Henshin Grid: 05/01/2013

Friday, May 31, 2013

Silhouette of KyoryuViolet

JUNE 4, 2013

Silhouette of KyoryuViolet and his Zyudenryu partner Plezon. These two are set to debut this July.

The silhouettes: 1) Tobaspino Battery 2) Tobaspino 3) Plesion formation 4) KyoryuViolet (in red) 5) KyoryuNavy (in purple)

I was hoping Violet would be female but Script Reviewer Koichi Yamada (@kyoryuviolet) confirms that Violet will be male. His English is really good, he says he studied in the Philippines (English is common there). I found him looking for any info on Kyoryu Violet. Insert jokes about ten men and one woman here.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Obscure Colors Rangers

UPDATED 6/16/18
I have kind of covered obscure colors before but not quite like this. A friend of mine asked me if there ever was an orange ranger. Here are obscure or rare colors.

ORANGE

In Power Rangers SPD (2005), Boom dreamed to be a ranger and had a fantasy and had a B-Squad uniform and a repainted Power Rangers Space helmet (Yellow) without black visor on top.

In Super Sentai, they had a fully Orange warrior in Battle Cossack of Battle Fever J in 1979. Deka Swan of Dekaranger/Kat Ranger of Power Rangers SPD was White with Orange. In 2014, Toqger introduced Toq6Gou. In 2016, Zyuoh Bird appeared in the tail end and was more like a red-orange recolor of Zyuoh Eagle. In 2017, Sasori Orange was of the main nine of Kyuranger.

NAVY

Kuwagata Raijer of Hurricanger / Navy Ranger of Ninja Storm is the first warrior with a darker shade of blue than usual. The second is coming up soon in the Kyoryuger movie in the summer, he is Kyoryu Navy. In Boom Comics' Go Go Power Rangers, he is referred to as Dark Ranger.

CRIMSON

Kabuto Raijer of Hurricanger / Crimson Ranger of Ninja Storm was a darker shade of red, and considered crimson in Power Rangers. Many fans clump him with Red Rangers and others consider him the closest thing to a male Pink Ranger.

VIOLET

One of my favorite rangers is obviously Geki Violet of Gekiranger / Violet Wolf Ranger of Power Rangers Jungle Fury.

We got two more Violets in the form of male Kyoryu Violet and his granddaughter female Kyoryu Violet who is a recurring 7th in Kyoryuger (2013). In Dino Charge, they are Albert and Kendall the Purple Rangers respectively.

In 2014, in a special for Toqger, we got Toq7Gou, their 'mentor' Conducter donned violet.

Kyu Violet/Ryu Commander in Kyuranger (2017)

CYAN

Some of the female Blue Rangers have had a light blue color that my nephew's girlfriend has referred to as 'turquoise.' These include Blue Swallow of Jetman, Hurricane Blue of Hurricanger/Blue Wind Ranger of Ninja Storm and MagiBlue of Magiranger/Blue Mystic Ranger of Mystic Force. Also included is Ninja Blue of Kakuranger / Blue Aquitar Ranger (second on top), which is male. Power Rangers Jungle Fury had the Shark Ranger (bottom center) which is cyan but they never mentioned it. Kyoryu Cyan (bottom right) recently in Kyoryuger (2013). In Dino Supercharge (2016), Kyoryu Cyan is Aqua Ranger. Also Kaguma Sky Blue of Kyuranger (2017).

TITANIUM/GREY

Titanium Ranger is an exclusive Power Ranger not in Super Sentai and came out in 1999 with Lightspeed Rescue. Now Kyoryu Grey is coming out in Kyoryuger. He is not considered a silver ranger but for years Titanium Ranger was considered a Silver Ranger. I think they are similar but some people say no, it depends on the lighting. I think Titanium is no so shiny, I think its more like a dull dark grey. The first Silver Ranger was more like a white. In Dino Charge, Kyoryu Grey is known as Graphite Ranger.

Polls: Late May

Given that グレー means Gray but has no specific spelling, how should we refer to キョウリュウグレー?

Kyoryu Gray	56 (57%)
Kyoryu Grey	42 (42%)

Which other Tokusatsu should come to the United States?

Gransezar	25 (24%)
Sports Ranger	18 (17%)
Akibaranger	70 (67%)
Garo	26 (25%)
Jushen Zhanjidui	19 (18%)
Tomica Hero Rescue	38 (36%)

Do you think an American-version of Akibaranger that was Power Ranger related and on after 10pm on cable would work?

Yes	56 (54%)
No	27 (26%)
Maybe	29 (28%)

What channel would an American Akibaranger work on?

Comedy Central	36 (37%)
Adult Swim	71 (73%)
Spike	24 (25%)
G4	17 (17%)
FX	21 (21%)

What do you think about the ten past Rangers flying first class to New Zealand?

Awesome	72 (83%)
Don't Care	13 (15%)
Too Little	20 (23%)

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Preview from the Licensing Expo

I heard this from my buddy Morphin Legacy who got this from Nate (and RangerCrew’s users for adding it). This is the 2013 Las Vegas Licensing Expo Preview issue of The Licensing Source Book Europe. I was going to go to the Licensing Expo in June but I got into money troubles and decided not to go. Fury Diamond will be going. I personally feel there will be a big thing of Rangers like they did in 2011, but Fury Diamond says not to expect much. In fact, he was surprised there will be Super Megaforce stuff.

Kyoryu Grey is coming!

UPDATED 5/31/13 11PM EST

Bunpachy's partner Kyoryu Grey will be played by Masayuki Deai, who did Eiji/Bouken Silver in Boukenger (with a bald cap). He is the Violent Brave from 1500 years ago. He was from a clan that mastered the Iron-Breaking Fist, and is here to teach the Kyoryuger's the said technique and strengthen their body. His finishing move or favorite skill is the Violent Charge.

There has been 8 silver rangers and he is the first gray ranger but his suit is a similar color to Titanium Ranger as it is a dull color. I like the balance of different shades of grey with different color tones, with silver and grey.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Power Rider Trademark extended A SECOND TIME

http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85379396&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

SCG POWER RANGERS LLC sent an application for trademark of Power Rider in July of 2011, it was granted in September. Then they filed extension and it was granted in May of 2012. April of 2013 it was approved for a second extension. But nothing has happened with it. What is the difference between Copyright and Trademark?

The purpose of a copyright is to protect works of authorship as fixed in a tangible form of expression. The registration processes of copyright and trademark are entirely different. For copyright the filing fee is small, the time to obtain registration is short. For trademark the filing fee is larger, the time to obtain registration is much longer and examination by the Trademark Office. The purpose of a trademark is to protect words, phrases and logos used in federally regulated commerce to identify the source of goods and/or services.

Many fans think that Power Rider has to do with Kamen Rider, which is also made by Toei like Super Sentai. Saban adapted Kamen Rider Black RX into Masked Rider in 1995. Adness Entertainment adapted Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002) into Kamen Rider Dragon Knight in 2009. Many fans want Kamen Rider Fourze (2012) to be adapted into Power Rider. But maybe Power Rider is something else or just a trademark to get one 'just cause.'

Akibaranger Season 2 Episode 6 Review

Summary:

Genera Pain is in line at a restaurant and a fairy Yuru Sanae gives out flyers. General Pain hates cutey mascots. He grabs her box head. Back at headquarters, Red shows off his new hanger based on new Aoi-- he had a friend make a real version of it. Luna arrives and says she decided who will be the fourth member. She picked an idol named Choco to be 'Akiba Pink.' General Pain makes one like the mascot. Red takes Luna to the shop to learn more about Sentai. Kids makes kids into things they hate like Vegetables and math book. Akibaranger transform and introduce themselves.

The monster says it was amazing and wants tea. AkibaRed notices the bug on her chest from Jetman. She says she is a Dimension Beast: CutieChara Dimension. Red is all over her and the girls tell him not to fall for her. She does a cute face, he hugs her and leaves a bomb on his chest. It explodes and he falls. The girls fight her. Marushina arrives and explains what happened to General Pain. Cutie tries destroying them and is stopped. She looks a bit like Sailor Moon, she is the Choco Idol and fights the monster. Red gets in the way. Cutie turns Choco into a vegetable. Marushina and Cutie disappear. The vegetable disappears.

