Five-Zyu movies

[Aoi Kurenai]

Looking around, I noticed that Fiveman through Zyuranger had no movie. Does anyone know why they never had any? I always found it odd that those three just randomly weren't given moves.

 

[Black Ranger RX]

As much as Fiveman, Jetman and ZyuRanger got for "movies" was in the "Super Sentai World" special along with Jetman, DaiRanger and KakuRanger.

I don't really know why they didn't get "proper" movies though..

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

Liveman didn't have one either, yet Turboranger did, which I think is strange. My guess is that it was during the times where Toei was having brief financial problems. :shrug:

 

[Undrave]

Maybe the actors had conflicting schedules? Maybe it was just a bunch of coincidences that made it impossible for a film to be shot.

 

[Kimiden]

Well I dunno about Fiveman-Zyu, but after reading Shougo's response, I figured I'd add my two cents.

A Liveman movie not happening makes sense because Daisuke Shima and Megumi Mori were top idols of the time so scheduling stuff like that probably was a nightmare. Besides, the series does well on its own ^_^

Prolly why the Turboranger movie was made and Liveman once again getting the short end of the stick (most underrated Sentai of all time IMO, not even enough coverage in the Timeranger Super Sentai special -__-).

Buuut the reason why Fiveman thru Zyuranger were skipped I guess is because of finacial troubles. Now that would explain why the Toei Manga Matsuri (the series of films that the Sentai/KR movies were usually packed with) got axed to begin with after 1988. Otherwise chalk it up to lack of interest?

....Where's August when you need him? He'd probably have more extensive info :sweat:

The Toei Super Hero Fair starting back in 93 with the Dairanger/Kamen Rider ZO/Janperson lineup was supposed to be a replacement. Sadly it finally got axed after 1995 but I guess it was a blessing in disguise, I don't think the world was ready for a Carranger movie XD

The GoGo V movie in 99 was an attempt to bring it back IMO because they figured that if the teamup movie franchise had gotten popular again thanks to the Ohranger VS Kakuranger V-Cinema feature, why not do another theatrical release?

Guess it didn't work because we wouldn't see the movie tradition come back until 2001 with the Kamen Rider AGITO/Gaoranger movie tag team. I really would have loved to have seen a kickarse Timeranger movie but ah well, that's what fanfics are for.

And there you have it. Started out with an opinion and pretty much ended up with an impromtu history of the sentai movie franchise. God I need some sleep...

 

[Undrave]

Well I dunno about Fiveman-Zyu, but after reading Shougo's response, I figured I'd add my two cents.

A Liveman movie not happening makes sense because Daisuke Shima and Megumi Mori were top idols of the time so scheduling stuff like that probably was a nightmare. Besides, the series does well on its own ^_^

Prolly why the Turboranger movie was made and Liveman once again getting the short end of the stick (most underrated Sentai of all time IMO, not even enough coverage in the Timeranger Super Sentai special -__-).

Buuut the reason why Fiveman thru Zyuranger were skipped I guess is because of finacial troubles. Now that would explain why the Toei Manga Matsuri (the series of films that the Sentai/KR movies were usually packed with) got axed to begin with after 1988. Otherwise chalk it up to lack of interest?

....Where's August when you need him? He'd probably have more extensive info :sweat:

The Toei Super Hero Fair starting back in 93 with the Dairanger/Kamen Rider ZO/Janperson lineup was supposed to be a replacement. Sadly it finally got axed after 1995 but I guess it was a blessing in disguise, I don't think the world was ready for a Carranger movie XD

The GoGo V movie in 99 was an attempt to bring it back IMO because they figured that if the teamup movie franchise had gotten popular again thanks to the Ohranger VS Kakuranger V-Cinema feature, why not do another theatrical release?

Guess it didn't work because we wouldn't see the movie tradition come back until 2001 with the Kamen Rider AGITO/Gaoranger movie tag team. I really would have loved to have seen a kickarse Timeranger movie but ah well, that's what fanfics are for.

And there you have it. Started out with an opinion and pretty much ended up with an impromtu history of the sentai movie franchise. God I need some sleep...

That was pretty informative. :anime: :thumbs:

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

I don't think the world was ready for a Carranger movie XD

If that god awful Kakuranger movie was already released upon the world, I don't think a Carranger one would have made a dent.

The GoGo V movie in 99 was an attempt to bring it back IMO because they figured that if the teamup movie franchise had gotten popular again thanks to the Ohranger VS Kakuranger V-Cinema feature, why not do another theatrical release?

...but the GoGoV movie was also a V-Cinema release. And, from what I understand, it was a case of GoGoV proving pretty popular, not just some forced release.

I still think it's either financial/budget problems or that Toei didn't have enough hits to package into a little event like they usually do. It certainly hurt with Rider being out of commission for a majority of the '90s and metal heroes fading shortly afterwards.

 

[Kimiden]

...but the GoGoV movie was also a V-Cinema release. And, from what I understand, it was a case of GoGoV proving pretty popular, not just some forced release.

Really? I thought it was theatrical o_o

Then again re-watching it today on the laptop to kill time...it was in full screen.

OH NOES! I WAS WRONG! I'VE LOST MY TOKU BUFF PRIVLEDGES!! *runs around through a field of explosions screaming in madness* XD