Saturday, February 12, 2011

Gooooookaiger!

At 7:30 am, Japanese Standard Time, a new series premiered. It was the premier of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー - Pirate Team Gokaiger). This season marks the 35th anniversary of Toei's Super Sentai series. If you don't know what Super Sentai is, just think Power Rangers, for simplicity's sake.



How are they making this season special to commemorate this anniversary? They are going ALL out, for this one. The premise of the series is that the Zangak Space Empire has sealed away the powers of the 34 previous Super Sentai teams. The Gokaiger are capable of using these powers and can transform into old Super Sentai teams. Cool, right? If you are even sort of a fan of Sentai OR Power Rangers, you see that this will make for some cool things.

I am about to link you to a VERY large poster, that lists all the previous teams, for those that don't know. I will transliterate their names below and write what, if any Power Rangers season it became. POSTER

(Left to right, top to bottom)
Goranger, JAKQ, Battle Fever J, Denjiman, Sun Vulcan, Goggle Five, Dynaman, Bioman, Changeman, Flashman, Maskman, Liveman, Turboranger, Fiveman, Jetman, Zyuranger (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Dairanger, Kakkuranger (Alien Rangers), Ohranger (Zeo), CarRanger (Turbo), MegaRanger (In Space), Gingaman (Lost Galaxy), GoGo Five (Lightspeed Rescue), Time Ranger (Time Force), Gao Ranger (Wild Force), Hurricanger (Ninja Storm), Abaranger (Dino Thunder), Dekranger (SPD), Magiranger (Mystic Force), Boukenger (Operation Over Drive), Gekiranger (Jungle Fury), Go-onger (RPM), Shinkenger (Samurai), Goseiger

Whoo! That was the most Japanese I have read in months (I am lazy).

I don't want to give away too much, but the teams they turned into, this episode are as follows:

Goranger!

Shinkenger
Magiranger

All-in-all, it was an AMAZING first episode. I'll leave you with its opening theme. ENJOY!



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