Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die (Post 865921)

DOUBUTSU SENTAI GO-BUSTERS - SERIES WRAP-UP

The individual beats of this season were refreshing in their scope and captivating in their details, letting us go on a journey with not just the five main Go-Busters, but also heartbreaking stories with Atsushi (still too soon) and rousing returns to greatness with Kuroki (I?m a Rider fan, you knew I was going to click with a Sentai who rocks a scarf). Any given episode could find a random pairing and make it sing, which is really only possible when you?ve got such a goofy palette to paint with. You try doing stories of heroism and teamwork and overcoming your flaws without the funny animal sounds and wacky poses, and I just don?t think it?d work.

Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die (Post 865921)

Super glad I finally sat down to watch one of these Sentai shows, and I?m happy I made it a Shimoyama one to start with. Not sure which one I?ll do next ? maybe a Kobayashi one?

Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die (Post 865930)

I am... not looking forward to tomorrow's viewing of Samba Dinosaurs Vs Go-Busters, I gotta say. But hopefully it'll be fun question mark!

Originally Posted by Switchblade (Post 865922)

Akibaranger is also a hell of a ride if you're up for something really weird.

Originally Posted by Switchblade (Post 865929)

I'm not a huge Sentai fan, but I can honestly say that I see the appeal of almost every series, even if I didn't like it personally.

Except for Kyoryuger. I don't know how anyone with a functional sense of hearing can tolerate Kyoryuger.

Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die (Post 865930)

I am... not looking forward to tomorrow's viewing of Samba Dinosaurs Vs Go-Busters, I gotta say. But hopefully it'll be fun question mark!

Originally Posted by Sh Ranger (Post 865938)

Does that mean you can see the appeal of Goseiger, even though you called it your least favorite?

Originally Posted by Androzani84 (Post 865937)

Well it was an alright show in the end, but I have to wonder why Go-Busters devoted the first episode to a robot confused by the world he lives in.

Originally Posted by Sh Ranger (Post 865938)

Even by normal Sixth Ranger standards, Green Hippo really did die too early in the 30s episode range. Atsushi still had a lot left to offer, but nevertheless, his heroic sacrifice was a strong emotional scene and man, Suzuki Katsuhiro's performance was so full of passion here, like you could really feel the raw grief that Hiromu was experiencing after losing his romantic rival that he had just started to become friends with. Totally a dramatic and sudden end to that amazing love triangle arc.

Originally Posted by Sh Ranger (Post 865938)

Shame that Kobayashi hasn't written any Sentai since Shinkenger.

Originally Posted by Sunred (Post 865941)

In case you forgot, friendly reminder, she wrote a huge chunk of this show and ToQger after Shinkenger.

Originally Posted by Androzani84 (Post 865945)

Since I?m not sure whether tomorrow will be Kyoryu v Go-Bust or a more straight review of the Returns movie, I?ve got a brief guide to the non-Go-Busters characters in the former prepared, but I?m not going to post it right now.

Originally Posted by Androzani84 (Post 807006)

Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger:
Geki/Tyranno Ranger: The Prince of the Yamato Tribe, "Warrior of Justice". He was raised believing that the King of the Yamato Tribe was his father, until it turns out he was adopted from the King's sworn enemy, the Black Knight. His natural brother Burai antagonised him for being raised by their real father's old enemy, but Geki eventually successfully convinced him to bury the hatchet. He wields the Ryugekiken, and after Burai's death, he dual-wields it with Burai's Zyusouken.
Goushi/ Mammoth Ranger: A Knight of the Sharma Tribe and Warrior of Wisdom. Was once Geki's companion before being sealed. Raised with his sister Otome, who eventually died fighting aba Dora, inspiring him further.
Dan/Tricera Ranger: A Knight from the Etoffe Tribe and the Warrior of Courage. A happy-go-lucky jokester guy who's hot-blooded and likes to slack off, though once he set his sight on something noble, he'd never stop pursuing it.
Boi/Tiger Ranger: A Knight of the Dime Tribe and Warrior of Hope. The youngest of the team, though mentally more mature than Dan. Excels in high-speed attacks. Due to his youth, he's popular with kids.
Mei/Ptera Ranger: The Princess of the Lithia Tribe and 'Warrior of Love'. Kind, loving, but has an iron-will.

