[cb1]

i just watch super sentai origion is white racer
i wish white racer in power rangers turbo

[Matrixbeast]

I don't think Power Rangers would ever get away with a panty shot that deliberate

[Matrixbeast]

Gingatrain moves forth
37 and 38
I finally actually remembered the old man's name, Bookrates. It only took me 37 episodes.
Anyway, Barban decides to use the heart of a Starbeast and implant it into the Daitanic because sure. Since Goutaurus was still injured from it's last fight, they target him. There's a big tussle, but ultimately, Goutaurus was shrunken and captured by Bookrates, who can detonate it's container at any time and kill him. He uses this to blackmail Hyuuga into working for him.

Then, Barban tries to kidnap children to work inside of the Daitanic's blood vessels and clean out all the space dust. During this time, Bookrates has Hyuuga find a special grass that can remove one's Earth Power (And apparently remove their ability to enter the Galactic Forest). Apparently Bookrates told Hyuuga the way to defeat Zahab, so he followed along with the plan, drinking the grass tea and losing his Earth power. I'm quite curious for what's gonna happen next.

[cb1]

gingaman is better then pr lost galaxy

[Fish Sandwich]

Ninnin Rewatch Diet Size! 42

Oh man, no wonder the last arc of Ninninger got to me to love it all over again, this was great. After last week's cliffhanger the team is in a really tight spot and has to really step their game up to win. It's a simple enough plot put like that but there's just so much going on to make it super enjoyable. Seeing the team at a distinct disadvantage and having to think up plans to outwit the bad guys instead of just punching them harder is always awesome, for one. What's also great is how everybody gets to a play a part in saving the day. And I mean everybody. Yoshitaka takes more baby steps in his arc. Shishio helps out. Even the oft forgotten support Otomo-nin get their own moment to shine. And Tsumuji is there, automatically qualifying this as one of the best Ninninger episodes by default (seriously, he's like the best character). Just a really solid episode I could rant about for a while, but I'll simply leave off by mentioning that at the end Takaharu gives everyone Christmas presents that you actually saw him buy at the start of episode 40. The show doesn't make a big deal of it, so I'm counting that as just another great bit of detail in Ninninger.

[Dr Kain]

Watched discs 3 and 4 of Ohranger.

[Fish Sandwich]

Ninnin Rewatch! 43 + 44

Episode 43 is one last nostalgia trip, in more ways than one, since it's a recap episode featuring Shurikenger. I like how the show keeps the continuity nice and tight by mentioning that he was sent by Jiraiya and that Ninja Red and Hurricane Red told him how the team were pretty rough around the edges. The Ninningers object to that last statement, pointing out it's been well over half a year since then, and the episode is naturally another showcase for how much they've all gone through. It's fun. The actual "watching old clips" part of the episode is relatively minor and just like the last one of these there's a really goofy/awesome climax. One last breather before the final few episodes of the show.

Episode 44 is awesome. Like, man, Ninninger knew how to make an great final stretch. This particular one is largely focused on Takaharu. Or more like it's focused around him. Yoshitaka pulls him aside at the start for a duel now that things are getting serious, leaving the rest of the team to fend for themselves. In his fight with Yoshitaka, Takaharu shows just how much sharper he's gotten over the course of the series, coming off downright mature, a word you wouldn't expect to associate with Takaharu based on the earlier parts of the show. It's kind of crazy how different he actually is at this point, with his big moment being to assert that the others don't need him around to be strong, and sure enough, the entire fight this episode is fought and won without Takaharu ever stepping in. Even when he IS the focus, Takaharu still manages to not be the focus.

[MarsHottentot]

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
EP 1.
This is, uh.. wow. What a great, monumentally silly, action packed debut. Opening with a Super Sentai Showdown featuring all previous spandexers kicking ass and taking names in that quarry they love to fight in. In the end, they all sacrifice themselves to crush an invasion by Space Empire Zangyack, scattering their Ranger essence to the stars...

From there "time passes" and we meet our protags - a crew of cute, young, stylish Japanese kids who just happen to also be bad-ass Space Pirates cruising the spaceways in their galactic pirate ship (I've always loved this concept). They're about to land on Earth ("the galaxy's greatest treasure!") when they are besieged by that damn Zangyack gang of aristocratic ding-dongs!

After handing them their bourgeois bo-ttocks with an assist by their mech GoZyu GokaiOh, the gang land on Earth where Zangyack redouble their efforts and we see the changer / morpher gimmick: Ranger Keys - little statuettes that house a key component giving the Gokaiger's the powers (and costumes) of Legendary Sentai.

I really enjoyed it. The action set at the episode's climax is fantastic - a lot of jaw dropping stunts and the gimmick is so crassly commercial (and apparently derived both from Kamen Rider Decade and in answer to the Tohoku Quake!), it's hard to hate. I mean - could they get any more subliminal?:

Gotta Catch 'Em All!
The only downside was the wonky CGI during GokaiOh's space battle - it was terrible - they'd have been better served with more battleship action - which rocked.
The character's were cartoony as all get out but, at least in this debut, they weren't obnoxious (Onarxious?). Love the Pirate Sentai design, very cool.

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
EP 1.

Ooh, is this gonna be a thing from you from now on? Welcome to the novel-sized post club, I guess.

I'm just gonna use this opportunity to say some (more like a lot of) stuff about my experience with Gokaiger, because now I'm feeling a bit nostalgic. Hope that's cool.

You actually hit on a lot of thoughts I remember having watching Gokaiger's premiere WAY back in the distant past of 2011, when I just a greenhorn Toku fan getting into Kamen Rider through OOO and Ryuki. I was even using TV-Nihon's subs back then, to my great shame (I kid, I kid, they're alright). Naturally I'd heard of Super Sentai, and I was a decent fan of Power Rangers, but there was this new show about pirates or something and it looked pretty hype. Like, I feel like EVERYONE was talking about Gokaiger back when it aired. That first scene even made fluff headlines on mainstream-ish websites because it was so crazy. So, even though I wasn't particularly interested, I decided to check it out because why the heck not.

The next part of the story is maybe not the development you'd expect from a story like this, but the show didn't actually hook me that much. I mean, I enjoyed it, and I kept up with with it, but at a pretty slow pace. It's a similar deal to how I feel about Zyuohger right now. It's really dang good, but it didn't click with me very deeply. I've always felt I don't appreciate OOO as much as I should given it was my first Rider show, and Gokaiger is like that times a hundred.

Having had years to think about it and the context of other Sentai shows I've seen, I think my big problem is I honestly don't the like the cast too much. Don't get me wrong, Captain Marvelous is a legend and all, and none of them are really bad characters, but their basic archetypes weren't very interesting to me and frankly they weren't the most fleshed out bunch beyond that. Seeing their guest appearance on Zyuohger is what really put it into perspective for me. They show up, and proceed to do exactly the same song and dance as like half the episodes in their own show. They act kind of like jerks. Turns out they're pretty cool. The end. Those two beats repeat A LOT in Gokaiger and it maybe would've been nice if they became a bit more communicative after a while. It borders on Inoue-esque at points. Would it really hurt Marvelous to drop the cool guy act for five seconds and just admit he's a total softie deep down?

I don't know, there's so much going for Gokaiger I feel bad picking on it at all, but something about the team themselves just never quite gelled with me.

[MarsHottentot]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Ooh, is this gonna be a thing from you from now on? Welcome to the novel-sized post club, I guess.

Probably not like yours - more random stuff as Sentai never holds my interest for long but I DO like episodes and concepts. I dunno, maybe Jetman or Liveman.