I wanted to do one of these for Gavan vs Dekaranger since I did one for Girls in Trouble, but I wanted to wait until I had a bit more time to stew on what I just watched.
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The Good:
I love Umeko.
Sword action is incredibly good and the finishers have a lot of impact to them.
The Mad Gallant suit is sexy. (Even better when put next to the Dekamaster suit, which is also sexy.)
I also appreciate that Junichi Haruta came back to voice Mad Gallant.
I love Umeko.
That scene where Retsu shows up to help Geki and give him his laser blade cured my bad back.
Akibarangers now official.
Oh my god look at all these cameos.
I love Umeko.
The Bad:
I really wasn’t a fan of how long they lingered on Lars beating up Shelly. It was thankfully less fetishistic than the first half of Girls in Trouble, but goddamn.
Ya’ll bring back Satan Goth just to waste him like a second afterwards? BAD.
The Ugly:
Why was Kebakeer from Dekaranger’s 3rd and 4th episodes invited to Umeko and Sen’s wedding, I thought he was dead.
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((Frick I can’t stop rambling now, so here’s one more for the night
((You know what would be a monumental thing to happen for Illya? Imagine if Artoria came to her and allowed her to wield her Excalibur. For background tho, my own Illya is actually afraid of any Artoria due to the fact that she was nearly killed by the Saber Class Card that manifested in Fuyuki City during the first arc of Prisma Illya. This carried over to her Servant self, but I made it a point of character growth for her. Slowly and surely, she’d learn to overcome her fear of Artoria, mostly by defaulting to using the Saber Class Card more and more.
((You guys have no idea how happy I was when the 3rei manga decided to upgrade Illya’s Saber Install form, oh my god. It honestly felt like being vindicated and it was such a delight to see that the manga was progressing with coincidentally similar thoughts to mine.
((Okay but as I was saying, having Artoria pass on Excalibur to my Illya would be such a momentous event. It’d be the perfect culmination of Illya’s journey of overcoming that fear. And it ties in a bit with her overcoming her insecurities as a Servant of Chaldea. If you wanna know the real inspiration for this, it’s from the tokusatsu movie Space Squad: Gavan VS Dekaranger. There was a scene where the previous Space Sheriff Gavan passed on his Laser Blade to the current Gavan in a pretty touching scene. So yeah I couldn’t help but pull that and give it to Illya, haha
((HEY ARTORIA MUSES HMU PLEASE DO THIS WITH ME. also tagging @drxgonharted bc he likes to hear more of my rambling
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Japan World Heroes II Preview Night
The event started as all days do, with a nice brunch before heading out to the con.
In this particular case, I scratched off my food exploration list the fabled Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles, a staple of L.A. since the 1970s and one of the many reasons Chicken and Waffles has endured as a staple of American cuisine. What you see is the Carol C special, one large tender Chicken Breast with waffles and a Sunrise to drink (Its an LA thing. half Orange Juice, Half Lemonade, 100% tasty).
After that indulgence, I headed to the convention hall. Last time, we shared space with a Lego convention. This time, there was a convention for rich fat cats only next door discussing how to market and profit from *ahem* the local herbal supplements, man.
Upon entry, one of the most notable things was the con had new sponsors/vendors, particularly the Legends Comics and Games shop and even Hasbro made a small contribution with a prize for the upcoming cosplay contest. This is good, this means growth by attracting more businesses and con-goers for future iterations of this still very young bi-annual fandom event.
CS Toys did coverage of the con and were setting up, I didn’t see as many high profile members of the Toku community I recognized this time around as I did last time, but I thought I caught a glimpse of one or two members of Team Tokunet getting ready for the big weekend. It’s fine, we all have busy lives and sometimes things just don’t work out, what matters is the passion we feel for this genre and that alone means we were all here at least in spirit.
Given who some of our guests were, the viewing room naturally had marathons of Dekaranger and Kamen Rider Blade as well as the Space Squad films.
Sentai Jackets returned to the con, this time with brand new merch!
They had little 2017 Power Rangers movie keychains!
And metal badges, Power Coins, pins and buckles and all other sorts of shiny shiny goods were at Henshin Vault! I got a new Time Fire/Quantum Ranger badge later on.
One highlight was that props direct from the vault of Toei Studios were on display!
GingaiOh’s/Galaxy Megazord’s sword, Gavan’s Laser Blade, some of the Black RX prop belts and the Revolcane..
