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03-26-2017, 05:11 PM | #11 |
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I've only seen like, one and a half of them, but definitely Go-Busters so far. Even if that's the half. It's really great.
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03-26-2017, 06:11 PM | #12 |
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I'm kind of surprised to see more than one person who is a big fan of Dekaranger. I mean, it's my favorite too, but I've only watched two Sentai, haha.
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03-26-2017, 07:21 PM | #13 |
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Go busters still this very day.
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03-26-2017, 09:08 PM | #14 |
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Carrangers because for a sentai that pokes fun at the series it is part of it has ridiculously well-designed suits, gear, and robots.
Most importantly they are the funniest team around still.
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03-26-2017, 09:15 PM | #15 |
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This is a pretty cruel question for me.
I'm kinda bad at picking favorites, but Go-Busters unquestionably sits at my #1 spot for a bunch of reasons. There's basically nothing about that show I don't deeply love from the bottom of my heart. If I tried to get into all of it this post would literally never end. Other than that, I've ended up loving pretty much every one of the Sentai I've seen so far, and think they've all got their qualities. The ones that tend to hover vaguely around the top for me are: - Go-Onger for being so impossibly, aggressively bubbly. It's like an antidepressant in television form. Full of energy, with tons of "subtle" little touches and details contributing to the atmosphere, like the fruity narration during mecha combinations or the team flipping over the Super Sentai logo in the opening. Just a super fun watch from start to finish. I always love when Toku shows treat their toys as more than just pointless gear too, so naturally I adore the Engines. The whole show just really clicked with me overall, though it's definitely not for everyone. Also the theme song is amazing. - Megaranger. I'm still not quite finished with it, but unless the final stretch of episodes is inexplicably horrible, it's going to be way up there. It hits on pretty much everything awesome about Sentai. A great mix of comedy and drama with a likable cast of characters (including one of the best mentors in the franchise), not to mention some great mecha action. Also the theme song is amazing. - Gekiranger, which I'm tempted to call hands down the overall best Sentai I've seen so far. It's a truly wonderful series. It'd be quicker to list things I feel didn't work in it than things that did. I'll do it right now. Ready? Nothing. See? That was pretty quick, huh? Also the theme song is amazing. Beyond that it gets even more vague. Gokaiger doesn't mean as much to me as it does to some people. but it's undeniably excellent and made with a real passion for the franchise. Kyoryuger was some of the most fun I've ever had watching Toku, and a rock solid show, but much like Gokiager I don't find myself looking back on it as frequently as some of the other Sentai I've seen. ToQger ended up really striking a chord with me after a relatively weak first quarter. Ninninger had a spectacular cast of heroes that made up for its flaws in my opinion. Zyuohger had charm and heart in abundance, and over a month later I'm still kind of sad it's done. I'm honestly still debating with myself whether or not it deserves to be up with Geki and the like rather than grouped here. Magiranger won me over hard after thinking it was kind of dumb for a few episodes (it turned out to be quite smart), and Carranger was as brilliant as Gekiranger in its own way. So yeah, if you can't tell from that rambling answer, I like Sentai a bit. I really don't think I've seen a show that qualifies as a total stinker yet, and they all offer something unique, which is why I have so much trouble pegging down favorites in any real order. I mostly just go through phases. If you're asking for recommendations though, it's Gekiranger all the way. I can't stress that enough. Go watch it. I'm probably overhyping it, and yet I also feel I'm not hyping it enough. Remember when I said Go-Onger isn't for everyone? Gekiranger is for everyone.
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03-26-2017, 10:31 PM | #16 |
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I have a hard time picking anything except Shinkenger but it was my first and my view may be colored by that. I just finished Gokaiger and adored it but I also really like Dairanger and Liveman and Geki was very good and, and and.
I know what the OP means, I was actually thinking that we need a major poll not just of each series but maybe the 8-10 key elements - the Red (or leader), the other rangers, the extra rangers, the lead bad, the generals, the mooks, the theme, the mechs maybe even rate the final arc. It would be really interesting to see since I know of a couple where the villains were great but maybe the mechs & red not so much and then may be see if there was one series that rose above the rest in all categories or just had the highest average of all the categories and it would probably be something none of us are thinking of. |
03-27-2017, 08:17 AM | #17 |
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I only listed Carranger cause majority of the posts seem to be listing only one team per person when I was posting.
Honestly Gokaiger will win them all probably but I am looking at this strictly from a fan's POV so I just picked Carranger. It was either Carranger or Megaranger but for this one I will stick to Carranger. Besides, which team can say they were baked into a pizza and lived to see another day?
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03-27-2017, 01:27 PM | #18 |
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Jetman is the best, all day every day. Its bold plotting, compelling characters, strong interpersonal drama, terrifying-yet-sympathetic villains, over-the-top absurd monsters of the week, and constantly escalating stakes make it far superior to any of the other 18 sentai show I've seen. YMMV, but to me, Jetman is absolutely peerless in the pantheon of Super Sentai.
Kakuranger, Dairanger, Gokaiger, and Gekiranger round out my top-5. |
03-27-2017, 01:46 PM | #19 |
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I'm not dissing your love of Jetman, but is sympathetic really an apt term to describe the villains?
Radiguet is legit insane, and his one sympathetic moment (Where he thought he was human) was undone in the same episode, Tran is a kid bullied by the other villains to the point where he aged himself up and then just kind of started kicking everyone else around (He really felt like more of a dick than even Radiguet when he was Tranza), and Grey only really started even having any characteristics during the tail end of the series...
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03-27-2017, 01:58 PM | #20 |
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I'm not dissing your love of Jetman, but is sympathetic really an apt term to describe the villains?
Radiguet is legit insane, and his one sympathetic moment (Where he thought he was human) was undone in the same episode, Tran is a kid bullied by the other villains to the point where he aged himself up and then just kind of started kicking everyone else around (He really felt like more of a dick than even Radiguet when he was Tranza), and Grey only really started even having any characteristics during the tail end of the series... Tran is a spoiled brat, but his bullying and desire to be taken seriously engendered some sympathy in me. But ultimately, he falls into the terrifying camp with Radiguet. Maybe a better word than sympathetic would have been "complex?" I dunno. |
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