BlazBlue: A defense of a certain character

Well, to be honest, I really like this series outside Sentai series. It's a growing and good fighting game, fast paced and such. Unfortunately a certain incident scarred me to play this game again. Something about a character betrayal and making said character look against my expectation of goodness. I know, I've talked about her a bit...

A year has passed.

I've gotten a little better and ended up writing an essay on how people are easily blinded to hate her and make up reasons to make her look more evil and jerk. Therefore, I present you...

My defense for her.

If any of you played BlazBlue, let me know how you think about the writeup AND the character. Thank you.

My revised Top 10 Pink Sentai Warriors

So yeah, there's going to be a revision of things and probably I will not be able to go one step beyond. Previously, I made a 'Top 6', now I'm expanding it to Top 10. I know I should've gone for Red/Blue/Yellow like Kamen Sentai first, but Pink is probably the one color I can give full and fair attention first while keeping me excited. (Yeah, so what if Pink comes first from me. Real Men Wear Pink!)

Pink MAY be an exclusively female color, but it does garner some nice ladies we can swoon over for both niceness, look and badassery. So! Here's my Top 10 Pink Sentai Warriors.

10. Saya (Ginga Pink)

Well, to be honest, I really haven't completed Gingaman, only a few episodes in but thus far, Saya got me interested. Maybe there's something about that frilly dress, but from the earlier looks, I like it that she kept a strong face despite her boyfriend Hyuuga seemingly DIED in front of her (yeah, I know what happens actually, but still). I find it surprising that she looks like she would've broken down, but she didn't (and instead, Gouki did, though for other reasons...). And she didn't go over her 'cat' motif like an annoying catgirl and makes a badass 'catgirl' fighting style, especially when she... well... scratches the enemy with it. Saya really got potential from the few episodes I got her in. She's tough as nails, but tries her best to be feminine in the same time (she can bake a cake at least). Lovely.

9. Rei Tachibana (Dyna Pink)

Probably my second fave in Dynaman, I think Rei is a great character, even if her voice sounds a bit too deep. She's tough as nails, as proven that she carries a rapier all the time and is not afraid to use it. Yeah, for the first time in Sentai, we got a girl character who's more geared into action from get-go. Of course, despite this, and her slightly short boyish haircut, she's shown to have feminine traits, such as finding bridal suits really cute and wants to wear that. And she wasn't all that stoic, she can get hyper like that time she excessively taunts a monster just to trap it, it does show that she's knows how to utilize her brain and emotion to the fullest extent (but hey what do you expect, she's an inventor). But of course, one really can't forget a moment of fanservice where she fights Chimera until they're wearing nothing but swimsuit. Overall I think she puts the benchmark of what it takes to be a badass lady, though she does have one weakness that probably went unresolved... fear of cats. That episode was pretty cute and kinda shows a wackily vulnerable side of Rei. It's going to be troublesome for her dream, though, since she wanted to create an animal-communicating device... and no matter how you take it, cat is amongst the animal kingdom. Overall, I'd say the combo of badass, feminine, smart and cute would've made her to the Top 10 at number 9. And just like the rest of the older Sentai series, Dynaman and Rei REALLY needs more love.

8. Momoko (Pink Mask)

I think it's more of the fault that Momoko didn't have enough episode focuses compared to Haruka, but that's a little matter. She may be the designated 'girly girl', but boy is she tough as nails. This is Maskman after all. And I do say that since she's practicing Tai Chi Quan, her fights do show to have a lot of graceful moves with reserves as focus. Of course, she got the lowest stamina, which was a plot point, but she's trying her best to rectify it to the point that at the latter episodes, that stops being a problem. She also had her humor sides too, though mostly acting annoyed when Akira teased her, or even goes as far as stomping Takeru when he gets ahead of himself. Brains are also in works here as shown in the 'turn into thieves' episode, and yeah, I think she's having a hell of a time posing as a thief. So aside of trying to better herself further, I'm pretty sure that Momoko is more than just looks, I mean there's also brains and love for flowers and some of her nasty streaks when she's teased too much. I guess that'd be why she's at the 8th spot.

