Super Sentai 2005: Magiranger

[Poweranimals]

To become Power Rangers 2006 is the forthcoming Sentai series; Magiranger.

http://ourworld.cs.com/SuperSamuraiStar/powerrangers2006.jpg

[Lord Dalek]

So their either magicians or wise men this time around. Heh.

[Deadly Messiah]

Man, those designs look freaking sweet as hell. I cannot wait to see this series. Hopefully it is a lot better than DekaRanger.

[Chad Bonin]

Gah, I'm not a fan of magic, so I hope magic is auxillary to the team, like how MMPR S3 were teenagers first, Ninjas second.

... damn, we're getting Power Rangers: Mystic Warriors in 2006, aren't we?

... crap, I'm already missing Dekaranger. Or as I like to call it, "Super Sentai COPS"

[JohnCrichton]

I have to hand it to them that those are some of the best looking zords I've ever seen, but those shoulder shield they got look like crap. :shrug:

[AdamYJ]

This looks pretty cool. I like the idea of doing a season based around magic. If you want to get technical, magic was part of PR since the beginning (Rita Repulsa was a witch, after all). I tend to like the "animal" ranger seasons more than the "vehicle" ones. I just don't care much for car or spaceship zords. Though, judging from the appearances of the zords in this one, I'm not sure what I'd classify this as.

[Wounded_Dragon]

That zord is wearing...a wizard's hat. Better get my Harry Potter jokes ready...

[Ryoutarou]

I take it I'm the only one that likes the caps? It looks kinda cool, like paying homage to Goranger since this is the 30th anniversary for the show. I'm still not quite fond of having the rangers themselves become the zords, and the 16year old red ranger? O.0 The hell? Isn't that to young for lead ranger? The oldest is yellow and he is only 19.

[Poweranimals]

I take it I'm the only one that likes the caps? It looks kinda cool, like paying homage to Goranger since this is the 30th anniversary for the show. I'm still not quite fond of having the rangers themselves become the zords, and the 16year old red ranger? O.0 The hell? Isn't that to young for lead ranger? The oldest is yellow and he is only 19. This is the 29th anniversary. Not the 30th. But, I do love the capes.

[Chad Bonin]

What, can you read Japanese or something? I'm not seeing anything that gives ages or states that the Rangers become the Zords.

[Ryoutarou]

Not 30th season, 30th year. 75-05. Anyways, the rangers age and all have been said in press statments before:


-An enemy ranger appears, who is on the side of evil. He is called "Uruzado", and an anti-vector design, even though he still has the helmet and visor of a ranger. His color scheme is dark blue and black.

-This evil ranger can also grow large, but when he does, he unites with a giant mechanized horse, KingBrachion style, and becomes a Kentaurus of sorts. This robo is called "UrKaizer".


NEW INFO:

-The mecha setup is a bit like BullBlack, but not really. The rangers are transformed into mecha. Think of it as a mix of Muteki Shogun and Bull Black.

-The Mecha are:

MagiRed- MagiPhoenix
MagiBlue- MagiMermaid
MagiYellow- MagiGaruda
MagiPink- MagiFairy
MagiGreen- MagiTaurus

MagiPhoenix is the core of MagiKing, much like RyuuSeiOh of DairenOh. When Uruzado grows large, he is the same size as MagiPhoenix, and so he is the core of UrKaizer.

Vehicle Info:

All 5 of the Magiranger get SkyHouki. SkyHouki are streamlined motorbikes, much like the JetSliger of Faiz

Ranger age:
MagiRed: 16
MagiGreen:19
MagiBlue:17
MagiPink:18
MagiYellow:19

And heres that picture of the rumored actor for MagiRed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/ForeverRed/atsushi_hashimoto01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/ForeverRed/atsushi_hashimoto02.jpg

[kaine23]

I like the helmet and zord designs.

Go Go Hogwarts Rangers!

[prophet]

Looking pretty good.

I wonder if there's gonna be a power-wand weapon.

