Captain Shark Reviews Gorenger and Beyond!

[Captain Shark]

Just a quick update, I FINALLY got around to watching Ninninger today (I had to catch up on a lot of projects) and with that here is a strawpoll! Do we cover Kyoryuger Brave? Voting ends after we finish Zyuohger.

https://www.strawpoll.me/15576712

 

[Captain Shark]

Now to dive into what is being called the worst sentai also known as Ninninger.



"No pictures this time?"

Postimg decided to change domains without warning and ever since HJU got a new forum change there has been a big character limit that prevents me from going back and editing everything without causing mass deletion.

"What the hell took you so long?"

I had a lot of other things to catch up on. This take on has taken up a huge portion of my free time.

"How is this the worst of sentai?"

No idea at the moment, but according to /m/ it is basically a solid first quarter and gets really boring afterward. Also I recall something about sexism being a factor.

"How will this be divided?"

Since episode 24 starts a short arc part 1 will be up to episode 23 with the movie between 21 and 22.

"Are you going to bring up the anniversary delay by ISIL?"

The Power Rangers wikia already brings that up. Murder is bad, nothing I can add other than I hope that reporter's family gets justice and that he's in Heaven with God.

"Anything else you want to add?"

Lets hope Zyuohger breaks the curse of anniversary shows being a step back from the last one.

"And?"

And why are you people not being hyped for Unit Pandora and Gundam Build Divers? The former is a contender for anime of the year and the latter is saving the Gundam franchise and its legacy.

"And?"

And Avengers: Infinity War was awesome.

"And?"

And the Hughes Net girl voiced Maria Hill in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.

"And?"

And Atop The Fourth Wall will have its 500th episode next week.

"And?"

This Rocket Power reference has gone on too damn long.
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Yokai Kamaitachi: Appears in episode 1. Powers include a curved chainsaw on each arm that can fire energy cutters and kunais.
Yokai Kappa: Appears in episode 2. Powers include strength, swimming, extinguisher mist from the wrists, and high jumping via back extinguishers.
Yokai Kasha: Appears in episode 3. Powers include skates for feet and nose rings that control vehicles and form rope binds.
Yokai Tsuchigumo: Appears in episode 4. Powers include mouth webs, four bladed arms on the back, and a giant spider form capable of mouth suction.
Yokai Ungaikyo: Appears in episode 5. Powers include creating realistic illusions from the head dish, high jumping that can go to the moon, and a wand that controls machinery called the Marionette Attack and fire energy bolts.
Yokai Tengu: Appears in episode 6. Powers include a nose horn that opens portals and fires a semi-automatic gun, a fan that emits powerful gusts, flight, and extending the nose horn as a battering ram.
Yokai Nekomata: Appears in episodes 7 and 8. Powers include a time reversal beam from the torso eyes, fire balls called the Super Cat Pad Bomber, opening portals in time, reformation as a watch, an ensnaring band for a tail, and the Cat's Eye Beam.
Yokai Ittan-momen: Appears in episode 9. Powers include a broom that turns humans into mice, rocks, or dolls and reveal secrets, phasing through matter, invisibility, creating floor holes, a stone beam from the left hand, and telekinetic explosions.
Yokai Daidarabotchi: Appears in episode 10. Powers include an extendable shovel claw for the left arm and a rock body.
Yokai Enraenra: Appears in episode 11. Powers include head smoke that makes organisms depressed, palm fire balls, and finger missiles.
Raizo Kabi: Powers include twin katanas that emit energy cutters and lighting and body shockwaves.
Masakage Tsugomori: Powers include a staff that emits explosive flashes and uses telekinesis
Yokai Yamawarawa: Appears in episode 13. Only known power is throwing a large iron ball.
Yokai Yamabiko: Appears in episode 14. Powers include a head telephone with changing voices, granting disguises, and mouth sonic booms.
Yokai Futakuchionna: Appears in episode 15. Powers include high jumping, twin extendable ponytails, and spell contracts.
Yokai Kasabake: Appears in episode 16. Powers include rain summoning, an umbrella disguise, flight, head ink bombs, and eye electric shocks.
Yokai Umibozu: Appears in episode 17. Powers include a double sided naginata, swimming, summoning fog that creates mirages, eye electric bolts, and dumbbell grenades.
Yokai Otoroshi: Appears in episode 18. Powers include chainsaw teeth, a buzzsaw for each hand, high jumping, and electric eye beams called the Otorshi Beam that mind controls humans.
Advanced Yokai Nue: Appears in episodes 19 and 20. Powers include a right hand drill, a flying circular saw, high jumping, turning thee right hand into a clamp, fire balls from the jaws for the right shoulder, growth, spawning clippers made of explosive energy, and turning the left hand into a tool chest that launches tools.
Yokai Baku: Appears in episode 21. Powers include dream eating via eye lasers, teleportation, and telekinesis.
Juza Yumihari: Appears in the movie. Powers include a bladed bow that fires energy charged arrows, dividing the bow into two short swords that fire energy cutters, an energy barrier, and curse and growth arrows.
Yokai Nurikabe: Appears in episode 22. Powers include wall spawning based on despair, spawning rail guards, a wall-like energy shield, and a pair of energy cannons on each shoulder.
Yokai Yuki Onna: Appears in episode 23. Powers include freezing breath and a naginata.
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My main concern was how they were going to separate yokai here from Kakuranger and as it turns out they have a bond with physical objects and created through a different form of negative energy than their more natural counterparts. The eps with the red rangers from Kakuranger and Hurricanger were fine, a bit underwhelming for the 40th anniversary though. The ranger balance is really bad here, Aka and Star hog up a lot of episodes with Ao barely able to keep pace and the rest only get one. Technically episode 23 was supposed to be a second centric episode for Shiro, but she barely does much of anything although it is still better than how Ki and Momo are treated. The mechs vary, starting off with the McDonalds happy meal looks (although mechs piloting mechs is amusing) and when Lion La-Oh shows up it is a sudden return to how 90s sentai mechs operated. On top of that the animatronics for the individual mechs are surprisingly well done, I dare say the best since Goseiger if not outright surpassing them. The mentor/grandfather does the role of mentor well and starts out proving how good he is in combat, but is mostly for comic relief for some reason.

Pacing was mostly fine, but very slowly over time it has been dragging. Episode 15 where Roderomaru decides to be part of a yokai's contract is right down there with other exceptionally bad sentai episodes like DynaPink's fear of cats, MegaYellow's grandmother, Bison Green's abortion, and Gokaiger's pathetic tribute to Carranger; talk about unnecessarily long, dumb, and boring as ****! Who thought this was a smart idea? I say all that as someone okay with explosive baby screams from Ohranger. Now let us talk about the villains because these guys are the weakest links unfortunately. Raizo was killed off too quickly as the red ranger's rival and was replaced with some guy that barely comes up with plans, the big bad's wife who complains about it being too hot, and the former apprentice of the Last Ninja who is almost never explored beyond a handful of sentences. I would not mind this except they barely do much. Only positive thing about them thus far is that like the kuros from last season the grunts have surprisingly polished costumes.


So yeah, it has problems with the pacing, character balance, and villains, otherwise this is not only not the worst sentai series, but it might be the best of the ninja ones as long as they do not just throw someone like Daimaoh into a gate and call it a day and no I will not get over that.

 

[Captain Shark]

This took long than expected as the shadows are cast with light in part 2.

