I just noticed this detail on the Build Genius costume: Even though the eyepieces use a color gradient, they still match the tone of the original Rabbit/Tank set

The Demons/Vail/Destream Driver is based off (or at least inspired by) an inking pad. The Vistamp is 'inked' before being stamped.

I guess the Two Sidriver follows the same principle?

The Temple from Geki carried over and the Rio / Mele plot was played out start to finish. Also they used the sign drop rescue as well.

were there any others that carried over into Power Rangers?

Can't believe I didn't notice this as it was super obvious, but Double's Rider Kick pose has him form a 'W' with his arms.

https://www.1999.co.jp/itbig63/10631329a6.jpg

Does the guy in this commercial look familiar to anyone?

https://twitter.com/SDGBA_official/s...24848186884096

Water your thoughts?

I'm not placing it unfortunately :(

I believe it’s the actor who played Ryoga Shindai/Kamen Rider Durendal

Philip and Shotaro also form a W with their arms when they split-screen henshin.

Also W's eyes (at least on the actual helmet prop) have little zig-zags for the compound effect i.e. little connected W's.

Yep, its Ken Shonozaki, actor for Kamen Rider Durendal.

Haven't had time to keep up with DonBrothers, but looking at Toradoragonjin again, I realized that (to me anyway) it looked similar to the Power Loader/Lifter from...Aliens!

Kamen Rider Beast has a small nose on his helmet. That is all I have to report.

So this is a bit easy to miss because you have to look at the suit upside down, but super ingenious once you realize it.

Okay, so, context, I always thought Kamen Rider Evil's head was based off an upside down bat. Well, that's partially correct.

It turns out his ENTIRE UPPER BODY is based off an upside down bat. The belly is the 'head', the chest and shoulders are folded-up wings, and the helmet is actually the lower body.

I didn't think Evil's design could get any cooler, but it did. And that's awesome.

https://i.imgur.com/qubZH2C.png

Well I just finished Hurri's version of Return Of Thunder.

I did catch the dif between how it played out between Hurri and Ninja Storm

Hurri

The Thunder Ranger bros' dad wanted the Thunder bros to fight each other for an ultimate power.

Ninja Storm

Lothor lied to Blake and Hunter about their parents

In Hurri when does Samurai Green come in having finshed Return Of Thunder?

This isn’t an obvious or obscure realisation. It’s literally “spot the difference”.

Gabora's ability of covering his head with armor is like Baragon's scrapped ability of covering his head with his ears.
https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/48/44/89qrFEbD_t.jpg
https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/82/10/GOH3qTXS_t.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/19/b5/mdK82LJo_o.jpg

Gabora's suit is a reused / modded Baragon suit ;)

TIL that the Game Master had a different mask in Episode 1 of Kamen Rider Geats (I didn't notice the change), the reason why it was changed is because it is the mask of Karl Ruprect Kroenen, a Nazi villain from the 2004 Hellboy movie. Later episodes use a different mask; rebroadcasted versions of Episode 1 alter the shot to only show the Game Master from behind.

https://i.imgur.com/yGBxpHS.jpg

Reminds me of the Gotham City Map incident from Gaim.

That being said, man did this result in such a cool upgrade. I much prefer the new mask to the original one.

Extra Ranger entries

Power Rangers is always forced to bring in extra Rangers sooner due to the fact Power Rangers has fewer episodes. Toei brings their extra Rangers in closer to mid point because they have more breathing room.

Time Ranger/ Time Force
6th Ranger

Time Fire (Episode 28)
Quantum Ranger (Episode 12)

Hurri / Ninja Storm
6th Ranger

Hurri (Episode 22)
Ninja Storm (Episode 16)

Both Time Force and Ninja Storm brought the 6th Ranger in close to mid point as was the case with both Toei shows. Not too sure of the other ones but the ones I listed were obvious

Oof, forgot how goofy the early mask he had.

That said, its goofiness represent Girori's capabilities better :p

Clock On The Corner

Nobody freak or anything but I had watched a lot of subbed episodes of the Toei Ranger shows and here's the reason for the clock.

It started in 1997 and it was used to make sure the kids don't run late for school or church. At some point after that it became a regular thing. (Started with Galaxy Man)

Another Ranger forum had posted about this.

This is one reason I watch the Toei Ranger episodes on Shout Factory DVD. No over the air clock.

It was an alarm clock of sorts.

To quote Homer Simpson - "Doh!"

