Monday, February 28, 2011

Kamen Rider Random Combos List (so far)

These are the ones that have appeared on the show or in a stageshow, not including toys or video games.
Takajaba
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Kujaku (Peacock), and Batta (Grasshopper).

Takakiriba
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Kamakiri (Mantis), and Batta (Grasshopper).

Takatoradol
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Tora (Tiger), and Condol (Condor).

Takakirietar
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Kamakiri (Mantis), and Cheetah.

Takatorartar
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Tora (Tiger) and Cheetah.

Takagorita
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Gorilla, and Tako (Octopus).

Takauba
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Unagi (Eel), and Batta (Grasshopper).

Takautar
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Unagi (Eel), and Cheetah.

Gatatoraba
Combo of Kuwagata (Stag Beetle), Tora (Tiger), and Batta (Grasshopper).

Lakiriba
Combo of Lion, Kamakiri (Mantis), and Batta (Grasshopper).

Lagoriba
Combo of Lion, Gorilla, and Batta (Grasshopper).

Lakirietar
Combo of Lion, Kamakiri (Mantis), and Cheetah.

Latorazo
Combo of Lion, Tora (Tiger), and Elephant.

Takagoriba
Combo of Taka (Hawk), Gorilla, and Batta (Grasshopper).

Latoraba
Combo of Lion, Tora (Tiger), and Batta (Grasshopper).

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Power Ranger Samurai - Sticks and Stones - Episode Review


The newest monster Negatron sees into a person and tells them their inner most flaws physically knocking them out. But he can't seem to get Emily. Emily confesses to Mike that the reason she seems to be invulnerable to this is that she trained herself to not cry. When Emily was little and was made fun of or didn't think she could handle school, she would cry and her older sister would cheer her up. But her sister got sick. When it was time for Emily to take over as a Ranger, her sister told her she regretted that she had to take her place. It also kind of seemed that Emily's older sister was dying but not confirmed. Anyway, Emily and Mike double-team him and destroy him with the Fire Smasher cannon with Beetle disk. They then do a trick attack with the ape zord when he is big and destroy him with the Megazord-Beetle combo. After the monster dies, Emily faints and Mike gets her in his arms. Later, we see Mike carrying Emily and they run to an Ice Cream truck.


Review:

The original episode of Shinkenger was just like this and it was an awesome episode. This one okay but a bit pale to it because of the acting. Both Kotoha and Emily play the flute. Even though Emily's sister only appears a little bit, I think the actress did a great job. Hector and Britney have good chemistry. I kind of winced at the line that Emily said "Stick and Stones may break my bones..." but I think it helped out when she said "Shut up." It gave it more of an edge. Good and bright episode.

*I made a mistake, the monster name is Negatron. I thought I saw a 'M' in the closed captioning.

Pictures from Samurai Cast

The Rules of Gokaiger, not like Decade

I thought I'd go over the rumors and confirmations of the rules in Gokaiger.
When it was first rumored in September that the 2011 Super Sentai was going to commemorate the 35th anniversary and have Rangers that transform into Rangers, fans instantly thought of Kamen Rider Decade, which celebrate 10 years (since the show was off the air for a while before 2000) and the hero transformed into past heroes. In Decade, the heroes traveled from dimension to dimension, each dimension covered one series that lasted one year (I'm writing this people who may not know). Then as soon as we got more info, that they were pirates and they traveled in a pirate ship, fans assumed they would go to different dimensions representing each Sentai or go to a 'Sentai sea' and go to each island and visit old members.

But it has now been established (in the first episode) that the Gokaiger are aliens from another planet and just arrived to Earth. And there was a Legendary War that including all the Sentai (teams), but did exclude some members that may not be that important (BullBlack, Signalman, Ninjaman, MagiMother to name a few). In one ad, it said the Gokaiger would transform into 200 heroes. But it now seems they are only transforming into Rangers that were in the war. Because if you count the sixth rangers Gokai Silver will turn into, that accounts all the heroes that were in the war. 172 Ranger Keys (of the teams of 3 to 5 including Gokaiger) plus the 16 Gokai Silver has makes 188 and we know 182 heroes were in the Legendary War. 182 past heroes plus 6 Goklaiger make 188. In the War, they all lost their powers.

From Hyper Hobby:
"The 5 Goseigers, with their powers, appears before the Gokaigers.
Black Cross (villains of Goranger) revives from hell in order to take revenge on the Super Sentai teams. 199 Heroes will appear in this Legend War. However, 182 Sentai Heroes + the 5 Gokaigers does not equate to 199. Who could the remaining heroes be!?"

In Episode 5, Doggie Krueger will come around. Maybe he still has his power of DekaMaster. So we might see 12 other heroes in the movie. And plus 1 is GokaiSilver to be 200. So now we know there will be 200.

Thanks to subtitles some sites have done, we know that the Gokaiger barely even knew who the past Super Sentai were. Aka Red gave Marvelous the chest with the Ranger Keys and the Mobirates and Sword. He rounded his team up and they know they can use other powers but thats all they know and seem not to care.

Kai (MagiRed) appeared in Episode 3. Past heroes will return, they have no powers but still fight and have some sort of power. Kai used Frajiel, his Sky Saint. It seems he was there to test them. Their parrot robot Navi will give them clues and it seems one or more past heroes will 'test' the Gokaiger or lead them to some sort of treasure. The Gokaiger didn't give Kai back his powers, maybe they will at the end of the series. It seems they will transform into the team the past hero guest represents and then show off their individual powers and gain some sort of knowledge or power. Kai tells them that if they master all 34 teams' powers, they will be able to gain the universe's greatest treasure. So, they can change into past heroes but the goal is mastery.

