Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Ep . 17-21 - Atop the Fourth Wall

[@Necrodancer1312]

At this point patrons should just keep paying Linkara to watch Gokaiger in batches and trick him into doing a stealth HOPR about Gokaiger.

[@ProfessM]

Shut up he might catch on.

[@arturoreyes2119]

He knows too much. *sound of silenced cannon being fired*

[@shadowldrago]

@@arturoreyes2119 How does one silence a cannon?

[@charlesswansonii9319]

@@shadowldrago Drape a blanket over it, duh

[@shadowldrago]

@@charlesswansonii9319 Of course. I should have thought of that myself.

[@adeadphish7931]

I am calling Gokaiger "Oh God, how did they screw this up in Megaforce!?" From now on

[@ForrestFox626]

It's a fitting title

[@pn2294]

I feel like people say that too often. It’s lost all meaning.

[@ForrestFox626]

@@pn2294 Pretty sure people would beg to differ

[@adeadphish7931]

@@pn2294 has it though? It has been almost a decade and it still gets under my skin how much potential was wasted going from Gokaiger to super megaforce

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

I mean, they screw it up because a) that series was cursed with having writers who had the mentality of "who cares, only 5 year olds watch this" when writing the 20 ANNIVERSARY..... which is like bringing someone without a sense of taste to cook a dinner saying "eh. they will eat whatever" b) tzachor, executive producer at the time, was such a fan of the original gokaiger he wanted to preserve the footage he liked the most. no matter if it didn't make sense it in power rangers context

[@ChaserNeos]

Fun fact: Gai's speech after he transforms is a reference to the lyrics of the Goranger opening, which is just perfect for him.

[@ForrestFox626]

It's adorable

[@arkanamaster4961]

with the cherry on top being the last part, "Tenni Kaiyaku!" being a reference to dairanger

[@ChaserNeos]

@@arkanamaster4961 Which I believe was the sentai team that his actor wanted most to transform into.

[@arkanamaster4961]

@@ChaserNeos which is awesome

[@foxfireinferno197]

That is a fun fact. I just assumed he was referencing the colors of the Gokaigers.

[@Reaverbro]

The whole thing with the "bone removing" monster is a joke that doesn't exactly translate well. In Japanese "having bone" is an idiom similar to "having backbone" in English.

[@jonarihernandez9522]

So he can metaphorically remove bones.

[@MagiTailWelkin]

And it looks like they become bone-idel without their skeleton.

[@ChaosSepher]

I recall one in Kyoryuger like that too.

[@NightBladeSpearichu]

He Sub Zero's them but in a more kid friendly fashion.

[@ArcCaravan]

There was a monster like that in Dino Charge, coincidentally as part of a sixth ranger arc. Removed metaphorical backbone and leaving victims stuck in fear.

[@Levitz9]

GokaiSilver is a delight. His actor had dreamed of being in a Super Sentai since he was a kid, and Toei even let him nerd out a bit through Gokaiger; his favorite sentai as a kid was KibaRanger (the White Tiger ranger), so the first ranger key Gai used was the KibaRanger/White Tiger key! There's a photo of the cast following the wrap-up party for Gokaiger. All of the others are varying degrees of emotional (Marvelous, Don and Joe's actors are openly crying in fact). Gai's actor, however, looks positively *crushed* at seeing his tenure end. They still bring him back for crossovers, at least, and he's always a delight to see.

[@serPomiz]

there's this point in some actor when you see that they stopped acting, and they are fanboying out. for example, you can see it in tennant's eyes whenever he's doing things while driving the tardis or capaldi's when he's giving the slithly assholish lectures on why the conflict at hand is just wrong. Ikeda you can see in half of the scenes he's in and litterally every single time he's the one in the suit instead of Sato doing suitwork (he's just too professional and focussed in his excitement, qhile ikeda is flat out exploding onto the scene)

[@castleoffiction96]

@@serPomiz I imagine that's why they had Ikeda do suitwork, actually. "They won't beleive it's Gai unless you'rre in it at least sometimes.." I also kinda like to beleive that between this and Digimon Tri, he and MAO (Luka) have a steady friendship extending beyond coworking.

[@NoahDaArk]

Oh man if you thought the Gokaiger cast were crushed… you should have seen the cast of Kamen Rider Fourze! The last scene they ever shot was an emotional one where they read a goodbye letter, and all the actors were genuinely crying, the actress playing the lead girl even intentionally flubbing her lines so the shoot would end later then normal. This is because being an actor in Super Sentai or Kamen Rider or hell even Ultraman isn’t seen as a negative or the end of your career. In fact, to be cast in one of those shows is considered the highest honor you can receive as an actor, considering how important they are to Japanese pop culture

[@doggosho3044]

@@NoahDaArk have you seen the actor of ultraman geed breaking down on set? He was that broken with the show ending

[@castleoffiction96]

@@NoahDaArk So weird that for a few years, bieng a Ranger actor was something the cast was ashamed of - not including JDF

[@EnerKaizer]

The announcement of the names during posing comes from, believe it or not, samurai culture. Samurais in the Japanese Middle ages did something similiar by announcing their names and their sword styles while getting into their default pose for duels, meaning they stood proud in the name of who their respective master was. In reality this was ment as a very early form of advertisement for all the different sword-fighting schools and teachers that were out there, so, thanks to cultural osmosis and stuff like theater-plays, novels etc. it has become a part of Japanese pop culture.

[@bthsr7113]

Seriously? Huh. That would explain A LOT.

