User:StrangerAtaru/Sentai Guide

This is a personal opinion guidebook regarding my personal Super Sentai feelings and choices. This will contain information regarding a quick guide, best and worst episodes. More may come later somehow. An abridged list of my preferences are on my front page.

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger

 * Brief Review: This is the series that started it all and its obvious why its so memorable from the beginning. It basically is the continuous battle of five noble heroes fighting against an evil terrorist organization in every way from blunt force to spy tactics. The best way to watch this series is as not one continuous story but 84 mini-dramas where some of them are connected to each other. The show isn't without faults: there is an obsessive usage of stock footage, you sort of wonder about the heroes considering their bases and men seem to die and get destroyed all the time, and the show does get a bit more toyetic in the second half with some of its choices in weapons and vehicles; not to mention cast and crew who keeps coming and going making things have no consistency at all! (even though one in particular has an amazing, yet tragic end) But it still is a strong series that set the standard for years to come.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Without Gorenger, Sentai wouldn't exist; but even so its a strong, fun series that brings out the best of 1970s tokusatsu even with some of its weirder aspects.
 * Best Episodes:
 * 1-42:
 * Ep. 15: The Big Blue Fortress! Big Raging Variblune
 * Ep. 22: Yellow Air Raid! Nightmares of Atlantis
 * Ep. 27: Yellow Object Q! Gorenger Base S.O.S.
 * Ep. 37: A Pure White Flash! The Black Cross Führer's True Form
 * Ep. 38: The Blue Cliff! The Search for Demonic Pirate Treasure
 * 43-84:
 * Ep. 53: The Red Home Run King! The Deadly Number 1
 * Ep. 63: A Flash of Black Lightning! The Protruding Cannon
 * Ep. 65: The Crimson Suicide Squad!! The Black Cross Castle Raid
 * Ep. 67: Crimson Special Attack!! Kirenger Dies at Sunset
 * Ep. 73: Black Whirlwind!! It's a Contest! A Straight Line
 * Worst Episode
 * 1-42: Ep. 24: Blue Anger! Strong Midomerang, Big Counterattack
 * 43-84: Ep. 52: The Pink Telephone Demon! The Murderous Dial
 * Ranger MVP: Tsuyoshi Kaijo/Akarenger
 * Villain MVP: Iron Man Mask General Temujin
 * Side Character MVP: Edogawa Gonpachi
 * Also Respected: Akira Shinmei/Aorenger, Peggy Matsuyama/Momorenger, Black Cross Führer, Yoko Katou

J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

 * Brief Review: It's hard to follow up essentially the series that made live-action team shows a reality and while Shotaro Ishinomori does try, the series seems to have problems even from the get-go. The early third have a great maturity doing things you'd never expect from Sentai anymore with a quartet of tragic heroes who have become living weapons to fight a merciless enemy. But the early arcs are bogged down by a lot of tragedy with the team feeling like they just get hit with everyone they know getting massacred left and right. The middle third lightens things up a bit, which gets positive but sometimes gets a bit silly (a talking hamster...nuff said) and feels like a completely different show. But then the final third comes along...and it is a different show.  The villains go bigger, things go all over the place, and a fun new leader who does really try to save everything but somehow feels bigger than life...too big at times. (then again he was called in from another show after it had ended) The final two episodes feel like the whole show in a nutshell, with it starting with a really dark episode before giving us a very WTF ending. There are good things about the season: the original quartet are really great and dynamic (well one improves after he lightens up) and I think the later field-leader is having a lot of fun even if he makes little sense, but the show is such a mess that you just have patience or else you'll go nuts.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Not for people starting out in Sentai; if you want to see it, be prepared for anything, particularly for the roller coaster of changes!
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 5: 3 Snaps!! The Ballade of Betrayal
 * Ep. 7: 8 Supercars!! Super-Speed, 350 km/h
 * Ep. 11: 13 Jackpots!! Burn! Flames of Friendship
 * Ep. 22: Big Red Counterattack!! Attack the Suicide Bomber Army
 * Ep. 34: Infiltration! CRIME Fortress Island
 * Worst Episode
 * Ep. 33: The Blitzkrieg Squad Annihilated?! CRIME's Cooking Class
 * Ranger MVP: Ryu Higashi/Dia Jack
 * Villain MVP: None
 * Side Character MVP: Commander Daisuke Kujirai
 * Also Respected: Gorou Sakurai/Spade Ace, Karen Mizuki/Heart Queen, Bunta Daichi/Clover King

