That's also nice because the Primordial Soup bit got tiresome after the second time.

I left the show off after finishing episode 7 and I'm not planning to watch a few more until MFC does another batch. I don't want to get stuck with nothing like I did with Changeman because I decided to rush starting it.

That's understandable. The same thing happened to me with Changeman. Apparently I don't learn though, since I went through the thirteen episodes of Dynaman MFC did in about two weeks.

Oh well, it's not like I don't have gazillions of episodes from other shows to watch.

It's time to watch my first Sentai! I chose Abaranger and have watched through episode 11 so far. I have to admit it hasn't really grabbed me yet though. Still its enjoyable enough so far.

Great choice!

But yeah, the first part of Abaranger can be a little offputting as not too much happens. But it will get better, trust me.

Finally found my flash drive that I had episodes on. So I watched Liveman 15. Um...it was an episode of Sentai, alright. I just don't get why the robot didn't fight back more...they said it was armed.

Kou grew on me, but his first few episodes he was a bit much. His antics kind of crossed the line a bit for me to enjoy him as much.

To be fair, Kou was actively seeking attention in the first few episodes.

I've finished all of Abaranger now, barring the movie and a few other things. It was enjoyable enough but definitely not the kind of toku that keeps we wide-eyed binge watching into the early hours of the morning. I was expecting a pretty heavy focus on character development since a big appeal of Sentai seems to be its cast, but in the end I really wasn't in love with any of them. I kept thinking as I watched it that if Ryoga would have just been willing to make sacrifices the city would have suffered much less damage and probably less people would have died too (there is no way the various buildings that got destroyed didn't result in at least some deaths). The show was also pretty episodic, which was rather disappointing also. Still, it was all fine and fun even if it wasn't particularly memorable.

This is going to sound weird but Abaranger really reminded me of Digimon Frontier somehow. In a good way I guess? It just is what it is.

I haven't watched Power Rangers since Season 2 of MMPR. Got the urge to get into the real thing after the casting for the rebooted movie.


Binged Chōjin Sentai Jetman in like a week (Grey is the coolest villain ever) .. Devoured Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger.. Just finished Gosei Sentai Dairanger (Master Kaku is so much cooler than Zordon). Hilarious that Yellow Owl is Kame on DaiRangers (I keep thinking of Master Roshi or Kamehameha whenever they say his name lol)

Now on episode 15 of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (So cool that a white guy sentai is in this). Wish I could find a batch of Zyuranger only was able to download a Spanish sub. I got a lot of these season's on my HDD can't decide what's next. I loved Jetman & Dairanger but these newer Sentai's production value are amazing.

The problem with Zyuranger is that a lot of subs were taken down once the official DVDs were released.
Some streaming sites might have them still up, though.

That's what I noticed I really wanted to see the difference between Zyuranger & MMPR. Probably blows MMPR out the water

You say that as if it's hard :lol
Of all the Power Rangers series, MMPR is probably one of the weakest (Not the absolute worst, mind you. Samurai, OO, and Megaforce still exist :lol)

I never really got into Zyuranger since every time I try, something else catches my attention, but it's most likely a lot stronger of a show.

I didn't know Power Ranger's wasn't an original creation until this year. I'm catching up as fast as I can. I'm trying to decide where to start with Kamen Rider & Ultraman as well.

That's fine~
I'm just saying that, even in terms of Power Rangers, MMPR isn't that good :lol
Kamen Rider has plenty of good starting points, but I'm not a big Ultraman guy, so I can't comment there.

Shout Factory themselves streams Zyuranger and Dairanger for the U.S. and Canada territories. Unfortunately, anybody outside of those territories is going to have a rough time.

Ultraman Max would probably be a good way too start if you're not keen on going all the way back to the original Ultraman.

While Zyuranger does blow MMPR out of the water as far as story telling goes, it's not really fair to compare the two because they had two different purposes with two different tones of execution. Saban had no idea what to really do with MMPR beyond adapting Zyuranger for American audiences.

BTW, to the post on the last page, the Abaranger movie really does need to be watched where it takes place due to things that occur towards the end of the show.

Well, Saban knew exactly what he was doing. Wasn't he trying to do the exact same thing to Fiveman, but no studio accepted his pitch until Fox or something?

^ IIRC, he tried to adapt Sun Vulcan, Bioman and Jetman.

Ah. I couldn't remember the specifics.
But yeah, he basically knew exactly what he was doing since he was trying to make Power Rangers way before Zyuranger came along.

Yeah, but Stan Lee wanted to do it first.