[@kanebravo953]

Sort of, the whole "announcing your presence" thing was a symbol of early samurai culture. The reason they stopped? The Mongol Invasion of Japan. When the Samurai rode out and began to announce their presence, the Mongols laughed at them and began firing arrows into the Japanese.

[@skibot9974]

I wonder if that’s why the Pokémon anime had Pokemon always announce their full names when sent out

[@JustHayden61400]

Missed opportunity for a joke: 'The somewhat spectacular silver person!' When even the Sentai knows that Orion will have nothing going for him after his introduction episodes.

[@castleoffiction96]

Insofar as Gai is the Siilver person in this canon...you take that back

[@JustHayden61400]

Or I can continue to make whatever joke I please. I prefer that.

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Fair XD

[@TheMonk3613]

5:13 "Typical Tommy worship." I almost died at that part.

[@xavierwalko4175]

Burai WAS the first 6th so kinda

[@sougotokiwa8439]

😆😆😆😆

[@dylansharp8471]

I didn't entirely get it.

[@PhoenixBlazer39]

@@dylansharp8471 The joke is that Tommy has gotten a disproportionate amount of representation across Power Rangers, with Linkara even noting that the Ninja Steel crossover felt more like "The Tommy Oliver Show". Given that the Green MMPR is his most iconic look, he's applying the same joke here.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

Rip JDF

[@Tobbe9975432]

”Boukenger?!” ”Well, the pirated version.” I love that bit xD

[@Jygerthe2nd]

9:09 I kinda wanna give it to AbareKiller, honestly. Dude's morpher was gonna go nuclear, and he was already dying from wounds sustained previously, so he had his Zord fly him out to where the explosion was far away from anyone else. Said Zord opted to stay with him in the end out of comradery.

[@skyfire001]

Best part is the Dekaranger cross over where the villains wanted their strongest ally to be revived and Makoto and Topgaler come flying out instead

[@screwtokaiba]

@@skyfire001 its even more epic - they want to revive the most powerful being in hell and actually suceed its just that they assumed it would be the main villain only for it to be Mikoto

[@MiXVoy]

Mikoto Nakadai > Trent Mercer

[@Jygerthe2nd]

@@skyfire001 And then he starts hitting on Umeko. XD

[@matt0044]

Mikoto isn’t Trent.

[@theblackwidower]

I feel like Gai's backstory is something that Power Rangers really should've done at some point. Since there is a decades-long diegetic legacy to the Rangers, they should've had at least one ranger be a massive fanboy prior to joining. I guess there have been a few recent series where they were *aware* of the legacy of Power Rangers, Beast Morphers in particular, but they weren't hard-core fanboys, they were just aware of what the Rangers were. The closest I think they ever got to this was Sky in SPD, but even that is a stretch.

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Well the pink ranger in my Gokaiger readption is a Power Rangers fangirl

[@theblackwidower]

@@gokairedwillcipher What Gokaiger read option? What is that?

[@michealmahmoud6391]

I would say Jungle Fury with Theo as well

[@_alexafterdark_]

I feel like the way he described Super Gokai Silver, Linkara would like Grand Zi-O lol

[@marshallseldon4200]

The whole Gokaigers knowing who BoukenRed is already is thanks to the crossover movie they did with Gosiger that canonically takes place between ep 16 and 17. In the movie they manage to get the Gosigers ultimate power as well as some other sentai's ultimate power (Boukenger being one of them). As how BoukenRed knows AkaRed is because they meet in their sentai equivalent to Once a Ranger.

[@ChaosSepher]

Honestly wish Linkara would have seen that too. It is an amazing movie with just a spectacular super sentai all out melee, canon to the series, and just awesome all around.

[@GuardianAngel871]

@@ChaosSepher I know. Really wish someone did a Patreon request for him to tackle the 35th anniversary Super Sentai movie that also serves as a crossover between Gokaiger and Goseiger.

[@ChaosSepher]

Oh and opens up with the Legend War, getting more of it to the glorious tune of the Goseiger theme.

[@darkmask5933]

@@ChaosSepher Hey, Linkara has been upfront that while he will watch the series, he's not a Sentai fan, he's a Power Rangers fan. He's enjoying the episodes that have been given to him via Patreon in the way they should be, and doesn't know vast Sentai history and doesn't look at all the supplementary material.

[@castleoffiction96]

Also, because Linkara seems confused about this - a grand power is NOT the ability to turn into a Ranger. It is the ability to use a special gimmick, most of which are those megazord extras we see. That's why, even though they have all the keys, they only have grand powers from teams that they've interacted with.

[@pokehunterhd]

10:17 Gosei: Gai, your perseverance and selflessness has earned you a new...oh wait, wrong version, my bad.

[@gokairedwillcipher]

PERFECT

[@dakotadoyle7573]

Fun fact about Basco: His actor is American and volunteered to reprise his role for when Power Rangers adapted Gokaiger... But the higher ups at Saban said no Correction: His actor isn't American, he is Fluent in English. The only reason I'm making this edit is because their are people on the Internet pedantic enough to get on my case about getting this fact wrong

[@AT4W]

Of course they did.

[@ForrestFox626]

Well that sucks

[@CaptainAvenger1993]

WHAT!?

[@Animemus]

That reminds me of an actor from Kyoryuger who’s Canadian and was willing to reprise his role for Power Rangers Dino Charge.

[@SuperCaptureDevice]

@@Animemus There was even fanart of him with a full-on beard on TV-Nihon.

