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Ginga (Galaxy) Man - Aba <All episodes up to Aba VIA Shout Factory DVD> Bouken <Brazil DVD> Kyo Ryu Ranger - Kira Mage Ranger <Mylasian DVD> Power Rangers Beast Morphers (Episode 01 - 20 + Specials) Dino Fury (Episode 01 - 11) Completed Zyu - Mega Ranger Deka , Magi Geki - Go Busters Power Rangers Completed Mighty Morphin - Super Ninja Steel I'm watching Power Rangers VIA Netflix starting with Power Rangers Beast Morphers on my I Pad. I've seen Mighty Morphin - Super Ninja Steel on DVD. I'll see the current Toei series in 2022 after the final week airs on TV Asahi on DVD.
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I have watched exactly one episode of GoGoFive and just *have* to ask a question now.
Does this show have a good reception? Do people generally actually like it? The first episode was just crazy and while it was amusing in its own way I’m dying of curiosity to know just what exactly I’ve gotten myself into.
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Just finished episode 26 and I got to say the show is seriously getting better after each episode especially since it took a bit to really get going writing-wise outside of the first few episodes. I hope this series keeps it up. Also, like Zyuohger before it, Kyuranger could've easily make a pretty decent adaptation as a season of Power Rangers.
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Yeah, this is early for me, but since I’m guessing Fish will also be early this week, I’m deciding to get ahead of the game for this instalment of
Androzani’s Tsukai Detour And this time, we’re covering… Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger “Running wild among many planets, Bowzock, having destroyed the planet Hazard, set their sights on Earth. Dappu, an alien from Hazard, uses the mysterious Kurumagic power to turn five youths into the Carrangers, proceeding to fight Bowzock so Earth doesn't go the way of Hazard.” Carranger: Kyousuke Jinnai/Red Racer: A test driver at Pegasus Garage, normally only assigned to odd jobs. Something of a self-centred jerk who would abandon his own friends to joyride his boss’s classic car. Has a crush on Zonette, but she only loves Red Racer. Naoki Domon/Blue Racer: a car designer for Pegasus, who is talented enough to be sought out by various car manufacturers. Is also an animal lover who tends to get nervous and shy around girls, including his co-workers. Minoru Uesugi/Green Racer: a bungling salesman from Osaka, who is a fan of the Henshin Tigers. Used to have a fear of lightning, but this was cured after eating electric eel. Natsumi Shinohara/ Yellow Racer: A genius mechanic at Pegasus Garage, Natsumi is able to fix any machine in minutes. She uses a legendary wrench given to her by her grandfather, who owned a garage. She also has the ability of dismantling things with uncanny speed and accuracy, as she once did to Naoki's bike when LL Onene had him under control by one of her headbands, by simply lying down on the ground and readying her tools as he cycled past her. Youko thinks of her as tomboyish in swimsuits. She tries to have a big sister-little brother relationship with Naoki, even though the idea does not quite appeal to him. Also, Natsumi fights with Kyousuke a lot because he doesn't take his leadership role seriously. Youko Yagami/Pink Racer: She is the secretary at Pegasus Garage, calculating the expenses and payroll. Youko is very self-conscious about her weight because she loves to eat sweets, and frequently consults magazine fortune-telling articles to predict her future. She dreams of becoming an idol someday and marrying a rich husband, and has a terrible sense of direction. Allies: Dappu: An alien child from the planet Hazard, who holds a grudge against the Bowzock for destroying his planet, killing his mother and separating him from his father. Wields the mysterious Kurumagic power that empowers the Carrangers and serves as their mentor (which is important, since they’re all idiots and would likely fall apart without his guidance). Signalman: An intergalactic officer, dispatched from the planet Police to deal with the Bowzock problem on Earth. He can sometimes be more of a hindrance than a help to the Carrangers. Because of his intense training in the rules of traffic, he never breaks traffic rules in any case, even if it conflicts with his sense of justice. Biker Gang Bowzock: a band of thieves and whores who basically blow up planets for sh*ts and giggles. They want to destroy Earth (or as they call it, “Earf”) because they think it will make a nice fireworks show. Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus: An intergalactic biker lord, who has manipulated the Bowzock into destroying several planets under the alias of “Astrologer Suzugue” (pronounce it backwards, with the ‘e’ as a separate vowel). He intends Tod story the entire u fierce and build a Highway full of traffic violations. President Gynamo: The leader of Bowzock who intends to destroy Earth, because his crush Zonette thinks destroying it would be beautiful. Among his powers include the ability to make vehicles sentient, which is one of the main means he is able to allow for the Bowzock to conquer many worlds through its mode of transportation. Deputy Zelmoda: the second in command of the Bowzock and President Gynamo's friend. His main weapon is a sword made up of playing cards. He controls the Wumper minions for the Bowzock, generally releasing them from a jar whenever entering combat or employing them to drive the various vehicles alongside him when in driving combat with the Carranger. Inventor Grotch: the technical genius (citation needed) of the Bowzock. He is responsible for many of the weapons used by the Bowzock such as the Fattening Spray and Forgetfulness Water-Gun, as well as for picking the imo-youkan, used to make the Bowzock grow. He was the one who discovered the imo-youkan by accident when making an investigation of Earth food alongside Ichitarou Tenma, the son of the owner of Pegasus Garage, and easily handled the Carranger by himself with little problem. Fortunately, the imo-youkan he ate had expired and wore off before either he or the Carrangers could do harm to each other. Beauty Zonette: the sole female among Bowzock’s top brass. She often uses her feminine wiles and manipulative skills, and Gynamo's crush on her, for her own selfish pleasures. Zonnette instigated the events of the Carranger series by choosing Earth as the next planet to be destroyed by the Bowzock, wishing to see it explode like "a firework in space". This was shortly after the destruction of Planet Hazard, which had also been destroyed by the Bowzock. It was Zonnette's decision that ultimately lead a Hazardian survivor, Dapp, to find the five who would become the Carranger after sneaking onto their spacecraft. She fell madly in love with Red Racer at first sight after seeing him in action on a mission to Earth, but she thinks of Kyosuke (Red Racer's true form and identity) as an "ordinary, monkey-faced civilian", mostly due to how she believes that the Carrangers to whom they transform are their actual forms. Her true identity is that of Vanity Mirror Fanbelt, the elder of the princesses of Planet Fanbelt and big sister to Radietta. What do I think of Carranger? Eh, I wasn’t that keen on its comedy most of the time. Most of the laughs I got were from some of the more lewder lines “Don’t play dumb. Licking Zonette’s ass is not important right now”) and premises (“This week, I’d like to suggest a clothing removal plan”). Sadly, they weren’t used much compared to the running gags, which got old quickly . And it doesn’t really help that other than Signalman, none of the characters have any memorable traits and are stuck with actors who don’t have much in the way of comedic chops. As for the credits, this film, in what seems an unusual move in light of later VS movies seems like a bizarre choice, is handled by Carranger’s head writer Yoshio Urasawa (the guy who wrote that Abaranger episode that got dubbed into an episode of Dino Thunder) and producer Shigenori Taketera (who half seems intent on using this and his next two seasons as an audition tape to say “See, only I can successfully revive Kamen Rider.” Which he did, but that’s besides the point) Our director for this is Tarou Sakamoto, aka the only consistent part of the creative team throughout Kamen Rider Hibiki’s shelf life. With all that said, onto the movie. We open with the usual opening titles. (Aside from some dialogue over the opening shot of the Carrangers running) https://open.spotify.com/track/5eZYe...XQ&dl_branch=1 When you drive a car with love in your heart You can handle that curve, this curve, or any curve Da-da-da di-da-da du-da-da With a roaring engine Blow away your tears Boy, don’t give up And believe in yourself You who dream and you who shine Are the heroes of tomorrow (Let’s go!) Carranger! Carranger! Let’s run towards the future Step on the accelerator with courage! (Go! Go!) Carranger! Carranger! When we surpass our dreams We will become the lights Gekisou Sentai Carranger! We open with our racing crew in the middle of another repair job (For all their faults, they’re at least dedicated to their work), while Kyosuke gets genre savvy with the ominous clouds. We cut to Bowzock’s lair, the Baribarian, where they aren’t planning to do anything at all, surprisingly