Battle Fever J

 * Brief Review: This series really doesn't realize at first that it is the revival of Sentai after its J.A.K.Q. cancellation due to it's intention: a team inspired by Marvel superhero Captain America fighting against an organization influencing the world secretly. Because of which, the first half of the season (after an incredibly continuous opening arc introducing the franchise's first giant robot) feels really hard getting through; there are fun episodes but too many just feel like they were throwing things at a wall and seeing what works and it doesn't help that the writers at time don't know who these characters are. But somehow...it gets better: the improvements start when a weird idea was dropped for a real heroine and a future main writer joins the staff and while there are still problems (mainly a great character ending up in the worst departure ever; even if his replacement does work well with the new team), the show is much better in the second half. Aside the replacements, there is a breakout star and the mentor is amazing (even if he's tied to a really weird endgame); but this is a season you have to be patient with, mining for the good amidst a lot of junk in the "not Sentai" that becomes the last true 70s Sentai before the 80s and the franchise's evolution begins.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Try to sample a couple of the episodes from the first half, particularly the Battle Fever Robo arc; once Uehara and Soda take over in the second half, it becomes much better...but prepare for some hiccups of bad or really strange.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Shiro Akebono/Battle Kenya
 * Villain MVP: None
 * Side Character MVP: Keiko Nakahara
 * Also Respected: Maria Nagisa/Miss America (II), Makoto Jin/Battle Cossack (II), General Tetsuzan Kurama, Masaru Nakahara, Yuki Ueda

Denshi Sentai Denziman

 * Brief Review: With the realization the franchise was going to stick around, main writer Uehara actually decides to make something different from the first three series as the franchise entered the 1980s, with mixed results. While the main story is a battle between five heroes using ancient alien technology to defeat extra-dimensional invaders (lead by a memorable leader) who brought down an advanced planet in the past, it basically is window dressing for a more typical two-way war between both sides told through mostly one-shots. There is potential in the background of this world, but a lot of it is speculation though there are interesting matters regardless. The one-shots ranged from many good and fun ones to some that waste potential or get rather confusing or bizarre as this era tends to do. Ultimately the culmination of the series is neither brought about the heroes or villains but by a random third party who is interesting in some ways but whose final endgame ends up making the entire series feel extremely empty, like it was all a waste of time that sort of unites both sides...but doesn't. All I could think when it was over was "what did it all mean?"
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: While still fun in what it does right with good one-shots and fun villains, this series ended up frustrating me in trying to be bigger than it really is. If you can ignore the weird decisions by the endgame, its still a worthwhile watch.
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 14: Come to the 100-Point Cram School
 * Ep. 20: Gorilla Boy's Great Riot
 * Ep. 24: The Trapping Superhuman
 * Ep. 25: The Tiger's Cave Has a Saboteur
 * Ep. 39: The Queen's Angry Apparition Art
 * Worst Episode:
 * Ep. 22: Super Time, Strange Experience
 * Ranger MVP: Jun Kiyama/DenziYellow
 * Villain MVP: Queen Hedrian
 * Side Character MVP: None
 * Also Respected: Ippei Akagi/DenziRed, General Hedrer

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

 * Brief Review: In a pseudo-sequel to his previous series, main writer Shouzou Uehara basically and recklessly combines all four of his Sentai to create a bizarre composite season that has no idea what it wants to do. Its main focus appears to be a trio of military-recruited male Rangers (with only the boss's daughter as their female) under the hand of a supremely strong mentor fighting against an evil machine empire who likewise revives the greatest enemy of the previous team! The season starts with a greater emphasis on spy tactics, but then becomes way more generic, yet with all sort of weirdness and chaos while changing things extremely often, most notably replacing a passable but ignored Red with a franchise-defining one, while telling stories that just go from supremely fun to supremely frustrating and ridiculously dumb. Yet with as great as the heroes are supposed to appear, the endgame more or less shreds the villain group with conspiracy sparked by an extremely latecomer and the bizarre truth which just leaves the heroes to pick up the pieces on whatever is left of them while Uehara just abandons it all while wanting to do.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: While with elements that make it passable in watching, the season is a complete mess squashing four seasons of Sentai and one huge villain into a mish-mash with a side of "what the hey"; it tries but its randomness reduces its stature.
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 14: The Day the Earth Surrenders
 * Ep. 24: Lake Hamana's Nessie
 * Ep. 29: Pretty Swordsman, White Rose Mask
 * Ep. 39: The Tomboy that Falls on Her Rear
 * Ep. 43: You Can Be a Genius Too
 * Worst Episode:
 * Ep. 27: A Midsummer Night's Great Fear
 * Ranger MVP: Takayuki Hiba/Vul Eagle II
 * Villain MVP:
 * Side Character MVP:
 * Also Respected:

