I'm glad you're enjoying it! Kakuranger is my second favorite Sentai of all time! It's lively, energetic, comedic, and in the latter half, pretty intense!

Finished Kyoryuger the kther day. Honestly, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Sure, Daigo should have been toned down, but a majority of the others were likeable and developed. The villains too!

I just finished Carranger like two days ago. It's a dumb show but in a great way. It currently ties with Megaranger for being my second favourite Sentai.
My favourite episode is 45, where Kyosuke refused to change into Red Racer to fight the MotW in order to show his love for Zonette.

That sounds good to me. I was pretty much hoping for fun ninja and Japanese folklore shenanigans throughout, with a more intense plot that builds towards the end.

4 episodes into Fiveman. For a show that almost killed the franchise it's not even that bad. I liked the 4th episode where Five Yellow gets drunk and fight the enemy with the drunken fist style and teaches the robo to do the same.

I just started Kakuranger too. I only saw 2 episodes, but I am nooooot really feeling it so far. Hoping it grows on me, but for now I am wistfully thinking about Dairanger.

Many people kinda like Kakuranger because of how Tsuruhime is kinda portrayed as the "badass teenage girl who rounds up four boys harder than Ino-Shika-Cho" personality. Her youth also helps.

The Kakurangers are interesting in that I've always felt as though the group's dynamic is very much akin to that of a family's. Tsurihime and Sasuke are the mature parents to the usually well meaning but silly and childish Jiraiya, Saizo, and Seikai, who find themselves getting into trouble constantly and often need Tsurihime and Sasuke to bail them out. Its a unique dynamic that I don't think we've seen since.

Jiraiya is far from childish :lol

And I'm not sure I'd call Sasuke "mature."

Childish was probably the wrong word to describe how he acted normally but Jiraiya had a much wider ranged, is that the right term for that?, personality when compared to the other members of the team. Some episodes, he could be just as serious as Tsurihime was. Others, he got into the same silly shenanigans that Saizo and Seikai did. It really depended on the episode.

When ever I think of Jiraiya though, two different episodes immediately come to mind. The serious episode when he was forced to battle the main who raised him... and the episode where he became so interested in a Samurai TV Show that he started emulating what he was seeing on TV.

Jiraiya had awesome focus episodes.

Relatively speaking.

I've just finished Maskman episode 44 and 45 and I enjoyed them quite a bit. I'm always up for more Akira focused episode and damn did he kick some serious ass this episode. The strangest part about this episode though was the reaction everyone on the team had to the idea that Akira may have been from the Underground. While I don't know if I'd go so far as to say they hated the idea of Akira being from the Underground, the way they were talking and dismissing the idea came across as very... odd. They've meet good people from the Underground, several times in fact. This two parter even had a pair of them as guest stars. Why did they find the idea of Akira being from the Underground so bad?

In other news, *gasp* Igam's a girl! How surprising!... Said somebody, somewhere, I'm sure...

Just started Go-Busters not too long ago and...Eh, it's ok so far. Enter really interests me as a villain though, I hope he's as good as people say he is. Debating on picking up another season too, maybe Gekiranger, maybe Shinkenger.

Yeah, I also found it a bit off that the notion of an underground member being a Maskman was bad. Like he fought against Tube for quite a while. Akira is prolly my favourite member of the bunch, being surprisingly badass for a mummy's boy.

@Topic: Managed to get up to episode 42 of Fiveman. The villains are basically a lamer version of Changeman's Gozma Star League, whereas the Fivemen themselves are alright. Over all it's no masterpiece but aside from a few episode it wasn't really that bad either. Tending between 6 and 7 out of 10.

I'm at the halfway point for Kyoryuger Brave, and it's not that bad. It's not great, either, but its certainly a short, enjoyable spin-off of a show I loved, and has the same kind of energy that made me fall in love with the original.

About 12 episodes through of Goseiger. I'm willing to wait until GoseiKnight comes in, as I'm getting a little bit bored

The first half drags a bit, but the second half, mostly the last third is pretty cool :)


After pausing GoGoV and any of the current shows because I just needed a break, I started Hurricaneger a few days ago for university research (no kidding), I feel like I'm slowly getting back into toku as a whole.

While Hurri has some pretty standard stuff in stock plots and concepts, it is rather interesting and I enjoy the character dynamic a lot so far. The scrubs are pretty okay for what they are, they have some edges sometimes, but they are rather accurate so far. Then again, I'm only a handful episodes in, let's see how they hold up when we get to the juicy parts of the plot.

The second half of Goseiger is the hardest one to get through of them all. The Yuumajuu are painfully boring and dull to sit through.

Continued Ohranger with some friends. One of whom's developed a crush on OhYellow/Yuki/ayumi hodaka. He was very happy with the swimsuit episode.

