 This article is about an episode in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger.
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The Bonds of Painful Special Training are the Authorization Road's Conspiracy Intersection (痛き特訓の絆は公認ロードの陰謀交差点 Itaki Tokkun no Kizuna wa Kōnin Rōdo no Inbō Kōsaten) is the eighth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger.
Synopsis
A Toei producer calls the Sentai Cafe, telling the Akibarangers that he wants to make them an official Sentai team. However, Hakase is suspicious of the sudden timing of the call, but the Akibarangers travel to Ginza anyway. They were however thrown out and later ran into a weak sub-section chief. As they were about to finish him off, the akibarangers realized they wanted to finish him off in the real world but couldn't pull such a thing off against such a weak monster, so the Akibrangers put him through a rigorous training session. Meanwhile Hakase tries to discover the secrets behind ©Na and the Moe Magnum Z-Cune.
Plot
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Cast
- Nobuo Akagi: Masato Wada (和田 正人 Wada Masato)
- Mitsuki Aoyagi: Kyoko Hinami (日南 響子 Hinami Kyōko)
- Yumeria Moegi: Karin Ogino (荻野 可鈴 Ogino Karin)
- Hiroyo Hakase: Maaya Uchida (内田 真礼 Uchida Maaya)
- Kozkoz Mita: Kozue Aikawa (愛川 こずえ Aikawa Kozue)
- ©Na: Honoka (穂花)
- Tsukishima Alpaca: Tomokazu Seki (関 智一 Seki Tomokazu)
Tropes and References
- After Hidetade Tsukada called the cafe, Nobuo mentions that he was the producer for Hurricaneger, and also produced Dekaranger, Magiranger, and Gekiranger
- When Hakase makes up the excuse that the Akibarangers need to protect their identities, Nobuo says that the Gingamen and Dekarangers identities were known to the public.
- When the Akibarangers arrive at Toei Company, Ltd.in Ginza, Nobuo says that he hadn't been there since a stage show for Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle, while Yumeria states she was there during the press conference for Engine Sentai Go-Onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!.
- When Noubo slaps Tsukishima Alpaca, and Alpace replies, "Not even my own father hit me", this is actually a reference to a famous scene from Mobile Suit Gundam, where Bright Noa slaps the protagonist Amuro Ray to try and persuade him to launch in theRX-78-2 Gundam .This is commonly known in Gundam fandom as the "Brightslap".
- Tomokazu Seki has played another protagonist in Gundam, Domon Kasshu, on Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
- According to Akibaranger's production blog, Kamen Rider and Precure do not exist in the Akibaranger universe, and what we know as the Space Sheriff series is part of an ongoing fictional franchise that airs on saturday mornings. Featured in this episode are the posters for the Galactic Sheriff Gyabian (the 2004 entry), Galactic Sheriff Sharian (the 2005 entry) and Galactic Sheriff Shainer (the 2006 entry). In this universe, they are the first three entries in the Metal Heroes franchise: Gavan, Sharivan, and Shaider.
- "Masked Luna Sailor" is an obvious parody of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, which also acts as the current magical girl series in the show. The Sailor Moon anime was animated by the Toei Animation studio, and also aired on TV Asahi.
- The special training montage is a parody of various training episodes in Super Sentai, with portions of dialogue quoted verbatim from them. Each were coincidentally written by Tsukada Hideaki:
- Changeman Ep 1: This scene in particular is from the very beginning of the show, where the soldiers go across a mined field while Commander Ibuki observes from afar.
- Gekiranger Lesson 8: Koto-Koto... Earnestly Koto-Koto: Jan/Gekired undergoes "patience training", to properly use the GekiBazooka. His training consisted of waiting patiently for a pork stew to boil. In the end, he learns the value of patience - and to yell "pork!" after firing the GekiBazooka.
- Go-Onger GP 31: Idol Debut A monster from Sound World appears on Human World, feeding on high-pitched sounds to grow larger, and only a beautiful song will be able to stop him. The Go-Ongers and the Gaiark teamup to stop this monster from another dimension, with Go-On Yellow, Go-On Silver and Kegareshia forming an idol unit, G3 Princess. The three of them decide to undergo "idol training", part of which include going to an amusement park and ride a rollercoaster. This part also references Saki's catchphrase, "Smile smile!"
- Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs. Ohranger : In order to pilot Ohranger Robo, Chief Miura puts the Carrangers under harsh training - part of which includes crawling under barbed wire.
- The cat Malshina is holding is a doll of the alter ego of producer Tsukada Hideaki. The cat has been featured on every production blog he's written for, and the doll itself was featured on the blog for Cho Ninja Tai Inazuma: http://ninja-inazuma.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/images/2007/08/26/11.jpg
- Akagi's rolecall references Misaki Megumi, who is Blue Dolphin from Liveman. She cooked beef stew in episode 12 of Liveman, with the help of Colon
- This episode introduces the Akbiarangers' combining weapon, which has been a staple of Super Sentai since Changeman.
- "Mystery Man" (aka the hobo) is played by Kazuki Yao (voice of Ninjaman in Kakuranger)
- Yumeria mentions having caught Type 2 Influenza in the ending credits, Karin Ogino actually caught the flu around the end of March, during the filming of Akibaranger.
Trivia
- This episode has the longest English title of all currently existing Sentai series episode, with 91 characters (including spaces).
- Tsukishima is an island in Tokyo well known for its local specialty, monjayaki, served in several restaurants on the area. This is what the monster's cooking when he first shows up.
- Tsukishima Alpaca's name isn't playing on the "long monster name" trope. Possibly related to how much weaker he was initially.