7. Haruna Morikawa (Pink Turbo)

Maybe it's just probably for nostalgia, but I think Haruna is amongst one of my favorite nostalgic ladies. She really has a tender heart, as shown with the episode where she befriended a dog-turned-human, and this goes to a greater extent that this crushed her, when she constantly saw her friends fighting her other friends, Yamimaru and Kilika, actually their friends at school, just went through a lot of painful moments that they're the enemy. Even for an older time, it was a pretty powerful scene and episode all centering on her heart being crushed with such conflict, but she still moved on. Physically, she's... not really strong, but she does make it up with a lot of things: first there's her iron will, that when all her friends lost their Turboranger power, she fought the monster alone, and even piloted the Turbo Robo alone, even if she's receiving a lot of wounds. And of course, previously, her most shining moment, is when she faked amnesia and pulled off a convincingly 'turned evil' act that fooled many (she even adds her own evil laugh, must've been having a hell of a time), all just to snatch an antidote to save a friend. Kind hearted, great actress, never willing to give up despite not being the strongest, I suppose that'd be why Haruna is on the 7th spot. Definitely a character that needs more love (along with the rest of the Turborangers)

6. Lin (Houou Ranger)

Yeah, I know I haven't gotten into Dairanger for long (but at least that's longer than Gingaman. Just hafta wait for TV Nihon to do their subbing) but I think Lin looks like a good improvement on Momoko (no offense). This being Dairanger, of course badass is part of the parcel, but aside of that she's pretty smart and sometimes knows when things just went off, like that time warning Shouji about the 3 Gorma Idiots trying to play him off. There's also a naughty side of hers, such as showing off her legs for distraction, but of course that kinda bite her back because she doesn't appreciate Kou molesting her breasts or flipping her skirt. But it's still hilarious. Of course one powerful scene that shows about her was during the Media Magician episode, when Lin fell in love for REAL that she went along with the Gorma plan and shows actual love to the monster, to the point the monster fell in love too and tried to redeem himself... and even after the confession of his evil self, Lin just won't let go. And then Gara killed the monster, and probably in the most shining moment of Lin, one that we can say "AWESOME!" and shed tears for her in the same time would be when she transformed without even doing the henshin pose (Gai pulled that off in Jetman), does an unflinching walk to the front of Gara, raises her fist... then punch her in the face. Really powerful scene and cemented why Lin is pretty awesome, getting onto the 6th spot for being badass, smart and caring at the same time.

5. Ahim de Famille (Gokai Pink)

Let me get this clear. I like Ahim more than Luka. Hey, it's my right for having a lone opinion when everyone is crazy about Luka (and I don't blame you guys for it), but still Ahim is in no way inferior than Luka. She's at core a sweet princess, a contrast to the mostly antiheroic Gokaigers, but overall it makes her a stand out to the rest. Sometimes her overly polite mannerism could get into some hilarious moments. But of course as proven in other episodes, she's not just your typical 'Oh save me!' princess. When she's kidnapped for ransom, she proceeds to make plans of swindling the Gokaigers for it rather than waiting for them to save her. A daring move, but she also even protected her kidnapper. And of course, during the time she went on a disguise-spree, this is where she shows her awesomeness in full extent. She makes the daring advances on Gai, rather than vice versa (in what I could say, the sexiest wedding dress I've seen for awhile), and all of the disguises are part of her plan, showing her smartness and in the same time looks really cute and gorgeous at it. Her backstory might not be revealed (but soon it will), but she really got me good in terms of liking Gokaiger. Ahim is awesome, no doubt about it. She is one contender of my favorite Gokaiger ever as well as holding the 5th spot.

