Where to go after Zyuranger?
 

I just finished Zyuranger, my first Sentai series, and it was fantastic. It's the only Sentai I've seen, besides the first 9 of Gokaiger. (Which I was very fond of, but after seeing all of the cameos, especially Dekaranger, I started thinking about putting it on hold until I know more about the older shows.)

At first, I wanted to go chronologically, but after watching a little bit of Gorenger, I don't think I could do 80 episodes of it straight. (It wasn't bad, just dated to the point where I'm going to need breaks where I can watch newer shows.)

I'm thinking about watching Abaranger and Kyoryuger to prepare for Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters. (In fact, I paused Abaranger 1 to write this.) I want to watch all the series eventually. Anyone care to recommend a watch order? Even just pointing out which seasons are best/worst would be helpful. No spoilers, please!

I recommend fair anger a kakuranger due to the fact if you watch season MMPR Season 2 & 3 are based slightly off

Just watch whatever season interests you. Personally though I recommend Hurricanger, Megaranger, and Dairanger.

Well, how about trying Mirai Sentai Timeranger and working your way up like I did, well not necessarily. I actually finished Gokaiger as my first Super Sentai and learned a little from it about the gigantic history of the wonderful Super Sentai, so I started branching off and watching other Sentai's that interested me the most, like GoGoV, Gaoranger, Hurricanger, and Timeranger and work your way up to Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. But, it will take sometime that I think it would help you alot since Abaranger, Dekaranger, Magiranger, Boukenger, Gekiranger, Go-Onger, Shinkenger, Goseiger can lead you to having a large chunk of knowledge of Super Sentai. I hope this helps you out, dude. Just my opinion on what you should do, though. :thumb:

I actually stopped watching MMPR just before Tommy gained the White Ranger powers. Sadly, I grew up in a religious home, and there was a big stink at church about how Power Rangers were "satanic" or something else equally ridiculous.

Still, I'm sure I would appreciate those, since they're from the same era as Zyuranger and MMPR. The Dairanger preview after the Zyuranger finale seemed rather appealing, probably for exactly that reason.

Yeah, it doesn't seem like there's a "wrong" order, which I definitely appreciate. Thanks for the recommendations!

Ah, that was actually another question I meant to ask, but forgot! "Is there an in-between series I can start from and work my way up?"

I'll look into starting with Timeranger. I've also considered just continuing on with Dairanger straight through to the end. Are there any must-watch seasons before Zyuranger that I should double back for instead of saving for after Kyoryuger?

Thanks, everyone, for your replies!

Dekaranger, Gekiranger, Goseiger, Megaranger, and Magiranger. Those are some most-watch series, because you might not recognize some of the characters on some of the episodes and I would really help you like it did for me. I remember when I didn't know who Jan was from Gekiranger and why did he speak like a little kid? Or who are these special police officer? Yeah, those were my beginner years of Super Sentai.

Gekiranger.

I'd say probably Goranger just for the sake of watching the first Sentai and Jetman because, Jetman.

Juken/Jyuken/Juuken Sentai Gekiranger.

Goseiger!

It has some of the most polished action, and strongest character focus out of all of the sentai I've ever seen. It also has a range of different villain factions to avoid that 'sentai slump', even if the first set of villains are the best and some of the quickest to go :(

Well weekly watch the current Sentai, as well as I'd recommend Shinkenger, it was my First and I loved it and can rewatch any episode from that season.

Although what got you through Zyuranger? I couldn't get passed the first two episodes. I guess I had high expectations from Diaranger, which I also recommend if you want more from that era.

Dairanger is awful, so I suggest watching that sooner, rather than later. As soon as you have stuff to actually compare Dairanger to, you wont be able to enjoy the series on any level.

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger!!!

To you he couldn't enjoy it. For all you know he may be able to just as some of the other members do.

As much as I want to say Dekaranger, like always, if you enjoyed Zyuranger I'd say keep going and move on to Dairanger. Zyu-, Dai-, and Kakuranger were all made by the same production team and form a sort of "mini era" of Sentai.

I'd say do DaiRanger since it comes next.

It is my personal favorite Sentai series as it has a great cast, everyone has excellent subplots, the villains are great, the mecha is some of the best ever, and the choreography and music is just down right incredible. It has some flaws, but every Sentai series has flaws. Plus, it has a different feel from other series out there that I have never experienced the same twice. KakuRanger is so far the only other series that has given me the same vibe as Dai, but it was still on a lower level.

Some people hate Dai though, but you should definitely experience it for yourself.

Yes, I definitely want to experience the original. I really like how they portray Akarenger in Gokaiger; he has this powerful, authoritative air about him, even though his costume was designed 35 years ago! haha I plan to chip away at the old shows in between watching the newer shows.

