The Crazy Story of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan & How It Was Almost Stan Lee's Power Rangers

[@vustvaleo8068]

Stan Lee is probably like "ha told you!" a decade later to the TV execs who rejected his idea.

[@stevendobek4055]

One of my favorite pieces of trivia I love to share with friends is that Spider-man, in *two* distinct ways, directly led to the creation of Power Rangers. First, how the Toei Spider-man revived Sentai as Super Sentai (giving us the later seasons that would become Power Rangers). And second, it led to Stan Lee trying to adapt Sun Vulcan, which led to Margaret Loesch pitching it (and making her a fan in the process). So when Haim Saban pitched her Power Rangers, she was probably the only television executive in America who already believed Super Sentai could work! All thanks to Spidey!

[@gregwhite7852]

DAMN!!!!! And I talk bad about Marvel too! Its still D.C. Nation though!

[@russellharrell2747]

Spider-Man, threat or menace

[@Dargonhuman]

Spiderman, Spiderman! Does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size. Makes international deals with Japanese guys. Look out! Here comes the Spiderman!

[@cameronpritchett7512]

I literally had an argument about this the other day, dude straight up called me stupid for stating the facts. I'm like dude look it up it's TRUE.

[@MAZZ0Murder]

Marvel also had a hand in creating Battle Fever J, which also added giant robots to Sentai making it SUPER SENTAI (Gorenger and JAKQ were not considered "super" until Ohranger?), so we might have a whole different medium today if it weren't for those two shows :P

[@Loremastrful]

Ms. Loesch deserves a monument to being such a visionary. At every turn in children's programming she's was blazing the trail. Xmen, Power Rangers, Muppet Babies and more.

[@unigenius]

Build her a statue!

[@jasonelliott7977]

I met her at SDCC in 2009 and I got to thank her fir my childhood.

[@Misfit901]

Yessssssss

[@Mitsuraga]

"It's in all Japanese!" "I know! Isn't it great?" A conversation that I still have with non-weebs.

[@geburgtorf]

The words uttered today by every Anime, Japanese Cinema, and Tokusatsu fan in the west when showing their favorites to their friends who have never experienced Japanese pop-culture entertainment.

[@Mitsuraga]

Or, y'know, people who do enjoy Japanese media but insist on only experiencing it in English dub.

[@JeromeFelipe]

non-weebs => parents

[@ron4538]

there are still non weebs out there?!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@geburgtorf I watch it dubbed if possible, especially when sharing it with friends.

[@Gappasaurus]

Invaluable life lesson learned: Don’t take treasured possessions to school. I feel your pain Dan 😞

[@davidhanson4909]

I lost a Luke Skywalker and many Hot Wheels that way.

[@WorldWithOEnd]

Tiger handhelds, transformers

[@mightyfilm]

I got a Bushroot action figure stuck in a basketball hoop at school once. Luckily someone managed to fish it out and give it back to me.

[@meatguyf1375]

I lost my Moss Man that way. A teacher took him up and told me I would get him back at the end of the school year. Never saw him again. sigh

[@Dargonhuman]

Thankfully I learned that lesson with less valued and treasured items, but losing even things that weren't important was enough to make me not want to bring my most valued items to school with me.

[@edkwon]

The official introduction of Japanese Supaidaman + Leopardon into Marvel comics universe was THE greatest moment of the Spider verse crossover

[@kevinbaumhoer7359]

I am an Emessary from Hell Spuiadermann

[@tonyjackson4078]

I love that Supaidaman had catchphrases including "The Emissary of Hell!" And...Stan Lee created Power Rangers....more or less. Insane.

[@Germania9]

It's great to learn about Dan Larson's childhood in Japan. That lucky kid get to watch almost every 80s anime, tokusatsu & kid's show found in Japan and play with their toys.

[@edkwon]

Dan is also one of the few Americans who makes an effort to properly pronounce the Japanese show names

[@breakingdragon22]

I lived in Japan from 1975 until 1983 I feel the same way Dan does it was a great time. Now I’m back in Tokyo and I will never leave I love it here.

[@emillkim13]

My brain read that as Tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet).