Dai Sentai Goggle V

 * Brief Review: Pure and simple: Hirohisa Soda takes over the franchise, cuts out all the clutter and nonsense from Uehara's era, brings back the girl Ranger big time with one of the most memorable and a lot of really cool teamwork and moves (and oh yeah, the crazy rhythmic gymnastics stuff), streamlines it with a lot of Rider and other toku stuff and with a story about the responsibilities of technology, protecting those who will use it responsibly for the future, and essentially a villain creating weird genetic beings to continue to prove its existence and win an arms race with humanity. A vastly underrated season; not really for those used to more modern story-driven Sentai, though, and my only nitpick being that one villain in particular probably deserved a more epic ending but their end was still decent.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: A personal favorite and an underrated gem for fans of earlier 80s Sentai, if you can get past the whole "rhythmic gymnastics" bias everyone gives this season
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Futoshi Kijima/Goggle Yellow
 * Villain MVP: General Deathgiller
 * Side Character MVP: Sayuri Yamamoto
 * Also Respected: Ken'ichi Akama/Goggle Red, Miki Momozono/Goggle Pink, Grand Marshall Deathmark, Mazurka

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

 * Brief Review: Following up the previous season, Soda ends up reversing the relation of heroes and villains, with the former now a team of well-trained scientists and the latter now a mystical civilization of tailed beings, both of which trying to make their dreams come true. While this season is fun with a lot of great aspects, it also has a lot of problems: it intermixes some really cool concepts with some dull, typical execution, introduces an annoying but crucial villain two-thirds through while making another villain almost bipolar going from bombastic to a cool but amazing article of revenge...and then reverts them back to square one by the end; plus it seems to abandon its entire theme in the final quarter to turn the team into a rather generic one...even if amazingly it makes sense due to what their mentor was actually doing and why they did it. Yet even with its faults its still a surprisingly good season with themes involving mentorship, racism and the idea of dreams and what happens when they go wrong.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: While the season has problems and sometimes you may not think it knows what its doing, it actually does have some good, fun and even smart surprises, so its worth a shot
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 19: The Fuse is a Red Toxic Flower
 * Ep. 23: Operation Human Slug
 * Ep. 29: Chimera's Cursed Clothes
 * Ep. 40: Explosion! Silent Anger
 * Ep. 49: The End of General Kar
 * Worst Episode
 * Ep. 26: Intense Fighting! The Solar Lighthouse
 * Ranger MVP: Ryuu Hoshikawa/DynaBlack
 * Villain MVP: General Kar
 * Side Character MVP: Dr. Kyuutarou Yumeno
 * Also Respected: Kousaku Nangou/DynaYellow, Prince Megiddo, Princess Chimera

Choudenshi Bioman

 * Starts 8/17/15

Dengeki Sentai Changeman

 * Brief Review: The first 80s Sentai I completed and a very meaty one that typically seems to be ignored, doing a great job in creating a mythos and developing an entire universe of memorable characters, including interesting heroes and villains that range from sympathetic to downright cruel. There's a great universality of these heroes and villains showing how similar we are even with our differences, showing that war may not be the answer or the be-all of our interaction with others, whether throughout our world or beyond it. Some strange things happen in the endgame, particularly with two villains in particular and there are more questions than answers that occur with a final revelation, but it's good altogether.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Possibly the best Sentai to emerge from the 1980s, creating a powerful space epic with universal themes that go beyond the franchise.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Sayaka Nagisa/ChangeMermaid
 * Villain MVP: Adjutant Booba
 * Side Character MVP: Yui Ibuki
 * Also Respected: Hiryu Tsurugi/ChangeDragon, Shou Hayate/ChangeGriffin, Adjutant Shiima, Navigator Gator, Gyodai