Yokai Franken: Appears in episode 24. Powers include high jumping, an abdomen screw beam that stops machines called the Stop Light, and green electric shocks.
Yokai Dracula: Appears in episodes 24 and 25. Powers include a human disguise, hypnosis, life draining fangs, hand lasers, a rapier, and dividing into bats.
Yokai Mataneko: Appears in episode 26. Powers include a human disguise, high jumping, speed, and throw fire balls called the Super Pad Cat Bomber.
Yokai Wolf Man: Appears in episodes 24, 25, and 27. Powers include sharp claws that emit energy cutters called the Bloody Moon, thick armor, and regeneration.
Yokai Hayabusa: Appears in episode 28. Powers include high jumping, spawning force fields only kids can pass through, a ninjato that emits fire and energy cutters, telekinesis called the Falcon Puppet Technique, and a bladed wing on the left arm that also allows flight.
Yokai Ikkakusai: Appears in episode 29. Powers include a rhino horn on the right shoulder, teleportation, a ninjato that creates doors to a board game subspace, a pair of sais, and summoning a die and magic hammer.
Yokai Kuroari: Appears in episode 30. Powers include possession called the Parasite Technique, hand fire balls, a scissor blade on the left wrist, a ninjato, and turning the ground into quicksand in a move called the Antlion Technique.
Yokai Mujina: Appears in episodes 31 and 32. Powers include an ax on a chain attached to a saw-like round shield, duplicate spawn, specialty stealing, disguises, a ninjato, running on water, purple energy bolts from the shield, and spawning duplicates.
Karakuri Kyuubi: Appears in episodes 31 and 32. Powers include a ninjato that fires energy cutters, armor, and nine flying beam guns called the Fox Cub Fire Storm.
Yokai Suzumebachi: Appears in episode 33. Powers include flight, poison arrows from the left arm bow gun, a ninjato, and speed.
Konaki Jiji: Appears in episode 34. Powers include high jumping, arm beams that place people on backs of others, eye lasers, teleportation, and speed.
Oomukade: Appears in episode 35. Powers include emitting lightning from the body, converting into electricity, and extending the neck for constriction.
Masakage Tsugomori continued: Maze of Doubt, summoning a giant green skull that explodes called the Wiser Head, high jumping, dark fog spawning that alters memories, regeneration for the fake body, and size changing.
Ghoul Cart Oboroguruma: Appears in episodes 36 and 45. Powers include a steam roller, a head cannon, size changing, and explosive eye flashes.
Yokai Mokumokuren: Appears in episode 37. Powers include traveling through computers, body lasers for blasts and telekinesis, video game alteration, and teleportation.
Yokai Amikiri: Appears in episode 38. Powers include pincer claw hands that fire lasers, high jumping, and scissor cutters from the body.
Mangetsu: Appears in episodes 39, 40, 41, and 42 and Returns. Powers include a large sword, speed, high jumping, growth, summoning lightning, hand fire balls, sword energy cutters, an enhanced sense of smell, body shockwaves, flying energy swords called the Full Moon Slash, and reviving dead yokai.
Yokai Binbougami: Appears in episode 40. Powers include a Santa disguise, misfortune rings, a staff that fires energy blasts, and creating earthquakes by stomping.
Shutendoji: Appears in episodes 41 and 42. Powers include turning humans into peanuts, disorienting breath that allows mind control, a metal bottle that doubles as a club, and growth.
Fudagaeshi: Appears in episode 43. Powers include trapping organisms into a subspace based on memory, reviving yokai, and flight.
Gabi Raizo: Appears in episodes 44, 45, and 46. Powers include high jumping, teleportation, and a pair of wakizashis that emit lightning.
Gengetsu: Powers include sending yokai into the future, a naginata that emits energy cutters and lightning, hand energy balls, launching teeth made of magic, magic explosive arms called Ashura, teleportation, absorbing other yokai to grow, and summoning an energy dragon.
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Counting Returns: Girls vs. Boys here. So, ranger balance is one of the worst in the franchise with Ki only getting one other episode to himself, Shiro and Momo each getting only two, and the others just hog up screen time. This may not have been as bad if they did not go out of their way to have MagiYellow star in an episode which, while good and proves continuity, also shows they were so ignorant of their own yellow ranger they used a previous one instead! Why!? The Jiraiya episode was solid and further cements the fact sentai and metal heroes are in the same universe. I like the twist of Kyuemon being Gengetsu's son, but it comes a bit out of nowhere since he appeared human in the flashbacks and you'd think the old man would sense he was a yokai sooner. Tsugomori's twist with him using a robot body reminds me of Sargain from Hurricanger except it comes out of nowhere and is not consistent with the supernatural nature of the Kibaoni. Mangetsu should have came in earlier and his arc with him being a bad son toward his mom could have been expanded on some more. Gengetsu was fine for a final boss although he feels like a gender swap of Granidene from GoGo-V. In fact cast wise this entire series is basically Shinkenger with ninja switching samurai for the motif. Star's struggle with not being a yokai could have been better except they spread it out over many episodes rather than a consistent arc like the GaoSilver/Loki arc in Gaoranger- And BOTH monsters are wolf themed! And why did they drop the running joke of Star taking selfies with yokai? And why did he turn into a shuriken power in ep 45? The mechs continued the happy meal desi- Oh never mind I covered that! Returns could have acted as a two part finale similar to Bioman, Flashman, or Megaranger where the main threat is over but the last villains give one final hurrah. Props for Returns, however, confirming in the sentai universe that reincarnation is possible for monsters, not subjecting them to an eternal hell if they ever decide to become good.

Despite my complaints Ninninger is a good sentai, definitely not the worst of the franchise and it can be fun if you prefer more comedic sentai. In fact I think it got its reputation from older fans that preferred more grounded entries or have been around long enough and seen a lot of things done better in previous series. Time for rankings!

Favorite Mecha:
Go-Buster Oh > Buster Hercules > DaiBouken > V-Rex > GaoHunter > Tategami Lioh > Great Five > GouZyuJin > Grand Liner > Bio Robo > Kiba Daioh > Jet Garuda > Ohranger Robo > Gosei Ground > GaoGod > Sirend Builder > Victory Robo > Turbo Robo > Star Five > Gouraijin > Go-Buster KeroOh > Gosei Great > DaiZyuZin > Jet Icarus > Dairenoh > Travelion > Gingaioh > PteraidenOh > Galaxy Mega > Oh Blocker > GaoKing > Five Robo > RV Robo > Delta Mega > Flash King > SpinoDaiOh > Tenkujin > Goggle Robo > SaiDaiOh > Live Boxer > GaoIcarus > Gosei Wonder > Change Robo > DaiTanken > MagiKing > Engine Daishogun > Dyna Robo > GekiFire > MaxOhJa > Gosei Ultimate > PlezuOh > Battle Fever Robo > Ginga Rhinos > Ginga Phoenix > GaoMuscle > VRV Robo > Sun Vulcan Robo > MougyudaiOh > DekaWing > Lion Ha-Oh > Red Puncher > KyoRyuZin > DaiDenziJin > BakuRenOh > Liner Boy > Build DaiOh > Muteki Shogun > Time Robo Alpha > Sirender > Senpujin > Live Robo > Turbo Rugger > GouRyuJin > Kakure Daishogun > DieselOh > Dekaranger Robo > Victory Mars > WolKaiser > EngineOh > AbaRenOh > ToquOh > Mega Voyager > Shurikenjin > Time Robo Beta > Daigoyou > Titan Boy > Land Galaxy > GanbirOh > MagiLegend > DekaBike > GaoKnight > Mega Winger > Bison King > Time Shadow > SeikuOh > DaikaiOh > KillerOh > Bull Taurus > DaiTenku > GekiTohJa > SaintKaiser > Go-Roader GT > Gekiatsu Dai-Oh > ShinkenOh > Tsubasamaru > Sigma Project > Datas Hyper > Tackle Boy > GokaiOh > SafariGaOh > Revolver Mammoth > Providus

