Mirai Sentai Timeranger (Translated into Future Squadron Timeranger) is a Sentai that EVERYONE WANTS
TO SEE and for that it is a VERY HYPED SUPER SENTAI. What makes this a
even more hyped Super Sentai is that this is another one of those Sentai
that is not fully sub (a reason why is that what I heard the Raw is not
good and as such people subbing the show gave up on it or something
like that) and it has be on everyone’s to watch list. Another reason is
that Power Rangers Time Force was a really good and the people who have
seen Time rangers (and or seen clips of the show) say that it is the
same thing as Timeranger, now of course that is speaking only for us
Americans for japan however it was well ratings they were wise it did OK,
average for time but toy sales they did horrible (despite what E-bay
might say). This show was done by 2 writers I have had previously
mention on other reviews before Yasuko Kobayashi and Toshiki Inoue O YAH
because the last time I review something when they both worked tougher
THAT WORKED SO FUCKING WELL HUN RYUKI!? But granted this was A) mostly done by Kobayashi and Inoue
did only a hand full of and as such this is one of Kobayashi’s best
series to date and B) done in a time before Toshiki Inoue took his crazy
pills and became the japan equivalent to Frank Miller. Now I’m on of
the lucky people to see Timeranger since I have a friend with who I also
do a podcast with (which I'm in no way self-promoting HERE) so
with that all out of the way IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS Kobayashi
DID? w\as this the last good thing Inoue did before he made the same
show over and over? And finally is this show worth? Well then time to go back to the past and review Timeranger.
Case File 1: The Time Fugitives
The
show begins in the year 3000 A.D. where all of the violence in the world is
emaciated, both humans and aliens live in peace tougher in harmony, and Time travel
is now a real thing now. And since time travel is a real thing now the people
of the future need a squadron to protect the time and you could call it a Time
Squad if you will. We are introduce to a man… a man by the named 
Case File 2: The Unseen Future
In the 2nd episode of the show this shows main theme show
changing our future, is the future set in stone or can we make our own future
which is a thing I can say we all relate to since we want to be in charge of
our own destiny. And the biggest showing of this is the relationship between
both Tatsuya and his father. His father is for a lack of a better turn a
typical Asian business man who wants his son to be the next in line for his
company but Tatsuya doesn’t not want to because he is young and he want to make
his own decisions and bla bla bla. I’m skipping a bit into the future of the
show to say that this argument between both of them is not that one sided as
you might think or genetic either because latter in the show Tatsuya mom tells
him that just like him his father tried and break away from the Asami just like
him when he was his age but he could not do it so he went back and became just
like his parents. And I must remind you that these people are Asian and I bring
this up because in Japan Honor is everything to them and is high up on the list
even so much to the point Japanese kids kill themselves commit suicide just for
getting like a C or B on a test (I can already tell that did happen at least
once without checking any sources). It has even effected charters in Toku as
well like Gou from Drive (without that much on spoilers) it is from his dad
that is how he is and the way he acts and also why he acts like a races to
worse the Roidmudes. Any ways back to Don him, Gien, and Lila now call
themselves the Londarz Family (and name themselves after the building with all
the criminals) and then go and send a criminal to fight the Timeranges. After
the Timerangers defeat that criminal but then it grows giant size when they rip
off that patch (why anyone thought why this was any good this is dumb, or maybe
this was the only was a reprocution of freezing the chriminal). With the monster grows the rangers need and
help comes in the form of the Time Jets, also I love the time Jets they are all
this shiny silver chrome and very practical, also the jests are homages to
Jetman and Jetman zords. And even combine tougher to make a big jet which is
the gamma formation. The real robot mode Time Eobo is one of my most favorite
Robos of all time. I also love that the way the mecha are used to send them to
the past is another robo called Providus Base that sends them back in time and
it goes through time and we see dinosaurs Egyptians that actually do look like
Egyptians and not just Asians as Egyptians (which means I cannot use the Kiba
saying “but their white” clip can I) and then Ninjas (this was all before the
year 2000 A.D. did something happen in the like that happen in the future?).
I FREAKING LOVE TIME ROBO! The best part of this mech and why it is so different
from other mechas from the pas is that it can become 2 different robots and
both look different in each form which makes the robots even better. Beta
formation is more for speed and is a gunner form and is used to do more of the
fighting and Alpha is more for power and finishing the criminal with the time
sword and freezing the criminals. and the Rangers control Time Robo by swords... ok not exactly sure how you can do so much much movement with just swords tho, This is why G Gundam has my favorite type of controls that their is copy your movement and the robot repeats what you do, and i want to say that the fighting in this show is really good
from the mechas I mean WOW this is just incredible fighting here people,
UNLIKE TODAY WITH NINNINGER where the fight scenes are only 1- 2 minutes and
are just BOARING! When they do defeat the criminal (and also Tatsuya mad a deal
with his dad if he defeats this monster he would allow him to be whatever he
wanted to do) and now Tatsuya and the other Timerangers are now odd job workers
with their company called Tomorrow Research, and then Takku ask “who sent in
the time flyers?” (Remember this this will be an impotent thing latter on). Now
the episodes after this episode I can say this with complete honesty the
episode after this one are quite possibly some of the best FILLER EPISODES IN
SUPER SENTAI HISTORY! I do really epically with how cool these charters, these
charter episodes are what make this show with their charter focus episode. What
I will do is describe the best charter episode on the ranger and talk a little
about their charter. Yuri's episodes are about her and her family, you see when
she was little her family was killed by the Don himself and she want's revenge
for him killing his mom, dad, and sister (a sister barely not even 10 yet so
milking that sympathy card are we now). And the last thing she said to her
sister is that she did not wanted to play leap frog and that is a big regret
she had but with some advice from Tatsuya she got better and also he played
with her as well. Domo’s episode is a bit more different because only about
half of his episodes are just on him, when he was in the future he was
disqualified from a torment for some bad blows he did, what is worst he also
had to do fighting for support for his brother and sisters which are a lot of
them like 10 of them (CHRIST MAN PULL IT OUT WILL YA!) but his development is
shared with his admirer Honami Moriyama. In 1 episode when they did meet she
was in trouble but was saved she basically fell in love with him and it was
love at first sight. But while Domo did like the attrition at first he sadly
realize that when he does go back in time
he will leave here and he does not want to get into a relationship he will
leave her and realize he will leave her and does not what that to happen to her
so he stops drifts away from her to make sure he is not hurt (also on a side
note Honami thinks that Time Yellow is actually Ayase I would get angry at this
scene because she sees who wears what colors and what ranger they are…. BUT
Domo does not wear any bit of yellow on him either SO no criticizing from me).
