Sentai 2016: Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger



 UPDATED 12/15/15 9PM EST

Doubutsu Sentai Jyuuouger

(Animal Task Force Beast King Ranger) has male red JyuuouEagle, female blue JyuuouShark, male yellow JyuuouLion, white female JyuuouTiger and male green JyuuouElephant.

People have been complaining about the suits and mecha, I don't really mind it. People have complained about Go-Onger suits, Shinkenger robo, and Toqger suits before.

Doubutsu Gattai JyuuouKing is three mecha together: Eagle, Shark and Lion.

Clockwise: Gorilla, Shark, Elephant, Giraffe, Tiger, Eagle and Lion. Giraffe is an auxiliary zord and Gorilla is rumored for a sixth hero. Rumor is that Gorilla, Tiger, and Gorilla form a second robo.

Cube Changer

Jyuuou Buster

EagRiser

CubeElephant

CubeTiger

! - Cube Kirin

Cube Gorilla, JyuuouEagle becomes JyuuouGorilla and Cube Gorilla with CubeTiger and CubeElephant make JyuuouWild.

Rumored Cast

I made this chart above. For Go-Onger, I put silver/gold in the sixth place but also in the right side for the additional heroes.

New Power Rangers Dino Charge Actors

UPDATED 9/20/15
Well most of the fandom knows this but this is just in case. Here are spoilers for those who don't know.

Davi Santos as Ivan/Gold Ranger

Jarred Blakiston as Prince Philip/Graphite Ranger

Spoilers folow: 

The new character of Julian (Robert Evison) has been suspected to be Aqua Ranger but not confirmed yet. Kendall does become Purple, after 67 year old Arthur Ranford plays Albert, a male Purple Ranger.  

New Powerup coming for Ninninger

Chozetsu power-up, DinoMaru & LionHaOh

At first I thought it was an Extra Hero, but at closer inspection, it is AkaNinger. This powerup will be for the other Ninninger as well but they only show off Red because he is the leader and male.

2015 SUPER SENTAI: Shuriken Sentai Ninninger

UPDATED 12/5/14 6PM EST

Info from TokuNation, might change and don't take too super seriously:

Ninninger NamesAkaninger
Aoninger
Kininger
Shironinger
Momoninger

Sentai Hero Series

vinyls coming for all 5 Ninjas. 800 yen each in February.
 Ninnin Action Series

 figures coming in February for 1500 yen each. Akaninja, Aoninja, & Kininja.
-Punch Fighter Ninninger, 2400 yen

Role play
Shinobi Shuriken

Swords activated by setting the Shurikens. Voice and Lights in each. Apparently each of the 5 Ninningers Shurikens will be capable of forming the head of their main robot as well.
DX Shinobigatana Best Sword

Sword weapon/changer of the series. This toy includes the Red Shuriken, 4980 yen
DX Gammagamma Gun

Includes Blue Shuriken, 3980 yen.
DX Ninnin Buckle

Includes White Shuriken, 2800 yen.
DX 5 Super Ninja Tonnin shuriken 1800 yen

Main Mecha
DX Shuriken Gattai Shurikenjin

A 5 piece combining robot made up of:
Shinobumaru - a humanoid robot ninja core piece/torso
Dragomaru - Left arm, dragon
Danpumaru - Dump truck, right arm
Wanmaru - Dog, one of the 2 legs
Byunmaru - onomatopoeia sound for something moving fast. Think "pew pew". Also one of the 2 legs.

The Shurikens appear to be able to create new helmets for Shurikenjin as well! Creating Shurikenjin Drago, Shurikenjin Danpu, etc.