Favorite Series:
Magiranger > Changeman > Go-Busters > Timeranger > Fiveman > Goseiger > GoGo-V > Zyuranger > Go-Onger > Kyoryuger > Gingaman > Dekaranger > Denziman > Ohranger > Toquger > Shinkenger > Gaoranger > Bioman > Carranger > Dynaman > Abaranger > Maskman > Goggle-V > Boukenger > Turboranger > Battle Fever J > Ninninger > Flashman > Gorenger > Dairanger > JAKQ > Kakuranger > Jetman > Gekiranger > Sun Vulcan > Liveman > Hurricanger > Megaranger > Gokaiger

Favorite Openings:
Turboranger > Bioman > Zyuranger > Ohranger > GoGo-V > Go-Onger > Gaoranger > Dairanger > Shinkenger > Flashman > Denziman > Gokaiger > Boukenger > Dynaman > Gingaman > Hurricanger > JAKQ > Magiranger > Goggle-V > Megaranger > Kakuranger > Jetman > Dekaranger > Timeranger > Kyoryuger > Carranger > Sun Vulcan > Battle Fever J > Liveman > Changeman > Gorenger > Go-Busters > Ninninger > Fiveman > Abaranger > Gekiranger > Maskman > Goseiger >Toquger



Ninninger vs. Toquger will be next, after that we can head onto Zyuohger when I eventually feel like it. Going to cover a few things real quick:

-The strawpoll is still open and will remain open until Zyuohger vs. Ninninger is posted
-I do intend to cover that sentai mom special and Go-Onger 10 Years Later when they are eventually subbed
-I will be taking a break before we get to Kyuranger
-High chance we will end with Kyuranger unless you guys want me to cover Lupinranger vs. Patoranger.
-Why the hell am I the only person watching Unit Pandora? No, really, you guys should check it out, Shoji Kawamori proves he is saving the industry with Go Nagai's return.

 

[Captain Shark]

Ninninger vs. Toquger:

A train carrying the Ninningers goes through a tunnel, Aka just waking up after lunch. He asks where they are going and Ki shows him a map to Dream Ninja Land. The train stops at some concert that plays the ending song with Star singing. Such a shaky camera. He thinks of doing an encore when some random woman in Love Live cosplay takes him away. On the train we see a repeat scenario of thee beginning except Star is gone. Aka notices deja vu and six lunches. The conductor announces a spy mission, the Ninningers now act as Hollywood spies lead by Ki. Chasing ensues when 4 of the Toqugers smacks up two random guys while in his detective costume. He points out they are ninjas when the scenario repeats with Aka waking up and now only him and Shiro are left. The conductor announces a wedding going on so we cut to Shiro as a bride in a church- Why is the camera blurry? The groom is 2 of the Toqugers who she does not recognize when 3 shows up to get them out of there- And I just realized Love Live woman is 5. Jurokages show up and the rangers transform to slay them. A yokai named Wanyuudo shows up revealing to be the culprit and his head looks like a celestial from Marvel's The Eternals. He traps the four on the train, 2 panics and 3 tells him to calm down. Shiro asks for an explanation and 3 says they are on a yokai train. Aka remembers the six of them were fighting Wanyuudo when he turned into a traina and grabbed them. The others were rescued by 4 and 5 as they explain at the base and reveal who they are. The title appears as a clip show of Toquger plays with the narrator explainng things. Apparently a scientist for the Shadow Line was on vacation and just recently came back to revive it named Dr. Dark. They do not credit Stan Lee's Who Wants To Be A Super Hero season 2, odd. The ToquLiner shows up with 1 piloting when grunts from both series appear in the yokai train. Fighting breaks out and trains batter each other, Wanyuudo's soon winning. 2 shoots a window and accidentally falls out, Aka pushes Shir into 3 to get them out as he slips on Shiro's banana she was eating earlier. The three rangers encounter Kyuemon who brags he made the yokai train. Wanyuudo stops in Dark Ninja Land and turns back to normal once Red is forced out. In this gloomy historical town we are met by Dr. Dark who smacks Wanyuudo away and talks to Aka- AND HIS NAME IS DR. MAVRO, CAN WE KEEP NAMES CONSISTENT PLEASE!? Mavro hams it up and Aka transforms only for random ninjas to show up and fight him. These ninjas are former clan leaders, specifically clones of real life feudal Japanese leaders. Aka hold his own as the fight somehow changes to a rooftop, neat action. The three clones use a Dark Fire Technique that weakens Aka long enough to hold blades to his body. Mavro uses holographic computers to merge the ninja clones into him, forming Dark Aka Ninninger! The real Aka is forced out of Dark's body, causing him to lose nintality and Mavro confirming he will soon vanish. Mavro catches a punch and ditches his disguise. 1 shows up to save Aka and run as Mavro happily walks with Dark. Kyuemon tells this to the three who escaped and teleports away because he can. At the base the rangers go into despair and blame themselves. They decide to go together, but Aka's dad stops them because it is a trap and if they lose the planet will be in darkness.