[@battleupsaber462]

it's funny that the Sentai series had three different 6th rangers who were all evil before dying in a heroic redemption, and also all have dinosaur-themed mechs. Good on Gokaiger's writers for noticing this and making it the basis of Gai's powers.

[@arkanamaster4961]

Actually TimeFire wasn’t evil just didn’t work with the team.

[@RussanoGreenstripe]

The best part is that, by investing their powers into Gai, he broke the 6th Ranger Curse. Which we saw pay off in Kyoryuger.

[@StardustWhip]

I have to wonder if that's part of why they decided to count AbareKiller as a Sixth Ranger rather than an Extra Hero. He was a villain for most of his time in the season and only turned good for like two episodes near the end before dying. Speaking purely in terms of story, he's as much a Sixth Ranger as Jarrod and Camille's Sentai counterparts. But, if we count him as a Sixth Ranger, he completes the trifecta of dead Sixth Rangers with dinosaur mechs; one for each form that GokaiSilver's mech has. And as an added bonus, his actor was available to show up in human form and give Gai his Ranger powers.

[@arkanamaster4961]

@@StardustWhip that was one of the reasons but the main reason they give in episode 29 of Gokaiger, thé Abaranger tribute, was that the one off ranger AbarePink, who was Emiri and a teammate for the Abaranger, so they count her as the 5th member to join the team. Making AbareKiller the 6th since he didn’t join the team until the 3rd to last episode I believe.

[@omegazx999]

@@RussanoGreenstripe The curse continued after him although it's now "The last person to join a dinosaur based Sentai." RIP Torin and Nada.

[@mkdemigodzillawarrior]

Well the reason they knew BoukenRed was because between the Basco debut episodes and GokaiSilver’s debut episode, their movie happened where they crossover with Goseiger and it was glorious with more cameos and all the megazords battling it out in the end. Surprised someone hasn’t requested it.

[@Unotuchable]

At least Gai being a super excitable fanboy is an explanation for why the RPM gold & silver rangers fused or why he had the armour with all the helmets on it. Meanwhile in Super Megaforce it's just.... unexplained why Orion is so hyper while suited up and completely different out of suit.

[@michealmahmoud6391]

I wish it was treated as magic from Eltar or something

[@skyslasher2297]

24:21 Fun fact AkaReds first appearance in Sentai was actually in Bokenger with major significants in Bokenger vs Super Sentai aka the sentai's Once A Ranger.

[@crystaltriforce64]

the scene at the end with boken red doesn't go anywhere, the reason he called out akared is because akared first showed up in a movie about the bokengers for the series anniversary so they had history

[@mattwo7]

4:46 Considering it's a tradition and they're an anniversary sentai, it's probably their keys influencing them or something. Can't imagine Marvelous, Joe, Luka or Ahim doing it on their own for no reason. Now _Don_ on the other hand...

[@Aibadenshi]

They just like being Flashy. And that is actually the reason behind it.

[@gokairedwillcipher]

FAAAIIR

[@jacoblim3804]

Also definitely Gai, he is so much of a fanboy that he would willingly do it of his own freewill.

[@PowerPackers90]

one of the best parts about Gai is how in post Gokaiger appearances he's still a fanboy but also takes his role as the veteran "sempaiger" seriously.

[@PreparationH67]

Wait, that 6th rangers back story is literally what happens to the main character of YuYu Hakusho.

[@jb-3033]

Oh my god. Having Mack appear and talk to the team about a robotic member and why he's more than that would have been awesome. Linkara, how are you so good with ideas for Power Rangers? You are an inspiration to me

[@benwasserman8223]

Man, we're actually ending the US 1 run? To think this was one of the original comics Lewis reviewed WAYYYYY back at the start of his series- time really flies.

[@alexandersturnn4530]

Nah, it's still one more Issue after that. US1 has twelve Issues. This will be the penultimate, though.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

@@alexandersturnn4530 US-1's goofiness will sorely be missed.

[@richmcgee434]

@@alexandersturnn4530 Of course, he's made appearances elsewhere since then. And you can never tell what crazy nonsense Marvel will decide to publish as they're flailing around in search of profits. Be just Linkara's luck to wrap the original series and have a new one start.

[@DianaGohan]

@@richmcgee434 IMHO Linkara should cover ALL the other US-1 appearances as yeah I think they're worth diving into. At least his first appearance in the She Hulk series as that actually does expand his series after the original comic... not spoiling how though as if you don't know it's worth being surprised about.

[@richmcgee434]

@@DianaGohan Agreed. Not sure I'd want to see what Marvel would do with the character these days, though. Not in his own series, anyway. Feel like that was a "lightning strikes once" thing, and this is a very different era. Don't want to see some topical BS where US1 spends multiple issues dealing with COVID-induced supply chain failures or fights for or against a convoy of extremist protestors bent on blocking traffic in DC. Or if you want to be really tasteless, engaging with the human trafficking over the Mexico border.

[@Caernath]

It's a missed opportunity that when Gai says they should fight ninja-style, the Ninja-Style Dancer didn't appear. It has been far too long since we saw his sick moves!

[@foxfireinferno197]

A potential entry for the next Fifteen Missed Opportunities of Atop The Fourth Wall.

[@KertaDrake]

Ninjor-style dancing!

[@mattwo7]

26:37 The funny thing about this question is that AkaRed is actually the arbiter of a "Super Sentai Address Book" introduced alongside AkaRed himself in the 30th anniversary movie, Boukenger vs Super Sentai. It gives the location of every single Super Sentai warrior (though I'm sure the dead ones are just listed as "dead", there's more dead ones BTW, including Gosei Green who was just a color-filtered Gosei Blue). Someone must have leaked the info if the location of the Gingamen forest is in a guidebook.