I've just started watching Dekaranger with my 7-year-old son. We've just finished episode 3, and he and I are enjoying it so far. (Among other things, we laugh at how Ban--with spiky hair, impulsive behavior, and red color--reminds us Momotaros.)

Anyway, I'm not sure why we decided to get into this even if we've watched several episodes of but haven't finished Go-Busters and Toqger, which are both shows we've been enjoying as well.

This got me wondering about my own tastes in Super Sentai, and how weird it is that I can't get into common themes like dinosaurs/animals and ninja. I think I prefer the stuff that's more explicitly technology-driven like, say, the other series I want to watch sometime soon: Timeranger, Go-Onger, Carranger, Megaranger, and (arguably) Boukenger. One exception to that would be Magiranger though...

Well, if you ever feel weirded out, just remember that basically every theme before Zyuranger was either military or technology :lol

Fair point, MatrixBeast, fair point!

Ban is where I felt the red rangers started to go down the tube. They went from being a mature bad ass leader to a loud mouthed, snot nosed childish brat.

You sure? Because BoukenRed was as dull as dirt, and that was only 2 series later.

There are a few exceptions, but Deka Red, Magi Red, Go-On Red, Gosei Red, Geki Red, Kyoryu Red, and Red ToQ were all obnoxious loud mouths. The only one that made sense for it from a writing standpoint was Geki Red, so I do give him leeway. However, as a whole, he is in there.

Bouken Red and Shinken Red were like the most generic you could get while Marvelous had a personality and a great side story with Basco.

What age did u start letting your son watch Sentai? And were subtitles a problem or did you start him with English versions?

Hi, Burakku Gaijin, he just started watching last year (maybe around the time he turned 7 or immediately after). He doesn't have much trouble reading the subtitles most of the time. We've seen (in their entirety) Gokaiger, Den-O, and Fourze. He's also seen the two Super Taisen movies, most of Gaim, bits of Toqger, Go-Busters, Decade, etc. Probably the biggest issue is that I have to warn him that he can't use the word "bastard" (or "bitch") in public.

And this is why TV-Nihon subs are no good.

I'm sorry but Gosei Red and Toq #1 were anything but loud mouths, especially when compared to DekaRed, Geki Red and Go-On Red

True, they were a quite different type of character. Child-like, cheerful, yeah, but not the "loud" type Ban, Jan or Sousuke were.

How? Akashi was a good balance between serious and a dork, he had his serious moments and at the same time he had his goofy moments, had a passion for what he did, and helped his teammates grow and bond together while giving a good example to lead and follow, he has the quintessential qualities of what a Sentai Red needs.

I don't think the "loud" reds are as awful as people make them to be. Ban had a lot of great leadership qualities and intelligence that people overlook due to his yelling, he's one of my favorite Sentai Reds. But they are some really awful ones out there, such as Kai Ozu, who they focused on developing the wrong aspects of him and actually reminded me of what not a Sentai Red should be. I hated him.

And HenshinTrouble, it's nice to see that you are watching Sentai with your son! I was his age when I first started watching Sentai. Personally I recommend Boukenger and Go-Onger, as those were 2 series that I saw parts of when I was his age and younger and maybe those can have a similar appeal to him too.

I don't see why this matters. Kids are going to hear/see those words somewhere, so it is better to learn them while with their parents so their parents can explain why they shouldn't use them.

Hell, I got in trouble in third grade for telling a girl to "Suck my dick," because I had no idea what it meant, I just knew it was meant to be an insult because one of my friends said it a few weeks prior. My dad explained to me what it meant and I never used it again until I was an adult.

They were still immature brats. Hell, Gosei Red didn't even look hold enough to not have homework, let alone be a super hero.

Aside from the fact that i was more joking/mocking, a lot of the cursing in TV-Nihon subs is actually mistranslation as in "overdoing it for sounding cool". And it's annoying as hell.

Explaining a bad word is an entirely different thing than watching a show which drops these insults every episode. Because eventually kids will think it’s cool since their heroes say it all the time, no matter what you told them earlier.

And as Suzu said, it’s completely pointless since the words are not that hard in the Japanese language. TV Nihon is just translating it that way because they think it’s edgy and cool. It’s not. Same with their annoying "We won’t translate oni-chan and stuff because anime"-mindset.

What does how someone look relate to their role as a hero?

I just didn't find him an entertaining Red. Simple as that. He led the team well and that's great. I just didn't really find him endearing.

Good point, but I just couldn't take him seriously as the red ranger.