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Androzani84
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Due to scheduling issues in my future, I’m moving this feature to Friday now. So let get on with, at it’s new time…
Andozani’s Tsukai Detour
And this week, skipping over Abaranger vs Hurricaneger, we’re doing…
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs Abaranger
“S.P.D.. Special Police Dekaranger.
Five detectives who fight
cool
with burning
hearts.
Their mission: To combat space criminals who invaded Earth. They will protect the peace and safety of all humanity.
”
“
Agent Abrella profits off space criminals called Alienizers with powerful mecha known as Kaijuuki. Standing in the way of Alienizer crimes is the Space Police's Earth branch S.P.D., Special Police Dekaranger.
”
Dekaranger:
Banban ‘Ban’ Akaza/DekaRed
: The newest recruit to the S.P.D Earth Branch, sent to them from planet Chambeena. While the descendent of a swordsman, he has invented his own for of gun-based martial arts, known as Akaza Juu-kundo.
Houji ‘Hoji’ Tomasu/DekaBlue
: The most senior member of the Earth Branch team and the resident sniper. The most professional member of the team and second-in-command, Houji tends to be arrogant of his skills, and is extremely stubborn. He also does not allow his emotions and personal life to interfere with his job as a detective. Prone to blurting out English phrases, his catchphrases are "Perfect!" and "Super cool!", commonly said after finishing a criminal. He also tends to say "Unbelievable!" at things out of the ordinary, and when shocked or dismayed has yelled "Oh my God!". He has a standoffish relationship with Ban, due to the latter constantly calling him “partner”.
Sen’ichi ‘Sen-chan’ Enari/DekaGreen
: He brains of the main team. Born in a poor family as one of seven siblings, he is the brains of the team with a remarkable ability to think things through. Oddly, he does his best thinking when he's upside down, calling this pose the "Thinking Pose." He has a fear of dark, enclosed spaces that was caused by an incident of falling into a well when he was younger. He was rescued by a policeman, who inspired him to work for the police department. Sen-chan usually maintains a calm, eccentric composure, but he is said to be pretty scary when he is angered.
Marika ‘Jasmine’ Reimon/DekaYellow
: Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger’s DekaYellow. A psychic (ESPer), as she can pick up sensory impressions of others through handling an object or visiting a location her target has touched or been to, although she can get exhausted if she overuses them. Jasmine wears gloves to help control her powers when she doesn't need to use them.
Koume ‘Umeko’ Kodou/DekaPink
: the self-proclaimed leader who was the last one to join before Ban. She tends to be a ditz, but she has a good heart, and can often bring the team together under the direst of circumstances with her perkiness. She spends every moment she can in a bubble bath with her three rubber ducks, whom she calls Umeyo, Umenosuke, and Umegoro.
Aira ‘Tetsu’ Tekkan/DekaBreak
: An officer from the elite division of the space police known as ‘Tokyou’, who was assigned to Earth to delete the Hells siblings. After seeing the Earth Branch’s belief that justice would always win prove stronger than his detached professionalism, he decided to stay on and learn from them. When he was a child, his parents were murdered by the Alienizer Genio from the planet Speckion. As a Tokyou officer, he is a master of a unique martial arts style known as Seiken Accel Blow.
Allies:
Doggie ‘Boss’ Kruger/DekaMaster: The commander in chief of S.P.D’s Earth Branch from the planet Anubis. In his younger days, he was known as ‘the Guard-dog from Hell’ due to his relentless pursuit of criminals. During his more active days as a Dekaranger in his youth, he was quite feared to be faced in combat, due to his sword style being one of the strongest in the universe. Doggie is a tough leader and being honorable, he will do anything to save the ones he cares about. He seems to have feelings for his assistant Cignian Swan Shiratori, panicking whenever he hears that Swan has an admirer. He also occasionally assists the Dekarangers as DekaMaster, wielding the powerful D-Sword Vega. His fighting style is the Galaxy Single Sword Style (銀河一刀流 Ginga Ittoryu), chosen by his Sensei to learn the style's secret technique, Vega Impulse.