Additional Mecha
Otomo Shinobu (literally Ninja Clan) DX releases
 Otomo Shinobu Series #1 DX Paonmaru with Paon Shuriken, 2800 yen
 Otomo Shinobu Series #2 DX UFOmaru with UFO Shuriken, 2800 yen
DX 3-Stage Transformtion Shinobumaru Whirlwind

 

Next year's Super Senai is Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, the third time to use the Ninja theme. Not much else is known. My quick assessment on the suits is that they look like Hurricanger with the grey arms but have different colored hands and sash-like design on their chests. I like the helmets remind me of Shurikenger combined with hints of JAKQ and Kakuranger. Looks like their visors are based on ninja star shapes or winged animals. Their swords seem to have their Ranger colors on it. I like it so far, I like the colors. I like to see where they go with this. Last time there was a Red-Blue-Yellow three males on their own was probably Sun Vulcan. There has been Red-Blue-Yellow males like Gaoranger and Timeranger but they had a fourth male in the core five team. Merlin of Rangerboard says: "The logo is the word Shinobi or Nin stylized as a whirlwind, with the shuriken becoming the cross-shaped strokes in the upper center."

Team:

Red - Male, second time to have a team with three males be red, blue and yellow and no other males in the core five team since Sun Vulcan in 1981.

Blue - Male, second male blue in a Ninja Sentai (first being Ninja Blue in Kakuranger), first to be regular blue and not Cyan

Yellow - Male, third male yellow in Ninja Senta (Kakuranger and Hurricanger), first male Yellow since Magiranger (2005

White - Female, second white female in Ninja Sentai (Kakuranger).

Pink - Female, first pink in a Ninja Sentai, first second female in a Ninja Sentai (not counting Pink Ninja Ranger in MMPR) and second pink-white female combo since Changeman in 1985.

Trivia Numbers
- 33 years ago since Sun Vulcan had a core team had three males be Red, Blue and Yellow
- 30 years ago there was a Pink and White female combo
-  21 years ago since the first Ninja Sentai was Kakuranger.
- 13 years ago since Hurricanger, the second Ninja Sentai.
- 10 years since the last male Yellow Ranger in Magiranger.
- 10 years since a female White Ranger (MagiMother).
- 11th White Ranger overall  (Change Mermaid, White Swan, Kibaranger, Ninja White, Gao White, AbareKiller, Deka Break, Deka Swan, MagiMother, and GekiChopper)
- 8 years since a White Ranger (GekiChopper) and was male.
- 7th female White Ranger (Change Mermaid, White Swan, Ninja White, Gao White, MagiMother, DekaSwan)
- 6th White Ranger to be part of the core team (Change Mermaid, White Swan, Ninja White, Gao White, and GekiChopper)
- 3rd Pink Ranger since a series with no Pink Ranger (Go-Busters)
- 2nd Yellow Ranger since a series with no Yellow Ranger (Kyoryuger)

Dukemon22 who is usually up on new Sentai rumors says:

-Rangers will not be classified by colors
-Makimono Changer (Scroll Changer)
-Ninninjin (NinninGod)
-Kitsune (Fox)

More Dino Charge toy info Thanks to Razzle1337

UPDATED 10/26/14 8PM EST
Check out Razzle's Dazzles Blog

http://razzle1337.tumblr.com/post/100779190026/here-are-a-bunch-of-new-tidbits-of-information

Razzle1337 has found new Dino Charge listings at Toys R Us and has given us names to Rangers, arsenal, villains, zords and other toys. These are tentative and might not be used on the show (reminds me of Megaforce's Lion Laser changed to Robo Laser on the show). 

5” Figures
42211 Armor On Red Ranger
42212 Armor On Blue Ranger

42213 Armor On Pink Ranger

42214 Armor On Green Ranger

42215 Armor On Black Ranger

42209 Gold Ranger

42210 Graphite Ranger

42216 Sledge

42217 Ptera Charge Megazord

Role-Play Items/Megazords
42039 Gold Ptera Morpher
42040 Gold Ptera Saber
32097 Ptera Charge Megazord 
42104 Packy Zord
42105 Amnonite Zord

 Razzle1337 guesses Ptera Charge Megazord is Pteraiden-Oh, Gold Ptera Saber is Zandar Thunder and Gold Ptera Morpher is Gaburichanger. Sledge might be the new original villain and everyone is a thunder over Graphite Ranger is probably Kyoryu Grey. Graphite is made almost entirely of carbon atoms, and as with diamond, is a native element mineral, and an allotrope of carbon. Graphite is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. No name yet for Kyoryu Cyan, if they are going for minerals, they might go for a gemstone like Aquamarine and Amethyst.

