Former Ranger Castmembers Fans want for Gokaiger adaption

Toei hinted upon shooting a Legacy War for the 20th anniversary of Power Rangers (not using pre-Zyuranger), here are who fans might want most to guest-star and how they can handle skipping over the pre-Zyuranger sentai. I already did a post on this and they don't have to get these actors, but these are the ones based on the Gokaiger episodes. An error happened and what I wrote got erased.

Atsushi Hashimoto appeared as Kai Ozu/MagiRed on Episode Three of Gokaiger. Firass Dirani played Nick on Mystic Force and I don't know where he is right now, but he is from Australia so depending on his schedule, it might be available for an episode. I think fans would want him back.

Ban/Deka Red appeared in Episode 5 and we also saw Doggy Krueger and Deka Yellow. Brandon Jay McLaren (Jack--pic from The Killing) is from Canada and so are Matt Austin (Bridge) and Chris Violette (Sky) and it depends on their schedules, they can get either one of them since they are set in the future and they can get anyone from the future. I am sure fans would want Matt Austin again. Or they could just bring John Tui back as Doggie.

Jan/GekiRed appeared in Episode 7, Jason Smith is from Australia so it might be easy to get him back. Jan had a martial art training class, Casey could have the same. Fans on Rangerboard have expressed they would want R.J. (David DeLautour) back and I agree, he is charming and we could see Jungle Karma Pizza, which he owns, again.

Kaneko Noboru/GaoRed appeared in Episode 9 and they shipped Rick Medina Jr. to New Zealand to be Deker for Samurai, so I'm sure he can be around for Cole. Gao Red had become a veterinarian and I guess Cole could be too. The Gokaiger had to find Anamaria and I am sure the Power Rangers can too. Fans would want him back. If he's busy, I am sure they could get Alyssa back or someone.

Karou Shiba/Shinken Red in Episodes 11 and 12, they don't have to get the female Red Ranger (Kimberely Crossman of Samurai) and they could get Alex Heartman (Jayden) back. But fans on Rangerboard have expressed they might want Hector David Jr. (Mike) back.

 

Episode 14 featured Red Racer of Carranger, T.J. is in America, they would have to ship him to New Zealand. They could use Tommy but maybe for another episode. And it doesn't have to be Red, since we don't see him transform, they could easily get Justin (Blake Foster). I am sure fans would want Blake Foster for a Turbo episode. Rumors are that Saban has contacted Blake to guest on Power Rangers Samurai. 

 

Episode 18 had Mikoto/AbareKiller appeared in a flashback along with in-suit Dragonranger and TimeFire who didn't speak. Since the counterparts White Ranger, Green Ranger and Qunatum Ranger

aren't dead, they might have to change the story. Jeffrey Parazzo (Trent--pic from Late Fragment) is from Canada, so they would have to fly him over too. They can't use the footage of Mikoto with the two in-suit Rangers, because of Mikoto and Gai but they could recreate it. They could bring Tommy (Jason David Frank) in and have White and Quantum in suits or a big get would be all three actors, two in United States (Daniel Southworth/Quantum) and one in Canada. I realize they need one of the three because of the Sixth Ranger Keys. Trent wasn't technically sixth, but the sake of this whole thing, yes.

Episode 20 had not only GingaRed but Kuro Kishi/Hyuga. Word is that Danny Salvin/Red Lost Galaxy Ranger has stopped acting, so he might not want to do it. But they could get someone else or just leave in with Mike. The Gingaman are from the Ginga Forest, the Gokaiger had to go near there, but in the PR universe, Lost Galaxy are from way distant space. The new Rangers could either travel to Mirinoi or Leo and Mike can go to them.

Hyuga was the main focus of the episode, they could get Russell Lawrence, who is American and they can have him travel from US to New Zealand.

Episode 21 had Akashi/Bouken Red, since Mac/Red from Operation Overdrive is from Australia, they could easily get him. In Gokaiger, Akashi already gave them the powers in the 199 movie but most likely they will make the episode footage about the new Rangers earning the power from Mac after defeating a reincarnated Moltor. 

In Episode 23, we saw GoPink, in following tradition, they could get Dana/Lightspeed Pink. They would have to get her to travel. Go Pink is a ambulance nurse and last we saw Dana, she was a doctor so it goes hand and hand.

