This blog will soon close.

Due that I have not updated so far, I might be closing soon because of lack of sources on the Disney side, The lack of interest on the current Kamen Rider series, as well as not many people have clicked the ads so far and I haven't got any money from this blog recently, from both Google and Play-Asia.

So by next year, I might close and stop updating on both things, as I am now leaving the blog by next year. Sorry, but it's time for me to move on and find another way of making money or doing something fun. Until then...

You can still catch me on my Tumblr: Arnold McGuire no Sekai

Saraba, 2010.

As 2010 finally ends this year, It finally all comes to a close. now it's time to lookback at stuff that happened in both the World of Disney Channel and the World of Tokusatsu.

1. A year of Cool, epic new shows

That 2010, We were treated to cool shows like Tensou Sentai GoSeiger, Good Luck Charlie, JONAS LA, Shake It Up and Kamen Rider OOO. Shake It Up brought back the Lizzie McGuire formula of everyday tween problems and situations while mixing elements from Hannah Montana and Sonny With a Chance, while Kamen Rider OOO brings forth the rider with the most forms via medals. Good Luck Charlie reintroduces the formula of a normal family first found in Even Stevens (in fact, it's been 10 years since Stevens) while Tensou Sentai GoSeiger, brings back powered protectors (last seen in Boukenger), no "all mechas combined" formation (since Gekiranger), and a no identity 6th Ranger since Hurricanger.

2. The movies that excite us

2010 is another reason for movies and such. Toku movies like Super Hero Time: The Movie 2010 (Kamen Rider W FOREVER A-Z: The Gaia Memories of Fate and Tensou Sentai GoSeiger: Epic on the Movie), Ultraman Zero The Movie, The Cho Den-O Trilogy movies, and Kamen Rider Movie Wars Core exicted toku fans, while Disney Channel Original Movies like 16 Wishes, Avalon High (pictured above), StarStruck, Den Brother and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam were the servings of that year for tween viewers. Disney Stars got in the act too in the big screen, with  Zac Efron's Charlie St. Cloud and Selena Gomez's Ramona and Beezus leading the pack.

3. The lucky number 18

2010 was also the year 3 Disney Girls finally turned legit in the eyes of most of their boy fans. Starting with Selena Gomez (July 22), then Demi Lovato (August 22), and finally Miley Cyrus (November 23), these 3 finally bloomed. The only guy that was the same age of them this year, who also turned legit too, was Nick Jonas.

4. The time their shows say goodbye

In the episode shooting part of their shows, Both The Suite Life on Deck and Hannah Montana Forever ends their filming of episodes on their last day of shooting their last episodes. Kamen Rider W, on the other hand, while their filming of the show was already over, finally bids farewell that August 2010. however, their adventure is not over yet, as evidenced in Movie Wars Core.

5. The crumbling of Miley and Demi's World

The year that they became 18 was also the year things didn't go well for them. Miley had much a problem from dressing provocatively to her parents finally divorcing. Demi on the other hand, lost her boyfriend (Joe Jonas) to Ashley Greene, her friend died (not Selena, fortunately), and because her bad past caught up with her, ended up punching her backup dancer and threatening Ashley, all leading to her going to rehab to heal herself. but it got worse when her haters banded together and started brining up false rumors to bring her down.

As we finally say farewell in a few hours (some countries may have been already finished celebrating New Year's Day), it's time to let go of the bad memories of that year and bring with us the happiest ones for this year. in 2011, We have lots to look forward too, like the upcoming Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger, the Sentai version of Kamen Rider Decade, Demi Lovato's comeback, and Hannah Montana's final episode.

so 2010... We'll miss you.

"Now, count up your crimes!"

I'm now on Tumblr!

Yesterday I made my own Tumblr account. that's right, my Tumblr site, Welcome to Arnold McGuire no sekai, will expand Arnold's Place outside of Toku and Disney, which will focus not just on Disney and Toku, but also on Nick, Mahou Shoujo and Robot anime, and more. that means 10x the content on what I love.

feel free to check it out now at http://arnoldmcguireworld.tumblr.com/ and enjoy!