Choushinsei Flashman

 * Brief Review: A series that knows exactly how it is set up and how it will end...but getting between the two can be a problem. The opening episodes are marvelous, with one of the best Ranger casts and villain groups in franchise history.  An early arc further improves with an amazing side-villain who remains relevant to the end, but with an episode and a half of weird things between the relevant parts, foreshadowing the problems.  The middle has good episodes and a great build-up of tension between two threats but an extremely pointless mid-point arc that seems to try and increase problems almost artificially and the stupidest upgrade story in Sentai history. The final eight to ten episodes are all golden, though, with one of the most saddening and emotional end-games in the franchise, making all the grief getting to it worthwhile.  Even with the dumb mid-point arc,  it's still a great season.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Incredible opening, good middle with troublesome parts, heartbreaking finale; even with storytelling flaws it still is a top-rate classic
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Sara/Yellow Flash
 * Villain MVP: Great Doctor Lie Köpflen
 * Side Character MVP: Doctor Tokimura
 * Also Respected: Jin/Red Flash, Bun/Blue Flash, Leh Wanda, Leh Näfel, Wolk and Kilt, Sir Kauler

Hikari Sentai Maskman

 * Brief Review: This season really doesn't seem like it has any real focus: it's a war between martial artists of the surface and a horrible underground empire with random things popping in and out of the story, with probably one of the most hacked power source in franchise history and a dominant Red who gets all the focus, fights and anything of interest in what's supposed to be a team war against the forces of the underground. (even though two others, possibly a third, are way more interesting) There actually is an interesting theme hidden about the power of duality and symbiosis, primarily from the enemy and ultimately in the relations of two royals who become key in saving their world from a vulnerable but bizarre tyrant. But from a lot of the flip-flopping and bad and bizarre story choices, it becomes hard to see and the season just becomes a story that can be comprehended but is still rather dull and confusing.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME!: With a story that can get irritating, elements that can drive you nuts, and its "perfectly flawed hero", this has to be one of the worst series of its era; there are things that make it worth it but you have to really look carefully to see them.
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 20: A Trap! The Sinking Giant Robot
 * Ep. 32: Oyobu's Lethal Dash
 * Ep. 35: The Mystery of Zeba! The Forbidden Tomb
 * Ep. 39: Revival! The Mysterious X1 Mask
 * Ep. 45: Prince Igam! You're a Woman!
 * Worst Episode
 * Ep. 18: The Dear Bloodsucking Doll!
 * Ranger MVP: Kenta/Black Mask
 * Villain MVP: Earth Imperial Ninja Fumin
 * Side Character MVP: None
 * Also Respected: Akira/Blue Mask, Momoko/Pink Mask, Earth Curiosities Beast Anagmas, Earth Imperial Ninja Oyobu

Choujuu Sentai Liveman

 * Brief Review: While I'm generally positive with Hirohisa Soda with the seasons I've seen, this is probably the season with him at his worst. There is nothing wrong with the concept, involving the betrayal of friends and the fight to either defeat or redeem those who ran off to work for one who can help them achieve intellectual superiority. But the problem is that with this being the team of "life", we see the writing at its preachiest, with everything being alive and essentially every episode feeling like a guilt complex that makes you feel like you can't do anything that harms "life".  It doesn't help that the heroes are essentially the epitome of the 80s and that there are some really bizarre and weird twists going on.  But the season does have some interesting ideas even amidst the junk: they have reason to expand to two further members, there's a fun biting satire at the horrible effects of the Japanese education system of its time, and the end-game (up until the last episode and a half where it just gets terrible) is really captivating seeing the villains fall apart due to the mechanisms of the mastermind for his ultimate goal. (oh and there's an adorable robot girl...) There is redemption for both the villains and this season...you just have to bare with a lot of turmoil to get to them.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Prepare for a lot of preachiness because the "life" concept ends up leading to Sentai at its worst; but the satire of Japanese education and the fight to redeem the traitors actually does keep it entertaining.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Megumi Misaki/Blue Dolphin
 * Villain MVP: Doctor Mazenda
 * Side Character MVP: Colon
 * Also Respected: Great Professor Bias, Doctor Obular, Chibuchian Butchy, Doctor Hoshi