Swan Shiratori: Kruger's assistant from the Planet Cigno. She's the one who provides the Dekarangers with their arsenal, and constantly amazes the others with her amazing intellect. It has been suggested that Doggie and Swan may be "more than just friends", but they both would hastily deny it.
Trinoid 12: Yatsudenwani (Yatsude [fats plant] + denwa [telephone] + wani [crocodile]): A powerful Trinoid who was seemingly killed by AbareKiller before he could do any harm. But in reality, he was captured and forced to be Mikoto's manservant, making Yatsudenwani a disgrace to his "dad", Mikela. To redeem himself, he decided to capture the other Abarangers, resulting with his crush on Ranru Itsuki and stalking her on occasion via phone. But soon, after the Killer Giganoid incident, Yatsudenwani moved into Dino House and became a member of its staff.
Space Criminals Alienizer
: A special priority criminal group who S.P.D is charged with dealing with.
Agent Abrella: An intergalactic arms dealer, providing Alienizers with robotic foot-soldiers known as Anaroids, Mecha Humans and Igaroids, in addition to giant robotic Kaijuuki.
What do I think of Dekaranger? While I like it decently, I can’t say a lot of it stuck with me. There’s a lot I only know about through pop cultural osmosis than anything in the show. I ended up preferring both shows either side of it.
Now as for this movie, it’s the first with Hideaki Tsukuda as the sole producer, with Jun Hikasa having gone onto work on Kamen Rider Blade. The crossover itself is written by Naruhisa Arakawa, who was, unusually for a VS movie, head writer for both shows (All of Abaranger’s secondary writers went onto other projects, so he was the only real candidate), while the director is Tarou Sakamoto (see the Carranger vs Ohranger post for his major credits). With all that said, on with the review.
We open with Dekaranger open route to an in-progress crime scene.
They arrive on the scene to find three spiky suspects on a RAMPAGE.
So what does Jasmine choose to dub this trio after everyone transforms?
After a quick fight, during which the Abarangers make it clear they want the “Sentai wannabes” out of the way so they can focus on the real culprit: a bird carrying a jewel.
But since Dekaranger doesn’t believe them, the Abaranger trio steal their car to give chase, doing an impossible jump in the process.
But then reality gets off the bus after they get a few shots in (both with their Abalasers and with a camera), causing the car to bounce off the Tokyo Dome and it’s occupants to get taken in. One cutaway later, Sen-chan isn’t impressed with their story, nor the etymology of their names.
Though their claim it’s fated coincidence doesn’t help their case.
So Jasmine decides to use her special power to get to the bottom of it.
“Jasmine is an ESper. She can read the memories of anything she touches”
And mercifully, there are no side effects to the process.
Umeko: Uh, what’s that?
Now free to go, Ranru shares the evidence she gathered with Boss, who analyses the footage to find out that the bird is actually a shapeshifting Alienizer.
And there is one matching his description and powers on file.
The Abarangers reveal that he’s been tailing a friend of their’s who runs a curry house for some time, which is how they found out about him. Boss then decides to question the curry house owner, which leads to an argument between Ban and Ryouga about how crazy the latter’s methods are (Ban is pot calling the kettle black in this situation). As Boss puts a stop to it, Sanjou gets occupied with his chiropractic senses.
And he decides that this is more important than going along to investigate.
And it turns out Ranru is also distracted by her hobbies.
As Ban and Ryouga go off on their own, Abrella and Kazack revive the jewel’s occupant, Trinoid 0: Saunaginkgo (sauna + unagi [electric eel] + ginkgo).
Abrella provides some explanation on how there’s a Trinoid 0.
Kazack promises violence if he finds out that Abrella is conning him, to which Abrella promises that this will work.
