Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Crossdressing in Super Sentai

UPDATED 3/31/11 9pm EST
I am sure there are more I missed. Thanks to those of you who told me of others, I will post the others as soon as I find pictures.

JAKQ
Banba dressed as an old lady.

Goggle Five
Miki dressed as a 'Prince' doll to contact a 'Princess' doll.

Jetman
Raita from Jetman dressed as a geisha in order to fool a monster who was stealing young women's voices.

Ohranger
In Ohranger, Shouhei crossdesses as a woman as a secret undercover mission.

Carranger
A character who only appeared in Episode 23, a princess crossdresses as a construction worker in order to fool a monster. She was in cahoots with Naoki/Blue Racer.

GoGoV
GoGoFive's Nagare crossdressed for a mission.

Gaoranger
Gao Black crossdressed in a wedding dress to fool Wedding Dress Org.

Abaranger
Yukito (AbareBlue) crossdressed in an episode.

Dekaranger
In Dekaranger 26, he dressed up as a woman to get into an illegal fighting club - originally, he was there with Hoji, but was recognized as a Deka, and therefore had to dress differently to get in and not be recognized. And in Dekaranger 45, he dressed up as Swan to help get rid of a someone that was bothering her. Testu crossdresses to fool an Alienzer.

Magiranger vs. Dekaranger
Hikaru and Tetsu crossdress to fool one of the monsters.

Boukenger
Three of the boys crossdressed in a retelling of Cinderella that Natsuki did in Ep 26.

Sakura crossdressed as a prince. Natsuki and Eiji were the only ones who didn't in that episode.

I forgot that in the last episode, Morio disguised as Sakura as she went into space with Akashi.

Go-Onger
All the males were rendered frozen and the girls hid them from the bad guys by dressing them as women as mannequins. Episode 38.

Hanto dressed as an old woman's granddaughter, but it then turned out that the woman was a scientist from another dimension. Episode 27. Sousuke dresses up as an old lady or "Ba-san" in one episode when they were wearing disguised in the next episode, 28.

Shinkenger
Ryuunosuke (spelling wrong) crossdressed as a bride in Episode 8.

In their post show special, they all crossdressed. I haven't seen the special so I do not know the purpose. Mako and Kouta as school boys, and the boys as girls, Genta was the only one who didn't wear his ranger-color of the boys, he wore pink.

Goseiger
Hyde dressed as Nanami/Hurricane Blue for the Teamup special (they showed old teamups, by half-hour) that aired an hour before Goseiger.

Eri as AbareKiller, for the same special, that aired for a couple of weeks.

How past cameos work on Gokaiger so far

It has come to my attention that some fans don't watch Gokaiger and are a bit confused as to when these cameos of past Sentai heroes happen and how it works. So far there doesn't seem to be a pattern for the movie but there does seem to be a clear pattern for the series itself. Let's look at the series itself, mind you this is just a theory and it is subject to change or have variations. Fans believed at first it would just be one hero per series to appear in one episode but it seems to be random numbers, because it varies on the availability of the Super Sentai alums. Some have more open schedules than others. Because all past characters have no powers now, they only appear in human form. This can have more leeway when adapting it into Power Rangers, as they can get any actor available and it doesn't have to be the same color.

Episode One had the Legend War, no actors were actually seen. Many past suit actors reprise one of their roles.

Episode Two saw a brief cameo of Aka Red, a character introduced solely for the 30th anniversary in Boukenger VS. Super Sentai. He appeared in a flashback but we don't see his face.

Episode Three saw our first Sentai alum. Atsushi Hashimoto as Kai Ozu, his sky saint Frajel made a cameo. Kai taught Don about 'Courage' and they gained the Magi Dragon. They saw the MagiRed helmet appear superimposed over Kai. Episode 4 was a Gokai Blue episode and had no alum or past power.