Kousoku Sentai Turboranger

 * Brief Review: After two popular but vastly overrated season, Soda goes back to what he does best: an extremely fun Sentai closer to his early 80s output but with much more plot and emotional output like his later works using the best live action special effects possible to create a template for the fantasy Sentai to come. The main story involves high schoolers using fairy magic and vehicle technology to fight monsters possessing massive grudges against the world that sealed them; while a ton of fun at first, the story becomes more intense when the ultimate spoiler arrives and ultimately becomes the driving force of the villains, ultimately rewriting their story and joined by another giving a focus on whether two civilizations truly can live together and if one can overcome hatred to find redemption. While some can probably complain about how massive a shift the villains go through, the possible loss of focus at one point or whether they can put up with so many strange concepts being put together into one series, I think its written so well that it ultimately does work giving an amazing, satisfying and surprisingly strong story.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This season is probably Soda's underrated masterpiece, allowing for him to work on both the fun and the emotional side of Sentai and bring out what works best for him through this miraculous combination of technology, magic and youth.
 * Best Episodes:
 * Ep. 15: Yamimaru! Lethal Alignment
 * Ep. 21: Dosukoi Contest
 * Ep. 23: A Lot of Ghosts
 * Ep. 39: The End of Lagorn
 * Ep. 48: The Wandering Boma's Secret
 * Worst Episode Ep. 33: Steal! Yōhei's Face
 * Ranger MVP: Daichi Yamagata/Black Turbo
 * Villain MVP: Yamimaru
 * Side Character MVP: Misa Yamaguchi
 * Also Respected: Riki Honoo/Red Turbo, Shunsuke Hino/Yellow Turbo, Great Boma Emperor Lagorn, Princess Boma Jarmin, Kirika, Fairy Seelon

Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

 * COMING OCTOBER, 2015

Choujin Sentai Jetman

 * Brief Review: This series has a reputation due to being prior to "the Power Rangers seasons" and with so many making this their first foray into Sentai. It is worthwhile in many ways, with its initial prototyping into a new style of storytelling and a villain group who seems extradimensional but who are actually the personification of horror movies. But unfortunately, there's the albatross in the room regarding the "love story", which engulfs so many characters (especially with two stories in particular) that it really ruins anything else that could have merit; as well as so many concepts just feeling so random that you just wonder why they bother outside "hey, let's just do this!". Later seasons luckily will straighten it out but here it can be a distraction that either can enhance things or make it worse.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME!: This season isn't perfect but it is important and definitely worth seeing, but I dare you to try and keep sane with all the love stuff going on
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 10: Cup Noodles
 * Ep. 12: Hellbound Bus
 * Ep. 20: Marriage Vacuum Cleaner
 * Ep. 28: An Original Dimensional Beast
 * Ep. 44: Majin Robot! Veronica
 * Worst Episode
 * Ep. 22: Exploding Love
 * Ranger MVP: Ako Hayasaka/Blue Swallow
 * Villain MVP: Back Dimensional Count Radiguet
 * Side Character MVP: Jiiya
 * Also Respected: Raita Ooishi/Yellow Owl, Grey, Commander Aya Odagiri

Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger

 * Brief Review: A fairy tale with dinosaurs: can that even work!? Of course it can with some of the most defining aspects in Sentai, including one of the greatest villains who never lets up in her power, a simple logic for children to follow, heated martial arts and a game-changer concept that would define the franchise for years to come. Unfortunately, the heroes do feel rather too good and pure at times, they seem rather bound to follow the will of their deities...and did I mention all the random one-shot kids!?  Well OK, some of them were great like this season, but many are about as saccharine as the show can get, making it essentially draw even.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: With a great villainess and the birth of the Sixth-Ranger concept, this season is easily one to check out; and some of the "kid episodes" aren't bad either
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Sharma Tribe Knight Goushi/MammothRanger
 * Villain MVP: Witch Bandora
 * Side Character MVP: N/A
 * Also Respected: Risha Tribe Princess Mei/PteraRanger, Yamato Tribe Knight Burai/DragonRanger, Tottpatt, Pleprechuan

