Only 16 episode have gotten the subbed treatment. As for the show, it's a mixed bag. It was an anniversary season and was meant to be a dark epic piece like the original shows. However both a major earthquake and the Sarin gas attack put a stop to it (the show was going to involve natural disasters and terrorists, think you can see why they put on the breaks). So the end result was a show that switched between back and forth between being dark and pretty typical Sentai in terms of feel. It's also one of the most lowest rated Sentais of all time, it only being a success (to Toei) due to how well it did in selling toys.

It's unfortunate when stuff like that gets in the way but also understandable and it's pretty awesome they always respond and respect what is going on outside their productions.

Yeah, weirdly the lowest rated Sentai ever (until 2012) had really high toy sales, so much so that the second combining mech was created just to get more merchandise on the shelves.

Sadly, I must disagree. I love both series, but if I were to compare the two, I would go more towards Jetman. I love the casts in both shows (rangers and villains), but I feel those of Jetman are far more complex than those in Liveman. The other thing is, Liveman felt like it was started to thin out its ideas until they brought Black and Green in, but then when they did, those two felt forced in. Liveman definitely would have been better suited as a 26 episode series than a 50 episode one. Jetman, while it does have its filler, never felt like it had to be shorted. My only problem with Jetman is how awkward Gai's stance seemed to change every few episodes. Sometimes he acts just like a normal part of the team, the next episode he wants to quit and take Kaoru with him, while the next episode will have him back to being a normal member.

You can't go wrong with either show, but I can't help but feel Jetman is the better of the two. I will state that out of all of the shows I have seen from the 81-90, Liveman is probably the best. To be fair, I have not seen anything from Changeman and I've only seen Flashman up to episode 20.

Gekiranger 40-44

So all the other Gekiranger family subplot were pretty much fun episodes showing a little bit about the Gekirangers characters and lives with their families, while not really having any obvious impacts on the main plot aside from the Rin/Gen Jyuken plot...then Jan's family episode hits. Holy shit!

I suppose it all makes sense, that Jan's father would be Dan. And hey! It's Battle Kenya/Denji Blue/Gavan! But yeah with both of them having tiger spirits and Jan reminding Rio of Dan it seemed pretty obvious. I like how the previous episodes sort of built up to showing how Jan viewed family. Because nearly every time some spat came up between whichever Gekiranger was having the problem and their family member, Jan would always tell them that families aren't supposed to behave in that way.

Not only is Jan reluctant about fighting a mindless monster that was once his father, but Gou's getting all wound up about having to fight a former friend of his, Miki's, and even Rio's in a sense.

I like how Rio's initial flashback of his time studying Geki Jyuken were all in vintage kung fu movie-vision. But his final duel with Dan was incredibly kung fu movie-esque. Reminded me a bit of Fist of the North Star too. Dan fought Rio despite his injuries to stop him from turning further on the path to Rin Jyuken, so when Rip defeated him, he was denied the honor of having a real fight with him. Rio actually seemed pretty concerned after finding out he killed his former friend in an unfair fight.

Dan's insistence that his son would one day be a match for Rio, kind of caused a stir too. Jan understandably didn't just want to be the destined one to fight Rio because everyone decided he would do it beforehand. Gou is slightly jealous of this since he wants to be the one to defeat Rio in a rematch. And everyone is on either side of the fence. Ken seemed to side with Jan the most, probably cause he's all about not having the load of responsibility on your shoulders.

Rio's decided without a doubt that Jan is his ultimate enemy and Long...is not okay with that for some reason. He definite has some shady shit up his sleeve. Basilisk seemed to let something slip about Rio gaining a new mind. Mele starting to catch on that Long has his own plans.

And Jan's past is pretty damn sad. Dad died, his mother and her village buried in a rock slide....which may or may not have been Long's handiwork. And then just when he decided that he'd overcome his fears. deciding to be the own to take down Rio and Rin Jyuken once and for all and his dad too to free his spirit....in the end, he couldn't beat his dad at all. But he finally reached through to him. I don't think I've ever seen a sadder scene of monster somberly embracing his son.

And the Christmas episode was fun. That kid's English though....wow that was some odd acting. I mean, I suppose it's expected with an American child actor being directed by a Japanese director. His dad sounded like he was Australian or something. Ken was hilarious this episode AND it featured Master Pyon playing the part of the 'red nosed reindeer'. All in all, it was pretty fun.