So, if you remember, I was watching Kakuranger, said I was not excited by the first episode or 2, then made no more comments. Well, it's finished now, and I loved it, despite my initial reservations! Oh, where to start...

For one, the cast was probably the most lovable I've seen yet, with Tsuruhime and Jiraiya as my favorites by the end. Tsuruhime was portrayed like the protagonist of the show, instead of Sasuke, which was really cool, and Jiraiya was just adorable. Even my least favorite of the Kakurangers, Saizou, was far from terrible. The show was also absolutely hilarious, its bizarre sense of humor was spot on, and has aged really well. The Santa episode nearly killed me. In addition, while the show was largely comedic, when it did choose to have more dramatic episodes, it handled those excellently too. It was a really solid all-around package. Sorry Dairanger, you have nothing on this!

Was... Was I really the last person to use this thread? Gosh. Well anyways, I watched Ohranger all the way through. I honestly was expecting to hate it, but it was pretty enjoyable. Not GOOD mind you, but fun. The characters in this one were pretty bland, I feel like Momo was the only one that was interesting and I am pretty sure you could remove Riki from the show with almost no impact. I have to give this show credit where it is due though, if I had to pick one show that contained the condensed essense of tokusatsu, I would choose this one. It somehow feels like the most tokusatsu of then all (whatever that means).

I like ohranger more for the story your right about the characters though, it was one of the really disappointing things about the show that saddened me after having waiting a while to see it was that they were just kinda the generic 5 man band toku

red-leader
blue -lancer
green-big guy
yellow and pink were the girly girl
with the brains being the mentor who kept building their tech
and gold (riki) was the sixth man who's main priority is protecting his princess

though i like the story and the action its one the ones i like a lot out of the tokus but its something ive noticed in a lot of mid 93 sentais the characterization isn't as strong in later sentai series but then again i think it a product of the times so we can cut it some slack there

I don't really feel like cutting it TOO much slack considering it followed up Kakuranger, which nailed the characterization. The story was just okay by my standards too. I think giving it a rating of "decent" is plenty, haha.

Me and my friend finished Ohranger last week. He's actually pretty sad to see it go. Especially Juri/Ohyellow. He had a real crush on her actress. It was definitly not the strongest show character wise, but we liked the Baranoia designs, and the mecha. It probably would have been better if we didn't get the tonal swings. As he put it "Here's an goofy episode with them teaching the robots to dance. Here's the incredibly creepy episode with the serial killer robot going after young girls." Still as much as he loved the series I'm thinking about getting him the DVD set next month for his birthday.

I was a bit surprised shout's streaming service didn't have Carranger on it. I think my friend would love it due to how silly it is, but we moved onto Megaranger.

Definitly interesting to see what they took and what they changed from when the did PR in Space. Well they added a lot more space. Character's seem a bit more distinct, but I had to stop and keep explaining certain Japanese High School tropes to him, like sleeping in the Nurses Office or Love Confessions. Also a good set of Villains, I prefer a memorable gang of baddies in Sentai. Oh and that absolutly freaky moment where you find out what kind of movies Shibolina's actress was in doing the show. I had to show him the wikipedia page before he'd believe me on that one.

Just finished Gingaman last night. It was a pretty fun show and I really liked how Barban consisted of four different armies (even though it wasn't as dynamic as in Metalder).

Wanted to go for Battle Fever next but I didn't like the subs, since quite some spoken lines got skipped and it generally felt off. With no more full proper subs for pre-zyu sentai left, I'm proceeding to finish the 90s shows. GoGoV it is then.

decided to resume kakuranger after i dropped it initially. i guess thats the completionist in me, i was already about half way done.

also decided to start bioman, episode 1 was awesome. it is so extremely 80s. it makes my heart melt

I know I'm late to discovering it, but I stumbled onto unofficial Sentai Akibaranger today and I'm only one episode in and I think it's really funny. I like that's it's so meta and trying to be like 'what if they were real' or something,..and how the Red Ranger is just totally delusional.

Can't even begin to describe what I just saw and I know it's only 13 episodes but I feel a binge coming on. Too funny.

When he pressed against the glass of the Toku store basically almost crying because he's not going to buy the robot figure and is like, "..but I'm glad I met you." I laughed out loud. What a weird show.

It's like Geed, how Ultraman Geed was also an Otaku,..but it's way funnier than that because you can tell they're not really trying to be serious, but are 'sort of' trying to be serious?

...like I said I can't describe what I just saw. It was weird and funny and I have a feeling I'm going to end up binging the 13 episodes this weekend.

I like how his Boss sort of slapped him around like, "You're not a Red Ranger you're a Delivery Man!" while ripping the tape and 'team logo' off his jacket.

Finished Season One of Akibaranger and am a couple episodes into Season Two.