Shout DVD VS over the air

On Shout Factory DVD the sponsor bumpers are removed. Another reason to favor Shout Factory disks. On them it's just the episodes without the sponsor bumpers. Shows effected by this change are 5 Man - Deka. (Shout Factory DVD)

However I have seen a few Brazil disks that have textless and voiceless bumpers at the start and end.

I always wondered what that clock was for.

Not me, but someone on Reddit pointed out that you can see ToQ-Oh's suit actor's eyes in the gattai sequence.

Hint: look above the robot's eyes.

https://i.redd.it/ijk1txjizv8a1.png?...=webp&76d474df

EDIT: This image has made me realise that Toq-Oh's foreheard decoration is one of those grab handle thingies that you find on trains.

Ha! I always love that kind of thing.

That's a clever place for the eyes as those are actually empty spots on the DX Toy where the doors hinge into.

The train grab handle is a cool detail! I never noticed it either.

Drunk Rangers

I was watching 5 Man today and figured out why Dai stayed with MMPR
and didn't use the outfits but kept MMPR. (MMPR II)

This had come up about adapting for MMPR II.

Yellow Ranger's drunk fighting style. This had happened
to Remi in 5 Man. Also Umiko in Deka. Not sure if Umiko
did any drunk fighting.

Remi had drunk Saki tainted water and then wine. (5 Man 04 - Get The Earth Drunk)
Umiko got caught (Deka 17 - Twin Cam Angel)

Were there any other Rangers who used drunk fighting
styles out of curiosity?

Geki Blue for one episode.

Power Rangers will have two firsts

The first full time Lady Red Ranger and 3 full
time Lady Rangers.

Lauren and her Toei counterpart were both Lady Red but
not for long.

Most of the time we've had two girl Rangers full time in Power
Rangers but Toei has had plenty with only one girl
Ranger.

Hasbro has pulled off a double first with this move.

There have been extra girl Rangers but only for a few
episodes (White Racer for one)

Go On and RPM stayed within the two girl Ranger
limit.

While Izzy is the first Lady Green Ranger in Power Rangers
Sena from Kira Mage is the 2nd Lady Green with the first
full time being Hammie from Kyu Ranger.

Okay, this is pretty clever and makes me love Saber even more.

The lines on the suit is clearly meant to evoke book pages, but only realised today that it makes the sword running down the chest the 'book spine'. That's pretty clever!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3NrLr1X...jpg&name=large
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca88...wrl0Mj-6CPyrwk

The Gashacon Bugvisor II has the letter A and B in horizontal position.

Thus the middle part of the letter will form "play" logo for A and "pause" logo for B.

https://i.redd.it/b3ioe9xropdz.png

They should made Cronus use 'B' to pause and 'A' to resume.

Despite being weak and squishy, according to Kamen Rider Blade, humanity is actually the strongest kaijin of them all.

You know what they say. Sometims the real monster... was man.

In Nijiro Crystal Sky, before you reach the guitar solo, you can hear the backup singers saying 'Hup Two Three, Three Two Hup'. Considering Ohranger's Military theme, it's most likely intentional.

Timecode: 2:10-2:32

On the topic of Blade...

Anyone else find the fact that the Human Undead was just a guy a little disconcerting? I'm not saying that they should have stuck the actor in a human-like kaijin suit or anything, but maybe they should have at least given him a bondage gear outfit to match the rest of the Undead? (This week on "Terrible Sentences Tokusatsu Makes You Type".)

To be fair, apparently the Mantis Undead was literally just the Chalice suit: https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Mantis_Undead

https://cdn.donmai.us/original/a6/af...e8a2d5badd.png

Man, seeing this lineup in-context is so odd.

That's because Joker's power is to become any Undead. Chalice's human form is the Human Undead, the original winner of the Battle Fight.

I can get behind that reasoning.

Sure, but consider the following:

Jeans.

Plus Kenzaki already speaks his own language.

Power Rangers Cosmic Fury will be the first time we've had both
the first female Green Power Ranger and first female Red Power
Ranger on the same team. Izzy was already the first girl Green
Ranger 2 years ago.

Ranger DVD Sets

Toei - 12 DVDs
Shout Factory - 8 DVDs

Toei - 1 Disk at a time over several months
Shout Factory - 8 Disks at once

I'll wait for Shout Factory to get it and pick up the full set.

The voice-acting siblings Maaya and Yuuma Uchida have decent ties to toku, Maaya notably being Hiroyo from Akibaranger and Yuuma notably being the voice of Tregear.