Monday, December 6, 2010

Speculations: Goukaiger traveling through all 34 Sentai

Here are some speculations and my own interpretations and guesses to what the Go-kaiger series will entail based on past habits of Toei and Bandai.
MagiDragon, PatStriker, and Gao Lion are set to be auxiliary mecha to go with the main mecha GoukaiOh in February, March and April, so maybe they will meet the Magiranger, Dekaranger and Gaoranger. The Ranger Keys rumored to be released first are GaoRed, VulEagle, and MagiRed, GekiRed so maybe they meet the Sun Vulcan and Gekiranger as well.

It is confirmed that the Go-kaiger will indeed transform into past Sentai, so many are wondering what will Toei do with the 5-person team of Go-kaiger and 3-person team such as Sun Vulcan, where other Sentai that started with 3 ended with 5 or more (like Liveman, Hurricanger, Abaranger, Gekiranger and Go-Onger). My guess to Sun Vulcan (which only has Red, Blue, and Yellow), is that either they will create Pink and Green members (like many fans hope for), or they will make a story in which Pink and Green are kidnapped or incapacitated in some way (which is a most likely scenario for me).

Fans also would want to know about the Sixth Rangers, like those 18 odd teams without a sixth ranger, what will the sixth Go-kaiger do. My guess is that Toei might do most of the early teams first before the sixth Go-kaiger comes along. But from the toy lists that have been released, it looks like they will be covering Gaoranger, Dekaranger, and Magiranger that have sixth rangers. So maybe they will display the main 5 of Gao, Deka and Magi and skip the sixth Rangers and then when the sixth Go-kaiger comes along, and the team becomes a non 6-ranger team, the sixth Go-kaiger will become a sixth like DekaBreak, DekaMaster, MagiShine, and GaoSilver.

As for American-exclusive Rangers such as the Titanium Ranger and the Spirit Rangers, many fans are hoping they will fill in the gaps of no sixth with these Rangers. Stranger things have happened, but I personally believe that with 34 teams and what Toei claims is 200 heroes, I doubt Toei will add more Rangers, but Kamen Rider Decade did add like 3 more Kamen Riders into the mythology of past series (Kivara to Kiva, Amaki to Hibiki and Abyss to Ryuki). So in conclusion, seeing by habits of Toei, most past Sentai will be in random order, we might get the Go-kaiger turning into random Rangers at random times.

And I am hoping that the one rumor I heard about (there being seven Rangers in order to go along with 7 Seas of the Earth) comes true. Because there are female minor Rangers out there (DekaSwan, DekaBright, DekaGold, MagiMother, Go-On Silver, Shinken Red) and most likely the sixth Go-kaiger will be male, and least likely he will become one of them as there is male sixth rangers in the teams that there are those female ones. So, it would be cool for there to be a seventh Go-kaiger that transforms into those women, and maybe White Racer and Shiro Bara Kamen (White Rose Mask of Sun Vulcan). Maybe they aren't enough Rangers, as there is only like 5 or 6 and I thought with Kamen Rider Decade, there would be a new female Rider representing the female Kamen Riders, but we got Amaki and Kivara, but they didn't represent past females, and the only acknowledgment to it was a short web video (which didn't mention them all).

Random Shinkenger Images

My site partner bought the final Shinkenger picture book (the one with side views and monster pictures we use for the websites), and it took forever for it to come out. Here are pictures I will not be including on the site because they don't quite fit in. They might be used in the future as part of the header or opening index.


With Richard Brown



A monster imitates Shinken Red



The little soot things

From the movie

From the movie




Tsukasa (Kamen Rider Decade) and Takeru



Hyper Shinken Green

The weapons and arsenal of each monster who had one.



Poll Results: Christmas Gifts / Jetman as Power Rangers


Good name for Jetman as Power Rangers?
Flight Force 79 (47%)
Sonic Wings 53 (31%)
Mach 5 49 (29%)
Full Flight 33 (19%)
Takeoff 22 (13%)
Sonic Air 22 (13%)

Which Sentai (that hasn't been used) would you want to have become Power Rangers in any point in time?
Jetman 158 (59%)
Fiveman 80 (29%)
Turboranger 86 (32%)
Liveman 86 (32%)
Maskman 83 (31%)
Flashman 82 (30%)
Changeman 81 (30%)
Bioman 82 (30%)