4. Sakura Nishihori (Bouken Pink)

At first probably I got my eyes on Sakura because she's... hot. But after watching Boukenger, I'm seeing a lot of charms in her that goes beyond her hotness. She starts out as the super serious, stiff soldier, but over time, thanks to interaction with the team, she managed to blossom into a more warm-hearted person. I mean, at first she didn't even know how to smile. By the end of the series, she smiled more often and even considers it her greatest treasure. She's also pretty badass thanks to her army background and this is taking account that before joining the army, she's a rich merchant's daughter doomed for a pampered life. And while at first she comes off cold, she certainly knew how to act, like that time she's captured with Natsuki and to drive away the guards, they staged a bickering. But not all of her emotionals were staged, she did have genuine ones when she cried on Eiji's apparent demise (no, he didn't) and even yells a big "SHUT UP!" on Gai and proceeds to beat him down when previously he was pretty much invincible. And of course, her emotional moments came through when it comes to Satoru, when she's concerned about him, you really wouldn't see the usually cold Sakura. And lastly, I find it awesome that when she begged Mr. Voice to help them near the end of Boukenger, and Mr. Voice, in a dickheaded 'must-follow-order' mode didn't even flinch, Sakura instead cursed at him and punched the screen in frustration, breaking it, guess that shows that she really cared about the well-being of her friends rather than order all the time. As one of the more developed Pinks out there, Sakura got the 4th position in my Top 10. (and when she smiled, it's nice!)

3. Mei (Ptera Ranger)

Yes I do admit that the 3rd spot would've been an odd choice to you all, but Mei kinda... hits me in the right spot most of the time. True, she's for the most part static, but you don't need to be dynamic to be cool. Yes, her voice is high pitched, but I find it really cute. That, along with her face. God damn it, a combination of moe to die for, as early as the 90's! Despite being designated as the 'Princess', she's not haughty. She's kind, gentle, sweet. As for toughness and determination? She got it aplenty. There are many times that Mei saved the day on her own, like that time that she woke up from the poison on her own to save her friends from a monster that only she could destroy, or using her wits to destroy a monster singlehandedly, said monster already swallowed the rest of the Zyurangers. And of course, the most shining of all, is when she defeated a monster that not even Burai and Dragon Caesar can even damage! She's as much as loving and caring as she can fight and kick some evil butt. The constantly hairstyle changing is also a unique touch, though I like her long hair versions better. Add to the fact that her tribe has the 2nd biggest lore aside of Geki/Burai's, it adds a lot of potential in Mei. But of course, one thing that really touches me is during the Fake Zyuranger episode whereas while the Zyuranger gets driven away by the mass due to imposters. Mei was even... slapped on the face for helping a child and I think she was the only one who visible cried, I think the stress was too much, the second time she cried after Burai died, guess that spoke a lot for her tender, loving heart (that got betrayed, though it got better). And yes, I do remember about her disguise power which led to an awesome disguise battle with Lamie, one of her finest moments. Well talking aside, I do believe that Mei is definitely one of the more under appreciated Sentai characters and she DEFINITELY needs more love. I mean, what's not to love on a disguise-prone, super cute, sweet, kind hearted archer girl? The awesome thing in Zyuranger is not just Burai and his drama. I believe that Mei is also one of them and that's why she's on the 3rd spot.

