Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs

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Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, Episode 29
Air Date(s)	September 11, 2016
Production Information
Written by	Junko Komura
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kato
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 28: The Space Pirates Return
Next	Ep. 30: The Legendary Megabeast

Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs (王者の中の王者, Ōja no Naka no Ōja) is the twenty-ninth episode of Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger. The 2000th episode in total of the Super Sentai Series, it is the concluding part of a two-part arc featuring the return of the protagonists of the previous anniversary series, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, in commemoration of the 2000th episode milestone as well as the 40th anniversary of Super Sentai. It features the full debut of Zyuoh Whale.

Synopsis

The man in the red coat reveals himself to be the legendary Captain Marvelous of the rumored Space Pirates! He came to Earth searching for an ultimate treasure, but just what could that treasure be?! It was the crystal that supported the Zyuman's World, the treasure of the Zyuman, the Grand King's Credential! Surprisingly, it has the power to unleash the Legendary Behemoth that Bangray seeks out to slay! Who will take the treasure with their own hands?! The other pirates gather as well! Now it's Bangray and the revived Sentai villains vs the Gokaigers and the Zyuohgers!

Plot

The 2000th episode of Super Sentai picks up where we left off. Yamato and Marvelous continue to battle. Micchan arrives to see his friends sparring with their Gokaiger counterparts and feels left out. That’s when Gai arrives with the chest of Ranger Keys. Yamato manages to knock the Great King’s Mark out of Marvelous’ hands and then forces Marv to demorph. Instead of taking the Great King’s Credentials and running off, Yamato turns back to help Marvelous. But Marvelous points his gun at him and shoots. That forces Yamato to demorph. Gai tries to get the others to stop fighting and clues them all in to the fact that they’re all Super Sentai. They head back to the treehouse, except Gai and Micchan.

The Gokaigers tell the Zyuohgers about the 39 other Sentai teams before them while Gai tells Misao that they need the Ranger Keys again. The Zyuman4 tell the Gokaigers about needing the King’s Mark to go home.Yamato wraps Marvelous’ bleeding hand and apologizes for being too rough with him even though he was trying to hold back. Yamato had a feeling that maybe Marvelous isn’t what he seems. Marvelous tries to say he’s a badass, but Yamato thinks he’s just a nice guy and asks again if he could have the Great King’s Mark. Marvelous is amused. But before he can also tell Yamato the story of Super Sentai, Bangray appears and demands they lead him to Cube Whale.

The four Zyuman get the tail feeling. They and the Gokaigers head out. Bangray memory scans Marvelous and materializes several recent Sentai Big Bads. Marvelous warns Yamato of this fearsome group as they both get blasted off the side of the cliff and are forced to demorph. The others arrive and they walk away. Bangurei and his new friends follow. Marvelous offers to take the Great King’s Mark into space to lure Bangurei away from Earth. But the Zyuohgers say they still want it since it is very important to them and this planet. And they must honor Cetus and all the Sentai teams who have fought before them. Marvelous hands Yamato the Great King’s Mark. It suddenly glows and Cetus appears to have granted Yamato his power.

Bangray arrives and again demands the Mark. But the Zyuohger and Gokaigers are much more emboldened now and are excited to team up and work together. Everyone morphs. But Yamato uses the Great King’s Credential to morph into ZyuohWhale. After a quick roll call, the big battle begins. The four Zyuman and Misao finish off Deboth before unleashing their beasts and taking care of Brajira. The Gokaigers, meanwhile, do an All Red Change to finish off Z and Doukoku Chimatsuri. Yamato and Marvelous are fighting against Bangray, Enter and Escape. When Yamato has Enter and Escape, he realizes he can use the Great King’s Mark. He unleashes a Zyuoh Final which is so powerful it zooms toward the moon and back to Japan just to destroy Enter and Escape. Yamato thanks Ketos before downmorphing to Eagle. Gai fanboys over the cool finisher. But that distracts him from Bangray coming up behind him and memory scanning. Bangurei materializes Gokdos Gill Doc explains that he is the embodiment of all the Zangyack Emperors.The Zyuohgers hop into Wild Tousai King with the Gokaigers joining them. The Gokaigers help by infusing Wild Tousai King with the Great Powers of Denjiman and Liveman. They finish Gokdos Gill off with a Zyuoh Forty Anniversary attack using all the logos of the 40 Super Sentai teams before them plus the anniversary 40 and a big 2000.

