The whole Budo/Bull Black saga is some of the best story in all of Sentai.

Up to episode 30 of Gingaman. Its still a really good show thats easily gonna land in my top 10. The Black Bull Arc was very well done and I cried two times during the end of it :lol

I still tear up over Budo...you're the man, forever.

Man when Hyuuga finally returned...I couldnt stop my tears anymore :lol

The only thing right now I did not enjoy that much about the show is that the search for the Lights of the Galaxy felt a bit too drawn out for my tastes.

Moving at a slower pace because I watch both shows together and am pretty busy atm, I will soon be in the 20s of both Carranger and Gingaman. Both are really fun to watch and while Carranger is more entertaining episode-wise, I just love the atmosphere, storytelling and characters in Gingaman. I wish I would have time to watch more, but yeah, preparations for Japan keep me busy. Still looking forward to what both shows have in store.

Finished watching Gingaman and what a blast that was. Its easily one of the best Sentai shows out there and has a great storyline. Only thing I disliked was a string of episodes that felt a bit too drawn out and repetitive for my tastes. But the show still kicked all kinds of ass.

Currently watch Dekaranger along with current toku series. I'm barely a quarter of the way through since my time is limited now due to school. Hoping to get it done before the 10 years after special.

I was watching Liveman and finishing Kakuranger, but have decided to place those on hold in favor of Battle Fever J. It seems to be the earliest fully subbed series available online, since Goranger and JAKQ are apparently impossible to find fully subbed, and I'm really enjoying it.

Following Ninninger, but that's about it mostly for now.

Been watching Gingaman. Hit episode 43. That engrish theme song. That was something else.

Was 43 the clip show?

Yeah, just after they beat the Daitanic. I didn't watch all the way through, because I didn't think I was gonna get anything significant from it.

Aiming to finish the show tomorrow. A very enjoyable slice of 90's toku.

I watched the final 4 episodes of Ohranger today. You know, I like a lot of what goes on here, but I wish the whole taking over the Earth had been done sooner in the series. Also, Gunmajin is absolutely worthless and is only there for plot convenience and lazy writing. As a whole, the series is quite mediocre, but it does have some truly great episodes and moments in it. And to be honest, for as lackluster as the ranger cast is (their development is terrible as not even Goro is really all that developed), I'll take it over anything that came out after Gokaiger.

I just finished up Ohranger as well.

First things first: My, oh my! What a gloriously absurd finale. I think the last four episodes of this show stand up to any Super Sentai ending arc I've watched. The reveal of the Cho-Riki homeworld is... well... I don't want to ruin it for the uninitiated, but it is INSANITY, and I loved every second of it. The Machine Empire’s full takeover of Earth is terrifyingly well-realized. Kaiser Buldont and Maltihua prove to be exactly the cruel, intimidating villains the show lacked for so long. One of the show’s most annoying villains pulls an about-face and reveals hidden depths. The action remains brutal and sophisticated, and the cinematography is on-point. There are even some shocking deaths! (Err… okay… near deaths.) These episodes pack in pretty much everything I want from a Sentai finale and distinctly raise the overall quality of the show a few notches.

But look, in spite of all the ending awesomeness, Ohranger is not the greatest show. As Kain said, it has its share of fantastic episodes -- I'd put the first 8 and last 4 up against the best of the franchise, and I'd even go as far as to say that almost every episode written by Sugimura is on-par with Zyu, Dai, and Kaku, in terms of plotting and suspense (though admittedly, not always in terms of character and theme). But not all of the show's writers were able to acquit themselves to the post-terrorist attack retool quite as gracefully as Sugimura did. Soda turns in some painfully bland and derivative stories here, and Inoue churns out what are easily the laziest scripts I've seen from him. In a surprising turn of events, Uehara occasionally escapes this trend and returns to the franchise he helped build with some legitimately charming comedy, but those episodes are few and far between.

Where this show really falls apart is in its approach to character. Namely, that none of the characters have any. I could sit here for days trying to distinguish Oh Green and Oh Blue and come up with no satisfactory results other than, “that one has longer hair than the other one.” Momo is cute, but that’s about it. And Goro – while starting in such a promising place, as a hyper-competent, highly decorated military leader – is extremely flat. I think Juri is the most interesting (I'm actually finding that female yellows are often my favorite characters in any given season), but that is just by virtue of the writers having so many conflicting approaches to her. Whatever the cause, the result is a surprisingly multifaceted -- if utterly unlikable – character created, it seems, completely by accident and with none of the writers themselves realizing it. Riki and Dorin are mostly just there (until the end, where they are the center of some truly startling events).

