Oh boy, Natsume is back as Luna's rival? Nice hat.
I like how over the top the Powerful Rangers were.
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The dinosaur jokes were pretty good too.
A lot of references as always. Let us know if the wiki's missing anything.
They used "Power Rangers S.P.D" in the DekaRed cameo ep last season.takenoko wrote:Now that you mention it, did anyone else find it weird that they went out of their way to not mention the Power Rangers? I get that we're seeing this through Luna's ignorant perspective of the events, but it said Powerful Rangers on Akagi's phone and he pretty much treats Powerful Rangers as Power Rangers.
Well obviously Toei owns all the image rights, but the trademark for the name "Power Rangers" is, I assume, wholely owned by Saban.takenoko wrote:Yeah I guess, it's just that Toei obviously owns more of those rights than Saban, so I can't imagine that they'd get in any real legal trouble. Maybe they were worried about upsetting Power Ranger fans?
Speaking of which, it's pretty great how many American references they threw into this episode. I also really love the Powerful Rangers running up the same cliffside each time.
I swear I had a Power Rangers comic drawn in that super muscle-y style when I was a kid. It always annoyed me because it looked nothing like the suits from the television show. As for the buckles, I took that as another subtle reference to MMPR since you could see those words on them when they spliced in the sentai footage.SpinelSun wrote:I lost it at the Powerful Rangers super muscle-y comic cover.
A bit disappointed they made them "American" by tacking on american flags. They had full screen close ups of their belts, that still said ZYURANGER and KYORYUSENTAI they couldve changed it to "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWERFUL RANGERS" like they did with making KibaRangers chest logo the Akibaranger logo, and having them not notice it initially.
what?Phoenix512 wrote:Or maybe even have Dragon Ranger wear the god awful chest plate that the American version wore.
Ha, never noticed. Any comparison shots?Kuchiri wrote:In Power Rangers since they didn't have Zyuranger's Golden Chest Piece they created their own foam one.