2. Mako Shiraishi (Shinken Pink)

Ah yes, Mako. Probably the greatest big sister figure, IMO, in Sentai and she's just as fierce and systematic when it comes to battle. She had her share of heartwarming, which is any time she genuinely wants to cheer people up, her share of touching moments, especially when it involves her family after realizing what it is, and also shares of humors, especially her horrid cooking. Nee-san got ways to go to reach her dreams to be a normal bride. But of course, she's also real hardcore when it comes to battle, aside of occasional duels with Dayuu, there's also that moment when she, in front of her dad, already fed up with Akumaro's treatment to children, she goes to take down lots of Nanashi Renjuu unmorphed, and morphs while deflecting Akumaro's blasts. That's a real badass moment. She probably didn't develop much aside of the respect of her parents after that episode, but she remains the gentle big sister figure that tries to understand her friends, even Takeru. She also had a bigger foresight as she probably guessed the troubles Takeru was going through and would try to cheer him up, though she admitted that she was a little late overall. And of course, despite wanting to be a bride, she wasn't exactly love crazed, as shown with rejecting Ryuunosuke right off bat (but then again, he was being annoying at that time. I don't hate him, but there's such time for him that Mako's rejection does look justified), which is probably a good plus. She probably is also responsible, along with the Shinkengers, to rekindle my passion to Sentai so that's a big props, along with her caring attitude, badassery and looks, and that is why she's on the 2nd spot.

1. Miki Momozono (Goggle Pink)

This is it. The big one. When I'm little, I used to watch Goggle Five a lot, and despite incomplete, Miki really got me to know that even at the 80's, women can kick ass! True, she's not exactly dynamic and she had her share of troubles. However, in moments where she shines, she really shines. While she didn't have much strength, she makes it up with wit and brains, especially when it comes to plans involving disguise, like that time she disguised as a sexy Flamenco dancer ("Want some Tequilla? NO! You don't deserve it for being bad!") or a whole episode when she's disguising as a bunch of dolls, admittedly it was really remarkable that she switches into a hyperactive voice when disguising as the clown. She fills the role of the big sister well, and this is despite being the youngest of the team (she acts really mature for a teenager!), and her kind heart shows, especially that doll episode (where she shed a tear for a doll that got attached to her), or, despite being naive, trying to believe that the enemy can repent. And of course, aside of her brains, her finest parts was her sheer determination to go on and continue to fight evil, like that time she was bombed and fatally wounded due to it. Despite her wounds, she still resolved to fight on, even when her friends were doubting if she's chosen well. She does prove herself worthy eventually, and of course, her biggest moment during the time she got trapped in a picture book, restrained inside, the book burned, but never once she gave up and eventually escaped on her own, definitely one of the most awesome moment of hers. Damn it, Miki, you continue to be awesome even for an 80's character! So yeah, given the factors about smartness, kindheartedness, determination, and sheer nostalgia that she was one of the first heroines I knew in media, one that is pretty badass for her age and still keeps it here, it is pretty obvious that Miki is, and probably always will be my number 1 Pink Warrior... nay, number 1 female Sentai characters ever. Oh, and she definitely needs more love... because Miki is awesome. Yeah!

And so thus concludes my list of Pink Warriors. No worries, I'll get the other colors too, eventually. But until then, hope it's been a good read! (Some old series just needs more love, I suppose...)

*sigh* Bloody Roar series...

Okay, here's a non-Sentai post and I have to say... I'm pretty pissed off.

 

It's a fighting game series with a lot of basis in combo. The main catch is that the whole cast is a werebeast. From werelions, weretigers, werelions, wererabbits, weremoles, weregorillas... Well we call that 'Zoanthrope' here. The story follows something like X-Men where you replace 'Mutant' with 'Zoanthrope'. The game itself held its own, with good comboing system and some good character designs. It's made by Hudsonsoft, which eventually went to close its doors and merge with Konami, leaving the series eventually orphaned.

Well, just a few days ago, a twitter account of Hudsonsoft came in and said Bloody Roar will get a new title, which would mean we get a new BR game. After the disastrous BR4, it's going to be a continuity reboot. Of course, we're all overjoyed, we hoped it to be true...

And then just recently, it's been announced that it's a hoax. The twitter account was posing as Hudsonsoft and played a big trolling game to us all.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-----!!!!!

To these days, this is why I really really hate Trolls. They serve nothing but to sew discord and chaos amongst us just for their own amusement. And that's why I really are abhorred with trolling characters (e.g: Terumi from BlazBlue, Basco from Gokaiger)... No offense, but that's just me.

