Toei to dub "Power Rangers Mystic Force"
 

Once again "Power Rangers" is being re-adapted for international airing.

"Mystic Force" dub details TBD; we assume it will begin upon conclusion of the current dub series, "SPD."

http://www.toei.co.jp/release/tv/1199458_963.html

Can someone tell me how well these Power Rangers releases are in Japan? Do we know how popular they are? Do we know what the Japanese Sentai fanbase thinks of this? So many questions...

It varies but in some cases the American versions are actually considered BETTER than the originals. The dub of "Lost Galaxy" was said to have higher ratings than the initial run of its counterpart, Gingaman.

Also, wouldn't some Japanese kids get confused watching Power Rangers when there's Super Sentai which shares the props, costumes & footage, but has different actors, names, plotsarsnfctshf.

Great, now i'm confused.

If you want to confuse things even more, the dubs tend to be done by the cast of the original Sentai :lol

Which is plain jarring in cases like Ban voicing Jack. A loud obnoxious voice suddenly becomes more leveled.

Is it true that when the Japanese dub of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers aired in Japan, it was considered more popular than almost anything Super Sentai had put out at that time, causing them to shift their direction in to more of a "MMPR styled" scene? You know, more unmorphed fights, etc.?

Voice actors for Mystic Force:

Nick/Red Mystic Ranger: Sakurai Takahiro (Jealousitt from Gokaiger)
Vida/Pink Mystic Ranger: Watanabe Akeno (Rescue Fire's Chukaen)
Xander/Green Mystic Ranger: Okano Kousuke (Full Metal Alchemist's Russell Tringum)
Madison/ Blue Mystic Ranger: Tomatsu Haruka (Kannagi's Nagi)
Chip/ Yellow Mystic Ranger: Okamoto Nobuhiko (TIGER & BUNNY's Origami Cyclone)
Daggeron/Solaris Knight: Inada Tetsu (Dekaranger's Doggie Krueger/Dekamaster)

Clare: Takagaki Ayahi (Gundam 00's Feldt Grace)
Koragg: Masutani Yasunori (Ultraman Nexus' Ultraman Nexus(voice))
Udonna: Karasawa Jun (Black Lagoon's Eda)
narration: Hashimoto Atsushi (Ozu Kai/ Magired in Magiranger)

Considering they're putting the money in to dub them, well enough to make back what they cost :lol

But seriously though, yeah, there have been cases where the dubbed American series has done better than the original series.

Here's my question: Does the dubbed series give Bandai a chance to put the toys from 3-4 years ago back on the shelves? :lol
(My MagiKing's MagiGaruda has a broken wing, and I want to get a new one)

Cool, they brought Kai's actor to be the narrator.

Not sure. The SPD dub last year gave me hope for re-releases of old toys but I didn't see any being stocked by online retailers. Perhaps I missed them.

To Ban's credit, he sounds ALOT better when he's not screaming at the top of his lungs all the time. :lol


Wonder if this means that we'll see MagiRanger figuarts by next year?

First trailer:

http://youtu.be/VoQWC70zSQg

That just reminded me how unfitting Mystic Force's theme song was.
"Let's have a story about magicians, wizards, and magic!"
"Okay! Let's spin dis shit!" :P

well they did work in a music store

Weird it was! It was just too strange coming after SPD.

NOW THAT is an interesting possibility. I'm ALL FOR IT!

I'd be fine with that. Those capes looked so good on the suits. ^^

Here's the official trailer for the Japanese dub: