Tatsuya/ Time Red
Tatsuya is a great Red Ranger and a compilation of what made a good 90’s
Red Ranger a badass, a fearless leader who didn't take shit from anyone, and more
importantly took his job serious. His struggle were with him fighting his density
and him making his own future. I also consider him a very happy guy and his
interaction with the other rangers and well he did act like a friend would
being considered to worse someone, putting down his boot when needed, and also
making people laugh, feelings, As a leader he did do a good job with being a
leader, at first he got beaten up but latter knew what to do and how to do it. And
I must give credit to his actor Masaru Nagai since he did a really good job at
plaining a happy go lucky like Tatsuya and also an evil douchebag like Captain
Ryuuya
Yuuri/ Timepink
Yuri is a radically different Pink Ranger from the norm of Pink Rangers who
are usually the happy, heart fill types or just girly girls, but not Yuri. Yuri
is full with anger and hate which you cannot blame her because she did lose all
of her family when she was a kid to Don and that is why she became a cop in the
first place, to find Don revenge. But when she does finally go and find him
dying he does not recognize her family he killed of her and she really just
feels empty inside. I do think she was the real 2nd command, while
Tatsuya did a bunch as a leader, Yuri also did a lot as well and she proved that
girls can be total badass.
Ayase/ Timeblue
Ayase is my favorite charter out of everyone and is going to be in
my top 3 for Blue Rangers, and his charter focus episodes were some of the best
as well. Ayase began as a man who had a dream to build his dream car and loved
driving cars until 1 day where he got future Cancer. He basically gave up on
life since he was going to die soon, until he had an epiphany. He would join
the Timerangers and also become a person on decanting his time to protect
others and making sure they would not get hurt and he thinks of others before
himself. I just really like how selfless this man is and how much he does for
other people and he is just a kid guy as well, he is definitely one of my
favorite Rangers of all time.
I was not the biggest fan
of Domo in the beginning, he was more of a big hot head guy who easily got into
fights and arguments with just about all of his team mates and he was annoying
at time which even his team also felt the same way about. It was not when Honami was introduce till
Domo was much better as a charter, he started to stop and think and not be all
not a hot head and he thought about how him being from a different time line
might change their relationship. It is that both of these 2 they work tougher and
it is understandable why these 2 did not end up tougher but they did have a kid
Sion/ Time Green
Sino is the weakest charter out of all of the other rangers, out of
everyone he did the lease amount of things to do. I mean all he got going for
him is his home world destroying and him being the smarter one of the group but
other than that he got nothing else but doing inventions for the other rangers
and that 1 very funny episode where everyone was in a movie and it was a dream
in the end, he comes off more like that ranger that is their just to be there.
Naoto/ Timefire
Naoto just like Yuri is a different ranger from other rangers before
him. Naoto is an antihero through the whole story, he desire power since he
never had any power what so ever because he is a very poor person, and as such
he is pissed off at Tatsuya because he does have power but he feels like he is
not using it to it full use. You think him being a part of both the city
guardians and Time Fire would be enough for hum but no, he still wants more
power and willing to do some pretty dirty means to do it as well like sell out
his friends to be at the top of the Asami Corp. yes he did eventually did start
becoming a hero but that was too late since he would eventually die and go to 6th
ranger Heaven where he would give Gai the powers to become a Gokai Silver
The Music
The sound track is split down the line for me since I like literally enjoy
have of the songs on this list, and all of the music does sound like all jazz
music. The songs I do like is the opening, MY GOD THE TIMERANGER OPENING I love
the orchestra bits, the slow past it takes with the then thrilling rest of the music
is just an epic and could also be fitting for a final battle as well with the
real final battle that did happen in the show. Many people have also said on
record that this is the best Super Sentai opening of all time as well, and I sadly
disagree with that my favorite Sentai opening is Goseiger Opening, say what you
will about the show but I love the opening, and I think it is a lot better than
Ninninger in my option. OK Time Robo is awesome as well, mainly the guitar riff
is what is awesome about this song, and the song having the jet sounds a jet
would have.
For the songs I do not like are the V-rex theme
and Time Shadow theme, BOTH TAKE FOREVER TO GET GOOD! I mean it take a good
minute for some lyrics to happen and before that it is just a boar of jazz
before that, this is just a personal thing for me since you all might enjoy it
more for me and that is OK.
