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01-21-2022, 10:44 AM
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Androzani84
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Hello and welcome to another instalment of?
Androzani?s Tsukai Detour: Super Sentai Movie Party Edition
This week, we?re doing?
Part 2: Mashin Sentai Kiramager: Episode Zero
There?s no plot or character explanation, for reasons I think are rather obvious. Instead, I?ll cut straight to the staff. Our writers are Naruhisa Arakawa and Ayumi Shiro, the latter of whom was on the third year of a three year writing contract with Toei at the time. Our producer is Hideaki Tsukada, returning after 13 years away, and our director, making his Sentai debut, is Kyohei Yamaguchi, whose one previous major credit was Kamen Rider: Heisei Generations Forever. With all of that said, on with the review.
We begin with an introduction to an alien planet where everything sparkles (How blindness isn?t an issue there, I can?t say, though I imagine the inhabitants have evolved to live with it).
We hen cut to the planet being attacked by the Dark Empire Yodonheim?s (a play on ?Yo? (demon and Jotunheim, the Nordic hell) army of Bechat (from ?bechabecha?, he onomatopoeia for splattering mud) soldiers, under the command of Dark Mask Carantula (from ?cara?, Spanish for face, crunch and tarantula)
Princess Mabushiina (from ?mabushii?, meaning dazzling) bursts into the throne room of her father, King Oradin (a play on ?Odin?, the father of the Norse pantheon, known to the Saxons as Woden or Wednes, and Aladdin), the fairy tale figure who turned his luck around when he found a djinn in a lamp).
Oradin doesn?t know that, but he does know they have no hope of stopping Yodonheim from destroying the planet (Is there no militia of any kind?). But there is still hope for their next target.
Oradin tasks his daughter with taking the 5 Kiramai Stones to Earth to find 5 shining warriors to defeat the Yodon. But as the enemy gets in, he ushers her behind his throne and faces Carantula, who makes clear the will of Emperor Yodon (as for why he?s not leading this invasion, she?s currently indisposed. No, that?s not a typo).
Oradin pulls out his sword (which is Sargain?s Ganryuken from Hurricaneger, painted gold) to cut down several Bechats, only to be hit from behind by his own brother.
(For the etymology of his name, it derives from ?Utgard-Loki?, one of the bad guys from Norse mythology. Given that, and his black skin and red eyes, and the fact he?s voiced by the guy who dubbed over Patrick Wilson in Aquaman, makes me wonder how no-one suspected his betrayal.)
Garuza explains that Yodon offered him greater power, before leaving Oradin to the none existent mercy of the Bechats and leaving with Carantula. Now alone, Mabushiina grieves for her father (whose body was dragged off by the Bechats, not even being afforded a proper burial), before discovering the 5 Kiramai Stones in the back of this throne (good thing no-one thought to trash the room, right?)
As the Princess and her finds descend towards Earth in a meteorite made of white rock, ordinary high school student Juru Atsuta (a fairly dismal pun for a first name), wakes up from a dream.
As he sets to work drawing what he saw, the local posse of female bullies spies on him, making plans.
Their most junior member, Mizuki Kakihara, goes over to Juru and asks him to draw her. This causes Juru to point his hand to the air and say what can only be called ?a catchphrase?.
As he starts drawing Kakihara, who realises she might have got herself into something she didn?t want, we cut to a mysterious group combing the woods, who discover the white rock with Mabushiina and the Kiramai Stones within.
After being broken out, Mabushiina gets taken to the organisation, known as the Caring And Rational Ambitious Team (CARAT for short) at their base, which resembles Yggdrasil, the World?s Tree (Did Gen Urubochi come up with this idea but get removed at a later point? Because this much Nordic imagery is enough to make Kamen Rider Gaim blush).
She then proceeds to meet the company?s founder and President, who comes out of his VR state to prove that Taketora Kureshima or Ryoma Sengoku, he is not.
Mr. Hakataminami then shows off his invention.
Mabushiina then performs a ritual to give life to the Kiramai Stones, so they can find their own partners. As for their personalities, Red is on FIRE.
Yellow wants them to SHOVE off and aLLOW him some peace.
Green has decided his type at MACH speed (and despite what you may here, the writers explicitly intended it as admiration, not lust).
Blue is ready to JET off Towards his partnER.
And Pink seems likely to raise HELL In other?s COmpany.
The first to find their partner is Green, who chooses track runner Sena Hayami.
He explains that he?s choosing her because not only is she very lovely, but she also has a very good running time (so she?s basically a female Towa, with none of the sass). Mabushiina isn?t convinced.
Nonetheless, she goes up to her afterwards to introduce herself? but Green beats her to it.
We then see a battle between samurai in the hills? which turns out to be the set of a jidaigeki flick starring Shiguru Oshikiri (played by Atom Mizuishi, previously Crow in GARO: Makai no Hana and Ryuichi Sakuma/AnotherFourze/Another Faiz n Kamen Rider Zi-O).