Episode 5 saw three returning Dekaranger. Doggy Krueger's suit actor and voice actor returned and he was in the majority of the episode. Jasmine/Deka Yellow made a cameo in the beginning and Ban/Deka Red made a cameo at the end. Marvelous say Deka Red's helmet appear superimposed over Ban. They received the Pat Striker and made Deka GokaiOh.

Episode 6 was a GokaiYellow episode and had no old power or alum, some believe it had Kamen Rider references. In Episode 7 this Sunday in Japan (Saturday for us), Master Shafu and Jan are set to appear. The GekiBeasts are set to come out of GokaiOh but no new formation will be made as there is no toy.

GaoRed's actor Kaneko Noboru confirmed to appear in Episode 9 for when the Gokaiger gain GaoLion and form Gao GokaiOh. Above is an old photo.

So for the series, it seems that one episode they have a alum, gain a new power and the next they don't, a ranger-focus episode. Most of the alum episodes do have ranger-focus too. For example, Episode 3 where Kai comes in, it is Green's episode and Episode 5 was Red focus. And Episode 7 seems to be a Pink/Green focus. It seems that with past alums, it doesn't matter how many there are but there has to be at least a Red one. Let's see if they break this rule later on. Because if Ryou (Ryuuranger of Dairanger) is appearing in the movie, I wonder if he will also appear in the Dairanger-focus episode.

As for the Movie:
The Goseiger team up with the Gokaiger. But there seems to be a special appearance by Genta, Chiaki of Shinkenger, Saki of Go-Onger and Akashi of Boukenger. Since the Goseiger have their name in the title of the 199 hero movie, it is safe to assume that this will serve as a Gokaiger vs. Goseiger and there will be no Gokaiger vs. Goseiger teamup.

Oume, Ryou, and Umeko are set to return for the movie too, I think they are just quick cameos.

Gao Lion, Geki Beasts and more Gokai Movie Pics

Gao Lion will appear around episode 9, GaoRed's actor Kaneko Noboru confirmed to appear.



GekiBeasts are to come out of GokaiOh in Episode 7.

Movie, now confirmed to be released June 11, 2011:
Keiichi Wada (Ryou of Dairanger) returns!

Mika Kikuchi (Umeko of Dekaranger)

Kenji Ohba as Oume Daigorou for Denjiman, he was in Battle Fever J too.


Go-Onger, Goranger, Shinkenger and Gekiranger

17 Reds: MagiRed (Red Mystic Ranger), GoRed (Red Lightspeed Ranger), Hurricane Red (Red Wind Ranger), Bouken Red (Red OO Ranger), Deka Red (Red SPD Ranger), Time Red (Red Time Force Ranger), Red Hawk, Gosei Red, VulEagle, GokaiRed, Kabuto Raiger (Crimson Ranger), Red One, Oh Red (Zeo Ranger V Red), Gao Red (Red Wild Force Ranger), Zyu Red (Red Ranger), Mega Red (Red Space Ranger) and RyuuRanger.

14: GaoWhite (White Wild Force Ranger), BoukenPink (Pink OO Ranger), DekaPink (Pink SPD Ranger), OhPink (Zeo Ranger I Pink), Houhouranger, Pteraranger (Pink Ranger), GokaiPink, GoseiPink, MagiPink (Pink Mystic Ranger), TimePink (Pink Time Force Ranger), GoPink (Pink Lightspeed Ranger), MegaPink (Pink Space Ranger), Pink Five, and White Swan.
Each of these girls have a Red counterpart. Only VulEagle, HurricaneRed and Kabuto Raiger doesn't have counterparts.

Genta, Chiaki, Akashi and Saki

Genta, Chiaki, Akashi and Saki and Goseiger

Signalman, Bull Black Hyuuga, Black Lion Rio, Mele and Zuuban

Shinken Red (Karou), MagiMother, Wolzard Fire, DekaSwan and DekaMaster

Brajira

Yogoshimacritein of Go-Onger

Dagon of Magiranger

Dynaman

Abaranger

Battle Japan and Battle Cossack