Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger

[MrDawn]

Anyone ever like this show?

There was an American adaptation to it called "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" which is lame in comparison. In my opinion Super Sentai is leagues better.

 

[Nebulous]

It does look just like power rangers! Thats cool.

 

[MrDawn]

It does look just like power rangers! Thats cool.

lol yea, they're the true and original power rangers. The Saban rangers used footage from Sentai. Copy and pasted. Saban used US actors to fill in the gaps for the dialogue scenes. It's just the Japanese cast in the zyuranger fights with the clay monsters for 3 seasons. It was heavily edited.

 

[PGen98]

YES! Super Sentai, so good . Always so much better than Power Rangers, but I still love Power Rangers

 

[Nebulous]

lol yea, they're the true and original power rangers. The Saban rangers used footage from Sentai. Copy and pasted. Saban used US actors to fill in the gaps for the dialogue scenes. It's just the Japanese cast in the zyuranger fights with the clay monsters for 3 seasons. It was heavily edited.

Yeah I was talking to @tonychu about this earlier and he was saying the same thing.

YES! Super Sentai, so good . Always so much better than Power Rangers, but I still love Power Rangers

Apparently its the same show, same monsters, same fight scenes. I heard the yellow ranger in their version was a dude though.

 

[PGen98]

Yeah I was talking to @tonychu about this earlier and he was saying the same thing.



Apparently its the same show, same monsters, same fight scenes. I heard the yellow ranger in their version was a dude though.

Yep, very much the same show, just repackaged with new characters and the storylines were modified quite a lot.

 

[MrDawn]

Apparently its the same show, same monsters, same fight scenes. I heard the yellow ranger in their version was a dude though.

They call him Boi. Each Zyuranger represents their tribe and were chosen to receive their power from the guardian beast gods.

Dime Tribe Knight Boi

Dime Tribe Knight Boi (ダイム族ナイト ボーイ, Daimu Zoku Naito Bōi) is TigerRanger (タイガーレンジャー, Taigā Renjā) of the Zyurangers and the "Warrior of Hope." Boi is the youngest and most curious member of the team at 15 years old (17 as of Super Sentai World, 34 years old in Gokaiger, and 36 years old in...

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[Nebulous]

They call him Boi. Each Zyuranger represents their tribe and were chosen to receive their power from the guardian beast gods.

Dime Tribe Knight Boi

Dime Tribe Knight Boi (ダイム族ナイト ボーイ, Daimu Zoku Naito Bōi) is TigerRanger (タイガーレンジャー, Taigā Renjā) of the Zyurangers and the "Warrior of Hope." Boi is the youngest and most curious member of the team at 15 years old (17 as of Super Sentai World, 34 years old in Gokaiger, and 36 years old in...

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I wonder why they made him a girl in the American version? To be more inclusive?

 

[MrDawn]

I wonder why they made him a girl in the American version? To be more inclusive?

I have no clue. I can't find any source on why they changed gender. I actually liked Boi. He's a good character. Here are some comparisons between him and Trini.




Also....you can watch the show for free on YouTube. There's a playlist. I actually felt it was better.

 

[Nebulous]

I have no clue. I can't find any source on why they changed gender. I actually liked Boi. He's a good character. Here are some comparisons between him and Trini.




Also....you can watch the show for free on YouTube. There's a playlist. I actually felt it was better.

Interesting list. I heard the actress that played the yellow ranger passed away a long long time ago too. RIP

 

[MrDawn]

Yep, very much the same show, just repackaged with new characters and the storylines were modified quite a lot.

Having watched Super Sentai and then watching Saban's version, I can't say that I agree. There are some major differences between the original Japanese show and the American adaptation. In the Japanese version, the Mega Zord is a deity named Daizeyuzin who gave the Zyurangers their powers. The Zyurangers are knights who are millions of years old. Each knight was chosen by Daizeyuzin was selected from different tribes.

The dinosaur spirits sometimes refuse to aid the Zyurangers in their time of need.

Bandora is Daizeyuzin's sworn enemy.

Prince Geki and the Zyurangers had to go through great lengths to get their legendary weapons from the Land of Despair. It was a trial given to them by Daizeyuzin to demonstrate that they were worthy to be his champions. While Zordon automatically just gave the Power Rangers their legendary weapons.

Zordon and Alpha 5 are only part of the american adaptation as well as Lord Zedd and are from another galaxy while SS Zyuranger is more fantasy (dungeons and dragons) like.

Jason and the other rangers were just randomly chosen by Zordon. Prince Geki and his comrades were trained by their tribes and spiritually chosen by their deity.

Prince Byurai, the dragon zyuranger was already chosen by the Dragon Caesar and was already evil. He was Prince Geki's (the tyrano Zyuranger) brother and wanted to rule the world as well as murder his brother. He chose to ally with Witch Bandora (Rita Repulsa) temporarily to achieve this goal. He chose out of his own free will to wield the evil legendary sword Hellfriede as his weapon to gain more power. He never becomes the White Deiranger unlike Tommy Oliver as that is a completely different character from Gosei Super Senta Deiranger and Bandora is not the villain in that show.