Gosei Sentai Dairanger

 * Brief Review: This is a season that tried to experiment with a lot of things, from a "culturally based team" to various styles of storytelling. As a positive, many things work in making it come alive: the usage of Chinese martial arts and culture is fun, while some of the personal stories are really good, particularly two sets of them. Even in two other major ones, there are problems but something or another does actually redeem them. Unfortunately, one in particular really stinks up everything and the problems that do emerge in others are evident; while the main actual story ultimately turns into a huge infodump in the first six and final six episodes that really make it feel like it stuffs a lot into you at the start and then stuffs a bit more at the end just to get you to the end, particularly with an extremely weird climax caused by an up-to-then compitent villain whose final revelations are completely ridiculous.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: The season is daring in its storytelling concepts and martial arts focus, but the individual stories vary from great to horrible and the main plot is front and back-loaded and derails into the ridiculous; overrated but worth a watch.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Shoji of the Heavenly Gravity Star/TenmaRanger
 * Villain MVP: Lieutenant Colonel Gara
 * Side Character MVP: Kameo/DaiMugen
 * Also Respected: Kazu of the Heavenly Time Star/KirinRanger, Gorma Emperor XV, Ikazuchi, The Three Gorma Stooges

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

 * COMING JANUARY, 2016

Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

 * COMING MARCH, 2016

Gekisou Sentai Carranger

 * Brief Review: This season was a hoot, from the very comedic characters and scenarios to extremely sympathetic villains connected to an utterly heartless one who appears rather late but leaves such an impression as his importance grows that he ultimately brings everyone together to face down the biggest threat to the universe. The season has a lot of great story about the connection between kids and adults and between family that is similar to Changeman but so weird in some respects that it's a different approach. There are some really weird moments that make you wonder what they were thinking (Super-GPS...that's all I'm saying), but this has to be one of my favorite seasons regardless.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: One of the craziest and yet one of the most heartfelt Sentai ever made and probably one of the best of the franchise as well as a personal favorite.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Minoru Uesugi/Green Racer
 * Villain MVP: TBD
 * Side Character MVP: Hazardian Dapp
 * Also Respected: Natsumi Shinohara/Yellow Racer, President Gynamo, Deputy Leader Zelmoda, Beauty Zonnette, Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus, Ichitarou Tenma

Denji Sentai Megaranger

 * Brief Review: This season feels to me like a prototype for the return of Kamen Rider, using concepts of the high school team that people always talk about with an advance science agency with it's own dark secrets, very much like a prototype for the Heisei-Riders when they finally emerged.  The early part of the season is a lot of fun, but the middle starts dragging when a certain villain arrives that makes an impressionable introduction...but drags on and on as you realize how pointless they are. Softening the blow is the arrival of one of my favorite 6ths, who is just weird but really balances out the high school and science corp sides. After the middle is finally over, the series speeds up to awesome again, then to epic when an evil team takes command and barrels this season and its heroes and villains to a heartbreaking, powerful endgame. Honestly if it weren't for that troublesome middle, this could have been the greatest of all my seen Sentai.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: Aside minor "midpoint villain" concerns, this has to be one of the best sci-fi based Sentai ever made, perfectly integrating concepts of high school, high technology, and the limits of progress.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Yuusaku Hayakawa/MegaSilver
 * Villain MVP: Doctor Hinelar
 * Side Character MVP: Professor Eikichi Kubota
 * Also Respected: Shun Namiki/MegaBlue, Chisato Jougasaki/MegaYellow, Yugande, Shintarou Wada, Jirou Iwamoto

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

 * COMING SOON IN 2015!!!

Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive

 * Brief Review: This is a season which had the potential of giving us something different, presenting us a family of rescue heroes who not only fight against a powerful demonic family but also rescue the town they live in as it becomes attacked. It lived up to it with several amazing episodes that balanced both and had great lessons about the power of family and how it works as a strength and detriment. However, its tough to see conflict in the main family, many of the storytelling elements seem rather trivial and aren't that strong, while the first half of the season worked up to one important event which makes the second-half feel less like a crisis due to its passing; while the element of rescue and protection is merely window decoration while going through some generic Sentai tropes and having our heroes act reckless for the sake of "courage". It still has a strong message but it is hindered by a level of genericness.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This has novel concepts that work on some levels on heroism, family and protection but it has problems in creating conflict and just gets too generic and dumb at times preventing it from living to its full potential.
 * Best Episodes
 * Ep. 1: Rescue Soldiers! Rise Up
 * Ep. 19: A Total Defeat
 * Ep. 24: Little Child Rescue Soldiers
 * Ep. 29: The Uneasy Starry Sky
 * Ep. 36: Secret Art! The Tornado Drop
 * Worst Episode
 * Ep. 16: The Thief and the Psyma Egg
 * Ranger MVP: Nagare Tatsumi/GoBlue
 * Villain MVP: Evil Spirit Princess Denus
 * Side Character MVP: Kyoko Hayase
 * Also Respected: Matsuri Tatsumi/GoPink, Kenji Inui