What would the others be?
Cyan - Azurite, Apatite, or Aquamarine?
Violet - Amethyst?
Silver - Diamond?
Navy - Sapphire, or Benitoite?

Benitoite

Apatite

New Zealand Artist Michael Day announces his creation Sledge becoming an action figure:
http://michael-day.deviantart.com/journal/Power-Rangers-season-1-563-599-epic-toy-glory-481825502

 Razzle1337 has also found Pachy Zord which must be Kyoryu Grey/Graphite Ranger's zord Bunpanchy (Pachycephalosaurus) and a peculiar listing of Amnonite which must be a new zord based on one of the Zyudenchi/Dino Charges #20 Gurumonite. To be clear, by new zord I mean the toy and not anything new on the show, like the Zeo Zord in the Super Megaforce line. Gurumonite is an Ammonite, which are an extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda.

 

More Riders for Kamen Rider Drive and 2015 Super Sentai Spoilers

Three episodes into it, Kamen Rider Drive premiered October 5th in Japan.

 

 http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/drive/

Website from the television station TV-Asahi.

 

 

http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/drive/

Website from official company Toei.

 

 

Drive and Gaim movie

 

Kamen Rider Mach

All the blogs and forums are a buzz about Toei copyrighting the title Shuriken Sentai Ninninger meaning the 2015 sentai will be ninja-theme, the third time in a row. Other times were Kakuranger (1994) and Hurricanger (2002).

KyoryuSilver and 2014 Super Sentai Reesha Sentai Tokkyuger

This has already hit so many blogs but I have been so busy to do this so I merged them.

No identity yet on KyoryuSilver. More pics:

http://tokuinsider.blogspot.com/2013/09/kyoryusilverbragigas-magazine-pics.html

烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー Reesha Sentai Tokkyuger has been copyrighted so it is the official name.  The title is a pun on the Japanese word 'ressha', which means train with using the kanji characters for 烈車 vehement car instead of the usual 列車 line car. The "Vehement" character can be found in words such as "Rekka" or "Reppu", and can even mean heroic. Tokkyu means limited express train, some people say the 'kyu' which means rescue is also incorporated. It can be said to be translated as "Vehement Car Taskforce Special Express Ranger". Fans seem to be excited about the train theme.

Updated: 9/30/13
Take this with a grain of salt, you can take this as truth or myth, a rumor if you will. There is no requirement for you to believe this, as many chose not to. On Twitter, there is a script supervisor for Toei that works on Super Sentai, checking the scripts and making sure they appeal to youth. He is Japanese and learned English in Philippines. Some people don't believe he is telling the truth. He has gotten in trouble with Toei for spilling some secrets. But what he can say about Tokkyuger is that the story, robo, colors, and suits have been finalized by now. China has to finalize toy designs as they manufacture the henshin devices. Thailand does mass production. As for most Sentai, theme and robo is settled first. Then comes story, colors and suits. Colors come before suits are finalize. This seems interesting to me.

2014 Super Sentai Rumors

UPDATED 9/13/13 9PM EST

There has been some rumors for next year going around the internet but I haven't posted a thing because most of the time I post something, it ends up being incorrect. But this year it seems they will have animals, but unknown what specific theme.