Kou is a child and is the Kibaranger.

Kou of the Howling New Star

Howling New Star, KibaRanger!KibaRanger's roll call Kou of the Howling New Star ("吼新星" コウ, "Kōshinsei" Kō) is KibaRanger (キバレンジャー, Kiba Renjā, Fang Ranger) of the Dairangers. He is a 9-year old (27 in Gokaiger) who manages to extract Yufang's Byakkoshinken. The youngest and shortest of all the...

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Shadam is the new antagonist in the Deiranger series. Not Bandora.

Lieutenant Colonel Shadam

Lieutenant Colonel Shadam is the leader of the Gorma Triumvirate, the military commander of the Gorma Tribe, the one responsible for the Gorma's re-emergence and the main antagonist of Gosei Sentai Dairanger. He is was also the father of Akomaru and Kou of the Howling Star. He was played by...

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I htink Saban's power ranger show is leagues different by comparison and are far from being the same thing.

 

[PGen98]

Having watched Super Sentai and then watching Saban's version, I can't say that I agree. There are some major differences between the original Japanese show and the American adaptation. In the Japanese version, the Mega Zord is a deity named Daizeyuzin who gave the Zyurangers their powers. The Zyurangers are knights who are millions of years old. Each knight was chosen by Daizeyuzin was selected from different tribes.

The dinosaur spirits sometimes refuse to aid the Zyurangers in their time of need.

Bandora is Daizeyuzin's sworn enemy.

Prince Geki and the Zyurangers had to go through great lengths to get their legendary weapons from the Land of Despair. It was a trial given to them by Daizeyuzin to demonstrate that they were worthy to be his champions. While Zordon automatically just gave the Power Rangers their legendary weapons.

Zordon and Alpha 5 are only part of the american adaptation as well as Lord Zedd and are from another galaxy while SS Zyuranger is more fantasy (dungeons and dragons) like.

Jason and the other rangers were just randomly chosen by Zordon. Prince Geki and his comrades were trained by their tribes and spiritually chosen by their deity.

Prince Byurai, the dragon zyuranger was already chosen by the Dragon Caesar and was already evil. He was Prince Geki's (the tyrano Zyuranger) brother and wanted to rule the world as well as murder his brother. He chose to ally with Witch Bandora (Rita Repulsa) temporarily to achieve this goal. He chose out of his own free will to wield the evil legendary sword Hellfriede as his weapon to gain more power. He never becomes the White Deiranger unlike Tommy Oliver as that is a completely different character from Gosei Super Senta Deiranger and Bandora is not the villain in that show.

Kou is a child and is the Kibaranger.

Kou of the Howling New Star

Howling New Star, KibaRanger!KibaRanger's roll call Kou of the Howling New Star ("吼新星" コウ, "Kōshinsei" Kō) is KibaRanger (キバレンジャー, Kiba Renjā, Fang Ranger) of the Dairangers. He is a 9-year old (27 in Gokaiger) who manages to extract Yufang's Byakkoshinken. The youngest and shortest of all the...

powerrangers.fandom.com

Shadam is the new antagonist in the Deiranger series. Not Bandora.

Lieutenant Colonel Shadam

Lieutenant Colonel Shadam is the leader of the Gorma Triumvirate, the military commander of the Gorma Tribe, the one responsible for the Gorma's re-emergence and the main antagonist of Gosei Sentai Dairanger. He is was also the father of Akomaru and Kou of the Howling Star. He was played by...

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I htink Saban's power ranger show is leagues different by comparison and are far from being the same thing.

Well, yeah, story wise they're radically different, I won't disagree with that. I guess what I meant there was that they repackaged Super Sentai scenes and added Westernized characters and plots

 

[MrDawn]

Well, yeah, story wise they're radically different, I won't disagree with that. I guess what I meant there was that they repackaged Super Sentai scenes and added Westernized characters and plots

Too bad they couldn't just take it and give Super Sentai English Dub instead. SS Zyurangers and Goesie Sentai Dairanger were a masterpiece. I have to say that I really liked Kou seeing as he was a pretty perverted kid and downright likable lol.

 

[PGen98]

Sentai does such a great job of telling a good story. It's still a kids show and it still has over the top monsters, but the story is so much better. It's a shame we never got that in English, but I still hold a soft spot for Power Rangers

 

[MrDawn]

Sentai does such a great job of telling a good story. It's still a kids show and it still has over the top monsters, but the story is so much better. It's a shame we never got that in English, but I still hold a soft spot for Power Rangers

I don't know. Some parents might not agree. Because there's some major occult stuff midway through the show. Bandora is a witch follower of Dai-Satan. She worships him. They cut a lot of that out for Fox's MPPR because...you know how superstitious some Americans are. Most Xtian parents would flip shit if they walked in on their kid watching this episode.

Dai-Satan

Dai-Satan (大サタン, Dai Satan, lit."Great Satan") was the true main antagonist of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger who desired to turn the Earth into a lifeless wasteland. Taking the appearance of a massive disembodied head; Dai-Satan first appeared 170 million years ago when he bestowed great magical...

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Ep. 30: Satan Comes!!