He turns out to be the choice of the Blue Kiramai Stone, who admires his chanbara power. Once again, Mabushiina isn?t sold.
Once again, they go up and pitch the fact they want him to fight for them. Though confused, Shiguru accepts readily.
We then cut to a Tekken (the only game anyone plays in a Toei production) tournament, which gets won by one Tametomo Imizu?s team.
He turns out to be the chosen one of the Yellow Kiramai Stone, based on his sharp shooting skills. And I?m honestly with Mabushiina on this one.
But they still pitch to him regardless and he?s all too eager.
The final Kiramager they find is Sayo Oharu (played by Mio Kudo, better known as Kanon Fukami in Kamen Rider Ghost) a supposedly excellent surgeon (though this is the only time we see her do surgery and only one of two times we see her doing anything remotely medical on the clock), who gets picked by the Pink Kiramai Stone for how cute she looks? a feeling that turns out to be mutual.
Mabushiina then takes her outside and gives her the damn watch.
But when it comes to finding someone to partner with Red, they draw a blank, forcing Mabushiina to return to CARAT without him.
We then cut back to Juru, still at work, while Kakihara berates everyone including him.
Sena, Shiguru, Tametomo and Sayo are escorted into CARAT, leading to some confusion.
The other Stones explain that Red still hasn?t found it?s partner, which causes everyone to fantasise about what kind of guy he?ll be. Well, everyone except of Shiguru.
Before the conversation can move in any direction, an alarm sounds, signifying that the Yodon are attacking their base (not unheard of for the start of a series, but still unusual).
But they only make it as far as the car park before the Bechats ambush them, with one of them using his rake to cut down Hakataminami.
As Mabushiina despairs, the 4 pick up their Kiramai Changers and I itate the transformation for the first time.
All: Kiramai Change!
The power of the Kiramai Stones flows into their bodies, becoming one with their souls of justice to create the shining warriors that will change the future, Mashin Sentai Kiramager.
Cue the music (which, compared to the artist?s other Sentai theme, I?m not keen on)
In order for us to sparkle,
I think we met by chance,
so polish up the scratches,
Mashin Sentai Kiramager
I've only just started to slip out of the lines
of this blank
sketchbook
, and I've got this feeling I can go anywhere!
This
dokidoki
imagination is an
engine
that wants to make a dream, but it's like
I can't break free from the outside world!
In reality, instead of worrying more
about what others think about you,
you just want to scream and run,
so, if you feel it, then
Kiramai Go!
The future is starting,
so grab hold of the wind
and rise with a sudden flash,
Kiramental
the power to believe in what you love!
In order for us to sparkle,
I think we met by chance,
so polish up the scratches,
Mashin Sentai Kiramager
As the fight begins, both Shiguru and Sena pull out their swords.
Whereas Sena merely cuts down the Bechats, Shiguru destroys his with the Sword?s finisher, Kiramai Charge.
Sayo and Tametomo opt to go with the gun for their battles.
And like before, while Sayo merely shoots her opponents, Tametomo loads his Kiramai Shot with coins for his finisher (I?m getting misogynistic vibes from this battle).
As the battle ends, everyone gathers around Hakataminami?s body to pay respects? but Sayo checks his pulse and finds?.
Sure enough, Hakataminami rises and reveals that the entire attack was nothing but a training simulation. The Bechats were holograms given a static charge to appear physical.
Everyone is more annoyed than motivated by this. Especially Mabushiina, who headbutts him. While I didn?t capture the moment in question, I did capture Sena and Sayo reacting to it.
Elsewhere, Red abandons its search and goes home? right outside Juru?s high school.
Back inside, Juru is finally done. And to Kakihara?s dismay, it is not the cute picture she was hoping for.
As Juru explains that the mosh mash of dark colours represent what a cruel, vindictive and manipulative person Kakihara is, she storms out in anger (he needs to work on his people skills).
As Juru fails to realise why she left (having been distracted with his explanation while it happened), we see what he was drawing before she interrupted him? Garuza.
Speaking of whom?
(Got to admit, that armour is definitely better looking than his regular face)
In the streets, the people run as a large, imposing object, the Hildon (I?d that a tap on its head?), emerges above them.
As the 4 Kiramagers put on their uniforms (which, compared to their regular clothes, just look ugly. Go back) and walk into battle, as Mabushiina concludes on a hopeful note.
After the credits, and a trailer for episode 1: Mashin Rebirth, we cut to Mr. Hakataminami to close this event.
And how are we ending this puppy? In style, that?s how.
Final thoughts: A pretty good first look at the Kiramagers that avoids taking away anything major from the actual premiere. It does a good job of giving everyone personalities, but not going too overboard on the task at hand.
Join us next time for the finale of this feature, wherein I become the first person on this site to review Mashin Sentai Kiramager vs Ryusoulger.
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