Originally Posted by Androzani84 (Post 818931)

Kyoryugers:
Daigo "King" Kiryu/KyoryuRed: The leader of the Kyoryugers, who has been following the path of the great lizards since he was a child. In the present, he fought the Zyudenryu Gabutyra for a month without stopping to win its approval, which he did not receive until he saved Gabutyra's life. An easy going, strong, excitable, and very optimistic person, Daigo is surprisingly insightful, knowing how strong people are (like when he sees Amy and warns Ian that she is stronger than she looks) or can be (such as Nobuharu hindering himself with guilt), as well as figuring out why Gabutyra didn't accept him as a Kyoryuger initially. This insightfulness often serves him well, as he manages to get by without using a considerable amount of intellectuality. Whenever he is touted as harbouring a particular trait by others, he tends to repeat it back with a "super" (i.e., Torin saying Gabutyra is serious, Hyogakki calling him insane) added to it. Daigo never tries to solve difficult problems with his head, instead, he just relies on gut instinct to win. He has a tendency to announce "It's about to get wild, just try and stop me/us!" (荒れるぜ、止めてみな！ Areruze, tometemina!) before going into battle. He is very reckless and tends to act first and think later in fights, and it was this very same recklessness that prevented Daigo from getting stronger, as evidenced in Tessai's harsh lessons. Despite all this, Daigo is the one that brings the core team together and even the others showed hostility at first, they come to accept Daigo as the leader of Kyoryugers.
Ian Yorkland/KyoryuBlack: An archaeologist from Europe who is partnered with Zyudenryu Parasagun. While studying ancient civilisations, his friend Shiro Mofune was murdered by Aigaron, leaving him with a fear of opening up to others. Ian is a cheerful and talkative charmer who loves to flirt with girls, especially Amy Yuuzuki earlier on in Kyoryuger. He is the gag-maker of the group who is never one to miss a joke, often at the expense of people's feelings (often Nobuharu). However, despite his personality, he has a checkered past. Regardless, Ian is very loyal and will fulfill any promise he has made. He is also intelligent and quick-witted, allowing him to come up with plans to take down opponents quickly with maximum efficiency, as well as making back-up plans in case something should pop up. Ian also has the habit of saying the phrase "Oh, my!" to express shock, surprise, and disappointment.
Nobuharu "Nossan" Udo: An older member of the Kyoryugers, who is partnered with Zyudenryu Stegotchi. He helps his sister Yuko take care of her daughter Rika, following the death of their husband/father. Very clumsy, shy, and hilarious, Nobuharu is a hardworking Jack-of-All-Trades. Actually, he loves to try and act cool, but can never pull it off (like how he failed to spin his Gaburivolver). Despite his looks, he is a person with incredible strength, even in his civilian form. Nobuharu always displays a bad habit of cracking old man jokes in every situation, even at an unsuitable time. However, while his jokes sound lame to most everyone, certain people however like his jokes. Nobuharu also grows envious of Utsusemimaru sometimes, because of him being three years younger than Nobuharu even after being time-displaced, And also because Utsusemimaru is able to create funnier old man jokes than him.
Souji Rippukan/KyoryuGreen: The heir to a long line of swordsmen, partnered with Zyudenryu Zakutor. However, he refuses to follow his family?s ancestral style, the Musou-Ken, due to believing that his father's adherence to it led to his parents getting divorced, instead creating his own Zangeki Musou-Ken. Souji is a cold, cool, and calm high-school student and a member of Rippukan House. Souji wishes that he was the swordsman of the team, a status that is most jeopardized by Utsusemimaru and Torin. Souji also practices with his father to improve his swordsmanship.
Amy Suuzuki/KyoryuPink: An 18-year-old college student. She defeated the Zyudenryu Dricera while in America, and became a warrior, gaining its power. A cheerful, "High Kick Girl", she specializes in Hand-to-Hand combat. She is from America, studying abroad, and is the daughter of a wealthy family. A butler known as "Gentle" is taking care of her in her current accommodations. Amy has a free-spirited personality and is the exact opposite of the expectations of her family. While they expect her to act like a princess, she is an all-out tomboy that loves to bend the rules. She appeals to Daigo, as he also loves to bend the rules. Amy also has an array of special talents, from working a remote with her feet to defeating a group of zorima with a unicycle. Having studying abroad in America, she also knows a good amount of the English language.
Utsusemimaru, nicknamed Utchy/KyoryuGold: A samurai from the Sengoku era, who was sworn in to serve Torin during the Deboss's third reappearance and becoming partners with Zyudenryu Pteragordon. During his battle, all of his fellows and his master were killed by Deboss, while he was trapped within Dogold, kept from aging for 400 years while his rage sustained the sentient armour. He was freed in the present through the quick thinking of Amy, Torin and Ramirez, rejoining the Kyoryugers and getting his GaburiChanger upgraded to match the others. While initially appearing to be cold and calm, Utchy is actually a very caring and comforting person. Utchy is also rather humble, using the pronoun ?sessha? (拙者 sessha, lit "one who is clumsy") as a personal pronoun. While he is very out of place at times in the modern world, he does possess an understanding of how things work and is able to embrace new concepts.
Yayoi Kise/KyoryuViolet II: The granddaughter of Dr. Ulshade, the previous KyoryuViolet and the inventor of the modern Kyoryuger equipment, who took over his position following his retirement and her proving herself a worthy replacement to his partner, Zyudenryu Plezuon. Growing up admiring her grandfather, both as a scientist and a Kyoryuger, Yayoi was surprisingly reserved and was easy to get disheartened. After the 5 main Kyoryugers were assembled and her grandfather journeyed to space, she kept a close eye on them, admiring Daigo Kiryu as a result. After succeeding her grandfather as the next Kyoryu Violet, and with some help from Daigo and Amy, she became more confident. She considers Amy to be her rival, since both of them have a crush on Daigo.
Wise God Torin/KyoryuSilver: A former Maken Priest of the Deboss Army, who defected upon realising the moral wrongness of their actions, creating the 23 Zyudenryu to counter them and partnering with the strongest of them, Zyudenryu Bragigas. But during the final battle with Deboss?s creation Gadoma, Bragigas was drained of life unleashing its full power, sinking to the bottom of Debo Hell and stripping Torin of his powers. Torin then spent the next 65 million years recruiting 9 individuals with strong ?Brave? (Tessai in 6th Century China, Ramirez in Dark Ages Europe and all of the above-mentioned people) to carry on the fight. Torin was finally able to regain his power following Bragigas's revival through the power of the 13 Greater Zyudenryu and he disavowed his past as a Debo Monster while fighting his evil clone Mad Torin.

