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Here we are, at the advent of another edition of…

Androzani’s Tsukai Detour

And today, we’ll be covering the first VS movie I saw?€?

Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku

In a dimension that is invisible to human eyes, called Gosei World, there are beings called Gosei Angels. They have super powers that humans do not have, called Gosei Power. Unknown to humans, they use their powers to protect the Earth and mankind from dangerous elements. To defend the Earth from the invading enemies, the Gosei Angels use a passage called the Tower of Heaven in order to travel between the surface and Gosei World.
However, a group of enemy invaders, called Warstar invades the Earth and destroys the Tower of Heaven. With the Tower destroyed, the Gosei Angels are unable to reach the surface. With no Gosei Angels, the Earth will be destroyed by these invaders. However, 5 young and immature Gosei Angels, while in disguise, were visiting the human world before the invasion and rise up against the demons to protect the Earth. They are the heroes, the Goseigers!

Goseigers:
Alata/Gosei Red: The more mature of the two Skick Tribesmen on Earth. Alata has an innate ability to see through to the true essence of things. Unlike his Skick Tribe partner Eri, Alata is ten times more sensitive to the wind and he can easily pick up and track evil around the area. Similar to Eri, he also has a bubbly and positive personality. Whenever things get get rough, he never gives up and fights his way through. Alata truly believes in his moral of protecting the earth and everyone. He quickly befriended Nozomu Amachi and truly trusts him, rejecting Hyde's attempt to erase his memories of the Goseigers. However, despite being a strong leader for the group, Alata is usually an airhead and often does things before thinking about them.
Eri/Gosei Pink: The other Skick tribesman on Earth. She is a very optimistic person and is always positive about life. She is the maternal figure of the group. Eri's personality resembles that of a cheerful and bubbly girl, as she is always thinking positively and never gives up. She also lacks common sense, as shown when collaborating with Moune. Her capricious and airheaded personality also causes Eri to clash with Moune and her other teammates.
Agri/Gosei Black: the elder of the two Landick tribesmen on Earth. He is a hot-blooded warrior and Moune’s younger brother. He prides himself as being the strongest fighter among the Goseigers.
Moune/Gosei Yellow: The youngest of the Goseigers, the second Landick representative on Earth and Agri’s younger sister. Moune is a perfectionist and*has a very strict nature. This often causes the mistakes Eri makes to get on her nerves. Despite this, she can be loving, although she rarely ever shows it. In addition to this, she always sticks to the battle plan. Although Moune is young and is the youngest member among the Goseigers, she wants to be treated as a grown up. However, Hyde tells her off for her mistakes and usual childish nature frequently. This really irritates her and she calls him an old man in response.
Hyde/Gosei Blue: The sole Seack tribesman on Earth following the death of his partner Magis a year ago. As a Seaick, Hyde is calm and rarely if ever loses his temper. He is the logical and insightful one of the Goseigers. He is also the serious voice of reason. Hyde has an inflexible and stubborn side as well. Despite these traits, he is the oldest in his team causing him to sometimes act like an old man in front of his teammates. His sense of humor in particular is like an old man, as seen in episode 26 when he was laughing at old man jokes and puns. Hyde initially felt a sense of loneliness; unlike his teammates who had one more close tribesman with them, since Alata and Eri are Skicks and childhood friends while Agri and Moune are siblings and of the Landick tribe. He is the only Seaick due to Magis' death before the Goseigers' formation. Hyde also has the ability to accurately sense the quality of water through touch.

Allies:
Gosei Knight: Originally the Groundion Headder used by the Legendary Gosei Angel who sealed the Yuma Beasts, he was injured in battle with Wa-hoz the Nessie and buried under ice until the present, wherein he made a pact to protect the planet which granted him a human form and the ability to use a unique form of Gosei Power known as Knightick Power, which can use all three types of Tensou techniques. His motivations however have put him at odds with the current Goseigers, as he doesn't care for the people who inhabit the Earth, seeing them as seperate from the planet.
Datas: A robot sent to Earth from the Gosei World to focus as an emergency communication system for the Goseigers on Earth. In addition to being able to sense enemy activity, he can also equip the Hyper Headder to become Datas Hyper.
Kaoru Shiba/Princess Shinken Red: The true 18th head of the Shiba Clan, who was hidden at birth so that she could perfect the sealing character, with Takeru being chosen as a body double. But, when she revealed herself, a mix of having no chemistry with the vassals and the sealing character being rendered useless led to her naming Takeru as her son so she could give him the position back. She is currently enjoying life as a normal rich girl, though she is trying to escape the thrall of her servants.