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

So that meant li'l Danny had to deal with being a gaijin at a Japanese school, wearing the uniform & having to clean up after classes - most Japanese schools don't have custodians or janitorial staff

[@redroversk]

if he stayed until 1988, he'd see a lot of stuff like Dragonball, saint seiya, Kamen Rider Black, and he'd be like some kind of wizard talking about that stuff while we didn't have a clue back then

[@botlovingbeard6708]

How you described watching Sun Vulcan in Japan is literally how I felt watching Liveman and Jetman in France in 1993 (just before Power Rangers came out). Still both my favourite sentai series.

[@jonathanward8967]

Hearing "Dan's" story in this episode is exactly why I just LOVE and appreciate his content. Thank you Dan Larson for inspiring us to keep in touch with our childhood and display it proudly!!!

[@sawbonesquad4876]

From what my Japanese friends have told me was the big thing that made Sun Vulcan so memorable to the franchise is the far more dynamic action sequences compared to previous entries.

[@schwartzpedro]

Oh god why did my heart sink when you told how you lost your vulcan belt? Come on Toy Galaxy fans lets help him recover his Vulcan Belt! FOR COLLECTORS EVERYWHERE!

[@brevin630]

Nah, let's go further beyond that... LETS GET THIS MAN A VUL SHARK COSTUME

[@Wis_Dom]

Networks don't get it, when in doubt, listen to the kids. Stan Lee got paid to never grow up! He knew his stuff.

[@eugeneflores6153]

That's why Stan Lee IS the Man.

[@originalzo3873]

I concur

[@brya9681]

Stan Lee got paid fucking over his friends and co creators

[@aditbiju3717]

I agree.

[@aditbiju3717]

I love Stan Lee and I respect the attempt that they tried to do.

[@Slayerthecrow]

Stan was a man ahead of it's time, Mad Respect to him. About Sun Vulcan is a product of it's time, cheesy fights, cheesy dialogues and plot but not boring at all, is very spy themed... kinda and the best part I think is the atmosphere, some episodes, specially in the early episodes, have a very slow paste and sometimes it feels very similar to a horror movie which might it be because the show has an impressive death tool, probably one of my favorite episodes is Episode 9 in which a boy discovers that her father was replaced by a robot that ended up chasing him near the end with his robot face revealed, straight out of a slasher movie.

[@MaverickTsuki]

The irony here is the Power Ranger franchise was bought by Disney a two decades ago before being bought back to Saban, but this was before the former bought Marvel. So, in another timeline, Sun Vulcan characters not even could have appeared in that cameo in Power Rangers, but also there's the chance the latter could be part of the MCU. It's mindblowing if you think about it.

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

🤯

[@theshield8174]

In some other crazy timeline, I can imagine Disney holding on to power rangers & then they buy marvel & set up their big franchise with them & have them crossover with sun vulcan

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Nowadays, Hasbro owns power rangers while Toei owns Super Sentai.

[@theslimjames]

I was not expecting the personal twist on this.

[@5roundsrapid263]

That was incredibly cool.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

So all the times people in the comments were like "Man, if only Dan talked about Toku stuff. But he's from the West. He probably doesn't know anything", Dan was holding his God Sigma figure like "hehe BOI".

[@theurbanroamer]

Fun fact: Queen Hedrian's actress Machiko Soga would later go on to play Witch Bandora in Zyuranger, AKA the Sentai adaptation of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. So in some way, she serves as the link between the failed and successful attempts of bringing Super Sentai over to the US.

[@raiderssenpai402]

Battle fever j, Denjiman, Sun Vulcan, Maskaman, Zyuranger, Magiranger, Ninninger, Gaven, Sharivan, Jiraiya, Spielman, Kamen rider stronger and a punch of voice acting for metal man series, and anime. She is a legend and is missed.

[@Zeeboklown]

U mean queen Rita repulsa?

[@kurowasanabe]

Sun Vulcan and Jetman still have the best costumes to this day.

[@pennygadget7328]

I think Kakuranger is right up there, but yes! So neat, so clean, just enough detail where you need it, and I'm always a sucker for scarves

[@BuddhaBless328]

@@pennygadget7328 simplicity is the exact reason I love the Kakuranger designs. It’s not too busy and you can tell exactly what they’re supposed to be.

