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Androzani84 Watches Hurricaneger, Part II: The Post Show Years
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Androzani84
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Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs Hurricaneger
Okay, since I don’t expect everyone to be in the know about the shows that will crossover in this thread, so I’ll start with a basic explanation of the premise, and a summary of the story and a brief explanation of the characters so far prior to the film.
65 million years ago, the Earth was impacted by a meteorite. The collision split it into two different dimensions, Dino Earth, where the Dinosaurs thrived and evolved into the mechanical Bakuryuu (portmanteau of “bakuretsu” (explode) and “Kyoryu” (dinosaur).)and the humanoid Ryuujins (dragon people), and Another Earth, where mammals thrived and gave way to humanity. But Dino Earth came under attack by a group of Evil Lifeforms known as Evolian, born from the Evil Life God Dezumozorlya (try saying that while you’re drunk). Having conquered Dino Earth and driven its population to near extinction, albeit at the cost of its body, Dezumozorlya now sets its sites on Another Earth.
But a surviving Ryuujin, Asuka, travels to Another Earth to find three who can use the power of the Bakuryuu via the energy of justice, Dino Guts (to clarify, anyone can use Dino Guts, but only a few can use the suits to fight and hear the voices of the Bakuryuu). Finding the three, the four form the Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (from “Abare”, meaning rampage) to take the fight to Evolian and save both worlds. But their job is compromised by AbareKiller, a doctor bored with how awesome he is at everything (how awesome is he? His transformation device, the Dino Minder, should’ve exploded several transformations ago, that’s how), who joins the battle to have some fun. The bad news is, not only is he insanely powerful and utterly without regard for human life beyond it being his job to save it, but he’s sided with the Evolian because he felt they were more interesting.
The Characters
Heroes:
Ryouga Hakua/AbaRed: A 22-year-old environmental protection investigator from the United States, and the optimistic team leader of the Abarangers. Though he's overly confident, he has an extremely good nature and is friendly, warmhearted, and loving. He was given guardianship of Mai after his brother and sister-in-law died and gave his best to raise her. when the three Bakuryu captured by the Evolian controlled started to rampage through Tokyo, he and Mai tryed to flee while helping other nearby people, but when trying to untie a leashed puppy, he was caught in an accident and was hospitalized, even while Yukito and Ranru had tamed Triceratops and Pteranodon, but after he heard Tyranosaurus' call, he awoke and ran outside to have his Dino Brace tossed to him, becoming AbaRed, but almost getting eaten in the process. He eventually gained the power to become AbareMax.
Yukito Sanjo/AbareBlue: A charismatic 21 year old chiropractor and the Anti-Hero of the group, Yukito will help anyone, but charges outrageously high prices for it: in fact, he asked Asuka for U.S. $400,000,000 in order to assume his role as AbareBlue, something Asuka naively accepted and promised to save and pay, much to Yukito's surprise. He seems cold, but has a kind heart underneath, though he will never fully reveal his feelings. Yukito chose to move into the Dino House with the others to avoid having to commute from the area where he lives. Yukito's anti-social personality comes from his past: when he was little, his father tried to groom him into taking over the Sanjou Corporation for the future. Yukito was forced to study daily and was never given breaks; he wasn't even allowed to have any friends. The last straw that broke the father-son relationship was when his father paid his girlfriend's family to move away while he was in junior high. Yukito never forgave him for that and claimed that he hated him, but in reality, he harbored a self-loathing for a long time.
Ranru Itsuki/AbareYellow: A 20 year old technology mistress who owns a German BD-1 bicycle she nicknamed "Birdie." All she really wants is peace. She was formerly trained to be an idol, but Ranru hated it and left to work in the mechanical field. She is interested in anything mechanical, can create her own devices, and is a genius in mechanics. Ranru used to be afraid of nattō until she was forced to conquer it during a battle with a Trinoid. Ranru also carries a small camera with her and usually snaps photos of the enemy during mid-battle to come up with a strategy on how to defeat it. She sometimes has an itchy back and often wants others to scratch it for her.
Asuka/AbareBlack: A warrior from Dino Earth with a sad past. He was the last of the people who fought the Evolians and escaped to Earth. He brought the Dino Bracelets and gave them to the Abarangers. When he arrived, the Dino Harp was damaged, so he couldn't transform. When he got it finally restored, he lost his first battles as he couldn't use his Dino Guts correctly, until his true sense of justice awakened. Asuka has shown enormous amounts of power, as he has been able even of defeating a Giganoid and an upgraded KillerGhost on his own: however, due to his gentle personality, he often holds back during battles. In one episode, it was revealed that his surname was "Ono", although he only uses it on Another Earth. His Burstosaur partner is Brachio.
