GouKaiGer casting rumors + 2nd Mecha rumor

The official poster of the upcoming Super Sentai Series which commemorates 35 years of heroes,Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger has been revealed!

In this poster, we saw the five Goukaigers, their combined mecha, GoukaiOh and GoukaiRed posing crossing his weapons, GoukaiGun and GoukaiSabre. While on the background are the other 34 previous Red Rangers from Aka Ranger of Goranger to GoseiRed of Goseiger. Is it me, or Tyranno Ranger is besides with ShinkenRed (PR reference!)?

Aside from that, more casting rumors regarding this new series has been revealed! Most of them came from the talent agency, Amuse which ispretty rare to happen considering that most Sentai cast members came from various talent agencies.

GoukaiRed: Yuichi Sato (Hana Yori Dango, Hana Kimi) - The Soldier of Passion

GoukaiBlue: Manabu Ohmura (Hana Yori Dango) - The Soldier of Friendship

GoukaiGreen: Satoshi Tomiura (Hana Yori Dango) - The Soldier of Love (WTF?!)

GoukaiYellow: Saya Itou - The Soldier of Courage

GoukaiPink: Ayano Oomoto (Part of the group called, Perfume) - The Soldier of Justice

Also, there is rumor that there might be a member of AKB48 that will play GoukaiYellow!

Aside from casting rumors, it is revealed that Goukaiger will have its own figure line! The first sets includes, DekaRed, MagiRed, GaoRed, HurricaneRed, ShinkenRed and Tyranno Ranger. The first three wererevealed that their mecha will be part of Goukaiger's additional mecha called, GoukaiMachines. Accordingly, they are the first because they are the popular Reds to kids.

Seeing Tyranno Ranger on the line, it might confirm this four day old rumor regarding a 2nd mecha combo. Accordingly, the second robo combo will be based on animal mecha coming from the previous teams in which the Goukaigers will meet. Those animals are:

Red - Tyrannosaurus
Blue - Shark
Yellow - Lion
Pink - Bird
Green - Dragon

Take these rumors as a grain of salt. Let's just wait for official confirmation coming from official sources.

Source: Aoi Kurenai, neferir, Gold Samurai, Toku Insider Via Orends: Range

More Goukaiger Toys info + Conception of GouKaiOh

GoukaiOh is made up of:

- GoukaiGalleon (Red), which forms the body and head.

- a Racecar (Green), which forms the left arm

-a Fighter plane (Blue), which forms the right arm and Pirate Hat

-A Trailer (Yellow), which forms the left leg

-A Submarine (Pink), which forms the right leg


When a dial is turned on the back of GoukaiOh, 5 "Caps" appear on the front side of the robot. Cannons attach/emerge from the caps, and the robot enters its "Hissatsu Form". The caps are located on the chest, arms and legs, so when the cannons open up, it gives you the feeling of a galleon opening fire. Additional parts can be installed onto the caps. GoukaiOh is said to resemble GrandLiner.




GoukaiMachine Series:

Composed of MagiDragon (2,500 yen), PatStriker (3,000 yen) and GaoLion (4,500 yen). These mechs can attach to GoukaiOh's caps, changing its forms.

-When combined with MagiDragon, a Dragon's Face is seen in the body. The front side of the feet also show dragon's feet-and-claws. This form is called MagiGoukaiOh.

-When combined with PatStriker, the body has a clear-look/PatoLamp appearence, as there is a luminesence gimmick, as well as tires being seen in some of the caps. Form is tentatively called DekaGoukaiOh.

-GaoLion can combine with GoukaiOh in two ways. The first, is in a Centaur Form (Kentaurus Gattai), as it did in Gaoranger. The form is tentatively called GaoGoukaiOh.
It also has a "Great Gattai" form, which is a humanoid form, but it is sillouhetted in the toy catalogue. Has a voice gimmick.