I'm not quite sure why I like it so much. It definitely gets better as it progresses. MMPR season 1 was like my favorite show as a child, so nostalgia was probably a role in my liking the first few episodes, since I already knew these costumes, weapons, "zords", etc. Beyond that, I genuinely think the characters and story are great. (though I haven't seen any Sentai to compare them to besides Gokaiger, which is also fantastic)

The story is really interesting. Especially Burai's. I'm actually movitaved to talk about it, so I'll summarize it below. If you don't mind spoilers, you can read it. If you prefer not to spoil it, feel free to skip it. Typing it out will be a good way to refresh myself on what I've just watched. haha

Also, if you want a taste of the show at its best with minimal spoilers, you can always watch the fight between Geki and Burai. There are no subtitles in that video, but they aren't really necessary.

Geki (Red) is the prince of the Yamato Tribe. But when Burai (Green) appears, he reveals that Geki was adopted into the royal family and is, in fact, a son of the Black Knight who tried to overthrow the Yamato Tribe, as well as Burai's younger brother. Burai pretty much grew up in exile, training every day in order to avenge his father. He even stole the Yamato Tribe's greatest treasure, The Dragon Armor, as well as the Dragon Medal (which is why he can transform like the others), swearing to take control of the Yamato Tribe, as well as the world. After following Zyuranger through a 170 million-year hibernation, Burai is informed by Clotho, the Goddess of Life that he was crushed to death by an earthquake while in stasis, and that she revived him at the request of DaiZyuJin (Megazord). His restored life will only last until Clotho's magic Green Candle burns out. Clotho also gives him the Zyusouken (Dragon Dagger) that can be used to summon Dragon Caesar (Dragonzord), as well as to travel to the Timeless Room. The Green Candle will not burn when Burai is in the Timeless Room, so he can preserve his life by isolating himself there. After being converted to good, Burai knows that Geki wants to live with him as family, and decides not to burden him with the knowledge of his impending death. Burai appears only when Zyuranger are in trouble, and quickly vanishes without explanation once the danger has passed. The dynamic between the brothers keeps the show pretty interesting, if you ask me. (If any of this is wrong, someone can correct me, but that's pertty much the gist of it.)

TLDR:
"GEKI!"
"BURAI!"

That's very useful information, thank you!

And thanks again, everyone, for your input! This thread has been a big help.

I started out with Zyuranger and followed with Magiranger then Dekaranger.

If you still want something old school and less episodes than Goranger give Flashman a go.
After that Liveman.

Except has anyone ever subbed all of Flashman?

Jetman is great. It directly precedes Zyuranger. I think it's pretty essential viewing for a Toku fan -- even if it's just to understand why everyone talks about it in such rarefied tones.

Otherwise, I do think you're on the right track going forward from Zyuranger. Have fun!

Jetman is great, I love Jetman, but it doesn't live up to the hype as these things rarely do which is why I rarely bring that one up in recommendation threads.

At this point watching Jetman can go one of two ways, one it's hyped to such fantastical proportions that even the good aspects of Jetman fall flat on their face or two you're so drowned in the general consensus of the show that it becomes impossible to separate those views out from your own to ever really have your own emotional response to the show.

Both of which are going to lead to a pretty terrible experience.

That's a good point. I can't find it, though I only dedicated about five minutes to looking for it.

You know, I just had this funny thought: Since Zyuranger is basically exactly at the half-way point in the current sentai universe, it would be pretty funny to go all the way forward AND all the way back at the same time. Watch Dairanger and Jetman at the same time, then Fiveman and Kakuranger, etc.

In all seriousness, I'll probably check it out. I keep hearing really good things about it.

KRDL.org is a good resource for finding what has been subbed and what hasn't been.

Even if you prefer to torrent, they have lists of every series that's available with subs.

Or... You can look at the handy list on this forum!

KRDL is what I try and use for everything, direct downloads are so fast but for some reason when I try and torrent I'm still here a decade later looking at the numbers one and the symbol for percent.

KRDL does not have things like CarRanger though.

KRDL lacks Hurricanger, too. Of course, the subs I have are awful so maybe that's why.

You are probably thinking of the Hong Kong subs. HaroRangers has subbed the first 3 episodes to Hurricanger so far.

Yeah, that could be. I have no idea where they came from, I just yanked them down off YouTube. If they're Hong Kong subs they're better than the Hong Kong subs on my bootleg Fourze discs, but still pretty awful. It's entertaining when Shurikenger is speaking English and the subtitles are completely different. :lol

I just watch it raw.A decade or so of learning Japanese pays off time to time.

Someday- someday I'll be at that point myself.
Meanwhile, I stick to watching the raws via stream and then the subbed version for the current series (while Toqger and Kyoryuger were pretty easy to understand, Gaim is kinda difficult, because most of the dialogue goes further than what the episode shows you), and remain with subs for the older stuff.