But latter she finds out that Domo is Timeyellow and then they start going out
tougher and it forms a good relationship with each other (more on that latter).
Sino is the only one who is the weakest in these episodes because he really did
not have the most like jaw dropping moments or those WOW moments, but his were
the most ones with the comedy to them. Sino is for a lack of a better term an
alien and die from a war from his people and then sent to earth and is the last
of his kind, has super powers, and he is study on earth and he is ok with
this, I bet he cracked his head when he did this. HA you thought I would make a
superman reference well if you want one here is the Super man reference, MAN OF
STEEL SUCKS!).
Finally we have Ayase, Ayase is probably my favorite out of all
the 5. Ayase has (what I will be basically be abridging it) Future cancer and
has 2 years left to live so he kinda does not see any point of living what so
ever until he had a revaluation, he will join the time police and basically
help protect people because he thinks that is what he should do. My favorite
episode out of the entire show is in episode 14 called “Dead Heat” Ayase’s old partner
he meets who was put in prison because he was a cheater in races and when he
was release he did not wanted revenge or to fight Ayase but he wanted to just
race cars. And when he met up with Ayase again he tells him says that they were
going to make their dream car tougher, and also how they were really good
drivers tougher and the current viaduct is a tie between them. Until they race
again and Ayase protects a young child and Ayase’s partner admits to Ayase that
he is a better driver then he is. Then Lila betray him and then make him attack
the other rangers (because he had a neckless on him that makes him attack
others) and then in the finally he says to Ayase that Ayase was the better man
and also beg the Timerangers please put me back in jail and also I beg you and
that is what they do. I may have had paraphrase a LOT of that episode but take
my word for it was a REALLY GOOD EPISODE. And you want to know a thing to this
episode was done by Toshiki Inoue, YES! I admit I talk crap about him, how bad
this guy is, and how I think he is an Idiotic writer in general but after
watching this episode I realize something when he could write HE KNEW HOW TO
WRITE. Which makes me sad now seeing all of his modern stuff which turns out to
so many kinds of bad and so much poetical of what good it could have had been,
but now he is mostly known for all of his bad stuff he has been and pretty much
have had done nothing good in the past decade (except for Death Note I really
like that show, A LOT and will review it as soon as the live action U.S.
adaption comes out). When we have a very serious and touching episode like that
we also have a breather and enjoyable episode as well like Episode 21 “Sion's
Style” where everyone is drunk off their asses and OMFG is it just a sight to behold.
A bit latter on some new stuff happens when Gin invents a new robot that starts
causing havoc among the city (VERY IMPOTENT THING TO NOTE HERE it is powered by
something called lambda 2000 which is a super powerful crystal and is first Ver.
of another powerful crystal called Zeta 3, this will make a lot more sense
latter on in the review) but the Asami corruption has created something new a
powerful new weapon called the Rami, and to me the Rami reminds me of Moguera
from Godzilla V. Space Godzilla I’m not just saying that simply from my memory
of that being my first Godzilla movie but also from the fact that it is piloted
by humans, it looks heavy and very tank, and also has a drill, a drill that can
peace its enemies, and the heavens. But then the Rami tank is destroyed, and
worst is that the Timerangers try to fight the robot in their robot but Time robo
failed, and when they are about to be squished the sky turns black as a solar eclipse
happens and coming through the solar eclipse is a robot and that robot is
Time Shadow.
Time Shadow is SO many kinds of kick ass for starters he is a ninja
robot that transforms into a jet (repeat ninja robot that transforms into a jet)
has these cool blue sword blades which can also combine to make an arrow.
Time Shadow also is a unmanned robot and is only controlled from controls,
think of him as pretty much as like the tackle boy from Jetman or liner boy
from GOGOV. And just like Time Robo it goes back in time with us seeing Dracula, the Apollo moon landing and MOSES from the BIBLE (WHAT THE I DON'T EVEN) And this mecha can also combine with Time Robo Alpha and Beta to
make Time Robo Shadow Alpha and Time Robo Shadow Beta, I like alpha more since
it looks so much more badass, while Beta looks goofy with the side horns on him
(also a significant thing to say about Time Shadow if you see in like his
training in his first appearance you can see that he is on top of the twin
towers). And that is what pretty much put an end to Gin new robot but just
because Rami is destroyed does not mean that this is the end of the Asami Corp.
against the Londarz Family. Over all these episodes were really great and is
just a blast to watch through, yah some episodes had no big over arcing story
but hey the episodes themselves are a real joy to see. Now I done goofed up and
did not realize on exactly how long I made this review and so I’m ending most
of this review right here and next week I will have the rest of the story of Timerangers.
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