The Gokaigers are ready to head off again. Marvelous says they have no business on a planet without a treasure to get. But Yamato suggests they really were going to give them Great King’s Credentials all along. While the other Gokaigers smile, Marvelous denies that and repeats that they are just ruthless space pirates. Yamato prefers to believe his animal instincts. Doc wonders if they forgot something before raising anchor and flying away. Indeed, they did forget something. Navi is still at the treehouse. Uncle Mario arrives home after searching for the parrot Misao was talking about, only to find it at home. Uncle Mario wants to probe Navi, but Navi says to anticipate her appearance in the 3000th episode.

Cast

• Yamato Kazakiri (風切 大和, Kazakiri Yamato): Masaki Nakao (中尾 暢樹, Nakao Masaki)
• Sela (セラ, Sela): Miki Yanagi (柳 美稀, Yanagi Miki)
• Leo (レオ, Leo): Shouhei Nanba (南羽 翔平, Nanba Shōhei)
• Tusk (タスク, Tusk): Tsurugi Watanabe (渡邉 剣, Watanabe Tsurugi)
• Amu (アム, Amu): Haruka Tateishi (立石 晴香, Tateishi Haruka)
• Misao Mondo (門藤 操, Mondō Misao): Naoki Kunishima (國島 直希, Kunishima Naoki)
• Mario Mori (森 真理夫, Mori Mario): Susumu Terajima (寺島 進, Terajima Susumu)
• Bangray (バングレイ, Bangurei, Voice): Nobutoshi Canna (神奈 延年, Kanna Nobutoshi)

Guest Cast

• Captain Marvelous (キャプテン・マーベラス, Kyaputen Māberasu): Ryota Ozawa (小澤 亮太, Ozawa Ryōta)
• Joe Gibken (ジョー・ギブケン, Jō Gibuken): Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, Yamada Yūki)
• Luka Millfy (ルカ・ミルフィ, Ruka Mirufi): Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央, Ichimichi Mao)
• Don Dogoier (ドン･ドッゴイヤー, Don Doggoiyā): Kazuki Shimizu (清水 一希, Shimizu Kazuki)
• Ahim de Famille (アイム・ド・ファミーユ, Aimu do Famīyu): Yui Koike (小池 唯, Koike Yui)
• Gai Ikari (伊狩 鎧, Ikari Gai): Junya Ikeda (池田 純矢, Ikeda Jun'ya)
• Navi (ナビィ, Nabyi, Voice): Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり, Tamura Yukari)
• Transformation Cellphone Mobilates (変身携帯モバイレーツ, Henshin Keitai Mobairētsu, Voice): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)

Suit Actors

• Zyuoh Eagle: Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔, Asai Kōsuke)
• Zyuoh Shark: Ryoko Gomi (五味 涼子, Gomi Ryōko)
• Zyuoh Lion: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博, Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
• Zyuoh Elephant: Yuji Nakata (中田 裕士, Nakata Yuji)
• Zyuoh Tiger: Ayumi Shimozono (下園 愛弓, Shimozono Ayumi)
• Zyuoh The World: Masashi Takada (高田 将司, Takada Masashi)
• Doubutsu Dai Gattai Wild Tousai King: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭, Kusaka Hideaki)
• Gokai Red: Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文, Fukuzawa Hirofumi)
• Gokai Blue: Yuto Kikuchi (菊池 雄人, Kikuchi Yūto)
• Gokai Yellow: Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一, Hachisuka Yūichi)
• Gokai Green: Masaru Obayashi (大林 勝, Ōbayashi Masaru)
• Gokai Pink: Mizuho Nogawa (野川 瑞穂, Nogawa Mizuho)
• Gokai Silver: Shogo Teramoto (寺本 翔悟, Teramoto Shōgo)
• Bangray: Shinsuke Kusano (草野 伸介, Kusano Shinsuke)
• Doukoku Chimatsuri Chimatsuri: Kazuya Okada (岡田 和也, Okada Kazuya)
• Brajira of the Messiah: Takeyuki Honda (本多 剛幸, Honda Takeyuki)
• Enter: Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦, Imai Yasuhiko)
• Escape: Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子, Kamio Naoko)
• Chozetsushin Deboth: Yuya Nawata (縄田 雄哉, Nawata Yūya)
• Emperor of Darkness Z: Naoya Iguchi (井口 尚哉, Iguchi Naoya)
• Gokdos Gill: Yohei Fujita (藤田 洋平, Fujita Yohei)