Cut to Aka waking up in the woods and 1 being relieved. Intros are done as the former notices he is disappearing, sad music plays as the two talk. As the base more talking happens and Aka's dad finally lets them go. 2 asks how they find the reds when Ao shows them his magic wand. Mavro leads Dark to a temple where the hybrid ninja covers the area in darkness. Kyuemon shows up wondering if there will be interference. The Shadow Line leaders show up to do intros with old timey weapons. Kyuemon excuses himself with Wanyuudo taging along just as the reds appear. Dark attacks them upon command by Mavro, 1 even transforminig during the fight. The rangers notice the Shadow Line generals and get passed them using ninpo techniques. Also Nero confirmed to like manly girls, Star was rather unconvincing. 6 shows up to fight Mavro after demonstrating his harmonica playing. Kyuemon has Wanyuudo gather fear with a squad of jurokages, attacking random people when a guy in red flies around to terminate mooks. He lands with his friends and calls Wanyuudo a Deathgaliene who a guy in green points out is not. A yellow guy smacks the red guy and decides that they are bad guys. Wanyuudo throws a fit as the random guys do intros and reveal to be the Zyuohgers. Ivy from Soul Calibur called and wants her snake sword back. Grunts are slaughtered in random attacks and I have to admit after the last two face palming team intros in versus movies this is a step up. Wanyuudo goes down via shooting at him as he claims to be sorry. Meanwhile, the reds keep fighting Dark, but barely. Dark uses a Dark Shift Star to brutally attack 1 with. Aka faces him alone when the others show up on a cliff to exchange weapons. The Ninningers use the Rainbow Rusher to pour red peppers on Dark which allows Aka to punch him so hard he beats him and gets his nintality- No he just disappears. Sad music plays, the others start to cry, Aka is in a place of darkness he thinks is the afterlife. His grandpa shows up asking if he gave up. He tells him to pursue his dream regardless and says IMAGINAYSHUN. The area turns white and the other Ninninigers show up for words of encouragement. Aka decides to go home with them which causes him to reappear on Earth. Everyone gets happy until 6 literally rolls in as Mavro is now faced with twelve rangers and shocked Aka is still alive. They all transform and do intros after Mavro vows to force them into darkness. Fighting breaks out with Mavro ad the revived generals and man it looks pretty. I do wonder how Ki and Shiro are not hurt by stepping on their own cowtraps though- Come to think of it this is the first time the Ninningers used cowtraps. Mavro breaks down and fights the reds. He seems to have the upper hand at first, but they double team on him and he gets engulfed in an explosion. He calls for a three kuliners to surrround the area in darkness, the Ninningers summon Shurikenjin and Bison King, two kuliner robos form, and the Toqugers use the ToquLiner to fight Mavro's rain. So many explosions and why is the area suddenly a city? Come on Toei. Mavro and the Toqugers fight underwater followed by the kuliner robos are forced into water. There the three kuliners merge to become Super Duper Kuliner Robo! Ha-Oh Shurikenjin is formed during an explosion to go gun happy via Splendid Buster. Mavro calls it useless as they are forced back. The Toqugers show up with the Conductor and Ticket, ToquOh forms to combine with Ha-Oh. As the cockpit gets crammed the ninja allies are summoned and ride a secon ToquLiner so the Ninningers can go slash happy, causing Super Duper Kuliner Robo and Mavro to explode and thus ending the darkness. The Ninningers and Toqugers say their last farewells to one another- Geez 5 can scream loud! Random comedy ensues and the Toqugers become kids again before the ToquLiner heads to the sky. The movie ends with everyone dancing to Ninninger's ending theme, low budget but still creative- Oh hey an end credits sequence! Aka's dad is glad he is alive.

Wanyuudo: Powers include dream manipulation via a train, and twin machine guns in each wrist
Mavro: Powers include a human disguise, merging organisms, three claws on the left wrist, and a staff that fires energy cutters and lasers
Super Duper Kuliner Robo: Only known power is a mouth energy beam



Everything looks to be in continuity, the action and interactions are decent, Mavro was amusing, and the fact the reds have zero qualms with each other is a decent change of pace. With that said they could have explained why the Toqugers have their powers again or what the other Kibaoni members thought of the Shadow Line. Technically this is on the lower end of the crossover movies, but it was still enjoyable. We will continue with Zyuohger in the near future.

 

[Captain Shark]

Now for the current anniversary series also known as Zyuohger.

"Where the hell have you been?"

Four months is a very long time! Most of it was catching up on anime and toku I was meaning to watch for years and got most of that out of the way, one of which was the total disaster called Kamen Rider Build. I also got hired on by the Anonymous Russian Rippers to edit a lot of fansubs they did for old anime titles. Thanks to me working with them we now have complete subs for Shin Mashin Hero Wataru, Ultra Nyan, Steel Jeeg, Barom One, and currently I am working on Trider G7 with Aizenborg being up next. DiscoTek announced Baldios just as I was on the final four episodes so that one is an "almost". Regardless this should have not taken four months and I am sorry for everyone that waited.

"Aren't you going to announce it?"

For those unaware Rampage Subs has completed Gorenger in its entirety! Whoo! Also Spielban is being worked on!

"How will this be divided up?"

Since this is the fortieth anniversary and I want to spread out my time management better I am dividing this into quarters, twelve episodes each with the movie in part 2 and Returns in part 4.

"What about Super Animal Wars?"

That will be covered before doing Zyuohger vs. Ninninger.

"What about Go-Onger 10 Years Later and Super Mama League?"

The former will be done right before we get into Kyuranger and the latter will happen whenever KissAsian gets off their lazy asses and upload it. JAToku won't do it and I don't know of another site that hosts english subbed toku. SockShare doesn't count.

"Anything about this series you know about?"

I'm going in blind although supposedly the red ranger is a bit more serious this time and everyone on /m/ likes the blue ranger.... Wait, is this a repeat of Hurricanger?

"You leaving us in the dark again?"

My main goal right now is to finish Zyuohger within the month and start on Kyuranger in October.
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Jagged: Appears in episode 1. Powers include high jumping and a left arm cannon that launches fire balls and uses a machine gun.
Halbergoi: Appears in episode 2. Only known power is a spear that summons other spears, emits energy cutters, and can enlarge the blade.
Bowguns: Appears in episode 3. Powers include an explosive laser bow gun, high jumping, and eye lasers.
Amigard: Appears in episode 4. Powers include electric nets, an ax that converts organisms into barrels and fire energy blades, teleportation, and forehead energy bolts.
Gaburio: Appears in episodes 5 and 6. Powers include high jumping, reinforced teeth that can clean through buildings in seconds, speed, and energy blasts from the head crest.
Yabiker: Appears in episode 8. Powers include a right shoulder horn that causes berserk rage, a spiked club, teleportation, and foot wheels for super speed.
Hanayaida: Appears in episode 9. Powers include a bladed watering pot, emitting sleeping spores from the flower shoulders, high jumping, and summoning a plant pot as a shield.
GIFT: Appears in episodes 10 and 11. Powers include claws that fire lasers and electric shocks, hip energy blasts, a torso circular saw and drill, analyzing, sonic waves from the body, size changing, and torso lasers.
Hattena: Appears in episode 12. Powers include regeneration, flight, a detachable head that steals languages from brains via eye lasers, a pen-like staff, and neck tentacles that can possess machinery.
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This started off strong, for a fortieth anniversary we do get call backs to other tokusatsu: The idea of the villains celebrating an anniversary invasion calls back to Fiveman, this is the first series since Go-Onger we've seen enemy fighters, Eagle's finishing pose homages Kamen Rider Black RX, the moebas resemble Kamen Rider Duke, the busted portal home is similar to Goseiger, and the green ranger being a jerk has been going on since Shinkenger. The cube and Africa motifs are really well done and looks like effort was put into them. The idea of cells and coin-like objects spawning minions and strengthening monsters comes from Kamen Rider OOO. The ranger motifs even heavily reflect Liveman and Gaoranger. For ranger balance Eagle has two episodes, Shark, Lion, and Elephant each have one, and Tiger currently has none. The villains are unique, instead of being conquerors they are just poachers looking for fun which does give this sense of disconnect between them and Earthlings not unlike classism and it's done well here. One last positive note: No Toei editing! The editing is actually up to a reasonable standard!

Now for the negatives. First off, this is the worst opening theme in the franchise, even worse than Goseiger's. Nothing about it is really sentai-y. Second, the CGI is very low quality, almost Kamen Rider W levels if not worse since this was made in the mid 10s when HD was standard, the amount of detail is seriously lacking. Third, the running joke of keeping animal forms away from Mario is very unnecessary, used only for bad comedy. Fourth, the ending theme is also probably the worst as well. And finally how the hell did Kamen Rider Ghost and Shinomeking crossover into the Super Sentai universe? Toei has made it very clear they are from different continuities entirely!

So yeah, we have a strong start, but it can go down hill at any moment so I will proceed with caution.

 

[Captain Shark]

Spielban subs are done! While Jiraiya is getting started lets get into part 2!