In the real world, Red gets a call and in Choco's blog, her face changed into one of the grunts. General Pain is shocked by this as well. Marushina has no idea why, not even knowing who Choco is. The trio arrive HQ. Red apologizes, saying its his own fault. Hakase says he was acting different. Red confesses he has a fetish for smooth shiny robotic girls. The women are grossed out. He says it started in kindergarten (back in 1988) with Colon in Liveman. He thought she was cute. Yellow figures out he likes Aoi too because of that. Hakase dresses in a shiny pink suit (with one of Sailor Moon's brooches on her belt) for Red to attack her but he hurts her. He says because of her face. She gets mad and the girls hold him back. He apologizes and leaves the studio.

Luna says without him, they can't beat the woman. Red laments by himself. He gets a call from Hakase to save the others. He is hesitant. The girls and Cutie fight. They get beat up and Red arrives in his car. He ignores looking at her. She jumps in front of him and kicks him down. She has her guard down and they put a bag over her head. She burns off the bag and does a cute face, Red melts. She climbs on top of Red. Hakase has one more plan. Akibaranger get beat up, Marushina arrives. Cutie gets on top of Red and slaps him. Red hears a male voice from his changer and is narrator Tanaka Nobou and narrates a good storyline for him.Red goes super mode and makes a new weapon and peels off a black sticker off his visor and destroys the monster. He thanks Tanka. At HQ, Hakase gives money to him and he leaves. Choco returns to her true face. General Pain is shaken. He opens up a box with a sculpture of Tentoraijer.

Akibaranger Season 2 Episode 7 Review

Summary:

General Pain Two is upset at the defeat of his villains. He drew drawings based on Marushina's discriptions of the Akibaranger. He figures there must be someone else that has delusions. Marushina suggests getting a monster that will actually do what he says. Yellow is worried what the villains want. Blue is still stuck on being an idol. Then Nanami's actress dressed as an angel and takes Otaku's hearts and eat them. They then go get jobs. Akibatanger confront her. She changes into Tentoraijer with Jakanja symbol. Hadezkin, a 10th spear. The Akibaranger transform.

The Gouraijer appear , saying they are eight and ninth Jakanja. Hadezkin says she ate the hearts of justice of them. General Pain is not happy, he says that the Gouraijer were initially to be called the Kagerangers (this is just Akibaranger re-writing real life rumors) in the preview when Gaoranger was airing. but the producers changed their mind and he created the yellow one. The three Jankanja present themselves as Jakan Red, Kabutoraijer, Jakan Blue, Kuwataraijer and Jakan Yellow, Tentoraijer. The six fight. Tentirajer calls General Pain her father. They take the Akibaranger down.

The delusion is shut down and the Akibaranger leave. General Pain wanted the Hurricanger appear and they could all fight. The calander changes and now a week is 10 days because the Jakanja were based on days of the weeks and now 10. Now with months of 3 weeks, Sentai episodes go down to 37 days. The Akibaranger freak out about this and other Sentai events. Kyoto has now a law to seize all Otaku stuff and empty out the café and then the next day Sentai songs are banned in Karaoke. The 10th day, cosplay is banned. Yuko is jogging outside and is spotted by FBI-looking men and they chase her.

General Pain comes out of the restaurant and is also confronted. Akibaranger meet with General Pain, gas comes in on them. The gas turns into Tentoraijer. General Pain is quietly happy, the Akiabranger transform in front of him, without knowing who he is. The Akibaranger fight the Gouraijer in the Delusional World. Blue fights Tentoraijer. AkibaRed and Yellow try doing Hurricanger moves but are ignored by the Gouraijer. Blue does Ninjaman's bomber but doesn't work. Red is knocked out. General Pain pulls a lever. General Pain appears in the Delusional World, he tells Mrushina to be cute. AkibaRed is shocked to find out he is General Pain.

