Power Rangers: Megaforce (2013)
02-04-13, 10:54 PM
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Re: Power Rangers: Megaforce (2013)
Actually, he started doing stunts in various direct-to-video stuff and got contracted out to do the "Battle Grid" sequences in one of Saban's other toku-adapts, VR Troopers. They were impressed enough that they gave him the job of stunt choreographer and second unit direct from Jeff Pruit and Issac Florentine halfway through MMPR's second season. He stayed on and formed Alpha Stunts; doing increasingly elaborate stuff. Around the time Judd Lynn became showrunner, Sakamoto was promoted to a full-time producer. He also directed a number of episodes. Once Disney picked up the franchise and moved production to New Zealand, he stopped directing and choreographing but continued in his capacity as one of the producers all the way to RPM's last day. Once Saban picked up the franchise again for Samurai, he was no longer a producer, but came back as action choreographer. He's apparently doing some pretty big-time tokusatsu stuff in Japan, so I imagine he won't be returning to Power Rangers ever again, sadly. With him, Judd, and Jackie gone, it just doesn't feel like PR.
02-05-13, 01:13 AM
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Re: Power Rangers: Megaforce (2013)
Actually, he started doing stunts in various direct-to-video stuff and got contracted out to do the "Battle Grid" sequences in one of Saban's other toku-adapts, VR Troopers. They were impressed enough that they gave him the job of stunt choreographer and second unit direct from Jeff Pruit and Issac Florentine halfway through MMPR's second season. He stayed on and formed Alpha Stunts; doing increasingly elaborate stuff. Around the time Judd Lynn became showrunner, Sakamoto was promoted to a full-time producer. He also directed a number of episodes. Once Disney picked up the franchise and moved production to New Zealand, he stopped directing and choreographing but continued in his capacity as one of the producers all the way to RPM's last day. Once Saban picked up the franchise again for Samurai, he was no longer a producer, but came back as action choreographer. He's apparently doing some pretty big-time tokusatsu stuff in Japan, so I imagine he won't be returning to Power Rangers ever again, sadly. With him, Judd, and Jackie gone, it just doesn't feel like PR.
There wasn't really a need to recap Sakamoto's history for me. I used to run the PR fan club.Sakamoto also wrote "Countdown to Destruction." It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he, Marchand and Lynn were responsible for the show's best seasons (Space - TF).
Sadly, Marchand was fired during RPM and Lynn was never hired on for Samurai, so I could give less of a damn about PR nowadays.
He's apparently doing some pretty big-time tokusatsu stuff in Japan
02-05-13, 10:08 AM
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Sakamoto also wrote "Countdown to Destruction." It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he, Marchand and Lynn were responsible for the show's best seasons (Space - TF).
Sadly, Marchand was fired during RPM and Lynn was never hired on for Samurai, so I could give less of a damn about PR nowadays.
And as I said, there's no "apparently" about it. He is in charge of this year's sentai series. Even if he wanted to come back, that's a full-time job.
02-05-13, 10:46 AM
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I know he is, presumably he'll be helming future toku stuff after this Sentai series is over as well, I'd have to imagine he has a much better paycheck for that than anything on PR. I think he worked on one of the Kamen Rider series at one point too. Is he directing every episode of Kyoryuger, or is he showrunner? Sounds like his job is quite substantial.
02-07-13, 02:18 PM
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Well, the "action figures" are really ranger keys, which will be very important when they adapt Gokaiger next year (which I assume will be a second season of Megaforce with either a second or updated team). So they're not just cheap looking toys for the sake of decoration.
10-27-14, 03:37 PM
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Not sure how many venture into the dvd section of this forum:
http://toybox.io9.com/the-true-power...59/+rtgonzalez
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
If you were a child of the 90's, looking at the picture above will probably elicit the response of 'Yeah, Power Rangers!' - but you're only kinda-sorta right. These are really the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, and they're making their way to the west for the very first time.
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger was the 16th Super Sentai show in Japan - you can read more about the genre's development, and Marvel's role in it, here - but American audiences will recognise them as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Zyuranger was made in 1992, when Saban and Toei brought the idea over to the west they decided to use the Giant Robot and combat sequences from Zyuranger as the basis for a new western adaptation. The original Sentai - Legendary human warriors from a time when Dinosaurs and Humanity lived in harmony (hence the Dino-themed Zords), who were awoken from suspended animation to fight the evil Rita Repulsa Bandora - were replaced by the American 'teenagers with attitude' we came to know and love, but aside from that, MMPR's first series featured scenes and combat sequences from all 50 episodes of Zyuranger spliced in. So while MMPR fans are familiar with the series in a certain way, they've never had the chance to see the original show as it was intended, until now.
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
Shout Factory will be putting out the complete series on DVD, although there's no current release date revealed there is this box art that they revealed on their Tumblr, depicting the original heroes Geki, Goushi, Dan, Boi and Mei as well as their more familiar appearances in their Sentai suits. The box art seems to imply that they'll be bringing more Super Sentai series to the west, but I guess it makes sense to kick it all off with the series that truly introduced the concept to mainstream US audiences.
It might be the Nostalgia talking, but we might have got the better opening song. Or at least, the most nineties one.
http://toybox.io9.com/the-true-power...59/+rtgonzalez
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
If you were a child of the 90's, looking at the picture above will probably elicit the response of 'Yeah, Power Rangers!' - but you're only kinda-sorta right. These are really the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, and they're making their way to the west for the very first time.