[@Alexdluffy2451]

23:39 oh that’s why this series was themed around pirates they are legit pirating the powers from the previous series

[@vcom741]

23:11 well yeah, but early on before the arc that kicked of the time skip, Roger’s second mate was about to tell Luffy and crew about what One Piece is, and Luffy said: “Shut up! What’s gonna be the point of any further adventures if I do know what lies at the end?” Just because One Piece is tangible (and hearty laugh inducing) doesn’t mean that Luffy and crew aren’t enjoying the adventure getting there lol.

[@JohnAtDawn]

Came to find this comment.

[@vcom741]

@triforian king ... ... ... ok it's one thing to not watch the video. I literally put the timestamp to the moment right there lmao. That's a double L from you my man.

[@vcom741]

@triforian king Then why did you ask "What does one piece have to do with it" when you know what I am responding to lmao.

[@vcom741]

@triforian king My man, I do not know what you are talking about, I think we are having 2 completely different conversations, and I think you should step away from your computer and chill for a few hours.

[@isaactheworshipwarrior6687]

13:28 that's my favorite detail too

[@OmniGundam777]

For the record, they got the bokenger power during their crossover movie with Goseiger. Gai made a teaser appearance right before the credits.

[@BaronSengir1008]

I would love to see a review of that!

[@ShinNovaheart]

As for in universe Sentai works....there has been a running gag of them, including a recent one with Lupinranger being a manga. Also I love how Ginga Blue is a giant and that the art looks like something you expect from 90's image comics

[@calebgoodman3028]

Lupinranger had a manga? I know Gorenger and Jetman did but I was unaware Lupinranger did.

[@ShinNovaheart]

@@calebgoodman3028 Kiramager in episode 2 and recurring thoughout the series showed an inunvierse manga of the lupinrangers written from LupinYellow perspective and made by her friend after the series.

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@ShinNovaheart Ahh okay.

[@jf4132]

for those unaware as to why Gai met Dragon Ranger, Time Fire, and Abarekiller....... its cuz they're dead.

[@SBaby]

15:30 - Yeah... You're echoing most of the fandom on this. It's one of the weirdest things to come out of Super Sentai in recent years, and that includes Kyouryuger's dance sequences that they do when they transform.

[@KeyMasterX]

Dragon Ranger: I died when a green candle burnt out. Time Fire: I got shot in the back while retrieving some birds for a little girl. Abare Killer: I killed half of the BBEG and then flew out into space with my Partner and exploded.

[@arkanamaster4961]

Ikari Gai: oh I was just hit by a truck

[@gokairedwillcipher]

I love this XD

[@Nexishere]

4:34 I read somewhere that in traditional Japanese fights, people would usually yell out their names. Which Super Sentai has seemingly been referencing since it began

[@ejelecflametails6657]

That would explain the main characters in Samurai and Megaforce calling their names. Because Tzacher

[@matheuslara1670]

Some anime have their characters do that as well

[@skyfire001]

So the whole roll call thing is rooted in Japanese warfare. Where samurai would find ranking members in the enemy forces and challenge them to single combat for glory

[@ryanangelastro504]

So Sentai rangers are like modern day samurai like how American superheroes are like modern day knights?

[@HypArtz002]

@@ryanangelastro504 well super sentai was a term they used for Japanese armies in the war

[@HypArtz002]

I thought it was kabuki theater inspired

[@skyfire001]

@@ryanangelastro504 kinda! Given higher purpose, empowered to defend a realm.

[@lukejones7164]

It actually comes from Kabuki theater

[@ShadowRulerZero]

8:53 now somebody will send him a Sentai book saying "Entry Level Knowledge" and he will have no excuse :P

[@legomaniac213]

8:23 Well, he was either going to become Ranger or get launched into an Isekai anime. I think he got the better deal with this one.

[@theonewhowatches869]

fun fact: Gokai Silver's introduction speech with the Red Sun and the Blue Soul and all that, is actually a reference to the lyrics of the first Sentai's opening theme. Also Kamen Rider tried something similar to what you suggested in regards to Gold Mode's design, look up Kamen Rider Grand Zi-O if you're interested in seeing how that idea would work.

[@georgedobbs7915]

Also with ghost's grateful form

[@bdpickett]

Decade Complete.

[@rageoholic1007]

And Geiz Majesty which imo looks a lot better than grand zio

[@kamenriderblackman4426]

Blade King Form. Only time it worked.

[@KenshiImmortalWolf]

do not look up grand Zi-o, or anything ab out Zi-o, Zi-o Almost makes megaforce look like a fucking masterwork of tribute by comparison.

[@transagentcooper8041]

10:28 legit one of the best jokes youve ever donw, and that is saying something considering how often your jokes make me laugh so hard I need to rewind the video

[@AT4W]

It's been... a frustrating week. XD

[@EmperorSeth]

Yeah, that one hurt a little bit.

[@transagentcooper8041]

@@AT4W *nods* To say the very least

[@alexandersturnn4530]

@@transagentcooper8041 I didn't get the Joke, sadly. Would someone be willing to explain it?

[@Maswartz226]

@@alexandersturnn4530 Politics.

[@mattwo7]

3:11 Well it could be worse, her prediction for the Ohranger arc was just "UAOH! UAOH!!" Not even spelled out, just the sound the letters make when pronounced as an actual word instead of an acronym. I kind of feel like they were taking a shot at Power Rangers Zeo because of the Zeo Zord hangar bay having U A O H still written on it but I could be mistaken.

