Zyuranger's really beginning to grow on me

[Shougo B'Stard]

Is he still around?

Sugimura passed away a few years ago, at age 56.

 

[Forever Knight]

And of course, he even went as far as making a kid a regular hero in Dairanger...

I wonder what Kou looks like now.

 

[KAGEKI]

Sugimura passed away a few years ago, at age 56.

Sorry to hear that :disappoin.

 

[Nigokio]

You know, I don't think that Zyuranger sucks it's just that I don't hold it as highly in comparison to the other series that I've seen and in the standalone sense. I just feel like it's utterly lacking in the villains department and in character development. I could have sworn that the KotW, (Kid((s)) of the Week for those that still haven't seen Zyuranger), got more character development than anybody except Burai. It also felt extremely lighthearted to me. I mean I even though Abaranger was darker.

Meh maybe I need to watch the entire series again because recently I've been watching random episodes and they were better than I remember them in the past but somehow they still didn't sit well with me.

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

I just feel like it's utterly lacking in the villains department...

Half of the group are more comedic than most previous villains, but they were trying to switch things up, I suppose. I thought that the Zyuranger villains had all around cool designs, so that helped. But Grifforzer and Lammy were pretty decent -- and a threat to the team -- so Bandora's gang wasn't completely incapable. Plus there's Machiko Soga. C'mon.

But, really, I think those designs (monsters of the week included) are pretty cool. And for a more lighthearted show! The ones like Dora Sphinx and Dora Knight, for example, are cooler and look more terrifying than pretty much any Jetman monster, Jetman being Zyu's polar opposite in tone and style.

...and in character development. I could have sworn that the KotW, (Kid((s)) of the Week for those that still haven't seen Zyuranger), got more character development than anybody except Burai.

I definitely think there's a number of episodes where the Zyuranger feel like they're the guest star of their own show. I think Zyuranger's mistake was rarely giving the individual team members their own focus episodes (maybe I'm just remembering wrong, but most episodes were simply shared by the whole team). That's the way past shows accomplished this -- the adventure the regular hero gets into with the guest character will help shade in some of their own character.

Take a look at episode 44 for how it should have been done. That's really one of Zyuranger's cooler episodes, IMO.

 

[Forever Knight]

But, really, I think those designs (monsters of the week included) are pretty cool. And for a more lighthearted show! The ones like Dora Sphinx and Dora Knight, for example

Dora Sphinx/King Sphinx has been my all time favourite villian design since I first saw him in MMPR. To this day he still looks so damn cool.

 

[The_Next!!!]

Dora Sphinx/King Sphinx has been my all time favourite villian design since I first saw him in MMPR. To this day he still looks so damn cool.

Yeah, him and Fuhrer Tabo have to be my favorie villian designs.

 

[Forever Knight]

Grifozer was a badass aswell and I loved his design. Atleast he wasn't treated like a retard which they did with him and Gasha Skull (Rito) in MMPR.

Zyu2 footage is badass too bad it wasn't used in the show for obvious reasons. It's always good to see Dragon Ranger actually fighting alongside the other Zyurangers.

 

[The_Next!!!]

Grifozer was a badass aswell and I loved his design. Atleast he wasn't treated like a retard which they did with him and Gasha Skull (Rito) in MMPR.

Zyu2 footage is badass too bad it wasn't used in the show for obvious reasons. It's always good to see Dragon Ranger actually fighting alongside the other Zyurangers.

Yeah I always hated what they did to Griffonzor...:disappoin