[ZeoRangerV]

Everyone's sharing their stories, so here's mine

Back in 2011 I was a regular poster over on TFW, but the double whammy of Gokaiger and Power Rangers Samurai (because back then Saban getting the franchise back was a pretty exciting prospect) really revived my interest in Super Sentai and (as a result) tokusatsu as a whole. I quickly became a regular in the Power Rangers toy thread and it wasn’t long before Kickback offered me the opportunity to join the staff of a new project he had in the pipeline. This was pretty exciting for me not just because of the thought of Tokunation, but also because while I enjoyed TFW I always felt like I was “outside” the community somewhat. Tokunation has really changed that for me and I’ve made a lot of great friends here, even though most of you are across the pond <3

So yeah, I’ve been here since the very beginning and it’s been a hell of ride going from a general newsie and Power Rangers forum mod to eventual super mod. Time zones, not being a student anymore and just generally not having the same free time I used to means I don’t contribute as much as I’d like to now, but this site means the world to me and I’ll be part of it until the very end. So much has happened in those five years – the death of Mega Upload and everyone panicking about what that meant for fansubs, the bizarre disappearance of Yokatta and everyone scrambling to find a new middleman service, the great spambot attack of 2013, that time Sentai and DaiRiderRX/Guard Convoy were fellow mods, the Akibaranger subforum, but most importantly those two times I was almost on Talkin’ Toku but then technical problems ensured it never happened . It’s been a really fun ride and I have so many memories. Fun fact: I actually got the first site infraction because Kickback tested the function on my account

Happy birthday Tokunation and thank you Kickback for making me a part of it from the very beginning. Here’s to many more years as we continue to grow better and better!