Lavender Ranger's Editioral: Pre-Zyu and Dairanger Theories in Super Megaforce

UPDATED 9/19/14 

Fellow Power Force member Eric Berry of Ranger Command Power Hour has an inspirational theory on the use of previously non-Power Rangers (Dairanger and any Sentai before Zyuranger) used in Super Megaforce. A while back in Dino Thunder, specifically episode "Bully for Ethan," Tommy had files with logos of pre-Zyu teams like Liveman, Changeman, Maskman, Goggle V, Flashman and After-Zyu like Dairanger. So one fan-theory can be that these teams are somehow canon in Power Rangers. Since Dairanger, Liveman and Flashman have been seen, these are excusable. So if they use any other team (like Jetman or Turboranger), then that defeats this theory. Above image I found on Deviantart but couldn't find who made it. But the logos are clearly from my website as I scanned them from a book that had blue background.

 

 

Now so far in Super Megaforce, we have seen...

Gia has become Yellow Mask of Maskman.

Emma has become Pink Flash of Flashman.

 

Green Flash of Flashman in "Power of Six"

 



 "Legendary Squadron"

Dairanger have been dubbed "Legendary Squadron." Four of them appear in "Earth Fights Back," Troy becomes Red in "Samurai Surprise," and all five appear in "The Perfect Storm." Orion becomes  "Mighty Morphin White Ranger" without any connection to the team mentioned. (In Japan, they were all the same team of Dairanger)


Turboranger has only appeared for a few seconds. They appeared briefly in "A Lion's Alliance" where the Rangers fall off the Anamarium and when the Rangers turn into Saban's Turbo (Carranger) in "Love is in the Air" and we see Jake hold the Turbo Black key. But I don't count them.

For More changes, Spoilers when you press 'Read More'

 

My Questions

• Was it planned ahead which Sentai would be used?
• If it wasn't planned ahead of time, did they then planned to do the full team?
• Do the producers refer them by their Sentai names and did they have to clear rights?

 

My Theories

One reason they could had used this teams was there was no budget to remove them and replace them with existing Power Rangers. One theory that can be that the Sentai was used wasn't planned, that scripts were re-written at last minute. I think what happened was that with whole thing of using the Megaforce (Goseiger) suits before transforming into Super Megaforce (Gokaiger) suits, ate up the budget. What they could have done was they lost the Megaforce powers and they became keys and just use the Super Megaforce powers so they didn't have to shoot new footage of Megaforce Rangers fighting X-Borgs or have the awkwardness of Robo Knight on Orion's Gold Armor chest. Also. you see the all-Green photo above? Even though only two were Power Rangers, given two were already used in SM like Dairanger and Flashman, I think this might be used. Episode Description of "Emperor Marvo" suggests Damaras will be defeated, the Japanese footage with that has the Gokaiger becoming Shurikenger/Green Samurai Ranger (NS), Green Flash, Midoranger, Denji Green, Shinken Green/Green Samurai Ranger and Shishiranger. Goranger and Denjiman suits are kind of old and strange looking but oh well, they have done stranger things. Or they could be replaced like Megaforce Red was replaced with Operation Overdrive Red in "Super Megaforce" episode.

 

Early Super Sentai - Destiny or Handpicked?

Which teams were handpicked or were destined to become Rangers? Destiny is that they were chosen by 'god' or higher powers, but what I mean by 'handpicked' is if picked out by an organization or person. Thanks to Sean A. for the info on the past teams.

HANDPICKED

Gorangers

Gorangers were selected military-trained people based on capabilities.

JAKQ

They were chosen to fight for Crime based on their abilities.

Battle Fever J

They were handpicked for their combat skills.

Sun Vulcan
Guardians of World Peace selected them.

Goggle V

Future Science Laboratory chose them.

 Dynaman

Yumeno Invention Center selected them.

 Changeman

They were selected by the military and trained to see who will stand out. 

Maskman

They were picked out by Sanjoru Sugata based on their martial arts skills.

DESTINY

Bioman

Their ancestors were scattered with bio particles thus the descendants were picked up to become the new Bioman.

Turboranger

They were exposed to fairy energies when they were young causing them to become Turborangers in the future.

RANDOM

Liveman

Random as they were the survivors who were spotted by Professor Hoshi to finish the super project.

Flashman

They were kidnapped and be trained to fight.  

 HERTIAGE

 

Denjiman

 IC found five young people (who may or may not be descendants of the Denzi people) to become the Denzimen in order to defend Earth, the Vader Clan's next target.