[@kylekiske_]

That's a really weird way to spell Maskman

[@adolfopaezdiaz4371]

I think Dairanger and Flashman are better

[@MidnyteBlaze]

But have you seen flashman's?

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Wasn't expecting you to be so tied into this, Dan. It's kind of heartwarming and bittersweet.

[@yoosha9153]

To think, we woulda had another 10 years of power rangers, but all those tv execs thought STAN FUCKING LEE had a bad idea...

[@Nano-if3ie]

Agreed, Screw those executives. They don't know what entertainment and awesomeness really is.

[@ta0paipai]

Remember that Marvel went bankrupt. Marvel didn't become the money making entity it is until AFTER disney bought it. Also, comics were looked at with a stigma, as trashy pulp. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that TV execs wouldn't take a chance on a eccentric comic book guy's idea.

[@traingrainz6148]

@@ta0paipai Hard to believe that comics were repulsive, Considering that it's still highly popular and well-known 1980's even after Marvel's temporarily bankrupt, As it's faired better unlike nowadays with all the woke pandering nonsense writing going on. The only ones who are eccentric are those TV-executives, Because they're not so bright after all. And are probably the same people that almost tried to reject Super Sentai adaptation the second time when Saban brought it up for MMPR.

[@ta0paipai]

@@traingrainz6148 Comicbook popularity has had its ups and downs and were "repulsive" to both the American Government (via a congressional investigation) and conservative parent groups. Since eccentric means "a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behavior" (and has nothing to do with not being bright) that fits Stan Lee. The TV executives are better described as conservative and status quo (as in not wanting to take a chance).

[@robertmckinnon7003]

@@ta0paipai Stan wasn't running it at the the time. He had been at Marvel Productions for a decade at that point. Hell, he had stepped down from day to day operations on Marvel Comics in the 1970's.

[@joshuamstark]

Ladies and gentlemen, the defender of Tokusatsu, Mr. Dan Larson. Been enjoying these Super Sentai segments!!! Dan, what would your Sun Vulcan animal be?

[@dansaikyo6664]

Your family lived in Japan? Can we get a "Dan's Tales of the Land of the Rising Sun" subseries? Nihon no Dan no Monogatari!

[@kirkmoon5810]

This episode was an absolute treat as I have a similar story to Dan's. I didn't live in Japan but for several years in the early 80s, I lived in Hawaii and was lucky enough to get to watch Battle Fever J on KIKU-TV every afternoon. The great thing was that KIKU subtitled the episodes in house, so I got to actually get what they were talking about (although the dialog often passed the subtitles and the actual syntax was sometimes weird). Hawaii also had plenty of Japanese toys on the shelves and at the local swap meets, so I was playing with die cast robots and even a couple of figures from Space Adventure Cobra back in the day. When we moved back to the mainland, I asked some other kids what channel Battle Fever J was on and they had no idea what I was talking about. When I described the show, they thought I was crazy. 10 years later, I'm a senior in high school and Power Rangers becomes the biggest thing in the world. I like to think I was ahead of the curve. Sentai shows absolutely would have been a hit back then and it's a shame those TV execs just didn't get it.

[@mdo7]

Yep true, and fast forward to today, we're watching TV dramas from South Korea and Taiwan on streaming. If you asked anyone that aren't Asian-American (or immigrant of East and Southeast Asians decent) in the 90's and early 2000's if Korean and TV dramas from East Asia would become popular, they would've thought it would've been impossible for a subtitled no English dub foreign TV dramas would find mass popularity in the US, but look where we are today. We got K-pop (like BTS, Blackpink) and K-drama becoming a big thing in the USA. It does leave me baffling, how did K-drama (and Taiwanese dramas) can become popular in the US but tokusatsu don't get the same love that Korean dramas get in the US. I know one blogger who wrote that several fantasy/sci-fi K-dramas and fantasy and Wuxia shows from China would fit the Tokusatsu genre: akizukiorientaldramamovie.blogspot.com/2014/01/should-fans-of-also-consider-wuxia.html akizukiorientaldramamovie.blogspot.com/2018/01/mind-hurts-why-do-i-even-call-certain.html

[@thepayne7862]

I've actually started watching a fansub of battle fever j. It's great so far.