Enemies:
Bladerun: A mysterious figure opposing the Goseigers. He initially appeared as Bladerun of the Comet, assisting the Warstar in their conquest of Earth. But upon Warstar’s demise, he reappeared serving the Yuma Beasts as Blade-Run the Chupacabra. But this was merely a ploy to receive access to the EllRai Box to seal both sides away forever. But he was tricked, and forced to be destroyed by the Goseigers. He has access to mysterious knowledge of the Gosei Angels, including crystals that allow one to use Tensou techniques and BB bugs and soldiers he acquired from aliens Warstar previously defeated.

What do I think of Goseiger? I think it?’s actually a pretty good show. The cast are easy to like (which is not something I can say about the next two series), the three different villain factions keep things suitably fresh and the episodic plots are a good mix of drama and comedy.

Now as for the specific credits, the producer this time around is Takahito Ohmori, who took over Goseiger halfway through after the previous guy quit (there isn’t a notable difference though), and later went on to do Kyoryuger, before being the main creative mind behind Kamen Riders Drive, Ex-Aid, Build and 01. Our writer this time around is Kento Shimoyama, detailed information about whom can be found here. Our director this time around is Noboru Takemoto. With all of that said, on with the review.

We open with a scene of the Goseigers defeating a group of BBS at the Toei beach (the one from their logo), while Shitari looks on, lamenting about how bad today’s bad guys are (damn kids), before noticing that only Doukuku should’ve been able to lift him to the surface (after he sank to the bottom in the finale of Shinkenger)… at which point a figure rises from the Sanzu River. After an intro, Alata has his trip to the grocery store turned into an errand run for he others. While on his way back, he encounters a group he recognises as neither Yuma Beast, nor Warstar. While battling them, a monster shows up, refusing to introduce himself (I’ll call him “Three-face”)



In battle, Alata finds that none of his Tensou techniques are effective, as Three-face can absorb and return them at twice the power. Alata ends up saved by a mix of Takeru appearing and Three-face having to return to the Sanzu River due to drying out. As Takeru ponders the implications of an Ayakashi showing up (namely, that Doukuku might be back), he is observed by the mysterious figure that revived Shitari and gave relevant info to Three-face.



Back in the world of the living, Alata takes Takeru to the Amachi Observatory, where the Kuroko have set up shop (due to the Shiba Castle set being demolished), and Ryuonosuke has returned from his kabuki career. After looking up information on Samurai via Datas, and everyone gets caught up on each other, the Goseigers show off what they understand a Samurai to be… it’s interesting.



The Gedoushuu get picked up at a stadium, where the 7 heroes, soon joined by Chiaki, go to face them. They soon find that Three-face has also developed counters for the other Goseigers’ Tensou techniques and that they have access to BBs. Their leader then reveals that he is no Doukuku, but he is an old acquaintance of the Goseigers…



Bladerun announces that he has been revived as Doukuku’s successor, Chimatsuri Bladerun. As Takeru tries to face him as a Super Shinkenger, Bladerun defeats and captures the Lord of the Shiba clan, before making his getaway.



As Chiaki and Ryunosuke blame the Goseigers for Takeru being kidnapped (yes, it’s their fault that Takeru decided to be a self-sacrificing maverick), they refuse to work with the Angels further. Their solution? Gather the other three Shinkengers and win them over. So, Agri and Eri intercept Mako as she returns from Hawaii to carry her off in a box… but problems crop up.





Agri asserts that he can do all the heavy lifting… which Eri takes as a cue to climb inside the box and make his job harder. At a train station, Kotoha gets off a plane from Kyoto to see Ryunosuke… who turns out to be Hyde using his Camomirage. Moune then explains that the two of them are angels, leading to one of my all time funny moments in Sentai.

Kotoha: Angels have come for me? Am I dead?

Moune: Oh no, we’re not that kind of angels.



As Alata tries to reason with the other two, they still refuse. As the other Goseigers return with their kidnap victims - er, I mean, guests, Kotoha gives everyone souvenirs from Kyoto (even Hyde). At this point, Takeru appears, surrounded by fire.