Super Sentai: Villainesses in Costumes and Monster Forms

UPDATED 7/1/11 7:30 PM EST
Since I covered males in non-rubber suits and last year I covered all villainesses, by request here are villainesses in non-rubber suits and other forms. I am not counting the cats from Flashman because you can see their human faces, I'm talking about covered rubber (latex or whatever) costumes, meaning most of the time they were done by stuntmen.

Bella and Beth (Goggle Five)
Faceless warriors for Deathmark in purple and blue tights who assume human forms.

Dr. Mazenda
Dr. Mazenda from Liveman (same actress as Gara from Dairanger) had a non-human form as well at the end of the series. I couldn't find a pic.

Princess Jarmin (Turboranger)
She had a snake form but couldnt find a pic.

Empress Juuza (Jetman)
She had a monster form at the end of Jetman.

Lami Scorpion (Zyuranger)
Lami's giant scorpion form, the actress admitted in an interview years later that this made her embarrassed (in a good way?) that she became a monster.

Gara (Dairanger)
She had a metal face form, does that count?

Empress Hysteria
Hysteria was the most devoted and loyal wife and mother. She helped her son Buldont get a new form. She risked her life for her grandson. She is the first Sentai villainess to not have a human face but to be in a costume completely.

Princess Multiwa
Niece of Hysteria and wife of Kaiser Buldont. She had a son by the end of Ohranger.

Keris
Field commander who rules Machine Beasts with whip and had a human disguise. Didn't appear in Zeo but part of her costume was used for another background monster.

Iriesu
She is an Egyptian-themed, spiteful, and ambitious sorceress.She arranged Budou's death, having grown too impatient to wait for her turn against the Gingaman and to revive Daitanikusu. Having succeeded, in becoming the new general, she intended to revive Daitanix through sorcery. She had a more powered-up form too.


Grandiene
In GoGoV, she was the queen mother of the demons, was the final villain and defeated. She is the third Sentai villainess to not have a human face but to be in a costume.



Armored TsueTsue/Onihime (Gaoranger)
When Ura was seemingly dead, Tsuetsue temporarily used his crown to become the Onihime and is possessed by him.


Rije/Rijewel
Little girl, really was Kasumi, Asuka and Mahoro's daughter, that was used as a conduit for the main boss. She later speed-grown into Rijewel, who tried to use her sexy feminine wilds for her crush over Mikoto. Rijewel became a costumed monster (DezumoRijewel) for one episode.

Vancuria

Vampire Queen, sole female of the bad guys in Magiranger. She flirted with Buranken and Wolzard. A man played her in costume. She is the 3rd villainess to switch back and forth to human face to costume and not become a fully-costumed monster at the end.

Sphinx (Magiranger)
After N. Ma's defeat, Sphinx became the new ruling leader of the new Infershia, ending the war between her kind and Magitopia peacefully, and she began rebuilding the Kedomono Realm.

Kazu no Shizuka

She was a ninja treasure hunter. She became a fully-costume super monster at one point for a short time.

Mele
She was the first villainess to have a mecha. She had an exclusive Girls in Uniform figure, only available to a few. She died with her love Rio. She is the fourth villainess to switch back and forth to human face to costume and not become a fully-costumed monster at the end.


Rageku from Gekiranger
Rageku is the Grand Mistress of the Confrontation Beast Jelly-Fist, whose fighting style focuses on pain and suffering. She can deflect their attacks and mastered to use her opponent's Ki against them. Much like Kata, Rageku uses her students and makes them suffer. She is more dedicated to jealously and betrayal. She also had a relationship with Master Shafu long ago.

Dayu
Complicated villainess from Shinkenger, was once human. She is the fourth Sentai villainess to not have a human face but to be completely in costume, eleven years since GoGoV's Grandinne (Vancuria and Mele had human forms). A man played her in costume, the same man who did Vancuria.

Metal Alice of Agent
In Goseiger, a villainess that came in late. She is part of the third group the Matrintis. She is the fifth Sentai villainess to not have a human face but to be in a costume. A man plays her in costume, same man who did BoukenPink.

Insarn
Development Technical Officer Insarn is Zangyack's green-skin mad scientist, supplying the Action Commanders with powerful weapons and modifications. Using a special energy gun, she can resurrect an Action Commander who were defeated and make them grow giant. The same man who did Vancuria and Dayu plays her.

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2011/06/male-non-rubber-suit-villains.html | http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010/10/super-sentai-villainesses.html

Super Sentai: Male Non-Rubber Suit Villains

We know there is villainesses (female antagonists), many of them in Super Sentai are actresses without rubber suits (many are not rubber, but you know what I mean) like the monsters. Most male villains, you don't see a human face. In Power Rangers, there is quite a few, but Super Sentai its been much less recently (they had more before 1992). But of course, they have such more, like around 47 male 'humanoid' villains.

