Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Sentai-like Tokusatsu to be mistaken for 2020, 2021, 2022 Sentai

UPDATED 8/12/19 9PM EST
This post is for the future. If anyone thinks they see the new upcoming Sentai but are tricked by someone who uses a pic of a non-Toei non-Sentai tokusatsu, they might be using this. So if the year is 2021 or 2030, here is a guide to Tokusatsu series that are Sentai-like and might be mistaken for the new Sentai or Power Rangers.

France Five (2000)
Country: France
France Five , originally titled Jūshi Sentai France Five (Musketeers Squadron France Five) and later known as Shin Kenjūshi France Five (新剣銃士フランスファイブ, translated as New Sword Musketeers France Five), is a French Mini series directed by Alex Pilot and produced by Buki X-4 Productions in the 2000s. It is an homage to Super Sentai and France Five has each member themed after certain aspects of French culture. This was rumored to be new Sentai series since 2000. 

Chouseishin Gransezar (2003)
Country: Japan
Episodes: 51
Gransezar was part of 3 series by Toho and Konami. It had 12 warriors. They all were from Japan.

Genseishen Justiriser (2004)
Country: Japan
Episodes: 51
幻星神ジャスティライザー 

Chousei Kantai Sazer-X (2005)
Country: Japan
Episodes: 38
超星艦隊セイザーX Third and last series of Toho/Konami's Star God Series.


Squadron Sport Ranger (2006)
Country: Thailand
Episodes: 32
Squadron Sport Ranger (Thai: ขบวนการ สปอร์ตเรนเจอร์ ) is a Thai Tokusarsu that premiered on August 6, 2006  on Thai Channel 3. Sport Ranger's theme is sports, which each of the Sport Rangers has a specialty in. The second season of the show, titled Sport Ranger 2 premiered on Channel 3 on February 5, 2012. Their silhouette recently went around the internet as the 2020 Sentai. 

Tomica Hero: Rescue Force (2008)
Country: Japan
It was the first season of Tomica Hero Series in Japan.


Tomica Hero Rescue Fire (2009)
Country: Japan
Episodes: 51
The second Tomica series in Japan.

Jushen Zhanjidu (2013)
Country: China
Episodes: 52
It is translated from "Jushen ZhanJiDui") is a Chinese Sentai series scheduled that aired in China in 2013 (and currently distributed online by Lookus). The motif for this Sentai series is the classic Chinese tale "Journey To The West", and each member of the team is named after a different character in the tale. The term for each individual member of the team is "Search God".

Battle Strike Team: Space Deleter (2014)
Country: China
Episodes: 52
(巨神战击队之空间战击队 Jùshén Zhànjīduì: Zhīkōngjiān Zhànjīduì) is a Chinese tokusatsu series, created and produced by Alpha Group Co. Ltd. It is the second series of China's ZhanJiDui franchise, and premiered in 2014.

Battle Strike Team: Rescue Engine  (2016)
Country: China
Episodes: 52
巨神战击队之超救分队 Jùshén Zhànjīduì: Zhīchāo Jiùfèn is a Chinese tokusatsu series created and produced by Alpha Group. it is the third series of the ZhanJiDui franchise, premiered in 2016.

Legend Hero Samgugjeon (2016)
 (레전드히어로 삼국전 L is a Korean-Chinese tokusatsu television series. Produced by MoonWatcher and Synergy Media. The Series is broadcasted in EBS1. It is available on YouTube with English subtitles. 

Friday, November 5, 2010

Not Power Rangers, Not Super Sentai

Below are various shows I have mentioned before that might have gotten confused for Power Rangers or Super Sentai from time to time.

Squadron Sport Ranger ขบวนการ สปอร์ตเรนเจอร์ (2006)
It had sixteen episodes in Thailand in 2006 and was the first original tokusatsu from Thailand in a while, but it was first to look the most like Super Sentai. Many fans have asked me to mention this series. Starhunter is an alien tribe that steals all life energy on other planets, gathering the energy through medals. One medal was split into five and when Starhunter came to Earth, the Sport Ranger were formed to fight them. Red, Yellow, Green were male and Pink and Blue were female.



Vectorman (1999) was from South Korea.
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鎧甲勇士 is probably translated as Imperial Emperor Brave Knight Armor or Armor Hero Emperor, I am not completely sure about the translation.
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Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan (2007 – 2008)
Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan (Zaido: The Space Sheriffs) is a Philippine series by GMA Network. It was meant to be a remake of the Metal Hero Series Uchuu Keiji Shaider.
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In the biggest copyright infringement ever, there is a new CGI and 2D animated series from China that is literally a rip-off of Super Sentai.
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Voiceluger (Country=??)

Japanese advertisement.

Endorsed by Neiger; (Sunflower Festival), Nishime, Japan.

Toky Game Show 2008, I don't know the name.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Thailand's Ultraman



Ultraman's licensing rights outside of Japan has been a long legal dispute between Tsuburaya Productions and Chaiyo Productions (also called Tsuburaya Chaiyo Co Ltd) based in Thailand. Tsuburaya had previously collaborated with Chaiyo on the production of two movies, The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army and Jumborg Ace & Giant. Sompote Saengduenchai, founder/president of Chaiyo Productions, claimed and maintained that in 1976, the late Noboru Tsuburaya, who had died in 1995, had given his company rights to everything Ultraman outside Japanese territories in exchange for a monetary loan. Japanese and Thai courts accepted this contract as real and binding because of the supposed 'hanko' of the late Noboru Tsuburaya in the document. Tsuburaya Productions insisted that the contract was a forgery (due to factual errors), and repeatedly contested the issue.

After an 8-year battle in the courts of both countries, Sompote Saengduenchai was awarded a favorable decision on April 27, 2004. The exact ruling fell into some dispute: Some said it only gave him merchandising rights for the first six Ultra Series (Ultra Q through Ultraman Taro) and Jumborg Ace outside Japan, and broadcasting rights of said shows within Thailand. Tsuburaya decided not to market any of the disputed six Ultra Series outside Japan until it had completely settled the rights issues with Chaiyo, although the company continued to merchandise and distribute all of the Ultraman programs created after Ultraman Taro, including the theatrical feature Ultraman the Next, throughout the world. Because of the copyright struggle, importing literature on Ultraman into Singapore and Malaysia was prohibited. It also resulted in a slight backlash against Thai Ultraman fans, who were assumed to be outright Chaiyo supporters.

On February 5, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tsuburaya Productions of Japan after they made an appeal to the initial ruling. The decision ended Sompote's bid to continue his enterprise, and the court gave Sompote 30 days to stop profiteering from Ultraman and required to pay THB 10,700,000 plus interest at the rate of 7.5 per cent a year starting from December 16, 1997, when the original lawsuit was filed. The Thailand Ultramen include Ultraman Millennium, Dark Ultraman and Ultraman Elite.