[@FrostFire5x]

“If only there was a toy version (megazord) I could buy at a store” either this was good foreshadowing or he’s unaware of what happens later in the series with megazords and toys

[@lilithhawthorne4244]

One thing I always thought was neat about Basco was the opposing philosophies he and the Rangers had. "Take what we want, and give nothing back" vs "to gain something, I must give something away"

[@ChaosSepher]

Interesting thing about the picture book of Gingaman is that in that series they stayed with the author of that book and it was a thing that was made in the midst of it.

[@9raff]

Holy shit someone is actually getting a whole Gokaiger review one by one at a time.

[@ArachCobra]

This show just looks like pure fun.

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Oh it is

[@skyslasher2297]

18:08 What’s funny is that he doesn’t need to take the morpher as Gokaiger Vs Gosieger proved just the keys are enough to restore powers

[@trooper9249]

11:25 In fairness, the term "Megazord" does crop up in a later crossover between Gokaiger and Go-Busters, with the Megazord Keys.

[@mattwo7]

15:16 If you think _this_ is bad, you should see GokaiRed Galleon Armor Mode from Ten Gokaiger and Kamen Rider Decade Complete Form 21 from Rider Time: Kamen Rider Zi-O VS Decade. "Hey we ran out of room on the chest, where should we put the rest of the cards?" "The cape." "The cape?!" "The cape." Say what you will about how cluttered the designs are, least GokaiSilver Gold Mode, regular Decade Complete Form and Grand Zi-O could fit everything on the actual suits... In fact Grand Zi-O just makes the design of Decade Complete 21 even more baffling because _it was part of Zi-O!_

[@_rx_03_]

​@triforian king he isn't actually a villain, more like an antihero

[@PoisonClaw4]

One thing they never fully established for Gai but seemed to imply was that Gai died from the initial accident (though thankfully Truck-kun failed to Isekai him) and was revived to be Gokai Silver. The three Rangers who appeared to him are all dead, when he awakens in the hospital the nurse in the room is visibly terrified, and much later on in the series when the spirit of another dead Ranger appears to the group, Gai can't see him for some reason.

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Oh you right

[@bendewalt5560]

Kinda disappointed linkara cut off when hyugga says "I've been waiting to hear you say that all day" meaning he never expected gai to give him the morpher, it was a lesson. This was a really cool moment when i watched gokaiger, now having watched gingaman, it harkens back to hyuugga as a teacher / older brother figure for the team.

[@castleoffiction96]

Speaking of, Question: was he Red's older brother in that like in Lost Galaxy? As someone who hasn't seen the series but is looking at their relationship in this episode, I'd have believed that

[@bendewalt5560]

@@castleoffiction96 yes he is red's older brother in the sentai as well. Since he was to be the original red and leader he also helpes raise and train they other warriors meant to be gingaman...so he was basically an older brother to the whole crew...

[@castleoffiction96]

@@bendewalt5560 Wow, Saban really just thought they did enough by turning it into a space opera and nothing else, huh?

[@bendewalt5560]

@@castleoffiction96 im not a fan of gingaman, thought it was uber, uber boring...soooooo no lost galaxy is a mega vast improvement on the source material.

[@castleoffiction96]

@@bendewalt5560 Really? Because some other people on this video say that Lost Galaxy kept like 75% of the story. Break it down for me, what did Lost Galaxy add to make it fun?

[@CosplayingwithChad]

21:39 around the time of the recent Sentai teams of the twenty tens like lupinranger vs patranger for example, the ratings of Sentai and the toy sales had been in decline, in fact Ryusoulger which was originally supposed to be a dragon themed Sentai but to combat the failings of Sentai, Toei changed the seasons theme to Dinosaurs instead so they probably recycle themes to appeal to kids in Japan. Like how Zyuranger was popular for the dinosaur theme yet yet after Dairanger and Kakuranger the made Ohranger an Egyptian themed Sentai that almost ended the franchise.

[@DrakosAmatras]

Allow me to nerd out a bit about the Gingaman tribute episode of Gokaiger. In Gingaman, Hyuuga was Ryouma's older brother, who was supposed to be their generation's Ginga Red, but the space pirate attack left him supposedly KIA/MIA. Having taken over for his more qualified brother, Ryouma has been carrying a shade of impostor syndrome - and that came up for real after they got back Hyuga alive and well (but before Bull Black's powers have been inherited by Hyuuga). In that culminating episode, Ryouma figured he should rescind his role as Ginga Red to his brother out of admiration… but throughout the episode got over his impostor syndrome and found his own resolve to stay as Ginga Red. Hyuuga of course gives him his blessings and said that he'd have rejected even if Ryouma offered the role. What makes me particularly appreciate the Gingaman tribute episode is that it's a thematic reflection of the same dilemma - albeit with Hyuuga in a more proactive instigator role, like "Hey, if you're not sure you deserve that role, I'll gladly take it from you", leading to Gai finding his resolve in a similar manner. While the tribute episode wasn't written by the original writer of Gingaman (Yasuko Kobayashi - Glory to Her name), I appreciate the writer for this attempt at a more subtle way of character tribute (AND tying it into a main character's development), rather than a rush of in-your-face visual fanservice or toy ads like some other episodes.

[@thegogglehero3629]

Sentai merch in his pants.... i had a dream where I had tons of ranger keys in my lower side pockets of my cargo shorts

[@SirPaladin]

for ages there was a running joke among some fans that every episode of Gokaiger after this point was a coma dream by Gai, who never actually left the hospital.

