[wentwood]

After I finish the episodes released by Shout , Magi should be close to
coming to the USA.

I watched a YT video and they said 5 Man - Deka
are Shout Factory exclusives with 5 Man due to be
released to retail soon.

[GuardianAngel87]

I haven't done this for a long time so here's my Sentai ranking list for the yellow rangers of the franchise. Also, coming soon is my revised versions for my rankings for sixths, reds, and, blues plus Super Sentai seasons since I have watched a few more seasons since that time including Kiramager. Also planning to have similar rankings for blacks, greens, pinks, etc. and like the first go around they are very subject to change due to several Sentai seasons and the ranger characters within them remaining uncovered including Zenkaiger and Donbrothers and thus will be updated accordingly. This ranking really took forever though. Now, let's get on with the show!

1. Mega Yellow
2. Abare Yellow
3. Gokai Yellow
4. Kiramei Yellow
5. Yellow Lion
6. Five Yellow
7. Yellow Four (Jun Yabuki)
8. Magi Yellow
9. Geki Yellow
10. Yellow Owl
11. Time Yellow
12. Lupin Yellow
13. Kirin Ranger
14. Yellow Buster
15. ToQ #3
16. Hurricane Yellow
17. Deka Yellow
18. Dyna Yellow
19. Yellow Mask
20. Yellow Racer
21. Tiger Ranger
22. Go Yellow
23. Gosei Yellow
24. Denzi Yellow
25. Yellow Four (Mika Koizumi)
26. Zyuoh Lion
27. Ninja Yellow
28. Ki Ninger
29. Bouken Yellow
30. Go-On Yellow
31. Shinken Yellow
32. Gao Yellow
33. Dorado Yellow
34. Oh Yellow
35. Ginga Yellow

[Sh Ranger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuardianAngel87

I haven't done this for a long time here's my Sentai ranking list for the yellow rangers of the franchise. Also, coming soon is my revised versions for my rankings for sixths, reds, and, blues plus Super Sentai seasons since I have watched a few more seasons since that time including Kiramager. Also planning to have similar rankings for blacks, greens, pinks, etc. and like the first go around they are very subject to change due to several Sentai seasons and the ranger characters within them remaining uncovered including Zenkaiger and Donbrothers and thus will be updated accordingly. This ranking really took forever though. Now, let's get on with the show!

1. Mega Yellow
2. Abare Yellow
3. Gokai Yellow
4. Kiramei Yellow
5. Yellow Lion
6. Five Yellow
7. Yellow Four (Jun Yabuki)
8. Magi Yellow
9. Geki Yellow
10. Yellow Owl
11. Time Yellow
12. Lupin Yellow
13. Kirin Ranger
14. Yellow Buster
15. ToQ #3
16. Hurricane Yellow
17. Deka Yellow
18. Dyna Yellow
19. Yellow Mask
20. Yellow Racer
21. Tiger Ranger
22. Go Yellow
23. Gosei Yellow
24. Denzi Yellow
25. Yellow Four (Mika Koizumi)
26. Zyuoh Lion
27. Ninja Yellow
28. Ki Ninger
29. Bouken Yellow
30. Go-On Yellow
31. Shinken Yellow
32. Gao Yellow
33. Dorado Yellow
34. Oh Yellow
35. Ginga Yellow

I have also updated my rankings! Here's mine for Yellows:

Showa:

1st) Yellow Flash
2nd) Yellow Lion
3rd) Yellow Four/Jun
4th) Vul Panther
5th) Goggle Yellow
6th) Yellow Four/Koizumi
7th) Denji Yellow

Heisei (pending Ginga Yellow):

1st) Bouken Yellow
2nd) Gosei Yellow
3rd) Zyuoh Lion
4th) Geki Yellow
5th) Go-On Yellow
6th) Deka Yellow
7th) Abare Yellow
8th) Lupin Yellow
9th) Yellowbuster
10th) Time Yellow
11th) Shinken Yellow
12th) Tiger Ranger
13th) Ninja Yellow
14th) Yellow Owl
15th) Magi Yellow
16th) Gao Yellow
17th) Go Yellow
18th) Dorado Yellow
19th) Yellow Racer
20th) Yellow Turbo
21st) Mega Yellow
22nd) Kininjer
23rd) Five Yellow
24th) Hurricane Yellow
25th) Kirin Ranger
26th) Oh Yellow
27th) Gokai Yellow

Reiwa:

1st) Zenkai Gaon
2nd) Kirama Yellow
3rd) Onisister

Looks like we both have Abare and Geki Yellow in the top 10 and Oh Yellow at the bottom. Curious to see how the other rankings will compare.

[Sunred]

Go Yellow is the GOAT because gyunyu tatsumaki otoshi.

[Androzani84]

Sorry I missed this last week, I had a lot on my plate.But now, I?m back with my review of?

