Hyper Hobby 09/2011 Scans

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Hurricanger retrospective over Nanami and SPD in Japanese has the original Dekaranger cast doing voiceover dubbing.

Related: http://fcti.multiply.com/photos/album/1114/Hyper_Hobby_092011

Super Sentai: Patterns through the decades

 UPDATED 10/13/11
 Someone on Rangerboard, I forget who--I'm sorry, mentioned how there were patterns within a decade of Super Sentai, for example in the 90's almost every team had a Pink Ranger (only Jetman and Kakuranger didn't) and in 00's, there was very little Pink Rangers. I am only talking about how many members, the color choices and genders. So here are so patterns I notice....

1980-1989
Goranger, JAKQ and Battle Fever J paved the way but since they didn't have the same colors and had different formulas, I say it was a learning period. I think the 80's really established the formula of colors and also played with it a bit, patterns that would be used later and some that wouldn't as of yet. 6 out of the 10 teams had Black rangers and 4 had green. It was an unspoken rule that not one team could have both Green and Black at the same time, and it was sort of broken with Liveman. Go-Onger also followed this pattern for the main 5 (Zyuranger had 6 members). Speaking of Liveman, Liveman is the first to break the rule that girls could only be pink, yellow or white, a female blue---that would be done three more times later. Sun Vulcan is the first and so far only one to have three males and only three members. Bioman was the first to have two females, starting the yellow-pink trend (first female yellow in Bioman as all other yellows at that point were male), which happened three times in the 80's. A lone Pink happened in 4 teams and Pink Rangers were 8 out of 10. The pattern that has yet to happen was Changeman: ♂ Red, Black, Blue and ♀ Pink and White. As of August, Gokaiger have yet to turn into any Changeman. Three teams were Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Green and 4 were Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Black. This decade had 6 male Yellow Rangers and 3 female Yellows.



1990-1999
The 90's were more solid and rigid, the half of the decade the teams were Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Green that was 5 of 10. There was 5 Black Rangers, 5 Green Rangers (not counting Dragon), 8 teams had Pink Rangers like in the 80's and 2 female White Rangers instead of Pink. There was two light shade of blue: Blue Swallow and Ninja Blue. There was five teams that had two girls and five that had solo girls. Zyuranger had black and green, but it was out of 6 but not out of 5. Like the last decade, there was only 1 female Blue Ranger. Like the last decade, there was 6 male Yellows. This decade had 4 female Yelllows.


2000-2009
The 00's was very different, had some stuff more like the 80's and very contrasting than the 90's. There was noticeably less Pink Rangers than in past decades. Half of the teams had Pink (5 Pink Rangers), 5 had Green (not counting Shurikenger), 4 Black Rangers (2 less than the 80's), and three White Rangers in the main teams. Four teams started with three Rangers of Red-Blue-Yellow (Hurricanger, Abaranger, Gekiranger & Go-onger). Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Green pattern was used four times. Green and Black were used in Go-Onger like in Liveman. Gekiranger broke the mold with Violet really late into the season, much later than a Sixth Ranger would show up and White late into the game. This decade had two female blue rangers. 6 teams had solo girls (even though in Go-Onger, it eventually became 2), and 4 teams had 2 females. Also, this decade broke the rule on how many warriors you could have in a series. Dekaranger had 8 (and 2 guests), Magiranger had 8, Gekiranger had 7 and Go-Onger had 7 (first team to have two 'Sixth' Rangers). Unlike past decades, there was only 4 male Yellow Rangers--in past decades, there was 6 each. This decade had the most female Yellow Rangers, at 6, hence flipping the scale.


2010-2012
Who knows what the future will entail, you can't really judge a decade by the first two because look at Fiveman and Jetman for the 90's; and Timeranger and Gaoranger for the 00's. Timeranger and Gaoranger seem pretty routine with Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Green and Red-White-Yellow-Blue-Black. Who could had known there was four teams starting with 3? And with the 90's, there was no other female Blue Ranger that decade. Fiveman used the Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Black pattern, which was used two more times. So Goseiger had Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Black and Gokaiger has Red-Pink-Yellow-Blue-Green. I really find this interesting as many non-fans think the pattern is always the same. When there is no Black Ranger or Pink Ranger, I always get a question of where they are.



With Silver Ranger Pattern
There is also a pattern with teams that had a Silver Ranger as a Sixth Ranger, that now seems to be broken. The first team was Megaranger. The pattern seemed that the teams had to have a Black Ranger and no Green Ranger. Megaranger and Boukenger are the only ones that had Red-Yellow-Blue-Pink-Black-Silver. Gaoranger was Red-Yellow-Blue-White-Black-Silver. Gokaiger seemed to break the Black Ranger pattern (within a six ranger team) with a Green Ranger. But it is not the first team to have a Green Ranger and a Silver Ranger. Go-Onger not only had Green, Silver, and Black, also had Gold.