I really like it and the reverence it has for the source material ('real' Sentai shows) comes through in every episode. It's a fun show and it has me excited to watch more original/official Sentai. So far the only real Sentai I've seen is Zyuranger, which I actually liked quite a bit more than I was expecting to. So I DL'd a few more seasons based on a friends/fans recommendation but I hadn't gotten around to seeing them, (in favor of watching more and more Kamen Rider.)

But some of the series I have are referred to in Akibaranger and I'm more interested in watching them sooner now.

Akibaranger has been a lot of fun though and I'm glad I watched it on a whim. Mostly I was thinking 13 episodes for a season would be pretty easy to get through, and it was. I just wasn't prepared to like it as much as I have. The fighting is good, the acting is funny, the stories and characters are good. It's definitely a Sentai show, just one that's rather tongue in cheek.

I like the weird 'Stranger Than Fiction' aspect to it. Is it a show? Is it real life? Is it real life that thinks it's a show? Is it a show that thinks it's real life?

The fact the characters are Otaku and big fans who watch the actual Sentai shows and refer to them is an interesting world within a world thing. It reminds me a lot of Ultraman Geed and how much he loved Tokusatsu as well.

I mean a show about a big Toku fan who gets to be a Red Sentai. How could I not want to watch that? I just wasn't expecting it to be as good and funny as it is.

I was enjoying hurricaneger but then someone at kissasian got lazy and didn't bother to update the subs past episode four. Shame, since the subbers seem to have forgotten anidex exists and never added them to that site.

Check their twitter. They should have links to the full Hurricanger subs there.

unfortunately, they used unshortened mega links, mega is finnicky as the links change over time to prevent people from issuing DMCA claims and such. It sucks, but what can you do?

I recently finished Kyuranger (perhaps obviously) and in the same week finished watching all of Kyouryuuger. Liked Kyuranger okay, really, REALLY had some problems with Kyouryuuger.

Is his name Daigo?

A few days ago, I pre-ordered the Live Robo Super Minipla, since I really like Live Robo. But then, I thought, I should go back and watch more Liveman. But before I continue, I need to give a bit of backstory.

Around Halloween, my friend got into Jiangshi films because of Mei's Halloween skin in Overwatch. He recommended them to me, so I recently decided to watch both Mr. Vampire and Spooky Encounters. I absolutely loved them both, and I would consider myself a Jiangshi fan.

So anyways, going back to Liveman. My first episode back was 16, and what is it about? JIANGSHI! Toku hero vs Jiangshi is quite possible the best idea I have ever heard. However, as much as I wanted to see Mr. Vampire with toku heroes instead of taoist priests, I knew it just wasn't going to happen, so I just sat back and enjoyed it for what it was - a fun episode of Sentai. In fact, this just might be one of my favorite episodes of Liveman yet.

I've gotta say, I love when Sentai (and Rider) dabbles in other tropes and genres. For example, the Dragon Quest-themed episode of Ninninger, or Burai's assault on the city using Dragon Caesar (which felt like a Godzilla movie more than Sentai).

It looks like my Rider watching is gonna be stalled for a while pretty soon, so I'm taking the opportunity to get back to checking out some more Sentai. Starting with Gekiranger...which I meant to get to earlier, but the fact I didn't was probably for the best. Scrub just dropped like last month.

Watched the first episode a bit earlier. Don't have a ton to say about it but it was alright. Master Kittyface's suit is kind of...well, passable I suppose.

I have watched first episode of GoGoV today and I'm not really convinced. Everything started so quickly, no much introduction of villians, team is already complete. I can't recall how it was exactly going in Megaranger, but Timeranger had complex beginning and I enjoyed that building of tension.

Well, let's see what next episodes will bring ;)

Just started watching Abaranger.
I'm less than impressed. Everything moved so fast it was hard to really get into things. It had some moments, like the old dude and the over excited chick failing to morph, but there was just too much for one episode.

Gekiranger episode 4
Things escalated pretty rapidly in this episode. But, it was pretty cool. Felt like the sort of episode you'd normally get much later in a show, after a lot more one-off MOTW episodes. It shows a certain degree of proactiveness from the villains you don't see too often and that I hope continues throughout the rest of the show.

That's one of the things I love most about Gekiranger. The villains are always working towards something. While there are occasions where Rio just tells someone to go do a thing, most of the time, they have their own agenda to work towards, and it's really quite fun.

The pacing of it was very old school Kung Fu for me when I saw it and also why I loved it.

Anyways, saw random eps of Flashman, Gingaman, and Zyuohger. All sentai teams who wear clothes that would make people wonder if there is some cosplay convention happening closeby(sans Yamato/Zyuoh EagleGorillaWhale). :lolol
Seriously they hardly get out of their fancy costumes when not fighting.(Although Flashman later on had eps where they started wearing Earth clothes more)