Mirai Sentai Timeranger

 * Unscheduled, please check back later

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

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Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

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Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger

 * Scheduling problems due to potential new sub, please check back later

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

 * Brief Review: This was the first Sentai I had seen completely, but it remains one of the best of all of them. On the surface it is a throw-back to 80s Sentai with some modern twists, but this has to be one of the best put together series in the franchise. The cast is a lot of fun and work off each other amazingly, the stories homage Sentai and various styles of storytelling to the point you want to see how they homage certain story styles, the main villain isn't quite as intrusive but has an ambiance that works for the whole season...this season feels less like Sentai and more like an amazing sci-fi cop show that happens to use Sentai's cliches and concepts. And that has to stand for something to make one think it isn't Sentai when it is.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: With its combination of modern Sentai sensibilities, classic Sentai storytelling and using police shows as the basis, it creates something that goes beyond the franchise, making it one of the best Sentai ever made.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Koume "Umeko" Kodou/DekaPink
 * Villain MVP: N/A
 * Side Character MVP: N/A
 * Also Respected: Sen'ichi "Sen-Chan" Enari/DekaGreen, Marika "Jasmine" Reimon/DekaYellow, Anubian Chief Doggie Kruger/DekaMaster, Swan Shiratori/DekaSwan

Mahou Sentai Magiranger

 * Brief Review: This season is beloved by many...but I sort of had a torturous time getting through it. It's a season that really tries to throw the concept of "family" at you over and over while creating a massive world with a lot of weird rules and regulations, yet it seems to have problems in doing both. Mind you there are positives: the main saga about the team coping and then searching for their mother is emotional and is the driving force of the season, one of the most important villains really gets interesting once his secret starts coming to light, and the mid-point boss is one of the best in franchise history as is his rivalry with this season's 6th. But the first third is tough for me to get through and the final third is mostly a disaster outside a sweet resolution to the real ending...only to lead to several more episodes before one of the worst endings in all Sentai.  But the cast has heart and it does try so it isn't unwatchable...just tough to get through.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This is a season that isn't afraid to experiment with storytelling styles and has many good things going for it, but the key characters make it a tough watch and you really should stop five episodes before the end...you've been warned.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Houka Ozu/MagiPink
 * Villain MVP: Sorcery Priest Meemy
 * Side Character MVP: Heavenly Arch Saint Magiel
 * Also Respected: Makito Ozu/MagiGreen, Miyuki Ozu/MagiMother, Isamu Ozu/Wolzard (Fire), Hades Goddess Gorgon

GoGo Sentai Boukenger

 * Brief Review: On paper, the concept is just incredible: a team of adventurers traveling the world using vehicles (that also happen to be their mechs) collecting dangerous artifacts that can cause chaos if they fall in evil hands, which include multiple factions trying to work for themselves but allying with each other for their own purposes. And ultimately that is where Boukenger succeeds: the one-shots are pretty much the most fun in the entire franchise and the villains are a unique system that just allow for a lot of different storytelling potentials.  Unfortunately...they decided to have recurring stories this season...and that's where the weaknesses emerge.  One saga becomes rather anti-climactic and ultimately really just lead to one character being trapped in a dumb climax, another created unneeded and stupid angst for another and a third de-evolved into boring monotony which, if it weren't for a nice twist that salvaged the last arc, would have felt wasted for this season's 6th. The season's concept was really enough for success...too bad they had to ''make drama.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This is probably one of the most fun Sentai utilizing classic elements but telling modern tales with a great set of heroes; just avoid the words "Lemuria", "Darkness" and "Quester" ("Ashu" is fine though) and you'll appreciate it better.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Satoru Akashi/BoukenRed
 * Villain MVP: Arch Priest Gajah
 * Side Character MVP: Morio Makino
 * Also Respected: Sakura Nishihori/BoukenPink, Creator King Ryuuwon, Shizuka of the Wind, Gekkou of Illusions