New rumors come from Dukemon22 of TokuInsider

http://tokuinsider.blogspot.com/2013/09/2014-sentai-revealed-maybe-well-see.html

Rumor as of now is that the 2014 Sentai will be titled "Senkan Sentai Gounova" (Battleship Taskforce Gounova). Captain Harlock is an Anime from 1953. As the remake for Captain Harlock just released in Japan (probably for the 60th anniversary), it could be named after it. The rumored colors are Red, Pink, Black, Blue and Green. I doubt this because going without yellow twice is gauche. Another rumor was they would have Yellow again. The copyright title usually comes out mid-September and a picture most of the time in December.

http://tokuinsider.blogspot.com/2013/09/another-2014-sentai-rumor-rescue-motif.html
A new rumor has popped up that says the 2014 Sentai will be rescue themed (like GoGoV):

Title: Tokubou Sentai Kyuumeijya (Special Protection Taskforce Life Savers)

• Another Rescue Sentai, in the mode of GoGoV
• A further try at the "realistic look" attempted by Go-Busters, with show set up akin to Rescue Fire
• The number of rangers in the show will be 9, using the pun "Kyuumei" (Life Saving)  and "Kyu" (9)
• The 9 will be divided up into teams, like the Gouraiger in Hurricanger and Go-OnWings in Go-Onger
• There will be no main enemy, but a Rogues Gallery like Dekaranger

 

Beef with Saban Brands

Some of the following is not my own opinion but I see as a consensus amongst the majority of fans.

When Disney took over Power Rangers, many older fans (mainly us) did not like what they were doing with the franchise, namely the storylines, explosions, etc. (Me on the other hand had no real problem with the Disney Era, maybe some nitpicks here and there but nothing major) Most fans compared anything new to the 'Saban Era' (MMPR to Time Force or Wild Force, however fans view it). Most beef fans had was directed to the new showrunners (Bruce Kalish, etc.). When Disney let it go, fans were disappointed it was ending. When they heard Saban was taking it over again, fans were elated. Slowly but surely fans started complaining about the quality of Power Rangers Samurai. Because Saban Brands created Power Force to hear feedback from fans, I decided to lay out all the grudges fans have now in case they didn't know about it. 

Here is a (long) list of what beefs some fans (if not all) have with Saban Brands:

Power Rangers Samurai quality

I have covered this before that fans did not like that Samurai took most of its plotlines from Shinkenger. Many fans considered it 'cut and paste' Shinkenger, just being translated. I have countered that Shinkenger had Kuroko and did not have Bulk, Spike, Mega modes and Shogun modes but fans who dislike the two seasons say that is just merely aesthetic changes. Another complaint is acting. While Power Rangers acting is notorious for not being up to par, the Samurai actors have gotten more clout. Probably because there was almost no acting complaints about the RPM cast (I might be incorrect). Some excuses pass but 'wooden actor' has been used more than ten times. Daniel Ewing (Dillon/RPM) has come to the defense of the Jungle Fury actors who have also been blamed for bad acting and he said that it has to do with the writing. So maybe that was the case, I don't know. Also some fans didn't like the Mega and Shogun modes, seeing they didn't make sense to have armor INSIDE the zords instead of outside. (Also yeah I know, people said they were made to sell toys but that could be the complaint for Power Rangers all together)

 Nickelodeon

 Fans are most upset at Nickeldeon. That there is only 20 episodes each season. Under Saban and Fox back when, we had as little 40 episodes but under Disney, we got as low as 32 episodes. Collectively Samurai and Super Samurai had 44 episodes and one special but it was in the course of two years. I am a teacher and kids have told me that they hate repeats. Older fans also like the big breaks of repeats. We wish it was 40 episode per year or even more. The explanation SB has given for the 2 year themes is to grow the brand and get the same theme internationally but so far they are still off by months. France just recently got Megaforce. And fans were REALLY upset when the last batch of Super Samurai episodes aired first in Nickelodeon Latin America, months before they did in the United States. Also fans are upset at the lack of promotion on Nickelodeon and also delays in NickToons (old seasons were to start in fall of 2010 but didn't happen until mid 2011).