The Decade-Shinkenger teamup lookback

There was the Shinkenger and Decade crossover which happened in episode 24-25 of Decade NOT in Shinkenger. So it was kind of a cross between worlds. Hmmm... it'll be hard for fans in their imagination to fit in the Kamen Rider Universe into the Sentai Universe for any fan-fiction Toei allows them by making both universes officially up to fan's imagination.

It's not the first time that Kamen Rider was mentioned. If you can remember the Goranger vs. JAKQ movie, Shoutarou Ishinomori intended that his Sentai warriors be in the same universe as Kamen Rider. However as time passed, it wasn't official and fans were left to speculate how they operated within the same universe.

The idea came into fruition NOT in Super Sentai but in Power Rangers. Not everything in Sentai is original. Power Rangers did contribute some things to later Sentai too even if they're the franchise version, Saban had originality. It was way back then then Saban created the crossover in the 3-part series entitled "A Friend in Need" in MMPR which however got me disappointed why Kimberly Hart had to suffer from a cold. Sigh. I kept feeling bad about her cold and Tommy not being near her. The whole mini-series was intended to introduce the adaptation of Black RX to America. It focused five rangers minus Kimberly Hart in Edenoi which was conquered by Count Dregon, using footage from Kamen Rider Black RX episode 3 in many scenarios.

Sadly the Kamen Rider Black RX adaptation was a failure I believe because Power Rangers got too powerful that fans didn't bother to watch other toku adaptations plus it lacked plot. A funny show doesn't always have a poor plot, it's how the humor gets executed that affects the show. Saban's Masked Rider was JUST AWFUL!

Somehow Toei saw through livening up the whole idea in the two part Shinkenger crossover, which Decade travels into the world of Shinkenger. Unlike the MMPR idea where he wanted to introduce Masked Rider to the audience of MMPR, Toei did the opposite. Decade (which only lasted for 31 episodes :-( ) actually wanted to introduce Shinkenger to Kamen Rider fans. The whole plot involved the crossing and Decade meets the Shinkengers.

The whole two part episode for me was more fun IMO than the three part MMPR crossover because they were complete and there was much more action, even if they didn't travel to another planet. I just can't help but laugh at how silly Genta can get when Diend stole his Ika-Origami. I'm also glad that Mako Shiraishi doesn't have to stay in bed with a cold like poor Kimberly Hart did.

The thing is the Gedoushu also gets involved in trying to get rid of Decade as well in which, puts Doukoku in a more active spot than Lord Zedd was during the MMPR crossover. However what I can complain about this show is that, it was more of a random meeting than a mission sent to them. Again Sentai commanders are frequently shown to be less powerful than Zordon which balances the whole franchise, even Mr. Voice doesn't know as much as Zordon does.

The show ended up paying tribute to the "Friend in Need" arc when the next Decade episode was focused on Black RX. As the crossover ended, we see a picture of Crisis Empire hinting at "A Friend in Need" although this was much shorter.

However when Saban adapts Shinkenger (and I hope he does cross the line once of an Oriental red ranger then that's the end of it), I wonder if he'll ever put Decade into it. I think not. He may have a hard time knowing how his other toku adapts failed. They're not that strong as Power Rangers.

Credits to Sean Akizuki's Sentai Blog for the lookback.