With Gou receiving training from Michelle Peng in a new technique to defeat Rio, it looks like things are gonna heat up big time.

So...Go-Busters is great. (runs away)

You like it too? Oh shit, they're coming! (Sprints)

Me must stand tall, my brothers!

.....Me? But we don't know what they're capable of!

Go-Busters is great! glad to see more people jumping on our tiny bandwagon :D

J for best additional ranger ever!

Yup! Can't wait to see it adapted into Power Rangers! ... Oh wait... *Runs for his life now*

Personally I found Gobus unfocused story, and generally bad pacing got in the way of the more impressive stuff Gobus did. But in the end, a show that tries to stand out from the crowd should always be celebrated and I'd always prefer a small, core and close team like the Go-Busters than a clusterfuck fiesta of semi realised cardboard cut outs like Kyoryuger.

I'll agree with that. I love shows that do something different. It seems every other season in both Sentai and KR gets cited at some point as a "Back to basics" series when we really should be breaking the mold.

Like I'm a big toku geek like the rest of you guys, but I think the worst part of toku is the lack of variety or fresh ideas. Super Sentai especially - in my opinion - really is a franchise built on "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" which are great words to live by but when it comes to a medium of creativity, taking absolutely no risks or gambles is the WORST thing you could ever do.

I liked ToQ initially but even that, ALREADY, seven episodes in has seemingly found a comfortable position in the generic sentai template and is happy to flick the show onto auto pilot.

And this is why Gekiranger and Go-Busters are my top two favorite Super Sentais. They make strides to stand out from the rest of franchise.

This. All of this.

Jetman 10, the infamous Noodle Dimension episode.
...Wow. That certainly happened, didn't it?
There isn't really much to say. It was a silly episode with a silly premise and a cute little song.
Despite being an Ako focused episode, she really didn't do much beyond have a tenuous connection to the one who made the noodles (I could go for some Ako-Chan Cup Ramen, though :p). It was really Raita who made the episode for me. He was too funny, and seeing him tied up while in the Jet Icarus was hilarious :lol

Gai is typically the fan favorite of Jetman, but Raita is likely my favorite character. However, I'm only 10 episodes into 51 episode series, so that could very well change, but Raita has won me over the most. Even if his favorite strategy is to throw a rock.

Does anyone have these and willing to share? I've only been able to find the 5 available on youtube

Wow people agreeing with me, what is this.

Quick, watch a popular series. We'll restore status quo in no time :p

*goes to shit on Kuuga some more* :lol

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call the Twilight Zone.

Even better.

Raita's antics in episode 10 were great. Noodle Dimension probably regrets infecting him :lol.

He sure did :lol
I think he even said he didn't intend on any of the Jetmen to actually eat it at one point :p

Anyway, episode 11 wasn't super notable, but it was nice. It brought out more subconscious character traits, but they didn't completely swap personalities. Rather, they swapped back and forth between their normal self and their alternate self, which made for a neat episode. I liked their commander's tough love approach to Ryu's laziness by pushing him out a helicopter midair just to get him to bother transforming :lol

Gai's change was shocking, seeing him become the goody good "Lets complete the mission together guys!" That would make the original MMPR team seem like bad boys in comparison. His aside, there wasn't much else. Raita became a loner, Ako became a crybaby, and Kaori became a rich bitch. Nothing super shocking or anything (Raita's attempt at flirting was pretty funny, though, failing instantly :p)

Anyway, Jetman's biggest flaw I'm finding is the mecha portions. They're painfully dull, doing 2 things that many found as an issue with S3 of MMPR. Either its *Form robot. Finishing attack* or *Robot slashes, jump cut to monster getting hit* as if they weren't on the same set together. From what I've heard, it was either Zyu or Dai that elevated the mecha portions from a stapled on bit to actually being interesting, but I didn't know they were this boring, though...

Oh, and the wiki's ranger dream team?
http://i.imgur.com/OSmAzJD.png
Nice choices~

Gokaiger 32.

What I love about this show is the way it convincingly makes it feel like the show is a living breathing, organism. It's real, it doesn't disappear when you turn off the TV. What you find with a lot of toku - especially sentai - is characters are given a few default position traits which carry them from just on the fringe of none existence outside of their specific episodes and then they may add a little detail here and there, when they switch those characters to active and give them their own episode. However those are usually rare and don't go very far.