Allies:
Tyranno: Ryoga's partner and the strongest of the original three Bakuryu.
Tricera: Yukito's partner.
Ptera: Ranru's partner.
Brachio: Asuka’s partner, who speaks in a mixture of Toku song lyrics, Japanese advertising slogans and proverbs. The oldest of the Bakuryuu
Emiri Imanaka/AbarePink: Emiri is a high school student. When the Bakuryuu first came to earth, Emiri heard their call and almost became AbareYellow. Unfortunately, her body was unable to support the transformation, but Emiri contributes for the team, such as suggesting names (she came up with Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger and AbareMax). She tries her hardest to become an Abaranger and eventually does after Tensaikku's defeat in terms of AbarePink (or "AbarePig" as Yukito called her), where she turned herself into a pig using psychic powers. One of her many mishaps are the time that Voffa tried to turn her into Giganoid #6: Giant. Later in the series, Emiri creates her own AbarePink suit (of course without powers), in order to convince her parents to let her stay at the Dino Curry House, but this suit lasted for only a single episode. Emiri also nicknames herself as "Emi-pon."
Ryunosuke Sugishita: Sugishita runs a curry restaurant called Dino House, which is the Abarangers' base of operations. When the Bakuryuu first came to Earth, Sugishita heard their call and almost became AbareBlue. Unfortunately, his body was unable to support the transformation. Kind and supporting of the Abaranger, he often gives advice and helps the team whenever possible.
Villains
Dr. Mikoto Nakadai/AbareKiller: A brilliant doctor who was bored with life until he saw the Evolian-controlled Bakuryuu attack the city, but was disappointed that they were used for good. He later found the egg of Bakuryuu TopGaler and the DinoMinder and became AbareKiller.
Bakuryuu TopGaler: Mikoto's partner, has a similar personality to him. He has the ability to combine with any other Bakuryuu
Reje: She is Dezumozorlya's child-like Apostle of Life, responsible for linking the two worlds. She was created when the Dino-Earth Dezumozorlya entered Mahoro's body, using her and Asuka's unborn child to serve as its host. But half of Lije's soul took a life of it own and became another side to her, a girl only referred to as the mysterious girl. Lije would eventually meet up with Mikoto, having feelings for him.
Jeanne: The Destruction Messenger, she's really Mahoro, Asuka's Love Interest from Dino Earth. When she and her brother entered the Garden Palace to end the fighting, they were captured by Dezumozorya who showed her that Asuka "abandoned" them before using her to create Lije. Since then, Mahoro discarded her name and became the Destruction Messenger Jeanne, fixated on killing Asuka for betraying her.
Mikaela: One of Dezumozorlya’s Creation Messengers. He creates Trinoids by combining three elements (an object, a plant and an animal) from Another Earth.
Voffa: The other Creation Messenger. He creates giants sized Giganoids based on musical compositions.
With that out of the way, I’ll mention that I personally think Abaranger is Naruhisa Arakawa’s best work and that this V-Cinema is by Atsushi Maekawa (as the most senior member of the writing crew who’s written for both shows represented), so on with the review.
The story opens with two giants, see only in close ups, attacking in the city, which promptly sets off alarms at the Dino Curry house. The Abarangers, assuming them to be Giganoids, Bakuryuu Change and head into battle, with the trio of Ryouga, Sanjou and Ranru going AbarenOh, while Asuka goes in MaxRyuuOh (and to avoid any confusion with names and to prevent myself from having to dig up different videos, I’ll post a compilation of all the Abaranger mecha).
We then get a good look at the two giants and they are… Senpuujin and Gouraijin?
As the 4 mecha get into the VS part of this movie (be honest, we’ve all done this with our Megazord toys at some point), as the theme song for Abaranger plays in the background.
Rampage, rampage, rampage, turn up!
Get up!
Rampage, rampage, push forward!
Who is it that stains the name of justice now?
It turns up from a crack in the sky
The
Dino Guts
that stir up the heart
Turn their fangs unto the warmest dreams
The memories of old times
The moment they awaken
The engraved message now
Goes up in flames
Only the rampaging ones can get stronger
Only the rampaging ones know gentleness
Rampage, rampage, rampage, turn up!
