Super Sentai or Power Rangers?

[TheSecondComing]

I am going to assume there's some collectors in here, so I got questions.

http://oi39.tinypic.com/20zxn54.jpg
This guy's from Power Rangers in Space, right?

Also

http://oi41.tinypic.com/2qclbt2.jpg
Obviously it's Jason Red Ranger, but what is this thing? It has no identifying markings.

[Gawdziller]

Ia that second one a coin bank? I think I had one of those.

The first looks familiar, but I can't seem to place him.

[TheSecondComing]

No it's not a coin bank. That thought passed my mind but it isn't big enough and there's no slot anyway. I'm totally puzzled.

[Gawdziller]

It looks as if maybe something can be inserted into his front fist. A toothbrush holder? Maybe a pencil holder?

[Legionmaster]

It looks as if maybe something can be inserted into his front fist. A toothbrush holder? Maybe a pencil holder?

At a quick glance, all I saw was "insert" and "fist."

...But maybe that's our answer...

[Zillaowner]

Normally I would say power rangers, but then I saw this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxds1sO ... _embedded#!

[Gawdziller]

It looks as if maybe something can be inserted into his front fist. A toothbrush holder? Maybe a pencil holder?

At a quick glance, all I saw was "insert" and "fist."

...But maybe that's our answer...

I always thought that would have been Trini's thing.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Ah, Trini... Kimberly was obviously supposed to be the "hot" one, but I can only really go for Trini.

[Legionmaster]

Ah, Trini... Kimberly was obviously supposed to be the "hot" one, but I can only really go for Trini.

I hope you meant could and not can. You necrophiliac you.

[omgitsgodzilla]

I suppose. I was trying not to think about that though, that just makes it all weird...

[Legionmaster]

I dunno why people always got all fussy about her being Asian and the Yellow Ranger. In Japan, ALL the Yellow Rangers are Asian.

[omgitsgodzilla]

To quote the Parody Rangers movie... "Who CARES? ...She's hot!"

[TheSecondComing]

In Japan, ALL the Yellow Rangers are Asian.

So are all the other Rangers.

[Gawdziller]

I dunno why people always got all fussy about her being Asian and the Yellow Ranger. In Japan, ALL the Yellow Rangers are Asian.

I'm more bothered by the fact that in Ranger mode, she's a dude. Methinks Trini had more secrets than she was telling anybody.

[o.supreme]

I haven't seen a current incarnation of Super Sentai, so things may have changed due to American influence, but tradition since the early 70's has always been in Japanese Sentai (and even Anime with super robot teams i.e. Combattler V ", Voltez V,Golion aka Volron,etc...) They all follow the same basic formula of 4 males and 1 female on the team. Since Saban decided to try to make it more even (3 to 2) There would have to be 1 character that obviously didn't match up. The yellow would obviously mean a less feminite female, but I wouldn't take it anything beyond that. Japan does the same. Transformers "Beast Wars" had too many female characters for them, so they made at least 1 "Airazor" into a male to make it more marketable to Japanese kids target audiance.

The basic Sentai team is:

Leader (Male)
Rebel/Cool Guy (Male)
Strong Guy (Male)
Kid Genius (Male)
Token Girl.
and more recently the "6th" member usually an evil or rogue hero turned good (Male)

Not trying to be chauvinistic, thats just the ways its always been as far as I know. But again I think the last Super Sentai I saw was at least 10 years ago. Saban's influence may have changed the way things are done in Japan.

[Crocodile]

Leader (Male)
Rebel/Cool Guy (Male)
Strong Guy (Male)
Kid Genius (Male)
Token Girl.
and more recently the "6th" member usually an evil or rogue hero turned good (Male)

Yeah if anything Power Rangers is keeping this more alive than Sentai is.

How many Sentai have you seen?
Because none of the ones I've seen follow that pattern
Not
Sun Vulcan
Dekaranger
Shinkenger
or
Gokaiger

Now that DOES sound like what I've heard Dairanger is like, but the 6th member usually isn't from a villian organization.
Also the 6th member usually isn't a villian at first, though it is typical for him to come in and annoy the unholy hell out of the team.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Well, the "rebel" character does bring to mind the black ranger from Jetman. And the sixth member does start as a villain in Zyuranger.

[Crocodile]

Well, the "rebel" character does bring to mind the black ranger from Jetman. And the sixth member does start as a villain in Zyuranger.

Yeah, but it's branched out a lot since the 90's

USUALLY he just comes in to aid, Go-on Wings just started out showing the Go-Ongers how it's done
ShinkenGold, announced he was coming then does ShinkenRed's dirty work for him
DekaBreak, just kinda gets assigned to the DekaRangers
Time Fire? Well he was a jerk, but mostly because he worked for another organization
GokaiSilver, campy Sentai fan who dreamed of being a hero. He begs for a spot on the Gokaigers, literally begs
GoseiKnight he just wanted to save the Earth not humans, so he was at odds with the Goseigers for a short while


Also Black Condor wasn't a 6th member, he was actually there the whole time. He was however, a magnificent bastard. But Jetman is based on Gatchaman anyways. So Black Condor acts like Joe the Condor to a strong degree.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Zyuranger and Dairanger are my favorite series.

I use to know more about Sentai, but its been years.

[HikizuruBeat]

I haven't seen a current incarnation of Super Sentai, so things may have changed due to American influence, but tradition since the early 70's has always been in Japanese Sentai (and even Anime with super robot teams i.e. Combattler V ", Voltez V,Golion aka Volron,etc...) They all follow the same basic formula of 4 males and 1 female on the team. Since Saban decided to try to make it more even (3 to 2) There would have to be 1 character that obviously didn't match up. The yellow would obviously mean a less feminite female, but I wouldn't take it anything beyond that. Japan does the same. Transformers "Beast Wars" had too many female characters for them, so they made at least 1 "Airazor" into a male to make it more marketable to Japanese kids target audiance.

The basic Sentai team is:

Leader (Male)
Rebel/Cool Guy (Male)
Strong Guy (Male)
Kid Genius (Male)
Token Girl.
and more recently the "6th" member usually an evil or rogue hero turned good (Male)

Not trying to be chauvinistic, thats just the ways its always been as far as I know. But again I think the last Super Sentai I saw was at least 10 years ago. Saban's influence may have changed the way things are done in Japan.

There's usually two females and 3 males.