Allies:
Dantetsu Kiryu, Daigo's father, who left him many years ago when the latter chose to walk the path of the Greater Lizards, gifting him the fossilised remains of the Greater Zyudenryu Allomerus. He has some familiarity with Torin, knowing of his status as a former Debo Monster, while also dropping in to watch over his son as he has found his own path.
Gabutyra: A Zyudenryu, Gabutyra was a Tyrannosaurus that agreed to be modified to battle the Deboss Army in ancient times. In modern times, he was awoken by Torin once more when the Deboss Army returned on Gabutyra's island, where Daigo Kiryu had just battled several Zorima. After the Zorima were dealt with, Gabutyra expressed interest in Daigo. One long month later, Daigo finally defeats Gabutyra by blasting him from within his jaws, but Gabutyra strangely didn't offer him his partnership, getting a concerned Torin to take Gabutyra's drained Zyudenchi to recharge it. Later on, however, Gabutyra went after Debo Hyogakki in Japan, who was the one that destroyed the dinosaurs by causing an ice age, but without a Zyudenchi, he was overwhelmed by the Giant Zorima, and was frozen by Hyogakki. Daigo soon arrived and once again bravely fighting off Zorima and came to help, putting himself at personal risk, and was nearly frozen by Hyogakki had not Gabutyra took the shot for him. Daigo said that he knew the reason why Gabutyra didn't make him a Kyoryuger in the beginning: because Gabutyra was a survivor of the Deboss Army's first attack, and didn't want Daigo to get hurt because of them. However, the human reminded the Zyudenryu that he is the man that had bested him, so he pledged that the both of them destroy Hyogakki, reinvigorating Gabutyra, and allowed Daigo to become a Kyoryuger, and later avenged the dinosaurs by killing Debo Hyogakki. Gabutyra forms the base of Kyoryuzin, including the head, torso/shoulders, and the lower body, thus Gabutyra is the only Zyudenryu to be in all of Kyoryuzin's combinations. He can also attain an Overcharge mode, dubbed "Minityra", who can allow Daigo to access his Carnival Form, granting him the ability to be a ?human Kyoryuzin?. https://youtube.com/watch?v=5-fTJe-eu0k