Black Cross Fuehrer (Goranger)At first you only saw him in a white robe and later you could only see his face.

Iron Claw (JAKQ)Silver robed figurehead and 'God Father' of the Crime organization. Iron Claw, while appearing human was later revealed to be a cyborg much like his foes, JAKQ and Big One.

Commander Hedda (Battle Fever J)
High priest of Egos. Later becomes the Hedda Monster and is slain as such by Battle Fever.
Omnipotent Demon King (Denjiman)
Half-naked, musclebound space wanderer. He offers help to Queen Hedrian but eventually takes the Vader Clan leadership for himself. General Hedrer was a Field commander.


General Deathgiller, Grand Marshal Deathmark, and Dr. Igaana (Goggle V)
After not human MALE faces were seen in Sun Vulcan, there was quite a few in Goggle V. Deathgiller was Swordsman field commander in black and piloted the last of the Kongs, Bear Kong. Grand Marshal Deathmark was the Pharaoh-like commander brought back to life by Taboo. Igaana was a Dark Scientist iguana-man who builds beast-motif robots. Put to death by Deathmark.


General Kar and Megiddo (Dynaman)
General Kar was a Scientist. Megiddo was a warrior.


Doctor Man, Prince, Mason, and Monster (Bioman)
Doctor Man enhanced his intellect and body with cyborg implants, Dr. Kageyama plans to conquer the world with his army of mecha humans. Prince (not pictured) was allegedly the son of Doctorman. Later exposed to be a mere mechaclone modelled after Shuuichi, Dr. Man's son. Junichi (the real son) and Silver, disguise themselves as the Black Prince to infiltrate Neograd. Mason was The leader of a trio who once plotted against Doctorman himself. Armed with a staff which fires bolts. Later rebuilt and armed with Meison Rockets and Meison Machinegun. Human was strong but less than half as smart. Likes to work with the monster Ju-Oh a lot. Initially armed with a huge axe, later upgraded and armed with Black Mace, Iron Paw.


Commander Giluke and Star King Bazo0 (Changeman)
Commander Giluke was in charge of the invasion of Earth from Girath. Once plotted against Bazoo. Dies and returns as Ghost Giluke (later Super Giluke and the Space Beast Warrior Giluke). and Star King Bazoo looked human but was actually a projection of the living planet Gozmastar.

Great Doctor Lee Keflen and Ley Wanda/Wandarla (Flashman)

Great Doctor Lee Keflen was a Geneticist and Creator of the Beast Warriors. Originally from Earth. Ley Wanda/Wandarla Winged zebra-like field commander who can transform into the utterly bestial Wandarla.

Sir Cowler and Bo Gardan (Flashman)
Sir Cowler was Boss of the Alien Hunters, armed with a whip. Kidnapped the five Earth babies who would grow up to be the Flashmen twenty years ago. Bo Gardan was Second in command of the Alien Hunters.

Thief Knight Kiros (Maskman)
Equestrian who loves Ial. Armed with a knife and sickle. Special attack: Crescent Screw.

Prince Igam, Commander Baraba and Ninja Oyobur (Maskman)
Prince Igam was True heir to the throne. A woman raised as a man. Ends up a nun after realizing the error of his/her ways. Commander Baraba was a Buff swordsman of the Baluga Tribe. Earth Imperial Ninja Oyobur was a Red-skinned, pointy-eared ninja of the Buyon Tribe.


Great Professor Bias, Doctor Kempu and Doctor Ashura (Liveman)
Great Professor Bias Leader of Volt Believes in no one but himself and controls his trio of officers with the allure of evil science. Looks down upon the Earth and its inhabitants with contempt aboard the orbiting space station Brainbase. Doctor Kempu was a Formerly Tsukikata Kenji, Yuusuke's rival at Academia. Formerly Busujima Arashi, underworld figure, who became a super genius after receiving an evil education from Bias. Gained the ability to 'Cyber Body Split' and generate the Shurer Three.


Dr. Rehda and Yamimaru the Wandering Violent Demon (Turboranger)
Dr. Rehda was Bearded, aged genius mystic. Yamimaru plotted the downfall of Ragorn with Kirika. Changes into student Nagareboshi Hikaru. Originally shaggy-haired, he later gains flashy red and black armor.