Why Jemi "failed" after a month

They say opposites attract. In Jemi's case, maybe not so much!
Just two days before they broke up, Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato gave a big interview about their relationship. Now that it's finally coming out, we can kinda see where the problem was (even if Demi couldn't)!
Seems that Demi is a bit darker than Joe — into more action and edgy stuff. Totally cool, but not quite Joe's style.
"She listens to harder music sometimes than I would. She'll say, 'Listen to this great song,'" Joe said, to which Demi responded, "And he's like... scary!"
It extended to movies, where Joe said, "It's like, I'd much rather go see a happy movie," and Demi said, "And I would rather see an action film."
It started out pretty awkwardly, too. As Demi explains it:
"I had always fancied him. Want to know what actually happened? One night I asked him, 'What is the deal? We're perfect for each other. What are you doing?' And he was like, 'This is really awkward. I have to go.'"
Sure, he went with it for a while, but we guess the love of heavy metal was just too much. Or always being around each other. Or a hatred of Barney.
So how is it between them now?
"We haven't spent any time together since everything," Demi said, "because that would be awkward, but I'm sure things will go totally back to normal once we're on tour together. It's just that at this point I'd rather be hanging out with my girlfriends than seeing my ex."
Ouch. And how do you feel, Joe?
"In this business," he said, "it's really hard to find people who are going to be there for the rest of your life. When I met Demi, I knew right away that our friendship was really strong. I don't want to lose that ever."

Credits to HM Disney Stars for the reasons why Jemi failed.
Looks like it wasn't Chelsea Staub after all...

Happy New Year!

Ok it's now 2010, but this is the time that we have to restart, begin again, and get excited for more things to prepare for. Let's let go of things that happened last year, any wrongs, any mistakes, any grudges that happened that previous year... let go of those.

2010 is an exciting year for all you fans, becuase we have more stuff to look forward to. so let's begin getting excited for the following:
Tensou Sentai Goseiger (Super Sentai no. 34)
The Last Song (Miley Cyrus' new film)
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (The 2nd and last Camp Rock installment)
Good Luck Charlie (a new Disney Channel Original Series)
StarStruck (Sterling Knight's first Disney Channel Original Movie)
78 Violet's "reboot" album
the rumored Tomica Hero 3rd series (With a marine rescue theme)
Heartcatch Pretty Cure! (The 7th Pretty Cure series)

So.. Yeah. lots to be excited for. too much? wait until we see the rest of the year.

To close this post, Jennifer Stone will sing for us... for the first time (after a little talk of course!).

Happy New Year, 2010!
(Picture credit JEFusion)

Lookback at 2009 in Youth media

Well it's only hours to go before 2010, so I'd give it a shot of reminiscing everything that happened in 2009... In Disney and Toku that is! shall we start?

1. A year of new shows, Kamen Rider and the first time of the same month debut
This year was a cool year for all shows. 2009 was the year of Kamen Rider, as evidenced w/ the 10th Heisei Series Kamen Rider Decade and Kamen Rider Double in Japan, the return of Kamen Rider in the US via the Wang brothers' Kamen Rider Dragon Knight- a US true to the source remake of Ryuki- and for the Philippine viewers, an English dub of Kamen Rider Kabuto.

February also was the month of debut for 3 shows: Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance (Feb. 8), Disney XD's original tokusatsu Aaron Stone (Feb. 13) and TV Asahi's Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (Feb. 15). Other shows debuted outside February include JONAS, Zeke and Luther, and Tomica Hero Rescue Fire.

2. A year of epic cool movies
This year was also a good time for movies esp. in the Tokusatsu industry. Movies like Shinkenger: The Fateful War (first Sentai movie in Digital 3D), Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010 (which shows the backstory for Double and continuation to KR Decade), as well as the -almost- hit "The Jonas Brothers: The 3D concert Experience" (I know it's not toku but it's Disney), and The grandest anniversary anime movie (I know it's not toku but it's Toei), "Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends - the Collection of Miracles!".

But the two movies that caught everyone's fancy this year is nonetheless, Hannah Montana: The Movie and Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders VS GreatShocker. Those two films wowed audiences worldwide (In HM The Movie's case) and all around Japan (For All Riders VS GreatShocker), both ending in the No.1 box office.

TV movies wise, We got Dadnapped! (w/ David Henrie and Emily Osment), Hatching Pete (w/ Jason Dolley of the upcoming Good Luck Charlie), Princess Protection Program (w/ BFFs Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato) and of course, Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie, which clinched the spot of the 2nd highest rating Disney Channel Original Movie.

