the space age of Kyuranger? There are some great shows from several places before they sucked. The 90s Super Sentai can be like that and I still think the 80s to 90s Super Sentai are the best while newer generation fans can't relate to that, right? So how did Toei's Tokusatsu series open during the 90s? The Kamen Rider series was put on hiatus and t...

So I guess the same Power Rangers snobs from last decade (or earlier) who made up the lies that Mighty Morphin' was more popular than Zyuranger in Japan or that Lost Galaxy is more popular than Gingaman in Japan (though no offense to Lost Galaxy fans who like said show over its source). So I may no longer like Shinkenger that much like I used to (though it's still in my list of favorites) because I think Yasuko Kobayashi's best work is Timeranger, I don't like the idea of fans giving it too much praise but to call it the "benchmark of last decade's quality" is just funny. I even want to say I wonder if such people ever saw other Super Sentai before and after it -- I even think Gekiranger was the best Super Sentai series during the 2000s! But I'd like to address the idiocy behind the rumor. Yeah, I know I've done some really insane stuff before (and it's an old shame if you ask me) -- I'd just like to do a bit of common sense testing. I r...

Bonjour my readers! Well it looks like le days that I'm pretending to be French are over but you guess I wasn't French huh? It's almost for le final episode. This is going to be that intriguing turn of events when both sides will have to join forces to defeat le Gangler.  Last week's episode features le Lupinrangers finally unmasking themselves to save a friend . Le Global Police now investigate le restaurant Bistror Jurer for clues but they don't find any. This scene has Keiichiro expressing his rather human side -- beneath his tough guy jerkass behavior is still a heart of gold that's hidden under it! Keiichiro still wants to cool off one way or another after what just happened. Meanwhile, le Lupinrangers move to what could be le Lupin Estate. So did Noel inherit said estate and it looks like he's been that young master after all! They are now le headlines after they voluntarily unmasked themselves to save Noel. I don't really blame Sak...

I keep hearing of how great the super-rushed Power Rangers RPM is. I can't really compare RPM to the rather goofy happy-go-lucky Engine Sentai Go-Onger. Instead, I think I can compare it to a series that came a few years later namely Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. The references from Power Rangers can be seen such as every robot is called a Megazord (though Timeranger had an enemy mecha called G-Zord), the phrase "It's Morphin' Time" and a sentient computer virus for an enemy. I may not consider Go-Busters to be a perfect series but so far -- I think it's my favorite post-Gokaiger Super Sentai. I do like Kyuranger but I think Go-Busters still gets better -- maybe because cause it's Yasuko Kobayashi? Maybe, maybe not. With the upcoming Beast Morphers series (and I wonder if Hasbro can pull it off) -- I felt like I wanted to write this article in response. I know RPM did the doomsday thing where the enemies won from the beginning, I wish it happened in Go-Bus...

I heard of a rumor that Power Rangers SPD was supposedly more popular than Japan. Huh? Really? It was like the rumor that Lost Galaxy was supposedly more popular than Gingaman in Japan which was long proven false by Sentai Bandicoot aka Fantasy Leader. So I thought about the whole rumor and why it's just blatantly false. While I do admit that the Dekaranger main cast voiced their SPD counterparts, I do admit Power Rangers gets dubbed into Japanese in Japan but is it really all that popular? I think Power Rangers only gets dubbed in Japan for cultural exchange reasons (and I don't buy the story that the franchise is supposedly an act of "cultural erasure" either) but lying that SPD is supposedly more popular than Dekaranger in Japan is uncalled for. Was it from the same people who spread the rumor that Lost Galaxy (which was popular in the U.S.) was more popular than Gingaman (which was popular in Japan)? I can't be certain but seems like it. Now it's tim...

Bonjour my readers! Well it's time for le final arc as it develops. This time, le Phantom Thieves are now unmasked before the audience. So let's get started shall we with this weekly review as Lupin vs. Pat is about to reach its conclusion! We start where last week left off with le capture of Noel . Noel is about to become a human dissection and it's broadcast live. I find le whole idea to be quite frightening even if it hasn't happened. Fortunatetly, Super Sentai right now must follow whatever guidelines Japanese censorship has in regards to le amount of violence. This is pretty much a dilemma on le side of le Lupinrangers. Kogure says that there's no need to retrieve Noel. So did Noel ask Kogure for such a request that his life isn't as important as gathering le Lupin Collection together? It looks like it! Meanwhhile le cops themselves get caught in le same picke. They couldn't really just leave Noel behind so they decide to barge. Unfortu...

Bonjour readers! Well Lupinranger vs. Patranger may have finished its filming yet we can't deny this one -- the show isn't over yet and we do have four more episodes before le show ends. Things are getting tighter as le finale arc is about to begin! Sakuya is still at doubt to what Keiichiro has figured out. Is it me or does love or even mere infatuation make you blind? He still doesn't want to believe that Umika is indeed part of le Phantom Thieves. He decides to ask her out on his day-off -- trying to get an answer from her.  Currently, le Patrangers' side are still running their investigations on le possible identities of le Lupinrangers. They are now trying to conduct an investigation while still worrying about possible Gangler attacks. Now here's where things can get funny and tight. Both Kairi and Touma think that Sakuya is trying to extract information from Umika. Sakuya wants to confirm that Umika isn't Lupin Yellow. I always tend to fe...