[@kirkmoon5810]

@@mdo7 I had a friend in high school that was from Japan but was ethnically Korean and even though he didn't speak Korean and was born in Japan and raised Japanese, he was considered a foreigner by the Japanese govt and had to "renew" his citizenship every year. So he'd spend summers in Japan and come back with tapes of the shows he liked to watch. One of these tapes was DragonBall Z. He let me borrow it and I dubbed it. It even had all the awesome Japanese commercials. I watched that thing so many times I almost wore it out. We were talking about the show (because I had lots of questions) and both agreed that it was too violent and weird to find its way to an American audience. That was 1990. Fast forward 10 years, it's the biggest animated show in the world.

[@mdo7]

@@kirkmoon5810 That's nice and all, but there is something that's bother me Kirk. It really bother me that toku shows in the west don't get the same love or a growing fandom like their K-drama (and Taiwanese dramas) counterpart are getting in the US. I never seen any toku fans helping K-drama fans branching out or overlapping K-dramas to tokusatsu. I mean I never seen toku fans bringing up K-drama (or wuxia/kung-fu drama) on their discussion circle or online forum. I never seen any toku fans making any attempt to reach out to K-drama fandom or helping them discover toku shows. Kirk, does that bother you that despite K-dramas and Taiwanese dramas gained popularity in the US, but toku doesn't get that same type of fandom growth like K-drama and Taiwanese dramas get.

[@mattfrank85]

Okay. The personal story of Dan’s exposure to Sun Vulcan? Peak nerd wholesomeness right there.

[@MrDrokkul]

When you think about it if it had been greenlit in the 80s and failed Power Rangers probably never would have even been attempted. I do love how this once again showed the brilliance and creativity of Stan Lee. There will never be another like him.

[@patrickmcguire451]

Holy s*** I have the same backstory as Dan. My dad was a Marine and in 86 we were stationed to Japan on a VHS tape I recorded flashman and I was there for the beginning of maskman and I was in love and I brought it home and I wore out that VHS tape until power rangers was a thing and then I was like oh my God that's More Sentai and I've been hooked ever since.

[@retro7924]

Hearing Dan's childhood reminiscence of Japan brought a tear to my eye. To be a kid in the 80s was great! Also, fun fact, The colours of the power rangers was inspired by none other than the Thunderbirds!

[@excessmaterial]

Sun Vulcan is awesome as hell. The villains are great and the plots are really random.

[@salfordnurse]

I loved the one with Joan of Arc, Billy the Kid, and Count Dracula

[@PirateJohnson]

There's ALOT of things I should ReWatch.

[@arditeider2812]

There was the one with the villain making kids lazy by just searching answers without learning, which kinda like Google before Google was born.

[@cartmansfat123]

Stan Lee: “I guess that was a bit much for you guys, but your kids are gonna love it!”

[@nicholaib1499]

Forgot to mention that super sentai is a (currently) defunct marvel universe holding the multiverse designation Earth-79203 That started with battle fever J. Which means super sentai (and any toku superhero) cosplayer can join the marvel photo shoots at a convention and it can be cannon.

[@TomTubesYou]

This is, and I am not exaggerating, your crowning achievement. This one video is everything I love about Toy Galaxy: thoroughly researched, wonderfully presented and clearly made with love.

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

Thank you very much.

[@SilverLightRain]

You just know Stan Lee has kino sensing abilities when he sensed the awesomeness of the sentai series.

Mann. I got into Rangers and Sentai at 16 because of Toy Galaxy. Sun Vulcan has been my favorite team since then, just because of the little tid bits of enthusiasm you shared throughout your videos, and now hearing the whole story feels like something special.

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

❤️

[@hunterkiller1440]

I remember in the clip show of Time Ranger, Time Yellow did say Sun Vulcan could've had a female heroine too. Meanwhile, in Gokaiger, VulPanther powers were used by Luka.