And if that wasn’t enough of a tip-off, look what he transforms into.





Takeru then attacks everyone on his team and the other, before Bladerun and Three-face show up. The former explains that he has turned Takeru into Gedou Shinken Red. As Alata takes what would be a fatal blow for the Shinkengers, Gosei Knight arrives with Genta (who was held up getting DaiGoyo through customs at the Charles de Gaulle Airport), with the two extra heroes managing to briefly overpower the enemy with a combination attack, before getting everyone out of there.

Back at the observatory, Gosei Knight explains that the only way to win this time is to combine Mojikara with Tensou techniques. While Alata spends the night recovering from his injuries, while trying Mako’s cooking (and in a subversion of the running gag from Shinkenger proper, he actually thinks it’s good), the others spend the time practising their combo attacks, which takes the same amount of time (and conversely, the Shinkengers try Eri’s somehow worse than the already low standard Mako set cooking and like it). Elsewhere, Bladerun reveals his plan: by combining Takeru’s flame Mojikara with Three-face’s airbending powers creating a water lens, he can create an artificial solar flare to open the portal to Gosei World where the Tower of Heaven once stood (if you’re wondering why he doesn’t simply wait for a solar flare, the kind he requires only occurs every two hundred years. And that window closed in episode 2 of Goseiger). He will then send the Sanzu water through the portal to kill everyone there. He shoos Shitari away when he objects and prepares to continue. Back at the Observatory, A teenage girl shows up to meet with Alata, who Genta introduces as Kaoru, the previous head of the Shiba Clan.





(To clarify, Takeru’s actor was 22 at the time this was made, while Kaoru’s was 15. No wonder Alata’s confused)

The other heroes head off to stop Bladerun’s plan, they run foul of Gedou Shinken Red. As he proceeds to defeat all of them effortlessly, Alata shows up, and after fighting Takeru to a standstill (and only surviving because the other Shinkengers use their Mojikara to shield him), reveals why Kaoru wanted to meet with him: so she could give him her flame Mojikara (which is a lot stronger than Takeru’s on account of being inherited rather than learned).



Merging this with his Skick power has birthed a new Tensou technique, Kaentornado, which Alata uses the Gosei Card for to purify Takeru of his darkness (and apparently destroy the Inromaru, since it’s never seen again either in this movie, or any later media).

Tensouder: Explosion! Mojikara Skick Power!



With one problem solved, everyone moves on to solve the bigger of the two problems… Bladerun’s plan.



As Bladerun summons an army of Nanashi and BBs, everyone transforms and does their role call

Alata: Tensouder!

Tensouders: Gotcha!

Takeru: Shodophone!

Genta: Sushi Changer!

Shinkengers: Ippitsu Soujou!

Genta: Ikkan Kenjou!

Goseigers: Change Card, Tensou! (Invoke)

Tensouders: Change: Goseiger!

Takeru: Shinken Red, Shiba Takeru!

Ryunosuke: The same in Blue, Ikenami Ryunosuke!

Mako: The same in Pink, Shiraishi Mako!

Chiaki: The same in Green, Tani Chiaki!

Kotoha: The same in Yellow, Hanaori Kotoha!

Genta: The same in Gold, Umemori Genta!

Alata: The storming Skick power! Gosei Red!

Eri: The breathing Skick power! Gosei Pink!

Agri: The towering Landick power! Gosei Black!

Moune: The budding Landick power! Gosei Yellow!

Hyde: The surging Seack power! Gosei Blue!

Gosei Knight: The crusader for the planet’s purity, Gosei Knight!

Takeru: The Samurai Sentai authorised by providence…

Shinkengers: Shinkenger, going forth!

Goseigers: Angels have a duty to protect the planet, Tensou Sentai Goseiger!

Alata: Advent!



The fight then begins, with the 6 pairs all taking down groups of BBs and Nanashi, with Mako and Eri devising the Pink Double Attack (retroactively Part 1) on the fly. The two reds then go on to face Bladerun. Elsewhere, Shitari and an army of empowered Nanashi prepare to continue Doukuku’s will themselves as DaiGoyo watches on. But luckily, they get distracted by the arrival of newcomers.



“Gokai Red!”

“Gokai Blue!”

“Gokai Yellow!”