Zyuoh Cubes

• Zyuoh Eagle - Cube Eagle, Cube Gorilla
• Zyuoh Shark - Cube Shark
• Zyuoh Lion - Cube Lion
• Zyuoh Elephant - Cube Elephant
• Zyuoh Tiger - Cube Tiger
• Zyuoh The World - Cube Rhinos, Cube Crocodile, Cube Wolf
• Non-Zyuohgers - Cube Kirin, Cube Mogura, Cube Kuma, Cube Komori
• Combinations used: Wild Tousai King

Forms Used

• Zyuoh Eagle - Instinct Awakened, Zyuoh Whale
• Zyuoh Shark - Instinct Awakened (x2)
• Zyuoh Lion - Instinct Awakened (x2)
• Zyuoh Elephant - Instinct Awakened (x2)
• Zyuoh Tiger - Instinct Awakened (x2)
• Zyuoh The World - Great Instinct Awakened

Gokai Changes

• Gokai Changes in The Monarch of the Monarchs:
  • Gokai Red - Akarenger
  • Gokai Blue - Red Flash, VulEagle
  • Gokai Yellow - Shinken Red, GingaRed
  • Gokai Green - Red Racer, Gosei Red
  • Gokai Pink - MagiRed, GekiRed
  • Gokai Silver - Bouken Red, TyrannoRanger
• If going strictly by the method established by Gaoranger, celebrating Super Sentai's anniversary on every fifth team rather than year, all the anniversary Red Rangers are featured in a Gokai Change in this two-parter (save for Gokai Red and Zyuoh Eagle, used by their original users):
  • Vul Eagle: the Red Ranger from the 5th season Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
  • Red Flash: the Red Ranger from the 10th season Choushinsei Flashman (although Choujuu Sentai Liveman was recognized as the tenth anniversary at the time).
  • Red Hawk: the Red Ranger from the 15th season Chojin Sentai Jetman
  • Red Racer: the Red Ranger from the 20th season Gekisou Sentai Carranger (continuing on from Chouriki Sentai Ohranger, the only season to celebrate on Gorenger's actual anniversary).
  • Gao Red: the Red Ranger from the 25th season Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger and first to celebrate Super Sentai by the number of teams.
  • Bouken Red: the Red Ranger from the 30th season/anniversary GoGo Sentai Boukenger.

Akarenger

Red Rangers #1
(Red Flash, Red Racer, MagiRed, Bouken Red & Shinken Red)

Red Rangers #2
(VulEagle, TyrannoRanger, GingaRed, GekiRed & Gosei Red)

• During the first all-red Gokai Change, Gokai Yellow uses the male Shinken Red key to transform, instead of using the Princess Shinken Red key. It is the only time the regular Shinken Red key was used by a female Gokaiger.

Errors

• Bangray copied Z, Doukoku Chimatsuri Chimatsuri, and Deboth from Marvelous' memory, when Marvelous had never actually met any of them. However, Doukoku Chimatsuri did appear in Super Hero Taisen and Super Hero Taisen Z, both of which had him fighting against various heroes, including Marvelous.
  • It is possible that Marvelous may have known or seen information about the existence of Deboth and Z sometime during the period after Super Hero Taisen Z and before his encounter with the Zyuohgers.
• During Don's explanation of previous 39 Super Sentai teams, the footage for 34 teams before Gokaiger was using the footage of Black Cross King's Ranger Key Clones instead of the footage from the Great Legend War. Thus, the Goseigers were the only team that was not included in the flashback.
• The camera crew's reflection is visible three times,
  • After Bangray creates the past Sentai Villains copies.
  • In the close up of Luka, before she changes from Shinken Red to Ginga Red.
  • When Yamoto turns back to Zyuoh Eagle after Enter, and Escape are defeated.

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Ghost episode 48, Gather! Chain of Grief!.
• Viewership: 3.1%
• Hide-and-Seek in closing credits
  • Animal: N/A
  • Cube: Red, Blue, Yellow and Green
• This episode marks the 2000th episode of Super Sentai.
• This is the first episode in which the Deathgalien do not appear.
• This episode marks the first appearance of Denziman's Greater Power via Wild Tousai King.
  • This episode showcases that Sentai Robos other than GokaiOh can use Greater Powers, as Wild Tousai King utilized Liveman's Greater Power.

DVD/Blu-ray Releases

Zyuohger Vol. 8, DVD

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Volume 8 features episodes 28-31: Ep. 28: The Space Pirates Return, Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs, Ep. 30: The Legendary Megabeast and Ep. 31: When the Megabeast Stands.

Zyuohger Collection 3, Blu-ray

Blu-ray Collection 3 comes with 12 episodes.

External links

• TV Asahi's official preview for 王者の中の王者
• Toei TV's official episode guide for 王者の中の王者