Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Super Sentai Girl: Chise Nakamura

Chise Nakamura played Natsumi/Bouken Yellow in Gogo Sentai Boukenger in 2006.









Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Dubbed in Japanese


Kamen Rider Dragon Knight has been dubbed in various languages, including Japanese now. It is like cycle, like Kamen Rider Decade Complete Form's headdress. An image within an image. No, they don't say 'Henshin', they still say 'Kamen Rider.' And the 'Sword Vent' stuff has not been dubbed, it has remained in English. It would have been cool to hear 'Sword Ventto' again. I also like how the opening title sequence is in full wide screen and you can see all the graphics and it is not cropped like it is on our TV screens and you can't read their names. I don't know how long this video will remain on YouTube so I am only linking it and not embedding it. Satoshi Matsuda, who played the original Kamen Rider Knight provides the dubbed voice for Wing Knight, playing his character's counterpart.

Here are the links:
Part One
Part Two

Sunday, October 11, 2009

2010 Super Sentai Rumors and Speculations #4

FALL 2010
THESE HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE BUNK (not true):

The sixth Goseiger, black and cobra

Possible Monster

Foot-solider

MMPR 2010 Toy Line LIst

According to BBCW Distributors:
4" Basic Figures
Picture above is from Linear Ranger.
  1. Red Ranger
  2. Blue Ranger
  3. Black Ranger
  4. Pink Ranger
  5. Yellow Ranger
  6. Green Ranger
  7. Goldar
  8. Putty Patrol
  9. Alpha 5 & Zordon
  10. Super Legends Zeo Ranger V

4" Deluxe Figures -- Bandai, look how many fans voted that Kimberly should have her own Battlizer!
  1. Action Red Ranger
  2. Action Green Ranger
  3. Action Black Ranger
  4. Action Blue Ranger

5" Morphin Figures
Morph into battle as a Dragon! [Maybe each Ranger morphs into their own zords and only Green becomes a Dragon]
  1. Morphin Red Ranger
  2. Morphin Blue Ranger
  3. Morphin Black Ranger
  4. Morphin Green Ranger

Retrofire Megazords
  1. SPD Delta Squad Megazord
  2. Zeo Megazord
  3. Jungle Fury Jungle Pride Megazord
  4. Mighty Morphin Dino Megazord -- Don't we already have one of those?

Basic Battle Gear
Morph just like the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with this Basic Battle Gear.
  1. Blade Blaster
  2. Dragon Dagger

Deluxe Battle Gear
Battle evil with 5 morphable Zords or combine into Megazord from the TV show!
  • Deluxe Dragon Dagger

Cycle w/ 4" Figure
Play out all of the Mighty Morphin adventures with this cycle! -- As usual, the girls get shafted
  1. Red Dino Cycle
  2. Black Dino Cycle
  3. Blue Dino Cycle
  4. Green Dino Cycle

Deluxe Megazord
Battle evil with 5 morphable Zords or combine into Megazord from the TV show!


Deluxe Vehicles
The Power Rangers can race to defeat evil in these sleak vehicles. Included in each Racer is a articulated 4" Ranger Figure.
  • Red Morphin Racer

Mini Mix & Morph Base
The Power Rangers Mini Mix & Morph Base allows kids to morph figure parts to create their own unique Ranger or Megazord Figure. This set includes a mini base, 2 figures, and 1 key.


Mix & Morph Figures
Collect all the Rangers and Megazords to morph into your own unique creation!
  1. Mighty Morphin Red Ranger & Dino Megazord
  2. Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger & Dragonzord Battle Mode
  3. Mystic Force Yellow Ranger & Titan Megazord
  4. Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger & Jungle Pride Megazord
  5. Operation Overdrive Mercury Ranger & ?? Megazord
  6. RPM Ranger Black & High Octane Megazord

Zord Vehicles
Each Zord Vehicle has unique morphin' action! Includes one 4" figure for each vehicle. -- The Green Ranger comes with Yellow
  1. Red Zord Vehicle
  2. Blue Zord Vehicle
  3. Black Zord Vehicle
  4. Yellow Zord Vehicle

Editorial:
Last time we got the Power Morpher and Blade Blaster together, most likely this time they will be separate. So far, no sign of the Power Morpher nor Tommy's Power Morpher; Neither Rita or Scorpina. But let's not give up hope. This is only the 'Spring Line' so we will for sure have more in the 'Fall Line' of 2010. And because the Battle Bikes did not officially appear on the show---only in one episode, then the Dino Cycles probably are something new. And it is nice to see the Green Ranger more included in this line than in the last.

Don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but this line looks like most of the toy lines in recent years, a bunch of toys we don't need. Endless vehicles for the males and different armor and styles and I wouldn't be surprised if they shaft us again by not having Tommy's morpher. That morpher would sell like hotcakes. Attention Bandai America: Tommy's Morpher is the highest sought toy by fans, the Bandai Japan version (the Dragonranger's Dino Buckler) probably the highest biddest on item online. And if they do decide to make Scorpina and Rita, I believe that they might get sold if they advertised it the heck of it. They will probably sell better than any of the other female villain figures through the years (which are few).

Super Sentai Episode Title Headings 1998-now

UPDATED 12/27/10 10PM EST
It has now become common practice for Super Sentai episodes to have a common phrase or word before the episode title, this became more common by Timeranger and more rampant by Magiranger. Toei's 2003 live-action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon also started out with 'Act' like Shinkenger.

Gingaman (1998) - Chapter
Chapters because it was like a story or fable.
GoGo Five (1999) - N/A
Timeranger (2000) - Case File
Case file because they were like police.
Gaoranger (2001) - Quest
Quest because it was mystical and like an adventure.
Hurricanger (2002) - Scroll*
Abaranger (2003) - N/A (just numbers)
Dekaranger (2004) - Episode
Magiranger (2005) - Stage
Stage had double meaning, it could have been like a stage as a phase in time or something with dramatic arts.
Boukenger (2006) - Task
Task like a duty to do and they really did had tasks to do.
Gekiranger (2007) - Lesson
Of course they had lessons in almost every episode.
Go-Onger (2008) - GP (Grand Prix)
Grand Prix, obviously to go with the racing theme.
Shinkenger (2009) - Act
'Act' to go along with the theater theme.
Goseiger (2010) - Epic
Epic goes with like stories that were known as an epic.

* - not a 100%, let me know
N/A - Not Available

New Polls Autumn 2009

I got two new polls, that go along with the ones that are still up.

The new ones are....
Which 2010 MMPR toy you want the most? (expires November 25)
Tommy's Morpher with Green and White Coins
Human Scorpina (regular Scorpina) figure
Scorpina monster (when giant) figure
Rita Repulsa figure

Which girl Ranger deserved a Battlizer? (expires November 25)
Kimberly -- so far she is winning the poll, hint hint Bandai!
Katherine
Karone
Jen
Tori
Madison
Summer
[If you would like to suggest another female ranger, post it here]

And the ones staying up are...
Will you purchase a new MMPR 2010 toy? (ends November 21st)
Yes
No
Maybe Depends on Money

Do you think they will release Tommy's morpher this time? (ends November 21st)
I think they will
I wish they will
Maybe they won't
They better!


Which of these Red Rangers deserve a Battlizer? (ends October 20)
Rocky
Aurico
TJ
Carter
Charlie
Casey
Scott

How Important is it to you that RPM's finale be 'Epic'? (Ends December 1st)
Not Really
Important
Very Important
Extremely Important