[@Kangstor]

Well Luka was yellow most costumes in Gokaiger got some sort of adjustments to fit on Luka when originals were male yellows and some other colors too when team was focusing on one color like all red all white etc

[@ThatGuy89002]

16:50 "when saban did their best to adapt gokaiger" i think that may a incredibly generous way to put it, like Mr beast levels of generosity

[@kamenridergay8467]

That story you told us about you living in Japan was heart warming

[@trulahn]

I grew up watching Denjiman, Sun Vulcan, Goggle-V, then Dynaman. Glad my childhood memories didn't get destroyed by the horror of Power Rangers.

[@leftygurl]

i love the absolute madness of names like these, “fuhrer hell saturn” is just… it’s perfect, it’s a shame we don’t have stuff like that today

[@Mark_Knight]

It's so odd indeed. It's weirdos on top making decisions that are weird, and always claiming, "but the kids."

[@Elyseon]

JAKQ had alien nazis and the fifth team member disguise himself as Hitler.

[@SageShini]

I had always wondered how Dan was able to pronounce Japanese names without stumbling all over them. That story he told was awesome.

[@FavineMoore]

Man, I remember when I got the chance to watch Sun Vulcan for the first time. I thought it was amazing. The theme song is amazing. Eagle, Shark, Panther Eagle, Shark, Panther I have tears hearing your passion for the show.

[@itskevinjustkevin]

Bro imagine an ideal universe where Taiyo sentai Sun Vulcan showed up in the post credit scene of an MCU film setting up their role in the next film and the stand alone movie that ties into the next avengers arc

[@VanillaRoadie]

*"When Saban's Power Rangers did their best"* My ass, that series made me die inside as both a PR and Sentai fan

[@KRNexshate]

Fact: Go-Ranger and JAKQ originally was not considered part of super sentai until ohranger (zeo footage)

[@jacobjames4537]

Wild that Stan was trying to what Saban ended up doing

[@electricgecko8997]

I salute your position as a living cross-cultural rainbow bridge between realities, sir.

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

Ahh, the DanLarsen bridge…..the Bifrost of the Toy world.

[@PiggyPickem]

I remember when Power Rangers first hit the screen and my first thought was “This is a live action Voltron show”

[@jerelminter]

Yeah, not a lot of people knew that Power Rangers was already out in Japan it just wasn't shown in the U.S until the 90s, even though it existed years earlier.

[@adamshields7545]

Love the story! Very much how it was when we returned from our six year tour in Okinawa, returning in 1992! I recall telling people about Dragon Ball (and Z) and Super Sentai and got quizzical looks. How ironic that 2 years later they would be all over the place, on Television and in malls, and I sat back with my original content (manga, cards, toys) and grinned ear to ear. It's hard to express to people who haven't experienced it how odd it is to both be happy people get to experience it but also remember "how it used to be", not speaking the language but somehow falling for the content. What a great story that reminded me of that magical time.

[@mahoutsuguy863]

Finally, Dan Larson gets a whole ep to talk about his favorite sentai

[@dinomonzon7493]

Had Marvel acquired Sun Vulcan, odds are, any US adaptations by the House of Ideas, it might’ve fared better. A flaw of Saban’s Americanized Power Rangers was that its too comedic, watering down the original concept, which is mostly serious series in Japan.

[@dewaeryadi7776]

Sun Vulcan is literally the coolest name for super sentai team

[@sunnivab302]

It's so great to see you speak with so much passion about this subject! It's very contagious and now I want to see it too.

[@danielpauley1138]

Comic writer and artist Ben Dunn created a parody team of Sun Vulcan, the Zetramen, for his comic Ninja High School. It was my first exposure to Super Sentai, years before Power Rangers.

[@seibervideo]

Ah yes, I remember them. Big fan of Ninja High School myself.

[@Kermoedi77]

If there were Oscars for KZbin, I would nominate Dan for his passionate performance in this video. The passion was on display and I loved it.

[@Hektols]

It would have been hilarious to see how those short sighted executives reacted at the success of Power Rangers 9 years later. In other countries we were a bit luckier and got several Super Sentai series in their original format, the only change being the dub.

[@Alexcobra861]

In france we had the original version of Dynaman, Bioman, Maskman, Fiveman and Jetman in public television, before Power Rangers.

