Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

I've been watching Donbrothers at an irregular pace so you may notice I no longer do episode reviews. I noticed that it's been eight episodes of Donbrothers and the first Megazord hasn't even combined it. It seems Don Momotaro is taking over the spot in the giant mecha battles in the past few episodes. Just note that I'm using the term Megazord even if the term wasn't applied to Super Sentai until Go-Busters when every mecha was called a Megazord. The term Megazord has been used in the Power Rangers fandom. I may not like Power Rangers but I'm still comfortable in calling the warriors "rangers" and mecha "zords". Back then, I haven't seen much of older Super Sentai so I didn't notice the trend that much. Super Sentai had its first Megazord but it was under construction until episode five when it first saw combat. I was probably too used to seeing the Megazord appear a little earlier since Chodenshi Bioman (which was pretty weird by...

  I remembered one of Shogo B'Stard's entries and one of them was Toshiki Inoue and his finales . If there were two Toku writers I feel don't put their best in finales - it's both him and Yasuko Kobayashi . I still find it all too weird the way both Gai Yuki and Naoto Takizawa died - one died by a thug and the other by a lowly footsoldier from a distance. Both Gai and Naoto are douchebag anti-heroes in their own series though the latter is the sixth ranger. Hojo Toru in Kamen Rider Agito is pretty much the douchebag antihero who I wish was played by Shinji Kasahara. Inoue tends to be one of those guys who gets known for good episodes and his screw-ups.  That's why I wanted to panic with his appearance in Avatar Sentai Donbrothers - just remember how Hirohisa Soda fell down during Kosoku Sentai Turboranger (and I feel like fans of Power Rangers are going to rant on me over and over again that Gekisou Sentai Caaaarrrrrannger is SO MUCH BETTER) and  Chikyu Sentai F...

Okay, this blog entry is rather old (written last June 5, 2011) and I decided to UPDATE IT. Yes, it's because of the recent discovery that we've got another Haruka as a yellow ranger. I decided to update this list where some characters have the same first names (and even THE SAME RANGER DESIGNATION) while others have different ranger colors. With that said, here's a bit of an UPDATED history lesson, get it? Haruka (Yellow Mask) and Haruka Kito (Oni Sister) Recently, I really failed to notice this one and this is why I'm updating this old post. Both of them are yellow rangers. With this in mind...here are others you may have noticed had the same first names.  Tyuyoshi Kaijo (Akaranger) and Tyuyoshi Kijino (Kiji Brother) Both of them have named Tyuyoshi. Pink is a lighter variation of red. I just wonder if having the first male pink ranger is actually because of that? Then again many pink rangers had male stunt doubles too! Akira Shinmei/Aoranger, Akira Momoi/Denzi Pink, ...

Granted, Junko Komura is a writer for the Pretty Cure series. What I didn't realize was that she was that secondary writer for several Super Sentai series such as Engine Sentai Go-Onger  (which I hate now after Gekisou Sentai Carranger ran over it), Tensou Sentai Goseiger , Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger , Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger , Kamen Rider Drive , and served as a major contributor for Kamen Rider Wizard  - a series I felt failed to meet its potential. Komura herself would have three major Super Sentai involvements - Doubotsu Sentai Zyuohger , Kaito Sentai Lupinranger vs. Keisatsu Sentai Patranger , and last year's Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger . I would like give my personal thoughts. If you like any of the shows I bash - I'm fine with it. If you dislike any of the shows I like (ex. Seijuu Sentai Gingaman for those who might want to say Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and maybe Choshinsei Flashman  are better) then I'M STILL FINE WITH IT. Granted, my opinions should NEVER affect wha...

  \ Well, it's sometimes better late than never though I believe it's better never late, right? I'm now reviewing Saber + Zenkaiger Super Hero Senki which was very much last year. Now, I want to give my thoughts on several stuff I'm catching up ever since real life caught up. The movie was due to the fact that Kamen Rider turned 50 years old and Super Sentai had its 45th season. Though, Kiramager was aired on the 45th adversary of Goranger with the monsters-of-the-week serving as tribute to the Masked Monsters. Now, it's time to look at another non-canon movie which seems to throw in elements from The Never Ending Story (which may be an inspiration to  Kamen Rider Saber ).  The movie has the tandem writing of Nobuhiro Mouri and Junko Komura. I personally think Komura is hit or miss - she did well in Lupinranger vs. Patranger but I'm not fond of her anniversaries including the most recent one. Zyuohger was more eye candy and was only watchable IMHO because Power ...

  Zenkaiger is yet another attempt at Super Sentai to rewrite the formula in more than one way. One can think of how JAKQ started with four members and ended up with five later in the series. Battle Fever J was the first series to use "Super Sentai" and have a giant robot.  Sun Vulcan only had three members and replaced its red ranger midseason. Ohranger eventually added Goranger and JAKQ into the Super Sentai series retroactively. Though, most Super Sentai seasons tend to operate independently from each other except for a few like how Denziman is a direct sequel of Sun Vulcan . Meanwhile, some Toku series by Toei Ltd. had some direct connections to each other like the Showa era Kamen Rider series (though Kamen Rider Black was meant to be a reboot until its failed sequel Black RX ) and how the Space Sheriff Trilogy connected to each other directly, how Solbrain and Exceedraft had Winspector as its starting point, and how B-Fighter Kabuto is a direct sequel (though takes years...

I must admit that I've met various CLASHING opinions regarding Super Sentai. I've had some series that I enjoyed while others didn't. I feel Shogo B'Stard can be too negative with the newer Super Sentai. I think Sentai Bandicoot's opinions on Gougou Sentai Boukenger don't match up with mine. Sure, I don't think that Boukenger is that great anymore. However, I feel the series is still worth the watch for all its crazy antics. Right now, I even agree with some people that  Engine Sentai Go-Onger is a mess after I watched Carranger . Carranger may have not normalized ratings but it did gain some following that a rumor it saved Super Sentai happened. I didn't want to write about Kaiju No Kami's Super Sentai reviews until he did his Turboranger review where the thumbnail REALLY showed he absolutely disliked the show. I'm a guy who thinks Turboranger is decent while Kaiju No Kami says otherwise. Kaiju No Kami gave a good score to Carranger and a low sc...