 UPDATED 10/13/11
Where I see the next decade taking us

I see the 00's as an experimental decade design and team wise for Super Sentai, what with four teams starting in trios (Hurricanger, Abaranger, Gekiranger and Go-Onger), compared to only one series per decade with one trio prior (Sun Vulcan, Liveman and Kakuranger). The 00' also had more experimental color mixes like in Hurricanger and Gekiranger. For this decade, Goseiger and Gokaiger so far are very standard. The 90's decade for me is the norm, the level of what is expected and standard. The 80's for me was also experimental, to figure out what is the norm for Sentai, with Changeman with a color scheme that has yet to be emulated and Liveman and Sun Vulcan with starting with three. And this past decade used less pink rangers, much to die-hard fans' chagrin and probably little girls who love PR. I love Pink and I love Pink Rangers but I understand where the use of less pink comes from. I think it is the idea that boys are what the brand is for and they don't like pink and don't want pink on their robos. Less female toys for the past years has stemmed that Super Sentai and Power Rangers by extension are for boys and boys won't buy girl-related toys. I think the main reasons girls are still in teams is for tradition and eye candy for boys and their dads. You might not agree.

Where I see the next decade going is maybe a bit more Pink Rangers than in the last decade but not as much as in the 90's. Also, I am hoping for some more use of purple and some gender changes, like most fans have been hoping for (female green ranger, male pink ranger, etc.). But we'll see. I also for see another Dekaranger, with 7 or 8 members, to sell more toys. Or something like Go-On Wings, with two 'sixth rangers.' But most likely two males like the Gouraijers. I also forsee less robos for some reason and more arsenal, like Kamen Rider. Those are my theories. I am guessing there will be more teams starting with three, probably something like Go-Onger did, it quickly becoming 5, in order to sell more toys. But this is my own speculation. In 5 years, I may look back at this and laugh. I am hoping for a 'Back to the Future' theme in 2015 since the sequel was set in 2015 (well some of it).

Beetleborgs Third Season... Or Third Toy Line??

I can't believe I didn't do a post on this or even noticed. I think I saw the pictures once but didn't pay it mind because it looked the same as before. I'm talking about the toy line that came after Beetleborgs Metallix (the second season) which was called Beetleborgs Force. The reason there was no third season despite its popularity was because there was no third series for B-Fighters, they stopped making the series in Toei. Well, there was a sequel of sorts (B-Robo Kabutack) but it was more for smaller kids and wasn't the same so Saban opted not to use it. The two teams did appear in a Christmas special for B-Robo Kabutack but it might had been hard to explain the appearance of Kabutack and the existence of two teams. It is rumored that there was a third season planned without footage but instead Mystic Knights was created (which also was rumored to have a second season called Battle Thunder but the budget was opted to be used for Lost Galaxy).

Some of these pics are from Toku Central, I didn't know these pics existed because my site partner Mike put them up and didn't, I didn't realize the different logo. This toy line came out in the fall of 1998 even though the series stopped new episodes in the Spring of 1998. Reruns did air on UPN from Fall of 1998 to Spring of 1999.

This 'Force' line had both teams, here is just three pictures. So I think the third season wouldn't had been called 'Force.'

These two deluxe figures were based on Jansperson, a Metal Hero from 1993. He was just one hero, and not a team.

Bandai and Plex could had easily designed new suits but I guess Saban didn't think it was worth his trouble and money. The series itself was jam-packed with so much stuff like the Hillhurst monsters and the comic book store and the kids special powers, that they didn't have to do a lot of battle footage. And since they used a lot of Beetleborg monsters for Power Rangers and Mystic Knights, I'm sure they could had reused them again. They could had easily done episodes without battle scenes and concentrated more on the monsters. The road that lead to the Beetlborgs becoming Metallix took five episodes! Plus, the Mega Spectra Sector Cycles and Mega Spectra Armor were American, so they could had kept using those suits and could had brought back the White Blaster Beetleborg. Oh well, I should stop dwelling in the past.