Saunaginkgo then demonstrates his powers by reviving Succubus Hells from the planet Reversia (seen in episodes 21-23) and Genio from the planet Speckion (seen in episodes 29-30).
But the Revived Alienizers have taken more out of him than expected, for reasons that soon become obvious.
Abrella realises that they’ve been separated from the jewel, which Kazack doesn’t mind, since he can still hand out fragments of the jewels to the Revived Alienizers. We then cut to Dino Curry, which has found a way around the set being demolished.
Ban and Ryouga then meet up with Ryounouske Sugita, who inquires as to why Ryouga’s niece Mai hasn’t appeared since he left for America in Abaranger’s finale.
(That doesn’t sound like a good thing, but what do I know?)
It then turns out that Ryounouske isn’t the president of Dino House anymore: Yatsudenwani is. And he’s not happy to find that Ryouga’s guest isn’t Ranru.
Ban gets back on topic, asking what he called the Abarangers in for.
The big question of how he happened to have the jewel is then answered.
But he’s not a complete idiot, as he stored the ginkgo batteries separately.
But then Kazack reveals himself, having shapeshifted into the carpet (now how did he get in there?), and takes the batteries. Ryouga and Ban then transform and give chase, but the fight gets derailed by Ryouga noticing a clock and running off.
It turns out he’s placing a phone call to Mai in Hollywood.
But much to Ban’s further annoyance, this gives Kazack the opening he needs to beat down both and proclaim his plan to revive Dezumozorlya (watch me misspell this throughout the rest of this). Ban is confused, so Ryouga exposits.
Kazack explains that once he revives Devomixup, he’ll set up the Kazack family on Earth (So he’s planning to revive what is basically Satan… to commit organised crime. Talk about your lack of ambition). Elsewhere, Hoji, Sen-chan and Tetsu find Genio and think defeating him again will be a cinch.
But unfortunately, this plan isn’t feasible this time, as Sanjou tries to warn them. Elsewhere, the three girls find Succubus, who Jasmine can tell is oozing bloodlust compared to last time (the last time where she planned to make Earth the 80th planet she and her brothers destroyed?). Their attempts to fight her off are derailed when Succubus spits mucus onto their Dino Brace and SP Licences, sealing them shut (Funny how both Abaranger vs movies have some loss of power for the heroes).
After a hasty retreat, Ranru takes a sample and then comes up with an idea.
One cut to the zero set later, all three ladies surround Succubus wearing kimonos and carrying parasols.
Ranru: If you look down on us…
Jasmine:…you might just…
Umeko:…lose your head.
After each of them get a hit in with the parasols, they throw them away and show off their back tattooes.
They then pull out guns from nowhere and shoot her. (I assume there’s a kabuki reference in this scene that I’m missing)
Everyone then returns to reality (um, what the heck was that?), where Ranru has finished analysing the mucus and applies an acidic substance to dissolve it from her jacket. They then transform and kill her again with the Triple Girls Tatsumaki Candles Attack (I don’t get the name either), leaving behind nothing but a crystal fragment.
Elsewhere, Ban and Ryouga catch up with Kazack… and Ban still hasn’t forgiven Ryouga for bailing out on the last fight (and to be honest, neither have I. The excuse he gives does not cut it for me).
This distraction allows Kazack to summon some Anaroids as a distraction and escape. As the two reds are distracted by their arguments, the two get overpowered by Kazack. Back with Hoji’s group, Sanjou figures out Genio’s weak point and has everyone hit him there to destroy him, leaving another crystal behind. Back with the two Reds, as all seems lost, a familiar harmonica song plays. (So this is his place to… oh wait, wrong show)
Asuka then transforms into AbareBlack and does a combo attack with the other two (who have worked out their beef remarkably quickly, probably because Arakawa couldn’t take it any further without dragging out the runtime): Dino Thruster: Fire Inferno Special Gorgeous Deluxe (These names are getting more bizarre).