A pity about BR though, it's always going to be one of the series I'd consider a classic. Sweet, good memories.

Gokaiger 29: Ahim is AWESOME!

(Note: Will change the picture later. Probably add some more. Yeah.)

So yeah, I think this episode is really a testament of why I really like Ahim. She certainly shows that she's just a hardass as the other pirates all while she's all prim and proper and graceful. It does give out more insights about her. While she acts sweet and all, it was both genuine and a bit of a mask to cover her inner self, the more seductive, daring one. She completely got Gai on the bonkers during the wedding scene. Hell, who can blame her? This is just my opinion but Ahim thus far has the sexiest wedding dress thus far. Her schoolgirl, nurse and policewoman are really fine too, it is always great to see her hair down or in a ponytail like the nurse.

And at least she also knew when things just went too far. Especially the Abare Pig costume. It was kind of cute of her getting embarrassed like that.

Well the episode eventually ends with the Gokaigers seeing Ahim's transformation. What does Ahim do? Get embarrassed. Apparently this gives out a certain hidden depth for her: Why would she be embarrassed when her daring side was revealed, to her own ALLIES at that? Was she trying to keep the picture of 'I am sweet, prim and proper princess' to her teammates? And why? Thus adds a mystery further in Ahim's personality and mind.

Of course most importantly, this episode shows Ahim's wits in the fullest extent. Before morphing, Ahim was practically suckering the monster from day one with her disguises. Hell, before disguising, she DID sucker the monster with the bug spray. I'd say that this episode lifts up my opinion on Ahim further and hopefully, she won't lose in popularity with Luka (not that I dislike her. She's great, but... well Ahim was just awesome at episode 29).

I guess if I make a Top 5 Pink Sentai Warriors again in the future, you can see Ahim somewhere in the list.

Sentai Anniversary Shows and Crossovers

Usually every certain years, Super Sentai would pull off Anniversary show and they have been rather different for years. Let's see how it evolved.



The first special is the Turboranger special episode which began even before Turboranger's first episode aired. It honors the Super Sentai team starting from Battle Fever J until Liveman (at that time, Goranger and JAKQ hasn't been considered) and mostly just does some clip shows of those past Super Sentai and it ends with those teams cheering for the Turborangers to fight the Bouma and carry on their legacy.



The second special is the Super Sentai World which heavily featured the 16th series Kakuranger. Rather than a clip show, it calls in the Sentai warriors from Fiveman, Jetman (Gai is probably not dead yet here), Zyuranger (back from the heavens) and Dairanger (not yet old folks) in order to fight an original enemy. While this probably used the crossover nature a lot, I think it was the beginning of it. Most the pre-Kakuranger warriors don't appear out of suit.



During the Ohranger's airing, probably due to downed ratings, they may be thinking 'Only an Anniversary show can save us now!' Thus they drafted Goranger and JAKQ into the roster and after Ohranger is done, they released Carranger, an Anniversary show which is... a parody of the Sentai genre. They don't do clip shows or crossovers, they just... run along with the show, poke fun of the genre. And it saved Sentai too to continue on.



Now the next anniversary is Gaoranger vs Super Sentai. In a way, this carries on similar elements with the Turboranger special, there were clip shows, but in it, also a new original story, and all warriors from Past Sentai also appear to give their approval for the Gaoranger to continue on their legacy (in this case the whole Red warriors). But what makes this unique is that this also gives us a crossover Sentai team, a Sentai team whose members are from different Sentai teams (in this case Big One, Red Falcon, Ginga Blue, Mega Pink and Go Yellow). I think this is where the awesome really go.