enough. But Exhaus pops into view to change that. (Don’t ask why a biker gang uses cars. The show doesn’t explain it) To rectify the problem, Exhaus provides them with a gasoline that will make anything filled with it run away from home, telling them to use it on ‘Earf’s’ cars. (Yes, it’s that kind of show). To carry out the task, they call upon Bowzock’s number one gas station attendant (yeah, a lot of their monsters are number one in fields a biker gang doesn’t really require. It’s probably one of the few running gags that sticks), SS Satanzo. Dapp receives an alert of a Bowzock appearance, dispatching the Carrangers to investigate. As they head off, Satanzo begins making cars run away from home (and gives them anti-physics powers in the process. Yes, it’s that kind of show). En route to the scene, the Carrangers disturb Signalman’s peace. Luckily, they get him to focus on the more important matters. As Satanzo reveals the whole plan and sends the Wumpers to attack, Signalman gets Red Racer to fly him into the air in the latter’s Pegasus Thunder car, whereupon Signalman calls upon his past experience with runaway kids to make the cars return home with his singing (I have no idea if he’s good or not, so I won’t make an obvious joke. But I will say “Yes, it’s that kind of show”). The plan foiled, the Carrangers return to their lives (Satanzo gets away before they can kill him) and as Satanzo receives punishment from Exhaus, Kyosuke returns the truck they were working on to its owner, walking home through a hot spring, where he sees a strange creature. After jumping to the logical conclusion that he’s not Bowzock because he isn’t setting the signal off, he sees two people (Goro and Yuji) walking through the woods. The pair’s scanner alerts them to the creature, who turns out to be Baranoia. As the Machine-Beast flees, Kyosuke gets knocked over by Goro and Yuji as they give chase. The Baranoia gets chased to a beach, where Goro and Yuji corner him. But before they can defeat Bara Mobile, Kyosuke barges in, shows ignorance of UAOH and Ohranger(How? They weren’t even a secret within the military) and decides to stand up for Bara Mobile because Goro and Yuji stepped on him, which Bara Mobile uses to get Kyosuke on his side, despite Yuji pointing out that he LOOKS evil. The other Carrangers show up to help out, as do Shouhei and Juri (Momo has been ordered to South America). And then Naoki gets a realisation. An argument soon breaks out between the two Sentai, resulting in both transforming to fight each other. Carrangers: Gekisou! Accel Changer! Ohranger: Choriki Henshin! It’s at this point that Momo enters the movie, apparently breaking record speeds getting back to Japan. As she transforms to join the battle, the two do the abridged roll calls. “Choriki Sentai Ohranger!” “Fighting for Traffic Safety, Gekisou Sentai Caaaaarranger!” At Baribarian, the Carranger alarm (that they have because… role reversal gag) sounds, which causes Satanzo to go and respond, in revenge for his earlier failed plot. But he’s not alone. Back on Earth, the two Sentai are fighting each other, set to Nijiro Crystal Sky, and Ohranger are winning (way to show off your own heroes, guys), which Bara Mobile uses as a chance to escape. Ohranger call in the Choriki Mobiles to form Ohranger Robo, to which the Carrangers call in the Ranger Vehicles to form RV Robo. In the ensuing fight, RV Robo gets whooped just as badly as the ground fight was going. And for added hilarity, they’re on the “bad guys” side of the fight (I guess not even the creative team are rooting for the Carrangers right now) As the two robots’ swords prove evenly matched, the two Reds leave to go after Bara Mobile. During this fight, Bowzock show up, with Bara-Mobile wondering who’s side they’re on, to which Gynamo says this. Bara Mobile thus retreats behind Kyosuke, with Bowzock teaming up with Ohranger (this is certainly one of the most unique team ups, I’ll say that). And the chase is on. After getting a good way away, Kyosuke asks why Ohranger were chasing Bara Mobile. It turns out that Bara Mobile was working on combining cars with humans to create “car-humans” (or as my subs call them, car-sapiens). Why you ask? Kyosuke makes a call to ask Dapp what he thinks of this. He then stops the car, citing the moral lesson here. (That kindly Russian man living next door to you who looks semi-shady? He’s a spy. Turn him in) He then has a moment of intelligence when Goro and the Bowzock show up. As Goro calls Kyosuke out on his lack of responsibility, Gynamo is now confused and asks if Bara Mobile is a bad guy or not? Exhaus thus decrees that “bad guys should help other bad guys”, giving his commands. The Bowzock