Get up!
Rampage, rampage, until... we win!
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger!
Abaranger!
After a prolonged fight that shows off a lot of the Karakuri Balls, the two Karakuri Giants equally the Bakuryuu Combinations and knock tone of each other down to the ground below. We then see just who was piloting Senpuujin and Gouraijin to cause all this chaos.
“I am the seductress, Wendinu.”
“I am the evaluator, Furabijo. Kaboom.”
As the Abarangers are blown back, a red blur cuts through them, before returning to normal speeds to show that its Yosuke.
Yosuke asks Wendinu and Furabijo how they survived being
blown up alongside Sandaaru
, to which they explain it. (So how come they got blasted to a different dimension, but Sandaaru only got blasted backwards?)
Asuka is concerned by what they’ve picked up.
But despite his warnings, Wendinu performs the ritual, awakening the Evil Ninja Iga (who is voiced by Tau Zant’s VA, who doesn’t do much to distinguish the voices), who’s been wanting to come to Earth to rampage for a long time.
As Iga overpowers all 5 heroes with his JaNinpo: Kage Bunshin and the Abarangers are unable to fire the Super Dino Bomber before he performs his JaNinpo: Bakureppu due to Yosuke blocking their sights, they all get saved by the arrival of Ikkou and Kouta.
Iga then announces that that was just a dry run and leaves to prepare for something else, dragging a reluctant pair of Space Kunoichi with him. We then cut to the Dino Curry house, where the two Sentai are arguing over who’s fault it was (and we see that Yosuke, Ikkou and Kouta are all suffering from the phenomenon known as “VS Movie hair”, wherein a returning actor has a different style to what they had in the show).
As the argument turns to whether Iga counts as a Jakanja or an Evolian comes up, the Dino House gets a customer who isn’t “Mr. O’Shaugnessy”.
(And thus a running gag of characters from two different series professing to know each other through the Dino Curry house begins. Arakawa knows a good gag when he sees one, I’ll give him that)
As everyone points out their presence to Oboro, Yosuke asks the question on everyone’s minds.
But before we can get that answer, we cut back to Evolian, where Jeanne, Mikoto and Reje (in that order) give their two cents on the battle.
Wendinu and Furabijo then reveal what exactly the deal they made with Evolian was.
But Mikoto refuses, telling them that now he has Iga, he doesn’t need either of them. But they’re able to argue a deal wherein they become Iga’s handmaidens, which Wendinu isn’t happy about.
At Dino Curry, Oboro explains that the two Karakuri Giants were stolen from under her after she’d finished repairing them (I’d like to know the full details of this, in particular why security at Ninja Base was so lax). Which Sanjo and Asuka use as an excuse to further put down the Hurricanegers (I can see Sanjo doing this out of malice, but Asuka?). The argument is then derailed when Emiri screams at something in the kitchen.
As Ryunosuke runs into kill it, we see that it’s not a rat, it’s a hamster…
Namely, Hamster Headmaster, who turns back into Mugensai to avoid further trouble.
Oboro asks why he’s here, and Mugensai decides to fill the late Shurikenger’s quota for broken English, beginning his sentence with “
Because
”.
He explains that Iga was a Space Ninja who travelled to Dino Earth and got infected with an Evil Life Form. He went on a rampage until three philosophers sealed him in a jewel (there’s no pictures because this doesn’t have a pay off). Then a dimensional opening appears at one site, which Yosuke and Ryouga both head to (the latter chasing after the former), with two more opening in different locations. Mugensai and Oboro then decide to call in the big guns.
The two in Spain turn out to be Nanami (who is the only one not suffering from VS Movie hair) and Isshu (who actually looks better for it)l with Nanami speaking in Spanish for reasons these quotes will explain.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
dreamcastegirl
"Dear amigos."
smh. I remember they went through this phase of giving Nao-chan these vaguely Spanish sounding pop songs as she was on some kind of teaching Spanish educational TV show, and they were all terrible, and when they did try and change direction, they'd already pretty much killed off her career. *sigh*
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Sunred
Yeah right after Hurricanger wrapped up she was on NHK's Spanish learning program as a participant, which is why you got her speaking Spanish in Abaranger VS Hurricanger.