Episode 25 of Gokaiger features the three Hurricanger transforming, so the producers would have to get all 3 Ninja Storm actors or skip the two episodes. They all reside in New Zealand and Australia, so it might be easy to get them.

 Gai/Black Condor from Jetman appears in Episode 28, Jetman was not adapted into Power Rangers---it was actually the series that aired before Zyuranger, the one that became MMPR. There would only be 4 episodes to skip (Liveman, Dairanger and Battle Fever J). Anyway, it is not uncommon for Power Ranger producers to skip Sentai episodes.

 In Episode 29, we see AbareBlue and Emri a.k.a. AbarePink, but since there was no AbarePink in Power Rangers, I guess they can get Ethan, Blue Dino Ranger. Ethan's actor is North American so they would have to ship him over. Abare Blue came in to tell the Gokaiger of a power that AbareKiller didn't mention to combine both of their robots. Ethan can do the same. They might have to cut out the AbarePink stuff since it didn't exist in Dino Thunder (it existed in SPD).

In Episode 31, OhPink and OhRed appear. I don't think most fans (some do) want Tommy for Red Zeo Ranger but we never know. They could bring both Tommy and Kat. Kat currently resides in the United States but she is from Australia, so I think she would be open to go to New Zealand, depending on her schedule.

 Episode 35 will have Sosuke/Go-On Red because the Mechafalcon and since they had a RPM-Samurai teamup in November 2011, they claimed the Ranger Red voice was someone else but fans are sure it is Eka Derville (above) so I am sure they can get him back.

Kenta (Mega Red) appears in episode 39 and I would like to see Christopher K. Lee (above pic from That 70's Show in 2004) in his new Megaship being sidetracked by the pirated red ship zord.

 

In Episode 40, Time Yellow cameos but even though I love Deborah Phillips (Katie), I think fans would like to see more Wes and Jen, their actors are still working. Jason Faunt (Wes) has expressed he loved his time as a Ranger.

An error happened and what I wrote got erased. Ninjaman appears in episode 45 and probably going to stick around until the end. The Aquitar Rangers (based on Kakuranger) were vaguely connected to Ninjor and more connected to MMPR Season 3. So maybe they can split up the powers, one ep with Ninjor bestowing the MMPR's ninja powers and another with an Aquitar Ranger bestowing their powers.

 It would be great to have a MMPR tribute episode with Austin St. John.

Toei shooting footage for Power Rangers and Visa Versa

UPDATED 10/16/16 6PM EST

 

'Zyu 2'

What fans refer to 'Zyuranger 2' (pronounced as Juu-Ranger) was footage made by Toei for Saban Entertainment and it was used for Season 1 and Season 2 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. New animal-themed monsters were made by Rainbow productions and they were also used in American footage to film with the American actors. Concepts like Green's relationship with Pink and Blue Ranger's intelligence were incorporated in the footage. Stuff that never happened in Zyuranger was putty patrollers becoming mutant rangers, Black Ranger getting the shield and the Megazord underwater.

Magiranger

Disney shot footage for the opening of Magiranger in New Zealand in 2005 back when they were shooting SPD. My inside source (which no longer in contact with) told me they shot footage for the episodes but I've seen every ep of Magiranger and nothing matches the trees or locals of New Zealand.

 Gekiranger

Disney shot footage for the opening of Gekiranger in New Zealand in 2007 when they were shooting Operation Overdrive. They only shot the main three Gekiranger and they only shot for the opening theme. The reason for shooting in New Zealand might be fancy scenery that Japan doesn't have.

Did not happen: (Toei did not film any new footage for them, Saban did but missed a lot of Rangers)

Power Rangers 20th Anniversary 'Legend War'

Word is from Hyper Hobby magazine interview that Toei will be shooting the Legend War special footage for the Power Rangers 20th Anniversary and with less Rangers (cutting out pre-Zyuranger teams). And hopefully adding some non-sentai Rangers like Titanium Ranger, Phantom Ranger and the Spirit Rangers. I doubt the Phantom Ranger will be remembered but we'll see. Because so many writers have worked under Power Rangers and they are not all aware of all the characters and some just forget. A reader did bring up a good point that Phantom Ranger can take the place of AkaRed, since AkaRed has the 30th logo on his chest and they would have to reshot footage but anyway he has so very little footage. Phantom Ranger was rumored to be the spirit of past rangers so this could work. I doubt Haim Saban can name them all on the top of his head. 