Joint Union Series (3,000 yen each)

Cheaper version of old robos with Mugenbine-like joints Included so far are EnjinOh, MagiKing and GaoKing.



Henshin Keitai Mobirates:

A folding-type cell phone henshin device. Keypad on bottom half, screen on top half. When the Goukaiger keys are inserted, the upper part is transformed, becoming the Goukaiger mark. Example- When the ShinkenRed Key is inserted, the Mobirates sounds "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Iza Mairu!". There is many different sounds, as stated, 190 listed.


Ranger Keys:

-Small figures of each of the past reds, and also of all 5 Goukaiger used for transformation.By folding at the back, the figure becomes a key. Using the keys, there are about 190 sounds the Mobirates can make. Red seems to come with the Mobirates, Blue and Yellow seem to come with the belt, Green comes with the GoukaiGun, and Pink comes with the GoukaiSword. There is a legendary 5 set, including 5 Red Ranger Keys, and the MagiRed key will come with MagiDragon.

Credits: Toku Insider

Goukaiger Toy Rumors+2nd Robo rumor

Ranger Key Series Henshin Keitai Mobairates
Releases in- February

Kaizoku Gattai DX GoukaiOh
Releases in- February

Goukai Machine Series 01 MagiDragon
Releases in- February

Goukai Machine Series 02 PatStriker
Releases in- March

Goukai Machine Series 03 GaoLion
Releases in- April

Ranger Key Series GoukaiGun
Releases in- February

Ranger Key Series GoukaiSabre
Releases in- February
Info- Probably the GoukaiGun, under an earlier name

Ranger Key Series GoukaiBuckle
Releases in- February

Ranger Key Series Ranger Key Set 02
Releases in- February

Gashapon Ranger Keys are compatible. Several Ranger Keys come with each Ranger Key Series. Names are subject to change, especially since we know that the GoukaiSabre is probably GoukaiKen.

RUMOR:
Goukaiger's 2nd Robo:

-As opposed to GoukaiOh, the 2nd Robo is rumored to be composed of animal mechs, based on powers of 5 more sentai teams the rangers will meet by the time of its release:

Red- Tyrannosaurus
Blue- Shark
Yellow- Lion
Pink- Bird
Green- Dragon

Credits: Toku Insider

Goukaiger Suits revealed!

To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Super Sentai franchise, we welcome the newest addition to this long running tradition of heroes, the free spirited squad of pirates, the Kaizoku Sentai Goukaigers! On top is the first official picture of the 2011 Super Sentai team!

The core members of Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger is said to came from a different dimension, who wonders the sea of time and space riding their mothership, called GouKaiGalleon, which transforms into this season's main robo, GouKaiOh. It is also rumored to be based on Noah's Ark and might hold all the auxiliary mechas.

Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger's henshin device will be called Mobairets(Mobile + Pirates) and the legendary ranger figures that they'll use to transform to previous Sentai Senshis will be called RangerKeys. Primary weapons includes the GoukaiKen (sword) and GoukaiGun.

Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger will be similar to Kamen Rider Decade wherein our heroes will meet the past Super Sentai senshis and villains. Aoranger from Himitsu Sentai GoRanger and BioHunter Silva fromChoudenshi Bioman are rumored to show up in the series. For the complete list of rumored Rangers returning, you can check this link.

Rumored actors for Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger will generally come shortly after this official suit revelation.

Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger will start airing on February 13, 2011.

Special thanks to Toku Insider for the Goukaiger image!
Update: Additional info taken from Henshin Justice.

Credits to JEFusion.

OOO SaGoZo combo appears!

On Kamen Rider OOO's 12th episode called, An Eel, the World, and the Gravity Combo, after OOO fights Uva, Gamel and the Butterfly Yummy, OOO was able to grab three of Gamel's Core Medals, making him lose the armor in his legs giving way on the debut of OOO's heaviest combo, the Kamen Rider OOO SaGoZo Combo!