Isshu then drags Nanami inside a church (symbolism much) and… invites her to a bullfight tomorrow. (Apparently, he hasn’t learned that cows don’t turn girls on)
As Nanami politely turns him down (maybe Isshu should change his tact), they get the call from Mugensai, while Nao-chan digs her career another inch deeper. Back in Japan, Yosuke explains to Ryouga that the reason he’s insisting on working this mission without the Abarangers is because of his pride over Senpuujin destroying the city. Then Iga shows up and throws something onto their Hurricane Gyro and Dino Brace, which cancels their transformation before it can begin.
Iga explains that it’s his JaNinpo: Kawarimi Fuji.
Ranru, Sanjo and Kouta come to a riverbank, where Ranru decides to call out Sanjo for his lack of tact. Kouta on the other hand thinks he’d get on well with Yosuke (to be fair, they didn’t speak directly to each other). They are interrupted by the arrival of… Iga? (And something looks off about him)
It appears that he’s killed Ranru… but then it turns out she was saved by a new arrival who apparently made record time coming back from Spain.
But Iga takes advantage of this heartwarming moment to do his JaNinpo: Kawarimi Fuji. In the woods, Ikkou and Asuka actually seem to be getting along… then another Iga appears and seals their Gourai Changer and Dino Commander respectively.
But before he can kill them, Iga steps on some tacks and gets attacked by the other new arrival (and for whatever reason, Abaranger’s 5 composers chose to play the “evil” version of the Gouraiger theme rather than the heroic version).
As Isshu gets sealed as well, it turns out that all three groups are facing copies of Iga created to distract the heroes from his real goal.
We then cut back to the two Reds in their battle, where it becomes apparent that they’re also facing a colour coded clone.
But it’s at this point that Yosuke and Ryouga call upon their heroic resolve and defeat him with a Kage no Mai, Soragake and Gyro Shuriken combo. At the river, Sanjo weakens the blue Iga by using his chiropractic skills to remove one of his vertebrae, before Ranru kills him with the Dino Laser she built into her Dino Brace.
Isshu then blinds the white Iga with his jacket, allowing Ikkou and Asuka to impale him on a tree, before destroying him with a Ikazuchi Raigeki-zan/Ryuujin Abare Finish combo. But the clones have served their purpose, with Iga having absorbed all the Dino Guts from the citizens. As Ryouga and Yosuke come to an understanding, Emiri alerts them to the situation and directs them to his location: a quarry.
As the Abarangers vow to stop him for stealing something that belongs to everyone, the members of Evolian (sans Reje, for obvious reasons) and the two Space Kunoichi show up to back him up.
Mikoto then initiates his Bakuryuu Change (worth mentioning is that AbareKiller is the one Sentai Hero without a transformation sequence, even after he turns good. He simply presses the button, light surrounds him and he fades into AbareKiller).
The 9 heroes then respond by doing their own transformation, which gets its own graphic created especially for this movie.
Abarangers: Bakuryuu Change!
Hurricanegers: Ninpuu, Shinobi Change!
Gouraigers: Jinrai, Shinobi Change!
Ryouga: Explosive Energy, AbaRed!
Yukito: Explode Seriously, AbareBlue!
Ranru: Explosive Dash of Courage, AbareYellow!
Asuka: The Invincible Ryuujin Spirit, AbareBlack!
Ryouga: The Savage Dino Guts…
Abarangers: Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger!
Yosuke: The wind blows and the sky rages; Sky Ninja, HurricaneRed!
Nanami: The water dances and the waves crash; Water Ninja, HurricaneBlue!
Kouta: The land trembles and the flowers sing; Land Ninja, HurricaneYellow!
Yosuke: Unknown to the people,…
Nanami: Unknown to the world,…
Kouta: We become shadows to combat evil.
Hurricanegers: Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger…
Yosuke:…has aaaarrived!
Ikkou: The Crimson Lightning; Horned Ninja, KabutoRaiger!
Isshu! The Azure Thunder; Fanged Ninja, KuwagaRaiger!
Ikkou: I face the darkness, I slash the darkness…
Isshu: I fac the light, I slash the light…
Both: Denkousekka Gouraiger, Revealed!
After the roll call, Ryouga makes a declaration that catches on in later VS movies like wildfire.
