Technically, you'd say that Fury's recruiting a Sentai team, as Super Sentai teams have giant robots. Maybe the Helicarrier has a transformation sequence we just haven't seen yet?
Call me biased or what, but I grew up watching these Super Sentai shows in the original Japanese show / format, we all have different tastes, views and opinions, but the Saban adaptations starting from MMPR from 1993 up to their current series cannot be up to par to their original version and a plus factor from the Japanese series is that great majority of their opening themes are really catchy and gets stuck in your head.
I always considered that there were at least two make up of a sentai team: 1. red 2. blue 3. green 4. yellow 5. pink/white or 1. red 2. black 3. blue 4. yellow 5. pink/white
To add on about the Series Theme segment, one theme occurs every decade (at least with Kyoryuger & Ninninger) & every 3rd series with that theme, the other ones will come back (seen in Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters & Episode 4 of Ninninger)
I am a lover of Tokusatsu therefore this video made me extremely happy - and thank you for explaining Super Sentai in detail, not a lot of people get how different it is to Power Rangers!
I love Super Sentai! I've already finished Dekaranger, Gekiranger, Magiranger, Gokaiger, Go-Busters, and Boukenger. Currently watching Kyoryuger. Can't wait for Ressha Sentai Tokkyuger.
you know what, i was thinking u were gonna miss a few things but to my shock no, u got everything right and didn't mess up one thing, BIG thumbs up from me :)
I got into Super Sentai (and Kamen Rider) because power rangers was a HUGE part of my childhood. I do prefer Sentai over PR now, but I will always have that nostalgic softspot for PR.
I actually saw some Super Sentai in 1980 and 1981, but I didn't know what it was for many years afterwards! I was in the Navy from 1976 to 1984 and I was in Japan many, many times. Since I wasn't a drinker and there were limited other things to do I watched a lot of Japanese TV that I couldn't understand! But there was some fun stuff. I was an early fan of Anime and Manga. I still have maybe 50 Comics I can't read. Unfortunately, the VHS tapes I brought back have long since had to be thrown away. I remember some of Dynaman, Sun Vulcan, and Monkey. I loved Monkey. He was not only using martial arts, but magic as well. I currently have 9 of the 12 available Super Sentai seasons, Zyuranger to Timeranger. Next will probably be Jetman or Hurricanranger!
Yes and no. Tonally, Kyoryuger's vaguely similar. The team has a similarly oddball cast of characters. It'a kid-friendly, but occasional has dark stuff too. The robots in Kyoryuger don't talk, though it's implied that they have personalities. I would say that a major difference is the execution of fights (human-scale and mecha). Better choreography for both. Same issue of overly feeling like a toy commercial sometimes though. The "Engine Cells" and "Beast Batteries" do operate similarly.
Gosei literally means "protecting stars", not angels. "Hoshi" means star, but can also be used for planet, hence their team phrase "Hoshi wo mamoru wa tenshi no shimei", in which "Hoshi" means Earth. "Tenshi" is the word for angels. Also, the word "-ger", means a certain person or group. For example, "Gokaiger" means a heroic person or heroic people.
Dynaman. USA dubbed it as a parody in 1984. Funnily enough, Saban started developing "Phantoms," the show that would become Power Rangers just a few years later. I read somewhere that they shot something with Maskman or Jetman footage years before they adapted Zyuranger into Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but haven't been able to find definitive proof of it anywhere.
The channel that airs Sentai in Japan keeps a clock on the upper left of screen at all times. It's absent from DVD releases and the raw footage they use to make Power Rangers, but if you follow fansubbers weekly, you're stuck with that clock in the corner.
You can't get the entire franchise from start to finish unless you know Japanese and can pay a lot of money for DVDs. In terms of fansubs, there are a LOT of subbers and series out there. A quick Google of "Sentai subbed" will get you some solid start points.
My first full episodes were Boukenger. I'd been aware that Power Rangers originated back in Japan since Megaranger, but I found TV-Nihon around the time that Boukenger was going on and dove in.
That's why I don't think there is a distinct pattern. Sometimes Pink has been known to be a leader or even aggressive while Yellow was more of the softer one in term of females playing as pink and yellow. Sometimes blue and black switch personalities and I remember in Goseiger, red was soft.
@4Taros Not quite. Goseijaa means planet protect. Go means five and sei means star, so "Gosei" = "Five Star." Gosei Sentai Dairanger incorporated this into their role call, "Shining in the Heavens are five stars! Gosei Sentai, DAIRANGER!"
Actually in addition to missing the theme to Zyuranger (an easy mistake to make, but Pteradactls, Mammoths. and Sabertooth Tigers are not dinosaurs, thus only Red and Blue even have dinosaurs), but Megaranger is actually themed around electronic devices, hence "Denji Sentai" Megaranger. At least as far as motifs go. But strictly speaking if Zyuranger did feature actual dinosaurs with non-dinosaurs, then it still is not a dinosaur theme as much as it is an ancient beast theme. "Zyu" is tricky...