Deboss Army: A group of monsters created by a wandering destructive entity known as Deboss initially to help him destroy the planets he discovered. But since his heart was damaged and his body frozen in battle with the Zyudenryu, they are now working to gather the necessary emotional energy to revive him.
100-Faced High Priest Chaos: Calling himself the voice of Deboss, Chaos was among the first beings created by the entity alongside his younger brother Wise God Torin in the past. However, when Torin betrayed them, a wounded Chaos vowed a vendetta that continued for many centuries up to the present day. Chaos is wise, evil, and completely loyal to Deboss. He also holds a deep grudge against Torin for betraying him, going so far as to not heal the wound to his shoulder so as to never forget the betrayal. Despite that, he shows respect towards his loyal followers at the start of the series, such as ensuring a frustrated Dogold that he could keep him an endless supply of Cambrima to use as hosts.
Sorrowful Knight Aigaron: The general in charge of collecting human sadness and the murderer of Ian's friend Shiro. Aigaron is a Debo Knight General who cries all the time but has fierce tactics and fights with a battle axe. He was the first of Deboss?s generals to be revived. After he was the last known alive Knights, Aigaron went on a full assault on the Kyoryugers without Daigo at the the time, and due to Hyogakki's plot, he couldn't cry lest he gets frozen, and so decided to use a new emotion: anger. He was so angry, that he glowed red at one point and he literally exploded in a plot to get rid of the Kyoryugers, though it was thanks to Ian's quick thinking that spared the Kyoryugers. It was then revealed that Deboss had saved his life when he exploded, much to Ian's frustration at Aigaron's inability to stay dead. It turned out the Aigaron is suffering from a mental side effect resulting from his self destruction as he becomes extremely frightening and psychotic, with the telltale signs of having black eyes and tar-like tears, whenever he gets mad. It is only his feelings for Candelilla that Aigaron attempts self restraint when he is about to be consumed in rage.
Fun filled Spy Luckyuro: Candelillia's assistant, who would rather slack off and read Shojo manga than commit villainy. She made the fewest monsters compared to her fellow knights but is responsible for causing them to grow in size after their defeat using Restoration Water containing Deboss's cells.
Raging Knight Dogold: A sentient suit of armour in charge of gathering human anger. His primary mission was to possess Utsusemimaru and take control of the powerful Zyudenryu, Pteragordon. Chaos formulated a plan to increase Utsusemimaru's anger by killing his fellow samurai and holding his best friend Torin hostage to be executed in front of him. Enraged, Utsusemimaru charged at Chaos but Dogold grabbed onto him and pulled him into a portal, where he formed around Utsusemimaru. Dogold's consciousness would become dormant, and Utsusemimaru's anger, increasing at the loss of his friends (and being forced to serve the Deboss Army) was allowed to be dominant. However, this resulted in a possessed and amnesiac Utsusemimaru with no memories of his past, except for the name 'Dogold'. The last of Chaos's followers to be revived, Chaos asked him his name upon thawing him. The raging "Dogold" fumes when Chaos apparently forgot his name. Eventually, the two were separated, with Dogold prevailing at first using the bodies of Cambrima. Because the Cambrima aren't powerful enough to withstand Dogold's power, they disintegrate on a monthly basis. Dogold gains a fur collar around his neck when he first took over a Cabrima. After almost gaining a new vessel in the robot G-BO, Dogold possesses fellow Debo Knight Endolf, whom had been cruel towards him and manipulative with his comrades.
Joyful Knight Candelilia: An airheaded, jovial, happy-go-lucky knight, who encourages others like Aigaron to "Keep smiling!" (キープスマイリングよ! Kīpu Sumairingu yo!). She was the second Knight to be thawed out after the Deboss Army's big freeze. She seems to abhor senseless violence, such as when her fellow Knight forced her lieutenant to grow his fallen Debo Monster. During the Debo Honenukky incident, she met Nobuharu Udo, KyoryuBlue, and found a kindred spirit in the pun-spouting Kyoryuger. She said then that she could even come to love him, if they weren't enemies. She is also the only character that finds Nobuharu's jokes funny.