Gokai Green!” (Who has a very suggestive those in which he rubs his own crotch, which in no way reflects the kind of guy he is)

Gokai Pink!”

Red: Kaizoku (Pirates) Sentai…

All: Gokaiger!

Shitari then attacks.



Red: It’s the movie, so let’s make this flashy. (A bit of medium awareness that never shows up in his series proper)

After a short scuffle, The new kids pull out their gimmick.

Gokaigers: Ranger Key! Gokai Change! (An announcement they never make in the show proper)



They insert the keys into their phones, which make announcements.

“Go-Onger! Gekiranger! Boukenger! Magiranger! Dekaranger!”



Shitari: Are those… the legendary Super Sentai?

Yellow: Nope, just pirated copies (which is totally not what they are in the show)

The secondary 4 destroy the minions by combining DekaRed’s Hybrid Magnum, MagiRed’s Red Fire, BoukenRed’s Dual Crusher (used without the Acceltecter, though that’s the least of the issues I’ll be going into next time) and GekiRed’s Geki Waza: Hou Hou Dan, before Gokai Red uses Go-On Red’s Road Saber and Kankan Mantan Gun to kill Shitari. The 5 then revert to normal and leave after Pink asks DaiGoyo to keep their secret.

DaiGoyo: Once again, the lantern saw!

Back with the main battle, the Goseigers and Shinkengers combine their powers to overwhelm Three-face, since they’re too powerful for him to return. Back with Takeru and Alata’s battle with Bladerun, he summons his “allies”… Bladerun of the Comet and Blade-Run the Chupacabra (Don’t ask how he does this, since no plausible explanation exists)



As the three Bladeruns seem to have the advantage, Alata and Takeru survive by going into their Super and Hyper modes respectively, as Goseiger’s theme kicks in.

We were born to protect the world we love.
For no-one must stop it’s people from dreaming.
We spread our wings in preparation.
To come together as one…
And set course for a future of peace on Earth

(Tensou!) Our hope will sustain us
(Tensou!) As long as we live,
(Tensou!) Because the future lies with you!
(Tensou!) Tomorrow will shine
(Tensou!) Ever brighter than today,
(Tensou!) If you shape it with boundless imagination!
Now, spread your courageous wings,
Tensou Sentai Goseiger!

As the two destroy the copies effortlessly, Alata sends Chimatsuri Bladerun flying with the Super Sky Dynamic, before Takeru blows him down with the Kyoryumaru: Denchi Issen. With the two bad guys cornered, the Goseigers whip out 5 Shinkenger Gosei Cards,, activating them.



These cards grant each of the Shinkengers the ability to access their Super modes simultaneously (even Genta, who normally can’t use it).



As the two Sentai destroy the bad guys with their finishers, Bladerun wills the Sanzu water to float into the portal. But the Shinkengers use the sealing character to stop the waters, while the Goseigers mix Defenstorm, Defenstone and Defenstream to prevent it from doing any damage by closing the portal. But before they can celebrate, the two Ayakashi enter their second lives, which prompts Gosei Knight to do his transformation.

Leon Cellular: Gotcha!

Gosei Knight: Change Card, Tensou!

Leon Cellular: Change, Groundion!

The others summon their mecha, forming DaiKai ShinkenOh and Ground Gosei Great.

As Three-face summons the Nanashi, Datas Hyper and DaiGoyo appear to deal with them.



As the two combined mecha destroy Three-face, Bladerun hits all the good guys with the Gedou Chimatsuri Dan, destroying the Origami and blowing the Goseigers down to Gosei Great. However, the resolve of the two Sentai to never give up, allows them to unlock a new combo with Gosei Great, Datas Hyper, Groundion, the Seack, Landick, Skick and Knight Brothers.



Everyone combines their powers into the Mojikara Victory Charge card, destroying Bladerun again with the Mojikara Headder Strike (and yet, that doesn’t kill him for good. He comes back in Goseiger episode 39). After seeing the Shinkengers off, the Goseigers briefly consider reorganising themselves to be like the Shinkengers… an idea they promptly reject as the movie ends.

Final thoughts: I think this might be one of the best yet. We got a good deal of interaction between the characters and integration of elements from the two series. And it has the unique twist of our big bad being an established character in a new form from the outset. I’d definitely recommend this beyond being “the first one I saw”.

The challenge: What was the first crossover you watched? Of anything.