I found a fun fact that, in case you're not aware, Masayuki Deai who played Bouken Silver also played as a role of battle corp. army in the 2003 movie The Last Samurai.
Not all Sentai teams wore spandex. Goranger & JAKQ had cloth uniforms. In addition, until Denjiman, the helmets had no transparent visors to see through. Just a series of holes.
Happy to help! As for Kyoryuger, I'm way more of a fan than I expected to be. Seems like a relatively unpopular edition, which I don't really understand. Feels like, lately, a chunk of modern toku fandom hates fun, which is sad. -Michael
I read your description and seriously expected you two to pull out some sort of transformation pose while yelling "GEEK CRASH CHANGE!". On second thought, that's almost a good transformation call!
speaking of your mighty morphing fun fact at the end, theres some footage from one of the rolecalls where "Trini's" junk is clearly visable. i'll just let that sink in now
I'd be reluctant to recommend Go-Busters simply because, as I understand it, the series has plenty of detractors. For a first outing, I would start with something more popular.
When you said that whole thing on Tiger Ranger that just made me remember something. Fun Fact: Most female ranger's were played by suit actor Yuichi Hachisuka. Beside female rangers or monsters he has been the suit actor to monsters in the Metal Hero series.
Sorry to butt in. Well, not really... I've actually been thinking for a while that Go-Onger and Kyoryuger are reasonably similar. Both are a strange mixture of goofy and deathly serious. This even comes through with the villains, how they're often used comically, but can still pose a major threat. They're both fun action-adventure romps, though I'd say Go-Onger leans to the adventure side (at least, comparatively), while Kyoryuger is definitely on the action side.
Indeed! The Japanese Spider-Man series (complete with the amazing Leopardon) came before Battle Fever J (the third Super Sentai) had their giant robot. BFJ was a part of the same deal between Marvel and Toei (which I'm in the early stages of researching an article about). That said, Kamen Rider was developed about seven years before the Japanese Spider-Man show, so "original Kamen Rider"'s a bit of a misnomer.
Gokaiger, and any appearance of dekaranger after dekranger's own story has a few nods to power rangers. In akibaranger, they even mention the japanese dub of power rangers spd.
Yup. While I would be the first person to get a season pass for Sentai in iTunes if they offered it, the fan-subbing community is really the only channel for subtitled tokusatsu.
We've got an episode coming this month in which Michael gushes hard for Shotaro Ishinomori. Michael is very, very aware of the glorious man-sized idea factory responsible for Rider, Sentai, and a boatload of other amazing heroes/concepts.
THAT'S WHAT SOUNDED SO FAMILIAR IN MEGARANGER! That makes me haappy =]. I wish they somehow made the sonic screwdriver a weapon for Mega Silver (wishful thinking).
Sun vulcan, the only sentai team with just 3 members I hope that the rumor of a production of new Zyuranger movie is not just a rumor To be fair, sometimes the black ranger are the most mature of the team, and they don't fear to risk his life to protect his comrades Like Goushi in Zyuranger or Koichiro in Megaranger
Happy to help. Can't remember a time-reference, but I know it's when one of the bad guy ships shows up. Part of the "twisting space" sound, at least in that example.
Recommendations are all personal, honestly. Beyond Shinkenger and Gokaiger, and these are *my* personal favorites, I like Jetman, Hurricaneger (spelled Hurricanger by some), Boukenger, and Go-Busters. I think that the current series, Kyoryuger (Kyouryuuger to some), is great, but some fans don't like the fun, kid-friendly tone. -Michael
Rider just had its 40th anniversary, celebrating 1971-2011, gaps and all. The movies are generally counted in the "Showa" era, though it makes the term that much more incorrect technically. I personally prefer to group them as "Classic" (Everybody before 2000) and "Millennium" (Kuuga and after), but that's just a me thing.
Well obviously the shows are made for kids its just that yes most people don't like the "cutesy" feel with the designs of the Engines at every end of Go-Onger and yes the occasional kid friendly tone does pull you out of the experience a bit. But I gotta say the Japanese treat their kids way more mature than in the U.S., with the swearing , killing of main heroes, and showing blood and injuries of characters.
Thatz awesome. Dairanger is indeed good. As for Gekiranger, well, some people like it, and some people dont. To each their own. Nonetheless, for newcomers to the franchise, I will also suggest Gokaiger. I feel like its the KR decade of Super Sentai, but loads better without all the AU stuff
Thank you Michael and Diana for recommending Shinkenger and Gokaiger. They were fantastic!! Way better than the American versions no offense. Right now now I'm almost done with Magiranger. Which would you recommend after that??