But through it all, in spite of the crap characters and the attempts at humor that fall completely flat, Ohranger is still a totally worthwhile series. It consistently has the best action cinematography of any Sentai series I’ve seen, and when the show is firing on all cylinders, it’s a thrilling ride.

As far as ranking within the franchise goes, I’d place it solidly in the middle of my list, which currently goes…

JETMAN > KAKURANGER > GOKAIGER > DAIRANGER > SHINKENGER > OHRANGER > KYORYUGER > TOqGER > GO-BUSTER = GOSEIGER > MASKMAN > MAGIRANGER

Hmmmmmm, if I were to rank every Sentai show I've seen in full, it would probably go:

Dai > Kaku > Zyu > Geki > Car > Aba > GoGoV > Jet > Time > Gokai = Ginga = Mega > Live > Gao > Hurri > Mask > Bio > Five > Deka > Magi > Oh > Shinken > Bouken > Kyoryu > Turbo > Go-On > Go-Buster

However, my bottom three would be ToQ, Gosei, and Dyna because I couldn't bring myself to watch more than a handful of episodes.

Oooh! Oooh! I wanna join in on the fun!

Gekiranger > Kakuranger > Gokaiger > Dairanger > Megaranger > Dekaranger > Goseiger > Jetman > Kyoryuger

...Aw, I don't have much of a list. I couldn't finish Liveman, Sun Vulcan, and Shinkenger out of sheer boredom, while I just didn't ever really get into Boukenger, Go-Onger, or Magiranger. I started OhRanger and Timeranger, but they weren't finished at the time and I couldn't continue.

I'll come on down and play the Feud. And my list is fairly short as well. There's definitely a lot I've started and just got distracted by other stuff to finish (Liveman, Kaku, GoGoV, Time, Gosei, Nin), so this will just be of what I've seen beginning to end.

1. Dairanger
2. Gokaiger
3. Abaranger
4. Jetman
5. Gingaman
6. Hurricanger
7. Megaranger
8. Zyuranger

Hurri and Ginga could be switched maybe. It's been a while since I've seen Hurricanger, which ironically was my favorite until Ginga came along. Maybe I should give Hurri a re-watch (it would be my third time watching it).

I continue to watch Dekaranger, for some reason I really like this show and I'm not bothered by the usual Sentai tropes like role calls and the whole "Bad guys grow big after been beaten once". Maybe because Dekaranger has more of a sci-fi setting with aliens and all which I enjoy quite a bit, and because aliens that grow big as part of their biological abilities is something I can accept, because Ultraman does the same.

DekaRed is quite annoying at times because of all the shouting and the cliché "Red vs. Blue" fighting among the team, but I think the rest of them balance that out quite nicely. I think Green is my favorite because he’s so chill and sometimes a little bit weird. His focus episode with the alien that cuts cars apart was really nice.

The effects are awesome, some CGI shots like DekaRobo slinging his gun are rather annoying but passable.

Think I continue to watch this on the rather slow release date that OverTime is doing, that also might help keeping me interested because it prevents me from getting too tired of the usual Sentai-stuff.

But one question: Why the f* is there no DekaMaster SHF Tamashii?! The hell, he’s the best thing ever. His fighting scene in Episode 13 is amazing and he’s the only character from the show I want in SHF-form. Oh well, maybe Dekaranger Returns can bring forth a new Sentai SHF… maybe.

The Tamashii Nations Event isn’t too far away now… fingers crossed for a DekaMaster prototype shown that actually gets released at some point. Because that's the only Sentai SHF I desperately need.

Heh, I wanna do mine too :D

Gokaiger = Dekaranger > Magiranger > Jetman > Go-Busters > Liveman > Gekiranger > ToQger > Dairanger > Shinkenger > Go-onger > Zyuranger > Gaoranger > Kyoryuger > Goseiger > Boukenger > Sun Vulcan

Need to get around to watching Ohranger now that it's all out. Even if it isn't all that good I've been looking forward to it for a long time.

At one point I'd watched all the completely subbed Sentai out there, and now I've got Maskman, Kakuranger, Ohranger, Carranger, Megaranger and Abaranger to catch up on :lol

I initially considered revisiting Sun Vulcan after finishing Kuuga, since I shit talk on it so much I should at least watch more than 10 or so episodes.
But then I realized I didn't want to watch two boring ass shows in a row. I'm still torn between Zyuranger (Dat MMPR connection makes me eternally interested), Abaranger (I hear it's a lot of fun), and Ohranger (I was mildly interested after watching the first 8, so I'm curious in how it shifts in tone).

Aba, always go with Aba.

Aba is pretty high on the list. My biggest hurdle is not spoiling it for Sideswipe since he's too busy for school, but I'm likely to give it a try first.
7 more episodes of Kuuga first, though...

