The Whalley Reviews: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger! (Super Hero Time!)

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!

Welcome to my personal tribute to possibly one of the greatest shows and series of all time. Now before I begin I must address this first. Yes to any of you who live in Europe or America who have never heard of this series, this is Power Rangers but it's called Super Sentai in Japan, and this series is celebrating Super Sentai's 35th anniversary! The plot is after the previous Super Sentai teams defeated an evil space empire called Zangyack, by sacrificing their powers to defeat the invading fleet. Sadly their victory was short lived, Zangyack sent another invading force lead by the emperor's son...

Commander Warz Gills.

Accompanying Warz Gills are three commanders, first the elite soldier

Chief of Staff Damarasu or Damaras,

second the scientist

Development Technical Officer Insarn (by the way Insarn is female),

and and finally the mysterious 

Special Duty Officer Barizorg.

 Just when they were about to invade the Earth once more, they are interrupted by the space pirates...

Gokaiger! 

And yes that is their ship, and it's their zord too. Lead by probably the coolest Red Ranger leader ever! Goki Red...

   Captain Marvelous.

played by

Ryota Ozawa.

And I'm not joking, THAT'S his name! Marvelous! He's brash and very cocky but has a very soft heart. And he really does give the saying...

I rest my case.

Accompanying him, are his trusty crew his second in command (first mate) the Goki Blue...

 Joe Gibken

played by

Yuki Yamada.

Calm and very loyal to his crew, and at times you wonder if he does care for his crew mates. But he's willing to fight to the bitter end to help his crew. Also to note on Joe, he's a very good swordsmen, so good he can wield five swords at the same time! Holy shit this guy good! Now let's get down to the hot stuff..... I MEAN! .... the next Ranger.... hehe.... Goki Yellow....

Luka Millfy

played by

Mao Ichimichi.

A tomboyish girl and also the ships lookout. She also loves treasure, money, shiny expensive things, etc. You get it, and she'll do anything to get what she wants... I mean... anything.....

   O_O

........

Oh my....

O_O!!!

*nose bleeds*

I love episode 6....

*blushes* ..........Moving on..... time for Goki Green....

Don "Doc" Dogoier

played by

Kazuki Shimizu.

The ships often timid mechanic and cook. This guy is weird... I mean it Don is weird, but funny weird. In my opinion I think he doesn't know how to fight, so he takes the Jackie Chan way by using things around him to his advantage. He even uses a branch! Come on! If that's not Jackie Chan style of fighting I don't know what is! (even tho I do.) On to the pretty face of the crew and we are dealing with a real princess here... Goki Pink.

Ahim de Famille
played by
Yui Koike.

A princess from another world, but was destroyed by the Zangyack army, and is new to pirating. Out of all the Gokaiger's she is well-mannered and polite, she is also gentle and more kind hearted then her other crew mates, she is also there to make peace in case the others get into a fight. At first when she join, she was pretty much useless, but after training for a good while she was able to hold her own against any enemy. Oh and don't let that cute face fool you, she is very deadly when she wants to end a fight. I mean she also tricks the enemy with....

Cosplaying... 

 A schoolgirl, nurse, policewoman, newly wedded wife and... Abare Pink? WHAT THE HELL! She's hot! But don't let those get to you because... well, you'll die. No joke. So finally we come to our final Gokaiger, GOOOOKI Silver!

Gai Ikari

played by

Junya Ikeda.

OK I love this guy (no pun intended), he's just so fucking crazy! He's the only Earthling in the crew and a big Super Sentai fan-boy so he has a vast knowledge about the previous teams. He got his powers, after being injured by a truck while saving a little girl from being hit. While he was recovering he has a dream where he meets three of the Sixth Rangers who have died during battle, Mikoto Nakadai (Abare Killer), Time Ranger (Naoto Takizawa) and Dragon Ranger (Burai). They give him the power to become Goki Silver and fight against the Zangyack, but at first Marvelous doesn't let him join. After proving himself in a fight without his powers, Gai joins the Gokaigers and joins their fight to find the greatest treasure in the universe. He also has a strange power to use his imagination to not only fuse Ranger Keys but also fuse all sixth heroes together for him to become Goki Silver Gold Mode. Oh he also like a lot of Sixth Rangers has his own personal Zord too. 

Along their adventures they meet some of the previous Super Sentai teams who at first test them, and after meeting their approval gain they Ranger powers. Oh yeah I forgot to mention, they can transform into all the 34 previous Super Sentai teams and use their powers. 

   All 34 Super Sentai's Powers!

So... yep you've guessed it...

They can even transform into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, or to give their Japanese name Kyouryuu Sentai ZyuRanger.

And yes your eyes are not deceiving you, for the first time, the Yellow Ranger got a skirt on. I think it was a little hidden message to the creators of Power Rangers saying, "You could of done this, but NOPE! We have to do it ourselves!" So yeah.... Anyway, This series is really, really good! And for Sentai fans or Ranger fans this will make your day because no matter what episode you're granted to see at least your favorite Rangers or Sentai in this. Oh yeah I forgot to mention another character and you'll just love to hate him.

Basco Ta Jolokia 

He is a privateer sent to Earth by the Zangyack Empire, who travels with his space monkey Sally. He is known to be an old rival of Captain Marvelous, who affectionately calls him "Mabe-chan" And this guy IS just as badass as Marvelous! I'm not joking, you'll have to watch it to believe me. 

Oh by the way...

  This is Sally.

CUTE!

Basco also has a set of Ranger Keys which he uses in a trumpet-like device to summon past Sentai heroes, particularly the sixth members of the previous Sentai groups. But along the way the Gokaiger's get them back. Oh I also forgot that last picture of him up there (Not Sally the guy with the hat!) That isn't his true form...

THIS IS HIS TRUE FORM!!

And oh my god, he is ridiculously powerful! He even able to walk through all the Gokaigers with one move! Jeez!... this guy is good. He is also after the greatest treasure in the universe too, and now we get the point of "what is the greatest treasure in the universe?" Well.... (Spoiler Warning!!!)

It's the Triforce of Power!

(Insert Legend of Zelda joke here)

And that concludes my personal tribute to Super Sentai's Gokaiger. A brilliant series full of fan services, guest stars and all around nostalgia. A series I really do recommend to anyone who is a fan to both Sentai and Power Ranger fans alike, because believe me... You'll love it! 

Join me next time on Super Hero Time when we take a look at...

Kamen Rider W.

So... 

"Let's make it showy!" 

Captain Marvelous.

The Whalley.