Friday, June 18, 2010

Why I Think Gekiranger is a Little Overrated

A lot of Sentai fans I've notice rank Gekiranger as the best Sentai of the 2000's. To me, it's not even close. Dekaranger, Shinkenger, and Boukenger all easily beat Gekiranger, and while I haven't seen Timeranger in its entirity yet, I think most agree that Timeranger beats Gekiranger. Don't get me wrong, Gekiranger isn't a bad series. It has a rather touching story about its two main villains that were mislead and become good in the end, and its ending is one of the best ever, but the first 20 episodes or so aren't that good to me. This series is commonly overrated by Sentai and Power Ranger fans because its PR counterpart, Jungle Fury was terrible, and because many people shun Gekiranger's proceeding series, Go-Onger.


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Although clever, I think Master Shafu is a rather corny mentor/commander, much like Mr. Voice from Boukenger.


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The first 20 episodes or so, Jan is an annoying character. I guess I kinda got use to him as the series went on. But still, for all the red ranger focus that Shinkenger recieves, there is way too much red ranger focus in this series. Especially since Jan isn't even the team's leader.


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Ran, I felt, was a cute, funny girl. She was named team captain in Episode 23. Because of that, I think she did not get enough attention or episodes written about her. Furmore, on most of the episodes after she's named team captain, she doesn't look like she's actually leading the team, with a few exceptions like when they were trapped back in time during the Edo era.

Gekiranger does have a great plot, but its cast to me is fairly average at best. And like I mentioned above, there's some flaws in it with too much red ranger focus and not enough team leader focus.

7 comments:

  1. I don't see how Power Rangers has anything to do with helping people like Gekiranger. People loved it because it had a great story. And honestly, you could pretty much say every recent Sentai series (Dekaranger, Boukenger, and Shinkenger) are all overrated.

    And nah I think Gekiranger easily beats Shinkenger. Due to how Shinkenger fell apart in the middle.

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  2. I don't agree that Shinkenger fell apart in the middle. I actually believe some of its more interesting story arcs happened during the middle of the season, such as Mako's parents. But that's your opinion, so I'll respect that :)

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  3. Interesting. I've never been told "that's your opinion, so I'll respect that" by anyone before. Feels kinda funny. xD But thanks. :)

    To me, I felt like Shinkenger's story slowed down, instead focusing more on mecha and power-ups. Which was something I had never seen happen in a Sentai up to that point. What's your opinion on that?

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  4. Hmmm. To me the slow part of Shinkenger are the early episodes. Actually, I think the the beginning of most sentai series goes by kinda slow. The Juuzo arc definately slows down after episode 26, but I like episodes 25-41 because they focus a little less on Takeru and go more in depth with the other characters in the series.

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  5. Do you feel like the show went mecha/power-up crazy during those middle eps? Perhaps even hurting the show a bit?

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  6. Somewhat, but Boukenger went even farther with mecha/power-up use than Shinkenger did. But to me, it didn't take away too much from either series. The only thing I didn't like about Shinkenger was the super-short movie it had.

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  7. Haha. Yeah. That movie was a rip-off. XP

    And I really like your take on Shinkenger. :D

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