Originally Posted by Androzani84 (Post 800285)

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger

Ryouga Hakua/AbaRed: A 22-year-old environmental protection investigator from the United States, and the optimistic team leader of the Abarangers. Though he's overly confident, he has an extremely good nature and is friendly, warmhearted, and loving. He was given guardianship of Mai after his brother and sister-in-law died and gave his best to raise her. when the three Bakuryu captured by the Evolian controlled started to rampage through Tokyo, he and Mai tryed to flee while helping other nearby people, but when trying to untie a leashed puppy, he was caught in an accident and was hospitalized, even while Yukito and Ranru had tamed Triceratops and Pteranodon, but after he heard Tyranosaurus' call, he awoke and ran outside to have his Dino Brace tossed to him, becoming AbaRed, but almost getting eaten in the process. He eventually gained the power to become AbareMax.

Yukito Sanjo/AbareBlue: A charismatic 21 year old chiropractor and the Anti-Hero of the group, Yukito will help anyone, but charges outrageously high prices for it: in fact, he asked Asuka for U.S. $400,000,000 in order to assume his role as AbareBlue, something Asuka naively accepted and promised to save and pay, much to Yukito's surprise. He seems cold, but has a kind heart underneath, though he will never fully reveal his feelings. Yukito chose to move into the Dino House with the others to avoid having to commute from the area where he lives. Yukito's anti-social personality comes from his past: when he was little, his father tried to groom him into taking over the Sanjou Corporation for the future. Yukito was forced to study daily and was never given breaks; he wasn't even allowed to have any friends. The last straw that broke the father-son relationship was when his father paid his girlfriend's family to move away while he was in junior high. Yukito never forgave him for that and claimed that he hated him, but in reality, he harbored a self-loathing for a long time.

Ranru Itsuki/AbareYellow: A 20 year old technology mistress who owns a German BD-1 bicycle she nicknamed "Birdie." All she really wants is peace. She was formerly trained to be an idol, but Ranru hated it and left to work in the mechanical field. She is interested in anything mechanical, can create her own devices, and is a genius in mechanics. Ranru used to be afraid of natto; until she was forced to conquer it during a battle with a Trinoid. Ranru also carries a small camera with her and usually snaps photos of the enemy during mid-battle to come up with a strategy on how to defeat it. She sometimes has an itchy back and often wants others to scratch it for her.

Originally Posted by Sh Ranger (Post 865943)

I was joking.