 

[PGen98]

Yeah, I suppose that's true. Have to cater to reactionary people

 

[Nebulous]

Having watched Super Sentai and then watching Saban's version, I can't say that I agree. There are some major differences between the original Japanese show and the American adaptation. In the Japanese version, the Mega Zord is a deity named Daizeyuzin who gave the Zyurangers their powers. The Zyurangers are knights who are millions of years old. Each knight was chosen by Daizeyuzin was selected from different tribes.

The dinosaur spirits sometimes refuse to aid the Zyurangers in their time of need.

Bandora is Daizeyuzin's sworn enemy.

Prince Geki and the Zyurangers had to go through great lengths to get their legendary weapons from the Land of Despair. It was a trial given to them by Daizeyuzin to demonstrate that they were worthy to be his champions. While Zordon automatically just gave the Power Rangers their legendary weapons.

Zordon and Alpha 5 are only part of the american adaptation as well as Lord Zedd and are from another galaxy while SS Zyuranger is more fantasy (dungeons and dragons) like.

Jason and the other rangers were just randomly chosen by Zordon. Prince Geki and his comrades were trained by their tribes and spiritually chosen by their deity.

Prince Byurai, the dragon zyuranger was already chosen by the Dragon Caesar and was already evil. He was Prince Geki's (the tyrano Zyuranger) brother and wanted to rule the world as well as murder his brother. He chose to ally with Witch Bandora (Rita Repulsa) temporarily to achieve this goal. He chose out of his own free will to wield the evil legendary sword Hellfriede as his weapon to gain more power. He never becomes the White Deiranger unlike Tommy Oliver as that is a completely different character from Gosei Super Senta Deiranger and Bandora is not the villain in that show.

Kou is a child and is the Kibaranger.

Kou of the Howling New Star

Howling New Star, KibaRanger!KibaRanger's roll call Kou of the Howling New Star ("吼新星" コウ, "Kōshinsei" Kō) is KibaRanger (キバレンジャー, Kiba Renjā, Fang Ranger) of the Dairangers. He is a 9-year old (27 in Gokaiger) who manages to extract Yufang's Byakkoshinken. The youngest and shortest of all the...

powerrangers.fandom.com

Shadam is the new antagonist in the Deiranger series. Not Bandora.

Lieutenant Colonel Shadam

Lieutenant Colonel Shadam is the leader of the Gorma Triumvirate, the military commander of the Gorma Tribe, the one responsible for the Gorma's re-emergence and the main antagonist of Gosei Sentai Dairanger. He is was also the father of Akomaru and Kou of the Howling Star. He was played by...

villains.fandom.com

I htink Saban's power ranger show is leagues different by comparison and are far from being the same thing.

Sounds like their story was more interesting than ours.

 

[PGen98]

Sounds like their story was more interesting than ours.

Absolutely true for each and every season of Super Sentai vs Power Rangers. So much more effort was put into the storylines

 

[Nebulous]

Absolutely true for each and every season of Super Sentai vs Power Rangers. So much more effort was put into the storylines

I wonder which franchise made more money?

 

[PGen98]

I wonder which franchise made more money?

Sentai, has to be. It was around long before Power Rangers and has a huge following still

 

[Nebulous]

Sentai, has to be. It was around long before Power Rangers and has a huge following still

Me thinks power rangers probably made more, just in merchandise here in the states alone they made someone very very rich. Every kid was a power ranger for halloween back in the day.

 

[PGen98]

Me thinks power rangers probably made more, just in merchandise here in the states alone they made someone very very rich. Every kid was a power ranger for halloween back in the day.

Very possible, but remember that Sentai had a good nearly 20 years on Power Rangers to gain an audience and sell merchandise. Power Rangers definitely made people like Haim Saban rich, no question, and it was absolutely massive in the 90s and early 00s, but Sentai's been consistent. It could be pretty close!

 

[Nebulous]

Very possible, but remember that Sentai had a good nearly 20 years on Power Rangers to gain an audience and sell merchandise. Power Rangers definitely made people like Haim Saban rich, no question, and it was absolutely massive in the 90s and early 00s, but Sentai's been consistent. It could be pretty close!

We'll have to do some research instead of just speculating.

 

[PGen98]

We'll have to do some research instead of just speculating.

Eh, maybe one day

 

[Nebulous]

Eh, maybe one day

Same here, I don't care enough.

 

[PGen98]

Same here, I don't care enough.

I'm interested, but I don't know that I'm interested enough to perform a simple search

 

[Nebulous]

I'm interested, but I don't know that I'm interested enough to perform a simple search

Sounds exhausting.

 

[PGen98]

Sounds exhausting.

Absolutely! So much effort!

 

[MrDawn]

Very possible, but remember that Sentai had a good nearly 20 years on Power Rangers to gain an audience and sell merchandise. Power Rangers definitely made people like Haim Saban rich, no question, and it was absolutely massive in the 90s and early 00s, but Sentai's been consistent. It could be pretty close!

This song didn't have much meaning to me when I was a kid. But after 30 years with the passing of Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank, it's both nostalgic and sad.

 

[PGen98]

It's a true reminder, isn't it? Somber.