The Hurricanger arrive. General Pain is happy. Hurricanger beat up the Gouraijer. They do a payback move. AkibaYellow takes out a basket and dresses Hurricane Red with a Shinkenger Fire Mode symbol and he gains the bat. The Gouraijer return to normal. General Pain disappears. Red's boss has him sign for a package. Hurricanger and Goraijer and Akibaranger present themselves. Marushina and Tentoraijer say its not fair 8 against 2. Marushina leaves. Hurricanger make the Penultimate power which looks like a Karakuki ball called Hurricane Ball and destroys Tentoraijer down. Weeks return to normal. All otaku stuff returns. AkibaRed says they know more about General Pain, that he is the best villain otaku. General Pain makes another Tentoraijer.

Review:

A little quick, I thought this one was going to take 2 episodes but by the previews, it looks like Tentoraijer will be back for Episode 8.

Who is who in "Legendary Battle" (a.k.a. Mega War)

UPDATED 3/29/14 4 PM EST

Spoilers ahead

We got 6 teams of 5 (RPM, SPD, Wild Force, Mystic Force, PROO and Aquitar) out of the 17 teams. 5 teams of 3 (Samurai, NS, JF, PRLR, and PRiS), 2 teams of 2 (MMPR, and TF), and 4 teams of 4 (Lost Galaxy, Dino Thunder, Zeo, Turbo). Now MF and JF could be teams of 3. According to the preview of Jason David Frank's "My Morphin' Life", he says the script says there are other groups of Rangers that appear. JDF called it the 'Mega War,' in it will in the last episode of Super Megaforce.

Pics from Nick promo:

Thanks to these pic we got more:

MMPR

1. Tommy Green Ranger

AQUITAR

RPM Blue suit guy Sean Datar said they were there. 2 months later we finally got this picture on June 28/29. I was doubting they were even there!

2. Red Alien Ranger

3. Blue Alien Ranger

4. Black Alien Ranger

5. White Alien Ranger

6. Yellow Alien Ranger

ZEO

7. Zeo Ranger IV Green

8 Zeo Ranger III Blue

9 Zeo Ranger II Yellow

10. Zeo Ranger I Pink
Thanks to Marvista http://www.marvista.net/Details.aspx?id=2d30eadc-caae-e311-a4a4-d4ae527c3b65

TURBO

11. Pink Turbo Ranger

12. Green Turbo Ranger

13. Yellow Turbo Ranger

From preview of Jason David Frank's "My Morphin' Life."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Gz-rCZ3Kg