Another thing is that they transformed into Magiranger in Episode 1 and then in Episode 3 but more significantly. In Episode 2, they became Dekaranger and we know in Episode 5 they will meet some Dekaranger and most likely transform into Dekaranger for a longer period to be highlighted. And it is rumored Jan of Gekiranger will appear in Episode 7 and we know from the Ep4 preview that they will transform into Gekiranger. In Decade, Decade would become a past rider in a new world after gaining their powers in the last world/episode. So here seems to be the opposite. They will briefly transform into a team and a few episodes later they meet a member. That seems to be a pattern for now.

Another rule is the Gokaiger can use any key they want and transform into any color they want, they don't have to go by their color or position. But when all 5 transform into one team, they do have to be assigned to their analog/counterpart. I like when they transform into past heroes of just one color, it confuses the enemy is sort of a 'Forever Red' of other colors.

And their auxiliary mecha seem to come when they learned a lesson or found a 'inner treasure.' Magi Dragon popped out of the 'treasure chest' compartments of the robo. The rumor that the robo would switch heads of old robos seem to not be true for now. Who knows, it might happen later. And villains becoming past villains seems untrue for now as well. Their villains seem to have no connection to past villains.

Gokaiger Episode Descriptions 4-7

Episode 4:
Title- Nan no tame no nakama (Companions for what?)
Airs: 3/6/11
It is a Joe (Blue) centered episode. Now, Action Commander Zodomas, a sword specialist, appears and begins destroying the city. Joe and Aihm are out shopping when Zodomas attacks, and have to start fighting with Marvelous, Don and Luka. Joe is made a fool of by Zodomas' sword techniques, and after the battle he decides he needs to go this one alone, and leaves GokaiGalleon. Aihm is worried about him, and tries to convince him they need to fight as a team. Can Joe really defeat Zodomas on his own? The Action Commander Zodomasu is the Monster of the day.


Episode 5:
Title- Judgement. Pirates
Airs: 3/13/11
Sainei Ryuuji, Kinoshita Ayumi and Inada Tetsu will return to reprise their roles as Ban, Jasmine and Doggie Krueger respectively. The Action Commander Buramdo is the MotD. "The Thing to Search For? The Police will tell us something good!", or so said Navi when using his Otakara Navigate. And so, the 5 Gokaiger head out to find police. Then, all of a sudden, Marvelous finds one, none other than the Space Police's "Earthshine Chief", Doggie Krueger. There's just one problem. Why he is interested in arresting the Gokaiger?! The Zangyack appear, but Marvelous can do very little as he is in handcuffs.

Episode 6:
Title- Ichiban Daijina mono (The most important thing)
Airs: 3/20/11
The Action Commander, Nanonanoda is the MotD. Rumor is that this might be a Luka episode. It is said the team will change into JAKQ so Yellow will be Big One. Luka sees a jewel she desperately wants, but to her displeasure a little girl buys it before she can get her hands on it. Suddenly, the girl's father approaches Luka. He'll give her the jewel if she comes and works in his house, and so she is invited. Within the house there seems to be a treasure, as the Zangyack are targeting it as well. For the sake of doing some recon, and protecting a potential treasure, and also for selfish reasons, Luka decides to take the job. But can Luka really do said job? And what is the treasure the Zangyack are looking for?

Episode 7:
Title- Niki Niki! Kenpou Shugyou (Niki Niki! Kenpou Training)
Airs: 3/27/11
Info- Suzuki Hiroki will return to reprise his role as Kandou Jan. The Action Commander, Pachacamac Jyusansei (the 13th), appears. Pachacamac the 12th was the villain in Gekiranger VS Boukenger. This is to be a Ahim episode. Navi tells the gang to look for a Tiger Boy so they go look in a zoo.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Poll Results: Aka Red/Big One/Ninja Black/Episode 3 Anticipation


Do you think Mao Ichimichi (Luka Milfy) is of some Caucasian decent?
Yes
117 (41%)
No
28 (9%)
Maybe
136 (48%)



Do you count the Gokaiger as Black, Red, and Navy Rangers with skirts as official female rangers of those colors?
Yes
133 (51%)
No, don't count
54 (20%)
No, not the same
45 (17%)
Don't Understand Q
49 (18%)

What do you think about AkaRed's cameo in Gokaiger?
Cool 242 (78%)
Strange 34 (11%)
Want More 108 (35%)
Don't Care 19 (6%)

Do you like that a male Gokaiger will become Big One in Ep 3?
Yes
250 (91%)
No
22 (8%)
(GokaiBlue did)

In Ep 3 of Gokaiger, what do you think of Ninja Black with a skirt?
Cool
236 (86%)
Not Cool
43 (15%)

Are you excited about Gokaiger Ep 3?
Very much!
261 (92%)
Kind Of
16 (5%)
Not Really
9 (3%)
Not Sure
9 (3%)

Gokaiger Episode 4 and 5 Pics

Episode 4:


Episode 5, the Deka combo with GokaiOh.



Custom Ranger Keys?



It is still early but it seems people have already done custom Ranger Keys.

Aka Red custom


Really awesome Kamen Rider Joker custom.


OOO custom.


But I am wondering if anyone will do custom keys of the Power Rangers that have no Japanese counterpart like the Titanium Ranger, Shark Ranger, Bat Ranger and Elephant Rangers? And when Gokaiger is adapted (most likely in 2014) will Bandai America make the keys? It would be cool but it really is early to be speculating on this stuff. I just think it is fun. Also, most likely if the Mobirates is re-made into a morpher, it will most likely be a slimmer smaller version and only carry one key (just like the Rev and Throttle Morphers only had one Engine Cell and the Spin Sword only has the Fire Disc).

UPDATE 4/5/11
Zeltrax541 did a Titanium Ranger one