[@Zeeboklown]

Oh u know those execs hated it. Lmao. Like, switch the channel while cursing kind of hate haha

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

It might not have been Marvel, but this series did inspire the designs for ZETRAMAN! from "Ninja High School."

[@timothyburns227]

Yesss!

[@DoodOverThere]

Sun Vulcan is everything I like about sentai (I do miss the triple-take camera work). Crazy how Stan Lee is pretty much responsible for planting the seed. In another life the west would only have Dynaman dub type shows on at midnight

[@edwardbeaty8899]

Man, I was in Japan during the same time you were! I was in the Navy 1975 to 1984 and I was in Japan numerous times! I was into Anime long before most people in America had ever heard of it! I also watched Japanese TV shows especially the action adventure shows. I became a huge fan of Monkey aka Monkey Magic, and I saw some early Super Sentai shows, I just didn't know what it was until years later. I do remember seeing the parody episodes of Dynaman and saying, 'Wait a minute, I saw this show!' Of course, those weren't episodes I had seen and I hadn't understood a word. 😀

[@larryiscreating]

Your personal ties to the you made this one of your best videos! Hopefully you can include more personal stories in future videos 👏🏿💯

[@Lvestfold4143]

It is crazy how Sun Vulcan never got adapted. It would have been a hit, probably more so than MMPR. I will say regarding the future Hasbro and Disney have a good working relationship so Disney might be able to work its magic that will allow Hasbro to use Sun Vulcan.

[@jackofblades2796]

one problem DISNEY HATES POWER RANGERS AND DON"T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHTS ANYMORE

[@Lvestfold4143]

@@jackofblades2796 I already know this thanks. But Hasbro does and Hasbro is responsible for most Disney and Marvel toys.

[@jerelminter]

@@jackofblades2796 The only reason why Disney got the Power Ranger rights to begin with, is because they bought it from Fox which had all of the shows that used to be on Fox Kids (which included Power Rangers). Saban had nothing to do with this.

[@maskedriderweaver4122]

My first exposure to Super Sentai was the Dynaman that aired on the USA channel's cartoon express. It blew my mind, and I missed it when it disappeared. Then years later, there was MMPR, which since the internet wasn't around yet, a show I thought was an Americanized version of the concept.

[@jerelminter]

They're from the same series, MMPR was based on the Zyuranger Sentai that was currently airing in Japan at the time. It was only 5 years after Dynaman.

[@maskedriderweaver4122]

@@jerelminter I know that now, but as I said, this was years before the internet was common.

[@jerelminter]

@@maskedriderweaver4122 Oh yeah, you couldn't look up Sentai on the internet back then. You had to know somebody who knew it from Japan, or lived or saw it there yourself. Otherwise the only thing you would've seen was Power Rangers, or the Dyaman parody dub like you said (because those were the only things that existed of it). You also had Voltron, which is basically an animated version of the two.

[@thejman5683]

You should do a history on Choujin Sentai Jetman in the future, Jetman was a really really dark series

[@bastien-]

Moral of the story: Never doubt Stan the Man

[@timogul]

I lived in Japan in 1985. You could still find Sun Vulcan merch around, mostly second hand, so I recognize a lot of that, although everyone had moved on to Changeman and Bioman by then.

[@RR_1138]

I remember seeing Himitsu Sentai GoRanger, in the Philippines, dubbed in Tagalog (Philippine Language)

[@leo11lim]

How come nobody remember that it’s just bioman this and Maskman that.

[@KajiRider1997]

Hawaii got Goranger and JAKQ

[@kirkmoon5810]

@@KajiRider1997 KIKU also showed Battle Fever J

[@dinomonzon7493]

That was screened in English as Star Rangers. It ran from 1978-79 over RPN-9 on Saturday evenings at 6:00pm, followed by Filmation’s Ghost Busters. Bioman was screened in English on ABS-CBN2 on Fridays on 5:30pm. Shaider was the first tagalized series, airing on IBC13 on Saturdays at 6:30. It was the first series to show fan service (look it up on Wikipedia); The Americanized Battle of the Planets was the first anime to do so.)