Which Power Rangers line did you receive for Christmas in the past?
MMPR 133 (50%)
Turbo 124 (47%)
In Space 86 (32%)
Zeo 85 (32%)
Lost Galaxy 85 (32%)
Time Force 85 (32%)
Wild Force 85 (32%)
Lightspeed 61 (23%)
Dino Thunder 60 (22%)
Ninja Storm 59 (22%)
SPD 53 (20%)
Operation 49 (18%)
Mystic Force 44 (16%)
RPM 44 (16%)
Jungle Fury 43 (16%)

How many Christmas Holidays did you receive Power Rangers as a gift?
Five or More 82 (48%)
1 Year 37 (21%)
Two 19 (11%)
Three 18 (10%)
Four 14 (8%)

Which Power Ranger toy line did you give a toy as a gift (Birthday, X-Mas, etc) in the past?
MMPR 107 (46%)
Turbo 93 (40%)
Lost Galaxy 71 (30%)
Time Force 71 (30%)
Zeo 70 (30%)
In Space 70 (30%)
Wild Force 69 (29%)
Operation 56 (24%)
Dino Thunder 50 (21%)
Lightspeed 50 (21%)
SPD 50 (21%)
RPM 50 (21%)
Ninja Storm 46 (19%)
Mystic Force 45 (19%)
Jungle Fury 42 (18%)


Sunday, December 5, 2010

Goukaiger Helmets

There has been talk about the shape of the visors of the new 2011 Super Sentai. Some say they look like other past Rangers, especially of modern ones (Hurricanger, Magiranger, Abaranger, etc.). But I see more similarity to Goranger. The more obvious one being Go-kai Pink and Momo Ranger, the heart shape on the helmet. Now, the visors are not obviously just like them, but they do at least have some similarities. Go-kai Red definitely looks a bit like Aka Ranger, a little more squarish and modern, but not as round as Aka Ranger. Now Go-kai Green doesn't look too much like Mido Ranger, it is not much like a 'V.' The Go-kai Green does do look a bit like a flatter boomerang. But Go-aki Yellow looks a bit more like Mido Ranger visor but rounder.

Go-kai Green's visor is a straight line or round as Ki Ranger's visor but it is closer than the Go-kai Yellow. Go-kai Blue looks a bit like Ao Ranger, but the original visor, the pointy end goes north and Go-kai Blue's point goes upwards. So they are not super super obvious or close, but you got to admit they are a bit alike. It would make sense that the visors looked a bit similar, as the Goranger are the original Sentai. Disagree with me all you want. Oh yeah, it is also true they have collars, but the Goranger had capes, so maybe it is why I overlooked it.

This blog called simply White Ranger

I don't know if it is because this person's first language is not English, but I found this blog while looking for pictures through google and found he had a lot of information wrong.

He even copied some things I had said like:
One of the rare male heroes to have done an adult film. He filmed it before he filmed Gaoranger but it came out after Gaoranger ended. I personally saw the film, it was more about story than anything. He only got shirtless and the sex scenes were short. I never knew the name in English and the tape belonged to a friend.
http://wwwyellowrangerblogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/japanese-and-chinese-actors-are-adult.html
My original post: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2009/09/super-sentai-actors-who-have-done-adult.html

Also saying that Bouken Yellow was male:
http://wwwyellowrangerblogger.blogspot.com/2008/11/yellow-male.html

Other than copying pictures from my website and blog, I have to admit he does have some good pictures from other places and also has interesting posts of Taiwanese and Chinese tokusatsus. I admit I copy from time to time from Wikipedia but I do quote and say when it is from other people's blogs and writings. I put them in Italics and say where it is from. Also I rarely use other people's opinions. I would just like some acknowledgment or a heads up.

PINK RANGER Blog
(It is now called Pink Ranger)

Gaoranger Without Helmets Pictures


For sakura (fan/blog reader), who has been asking me for these pictures. I got these from my old hard drive which has some problems, so it is very very difficult to get the files from said hard drive. Here are pictures from the final Gaoranger book, with pictures of the Gaorangers without helmets. Unfortunately my picture of Silver has a file problem, it now has a strange tint. I cropped it because the rest looked horrible. These photos were used for posters but I do not have the pictures to all the posters (only White).





Unfortunately my picture of Silver has a file problem, it now has a strange tint. I cropped it because the rest looked horrible. I might be able to get the original scan from my site partner Mike but I know its in a back hard drive he has in storage.