SPOILERS AHEAD HIGHLIGHT TO READ

Former Actors getting little to no pay

Here is the generic e-mail sent to most of the former actors, thanks to FuryDiamond of RangerCrew:

http://blog.samuraicast.com/power-rangers-super-megaforce-cameo-invitation/

The press release that came to light last June for the Licensing Fair spotlighted cameos but in the generic e-mail, it says that they were not planning cameos. Could it be that the cameos was a last minute edition after finding it out through Gokaiger? Because I believe that before Gokaiger, SB was just planning to make Goseiger two seasons and have their Ultra Mode be the second season called "Ultra Megaforce" as they copyrighted that title (they also copyrighted Super Megaforce). But ultimately they chose to squeeze Gosieger for season one and Gokaiger for season two (calling it Super Megaforce). Anyway, recent news from former actors is that they are not being offered a lot in terms of money and only for a small cameo. 

And with Rhett Fisher (Ryan) being invited and then dis-invited, some fans are upset. People really want the Titanium Ranger because he is the first American-made Ranger that was not from Sentai. And fans consider that enough to distinguish between Power Rangers and Super Sentai. In a way, it acknowledges Power Rangers more as it is more original than the actual borrowed footage. Also with the possible news that only the Gokaiger Ranger Keys and changes are being used are only for Super Megaforce. So that means Titanium Ranger might not grace Power Rangers Super Megaforce. So why do fans care about how much former actors getting paid? Because we want to see them and not hear about the budget matters. It shouldn't matter.  Also I feel bad for the actors, who didn't get much money when they were on the show and even less now. If Saban wanted to make us happy, it wasn't that hard but not so simple either but I have 3 things: 1. Guest spots and cameos just like in Gokaiger from former actors 2. References to former seasons 3. Original footage, not relying so much on the Japanese footage (like the Goseiger cards)

The Little Things

• The Ranger teens having the same outfits over and over. It wouldn't be so noticeable if they weren't high school students.
• Goseiger cards being seen with Goseiger names and not Megaforce names (I mean, they shot footage of Mega mode and Shogun modes but they couldn't reshoot a couple cards?)
• The same MMPR song being butchered for Samurai and Megaforce. Get a new song already.
• The rhyming motto: Samurai: Rangers Together, Samurai Forever and Megaforce: Earth defenders never surrender (which hasn't been used a lot in Megaforce so a good).
• Ranger Keys in the headquarters of Megaforce not being all that accurate and repeated twice to fill in.
• No city name for Samurai (it has been seen on the show but not mentioned in dialogue).
• No last names for Samurai (even though the websites have the last names of Megaforce, they are still not been mentioned on the show.)
• Also there are a couple things happening within Power Force that I probably shouldn't mention (I'm mostly afraid of how my fellow Power Force members would react than Saban Brands' reaction).

I mean, if Saban Brands really wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary, why not use all resources (even though he is notorious for cutting corners), why not invest a little more money on the quality of the show. In this day and age of screen capturing and tweeting (and since they encourage tweeting), why not make sure there is no slip ups ( the faulty repeated Ranger Keys in the headquarters)? I digress. I am sure there are more complaints, so feel free to comment on them on this post. 

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2013/04/speculation-saban-brands-saving-budget.html

SPOILERS: Super Megaforce #6

UPDATED 5/4/13 6 PM EST

Updated with Samurai cast news

This week we are getting some more pictures of Super Megaforce shooting and it gives more head scratchers and jumping speculations.

Andros' robe:

http://instagram.com/p/YrLix3xDjV/  

SPOILERS: Super Megaforce #5

If you follow the blogs, twitter and Rangerboard, then these are probably old for you. This is mostly about the new Silver Ranger and rumors on cameos. 

Click on 'Click here' on the left to see the pictures.