Noborizon: Appears in episode 13. Powers include a drill that drains plant energy, twin pick axes that emit red electric surges, and four lasers from each pick ax.
Dorobozu: Appears in episode 14. Powers include invisibility, suction fingers, spawning decoy bags, and teleportation.
Hunterji: Appears in episodes 14 and 15. Powers include a sniper rifle that turns organisms into dolls, dual shoulder cannons, a pair of bladed boomerangs called the Stacherangs, and a gun in each ankle.
Mantle: Appears in episode 16. Powers include a teleporting cape and a saber.
Trumpus: Appears in episodes 17 and 18. Powers include high jumping, sticky cards that cause levitation and electric shocks, entrapping card boxes with explosive cards, a razor fan made of cards, and teleportation.
Bowlingam: Appears in episodes 19 and 20. Powers include telekinesis from the belt buckle, rolling into a ball, and a pair of bowling pins for clubs.
Prisonable: Appears in episode 21. Powers include iron balls that spawn chain restraints and sink victims into the ground, an iron ball on each knee, sinking into the ground himself, a grate that fires lasers and can form cages called the Iron Bar Shield, and wrist electric bolts.
Illusion: Appears in episode 22. Powers include a bomb casting wand that fires lasers, invisibility, telekinesis, teleporting objects turned into bombs, flight, and fusing with five triangulars that allows him to summon a fleet of triangulars.
Domidor: Appears in the movie. Powers include a human disguise, a whip that teleports lifeforms, altering celestial bodies for stunts, hand lightning, a knife, fusing with his space ship, and summoning robot clown heads with eye lasers.
Domidor Ship: Appears in the movie. Powers include an underside cannon powered by sadness that can destroy planets, triangular storage, six double barreled laser turrets, and a combat form armed with a pair of whip arms that emit electricity.
Cruiser: Appears in episode 23. Powers include a triple barreled cannon on the right shoulder and left shoulder lasers.
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So in terms of ranger balance everyone is up one except for World who has four. I know episode 21 should be both him and Elephant, but I do not count sharing eps and the latter had more development in that ep. World's introduction arc harkens back to Gaoranger quite a bit what with him being reluctant and having a lot of guilt for what he's done although here the guilt is played up for laughs despite his obvious mental break downs. A bit odd considering how seriously they treated Eagle having the life force of a zyuman in the previous quarter. It seems like the subplot with the eagle zyuman is dropped since at no point do they reference it. I like how the movie plays with the idea of a cosmic circus performer since back in Fiveman there was an alien circus and cosmic entities doing random **** like this is considered normal.... Until you realize Domidor can MOVE STARS. Dairyujin's priorities become more and more stupid as villains like this keep popping up, just saying. Bunglay is a unique edition, still keeping with the game motif the villains use while being more interested in outright hunting and eating at first until he acts like a massive prick. His brand of brashness is not too different from Banriki Baoh from Denziman, you gotta admire the subtle sentai homages scattered about in this series. Also why was Ticket-kun from Toquger in the ending credits of the movie? I have to applaud Toei for mostly doing editing consistently well as only in ep 23 did their weird brand of editing make itself noticeable.

So yeah, ranger balance is off and writing could use tightening up, otherwise not much worth complaining about at this point. If this ends up being better than Ninninger then the "every fifth entry is inferior to its predecessor" curse will finally be broken!

 

[Captain Shark]

Trider G7 has been subbed in its entirety! While we wait for ARR to release the batch here is part 3!

Jashinger: Appears in episode 25. Powers include spawning entrapping cameras, an entrapping camera on the right shoulder, and a tripod-like staff that creates cyclones.
GIFT Custom: Appears in episode 31. Powers include a 12-tube missile pod in the right shoulder, a triple-barreled harpoon gun in the left shoulder, and green electric shocks.
Omoteuria: Appears in episode 32. Powers include Reversi lasers from the torso that uncover hidden feelings, retractable arms on the back half of the body, and Physical Reversi beams from the hands.
Sumotron: Appears in episode 33. Powers include strength, forming sumo rings and tents, forcing sumo movements on organisms upon losing, a spear, throwing salt that causes sparks, and spewing explosive water.
Sambaba: Appears in episode 36. Powers include manipulating fire by dancing, teleportation, and claws that emit energy cutters.
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To start things off ranger balance is pretty bad, anyone who isn't Eagle or World is pretty much doubled up which makes the writing somewhat on the lazy side for the protagonists. Makes me wonder if this is an indirect Maskman homage since the red ranger gets so much screen time. If it wasn't for the preview for episode 37 I would have assumed the eagle zyuman subplot was dropped because it simply had not been used. With the negatives out of the way I can safely say that Bunglay is a top tier sentai villain, he has all the requirements including being capable to beat all the rangers at once, having a variety of moves at his disposal, being sneaky and dastardly when necessary, can be self reliant in most cases, and lasted a long time. Also now Zyuoh Whale has a gun strong enough to DAMAGE THE FRIGGIN MOON which makes you wonder why he doesn't blast dethgalien giants.

As for the revelation that Bunglay was hunting Cube Whale this entire time and calls it a Mega Beast really does alter the mythos a lot. Mega Beasts in Juspion are said to be gigantic descendants of dinosaurs and that Earth was their home world (which does raise questions why Bunglay did not mention the events of Juspion) and according to Zyuranger any prehistoric animal qualifies as a dinosaur to some degree even if not a true one. Top that off with the original Zyuoh Whale asking the Earth itself for help (not unlike Changeman) and the energy itself that forms Cube Whale resembles Choriki energy from Ohranger and it does raise a valid question: What if various sentai planet born mecha like the ones in Zyuranger, Dairanger, Gingaman, Gaoranger, Magiranger, Gekiranger, etc. are all refined/more aware Mega Beasts? All those positive energy based giants, they could be descended from dinosaurs and it makes a lot of sense: Massive size advantage, planets themselves grant minerals that form the armor and nutrients necessary to grow so big, regenerative properties that allow them to survive otherwise grievous injuries and environments like space, their connections to their home worlds, why they look like various lifeforms. You could even go the extra step in saying Mega Beasts are (one of) the galaxy's natural defense/immune system(s) against the various cosmic and dimensional evils that frequently invade the Milky Way with occasional rogues like Gozma, Vulgyre, or Daitanix. Since Abaranger confirmed that every lifeform on Earth has alien parasitic microbes in them that could manifest into humanoid amoebas and may have contributed to so much of humanity's wrongdoing it would make sense that most of these Mega Beasts would come from the planet that needs it the most. Or maybe I just wanted to reference Diebuster. Point is this, whether intentionally or not, does add a lot of context to the lore.

Then there's the Gokaiger guest episodes to celebrate the franchise's 1999th and 2000th episodes. They were fine, but it was obvious the Zyuohgers couldn't beat the space pirates. I did like that they could turn into their successors, but Bunglay reviving villains they clearly never fought makes absolutely no sense unless the ranger keys themselves have memories. It's not impossible as they are manifestations based on the positive energy from various rangers, but it just seems like a big stretch of the imagination. Then there was Gokai Silver's mention of Gil being the embodiment of every evil cosmic emperor, which was not a thing until now. Assuming Silver actually had a credible source and was telling the truth there are too few "cosmic emperors" Gil could have.... Absorbed? Take the souls of? Been a part of? Whatever the case, counting strictly leaders that have an order and a clear military chain of command with the idea of conquest (not just destruction) in mind and being recognized as the emperor, that leaves us with: Black Cross Fuhrer, Ra Deus, Bacchus Wrath, Tau Zant, and King Mons Drake. Adding interdimensional emperors we could increase that with Queen Hedrian, Radiguet, Javius, Dezumozorlya, Yogoshimacritein, and Dokoku; Messiah is debatebly from another dimension since it was never clear whether humans made it or not. In other words: Not impressive. People seem to forget that most of the villains in Super Sentai are more earth bound and tend to be either very old, high tech, or supernatural.

