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Sunred
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The day I saw the suits for the first time I fell in love right away. I couldn't BELIEVE that they would do such a straight-up tribute to Bruce Lee's yellow tracksuit like that. The suit design is just great.
But what really sells Gekiranger for me is that the whole show is such a nice ode to kung fu movies. If the Wu Tang Clan were Gen-Z rappers I bet they would sample this show for years.
The kung fu tribute is even more intense from a Japanese standpoint especially when it comes to the voice actors of the 7 masters of Gekijyuken. Because each of them in Japan are the go-to people when Japan dubs kung fu movies of the kung fu actors they are parodying. For instance, the three voice actors who voice Elehan Kimpo, Sharky Chen, and Pyon Pyou, are the people they hire mostly to dub Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao. These three are Yuu Mizushima who played Aigaron in Kyoryuger, Hiroya Ishimaru who played Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime for the Japanese dub of G1 transformers, and Takeshi Kusao who we mostly know as Trunks from Dragon Ball and Smoky from Magiranger. So imagine the glee that Japanese kung fu fans and otakus would have. BTW Shuichi Ikeda who was Sandaru in Hurricanger and Char in Gundam is the go-to person for Jet Li and that is why he is voicing Bat Li.
I especially love the Five Venoms tribute that they did. The fact that they paid tribute to that movie already gives them kung fu street cred.
This show is also memorable for giving us our first violet ranger in the form of Gou Fukami/Geki Violet. And I love how he was the muay thai guy. His debut fight was really fun complete with his personal theme song. One missed opportunity for him is that I think GekiWolfTouja should have just been a purple variant of GekiTouja but tht's just me.
Ken Hisatsu/Geki Chopper was also fun for me in that he was this goofball with skills and I loved his tracksuit. I also love how they mixed a rhinoceros and karate together and gave us this crisp white suit with black and orange details. Really nice suit as well. Although Saidaioh is just hilariously bad as a toy.
Now Black Lion Lio and Mele. The man is awesome. I love his whole journey and his suit is just gorgeous. If I had to choose between Lio and Kuuga Ultimate for best black and gold suit Lio wins. Mele's undying adoration for Mele and Bae annoying her(voiced by Akira freakin Ishida of Kiva, Gintama, Gundam SEED, and Evangelion fame) is just simply put cute.
Yuka Hirata as Mele and Hirofumi Araki as Lio was perfect.
Last but certainly not least, the triangle, the trifecta, the core three. I love Jan for his wild nature complete with his onomatopoeias and how he is basically sentai's answer to Kamen Rider Amazon only difference being that he is in a red tiger tracksuit and fights with nunchucks.
I love Retsu in that he is an artist first and kung fu master second, and that fight with Moriya of the five venoms is my favorite. Ran is definitely the heart of the team and also the non-red leader they need. Most memorable episode for me involving Ran is the skateboard episode.
All in all, if you have not seen Gekiranger, please watch it. Kiramager fans especially since we all know who is sponsoring Sena/Kiramai Green. It will be nice supplementary material for y'all.
Oh, and the great Kenji Ohba of Gavan, Battle Fever J, and Denziman fame makes an appearance somewhere along the way. Not gonna say what but keep your eyes open. And for Decade fans, kid Wataru is the child actor who plays Jan during flashbacks and the one episode where Jan/Geki Red becomes a kid.
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