thus begin attacking both Reds, much to Goro’s confusion. Goro: These guys were helping me a while ago. Just who are they? Kyosuke: They’re space bikers. As the other Carrangers show up, Grotch tries to savagely grope the two girls (no, really. I’m only partially exaggerating), before Bara Mobile is forcefully dragged back to Baribarian. As Goro tries to give chase, his Red Jetter flies off on its own. And singing to it won’t work, since it’s too far away (if only one of them had a flying car). Satanzo shows up to laugh at their misfortune and try to kill them via arson (no, really). Kyosuke remembers that his car can fly, only to use it to defeat Satanzo to the point he retreats. The other members of Ohranger show up, and after being filled in on Goro’s location, Momo is very quick to point fingers (she’s right, but still). And she then makes it clear this won’t be something that will be forgotten about by next episode, like that time Kyosuke got fired from Pegasus for insulting the boss to his face. As Goro has become Zonette’s new eye candy, Gynamo and Bara Mobile shake hands to confirm their alliance. As the Carrangers have once more returned to business as usual, Miura shows up, apparently having done in minutes what it took Bowzock 46 episodes to not bother doing, to offer a plea bargain. As Kyosuke accepts, the others refuse to help out at all (our heroes, ladies and gentlemen). Until Miura insists that ALL must go through special training. After a montage where Miura teaches them the meanings of teamwork and peace on Earth the hard way, all are cleared (though ironically, Kyosuke is the last to pass the class) and fly into space in Ohranger Robo. After they reach Baribarian, they split up to find Goro, who is about to become the first car-human. Though Exhaus is planning to turn the Carrangers into more, so he can force them to work as cheap labour on his highway. As the Carrangers are captured two-by-two, Kyosuke, the last to be captured, saves the others (which only exacerbates how irrelevant the others are. I’ve mentioned any of their names only once so far), as Gynamo is confident they can deal with one person (mwah mwah). The 6 then make their way back to Earth in Ohranger Robo. They soon meet up with Yuji, Shouhei, Juri and Momo, who are not only already suited (I guess they couldn’t get their actors to film more scene out of suit?), but have apparently decided to forgive and forget, given how amiable they are to the Carrangers. But then Bara Mobile and SS Satanzo show up, kicking off the big crossover finale with a double team roll call. Goro: OhRed! Shouhei: OhGreen! Yuji: OhBlue! Juri: OhYellow! Momo: OhPink! All: Choriki Sentai Ohranger! Kyosuke: Red Racer! Naoki: Blue Racer! Minoru: Green Racer! Natsumi: Yellow Racer! Yoko: Pink Racer! All: Fighting for traffic safety, Gekisou Sentai Carranger. After a short fight with the Wumpers, Bara Mobile is blasted with the Ohre Bazooka, while SS Satanzo is finished with the Giga Booster. But neither are out, as Bara Mobile spins his wheel and SS Satanzo eats Imocho imo-yokan, causing both to grow giant. Ohranger boards Ohranger Robo, while Kyosuke summons Victrailer to deploy the VRV Machines and form VRV Robo (It’s too bad Ohranger aren’t piloting OhBlocker in this fight). But in the midst of battle, a new challenger appears out of freaking nowhere. A fighter Exhaus is keen to identify. (Yes, it’s that kind of show) As Noroshiron Special beats the tar out of the Carrangers and Ohranger, Miura and Dapp meet with an annoyed Signalman. The galactic officer summons his car Sirender, transforming it into its robot mode to join the fight. Sirender defeats Noroshiron Special with the Siren Vulcan, Ohranger Robo defeats Bara Mobile with the Crown Final Crash and VRV Robo uses Victrailer’s cannons to destroy SS Satanzo with the Victory Twiser, ending the battle in victory for our heroes. The movie ends with the two teams, their mentors and Signalman having fun at the beach, set to Carranger’s ED. (Get used to this kind of ending, because the next few will replicate it) The big boss puts on a scary look And yells 'Keep it up, keep going' We're living beings too If we don't rest, we'll be all worn out Let's have fun dancing samba When battle's over, it's paradise We dance our miseries from defeat away with the samba And we forget them right then and there wahhahha Two pigeons on a power line, make that three, samba When there is love, this world will be a paradise Good job guys, samba Next time, victory will surely be ours Don't kick so hard, okay? Sometimes you ought to lose too, okay? Final thoughts: So this is the first crossover produced with the intent of being a crossover. It’s nothing particularly great, with SS Satanzo and Noroshiron Special in particular feeling tacked on. But I do find it hilarious that a movie made by the Carranger crew made Ohranger look better, given that the Carrangers not only don’t get much time to shine other than Kyosuke, but they’re pretty much the real bad guys here, let’s not kid ourselves. And I do like that Bara Mobile could legitimately fit into both series and not feel out of place in either. And I’ll close this review by saying “Yes, it IS that kind of show”. The challenge: Which villain group do you think would cross over with the hero from a different show? Last edited by Androzani84; 07-19-2021 at 11:10 AM.. |