Rebunked Rumor: Baruganger

Turn out to be redunked.
New copyright for Super Sentai 2012:

（１９０）【発行国】日本国特許庁（ＪＰ）
（４４１）【公開日】平成２３年８月２２日（２０１１．８．２２）
【公報種別】公開商標公報
（２１０）【出願番号】商願２０１１－５３３４９（Ｔ２０１１－５３３４９）
（２２０）【出願日】平成２３年７月２１日（２０１１．７．２１）
（５４０）【商標】元輝戦隊バルガンジャー
【標準文字】
（５１１）【商品及び役務の区分並びに指定商品又は指定役務】
　第１２類　船舶並びにその部品及び附属品，航空機並びにその部品及び附属品，鉄道車両並びにその部品及び 附属品，自動車並びにその部品及び附属品，二輪自動車・自転車並びにそれらの部品及び附属品，
乳母車，人力車，そり，手押し車，荷車，馬車，リヤカー，タイヤ又はチューブの修繕用ゴムはり 付け片
（７３１）【出願人】
【識別番号】５９２０６８４２８
【氏名又は名称】東映株式会社
（７４０）【代理人】
【識別番号】１０００９６５９６
【弁理士】
【氏名又は名称】村下　憲司

(190) Country - Japan Patent Issued (JP) (441) - 22
August 2011 - Publication date (2011.8.22)
Patent and Trademark Gazette published [type]
(210) - Commercial Application No. Application No. 2011-53349 - (T2011-53349)
(220) - 21 July 2011 - the date of filing (2011.7.21)
(540) - Genki Sentai Baruganger Trademarks [Standard Characters]
(511) - the designated goods or designated services and categories of goods and services - Unique parts and accessories thereof 12 Ships, aircraft and their parts and accessories, parts and accessories thereof trains, automobiles and their parts and accessories, bicycle parts and accessories, motorcycles, Carriages, rickshaws, sleds, wheelbarrows, carts, carriages, carts, small gum paste for repairing tires or tubes
(731) [the applicant] - Identification number - 592068428 Toei Co., Ltd. - - the name or designation
(740) [agent] - Identification number - 100096596
[Attorney] the name or designation

Dukemon22 of Rangerboard:
The new sentai is called "Genki Sentai Baruganger". (元輝戦隊バルガンジャー), could also be Motoki Sentai Baruganger.

Ataruman of Ragerboard:
The "Genki"/"Motoki" here has a literal translation of "Original Radiance". The "Valgan"/"Balgan"/"Valg"/"Balg" could be anything at this point.

Gold Samurai of Rangerboard:
Genki as in 元輝. 元 means former/origin. 輝 means shine/sparkle. Although I don't know where Barugan is from. But still, searching for ２０１１－５３３４９ leads to nothing.

Lavender Ranger:
Don't forget it has been a year since Gokaiger's copyright was revealed. Actually, the copyright was revealed at the beginning of September. We got color confirmation in October, cast rumors in November and and finally a picture by December.

http://bbs.cnkrl.cn/read-htm-tid-101324.html

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010/09/2011-sentai-news-goukaiger.html

Gai CONFIRMED to return in Gokaiger

It had been rumored, I was half-hoping it was true and it turns out that yes, it is true. Gai Yuuki aka Black Condor is officially back in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger episodes this September. Thought to be dead since 1992 when Jetman ended (he was last seen stabbed) and even the Jetman manga (which may or may not be canon) had him dead and they had to get a new member, Green Eagle. 20 years later he's looking great! It is also reported that Yukito and Ranru (Sho Tomita of Abaranger) will return in September, and Joh Ohara of Liveman (Yellow Lion) as well.

People do survive from stabbings. And the Green Eagle was only in the Manga, which many fans don't find canon and seeing that he is indeed alive, I doubt Green Eagle will be in Gokaiger. It seems that Ranru/Abare Yellow will not be returning after all.

http://ca3.blog76.fc2.com/blog-entry-1054.html#more

Mythical Destiny Online August 31st

Finally finished with my fan film Mythical Destiny. It took 2 years and it's not perfect and there are lots of things I wish I could fix. It is what it is, no excuses. Have a laugh. This was much harder than I originally thought. I shot this in the span of two summers, I didn't shoot anything at all during fall, winter or spring because of work, family problems and scheduling. All that could go wrong went wrong, my camera broke down (that's why some scenes are blurry--I did get a new camera), I got a mono microphone so some of the sound is off, some things you can't understand what they are saying, two people moved away and I had to re-cast one of the Rangers, so all the mistakes I'm using to go along with the comedy effect.

It's a comedy hands down. Anywayz, I'm going to have a big premiere with my friends on August 30th and it will be online on the YouTube channel August 31st and I will later post it here on Henshin Grid. The 30th I will have a big premiere with my friends with a fake red carpet in a big university auditorium and will take pictures and post them up here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8gXbgW83o