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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

They did start and end around the same time until 2009. Toei made Decade end with 31 episodes so they could start doing KR series in Sept to cash in on Xmas since shows that started in Jan/Feb usually did not have their merchandise out until after Xmas.

It probably keeps all of the new Rider and Sentai merch from competing with each other, too.

[Dr Kain]

My g/f and I just watched the first 11 episodes of KakuRanger. It is so nice to see the series subbed after having watched it raw for 9 years now. Of course, most of it I already understood, but it was nice to now get the little things I could not before. A shame GUIS is only up to 33 though, as I really would have loved to see the whole thing subbed before I watch MMPRS3. Of course, it isn't like anyone has bothered to sub OhRanger (or even put raws up for download) for me to watch before I make my way to Zeo.

[GoseiWonder]

I just watched Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on the Movie. Then I looked up Ragnarök on Wikipedia and now I want some old Lego Vikings sets.

[Locke]

Just watched the first of ten Hurricanger episodes and it was...okay. At times it just felt like a cheap Ninja Storm but I did appreciate that it felt more like a show about ninjas, rather than a show about extreme sports that happened to have ninjas in it as well.

Still not sure why the Wind Academy also includes Ground and Water mind you.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Just watched the first of ten Hurricanger episodes and it was...okay. At times it just felt like a cheap Ninja Storm but I did appreciate that it felt more like a show about ninjas, rather than a show about extreme sports that happened to have ninjas in it as well.

Still not sure why the Wind Academy also includes Ground and Water mind you.

To be honest, Hurricanger is an okay show. THe first 12 or so episodes are average and it does get better after that, but as a whole, the show just played everything too safe, especially when compared to KakuRanger (since that is also a ninja theme). Hurricanger has a lot of great potential, the cast is likable, the villains are cool (especially Sandaru and Satorokura), but the execution is bland. It is also one of the few instances where I think the CGI hamster of the master in NS was better than the puppet in Hurri. Outside of that though, nothing NS did is even remotely good.

EDIT: We watched episodes 12-16 of Kaku tonight. Junya is even more awesome subtitled!! :-D There is one issue I have with the subs though. Yellow Kumado is being spelled as Yellow Ursado for some strange reason and I have no idea how they got Ursado. In fact, I'm pretty sure Jaraiya's is supposed to be Black Gamna.

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

EDIT: We watched episodes 12-16 of Kaku tonight. Junya is even more awesome subtitled!! :-D There is one issue I have with the subs though. Yellow Kumado is being spelled as Yellow Ursado for some strange reason and I have no idea how they got Ursado. In fact, I'm pretty sure Jaraiya's is supposed to be Black Gamna.

They've changed it from Japanese to Latin to make it more Western by the looks of it, i.e. Ursa instead of Kuma.

[Locke]

As KRDL is moving servers, I checked out another Hurricanger episode and, yeah so Ninja Storm was heavily censored, yeah it played everything for laughs but I grew up with Shane and the gang and their respective zords weapons and powers and unlike say...Shinkenger, the Japanese cast and differences in story have not done enough for me to want anything other than to watch Ninja Storm again.

Maybe if I hadn't have grown up with Ninja Storm I'd hate it as much as Samurai but well...I don't, I really like Ninja Storm. So I'm just so mehed by this.

[Dr Kain]

Meh, Lothor is one of the reasons why NS is bad. I just cannot take a Luchadore seriously as a villain. He is a joke and he looks ridiculous. Ivan Ooze looked more threatening than Lothor. The other issue is that it sounds like the characters were shouting into mics the entire time because the audio just sounds off. Music sounds lower than it should while dialog seems louder than it should.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Meh, Lothor is one of the reasons why NS is bad. I just cannot take a Luchadore seriously as a villain. He is a joke and he looks ridiculous. Ivan Ooze looked more threatening than Lothor. The other issue is that it sounds like the characters were shouting into mics the entire time because the audio just sounds off. Music sounds lower than it should while dialog seems louder than it should.

Hurricanger is better in both music and villains, I agree completely. Although Ninja Storm's theme song was kick ass and I loved it playing during the action.

But as the core of the focus is on the heroes, and the mythology surrounding them, it's really them I'm looking at to be an improvement and I know it's only been two episodes but I saw vast improvements in the Shinkenger heroes in the first episode, I don't really see anything that makes the Hurricanger's any better than the Ninja Storm Rangers, especially as Disney got much better actors than Saban did.

[algo448]

Finishing Gokaiger. next episode is 44, Gokai Christmas here I come