Digital-Ranger Jukebox recommendations: Shinku no
Doushi~TimeFire for amazing guitar riffs,
lyrics that help with Time Fire, and also a up beat song just ready for battle
The Good
The Writing
The writing for the show really stands out for me compare to more Sentai
shows that has come before and after this show. These episodes are all so good
and you know what I would gladly rewatch any of these episodes again anytime. This
is some of Kobayashi’s best work of all time with things like so many plot
twist and great charters.
The Production for the Mechas
I absolute LOVE everything about the Mecha from this show, I love
all the designs for this show and all of the Mecha feels very grounded, like
using another Mecha to send the Mecha and them using a Time Flyer to get into
their Mecha is just so genius. Not to mention all the sets looks high quality
made and the choreography is amazing probably the best in all of Sentai Mecha
history and that alone is worth if for the show alone, and not to mention I think how the use of both CGI and practical effects are integrated so well in the show, and I also miss when new combinations took their time and showed it forming instead of being all quick like that in modern Sentai.
Time Fire
Despite
what I said before I really like Time Fire and think he is really unique and
Different, he is an anti-hero and we have had like never had a Anti-hero as a
ranger for a whole show, o yah we have had ones like villains or rivals but not
a Anti-hero and it is refreshing to see for once, a ranger who is an antagonist
and that just works on so many levels for this show. I’m not oppose to have a
charter archetype for another 6th ranger again, just because Time
Fire is different and I think that is why people like him. I explain on him enough
already on his charter so I will not repeat myself what I have had said before.
The Ending
The ending is a very good and also sad ending that I really
enjoyed. I mean the stakes were really high with the whole destruction of the
20th century, so many deaths happen even with charters we did knew, so
much happen in this ending it was really great. And the part where Yuri and
Tatsuya are separated is well just sad honestly.
The Bad
The Villains
While not the worst or
stupidest villains we have, these villains are more of a boar than anything else.
Lila was the boring and
well just their just for the sake of having another villain. Dolnero was better
since he did have some development just not a lot with him, and Gien, Gien
could have had been villains in all of Super Sentai! I mean with him doing so
much damage and destruction and him going crazy it could have had been amazing
but not that did not happen at all he wants to destroy humanity just because. I
mean for as crazy as he is this heal turn comes straight out of nowhere. I mean it
would be cooler if he instead of being an adult Gin was a child and still
learning to become an adult and then growing up with Don he would be crazy from
that. HECK let’s go 1 step farther and make him Don’s child who then go crazy.
I mean this would really been awesome but what we did get is something rather disappointing.
Yuuri and Tatsuya relationship
While I did complement the relationship at the end
with Yuuri and Tatsuya is well not really well develop hardly at all. In the
first 10-20 episodes yes then like out of nowhere near the end of the story
they love each other. Even Domo and Honami are the same way as well but it is
more of an excuse with them since it was more near the midway point of the show
and well they had a kid so they get a pass for that. But o well another relationship
gone nowhere in Toku again.
Captain Ryuuya
Captain Ryuuya can only be
describe as an evil, evil, evil man. I already express enough my
feelings to worse this guy so I’ll be brief. Yes I know what he did make us
want to hate him and all he did was just wrong but what he did can never be forgiven
and also Death is too good for him
Final Verdict
9/10
This is a DAMN FINE SHOW!
So now this brings me back
to what I said in the long ago beginning of this review is Timeranger worth
the hype? You know after watching this show I say yes, yes it is. This
show is defiantly worthy of all of the hype it get. And as such for that I
only see fitting that Timeranger get.
The Prodigious Award Seal of Approval™ an award reserved for only the best of the best and must be seen by all.
Timeranger
is a show everyone has to see at least once in their life because this is just a
very awesome show. This show I feel like is a time capsule of everything good
about 90's Sentai how fun they were, I just cannot recommend this show enough
so just go ahead and watch this show because you will not regret it in the slightest.
O MY GOD I AM VERY SORRY THAT I MADE THIS REVIEW SO LONG I REALLY DID NOT INTEND FOR IT TO BE THIS LONG. I mean I swear this is
probably longer then my Kamen Rider Taisen Review which at that point was my
longest review by far. Speaking of Taisen I’m going to take a bit of a break
just because of this so come back in December where I shale Review Kamen Rider
GP and the Yongou Special + an extra movie, what is that extra movie? Well if
you see the Kamen Rider Yongou special you already know then.