Sixth Kyoryuger Rumors

SPOILERS and RUMORS

Rumors of the sixth usually come around the time the new sentai premiere. This is the first Sixth Ranger rumor from Dukemon22. It is that there will be a Sixth Ranger and it will be KyoryuGold. But take this rumor as a grain of salt. Torin (the mentor) will transform using JyuDenChi #6, Pteragoudon (Pteradon), becoming the Tsubasa no Yuusha, KyouryuGold! Also, someone has claimed to see the new toy catalog. Dukemon22's theory is that Torin is like DekaMaster and there might be another Kyoryuger. There is so far 23 batteries, maybe there will be way more.

SPOILERS! SPECULATIONS! Power Rangers Megaforce with Ranger Keys

 UPDATED 12/13/12

 

SPOILERS

 

 

SPOILERS

 

 

These are spoilers for Power Rangers Megaforce...

Pre-Images of Super Sentai #2 (2008-Now)

I already had 2000-2013, but I just can't keep adding to it. So here is a new post for the upcoming years.

2008 Go-Onger

This was the first picture we got and nobody liked the helmets, many said it looked like a rehash of other helmets. Confirmations on the title came in October.

-First mention of "Go-onger" name on October 27th 2007
-1st toy catalog cover on December 6th 2007
-Go-Onger cast revealed in promo video on December 29th 2008
-Go-Onger press conference on January 19th 2008 

2009 Shinkenger

I remember fans being happy more or less with the illustrations. There were mumbles that they looked like Ohranger helmets but everyone was happy. Rumors and Spoilers began in August. Two rumored titles were Toushi Sentai Gunbaranger (Fighting Spirt Taskforce Gunbaranger) or Gowa Sentai Starranger.

-Series name license revealed on October 2nd 2008
-Leaked concept art of ShinkenOh and Shinkenger team on November 19th
- 1st quarter toy catalog for Shinkenger on December 8th
-Cast confirmed and newspaper flier released on December 27th
-Press conference photos posted on February 2nd 2009
 An early sketch in 2008 said to be an early sketch for the 2009 Super Sentai, could be preliminary design for Shinkenger.

2010 Goseiger

Title confirmed in September and the picture above was revealed in early of December of 2009.

-Press flyer revealed on December 3rd 2010
-Toy catalog cover on December 6th
-1st quarter toy catalog on December 9th
-Rumored cast becomes the official cast on December 30th
-Cast confirmed on January 1st

These were the rumored sketches in September of 2009, it was debunked around November.

2011 Gokaiger

The title was confirmed in early of September of 2010. We did get this early sketch in September as well, but it resembled the other sketches from 2009 that were not the final designs.

-Series name license revealed on September 9th 2010
-Press flyer revealed on December 2nd 2010
-1st toy catalog pictures released on December 6th
-The rumored cast turned out to be correct on December 22nd 2010

We got this quick sketch from an insider.

We first saw this picture December 1st late night (December 2nd afternoon in Japan). The first drawing we got in September is somewhat similar with minor details that the undershirt is black and the cuffs are silver and boot cuff is different but same basic idea.

 2012 Go-Busters 

The one above is the "leaked" image for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters on November 6th. But the final product we saw was in December 1st right below. This is the first image we saw of the final designs.

-Go-buster's series title confirmed on September 9th 2011
-Go-buster's 1st toy catalog is leaked on December 1st 2011
-Go-buster's press flier is revealed on December 1st 2011
-Rumor of cast on November 28th
-Go-buster cast confirmed and newspaper flier on December 31st 2011
-Last week of January 2011 and the press conference/stage show/toy exhibit\bouquet handover from past team

2013 Kyouryuger

On November 6, 2012 we got the first leaked image. We already knew it was dinosaur related in September.

http://www.jefusion.com/2012/11/kyouryuger-rumored-first-image-leaked.html

Blurry image came up December 6th and then some catalog pics (illustrations) December 7th.

A clearer picture came out December 8th with clearer catalog pics. 

Of course I must note that many other people have supplied news, spoilers, pics, and etc. other than Dukemon22.

Related Topic: 2010 Sentai Rumors and Speculations #2 | Pre-Images of Super Sentai