[@luishernandezsoto]

Wait really?! Wow!

[@masterofvoreth8636]

@@luishernandezsoto that or Gai was already dead.

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Well, yeah, name ONE fandom that doesn't have the "it was all a dream" trope

[@serPomiz]

@@NIDELLANEUM saturn's NIGHTS, because of the whole thing. like, the WHOLE thing

[@RaphBlade7]

I think the whole deboning thing removes their proverbial backbone, which is why they become lethargic and careless!

[@ArcCaravan]

Dino Charge had a similar backbone monster that made people afraid of everything. Coincidentally it was also during their sixth ranger's arc.

[@richmcgee434]

The idioms seem to be a bit different. In English it refers to courage or determination ("Show some backbone" or "Grow a spine"), where the Japanese appears to be more drive and motivation.

[@senpai690]

I've been having a terrible night, so this came at a good time. Thank you, this video has been the ONE positive thing that's happened today.

[@BaronSengir1008]

I hope your day gets better...

[@GokuSS400]

HENSHIN!!! SWORD FORM....ORE SANJOU!!! From start to finish I'm at a climax!!

[@wstine79]

Just got back home from working at the TV station to watch Linkara the Suede Ranger review a Super Sentei show with more explosions than a 4th of July event.

[@AshuraH]

Re: Zord/Megazord terminology - BAH! Don't worry about it. I'm sure a lot of us do the same and be bigger Sentai fans

[@BlueJaguarRanger]

Honestly the PR terminology is just more consistent and unique. Morphers, Morphine Sequence, Zords, etc. Sentai reinvents the wheel each time and so I just use the PR terminology to keep it all straight

[@dj2k460]

@@BlueJaguarRanger tbh for me i consider super sentai and power rangers connected but in different universes like DC with Earth 1 and Earth 2 ( I guess sentai would be Earth 1 ) two universes similar but also different, my main reason for this is spd sentai and power rangers and the shadow ranger commander krugger both look similar although sentai krugger is more Japanese style while American krugger is more Americanized like the two green lanterns Allen Scott and Hal Jordan similar but different

[@joju997]

Didn’t the Sentai just give up and start calling them zords too? EDIT: At least for a few seasons

[@FruityGroovy]

So, the reason Akashi said that line about AkaRed at the end is because AkaRed was originally introduced in Boukenger as part of the 30th anniversary movie, GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai. It's basically the equivalent of Once A Ranger in Operation Overdrive.

[@MiXVoy]

"more competent" is more identifiable than "equivalent"

[@ryanmorejon5813]

Thanks for doing this patreon sponsored review of one of the best six ranger introduction in super Sentai!❤️

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

At least the Blue Ranger doesn’t piss on a bush

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man this week was a really good week AT4W upload 2 new videos in one single week

[@OMartinez91]

I remember watching Gokaiger as it came out. I was psyched when I heard it was gonna be adapted into English, so you can imagine my disappointment when I saw what Super Megaforce ended up being

[@joju997]

I love the running gag around Basco’s trumpet. It never gets old.

[@ArcDragoon]

So, at the introduction of Gai and his explanation as to how he got his powers, it was a theory for a long time that Gai was either in a coma or already dead from the truck. This is because the three Super Sentai that gives him his powers are all previously dead. DragonRanger is dead. TimeFire is dead. AbareKiller is dead. It is unfortunate that this never actually made it into the show as a story arc. I like the fanboy of Gai, but he doesn't get any actual development. And I think he needed a story like this to expand his character. Also, about GOLD MODE, I honestly think that instead of the helmets of the Sentai, it should've just had each Sentai's respective symbols to represent them. It would've looked less gaudy.

[@zexalbrony4799]

21:38-21:50: Now to be fair, since I mostly just know about Power Rangers and the Sentai's that relate to that, if you're a long-running series you're going to go back to some ideas again, and even counting the future Ninja Steal that's only three teams that were Ninjas out of 22 Power Rangers teams, so that's not really a lot. Heck, some concepts I'd love to see again because it's been so long. We haven't had a space opera season since Lost Galaxy 23 years ago, and Lost Galaxy and In Space are my two favorite series so I'd love another space opera season of Power Rangers. Or maybe another season set in the future since the last one like that SPD was 17 years ago.

[@vcom741]

Next season is called Cosmic Fury so it is 90% likely you will get your wish lol.

[@ArcCaravan]

I'd honestly like a pirate series that isn't also an anniversary season.

[@dj2k460]

I agree, when you look at it it's a win/win tbh, the more ninja teams you have you can do a mini cross over event, although we never got it with ninja steel it would've been cool to have an all ninja rangers crossover with alien ranger, ninja storm and ninja steal similar with the all Dino team up with got in beast morphers, I say as long as you keep them spread out every 5 to 10 years a new ninja team can be cool, for me I hope they do one inspired by naruto have them be ninja but with Japanese mystical beast like kurama the 9 tail fox, shukaku the sand spirit and so on

[@ArcCaravan]

@@dj2k460 So ninja yokai Power Rangers? That could work.