3. A year of teamups and an old team returns
This July was a month of teamup for both Disney Channel and Toku, but not just July, because December gives us the return of R1 MAX and R5 from Tomica Hero Rescue Force in a 2-parter in Tomica Hero Rescue Fire and in January this year, the Theatrical release of the 15th anniversary of sentai teamups, Engine Sentai Go-Onger VS Gekiranger.

July gave us the 1st Sentai and Kamen Rider teamup in Kamen Rider Decade and the sequel to That's so Suite Life of Hannah Montana, "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana". both teamups were awesome, with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger joining forces w/ Kamen Rider Decade to battle a Gedoushu Ayakashi, and the Wizards of Waverly Place going to the SS Tipton and meeting the Twins and their gal pals and Hannah Montana joining in on the way to Hawaii.

4. A year of anniversaries

For 2009, This was the year things went well for Youth media. 1st off, the aforementioned 10th Heisei KR anniversary, as well as the aforementioned 15th anniversary of Sentai teamups. on the other side, another Toei franchise (even though it's not toku but still, it's Toei) is now 5 years old: The Pretty Cure Franchise. not to mention that Disney Channel Japan is the same year now as Pretty Cure this year.

5. A year of being "green"
This year also began Disney's seriousness in protecting the Environment with "Disney's Friends for Change: Project Green" where all Disney Channel stars (with the exception of Disney XD's Zeke and Luther" cast members, also joining in the project) tell the youth to participate in saving and protecting the environment, which DID happen! Definitely, Jose Rizal's words ring true in this project (of the youth being the hope of the motherland), and was a hit success.

6. A year when Lizzie finally comes home
September 2009 was the month when the Disney Channel Original Series "Lizzie McGuire" comes home to Disney Channel US after 3 years of being Syndicated to WGN America in the US. Many Lizzie Fans rejoiced and it because a Topic Thread in Twitter on the day it came back on the air. Truly, the one that started it all comes home and everyone welcomed her home, and now a new generation of viewers will see what they're missing.

There's much more to tell but I'm afraid it ends here. Now we have to prepare ourselves for 2010, where more things await us: Tensou Sentai GoSeiger, The Last Song, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam... and more in store next year.

So 2009... WHAT A YEAR IT WAS!!!

We'll miss you '09. Indeed, what a year.

Why I have the "Best of both worlds"

Ever wondered why I liked two things at one time? There's a reason: the first Disney Channel show I was hooked to was Lizzie McGuire, and Hilary Duff became my first Disney celeb I liked. but during the time I liked Lizzie McGuire, another thing came to me thanks to the Internet- Super Sentai.

I ended up in supersentai.com in 2003 and then remembered the shows I used to watch as a kid like Bioman, Maskman (These two were famous in the Philippines where I used to live), Turboranger, Fiveman and Jetman, as well as a bit of Goggle Five. I also knew that other sentai that didn't air in the Philippines which are popular in other countries- mostly in Europe, Latin America and Asia- also existed, like Changeman, Flashman, Liveman, Ohranger, among countless others.

As such, at first I was only limited to sentai, then I opened my eyes to other Tokusatsu genres, like Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes, Henshin Heroes (the last one I saw in my country was Ryukendo), and Ultraman. also, my being a Hilary Duff fan expanded to other people when 2006 came, like Miley Cyrus, The High School Musical gang, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and even new shows like The Suite Life series, Phil of the Future, Wizards of Waverly Place, Sonny with a Chance and Hannah Montana.

With this in my thoughts, I made Disney Channel and Super Sentai teamups in fanfiction.net (my pen name there is Arnold McGuire 335), even the folks in Henshin Justice unlimited (forums.henshinjustice.com) knew of my "Best of both worlds" mentality. from that point on, I met friends w/ similar favorites, one of these JediBmoney who's being my aibou (partner) for a long time since we met, and he brought me to points of the internet that lead me closer to those Disney celebs.

So, who said, I'm limited to just one thing? in fact, I like mecha anime, J-pop, local celebs in the Philippines like Shaina Magdayao (who looks a bit like Selena Gomez in some aspects, also she's my age since were both in 1989), and lots more.

So Indeed, I have the "Best of both worlds."