I started watching Carranger and boy, is it...something. Its just...wow. Attempting to be serious here, it wasn't that bad of a first episode. It laid out the main plot nicely and we met our villains and heroes (I find it a little weird that we get the names with a drawing on a computer screen). I will admit however that it didn't do a good job of establishing the team. True this is episode one, but usually they give you some indication as to what all of the characters are like. But here they didn't really do that. Overall it wasn't a bad start, but it did leave a little to be desired on the essentials. Entertainment wise though it gets an A plus.

Also, the ending video, I love everything about it. It is literally Super Sentai Mario Kart.

Don't worry, this quickly becomes one of Carranger's greatest strengths.

It took me a little while to fully board the Carranger band wagon, but I was in love by episode 4.

I'm curious, where/how do you watch Dynaman, Fiveman, and Turboranger? Or are those just your impressions of them based on the handful of subbed episodes that are available?

My ranking would probably go like this:

Mega > Gokai > Jet > Deka > Time > GoGoV > Bouken > Magi > Aba > Shinken > Battle Fever > Kyoryu > ToQ > Go-On > Kaku > Hurri > Geki > Ninnin > Gingaman > Go-Buster > Zyu >>>> Sun Vulcan

I've watched them raw.

So my internet died for half the day, so to entertain myself, I watched whatever I had saved on my laptop. So...

Zyuranger episode 1.
It was a...Decent start? I dunno. Nothing particulary eye catching or spectacular, but I've seen worse pilots, so I'll let it pass.
Bandora awakens after some astronauts (And children, strangely) set off to the planet Nemesis and find (And break) her seal. She forms a new base made out of skyscrapers, so...Huh.
To counter her, the Zyurangers are awoken...And that's about it, as the rest of the episode is just action.

Isn't that what the first episode of MMPR was too? :lolol

I wouldn't doubt it :lol

And hot damn is that some awesome action.

Have I mentioned that Carranger is driving me to insanity?

Bad. Stop that.

So...Zyuranger episode 2.
Stuff happens. That's about it.
Geki describes their backstory in the clunkiest way possible, and Bandora is still trying to kill those kids.
Doraskeleton spun his head around and trasported them...Somewhere...Man, I have no idea what the fuck.

The Tyrannosaurus, oh, excuse me, Tyrannozaurus comes to the rescue.

Not much to say about this as it's a direct follow up to the pilot, but good god that exposition was horrible.

Welcome to your complete watching experience of Zyuranger. Stuff just happens. Sure you get some small arcs...that last for fiveish episodes before ending. The only exceptions are the first ten episodes where they gather their equipment and the start of Burai's saga. But yeah, you'll be saying shit happens a lot. Unentertaining and boring shit.

Well, doesn't that fill me with a lot of hope...

Then again, I was told Kuuga was good, and that turned out to be the exact same description of un-entertaining and boring shit, so who knows at this point...

Yup.

Opinions are subjective anyways. Personally I consider Zyuranger the worst Sentai I've seen but I know a few people here sing its praises a lot. So its all up to how you feel. Do definitely be prepared for the one agreed issue: fucking filler upon filler of kid of the week episodes.

I could very well feel the same way as you about Zyuranger. These first two episodes were literally just stuff happening with nostalgic suits. So filler with annoying kids could very well break me as much as Kuuga did (Especially since good child actors are, and forever will be, a rarity).

I'm rather afraid, since Kuuga had a plot that moved so slowly I didn't realize it actually started until the late 20s, while you tell me that Zyu has a plot and arcs that pops up for about 5 episodes then disappears.

I'm not actually the kind of guy who prefers flashy action over a coherent and well told story (Or is willing to forgive a mediocre story because of it), but after being so drained and betrayed by Kuuga, all I could do was look at myself in the mirror and cry, so I chose a Sentai specifically because they tend to put more emphasis on high speed action.
So to hear Zyu is just as bad as Kuuga scares the shit out of me...

Well Kuuga's slowness is deliberate. Rider in general focuses on being much more a cohesive and streamline story, such as actual dramas, this especially true Kuuga onwards. So with 50ish episodes and with being a mystery the slow speed is to be expected, and in for some (such as myself) is great. It gives you time to figure out stuff for yourself and rewards you every so often.

With Sentai though they don't go with that idea and utilize arcs to give your runs of plot before taking a break with filler. Sometimes it works and everything feels seamless. Zyuranger is pretty bad at this. Filler episodes outnumber the plot ones greatly and acting aside are just bad. The most entertaining one is probably where Mei just changes disguises along with that week's monster, sort of like in Gokaiger when Ahim used disguises to get the monster that was stealing love. But other than that they are boring and painful to sit through.