Big news for Power Rangers and Super Sentai

If you haven't already heard the big news, it's been confirmed that Toei is indeed re-shooting the Legend War for Power Rangers, of course excluding Rangers from Goranger-Jetman. This is leading many fans to believe that Goseiger will be used as the 20th Anniversary, but with re-filmed past-Ranger footage, and many concepts from Gokaiger. That alone is leading most fans to believe that Saban is saving the Pirate theme for a later, non-anniversary season without past Rangers since the Goseiger adaption may use them instead. I for one think that this is a very good idea. I remember last winter I suggested to some fellow fans a similar concept (Goseiger using the past-Ranger footage instead of Gokaiger). No one liked the idea at the time, but now it may be a possibility. What are your thoughts?

               http://orendsrange.blogspot.com/2012/01/toei-talks-about-power-rangers-20th.html

Believe it or not, that's not the only big news from the last few days that's had fans talking, celebrating, or in this case even scratching their heads: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters is the official 36th Super Sentai Series, but TOEI decided to launch another Super Sentai series named Hikonin Sentai AkibaRanger (iterally: Unofficial Squadron).

This "Unofficial Squadron" is not part of the official line of Super Sentai but is still called a Super Sentai anyway. Consider it an "EX Super Sentai".

AkibaRanger will tell the story of three young people (a boy and two girls according to the picture) being part of an otaku club and living in the new "Electric-Town" Akihabara. They will have to fight a mysterious malevolent entity that swore to conquer Earth with cool gadgets created by a brilliant genius. No word on any actors yet, but there will be a toyline!

Official site: http://www.akibaranger.jp/

                                                                               

Related: http://morphinlegacy.com/2012/01/toei-to-re-shoot-pr-20th-anniversary-legend-war.html

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Zyuranger Change for Episode 45 cut for time?!

Slowking of Rangerboard showed this picture found on TV-Asahi website and I saw the whole Episode 45 again and this scene was not there. From what I can tell for the rough translation online, there is no mention of Zyuranger. My guess is that this scene was cut for time. Plenty of people on Rangerboard are making fun of fans who would had wanted the Zyuranger with Kibaranger to face Ninjaman as Power Rangers Season 3 reference, but oh well.

Sorry, no Gokaiger Ep45 Pics today

 Today no one posted high-definition pictures of Episode 45 and the connection to KeyHole was pretty bad, so I couldn't make caps either. Essentially today was a clip show, the Rangers finally figure out there was something in the temple that the Timerangers sent them too and uncover Ninjaman. He explains he was sealed 10 years ago and had no idea about the Legend War. So in the GokaiGalleon, they explain about the Zangyack, the Legend War and their battles. They have a neat montage of all their team Gokai Changes, start with Kakuranger, then Goseiger and going all the way down to Goranger (Since they already did Kakuranger, they go from Ohranger to Dairanger). They show off different changes like all blue (Ahim-MagiBlue, Don-TimeBlue, Gai-Aoranger, Marvelous-GoseiBlue, Joe-ShinkenBlue and Luka-Blue Dolphin) and all lions (sans Hurricane Yellow of course).

After the commercial break, they highlight all the Legends they met like Kai and the power they unlocked (MagiDragon), Ban and Doggie and the Patstriker; GaoRed and GaoLion; Karou and the Shinken power; Mikoto, Dragon Ranger, Time Fire and Goujyujn; the Hurricangers and Fura Maru; and the other Legends; and finally Machalcon. Then they talk about Basco and that he has 5 legend powers and they need Kakuranger's. Ninjaman declines. He gives a long explainaiton, taking Ahim and Gai away happily. The others aren't too happy. We see NinjaWhite briefly, she addresses the audience.

Episode 46:

 http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/go-kai/index.html

Check out Jefusion for the Raw:
http://www.jefusion.com/2012/01/kaizoku-sentai-gokaiger-episode-45-sub.html