With the Gokaiger however, their character arcs were near enough finished at the beginning, this is like a sequel almost to something that never actually existed. That sorta sounds horrible when you put it like that, but it actually makes the characters feel so real. I always kinda hated the way sentai would introduce the heroes as blank slates who need to learn everything for the sake of the audience. Gokaiger proves that the heroes don't need to be pathetic and useless for them to be engaging, that you can be strong and powerful and still have conflict and stakes. The weakness of the villains in this show, are weaknesses because of badly written villains - sentai with shit villains, no way! - it has nothing to do with the fact that the Gokaiger start the series with competence and the power to kick ass.

Honestly Gokaiger has got a lot going for it, strong characters, an awesome gimmick, some great designs, great choreography and special effects so I'm just a little disappointed that the actual show isn't nearly as good as its parts. I think if it didn't try to cram so many pointless tributes into its run and focused more on its own story it would be a much better show, maybe even a near perfect show. As it stands though Gokaiger is fast becoming my favourite sentai.

True, but you do get to play the fun game of "How Many Weapons Can One Robo Have?!" Serious Icarus has like a bajillion weapons.

It was Zyuranger. Watching Zyuranger after Jetman it's honestly astonishing how much the mech suits and scenes evolved over the course of just one year. Jetman's suits are clearly just cardboard boxes with details painted on them, but the Zyuranger mechs are far more advanced and the choreography and execution for those sequences is, in my opinion, up there with Go-Busters.

Yup. Zyuranger revolutionized the way they created the mecha suits. And I agree the action is top notch. After a long hiatus Go-Busters really got back to the dynamic action that shows had been lacking for a long time.

I noticed :lol

Ah, alright!
Yeah, it's incredibly noticeable how basic Jet Icarus is, and it suffers greatly for it.

I swear that robo has more in his arsenal then Link does.

I don't think it has that much :lol

Oh, and I watched the episode with the Bus Dimension. It would've been an interesting episode if it wasn't obvious the bus was the killer, and it had more than, like, 8 minutes for the "Who dun it?" plot...

That's a pretty bold claim. I haven't seen Zyuranger and it's been over a decade since I saw any of that footage in MMPR, but I wonder if they did things that well back then.

Cool; Imagination Station has finally reached the "Whacker Wilson" episode of Abaranger!

What episode number is that and can we do a special Lets Watch Wednesday for JUST that episode when we're done with Magiranger?

Just watched Megaranger 19 and 20. 19 was good, it upped the stakes a bit by adding Girell, which made things a bit more interesting to watch. 20 was cool because of the new mecha, but what kind of idiot would make it so that the program install and self destruct sequences were right next to each other, not labelled, and looked exactly the same?

4 episodes into Gokaiger - still HATE the use of CG in modern toku productions, but not so much that it kills the fun of this show

While I do disagree with the notion of Go-Buster being action packed (I thought there was very little action in it), I will agree that the mech battles in the first several episodes were nothing short of fantastic due to the new miniatures and stuff.

Gokaiger 33.

This episode was...kinda dumb, I dunno, Gai is easily the worst of the Gokaiger, and the Zangyack are some of the worst villains in the entire history of the franchise. I guess it's almost impressive how boring a show with so many great individual elements can be.

Yet, ironically, I really enjoyed the aspect of the episode that was...a tribute to Dairanger...? What..? I've made no attempt to hide that I really hate the tribute aspect of this show, and I really hate Dairanger as well. Still, Ryou was one of the better of the Dairanger. I mean sure he was as poorly written as anyone else, but he was also a BADASS. And now, here he is, getting one of the most BADASS cameos out of all of them so far which was wonderfully fitting for his character. The Dairanger tribute morph was better than the entirety of that show.

Sadly though I HAVE seen Dairanger and so I watched this entire episode with a question mark instead of a face. In the Dairanger universe, their battle with the Gourma was this literal never ending war so...why is Ryou now an old man making Gozu? Does he need to die of old age for the battle with the Gourma to begin again? Also, wasn't the White Tiger Sword technically more of a character than a weapon? So I wonder how that works in terms of summoning it with a key.

Pretty much. The Gouma didn't show up again until 50 years after the first conflict.