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I have watched exactly one episode of GoGoFive and just *have* to ask a question now.
Does this show have a good reception? Do people generally actually like it? The first episode was just crazy and while it was amusing in its own way I’m dying of curiosity to know just what exactly I’ve gotten myself into.
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I'm now up to episode 31 of Kyuranger and I think out of everyone among the main nine, Balance along with Naga and Champ are my favorite rangers of this series. I also really liked Kotaro and Xiao Longbao has pretty much grown on me ever since that two-parter where he becomes Draco Commander for the first time.
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I'm now up to episode 31 of Kyuranger and I think out of everyone among the main nine, Balance along with Naga and Champ are my favorite rangers of this series. I also really liked Kotaro and Xiao Longbao has pretty much grown on me ever since that two-parter where he becomes Draco Commander for the first time.
And them dad jokes.
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Personally I think the first episode alone doesn't do the show justice. Not a matter of good or bad per se, but they don't showcase everything. Episode 2 is where the villains are introduced so definitely best to watch the first two as if it was a two-parter. And if you are an Evangelion fan, you are in for a treat cause the recurring guest character Kyoko is played by Yuko Miyamura aka the voice of Asuka in the original Japanese dub of Evangelion. She apparently is a huge toku fan.
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I'm now up to episode 42 of Kyuranger. I should be able to finish this series tomorrow if not today.
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Episode 20 – Gekisou Sentai Carranger When I first got done watching Carranger a few years back, I said I'd recommend it to anyone with a pulse, and while that's an exaggeration, the statement still speaks to to how enthusiastic the series made me feel. So what's the appeal of this particular show, then, that I'd make such a bold claim about it like that? Carranger is popular enough that a lot of you won't need me explaining, but, to take things back to the starting line... After Ohranger, Super Sentai was in the market for a new chief producer to helm the next show, and a guy who was already one of the producers on Ohranger was a natural choice for a promotion. Which meant that Carranger would be helmed by none other than Shigenori Takatera, a man who never met a tradition he wasn't willing to break for the sake of his artistic vision. An auteur, if you will. Fans of Kamen Rider will know him, by name or not, for the groundbreaking work he did on Kuuga, as well as the equally distinctive style he lent Hibiki prior to that series' infamous change in staff. But Carranger was the very first show he was in charge of, and while I'd never given it much thought before... you can tell it was him! Carranger is well known and often highly regarded as a full-blown self-parody of Sentai. It goes way further into outlandish comedic territory than even Kakuranger did, and the sheer level of irreverence it displays is hard to imagine coming from anything other than a crew with so much fresh talent, and so little restraint. Yoshio Urasawa in particular, the guy Takatera picked as the show's main writer, was someone who hadn't even watched a Sentai before, let alone wrote for one, so he ended up just doing whatever he felt like. (Needless to say, Takatera deeply respects Urasawa.) And considering his background as a prolific writer for the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series, it should go without saying that he felt like writing some zany scripts! He was apparently especially proud of coming up with the whole "fighting for traffic safety!" catchphrase of the team. Hard to blame him when that line is such a clear summation of everything Carranger is