The next anniversary is Boukenger vs Super Sentai. This is really similar with the Gaoranger one, except they don't use whole clip shows and limits it to the previous shows that appears after the last anniversary (Hurricaneger to Magiranger), similar to Super Sentai World. It also introduces us... Aka Red, who'll later appear in Gokaiger. A good showing, but felt like it could be expanded further. I mean, the concept on Gaoranger vs Super Sentai is awesome, a practically crossovers that knows no era or decade, Boukenger vs Super Sentai, while good, felt like a dumbed down version. Although there are anniversary element in the Boukenger show itself, starting from fight coreography into how every single enemies are based on past Sentai robos.



Then there's Gokaiger, which also takes note from Carranger: it's a show that runs on its own and is filled with nostalgia factor and cameo from past rangers. No clip shows, no crossover teams, just an awesome story filled with shout outs to the past.

I hope you had a good read about this.

Also for bonus stuffs you can do, if you are aware of my fic, you realize I am making up my own crossover on Super Sentai which is heavily based on Gaoranger vs Super Sentai. So I'm wondering, if you guys who read here would like to make up crossover teams, which would be your team? Minimum 5 characters, maximum 7 characters! Include villains too if you can! You can put them in your comments! You can see mine in these posts of my blog:

http://supersentaivssupersentai.blogspot.com/2010/06/characters-team-1-heroes.html
http://supersentaivssupersentai.blogspot.com/2010/06/characters-team-2-heroes.html

One possibly overlooked Shout Out in Boukenger

In Boukenger, the Yellow color is represented by Natsuki Mamiya, alias Bouken Yellow.

As the Boukenger storyline progresses we find out that she's not an actual human, but rather, a Princess of a lost civilization, Lemuria. This is the picture of her parents back in the past:


Yep, they're played by Sentai alumnus, in particular Keisuke Tsuchiya (Kazu/Kirin Ranger - Dairanger) and Eri Tanaka (Chisato Jougasaki/Mega Yellow - Megaranger). They're both of Yellow colors, so people might think this as some sort of Mythology Gag or Shout Out. But... Yellow? Lemuria? Le-MU-ria? Don't we have something similar like that in the past?

From Wikipedia:
His forehead jewel is the opal (second highest pitch), symbolizing Mu (Lemuria).

Oh.

Well as you can see, apparently that was indirectly shouting out back to Goggle V, in particular Goggle Yellow. It was very skippable because while ancient civilizations were mentioned as a motif, it was limited to just the forehead symbol of the Goggle V and we didn't really dig into the myth of these civilizations. Would be nice, though, but I guess that's how it goes in older Sentai (even in Changeman, despite having a mythical creature theme don't really spend time on the mythology of these creatures). So yeah, we have a Yellow ranger who had 'connection' with Lemuria in the past, so maybe that's why they pick Lemuria as Natsuki's civilization of origin. It's too bad that Sanpei Godai (Futoshi Kijima's actor) wasn't present to become something like Lemurian King or something, would've made it full circle and I heard that he along with Junichi Haruta were the only remaining actors in Goggle V that are still into acting. Pity indeed, but I'm not gonna complain. That and this is mostly unknown because people tend to forget classic Sentais NOT called Goranger (or JAKQ, because of Big One), so they didn't realize.

But regardless, I did say 'possibly' because this might not as it seems. Professor Hongo explicitly said that the Opal represents Mu continent, and if you see through the links of Wikipedia, Mu and Lemuria got separate articles, and perhaps they ARE different civilization. However, one thing that we can get is that they're both hypothetical and lost continents, thus it makes sense when you think about it.

But regardless, I do say that this is an overlooked piece from a rather unknown, classic Sentai series. I hope this shed you enough knowledge. I'll be seeing you later!

ChrisX's Top 11 Super Sentai Opening

Hello again after a longass time not posting at all. This is pretty simple. I'm going to sort out what I think to be my favorite opening pieces of Super Sentai. For shows mostly aimed at kids, they have a lot of awesome songs. So I'm gonna count down my Top 11 Super Sentai openings. Why top 11? Because, again, in the immortal words of the Nostalgia Critic, we have to take one step beyond.