Inside a protective case was an actual Kamen Rider Blade stunt helmet worn by Seiji Takaiwa himself! (Which was actually here before at JWH 1, but seemed more relevant given one of the celebrity star attractions)
Later on, they brought out mannequins and adorned them with the garb of the Child of the Sun and the man who Walks the Path of Heaven! Rider Suits! *geeks out*
After that shock of awesome, another vendor booth had a former Hollywood prop maker who was selling various oddities such as prop boots of the Yellow Ranger, old scripts of MMPR, vintage trading cards and comics, autographed photos and merch, even a production crew jacket from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (though that might have been his). He also unwisely left a stack of hundreds on his table, just saying dude, keep it in a safebox or something so its secure, I only bring it up ‘cuz you seemed like a nice guy and I wouldn’t want to see you get robbed.
A gent by the callname of Nickranger was pleased when I became his first customer, I purchased the Kamen Rider 1 vs. Captain America poster and the Dekared/SPD Red Battilizer art poster. The latter was of course for Ryuji Sainei to sign later. (Mr. McLaren didn’t seem all that interested in the con based on facial expressions, so I didn’t want to be “that fan” and annoy him and gave him space. You have to be considerate of people even if they are famous.)
Lots of vintage toys and collectibles were on display, my first wallet bleeding prize was a metal Cheetah Core Medal keychain, which I wore proudly on the lanyard for the rest of the event. I also, in an oddball moment, prayed to it, hoping my desire fuels it so our precious KR Valkyrie whose totem animal she shares with the coin does not get sacrificed to the Curse of Yuriko Misaki next season.
Of course, if you were not into this stuff, there were bits of hidden prizes that might have piqued your interest at the vendor booths...
Such as Neoroids from various franchises, the Proplica of Sailor Moon’s wand the Moon Stick, DBZ goodies...
Stuff from Takara Tomy such as imported Transformers and Gaogaigar dolls and Chogokins, Gatchaman toys, Custom Lego Minifigs of Mazinger and various other characters, Disney pins...
And Disney owned characters artistically depicted as Meisho period samurai, ninjas, soldiers, noblemen and warlords from the mind of Kamen Rider and Godzilla concept artist Takayuki Takeya!
So yes, even if you have only a passive fan love for Godzilla or none at all, there was at least one bit of plastic nostalgia or curiosity to tickle your fancy and make your checkbook scream in agony. But never despair about that, as you are supporting local business, tourism and commerce.
So the first day was dedicated to scoping out the place. A few repeats also appeared such as the Super Dimension Macross Store. The most disheartening thing was the lack of Garo representation...but that was by design in compliance with the “PG-13″ family friendly rules of JWH.
Garo needs its own con or maybe it would be more welcomed in a spot at Halloween and Horror conventions where its nudity and gore would be more tolerated by its base.
Preview night was fun, but the full mayhem was about to begin....
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Hello^^ I've just watched Kyuuranger VS Space Squat last month. And at the end of the movie I can see new character that is not on the movie. Does this mean we will get another VS Space Squat movie? I'm still disappointed that we don't get Zyuohger VS Kyuuranger. But this movie series is so good I can gradually accept the fact about Zyuohger VS Kyuuranger XD Thank you in advance for your answer^^
I actually haven’t seen the movie yet but it is actually the second Space Squad film with the first being Space Squad: Space Sheriff Gavan vs. Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
At the end of that film, there were a TON of cameos promising more movies in the series and I would guess that there will be more after Space Squad vs. Kyuranger. The villainous organization of the series is made up of tons of villains from the past (mostly the Metal Heroes series) and we’ve only seen a few of them so far and not even their leader so there is a lot of room for sequels.
Oh and there are two tie-ins one more directly connected to the film and one less directly. Those are Space Squad Episode Zero: Girls in Trouble a tie-in directly to the first film featuring the women from Dekaranger and the female companions of the New Generation Space Sheriffs.
The second loosely ties into the Space Squad vs. Kyuranger movie and was an online net movie called Hero Mama League.
This is mostly a Mother’s Day special featuring heroines from Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger and Mahou Sentai Magiranger and their adorable children. The tie in is that the villains of the piece is a space ninja tied into the Metal Hero show World Ninja War Jiraiya who is a member of the big villain organization The Genmamakuu Society.
So, I have a feeling we are going to see at least a few more of these films in the near future!
Thanks for the Question!
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