Garoa Captain and Billion Best (Fiveman)
Garoa Captain of the battleship Vulgyre in black and grey armor over red clothes. Armed with a sword. Billion Best was swordsman in the galaxy. White-maned in white armor over blue tights.

Shubalie (Fiveman)
Former captain of the Vulgyre.


Radiguet and Emperor Tranza (Jetman)
Cold-hearted officer who is the nearest presence to a leader of Vyram and will do anything to accomplish his goals, even help Jetman themselves. Toran became Emperor Tranza and seized leadership of Vyram. He wielded the Boltranza longsword.


Toran (Jetman)
A psychokinetic child who specialized into creating monsters based on children's playthings to satisfy his fun desires, and thought both enemy or ally fatalities as "just part of the fun".

Kai (Zyuranger)
Kai was Bandora's son who was killed by Dinosaurs because he smashed some dino eggs. He was brought back to life and dead again, he was a minor character.


Lt. Colonel Shadam and Major Zaidosu (Dairanger)
Leader and goon of the Gorma. They both had metal faces they'd whip out from time to time but in the end, they turned out to be clay copies of themselves, both ended in a big bang of trouble.


Gorma Emperor XV (Dairanger)
He is an extremely powerful entity, though has a bit of Alzheimer's and insanity. His outfit was later used for Master org in Wild Force.


Akomaru and General Tenpou (Dairanger)
Akomaru was son of Shadam, though the two despise each other fiercely. He fought a lot with his brother Kou. General Tenpou was a Gorma who is second in command to the Emperor and Akomaru's teacher and guardian.



Gasha Skull and Dr. Yugami Hagase (Kakuranger)
Gasha Skull had a rocker alias. Yugami was A youkai scientist who created replicas of Youkai monsters from kidnapped children for Tengu in episode 12. After Tengu's defeat, Yugami came under the services of Junior. He specializes in making mechanical weapons and armor for Youkai. He was killed by a slim piece of the Demon Sealing Door which was shattered by Super Kakure Dai Shogun in episode 31.

Dr. Hinelar (Megaranger)
After no human faces at all for Ohranger and no male faces for Carranger, we got Dr. Hinelar in Megaranger and then another lull until Dekaranger movie and Gekiranger, unless you count AbareKiller in Abaranger. He used to be the cybernetic scientist Dr. Samejima. He did studies on space exploring suits and lost his beloved daughter in one of this experiments, severely harming his reputation and scarring him forever.

Vulgar (Dekaranger)
Leader of the Algolians and there were two male Algolians who briefly had human faces.

Gahja (Boukenger)
I completely forgot this old guy, the ruler of the Gordom Civilization. He made the Karths and the other groups would occasionally use them. He didn't make a lot of monsters but was responsible for making the Questers out of the Ashu. And he was the final villain in the series.

Rio (Gekiranger)
A male human face in a long time, we all know his story. He was just a child when his entire family was murdered by a monster during a thunderstorm. Since that event, Rio sought to be stronger. He was discovered by Master ShaFu and was raised by him. Now he is his rival. He defected to the RinJyuKen Akugata's allure of great power. At the beginning of the series, Rio sought to revive the Kenma (Three Fist Demons), creators of the RinJyuKen. Makirika stole the Fist Demon Bracelets for Rio. He called forth the Five Venom Fists to obtain Braco's hidden Rinki, the True Poison, to revive the Fist Demons.

Long (Gekiranger)
I forgot about Long. Ron revealed to everyone he was responsible for Maku creating RinJyuDen and wanted him to be a God of Destruction, but once he was sealed, he had designs for Rio. Ron actually hates his human form, as he is immortal and dislikes humanity for their mortality. Never being able to die, he is bored and wants some 'fun.'

Juzo Fuwa (Shinkenger)

When he contracts a fatal illness, Juzo enters the Sanzu River to cheat death, completely discarding the goodness in his heart to become a Gedou, a half-Gedoushu that can freely exist in both realms and keep his human form. As a result, Juzo is condemned with an insatiable urge to find an ideal opponent, a fellow samurai who strays from the teachings of bushido, to clash blades with, saying his katana, Uramasa hungers for it.

Basco (Gokaiger)
Basco ta Jolokia is a privateer who travels with his space monkey Sally on the allied Zangyack ship Free Joker, his code of conduct being to discard something to get a more precious item. Though he lost the chest to Captain Marvelous, Basco obtained the Ranger Keys of the Sixth Rangers and extra Sentai heroes which were still in space. He uses a trumpet-like device to conjure them to fight for him.

 Enter (Go-Busters)
Main antagonist, well the main villain is Messiah but he is the main guy the Go-Busters fight.