 

[Captain Shark]

Mirrorman has been licensed by Toku TV! Speaking of toku it is time to finish this with part final.

Saguil Brothers: Appear in episodes 37 and 38. Powers include two explosive ropes, high jumping, throwing knives controlled via telekinesis, self duplication, hidden jet packs in the back, and hat energy blasts.
Chefdon: Appears in episode 39. Powers include a pepper shaker mace that spawns high calorie food that cause inflation, an energy curtain for teleporting, seaweed throwing called the Seaweed Bomber, and an electric Mayo Shower from the pepper shaker mace.
Killmench: Appears in episode 40. Powers include high jumping and a whip.
Kubar: Powers include intelligence, teleportation, an energy pistol, a sword, spawning sphered force fields for capturing items, speed, hand fire balls, and body energy whips.
Gakkarize: Appears in episode 43. Only known power is a rapier-like paint brush that spawns objects.
Azald Form 1: Powers include teleportation, a sword that emits energy cutters, reformation, and high jumping.
Azald Form 2: Powers include telekinetic explosions, body and hand shockwaves, summoning eruptions by ground pounding, mouth lasers, and reformation.
Naria: Powers include teleportation and a pair of nunchucks with a laser gun in each butt.
Genis: Powers include hand lightning, regenerative cells, body shockwaves upon absorbing data, levitation, converting his hands into swords that emit energy cutters, wing energy blasts, causing dethgaliens to grow via hand flames, terraforming planets with his cells, spawning a pocket dimension from his wings, and size changing
Pocane Daniro: Appears in Returns. Powers include a human disguise, hand beams that convert organisms into diamonds, a sword that emits energy cutters, blue eye lasers, and reviving dead Deathgaliens.
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Well this officially has the worst ranger balance in the franchise. I like how in the last quarter how they gave Shark and Lion eps but not Elephant or Tiger, good to see your priorities there, Toei! Aside from a brief instance in episode 45 Toei editing is not noticeable which is a good thing. Genis proved himself to be a worthy final boss, being a collective of microscopic organisms while still having the cruelty and calm of previous villainous leaders. Episodes 42 and 43 had minor Space Sheriff minutia to them what with random assassins and Kubar's betrayal reflecting Reiden's from Sharivan. I like how Genis's base actually had use at the end and was not just a glorified satellite. The twist with Azald being a destruction god was pretty good because it had some foreshadowing to it and it proved just how capable Genis was in being in control of situations. Eagle having relationship issues with his dad did harken back to Timeranger and was okay although it should have been built up more throughout the series rather than the very end. As for Zyuland and Earth becoming one at the end it was a bit cheesy, but it does set in some ground roots for Timeranger and since there are new continuities after this we will have to wait and see just how committed Toei is to everything.

Overall Zyuohger was a well made anniversary series, but a lot of the problems piled on and at some point you have to deduct points. I did watch Super Animal War since it was short and had no monsters in it and felt like a half assed way to continue Gokaiger's anniversary. I will say that Zyuohger accomplished something no other 5th series has: It is better than its predecessor. It broke the curse. Time to rank things!




Favorite Mecha:
Go-Buster Oh > Buster Hercules > DaiBouken > V-Rex > GaoHunter > Tategami Lioh > Great Five > GouZyuJin > Grand Liner > Bio Robo > Kiba Daioh > Jet Garuda > Ohranger Robo > Gosei Ground > GaoGod > Sirend Builder > Victory Robo > Turbo Robo > Star Five > Gouraijin > Go-Buster KeroOh > Gosei Great > DaiZyuZin > Jet Icarus > Dairenoh > Travelion > Gingaioh > PteraidenOh > Galaxy Mega > Oh Blocker > GaoKing > Five Robo > RV Robo > Delta Mega > Flash King > SpinoDaiOh > Tenkujin > Goggle Robo > SaiDaiOh > Live Boxer > GaoIcarus > Gosei Wonder > Change Robo > DaiTanken > MagiKing > Engine Daishogun > Dyna Robo > GekiFire > MaxOhJa > Gosei Ultimate > PlezuOh > Battle Fever Robo > Ginga Rhinos > Ginga Phoenix > GaoMuscle > VRV Robo > Sun Vulcan Robo > MougyudaiOh > DekaWing > Lion Ha-Oh > Red Puncher > KyoRyuZin > DaiDenziJin > BakuRenOh > Liner Boy > Build DaiOh > Muteki Shogun > Time Robo Alpha > Sirender > Senpujin > Live Robo > Turbo Rugger > GouRyuJin > Kakure Daishogun > DieselOh > Dekaranger Robo > Victory Mars > WolKaiser > EngineOh > AbaRenOh > ToquOh > Mega Voyager > Shurikenjin > Time Robo Beta > Daigoyou > Titan Boy > Land Galaxy > GanbirOh > MagiLegend > DekaBike > GaoKnight > Mega Winger > Bison King > Time Shadow > SeikuOh > DaikaiOh > DodekaiOh > KillerOh > Bull Taurus > DaiTenku > GekiTohJa > SaintKaiser > Go-Roader GT > Gekiatsu Dai-Oh > ShinkenOh > Tsubasamaru > Sigma Project > Tousai Zyoh > Datas Hyper > Tackle Boy > GokaiOh > SafariGaOh > Zyuoh Wild > Condor Wild > Zyuoh King > Revolver Mammoth > Providus

Favorite Series:
Magiranger > Changeman > Go-Busters > Timeranger > Fiveman > Goseiger > GoGo-V > Zyuranger > Go-Onger > Kyoryuger > Gingaman > Dekaranger > Denziman > Ohranger > Toquger > Shinkenger > Gaoranger > Bioman > Carranger > Zyuohger > Dynaman > Abaranger > Maskman > Goggle-V > Boukenger > Turboranger > Battle Fever J > Ninninger > Flashman > Gorenger > Dairanger > JAKQ > Kakuranger > Jetman > Gekiranger > Sun Vulcan > Liveman > Hurricanger > Megaranger > Gokaiger

Favorite Openings:
Turboranger > Bioman > Zyuranger > Ohranger > GoGo-V > Go-Onger > Gaoranger > Dairanger > Shinkenger > Flashman > Denziman > Gokaiger > Boukenger > Dynaman > Gingaman > Hurricanger > JAKQ > Magiranger > Goggle-V > Megaranger > Kakuranger > Jetman > Dekaranger > Timeranger > Kyoryuger > Carranger > Sun Vulcan > Battle Fever J > Liveman > Changeman > Gorenger > Go-Busters > Ninninger > Fiveman > Abaranger > Gekiranger > Maskman > Goseiger >Toquger > Zyuohger



Stay tuned as we head toward Zyuohger vs. Ninninger.