14. Blue Turbo Ranger
thanks to Marvista
http://www.marvista.net/Details.aspx?id=2d30eadc-caae-e311-a4a4-d4ae527c3b65

IN SPACE

15 Cassie Pink Ranger

16 TJ Blue Ranger

17 Silver Space Ranger

LOST GALAXY

18 Leo Red Ranger

19 Karone Pink Ranger

20 Damon Green Ranger

21 Magna Defender

LIGHTSPEED

22 Carter Red Ranger

23 Dana Pink Ranger

24 Titanium Ranger

TIME FORCE

25 Wes Red Ranger

26 Quantum Ranger

WILD FORCE

27 Black Wild Force Ranger

28 Red Wild Force Ranger
29 Blue Wild Force Ranger
30 Yellow Wild Force Ranger

31 White Wild Force Ranger

NINJA STORM

32 Red Wind Ranger

33 Yellow Wind Ranger

34 Blue Wind Ranger

DINO THUNDER

35 Red Dino Ranger

36 Blue Dino Ranger

37 White Dino Ranger

38 Yellow Dino Ranger

SPD

39 Yellow SPD Ranger (check Dino Thunder)

40 Pink SPD Ranger

41 Green SPD Ranger

42 Red SPD Ranger

43 Blue SPD Ranger

MYSTIC FORCE

44 Blue Mystic Force Ranger

45 Green Mystic Force Ranger

46 Pink Mystic Force Ranger

47 Yellow Mystic Force Ranger

48 Red Mystic Force Ranger (Presumably)

OPERATION OVERDRIVE

49 Pink Ranger
50 Yellow Ranger

51 Red Ranger

52 Blue Ranger

53 Black Ranger

JUNGLE FURY

54 Yellow Ranger
55 Blue Jaguar Ranger
56 Red Tiger Ranger

RPM

57 Ranger Red

58 Ranger Blue

59 Ranger Green

60 Ranger Yellow

61 Ranger Black

SAMURAI

62 Mike Green Ranger

63 Emily Yellow Ranger

64 Gold Samurai Ranger

MEGAFORCE

65 Red Megaforce Ranger

66 Black Megaforce Ranger

67 Pink Megaforce Ranger

68 Blue Megaforce Ranger

69 Yellow MegaforceRanger

70 Silver Super Megaforce Ranger

Also what has me concerned is that select Rangers are there, there are significant members of MMPR (5 members missing), Lost Galaxy (Yellow and Blue), Lightspeed (Yellow, Green and Blue), Time Force (non Red Rangers), Wild Force (Silver), Ninja Storm (Crimson, Navy and Green), and Jungle Fury (Violet and White) that are missing. We have around 70 or so Rangers at the set, it should be around 100.

This is what we've seen so far, there has to be more:

14 Red Rangers (AR, LG, LR, TF, Q, WF, NS, DT, SPD, MF, OO, JF, RPM, MF, M)

13 Blue Rangers (AR, Zeo, PRT, PRiS, WF, NS, DT, SPD, MF, OO, JF, RPM, M)
11 Yellow Rangers (AR, PRT, WF, NS, DT, SPD, OO, JF, RPM, PRS, M)

8 Green Rangers (MMPR, PRZ, PRT, LG, SPD, MF, RPM, PRS)

7 Pink Rangers (PRT, PRZ, PRiS, LG, LR, SPD, OO)

5 Black Rangers (AR, OO, WF, RPM, M)
3 Silver Rangers (PRiS, LR, SM)

4 White Ranger (MMPR, AR, WF, DT)

1 Gold Ranger (PRS)
1 Extra Hero (LG)

[5 Sixth Rangers (Silver, Titanium, Quantum, White Dino, Gold Samurai)]

*Sixth Rangers and Extra Heroes qualified by Gokaiger footage for Super Megaforce

This was already shot. This a shot I and other fans believe was made in New Zealand and not Japan. It has Samurai Red, Jungle Fury and Mystic Force Rangers that were not included in the shot with the veterans. SPD Green and Yellow are in it but maybe to connect the two groups. This shot is from Troy's dream in the first episode "Mega Mission" mixed in with Gokaiger footage.

Actor Sean Datar (https://twitter.com/sean_in_the_mix) was there and was told he would be Lightspeed Blue but ended up being RPM Ranger Blue. I asked him on Twitter and he says that all the teams were represented. I sent him a picture of Aquitar Rangers and asked him if he was there, he said yes. In the Nick Promo, the Aquitar Rangers are walking behind the RPM Rangers.

Missing are:

Red Mighty Morphin
Blue Mighty Morphin
Pink Mighty Morphin
Yellow Mighty Morphin
Black Mighty Morphin
Ninjor
Zeo Red (for obvious reasons, Tommy)
----
Zeo Gold
Red Turbo (Probably because of Turbo)
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Blue Senturion
Red Space
Yellow Space (Probably because of Turbo)
Black Space (Probably because of Turbo)
Yellow Galaxy
Blue Galaxy
Yellow Lightspeed
Green Lightspeed
Blue Lightspeed
Blue Time Force
Yellow Time Force
Pink Time Force
Green Time Force
Lunar Wolf Ranger
Crimson Ranger
Navy Ranger
Green Samurai Ranger (PRNS)
Black Dino Ranger (for obvious reasons, Tommy)
Omega SPD Ranger
Shadow Ranger
Kat Ranger
White Mystic Ranger
Wolf Warrior
Solaris Knight
Mercury Ranger
Violet Wolf Ranger
White Rhino Ranger
RPM Ranger Gold
RPM Ranger Silver
Red Samurai
Blue Samurai
Pink Samurai

If you want to be a real stickler, they are also missing Shark Ranger, Bat Ranger, Elephant Ranger, Phantom Ranger and Nova Ranger.

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