Watching in both directions sounds kinda cool, but you'll be out of old stuff in no time, because it takes a while to find the older stuff and not all of the old series have been subbed- but then again, there are also huge gaps in the continuity of newer series as well.

Personally, I can mostly suggest newer stuff (haven't seen that many old seasons). If you like something light-hearted, Goseiger and Kyoryuger are for you. Feel like some heavier atmosphere? Then go with Shinkenger and Magiranger. If you want something inbetween those two types, Gekiranger or Gaoranger are a good choice.

*SPIT TAKE* Magiranger has heavy atmosphere? B'scuse me???


... That show must change A LOT from the first 13 episodes. :lol

I wouldn't say it's "heavy" all the time but it does lend itself to some dramatic moments later on in its run. Magiranger really goes on to become a very strong show.

You might want to look into a different torrent client, if you're not already using it, uTorrent is the best way to go. If that doesn't work, throttling is something you should look into because you should have no problem connecting to seeds if you're able to do direct downloads.

I find that direct downloads are better for older things. A new release will often have so many seeds going that you can get the episode in a couple of minutes. It only took me like seven minutes to complete the first episode of ToQger.

Let's say it does have a much darker undertone than Goseiger or Kyoryuger (which both have some dramatic twists in the later halves). I'm not talking about just the plot itself, but the setting. We have 5 young protagonists who lose their mother right at the beginning of the show with their father being lost for as long as most of them can remember. Also, things are getting really messed up near the end.

I actually just looked up throttling, aside from a few clicks and unclicks in preferences it mostly went over my head. That said it does appear my torrents are now doing better?

Awesome. Can't wait for that to happen!

Also, look into port forwarding, if you haven't already. It's a stupid hassle, but it'll increase your torrent d/l speeds exponentially (as long as enough people are seeding).

I'll have to trust you because as of Episode 13, Magiranger couldn't be lighter, IMO.

I have no idea how to port forward :lol

I'm sort of in the same boat, so i'm gonna post here instead of starting a new topic. I just finished Zyuranger a few days ago, and haven't been too sure where to go next.

I watched the first episodes of Goranger and ToQger, and the first two of Dairanger. I really enjoyed Goranger, but the first episode was the only one I could find subbed. Even if I could find more, though, there are only 6 or so episodes subbed, right? ToQger I didn't really enjoy that much. The action was good, but it was too cheesy. Maybe down the road I could enjoy it more, but it's not what I was looking for either. I tried watching Battle Fever J, but couldn't find ANY subbed episodes.

Finally, I settled on Dairanger, and I didn't enjoy it at all. Everything felt like a step down from Zyuranger in the first two episodes. Almost nothing was explained, it all just sort of happened. It really bothered me how the first episode had transformations, powers, and mech battles, without any sort of explanation. The first episode of Zyuranger sets up the enemy and the main characters, while the second episode sets up the mechs. A couple episodes later, they set up DaiZyuJin. It felt very natural, while the setup in Dairanger felt somewhat forced. The opening wasn't nearly as catchy, either. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth, and made me somewhat consider leaving my sentai viewing at Zyuranger. However, it seemed like a lot of the things I didn't like about it were simply that they weren't zyuranger, so maybe if I give it another shot down the line, i'll change my mind.

Where should I go from here? I considered watching Gokaiger, because I thought it looked cool (I watched a few clips and enjoyed them) but was worried that I wouldn't get the full effect (of both Gokaiger, and the previous shows when finally getting around to them). I thought about maybe watching Kakuranger as well. I have a few MMPR toys of Kakuranger stuff from when I was a kid, so i'd still have a nostalgic connection to the series like I did Zyuranger, but to a lesser extent. It also had a much better opening theme than dairanger, which is a plus. (I know opening theme seems like a silly theme to list as a deciding factor, but every time I heard the zyuranger opening, it put me in a good mood and made me excited to watch the episode). I'm also interested in other shows, such as Kamen Rider, but don't know where to start.

Sorry for the long-winded, disorganized post

The lack of connection between the Rangers and their unmorphed counterparts is a problem through the whole of Dairanger, it's probably the only sentai show which handles characters worse than Kyoryuger.

If you want just general recommendations my person favourite modern sentai is Goseiger - it's a show with epic action, and really good character focus for a sentai show. And my personal favourite classic sentai is Liveman, largely because it's so ambitious it feels years ahead of its time, even if it doesn't always work as well as you'd like.

Dang, that's another one I was looking into, mostly because of the dinosaur motif.

I'll look into Goseiger, but in general i'm more interested in the older shows. Looks like Liveman has the entire sub on youtube, and is done by GUIS (I liked the way they did Zyu better than the way TV Nihon did Dai) so...there's an idea haha. Thanks