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger was the 16th Super Sentai show in Japan - you can read more about the genre's development, and Marvel's role in it, here - but American audiences will recognise them as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Zyuranger was made in 1992, when Saban and Toei brought the idea over to the west they decided to use the Giant Robot and combat sequences from Zyuranger as the basis for a new western adaptation. The original Sentai - Legendary human warriors from a time when Dinosaurs and Humanity lived in harmony (hence the Dino-themed Zords), who were awoken from suspended animation to fight the evil Rita Repulsa Bandora - were replaced by the American 'teenagers with attitude' we came to know and love, but aside from that, MMPR's first series featured scenes and combat sequences from all 50 episodes of Zyuranger spliced in. So while MMPR fans are familiar with the series in a certain way, they've never had the chance to see the original show as it was intended, until now.
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
Shout Factory will be putting out the complete series on DVD, although there's no current release date revealed there is this box art that they revealed on their Tumblr, depicting the original heroes Geki, Goushi, Dan, Boi and Mei as well as their more familiar appearances in their Sentai suits. The box art seems to imply that they'll be bringing more Super Sentai series to the west, but I guess it makes sense to kick it all off with the series that truly introduced the concept to mainstream US audiences.
It might be the Nostalgia talking, but we might have got the better opening song. Or at least, the most nineties one.
10-27-14, 06:51 PM
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Re: Power Rangers: Megaforce (2013)
That link seems to be broken.
I love Super Sentai, and I try to watch the current seasons of both Super Sentai and Kamen Rider when they come out. But I usually lose interest about halfway through because it's so episodic and repetitive (in this respect, I find Kamen Rider to be a bit better). Of course, they're shows for kids, so it's to be expected, but I wonder how this release will do.
I love Super Sentai, and I try to watch the current seasons of both Super Sentai and Kamen Rider when they come out. But I usually lose interest about halfway through because it's so episodic and repetitive (in this respect, I find Kamen Rider to be a bit better). Of course, they're shows for kids, so it's to be expected, but I wonder how this release will do.
10-27-14, 07:40 PM
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Re: Power Rangers: Megaforce (2013)
Not sure how many venture into the dvd section of this forum:
http://toybox.io9.com/the-true-power...59/+rtgonzalez
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
If you were a child of the 90's, looking at the picture above will probably elicit the response of 'Yeah, Power Rangers!' - but you're only kinda-sorta right. These are really the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, and they're making their way to the west for the very first time.
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger was the 16th Super Sentai show in Japan - you can read more about the genre's development, and Marvel's role in it, here - but American audiences will recognise them as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Zyuranger was made in 1992, when Saban and Toei brought the idea over to the west they decided to use the Giant Robot and combat sequences from Zyuranger as the basis for a new western adaptation. The original Sentai - Legendary human warriors from a time when Dinosaurs and Humanity lived in harmony (hence the Dino-themed Zords), who were awoken from suspended animation to fight the evil Rita Repulsa Bandora - were replaced by the American 'teenagers with attitude' we came to know and love, but aside from that, MMPR's first series featured scenes and combat sequences from all 50 episodes of Zyuranger spliced in. So while MMPR fans are familiar with the series in a certain way, they've never had the chance to see the original show as it was intended, until now.
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
Shout Factory will be putting out the complete series on DVD, although there's no current release date revealed there is this box art that they revealed on their Tumblr, depicting the original heroes Geki, Goushi, Dan, Boi and Mei as well as their more familiar appearances in their Sentai suits. The box art seems to imply that they'll be bringing more Super Sentai series to the west, but I guess it makes sense to kick it all off with the series that truly introduced the concept to mainstream US audiences.
It might be the Nostalgia talking, but we might have got the better opening song. Or at least, the most nineties one.
http://toybox.io9.com/the-true-power...59/+rtgonzalez
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
If you were a child of the 90's, looking at the picture above will probably elicit the response of 'Yeah, Power Rangers!' - but you're only kinda-sorta right. These are really the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, and they're making their way to the west for the very first time.
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger was the 16th Super Sentai show in Japan - you can read more about the genre's development, and Marvel's role in it, here - but American audiences will recognise them as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Zyuranger was made in 1992, when Saban and Toei brought the idea over to the west they decided to use the Giant Robot and combat sequences from Zyuranger as the basis for a new western adaptation. The original Sentai - Legendary human warriors from a time when Dinosaurs and Humanity lived in harmony (hence the Dino-themed Zords), who were awoken from suspended animation to fight the evil Rita Repulsa Bandora - were replaced by the American 'teenagers with attitude' we came to know and love, but aside from that, MMPR's first series featured scenes and combat sequences from all 50 episodes of Zyuranger spliced in. So while MMPR fans are familiar with the series in a certain way, they've never had the chance to see the original show as it was intended, until now.
The true Power Rangers are coming to the West for the first time ever
Shout Factory will be putting out the complete series on DVD, although there's no current release date revealed there is this box art that they revealed on their Tumblr, depicting the original heroes Geki, Goushi, Dan, Boi and Mei as well as their more familiar appearances in their Sentai suits. The box art seems to imply that they'll be bringing more Super Sentai series to the west, but I guess it makes sense to kick it all off with the series that truly introduced the concept to mainstream US audiences.
It might be the Nostalgia talking, but we might have got the better opening song. Or at least, the most nineties one.
I have several dozen episodes of Zyuranger on VHS in Japanese with no translation. I'd buy the whole series if it was subbed.
10-28-14, 02:15 PM
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Re: Power Rangers: Megaforce (2013)
Now if they released Dynaman with the dubs that aired on USA, I'd be kinda interested.