And when plot does show up it is in the shortest of bursts and isn't always great. The best is probably the early ones where you see the team gradually gaining their weapons, the mecha, and finally the ability to summon Daizyujin. Burai is initially interesting but gets tiring fast and come his confinement gets really stale. I'll admit the two episodes where they go into his demise are pretty nice and can be exhilarating. But we all know the outcome, so a lot of that intensity goes away. It's still pretty exhilarating, but not as much. Throw in barely developed characters and, well, you see where I'm going.

Do I think Zyuranger should be watched? To some degree yes just to see where PR came from, and if you're super into MMPR than yeah. But other than those reasons I truly believe you can skip it and not miss anything.

If you're wanting something with a lot more action and just an overall better show, I suggest Liveman (story and character based but moves along very nicely and supplies nice quick action. Hell I'll just say it, Live is one of the best Sentais period), Carranger (it is so entertaining that even if you don't find the action or plot to the speed you enjoy you'll still have some enjoyment), or Abaranger (for a lot of the same reasons as Carranger, but having seen it fully I can say it has one of the best stories and some of the best characters in Sentai). If you don't mind going raw, try Timeranger. And if you're like me and turn to Ebay for some shows, Hurricanger.

I know it's deliberate, but I don't feel it's satisfying. The show will intentionally take a 90 degree turn whenever you think the plot and pacing are starting to move forward. It doesn't feel like it's telling a cohesive story, since pieces just don't fit together well. It honestly felt like someone frustrated with a puzzle who started mashing pieces together. Stories are brought up, and then we instantly drop them for 10 episodes for no real reason.
There was no flow to Kuuga, and the mystery is really nonexistent. I don't need shows to hand things on a silver platter just to make sure everyone is caught up, but for Kuuga, there is no sense of plot or resolution. Story lines just end.
I'm glad you could get a sense of satisfaction and reward from it, but to me, beyond trying to figure out the MOTW's game before the show spells it out, there was no real satisfaction.

I know, which is why I've always had a harder time watching Sentai over KR. Many of them feel like they're wasting time because they only came up with 20 episodes of plot, while others just don't fully commit to their ideas.

But Kuuga felt like it was just running in circles blaming the viewer for not getting it. Every time the plot would advance, it would hit a dead stop to focus on a menial story arc, and when they did tie stories together, it was handled so poorly that it was hard to really get invested in either.
For most Kamen Rider series I've watched, I've honestly felt the time out of suit was a lot more interesting than the action. But Kuuga couldn't pull off either. Godai was a total sponge (Except against the porcupine). He just smiled and wrote every ounce of bad news off. Yes, it was clear there was some kind of facade, but it never really came into play. He only truly got angry (Or showed his anger) twice, and the second time didn't amount to anything since he still used Ultimate without succumbing to hatred. The secondary characters were incredibly uninteresting and Ichijou couldn't save the series. The action quickly got stale as they didn't try anything new as the fights went on, while the sparse bike scenes, while nice, also can't make up for it.

I always went in to Zyu knowing that it wouldn't be jaw dropping, and I doubt that my toku knowledge wouldn't really be enriched by watching it. Honestly, nostalgia for the suits is the prime reason why I'm curious, which is actually a hindrance for the series (Which seems is not a good thing, since it's hindered by a great many other things).

Really, I'm just looking for an entertaining show, which is why I strayed towards Sentai. Their desire to have a greater and broader appeal made me think they'd just have a more entertaining, if also more fluff, series.
After being told of Agito's shit ending, Hibiki's gawdawful second half, and Faiz just being one of the worst, there just doesn't seem to be much in KR to wipe away the stench of Kuuga right now.

Don't believe XW, his opinion is wrong. :lol

j/k

Seriously though, I think Zyuranger is one of the best Sentai series ever. There are things that do suck in the show (like the child of the week, but there is a reason for it), but I can turn on any Zyuranger episode and get far more enjoyment out of it than almost any other Sentai series. The story arcs are well done and a lot happens in them. The villains are developed in portions spread throughout the series, so it feels like they aren't developed at all until you start to actually think about the conversations they have had throughout the series when you are done. Not to mention every scene with Burai is nothing but awesomesauce. He never over stays his welcome as he only shows up when he needs to kick ass, and then leaves for a few more episodes at a time. It is nice and refreshing compared to the 6th rangers of today, who come in to kick ass and then 3 episodes later are getting their asses kicked just as much as the rest of the team. Oh yeah, and Geki, Burai, Goushi, and Mei got some really nice development. Sadly though, Dan and Boi not so much.