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12-28-2013, 07:35 PM | #31 |
Amateur Procrastinator
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Location: Colombia
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Back when SPD was airing, I got myself a KO Deka Robo, an oversized minipla with Dekaranger packaging, at that time I learned of Sentai.
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12-28-2013, 10:59 PM | #32 |
That Other Guy from GUIS!
Join Date: Jan 2013
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I always knew about the SS footage but it wasn't until 2002 (or 03) that I discovered #tokusatsu channel on IRC and downloaded a random RAW and that kickstarted everything.
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12-29-2013, 06:23 PM | #33 |
Tokusatsu Hero
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Location: Maryland
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I was a fan of MMPR during the MMPR boom during the mid 90's then I stop watching Power Rangers around 1997 when Turbo started. I first discover Super Sentai when my friend had a bootleg tape of Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai back in 2002 and I had no idea what it was. He told me it was the Japanese version of Power Rangers and the VHS tape had no subs.
Then in 2004, I hear that Tommy was going to be in Dino Thunder and I look up Dino Thunder on the Wikipedia. I found out that Power Rangers was based on a Japanese show called "Super Sentai". I didn't watch Super Sentai and Kamen Rider until 2012 when I watched Gokaiger. Last edited by Guyver Spawn; 12-29-2013 at 07:15 PM.. |
04-04-2014, 12:37 AM | #34 |
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I watched Power Rangers as a kid, I don't remember much of it but I think I stopped right before Lost Galaxy came out...I had the toys from it but I don't know if I ever watched the show. Anyways, I got into Godzilla for a while and loved it, but eventually some other people I knew got into it and talked about it nonstop. So, being completely burnt out on Godzilla because that's all I ever heard about anymore, I turned to the Ultraman dvd my girlfriend got me, which made me aware of Tokusatsu as a whole.
There was a week or so where my sleep schedule was awful, one day I was up at 6 am...I wasn't sure if I was trying to pull an all-nighter, or if I just woke up super early, but there i was, bored at 6 am. I knew about Super Sentai, but never really watched it, until I saw a friend posting about Power Rangers, and somebody else thought they were talking about Kamen Rider...so I went to correct him, but had to make sure I was talking about the right thing too (that would be embarrassing if I got it wrong haha) and it inspired me to actually sit down and watch. It wasn't like I had anything else to do. Anyways, I went on youtube and watched the first two episodes of Kyouryu Sentai Zyuranger and absolutely loved it. I can't explain, but something about watching that made me incredibly happy. I felt like I discovered a whole new world that I didn't know existed before. It was a great moment. Now i'm watching through Megaranger
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04-04-2014, 08:09 AM | #35 |
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Some Tokusatsu shows were aired in my country (France) when I was a kid in the 80's. The very first one I saw was "Message From Space" (it aired two or three times between 1979 and 1982), then we had Gavan in 1983 and later Bioman in 1985 (5 or 6 more Sentai series followed after that). What bring me back to Super Sentai and tokusatsu was a screenshot of Gokaiger with a hundred guys in spandex that I came across randomly on a website. "Do they really still continue to make those shows after 30 years ?" Yes, they do. When MMPR emerged, it was aired the next year in France, then I was a teenager and had zero interest in the genra at the time. I never take the time to watch directly any PR related stuff, I watched Linkara "History of Power Rangers" to have a idea of the US counterpart of Super Sentai. Not the other way.
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04-04-2014, 08:28 AM | #36 |
D*mnit Atreyu!!!
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: The Seiretei
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First sentai for me was Shinkenger, which I was watching during its airing in 2009, then 2010 I went into Goseiger, not the whole show but a few of the episodes, then sonic boom I'm a fan of Sentai, Power Rangers, & Kamen Rider.
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04-04-2014, 09:28 AM | #37 |
TN's Resident Gunpla Nut
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Like most people growing up, I spent a majority of my childhood watching the Saban adapted Toku and loved most of it, though VR Troopers never really clicked with me, don't know why. I also had VHS tapes of Ultraman Great and the Super Fighter Legend anime dubbed in Cantonese, of course I still didn't know what Toku was at the time.
Fast forward some years later, I was helping a friend track down Toku music and found HJU. Listened to a few tracks from Dekaranger and ended up digging them, and then I saw Deka Master's epic debut on Youtube and decided right the and there I needed to see this series. So yeah, Dekaranger was my gateway drug into Sentai but I didn't start watching Sentai on a weekly basis until Gokaiger started airing. |
04-08-2014, 07:43 AM | #38 |
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I grew up watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. There were some odd scenes that felt out of place, like when Trini turns into the Yellow Ranger, she has a male physique and masculine poses and disaster scenes that are filled with japanese people running away.
I learned about Super Sentai accidently while browsing for Ninja Strom pictures in 09. Surprised and curious, I watched a few episodes of Hurricanger and enjoyed it more than Ninja Storm. But back then, I could only get it through bittorrent and it took forever to download one episode, so I didn't have the patience to do it for the entire season, so I stopped there. Fast forward to the present, and I choose to get into it seriously now that getting episodes is easier than before. No more 2 hour download per episode, instead I could just stream one in seconds. Yes, it has effected my view of Power Rangers. I checked out Megaforce and the two mutants spawned from the toxic sewers wore samurai armor and a kanebo. What are the chances they find samurai armor and an ancient samurai weapon in the sewers of an American city? I don't like it anymore knowing that its a cut and paste show. Last edited by White Tiger; 04-08-2014 at 07:48 AM.. |
04-08-2014, 08:48 AM | #39 |
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Location: Florida
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Thanks to Night Flight, this was my first introduction to Sentai around '87 or so. I saw PR around in the early 90s, but I was never really much into it. I'd kind of aged out of that sort of thing, I guess. I didn't come in contact with Sentai again until last year and Go-Busters. (Cutie Honey the Live and Kamen Rider Fourze were my gateway Toku drugs. Sentai watching followed them in turn.)
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04-08-2014, 09:22 AM | #40 |
Half-Boiled Lifestyle.
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Bonn, Germany
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My first time discovering Sentai was around 2007 when I really started using the internet on a regular basis and startet googling Power Rangers. I found the actual show but I also found pics of Justirisers(?), Kamen Rider Den-O and Gekiranger. I didnt think much of it at the time and thought of it well...as Power Rangers. I also saw the first pics of Go-Onger and really saw that it had japanese actors in it and I was completely confused. Yes at the age of 16 I still thought poer Rangers were a completely american show
Over the course of the last five years I started watching more Super Sentai and also Kamen Rider turning into a giant toku nerd thanks to these two shows My interest in Power Rangers has mostly disappeared and its just something I check out from time to time. Over the course of 2008 I completely forgot about it though so I watched Jungle fury during the end of the year and looked for a german pr forum. Through this site I came across the Go-onger designs again and started watching the show instantly loving it and so making it my first full Super Sentai experience. |
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