[@dj2k460]

@@ArcCaravan something like that, ninja but with mythical creatures not the same old lion, hawk, bear regular animal thing I'd do something like this Red ninja - dragon - element: Fire Blue ninja - unicorn - element: Water Yellow ninja - griffin - element: Lighting Black ninja - shukaku - element: earth White ninja - Pegasus - element: Air Orange ninja/ sixth ranger - 9 tail fox - element: shadows ( give him the shadow clone technique like naruto ) But the overall idea is to let them do moves like in Naruto like transform, substitution and let them learn to mold chakra so they walk on water and trees, the idea is thar this series would be a tribute to naruto and the mentor can be named jiraiya who's a ranger also the toad sage silver ranger jiraiya who can use all the elements And as for the villans take the concepts used by the creator of naruto, if you know the akatsuki were originally supposed to be monsters so do that here Orochimaru - snake monster Kisame - shark monster Sasori - puppet monster As examples You could also have a purple ranger who fights alone and is looking to defeat the monster thst killed his older brother and his clan ( a play on saskue, and his zord can literally be the susano that transforms into a megazord or as armor to orange ranger fox zord like the susano kurama armor ) And the main goal for the series is a race between the Heros and villans to collect the 9 artifacts ( like collecting the 9 biju ) if the monsters get all 9 they can summons the ultimate monster to conquer earth but if the rangers get all 9 they can summon the ultimate power to destroy the monsters Sorry this is so long but that's an idea I'd do for the next sentai power rangers series I'd call it Power Rangers: Shinobi Strikers

[@Webshooters1]

I always will lament the HUGE potential Megaforce had. I understand they were limited by the fact they HAD to adapt Goseiger but they had three years to plan it out.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Yeah I’m gonna go ahead and drop everything to watch this before Toei decides they don’t like it

[@williamtoccijr9579]

The hyper cam watermark joke got me

[@domajackthesheepoid3948]

Fun fact, there is reason why Akashi knows who Aka Red was. Because he both met and battled along side him during the events of Boukenger Versus Super Sentai crossover movie, aka their version of Once A Ranger.

[@samflood5631]

16:08-Was there actually a Gingaman Manga? 21:38-Well King Ohger was the first sentai to do an insect theme, as well as the first sentai to take place in a different planet

[@Griever49]

I love how the new mech is a perfect tribute to the 3 heroes that gave him his morpher. It comes from the future like the Time ranger, it's dino form is clearly based on the Dragon Caesar, and the transformed form is based on the Megazord the Abarekiller had. There really was a lot of love and attention here, and considering all of those were adapted into Power rangers, it is amazing how they didn't use the same explanation in Megaforce

[@DarkfireTaimatsu]

Really liked this one. The content covered is good, and the jokes made me chuckle aloud more than a few times~

[@HypArtz002]

The whole ranger shouting name thing is a thing lifted from kabuki theatre which is very loud and expressive with wacky poses and loud phrases which is also why anime characters shout their attack names it's just apart of Japanese drama culture

[@achidikisob7759]

A lot of western sentai fans also use the Power Ranger terms here and there for giant robots and such, you’re good.

[@jeremyadler9620]

Was anyone else reminded of Temple of Doom when Marvelous got the "heart" out of the monster? Maybe he saw the movie as a kid and was inspired to do it that way :)

[@jeremyadler9620]

@@osirisatot19, That works too :)

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why the Red Ranger got arrested

[@MiXVoy]

we know that from a month ago

[@garethspotfur1]

The chest shield thing is indeed very silly and cumbersome. It also provided ANOTHER problem for the American adaptors, since they had to add the titanium ranger helmet, a non sentai ranger.

[@aokhoinguyenang3992]

If I remember correctly the Gingaman picture book is an in serie thing, written by one of the supporting character of the Gingaman deeds

[@myriadmediamusings]

Much as I love Gokaiger and it deserves it, it would be nice for a patron to have Linkara review other Sentai, and not just more Zyuranger. Would be cool if he was patroned to review something from Goranger-Jetman, or heck how about some of the modern Sentai that never got the PR treatment such as ToQger, Zyuohger, Kyuranger, LuVSPat or Kiramager.

[@ForrestFox626]

I want ToQger

[@crazyredhead4968]

What about zenzen zenkaiger

[@senpai690]

Honestly I think it'd be a good choice for someone to show him Zenkaiger's Twokaiger. As well as Stacey.

[@traptrixmyrmeleo1720]

It would be funny to make Linkara watch the “Yodonna Special” without any prior knowledge of Kiramager.

[@skibot9974]

I’d be interested in whatever the Sentai version of Turbo was given Linkara’s dislike of Power Rangers Turbo

[@ChaosSepher]

So interestingly much like in Lost Galaxy, Hyuga is the older brother of Ryoma and it was a pretty close adaptation of that plotline from Gingaman with Hyuga fallen into a chasm in the first episode, his body being used by Bull Black, and returning later. Even Ryoma offering to give his power as Gingared back to his brother when he returned. So I think the whole thing with Hyuga and Gai was a nod to that.

[@arkanamaster4961]

Yep Gingaman was all about finding ability to believe in yourself as the gingaman were chosen to be these heroes and since their forest turn to stone, they basically weren’t sure if they are the right people to carry on that legacy, but of course overtime they found the courage and strength to live on that legend.

[@PowerPackers90]

Lost Galaxy and Gingaman are like 75% the same story. But the changes are pretty interesting. Like Gingaman being a nature themed season while PRLG is a space epic. And the villains are changed.

[@castleoffiction96]

@@PowerPackers90 Well, like Linkara said, they only change it to space to ride the coattails of Power Rangers in Space. I suppose after that they were like "That's enough of a difference, right?"

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Sentai likes to have the 6th Rangers be the brother of the red rangers. *looks at Burai and Geki*

[@eduardomunoz4387]

4:40 The roll call is tradition in the franchise, despite their being the same design with different colors. The best variation in my opinion is Shinkengers, with the first one starting with "Shinken (color), (name)", and the rest as "The same in (color), (name)". 9:00 No... Exactly. The Morphers that the main Gokaiger use are called Mobilates and are based on flip phones. The Gokai Cellular in there other hand is based on a Cellular Phone.