Engine Sentai Go-Onger 10 Years Grand Prix



Now like the Dekaranger one, I have a lot of fondness towards this one. In fact, I?ve got slightly more fondness for this one, because it got me to actually watch Go-Onger and added a new favourite to my list. It?s notably the only X Years After as of this post (the Hurricaneger 20th is also written by somebody different) not to be written by the show?s head writer (in this case, Junki Takegami). In this case, it?s written by Sho Aikawa, of Blade, Boukenger and Decade fame. And notably, it goes for a very different tone to a lot of the others.

For one thing, instead of being purely the characters looking back on their heyday before fighting a new foe, we get a new plot which instead takes a deconstructive lens to some of the newer Toku shows, with a lot of elements getting taken to the extreme. For instance, the first scene shows what happens in a world that has both an active police force dealing with perceived threats and vigilante heroes who don?t bother with a secret identity, both of which are pretty common in modern Kamen Rider shows. Said logical result?



As a result, our heroes have been reduced to hiding out in a detective agency based in a rundown loft. And then we get something of a commentary on while returning main characters are likely to be written somewhat in character.



?it?s pretty rare for the same to be true of secodnary characters, unless the writer actually wrote for their series of origin.









And yes, all of this does set up them reverting to their more familiar selves by the end. But more on that later.

And then we come to our next deconstructive element: A world that has some innovation that ours doesn?t that makes life easier (Enertron, Humagears, et al).





And unlike most series, where the fact the resource is a magnet for the bad guys goes uncommented on and unresolved, here the N-Chips are explicitly and evil plan to turn all of humanity into robots and a way of maintaining a police state. And the story ends with the heroes destroying them (and for a satire alert, the state of the art tech turns out to be old junk that?s been redressed)

And speaking of old junk, here we get to the antagonists of the piece. You may have recognised Dr. Maki and that teacher from Fourze who say ?bad boy? in the prior pictures (he?s also one of the Alternatives from Ryuki, but I forget which one and I refuse to rewatch the show just to check). Quelle surprise, they?re our antagonists for this.







And they contrast our previous antagonists from the show by being themed around electronic junk rather than pollution (with the plot even mentioning that eco products have rendered waste pollution a non-issue). And our bad guy Noizumi has an iPhone and a selfie stick as his weapons.





But in the midst of all this hoohaw, this flick does have what made the main show enjoyable, in the form of comically subverting expectations. For instance, when a character assumed dead turns out to be alive (something that a few people probably saw coming), you?d expect a heartwarming reunion. Instead, he gets a punch in the face.





And then we get our old villain gang back in the fun, and for once, we get an explanation as to why they?re back, as opposed to ?just go with it?.



And whereas Gokaiger had its heroes using the Mantan Guns with ease everytime they Gokai Changed into the Go-Ongers, here we have Aikawa pointing out the problem with that.



And aside from this, we actually have a pretty clever way of circumventing restrictions placed on the production. For reference, Reina Aizawa (the actress playing Saki) was allowed to be in this by her agency, but they didn?t want her wearing her old jacket, or filming a new transformation scene. As you?ve seen, they got around the first part by putting her in a business suit, but there?s 4 steps as to how they did the second part. Step 1: transform her into a mindless robot as a dry run for the villain?s plan (which helps establish the stakes as well).



Step 2: Have our female villain use her Morpher to fight off said robot by transforming.





Step 3: Have her friends break her out of the brainwashing by use of the power of friendship (with the existing stock footage transformation playing in the background, which makes for a good compromise, since she doesn?t look that different after 10 years)



Step 4: Have them pull her out of the robot and throw her into the Go-On Yellow suit (ejecting the current wielder in the process)



Though if I have one complaint about this, it?s the reveal concerning child character Souji. Towards the end, we get a flashback to the events of the first episode to retcon him into it. Which means I?m supposed to think that this clearly elementary school aged kid is older than he looks (though then again, there?s plenty of underage casting in modern Toku, so maybe that?s part of the who deconstructive quality).



And for a final point I?d recommend this movie for over others, we get a (admittedly, very brief) Mech battle. Complete with new combination. (Albeit one you can?t accurately recreate with the toys, unfortunately enough.)



Join me during the next week as I conclude this mini series of reviews with Kaizoku Sentai Ten Gokaiger.

[Sunred]

Randomly saw some eps of Bioman and boy does Bio Hunter Silva complete the show. For a recycled Hakaider he sure did make quite the impact.

[Sh Ranger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunred

Randomly saw some eps of Bioman and boy does Bio Hunter Silva complete the show. For a recycled Hakaider he sure did make quite the impact.

Even more when he gets access to Balzion!

[Sunred]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Even more when he gets access to Balzion!

Of course, how could I forget Leopardon from hell.

[wentwood]

I started 5 Man on Shout Factory DVD and Jet Man.

Admittedly Jet Man is a decent series. Watched one episode
so far.

5 Man is pretty solid being pre Zyu.

I'm almost finished with Aba

Deka Shout Factory set -

Why go with Space Patrol Delta when
Deka had gun blasters on the belts?

That was a bit confusing.

[Mesnick]

I watched the first episode of the Rakulis mini-series. Very intriguing, especially the announcement of the second episode. I wonder if all the King-Ohgers will appear in this spin-off or will they be limited to Rita, who is popular and necessary for the plot?