[@SarilingMundo]

@@leo11lim More people remember Bioman and Maskman because they were kept on the air for years. Gorenger had one run and was never shown again. I only had very vague memories of Gorenger/Star Rangers, and I hadn't seen a full episode of it until like LAST YEAR.

[@ramiroezequielmoreno1774]

14:05 this reminds me of when our parents took me and my childhood friend to a theme park to watch the Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie roadshow live, his and my mother could get into a room and take a picture of them, but us kids couldn't get in, probably because it would take away from the fantasy that the real actors were inside the suits.

[@brevin630]

As someone who is a big fan of Super Sentai and has done a lot of research on the topic, this is something that i never knew about, and it is awesome to see someone as enthusiastic as you talk about it.

[@Germania9]

Dang, we almost have Sun Vulcan as part of the MCU. Ah, well. At least we have Ultraman in Marvel.

[@Volyren]

Thats problematic. Its marvel phase 4. Expect Ultrawoman. 😋

[@andrejg4136]

@@Volyren I don't see how that's a problem (something something gigantess kink)...

[@Volyren]

@@andrejg4136 well, its still a problem. Is it a giantess fetish? I could be down with that. Or is it a robot fetish? That one is.... well, less appealing somehow. Think about it. Company invents realistic robot babes. Men rejoice. Company advertises version 2 with 'all new advanced AI! With this update your Robang Buddy will be able to speak, have opinions and needs, and make pillow talk after the deed!' *Guys:* You ruined it.

[@RickMoren477]

​​@@Volyreni mean female ultra is a thing since like the early days of ultraman with ultra mother Hell we had female Ultraman Nexus and she was received well in japan

[@Moulinoski]

Finally, an episode on Sun Vulcan! I’ve been curious about it since you bring it up often. It’s a very atypical season, specially for an adult looking back at it 40 years after it was created and who’s watched a smattering of more modern Sentai and Rangers. I have to keep watching it since I only watched the first episode.

[@Maddoxxx]

my dad gave me this big bulky vhs tape of sun vulcan and kamen rider v3 after he came back from japan.. till this day..both v3 and sun vulcan always have special place in my heart..

[@JeanRodo]

Your shirts changing ever so often is a subtle way of showing the many different companies that have owned the Power Rangers

[@dinomonzon7493]

In the original Battle Fever J, the lone female character was named Miss America; she was played by the same actress who played Peggy Matsuyama- Gorenger Pink 4- on Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (The Star Rangers in the Philippines).

[@theenemybase]

"Did their best..." Super Megaforce was an atrocity to every Power Rangers fan.

[@battlestar976]

Seen worse

[@Stumbo99]

imagine how the super sentai fans feel, gokaiger is WIDELY beloved among the fandom, and to see it disgraced like that... it's almost enough to make a grown man cry. but yeah, it sucked

[@Valkier_Kato]

I prefer to call if MegaFARCE.

[@genyakozlov1316]

Am I not a part of "every Power Rangers fan" then? Literally winced upon seeing this comment, but really should have expected it, Megaforce haters can never let it go, it's obnoxious.

[@GenX6887]

Super Megaforce DESERVES a complete redo! New Story! New Rangers!

[@buraddorun3043]

Super Sentai is an amazing and fun franchise! It's too bad the Marvel deal didn't shape up to be something bigger in the USA. I'd love some Battle Fever J comic books! Also, it's sad that Toei cracked down on the fansub community recently. I just hope Shout! or someone else releases official English subtitled DVDs and BDs of the seasons we don't yet have.

[@Misfit901]

Bro, this has to be one of your best episodes. That is beyond cool that you got the chance to watch the series when it came out during that time.

[@amai_zing]

14:45 I had that same toy! Dan! Dude - some coincidental similarities! I was born in the mid-to-late 70’s and spent a good amount of time in Japan! And we once wore the same crappy Superman Halloween costume (per the buck rogers vid)?! Those are some pretty funny coincidences!

[@TheNextDecade]

Had no Idea your toku roots ran so deep!! Thanks for sharing man, always cool to hear about older tokusatsu fans

[@AllBreaksLoose]

Never got into this style of show but the historical content is fascinating.