The fight then begins with Sanjo riding on Kouta’s back as they and Asuka fight (for a given definition of fight, given how intricate the costumes are) Mikeala and Voffa, sending them packing with Asuka’s Dino Thruster: Triple Inferno, the Gouraigers managing to be the first people to get the edge on AbareKiller in a fair fight (for reference, he’s consistently one of the toughest opponents in the series), Nanami dangling from Ranru’s legs in a battle against the female villains (I had a picture, but the quality was terrible, so I omitted it) and Yosuke and Ryouga taking on Iga, only getting the advantage by using that same technique Yosuke performed with Kouta that one time, before Ryouga goes into AbareMax and defeats Iga in the Max Field. The two groups then combine the Victory Gadget and the Super Dino Bomber to create a new weapon.
With a declaration of “Victory Dino Dynamite”, Iga gets blown up. But then he uses the Dino Guts he’s collected to revive himself as a giant via JaNin Kyukyku Ougi: Kyojin Dai Henge. Asuka then summons Brachio, who chooses an appropriate Toku song to quote this time.
And then Oboro launches the Shinobi Machines from Brachio (No, you can’t do this with the toys), alongside the Bakuryuu
The Hurricanegers and Gouraigers form GouraiSenpuujin (sadly, Furaimaru doesn’t get his mandatory line), while the Abarangers go with AbarenOh (they don’t really have a lot of choice), while Mikoto joins the battle on Iga’s side using KillerOh.
KillerOh survives the Rolling Thunder Hurricane (though still gets damaged by it), before overwhelming the enemy with his speed and defeating them with Bakuryuu Hissatsu: Death Stinger. Asuka saves them from total death using his Dino Thruster’s Ground Inferno, which depletes AbareKiller’s remaining energy, forcing him to withdraw. Meanwhile, Iga has a massive advantage over AbarenOh, even stopping its Bakuryuu Dengeki Drill Spin with his own JaNinpo: Iga Spin. But before he can finish them off for good, he gets pelted with Karakuri Balls launched by a familiar robotic elephant as an equally familiar guitar riff plays in the background).
Sure enough, Revolver Mammoth was summoned by Shurikenger, who handwaves his survival, before leaving.
As the Bakuryuu urge their partners to get up and defeat Iga, Asuka has the Hurricanegers and Gouraigers send AbarenOh their Dino Guts.
These energies form into a new Karakuri Ball, which opens to reveal the Mahoro Slasher, with Emiri naming this new combo (coming off GouraiSenpuujin Sword and Shield, this is kind of a letdown)
As Emiri and Ryunnosuke are excited, Oboro reprises her gag from the last VS movie.
With their new weapon, Iga’s Iga Spin is rendered useless, with the powers of the two Super Sentai defeating Iga with the Bakuryuu Hissatsu Kyukyuku Ougi: Bunshin Drill Slasher!
As everyone in the town regains their Dino Guts, the Hurricanegers decide to leave Evolian to the Abarangers, as everyone does a handshake with their counterparts. But since Isshu doesn’t have a counterpart, Asuka has everyone do a circle of friendship with him.
Cue the credits, set to Abaranger’s ED, We Are the One - Bokura no Hitotsu (the tittle is the same phrase in English and Japanese. I know, it’s redundant)
Aba-Aba-Aba-Aba-Abaranger!
Fight for your dreams,
soldier
!
Aba-Aba-Aba-Aba-Abaranger!
Justice is in each one of us!
(DinoGuts!)
If there is a time
When we are necessary
Call us, wherever you are
We'll protect love
Only for that reason
Good spirits will fly out
When the time comes
That every power is combined
An energy like never seen before
Will change this world
(Com-bine-by-bine!)
Aba-Aba-Aba-Aba-Abaranger!
Become one for tomorrow!
Aba-Aba-Aba-Aba-Abaranger!
Nothing frightens us in our recklessness!
(DinoGuts!)
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger!
After the credits, we get Abaranger’s version of the Uchuu Ninja File, the post credits scene (suck it Marvel) where they answer unanswered questions from the events that just transpired.
The answer?
But before they can plan to come back from this, they are chased by a giant worm, with the movie ending with the implication that they were eaten by it.
Final thoughts: Overall a fairly harmless fun interaction between the two teams. It’s not as inventive as Hurricaneger vs Abaranger, but it’s still got it’s good moments. And it set the template for later Sentai vs Movies through Go-Onger, so it must’ve done something right.
Tune in next time for my review of the Boukenger’s teaming up with representatives from 5 previous Sentai against a deadly new enemy: GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs Super Sentai. See you then.
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