[@maxcloud753]

Kamen rider Zi-O: *furiously takes notes after seeing Gai's new form*

[@castleoffiction96]

15:48 What Linkara cut out there was Luka showing that Gai's bounty was already 20 times higher than Doc's, and Doc being like "Screw you, no more dinner for you!" And while they're fighting, Marvelous just casually has the others give him both of their meals. ....I could not make that up if I wanted to. Apparently Red Sentai are all very heavy eaters (Toq1 being another example).

[@gokairedwillcipher]

That always makes me laugh XD while Doc and Gai were fighting Marvelous just eats both their meals XD

[@keirgomcginlay2044]

There's just something cathartic when Gokaiger gets through on Patreon. Also, I wouldn't worry at all about using Power Ranger terminology for Sentai things. 'Zord' and 'Morpher' are really well known parts and do help to describe particular things (not all giant robots are Zords after all.) Man though. Who looked at Gai and said 'so for Power Rangers, let's take a fun personified character and turn him into a brooding war survivor! I'm sure that won't clash with the footage at all!'

[@gokairedwillcipher]

Nah bc someone really said *LETS HAVE HIM HAVE SOME TRAUMA AND A WAR SURVIVOR*

[@DigiRangerScott]

Resurrecting a previous villain? Power Rangers would never do that! That’s silly!

[@ForrestFox626]

Yeah, that would never happen

[@xavierwalko4175]

Everyone from MMPR and Venjix: Are we a joke to you? (Yeah, it's not as much as you might think)

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@xavierwalko4175 Well, not every villain from MMPR (Squatt, Baboo, Rito, Scorpina, Vile. Rita hasn’t been reborn either) but definitely Goldar and so many from Dino Charge (except Singe and that sect of villains) I don’t even know if I want to explicitly state it even if someone else has blabbed

[@marinerman]

*Power Rangers Beast Morphers has entered the chat*

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@marinerman Also, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, and Time Force

[@ChaosSepher]

As for Akashi referencing Akared, he had actually met Akared in the movie Boukenger vs Super Sentai during their run.

[@Abyss_Princess]

Dragon Ranger died because of a candle Time Fire was shot And Abarekiller died because of transformation overuse

[@desmondmalone438]

9:07 sounds like something they should of done in this anniversary season especially the Jetman black

[@captainmarvelous7678]

24:39 considering episode 21 is one of my favorite of the series, I am eternally grateful to that patreon.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

4:35 I am pretty much at this point it is only announced out of tradition..... And because some teams like DonBrothers don't call themselves by their colors, so the other teams do it just in case. And at one point only so they recognizce is the color member of a specific team. Example, the yellow one in DonBrothers is not "YellowBrother" or "DonYellow". She is OniSister. So THEY have to announce it there

[@estebangutierrez160]

*looks at some donuts* "Man those rice balls look delicious" I see what you did there.

[@KingCasual1986]

13:13 I feel like I should point out that his whole dilemma Gai had started because Go-On Silver was originally a girl in Go-Onger while Gold was a boy. For anybody who hasn’t seen Super Sentai, there were at least 4 female blues before Gokaiger and Joe ends up turning into them throughout the series. So stop complaining Gai!

[@LeoSmashRoyale]

One small correction for you (because I love your series and just want to spread correct information) Shurikenger is the 6th ranger of the Hurricanger sentai team and had its own unique morph cry for Gai. There was another unique cry in the same team for the Goraigers, the Thunder Rangers, but we don't hear that one for a long while.

[@CMWaters]

Just imagine how Guy's armored form would have to be adjusted had they included any Power Ranger exclusives like the Titanium Ranger.

[@pn2294]

Not worth the effort

[@WimpyKelv12]

I would write it as the Sentai suit is an incomplete form which they can just use Gokaiger footage/suit and then have a modded suit used for new footage which includes the faces of the Phantom Ranger, Magna Defender, Titanium Ranger, Rhino Ranger (or the Spirit Rangers).

[@dani2190]

@@WimpyKelv12 Thats a good idea.🐻🧸

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@WimpyKelv12 I would adapt it With h a Joke about How Odion forgot some forms and or had wrong information about the Rangers (like thinking Omega is the Sixth Ranger of the SPD B Squadron when that si Shadow Ranger). And have the team ask him why he chose those forms and forgot others. And Orion reacting With a "I knew I forgot something" MAYBE if there was enough budget make a new versión With ALL the other missing Ranger forms (as CGI or adding the other Sixth in boots or brazalets or in the back)

[@serPomiz]

one of the most "of all the places to waste budget" treads going on back then on SMF is exactly that; instead of doing a full GC of an entire suit in combat mode (mmpr red over the sun vulcan red), they could have done a far less invasive "titanium helmet over roboknight" and cut the other episode fight altogether

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

So either this video was uploaded hours before monday (and was released earlier) or the episodes are still weeks late but slowly recovering YOU MAKE THE CALL!

[@ArcCaravan]

I like the thumbnail. Looks like a cel-shaded 3D model. Real cool and nostalgic.

[@shadowlinkbds]

I'm convinced that the patreons that request these Gokaiger episodes are showing how better it was to newbies to Sentai and power rangers unlike how the lazy American version adaptation Megaforce was. I won't be surprised if the entire Gokaiger series eventually gets all reviewed. (In bits and different times that is)