Juken Sentai Gekiranger

 * Brief Review: This series is built on strong fundamentals based upon animal based martial arts, training and restoring balance to a flawed black-and-white war. Its strongest themes involve the balance of a central "Triangle", augmented by alternate philosophies and a central story involving a destined rivalry and true love unintentionally brought about by an unseen hand. While the one-shot stories are rather terrible, the power-ups seem non-stop at one point and some of the major concepts seem almost lost towards the end, the woven way the tale is told alongside the basics and the central themes (even with a weird way it was brought back in the final episode) ultimately win out leading to a great and satisfying Sentai.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This series is probably the best at telling a well integrated story with strong concepts; even with some dull characters and a segment that feels like nothing but upgrades, it is easily the best martial-arts Sentai out there.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Jan Kandou/GekiRed
 * Villain MVP: Long
 * Side Character MVP: Miki Masaki
 * Also Respected: Ken Hisatsu/GekiChopper, Mele, Sky Fist Demon Kata, Master Xia Fu

Engine Sentai Go-Onger

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Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

 * Brief Review: This really is a season I want to hate: it's dull, trapped in a lot of formalities, way too much angst and being driven more by shocking twists and moments than anything. Most of the characters are just very dull and a lot of the conflicts do get tedious with the creation of angst that doesn't have to be there.  Yet I can't just not recommend this season because there are great things going on regardless of it's problems. The team can act when needed, the 6th is one of the most hilarious characters to ever be a Sentai hero (maybe possibly a second member as well), the battles are creative both in hero and mech forms and the shock moments really are just that good, particularly the main villain finally letting loose and the revelation of this season's ultimate twist. It is tough to bare through but there is good out of the season regardless.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This show is creative when it needs to be, fun when it has to be, and can pull out some amazing plot twists; but you have to trudge through a lot of dull and stupid stuff to get to those moments...but they will still be worth it.
 * Best Episodes
 * Worst Episode
 * Ranger MVP: Ryunosuke Ikenami/ShinkenBlue
 * Villain MVP: N/A
 * Side Character MVP: N/A
 * Also Respected: Genta Umemori/ShinkenGold, Kaoru Shiba/Princess Shinken Red

Tensou Sentai Goseiger

 * Brief Review: This is another series that taken a lot of negativity from people but its really to sad to see why. This is mostly a fun series with a diverse group of "angelic" Rangers fighting against any and all threats that come to Earth, ultimately all brought together by a manipulative mastermind. The balance of the three elements has been seen many times but the way it works here is great with practically everything balanced by "3", including the base classic elements, the abilities of the heroes, the multiple groups of villains and their methods and even the last villain's ultimate plans; with "extras" in a great supporter and in a sixth Ranger who isn't what you'd think and who has a rather natural evolution in character. However some things do throw this ultimate trinity out of balance: one member nearly throws it off balance even with what should be a story of balance, the multiple story arcs make it tough to keep up with some elements, while one group of villains completely throws off everything including how the final villain even is able to proceed with their true plans outside some rather improbable gaffes to even make it work! But aside from that, its slightly underrated and has a lot merit for its mission.
 * JUDGEMENT TIME: This is a charming balance of enthusiastic heroes, an evolving mission and memorable villains; not all of its ambitions and plans are perfect and get improbable but it is a very satisfying show regardless.
 * Best Episodes
 * Epic 11: Spark, Landick Power
 * Epic 16: Dynamic Alata
 * Epic 30: Romantic Eri
 * Epic 34: Gosei Knight Justice
 * Epic 47: The Trap of the Earth Salvation Plan
 * Worst Episode
 * Epic 19: Gosei Knight Will Not Allow It
 * Ranger MVP: Eri/GoseiPink
 * Villain MVP: Makuin of the Blob
 * Side Character MVP: Nozomu Amachi
 * Also Respected: Hyde/Gosei Blue, Gosei Knight, Great King Mons Drake of the Planet, Dereputa of the Meteor, Brajira of the Messiah, Datas

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

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Ressha Sentai ToQger

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Shuriken Sentai Ninninger

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