 

[Captain Shark]

Zyuohger vs. Ninninger:

An explosive opening! We start out with a red filter and some kid notices the Ninningers and Zyuohgers are dead. In the present time the Zyuohgers are playing around near the riverbed that's been in most Toei tokusatsu, notably with a unique flying camera shot. Eagle calls on his phone only to find out it is out of range. World carries some food when he is knocked down by the kid in the beginning. The food he made for the others spilled out and he gets upset over it. The Zyuohgers sense a threat when they are attacked by shurikens. The Ninningers jump out of the woods and surround them, Aka saying they finally found them. They think they are a band of yokai, Eagle tells the others to turn human. The Ninningers transform after saying the Zyuohgers are villains that are against Super Sentai. After some posing and shooting the Zyuohgers transform, both teams stare each other down before charging forward. The title appears briefly as everyone fights on, neither heroes gaining an advantage. Eagle turns into Whale and fires which stops the Ninningers long enough for them to retreat. Red takes this.... Badly and summons Shurikenjin. Zyuoh King and Zyuoh Wilf are summoned to counter in a two against one brawl which is now in a city. Pretty good fight. Shinobimaru jumps off its thrown and does a lot of martial arts. UFOmaru takes its place and gets gun happy when Wild Zyuoh King is formed, Aka compliments the combination. The UFO Big Bang and Zyuoh Dynamite Strike are used at the same time, causing the mechs to be blown backwards and all the rangers forced out of their cockpits. Aka fights Eagle, still thinking he is a yokai. World shows up to the river, still mopey, when he notices the smoking aftermath. The other Ninningers return to their base when a a peach-like creature named Runrun gets upset that they lost. Momo brings up that the Zyuohgers apparently slaughtered his people and that is why they're hunting them, Ao finds it weird since they do not seem like the type. Runrun tells how rather bloody things got for his people. Blue and Pink wonder about the Zyuohgers as most of them are separated and cannot reach each other. Shark asks what a ninha is when it turns out Star is overhearing them. He moves around and offers to tell them as Aka still attacks Eagle. The boy from earlier tells his dad to stop who turns out to be Aka, shocking him. Eagle finds it weird. At Mario's house Yellow and White sneak around. Minor antics ensue and World shows up saying he does not know what happened to them. Ki and Shiro nab World when Mario is not looking. Ao and Momo shows up, World asks if they are Super Sentai members who confirm they are while calling him a fake and a yokai. World breaks down and collapses as Runrun shows up and ties and gags him via vines from his head. Meanwhile, the boy is Aka's son from the future which Eagle does not buy. His name is Yoshiharu and he states he got to the past via ninjitsu Time Warp. Aka asks if he is bald and Yoshiharu replies that he dies tomorrow with the other Ninningers and Zyuohgers. At dusk Star tells the Zyuohgers that ninjas are basically spies when World's Cube Animals show up with a ransom letter from the Ninningers. Star finds this weird when they say Ninningers and transforms to prove he is one, causing them to tackle him. At Mario's house Yoshiharu explains that he came from twelve years in the future and how a great evil brought down both teams via pitting them against each other and it ended Super Sentai's history, by extension ending the title of AkaNinja. Aka apologizes and Eagle forgives him. As it turns out Runrun is an assassin working with the Deathgaliens who Naria claims is an expert on slaying heroes. You think Ambrella from Dekaranger worked with this schmoe? Kubar notes they are doing this while Genis is not around. Runrun also reveals his spores are what was causing phone interference from earlier. World wakes up and is being question, his vine restraints speaking for him and saying things he did not say. The spirits of the zyumen tell him his mask is what is causing it. Aka and Eagle head out while the next day the heroes attempt a hostage exchange. Insults are exchanged, transformations are done, charging ensues, and their leaders try telling them to stop it to no avail. Very well done fighting. The red rangers free their respective sixth rangers who join in the fighting. Runrun watches this from afar as Aka fights both sides, enraging Eagle who tries to be calm. Yoshimaru runs out of Mario's house while things turn violent as Shiro injures Aka. Runrun comments that the flames of hate are almost irreversible as both use their team finishers at the same time even when their leaders are blocking. The heroes are each hit, causing massive explosions just as Yoshiharu shows up. He is distraught that he failed to save Super Sentai history.

Runrun states his mission is complete when the bodies disappear. Using ninjitsu it turns out they were tricking Runrun. World was trying to communicate via spelling out kanji with his butt (yes it is as stupid as you think), confirming Ao and Momo's suspicions from earlier. They met the Zyuohgers that night after leaving clones- Why is Star cleave gagged? Anyway, Elephant believed them so they decided to hear them out. Aka hugs his family and Eagle gets mopey for not knowing anything. Runrun gets angry and reveals his true form: Girumaada! His backstory is galaxy traveling and hero killing as he vows to kill them. Using back tentacles he revives old villains as the heroes both transform and do intros on a rooftop ending on back explosions. Fighting ensues once they jump down. The leaders struggle with their fight, but Yoshiharu shows up to summon lightning- Oh snap that failed! A sealing shuriken shows up based on Aka, meaning since he changed the future he will be a Ninninger eventually. Tsumuji shows up because the sealing shuriken came out of a picture frame from the base. Eagle turns into Gorilla to fend off Gengetsu as Aka states they must unite as three generations to win (again). Come to think of it who is Yoshiharu's mom and if Aka was supposed to die and he's not married, does that mean a red ranger is a confirmed poon hound? Anyway, the three transform to defeat their old nemesis. Gorilla goes after Girumaada while the Deathgaliens watch only for Bird to show up- Wait, who the hell just crashed? Is that- Yes! It is a the luckiest guy in the galaxy: ShishiRed of the Kyurangers! And look! More of them showed up! A total of nine show themselves, shocking Bird and the villains. Azald does not see the sense in them so moebas are summoned.... From the sky? Whatever, fighting occurs and it is neat noodles. The space sentai forces them to flee and ShishiRed tells the audience to remember them, Bird wonders if this team was born from the history alteration. The revived villains are destroyed in a final onslaught while Gorilla still fights alone. He turns into Whale, gaining the upper hand and using the Zyuoh Final to stun him. It is used again using the spirits of all twelve rangers. Girumaada eats three of Genis's coin cells to grow and cause wanton carnage around the city. The rangers summon their mechs and at full combinations. Girumaada uses roots for stabbing with both mechs using finishers, but those are blocked via green electrical field that looks like a pentagon. He grabs them and like a kid smashes them together followed by shocking them, breaking the mechs to pieces. Girumaada fires his eye lasers when Yoshiharu's sealing shuriken flies in to shield them. Suddenly the twelve are in a white room, someone states they cannot die just yet. Suddenly all of the red rangers from past sentai teams make themselves known! Live Falcon gives them a heartfelt speech, returns them to the fight, and the 40th anniversary logo becomes their shield, resulting in new found confidence. Aka gets a news shuriken followed by Wild Zyuoh King getting a giant shuriken on it's chest. Girumaada is quickly damaged from their combined might, the shuriken launches and turns into three because ninja magic. One spike ram and some trash talk later, the red rangers appear in the cockpit to encourage them. This causes Wild Zyuoh King to glow gold and fire all 40 emblems at once! Girumaada explodes in slow motion as the red rangers disappear. Eagle thanks them and everyone compliments one another. Yoshiharu tells everyone goodbye and warps back to his time. Elephant wonders how Aka could have a son if he is dead to which it is revealed he will be born soon to everyone's shock. Told you, poon hound- No, wait, he's married and he never told anyone. Shiro takes it the hardest and Lion gets beaten up for being pervy toward Momo. Once everyone runs off the end credits play complete with dancing.