[@Rojixus]

You had me the instant you said "Machine Empire", that's my favorite type of Power Rangers/Super Sentai villain!

[@kirkoli5001]

I love that you changed shirts through out the episode to match the sun vulcun colors.

[@faboo2001]

Thank you for this video! I've been a fan of Super Sentai ever since I was a child, watching random episodes of different series on betamax. Have fond memories of watching the same episodes of Google V, Dynaman, Bioman, Flashman, and Changeman over and over. And just wow, though I was aware of the past partnership between Super Sentai and Marvel, I never knew about Sun Vulcan potentially being brought over to the West. Also crazy to hear the someone who tried to bring it over back then (Margaret Loesch) would also be involved with Power Rangers later on.

[@solidkingcobra]

Thank you for sharing your personal connection with this series, Dan.

[@ElbertTreble]

I would love see toei’s Spider-Man as an anime like ssss gridman.

[@davideassis87]

What? You want to see Spider-Man's toes? OMG! It's you, Dan Schneider ?! Leave iParker alone!

[@ElbertTreble]

@@davideassis87 Toei’s the company that makes super Sentai spelling error

[@Kap00rwith2os]

I was a very small kid in Japan in the early 1980s, and while I don't remember the details, whenever I hear that distinctive CLAANG sound of the vehicles joining together to form the giant robot...omg a tidal wave of nostalgia hits and I'm a little kid again reliving the magic I saw on the TV screen with these clunky superhero shows. Life was amazing.

[@nOT_sURE08]

8:20 No, you're not crazy. That is the actress who plays Rita in MMPR season 1.

[@marcp3791]

I never knew that Sun Vulcan had a cartoon or other media until this video. I was given one of the toys when I was a kid- the one with the two cranes for legs. Thanks so much, this has been both informative and nostalgic.

[@sk-sg1dd]

Dan, your passion for the most out of this word shows is why I continue to watch this channel. If our paths crossed as kids, we probably have geeked out to this type of shit together.

[@DRCEQ]

Very rarely do I get to watch an informative video where the host has his own personal involvement. Man, I love this channel!

[@GunJam_]

I like how the retro Ad is framed within the old TV. I feel more immersed into the nostalgia

[@greenlanternhg5141]

Man I feel like this should have a second episode, I feel like we’re just scratching the surface 🤔 Great video Mr Larson, Producer Greg 👍🏽✌🏽

[@veganguy74]

Listening to this exhaustive description makes me feel like I’m having an unspeakable, insane fever dream. Keep up the good work and keep it all coming!

[@LlanoRiverBlue]

I always enjoy these, but the personal touch in this one makes it that much better. The primary color shirt change was a fun touch too!

[@PapaTaurean]

Can you imagine if Super Sentai was part of the MCU? Also... Supaidaman in a Spiderman movie?!? I'm all giddy!!!

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

Me too! As far as I’m concerned, They are.

[@gundambassexe31]

Stan Lee almost acquired super Sentai?! Cool

[@philashby2823]

UK viewer here. Be me, late 40's, have memories of owning some kind of long lost die cast / plastic blue power ranger figure but YEARS before I'd ever heard of them. Decide to trawl web to find out what it could have been.. finally find out I had a Vul Shark that would be worth a kings ransom now 😒

[@jaysato]

so cool to know that this guy lived in japan as a kid. i grew up watching these shows too when i was a kid. my brothers were into dynaman, sun vulcan, maskman, bioman. i was mainly into zyuranger, dairanger, kakuranger.

[@trejohnson4760]

That quote @13:55 is from The novelation of Star Wars Episode 3

[@carlswicegood4519]

Little Dan! Also, I want that figure.

[@jonathanward8967]

I appreciate Dan's "costume" changes throughout this episode

[@PMG_89]

Let's take a moment to mention that the main female villain from Sun Vulcan is the same actress who played Rita Repulsa a decade later. Talk about a coincidence.

[@RobertHarrisonBlake]

I thought she looked familiar and then immediately discounted it.

[@standbrbaster6262]

She was also the main antagonist in Spielban too. Aka Desponda from VR Troopers.