But when we are talking cold-blooded killer robot in super sentai, Bio Hunter Silva I'd say is more iconic though.

Okay I finally watched episode 29. The Hakaizer suit is amazing! Super excited to see it in action.

I find that sad. Ninja Captor has an interesting take on costume design, and while I've gotten used to the initial line being Gorenger and JAKQ and Battle Fever J, it's interesting that there might be one which should also be included and I wouldn't have a problem adding this into the equation mentally.

An article that first brought this series to my attention: http://ukiyaseed.weebly.com/ukiyasee...t-super-sentai

I will state this, while I think that the article's claim about staff differences is relevant in some capacity, I also think the information about airdates might be flawed. It states that Ninja Captor aired from April 7, 1976 - January 26, 1977 and that JAKQ premiered two days later after it ended.

In accordance with the information I've seen based on Sentai Episode Premieres (and accepting the article's timeline for Ninja Captor's original airdates as solid), Ninja Captor premiered between Gorenger 45 and 46 and ended between Gorenger 77 and 78.

https://www.grnrngr.com/sentai/series/goranger

JAKQ apparently premiered on April 9, 1977, which is definitely NOT two days after Ninja Captor! I'm thinking that the article's author may have gotten confused regarding the years.

https://www.grnrngr.com/sentai/series/jakq

Either way, Toei seems to be committed to the idea that Ninja Captor is NOT a part of Super Sentai as they uploaded the first two (subtitled) episodes to their weird YT Channel, and they would be region-blocked if they were official Sentai episodes! That said, I hope Toei gets wise to the fact that Ninja Captor matters and that it should not only be referenced, it might need a reboot/revival.

Be a hell of an Easter Egg if Gokai Silver freaked out over the appearance of Ninja Captor and someone asked if they were a Sentai, and Silver gave a neither here-nor-there answer!

I think the Sentai worlds will be something brought up near the end particularly. I'd be neat if they took multiple Sentai worlds and made a composite World monster out of say, 5 or 10 of them.

curious about the sentai worlds have multible i know it sounds crazy.

yeah but looks familiar.

It kinda resembles a Guyver suit.

oh of course.

ok will find out.

Well, like I said, it's lost all franchise relations. As a result, it's in a similar boat to stuff like Henshin Ninja Arashi and Kaiketsu Zubat as "Standalone Henshin Hero" now, with no connections to any of the big 3 (Sentai, Rider, and Metal Hero).

I don't think Ninja Captor has enough of a legacy to get a reboot (Seeing as how much larger series' attempts at reboots or revivals haven't done as well, either), but it would be nice for them to actually acknowledge it's connection beyond this random reference in Zenkaiger.

Hell, maybe they could do what Let's Go Kamen Rider did with Zubat, Kikaider, Kikaider 01, and Inazuman and have the Ninja Captor team make a reappearance in a film for a little bit.

What about that airdate discrepancy?

Not sure.

who knows.

Zenkai Cannon images

nice one.

Very interesting little clips here. The same clip set-up is found vertically on Gaon's half-body; Juran has the opposite clips to peg into it.

https://i.imgur.com/uMVIcq7.png

https://i.imgur.com/5rLikEP.png

One of the rumors that was circulating was that the Kikainoids would combine with the canon. SO I guess that's kinda confirmed in a sense.

What's the theme listed beneath Space on that little list?

Patrol Power.

EDIT: 800th post, yay!

I was thinking that, but, why? There's only, like, 2 police themed series

Based on scans, the Zenryoku Cannon - at least when used by Kaito - doesn't summon specific teams but specific rangers, so I don't think the themes here are umbrella terms for certain teams. You could, for instance, maybe see this summon Patren #3Gou and GoYellow

The "Patrol" sound in the Geartlinger was shared between Gogo V, Dekaranger and Patranger
Gogo V: https://youtu.be/O0YIm-uI-nU
Dekaranger: https://youtu.be/pbfmGeW8_3c
Patranger: https://youtu.be/GoaQ8yIhszs

the dx zenkai cannon is fantastic.

All currently Legendary Powers for transformations and giant robots in Zenkaiger :D

I think that last one is even more of a stretch than when you tried claiming every monster in series was based on a past mecha.

Daimon/Go Yellow is a cop so maybe that is why?

Ohhh the icons are based on themes. That's super clever!

We're definitely getting an all-combined mode and there's no way it's not going to be ridiculous.

I wonder if the ranger faces from the gun mode function as buttons.

well let's find out.

Tatsuya/Denji Green, Gunpei/Go-On Black and Hyeonjun/Brave Kyoryu Black are also cops!

All Sentai teams are essentially a form of privatized police force.

Okay, so I finally saw the episode Hakaiser debuts and, he looks absolutely fantastic! Though it is a little disappointing that he might be replacing Stacaesar down the road.

The Zenryoku Cannon feels very Kamen Rider Zi-O, heck the mech has 45 as it's faceplate, so that checks. Though I would like to see the actual suit for the mech because the toy image looks a little goony, though I love the idea for it, especially that the cannon turns into a spaceship!

Probably not what the sound bite is going for, making this an unfortunate albeit not totally undeserved comparison!

In most instances, you just have to accept that cops and military will give any given Sentai a pass, largely because they're so successful. The other explanation is that cops and military aren't central to the characters or the story so the vigilante aspect isn't addressed. These two explanations are nixed when dealing with Cop Sentai or Defense Force/Military Sentai.

The best on-screen explanation is the Go-Onger episode centering on Gunpei and his old cop partner who said rather explicitly that Gaiark is not subject to city cop jurisdiction and that's why the Go-Onger have support. I mentally factor this in most series.

As a reminder, here's what Sentai Team is categorized under which Sentai Theme, according to their shared sounds in the Geartlinger

My favorite Sentai subcategory. Japanese :lol

I suppose it fits cause of "IMAGINATION", but seeing ToQger as a "Mystic Sentai" is mildly surreal!

I'm just very happy that ToQger gets associated with Magine -- I just keep winning with this show!

Personally, I don't think ToQGer should be associated with anything. So the fact that it's associated with both Magine and Ricky is a double loss for me.

Anyway, the one I'm curious about is Gokaiger being in the secret group, despite having a highly visible giant flying red skyship. Surely space pirates belong in the space group.

That's cool! I still don't get why you hate ToQger so much that you need to bring it up any time it's so much as mentioned, but gotcha!

Gokaiger is probably because there's already a lot in 'Space', or maybe just to have Zenkaiser and Twokaiser share a spot. Fiveman definitely confuses me in 'Space' though, I guess there's just no better place for it to go?

Fiveman did a lot of space travel when they were kids and went back to space in the finale, so that might be the reason. I think the space group could afford one more, since the animal group is the largest with 6 Sentai.