With Kazack forced back after dropping the last jewel fragment, Asuka explains how he came to be back on Another Earth.
(If you haven’t seen Abaranger’s last few episodes, you will get lost at this point)l
Back with Saunaginkgo, things are now perfect for him to commence his ritual, covering the entire Earth in steam using the jewel fragments.
With the extra energy this generates, Saunaginkgo dry runs the resurrection of Dizzymethsea by bringing back Ben-G from the planet Kajimeri. (See episode 13) (apparently his cybernetics were resurrected instead of the limbs he replaced with them)
Millibar from the planet Barege (see episode 27)
And Succubus’ younger brother Bon Goblin (from the first two episodes she appeared in).
The heroes all arrive, a fight breaks out and I’ll call attention to this line from Kazack.
(Why am I calling attention to it? Because a) it’s at odds with his prior characterisation, given that he’s seemed more focused on killing Ryouga than Ban, b) it comes entirely out of nowhere and c) it has no bearing on the rest of the movie).
During the fight, SPD’s Supreme Commander Numa-O shows up to help Ban… only for it to turn out to be Kazack in disguise, who ambushes him.
He then pulls the same stunt on the Abarangers, disguising himself as HurricaneRed, even down to having a Hayatemaru (but his voice gives him away before his attack).
As all seems lost, with the heroes being detransformed, Saunaginkgo opens the portal to hell… out of which flies Bakuryuu TopGaler.
And where you find TopGaler, you’ll find his partner, Mikoto Nakadai, alias AbareKiller (both died in episode 48 of Abaranger).
And now we come to the exchange that got Twitter hyped up when I uploaded these pictures in preparation for this.
(Ah Mikoto, you were definitely the best thing to come out of Abaranger)
Before Saunaginkgo can try again, Boss shows up to shoot him down. And now it’s time for everyone to bring their powers together.
Boos: Emergency…
Dekaranger: Dekaranger!
Abarangers: Bakuryuu Change!
(And Mikoto still doesn’t get a sequence. And I wouldn’t have it any other way)
Dekarangers: Face On!
Ryouga: Explosive Energy, AbaRed!
Sanjou: Exploding Seriously, AbareBlue!
Ranru: Explosive Dash of Courage, AbareYellow!
Asuka: The Invincible Ryuujin Spirit, AbareBlack!
Mikoto: Excellent Excitement, AbareKiller!
Ryouga: The Savage Dino Guts…
All: Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger!
Ban: One! To hate cruel wickedness…
Hoji: Two! To pursue mysterious cases…
Sen-chan: Three! For the future of scientific investigation…
Jasmine: Four! Find the evils of space…
Umeko: Five: … and with immediate speed, punish them!
All: Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger!
Tetsu: Facing outrageous evil! Smashing the terrifying darkness! The Daybreak Detective! DekaBreak!
Boss: Cutting down one-hundred evil doers! The Guard Dog of Hell! DekaMaster!
Ban: When professionals and amateurs work together…
Ryouga: A new power is born!
Ban: We are…
Cue the theme for Dekaranger (It’s like Zubat. No. 1 in Japan)
Oh, light, reach out for the angels of the city
Like you could make the brightest dreams come true
With the sirens' wail, it is the time to dispatch
We will not let the stench of evil go free
One! Emergency
Two! Dekaranger
Three! Action
Four! Perfect!
Five! Get on!
Ready to go!
Pursuing to the ends of the galaxy
Hitting the gas with the souls coursing within our bodies
Ready to get!
Five
powers
coming together wherever our enemies are
In order to bring back the silent stars, so...
Get up!
It's our
chance
(
Get up! Dekaranger!
)
Wow-wow, judgement!
Decide it! (
Judgement! Dekaranger!
)
Special Investigation Squadron Dekaranger
Since the numbers aren’t ever, they do a shuffle to decide who faces who. Group one is Asuka, Ryouga, Jasmine and Sanjou against Bon Goblin, which is fairly straightforward as fights go.