about. It's a real attention grabber, and a microcosm of how Urasawa's writing hides genuine brilliance behind equally genuine foolishness. A funny joke because of what an absurd thing that is for a team of superheroes to focus on, but also something that neatly reflects the duality of Carranger's style, in that there's nothing in there explicitly telling you it's meant to be silly. It's a line that's always delivered with utter seriousness, and the beauty of Carranger is how it can walk this fine line between "exposing" the ridiculous nature of hero tokusatsu and simply being the exact thing it's making fun of. Where exactly the irony begins and ends is often left to the viewer's interpretation. For an example of what I'm talking about, the very first line of the entire series is narration introducing us to a peaceful and harmonious planet... named Hazard. The show doesn't make a comment on the irony of this, as it's far too busy giving a completely straight-faced fantasy prologue about a world under siege by villains, and a brave young survivor who will undertake a quest to unite five heroes of prophecy to put a stop to the evil that destroyed his home. Granted, I guess that planet sure became a hazard around the time it got blown up, but the name itself, it's part of this grand mythology the show establishes for itself... that just so happens to be themed exclusively around cars and traffic. There's a surprising level of detail and consistency to the world-building in Carranger that might feel familiar to fans of Takatera's other shows, it's just that here it's all completely nonsensical, and entirely in support of more nonsense. Cars aren't some contemporary, grounded and relatable motif for Carranger; they're literally magic. And yet, on the flipside of all this, the protagonists and villains alike are as ordinary as can be. The bad guys for the season are nothing grander than a bunch of common street thugs (but from space), almost adorable in their ineptitude, despite posing a legitimate threat. And the heroes? Despite the destiny that awaits them, they're introduced griping about their boring ordinary jobs working at a garage together, and their fearless leader even complains that he isn't getting paid enough to protect peace in the universe on the side. In my favorite moment of the entire premiere, their mentor figure has to literally drag them onto the battlefield, tied up by a rope and everything, because they're all being *that* uncooperative. And they STILL need convincing to transform and fight. It's all pretty genius. I remember this being another premiere that didn't leave the absolute best first impression, and it wasn't until a bit in that I started to realize how great the show was, but going back with all that knowledge, it's way easier to appreciate everything happening here. Carranger has enough layers that trying to paint a whole picture of it in one episode was going to be a difficult task, and I think they picked their priorities as well as they could have. The big sacrifice is the more thorough characterization that gradually takes shape from this point on, but in exchange, you get a great feel for the overall tone and atmosphere of the series. There's a lot of absurdity, a lot of chaos, a lot of destruction, and even a not insignificant amount of genuine heroic determination. The last one in particular is greatly helped along by one of the other new people Takatera brought on to Sentai, composer Toshihiko Sahashi. His soundtracks excel at being at once grandiose, heart-pounding, and more than a little jazzy, while "merely" being fantastic at everything else, making him a natural fit for a show as varied as Carranger. Sahashi is one of several people I'm extremely grateful Takatera got involved with the franchise, and while my bias is showing as I say this, I completely understand why he went with him as the composer for nearly every show he was a producer on after this. If it's tricky to sum up Carranger in one episode, then summing it up in one post isn't easy either. Again, I think it's a surprisingly complex series in a lot of ways, but I suppose the simplest thing to say about it is that it's rather charming. Or like, is "inviting" a good word, maybe? There's something easy to get into about a show that starts each episode with a genuinely uplifting heroic anthem, ends with a relaxing jam about the monsters partying away the humiliation of defeat, and can have any number of absurd(ly cool) happenings between. It kinda snuck up on me how much I actually liked Carranger as I was watching it, but its distinctive style has always had a fond place in my heart ever since.
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