Runrun: Powers include restraining vines from the head and interference spores from the body
Girumaada: Powers include his Runrun form, yellow eye laser, back roots that revive dead monsters, a sword with a machine gun in it, tendril roots from the body, a green pentagon electric field, and green electric shocks



Nothing contradicting continuity persay although Yoshiharu's sudden appearance and not being referenced in Ninninger Returns does raise concerns. The movie itself was mostly fine and middle of the road compared to other installments, the main hang up was that the Ninningers just assumed the Zyuohgers were yokai despite having methods of detecting yokai. The red rangers suddenly showing up was out of place and the idea that a team brawl ended forty years of history seems like a big stretch.

 

[Captain Shark]

Go-Onger: 10 Years Grand Prix:

Some boy named Souji sees a girl harassed by three bullies. They turn on him and he runs to a public playground. He has the Engine Bear RV and is chased by a pair of SWAT wannabes claiming he broke the law. A sniper is called in to shoot him, but goes after the two wannabe SWATs. More show up to chase him and the sniper is told off. The chase leads into a public garage where it soon ends. Cut to some guy on a bike- No wait the SWAT guys inform some business woman. Souji has a gun pointed at him when two of the SWAT guys go full traitor and take off their disguises, revealing to be Go-Ongers! Specifically Red and Blue! Souji says their morphers look old before they transform and the title card appears. Head SWAT guy points out there are only two of them and that Sentai actions are law breaking. After a firing barrage fails to beat the heroes, Red grabs Souji and the two make a run for it, the boy vsaguely remembering him. Some guy on a bike interrupts the chase and uses his bike to take out most of the SWAT wannabes. The sniper comes in guns a blazing, both transform revealing to be Green and Black! An alarm in the city tells people that Sentai activity is going on and advising citizens to stay away. Silver shows up to help when the lead SWAT guy fires and AT-TA at them, the Go-Ongers fleeing in the confusion- Oh snap he's a machine! They encounter business woman who turns out to be Yellow and a spokesperson for some weird chips the SWAT wannabes have been using which causes a load of tension. Speedor catches the audience up to speed on the events of the last episode, not even mentioning the crossovers that came later preventing this from being cannon. The Nova company made some technology to seal portals to other dimensions and N Chips for easy communication. Silver tells the guys they have been sloppy while Bomper surprises Souji. Silver does more scolding and it is brought up Gold attacked Nova's found and died in a suicide bombing which made Sentai banned. Souji states the Go-Ongers are bad guys, now no longer heroes. Yellow talks to Nova's leader who states interference must be exterminated. Red gets Bear RV out of Souji's jacket when the SWAT wannabes show up and their leader ditches his disguise, revealing to be Kireizuki! He claims to have left Gaiark, Black holds him off so the others can escape. They go to where Bear RV was found which was on the day the isolation started. Kireizuki spots them and shoots them as they are led into Nova HQ. A green light appears which spills N Chips into a container. Some new guy appears named Noizune who is the head of the Zontark Party. Kireizuki, now Grayzuki, is his right hand man. Noizune reveals he is trying to take over the world and uses a smartphone to throw the Go-Ongers around. A light shows up to take the Go-Ongers using Bear RV as an anchor point. This causes them to turn up at Junk World, Silver wonders how this happened. A man in gray his Bear RV's soul and Silver points out he is familiar- It's Gold. Of course. She slaps him silly and calls her brother stupid. Bear RV thanks Souji while Gold reveals he was trying to convince Nova's founder to stop everything. This failed because Bear RV fell from a portal, causing an explosion and how everyone got separated. Meanwhile, Black and Bomper are roped up with Yellow seeing them. She interrogates Black as Bomper wants to know why she turned from them. At Junk World, Bear RV states she and Speedor had a falling out which is how she crashed in the human world. This has Red come to a conclusion that Yellow is undercover. Black tells Yellow Bear RV is in Souji's hands, giving her relief as she beats up two SWAT wannabes. Once Black and Bomper are untied, the Nova founder makes himself known.

At Junk World some ugatzes are collecting old stuff when Grayzuki shows up only to step on a mine. It turns out the three Gaiark ministers are still around! It turns out they are environmentalists now, no longer interested in Earth. They collected a bunch of junk that accidentally created Noizune and Grayzuki. A container filled with random junk is converted into N Chips, Green concludes Souji's N Chip is how they were being tracked. Grayzuki shows up with a bazooka, revealing he is conquering the world via N Chips on humans being activated. Nova's founder activates the N Chips which turns Yellow into a cyborg called Noizumi Children. She attacks Black while the others fight Grayzuki to no avail. The three ministers decide to help by holding Grayzuki off and open a portal. Red grabs Souji and the Go-Ongers head through. They find Black fighting Yellow as a Noizumi Child, her memories slowly fading from her. Grayzuki shows up in human form soon after as the villains reveal their eco friendly of conquest which strips everyone of free will. Also the founder is Noizune. Fighting breaks out consisting of Green and Black against Grayzuki, Gold and Silver against Yellow, and Red and Blue against Noizune. This goes poorly for the team as they change back into civilians after a combo attack. Yellow steals the Change Souls via magnetism. Suddenly all the Engines come through via a portal to save the Go-Ongers. Kegalesia also joins because why not- Wait she transforms into Go-On Yellow!? No, wait, she calls herself Kega Yellow to save the real Yellow. Pretty easy when you have an extendable whip- And she turns her back and gets blasted. The others restrain Yellow which flops. Yellow thinks about how one day they will be all alone as Red tries calling out to her. She gets memories of her teammates from the series. Red's hand somehow gets inside the robot body and Yellow rushes out, crashes into Kega Yellow, and she gets her suit back. How dumb. Noizune points out they only have five minutes left so the Go-Ongers all transform as the opening theme plays followed by intros and back explosions. Gold and Silver take out the Noizumi Child while Grayzuki fights with Green and Black which ends badly. Red, Blue, and Yellow assault Noizune pretty easily followed by the Highway Blaster- Wait, his barrier stopped it! Red throws his helmet which allows him to grab Noizune's cellphone. He warns Red that peace will never comes if the Isolation Barrier is down then they will be invaded, he replies they will just fight whatever enemies appear. After some flashbacking from the first episode, apparently Souji was a small kid when the Go-Ongers first appeared- Wait shouldn't he be in high school by now!? Red stomps on the phone, restoring the portals. The Go-Ongers summon their Engines to form Engine-Oh, smashing through Noizune with ease and causing all N Chips to disappear. At dusk Souji gains courage to face bullies again- And it ends abruptly with the Go-Ongers goofing off as music plays. The Go-Ongers and Bomper thank everyone for watching as the credits roll.

Grayzuki: Powers include a human disguise, a machine gun, and a bazooka.
Noizune: Powers include a telekinetic smart phone, green body beams, a human disguise, a spear that emits electric blasts, and an energy barrier.
Noizumi Child: Powers include a broadsword that emits energy cutters, magnetic palms, and red eye lasers.



Not canon and had some lazy writing, not sure why these 10 Years Later movies insist on doing "good ranger pretends to be bad" stories. This could have easily been a two parter in the series and the span of time makes no sense. I can easily say this is the weakest of the 10 Years Later movies, but not by much. Stay tuned as next time we finish off 2018 with Kyuranger coming in the very near future.