Group 2: Ban, Sen-chan, Hoji and Ranru vs Millibar.
Ranru swaps weapons with Hoji, causing major damage.
Ban and Sen-chan then try it, but this only results in bullet dancing.
After everyone swaps back, they defeat Millibar by throwing Ranru at him.
Group 3: Tetsu, Boss, Umeko and Mikoto vs Ben-G.
Umeko ain’t happy with this arrangement.
Boss: Does it really matter?
Umeko: A leader cares about coordination.
Mikoto: You’re the leader, huh? You’re cute
Umeko: Eh? You really think so?
Tetsu: Nonsense.
After another fairly unremarkable battle wherein Mikoto does most of the work, before Boss finishes it. Everyone then faces down Kazack and Saunaginkgo.
Ban: Ginjif Seijin Kazack! For the crime of murder on 179 planets, among various other criminal acts, Judgement! (I guess trying to revive the devil can’t be pinned on him)
SP License: Judgement Time!
“For Alienizers, Dekaranger can request judgement from the universe’s highest court, located at the ends of the universe.
(Red X)
Ban: Delete* approved!
(*Delete: the act of executing an especially heinous criminal and then destroying their body utterly, so that they cannot be reanimated or cloned)
Saunaginkgo os then destroyed by a combined shot from the D-Bazooka and the Superior Dino Bomber (well he didn’t amount to much), while Kazack leaps out of the way and gets into his Kaijuuki, which isn’t named.
And then Saunaginkgo revives as a giant, forcing the Dekarangers to call in the DekaMachines, forming Dekaranger Robo and DekaBike Robo.
In the ensuing fight, the two robots have the upper hand against their enemies. But that doesn’t stop TopGaler from suggesting the Abarangers but in.
Mikoto agrees, at which point it’s revealed that Brachio has found his way back to Another Earth, with Tyranno, Ptera and Tricera in tow. And he has a quote for the occasion.
The 4 Bakuryuu then combine to form KillerAbarenOh, as the two Dekaranger robots combine into Super Dekaranger Robo (the last such combination where one of them is a glorified suit of armour for the main robot).
As the fight continues to go in the heroes’ favour, Umeko realises that if the delete Saunaginkgo, then Mikoto will go back to being dead. For the record, the man himself doesn’t care about this.
With these words taken to heart, the two robots March in and defeat their opponents by having Super Dekaranger Robo launch KillerAbarenOh at the two enemies, wherein it destroys both with its drill. With the fight over, Mikoto gives everyone a sincere (for him) goodbye, before fading away.
But who cares, because it’s time for a big celebratory party set to the ED.
Deka! Deka! Deka! Deka! Ranger!
Deka! Deka! Deka! Deka! Ranger!
Their hearts are always dazzling,
hard-boiled
… and (bang!) fiery.
Under the thundering skies is a
car chase
Once we catch you... (vroom!) you won't escape
On the
highway
at night, the stars are black
Engines
(
nice
!) at full throttle! (
judge
!)
The perfect, flawless
patrollers
!
Deka! Deka! Deka! Deka! Dekaranger!
We will not let evil acts unfold.
Deka! Deka! Deka! Deka! Dekaranger!
Judgment Time
! Dekaranger!
During all this, it turns out that Boss used to be Ryounouske’ best customer (that must’ve caused a stir)
The girls have a bath scene (which Yatsudenwani tries to crash)
Ryouga notes something familiar about the two waitresses.
Asuka’s wife and daughter catch up with him.
And it all ends with everyone taking a photo.
Final thoughts: I’ll admit, I thought I wouldn’t like this one, given that it resurrects the “two monsters” gimmick I didn’t like back in the Taketera-era VS films. But I think it was handled a lot better here. And while the story does have its weak points (why the hell did they try to insert a Mikoto/Umeko romance with no time to develop it), they don’t detract from the overall experience.
Join me next time when I’ll see just how well magic and cops go together.
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