Because of the attack, Uva lost his Kuwagata Core Medal... again. Also, according to neferir, Shu Watanabe posted on his blog that the name of OOO Sagozo Combo's theme song is "Sun Goes Up", which just like the other Combo theme songs, a pun of the name of the said Combo. This song will be a, "heavy and powerful song just like the Combo."

Credits: JEFusion

My Thoughts on Shake It Up

Disney Channel's 3rd live action newbie for 2010, Shake It Up, is getting to be great after 3 episodes (the 4th will be this Sunday) and it's no so bad at all. Combines elements from Lizzie McGuire (everyday life situations) and Hannah Montana (fame in a specific field) with a dash of Sonny with a Chance in the in-series show section, this series is off to a great start. so what do I think of it currently?

Like I mentioned awhile ago, the Series combines elements from both Lizzie and Hannah. in fact, both the Jones and Blue siblings are somewhat patterned after their respective sibling models. Cecilia "CeCe" Jones and Flynn Jones represent Lizzie and Matt McGuire, the latter being an exact lookalike of Matt as an 8 year old. Raquel "Rocky" Blue and Ty Blue represent Miley and Jackson Stewart, the latter being not that much of a jerk like Jackson was.

Since the girls do not have a "Sidekick" on the series, CeCe somewhat feels like Lilly Truscott while Rocky is a bit more like Miranda Sanchez. for the rivals of twin sibs Gunther and Tinka, which according to the creator is based off the Evans sibs from High School Musical, are more in the frenemies type. But they sometimes, when in enemy mode, They likely remind you of both Kate and Claire (if you're on Lizzie) or Amber and Ashley (if you're on Hannah). curiously, Gunther is a male Sharpay and Tinka the female Ryan. (Gender swapped, maybe?)

For the show itself, Most of the time it feels like Lizzie McGuire when the two are in everyday normal lives, but when they're on the in-series show (which is also the title of the main show as well), it's a bit Hannah in plot, despite that they don't have a secret identity and don't act like being over-the-top in their selves. the only exception being the episode where they treat Ty and Deuce to an expensive restaurant and then... their debit cards are dead. That plot was used in Hannah twice and this is a shout out to those episodes.

Since there's no girl sidekick, Deuce represents both Gordo and Oliver, and fortunately, no parings! probably because they have to stop doing the love angle for this show to avoid a mistake from Hannah- the "got together w/o development" thing the Hannah staffers did.

episodes wise, the show is awesome that you'll enjoy this show so much. both the show-made songs and the dance moves will have you loving it as well as the plots for the day. every episode title is formatted as "(plot point) It Up."

Finally, The OP of the show, while not sang by either Bella Thorne or Zendaya, is still catchy, and is even more great if you heard the full version on Radio Disney. did we mention it's sang by Selena Gomez? this makes Shake It Up the current Disney live-action show that the OP is not sang by the main character, following the lines of Lizzie McGuire, Phil of the Future and the Suite Life duology.

All in all the show maybe young, but the series is off to a great start. in fact, due to greater reception for the show, for New Year's Eve, the show's cast host it's year ender party celebration this year.

Here's hoping Shake It Up will do even better towards a great show everyone will love. Hannah Montana, you just found your Spiritual Successor!

Goseiger VS Shinkenger plot update

We finally got hold of the plot details for the Sentai VS movie Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen that will be shown on January 2011.

An Ayakashi named Madakodama makes an appearance in the city and starts attacking, until Arata comes in and fights him as GoseiRed. However, his Tensou-jutsu had no effects on the said Ayakashi. That's when ShinkenRed appeared. In order to cut open the Sanzu no Kawa, Madakodama retreated. How did the Gedoushu got revived?

So, Takeru gave an order to Jii to call back all the other Shinkengers. Arata, as a Goseiger, wants to co-operate with the Shinkengers. Jii thinks that Doukoku has something to do with Gedoushu's return. The other four Shinkengers reappear one by one, but it wasn't the time for a celebration. Madakodama once again starts attacking and 2 Super Sentai teams teamed up to fight him. But it was such a difficult fight for them, that Takeru was captured. this made an uproar to occur between the 2 teams, although Arata refuse to give up. Something awful is happening to Takeru's body. What is his fate?

Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen will be shown in Japanese theaters on January 22, 2011.

Source: TOEI, translated by Jacky392000, Credits to JEFusion.

Ultimate Sentai Mech combinations

Here's a summary of the ultimate combinations or "Ultrazords" in Super Sentai. They are:

The first one was in Turboranger, where the Super Turbo Robot would dock into the Turbo Builder Robot Mode. It fired the Super Turbo Builder Beam. It was first used against Ragorn in episode 39 and second, in the final episode to destroy the Bouma Palace.

We had the Max Magma from Fiveman. Unlike the Turbo Builder, this was able to move around. It was first used in Fiveman episode 29 where they fought against the combined monster Crab-Ant Man when the Super Five Robo failed. In the final episode, it wasn't able to stand against Vulgyre resulting to Magmabase' destruction.

The Kyokyoku Daizyujin was the ultimate shell of the dinosaur god. It was first used to counter Lokar/Dai Satan in episode 31. It was used more than once in the series. It finally destroyed Dai Satan in the final battle, in contrast to MMPR season one where Lokar wasn't destroyed.

Unlike the other ultimate combinations, it didn't feature a fancy blast attack. Instead, this one had the weirdest finisher of all time. The Ryuseioh would use its propeller to fly the whole combination upward at high speed then it would stop, crushing the opponent. I wonder why the cannons were never used?!

The King Pyramider Battle formation. Ohranger Robo/Ohblocker Robo would dock into the back part, the Red Puncher goes at the back and forms the two additional cannons. It had two formations- carrier and battle mode. Carrier was used only once. In the non-canon Ohranger vs. Kakuranger, it failed to destroy the Purse Monster. In the finale, it was used to destroy both the enlarged Buldont and Maruchiwa.

I would put Ultimate Daibouken into the picture. However it was shorter than the rest in here. It moved fast and fired a blazing attack.

The G-12 in Go-onger is the first ultimate combination that didn't use a carrier vehicle. It was the combination of all 12 vehicles.

The Shinken-oh was the combination of every mecha except Daigoyou (I view him as an extra hero and not mecha) and Kyoryu Origami. In the final battle against Akumaro, Kyoryu Origami was added into the combination for once. In the finale, it wasn't able to stand against Doukoku.

Thanks to Sean Akizuki's Sentai Blog for the commentary.

JONAS L.A. won't get a 3rd season

Sad news for all u Jonas L.A fans. Jonas L.A.'s director tweeted this past weekend that the show has been cancelled! After some speculation last month that the series wouldn't return for a third season, it seems that Disney officially decided to pull the plug. Though the tweet has since been taken down, fans are taking the message as confirmation the boys definitely won't be back.

Credits to HM Disney Stars for the confirmation.

Final Villains that destroy mechs before their defeat

Here are some villains that managed to destroy mecha before their deaths. They are:

Emperor Vulgyre- In the finale, not even the Max Magma was a match for him. He was however defeated by the Super Five Robo when he was weakened by the Sidon flowers.

Radiguet- He acquired the ultimate monster form by merging with the beast Raguem. He was practically ultra sturdy except for the wound on his back. He destroyed Tetraboy with much ease. After the Jetmen defeated him, their mecha may be beyond repair.

Emperor Exhaus- It was pretty cool to see him destroy all the mecha of the Carrangers before he was defeated. That makes him more bad-ass than Ragorn.

Final Highness Senki- He managed to destroy the Gaorangers' mecha before he was finally destroyed. He was destroyed by the release of other Gao Animals and the resurrected Gaoranger mecha though. Ironic isn't it?

Emperor Doukoku- He managed to destroy the Shinkengers' mecha before his demise.