11. Dai Sentai Goggle V

Despite this being my fave nostalgia Sentai ever, I realize that this is where they pick up the tempo and intensity of the song, despite being considered a 'disco' song. The Sun Vulcan song is catchy, but Goggle V managed to be both catchy and fast-paced in the same time, while still adhering to the limits. This will be perfected later in Dynaman, so it's on the 11th spot.

10. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

New song and it's already cool, it does convey liveliness and free spirit that the Gokaiger embodies. I don't find myself bored with the tunes like "Let's Go, Let's Go-kaiger!", in fact I find it... inspiring to move forward. Awesome.

9. Juken Sentai Gekiranger

It opens with some Chinese instrument, until it explodes with great fast pace. The repetitive 'Geki! Geki!' eventually catch on, as in imagining you punching while it's said. But I guess it is pretty spot-on for the characteristic of Jan, who tends to make up words from his head...

8. Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

This is what I call an improvement over Goggle V's song. Rather than disco, we get more rocking tunes and it's fast-paced and great. In regards, I also find it funny that the song lyrics, if we take it too literally, sounds a bit hilarious. It's as if the singer is saying "DIE DIE DIE DIE DYNAMAN". So... the singer wants the Dynaman dead?

*Ba Dum Tsh!*

Well to be honest, it can also be spelled as "DAI DAI DAI DAI DAINAMAN", in which Dai = Great. So yeah. Still the previous one just sound hilarious, but since it's also catchy, it's number 8.

7. Kousoku Sentai Turboranger

This breezily catchy song accompanies the high school road of the Turborangers. Uncovering mysteries to the world, and kicking Bouma ass. I like the song, but when turned to instrument, this gets really kickass. Turborangers' instruments, IMO, are one of my personal faves.

6. Choujuu Sentai Liveman

Well many people agree this is one of the more kickass Sentai songs and I have to agree. It has explosiveness, youth, fire (err...) and the feel of drama in spite of that. I dunno, I just feel that way. Just too bad that Daisuke Shima's singing tune is only limited to the opening, not with Yuusuke actually singing.

5. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Well what can I say? Psychic Lover kicks ass. This song combines a lot from Japanese instruments and rocking pieces that makes Samurai stuffs epic. Starting from the "Chan-chan-bara" to the actual lyrics itself, it is a real fast pace and awesome piece.

4. Choujin Sentai Jetman

This is the last opening of Sentai to be ever sung by the legendary Hironobu Kageyama of the JAM Project. While it wasn't as rocking/epic as the further entry below, it still has the catchy and the fast pace typical to Hironobu Kageyama, and still managed to be epic. "Jetto, Jetto, Jettoman!" Catchy as hell.

3. Mirai Sentai Timeranger

Yes, the one hailed as the most fave opening ever mostly, is just at 3rd place. It's a real kickass piece, I know. And has a lot of epic tunes here. But... well, everyone's different. I love the song and female vocal, but thus far, I have other faves.

2. Hikari Sentai Maskman

Aah yes, I think this is the most epic, kickass, rocking piece Hironobu Kageyama did to Sentai. Punctuated in style of fighting, the electric guitar of this piece are conveyed to be really epic style you won't even believe. Overall, for old school Sentai music, this is probably my fave. But still on number 2. Which one is the number one?

1. Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

Oh yeah, now we're talking. This is a real epic, fast paced, rocking song that also combines the Engrish in Dekaranger in a good way. After the police siren went off, the epic electric guitar riffs commence and accompanied with the lyrics, it stays on top all the way. When this becomes an instrument, the jazz trumpet also sounds good. This beats out every one of the Sentai songs, IMO, and I really never get tired of listening of this over and over. Bravo, Psychic Lover. Bravo.

Yep, that's all from me. I hope you have a good read. And don't lambast me, though. Everyone is entitled to their opinions.