[AdamYJ]

I'm just thinking, if these Rangers are chosen while attending a magic school like in Harry Potter, then I'll be disappointed. Just a little more originality would be nice.

[Contrail]

That zord is wearing...a wizard's hat. Better get my Harry Potter jokes ready...
Does that make it a wiZord?:o

[JohnCrichton]

LOL! Nice one!

So, they're actually wearing capes? I thought those were some kind of busted shoulder gear or something.

Yeah, looks like they're going to be going with the Harry Potter angle. I didn't even notice that.

2006 PR sounds like it'll be quiet interesting. :D

[Dogbert]

This evil ranger can also grow large, but when he does, he unites with a giant mechanized horse, KingBrachion style, and becomes a Kentaurus of sorts. This robo is called "UrKaizer".Sounds like the Magna Defender to me...

[Obi]

The rangers and the zords look stupid.


The Megazord, with his giant witch/mage hat of doom, looks quite cool.


Wonder what the PR version will be called? Power Rangers: Magic ______?

[Alex Toon]

Two Words: Freakin. Sweet. This has to be one of the best PR series in Japan and I hope it transfers well into America.
(I wonder if they can see through those helmet designs. Looks hard.)

[NinjaJack]

Ugly costumes, great helments and pretty zords.

[Deadly Messiah]

What does everyone hate about the costumes? Is it the cape? If so, why? Can you really picture a sorceror without a cape?

[Haruhara]

I never really like it when they use cell phone looking morphers. Looks dumb x.x
Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of the zords? :sweat:

[Chad Bonin]

The costumes are very... busy. And I'll have to see how long the capes are before I judge them (I'm not against extraneous fabric on the suits [love the fact that Wind Ninja Blue had a skirt] but only when it works correctly [DinoThunder Yellow's skirt seems pointless]). If they're at least waist-length, fine. If they're barely halfway down the back, they're pointless.

And this is, what, the second cell phone morpher? The SPD Delta Morphers are cell phones second, badge first.

Look at the SPD uniforms. You can make out the number, but the rest is very simple, outside of the sirens on the side of the helmet. SPD upgrades the Dekaranger suits by having the helmets retractable, but that seems good in toy form.

And the DinoThunder uniforms were VERY simple.

[Duke]

And this is, what, the second cell phone morpher? The SPD Delta Morphers are cell phones second, badge first.
Zhane's Morpher was a cell too.

The only Zords I like are the Red & Blue. The bird head on Yellow's just doesn't look right. Pink's looks like an afterthought, and the bull head doesn't look right on greens. And I personally think the wizard's hat looks downright stupid.

The costumes are decent, I guess. I can't really finger it, but they just rub me the wrong way.

Damn, the Rangers turn into the Zords? I was gonna have that in one my PR stories...

[Ryoutarou]

Meh...at least it wasn't as bad as the first rumor. Where the rangers just grew to Ultraman size ^^; Corny for sentai if you ask me.

[Chad Bonin]

Well, I never liked how Magna Defender grew to become his Zord....

Maybe PR will take the Battle Borgs route, and have them be piloted from the ground via telepathy.

[Knightmare]

If Blue is a a mermaid does mean that we'll have a female blue ranger next year?

I like the designs, especially the helmets.

[Ryoutarou]

Ya, blue and pink are the female rangers of this season. I don't think it'd become them using ESP, just to many toy chances being passed up...and we all know that'll ne er get passed up in favor of better story.

[Chad Bonin]

Oh, I'm sure we'll get the "Zord Morphin'" figures no matter what in 2006, even if they are remote piloting the Zords.

[Obi]

What does everyone hate about the costumes? Is it the cape? If so, why? Can you really picture a sorceror without a cape?
I personally don't like the helmets. They just look lame.


And the capes are...different. I know the series is about magic and that capes used to be used in old sentai, but it still looks weird.

[Chad Bonin]

The helmets are very Zeo-ish. Oddly-shaped visors, no mouths...

'course, I like either simple visors and/or the sheer mouthplates.

[Jeffrey]

The helmets are very Zeo-ish. Oddly-shaped visors, no mouths...

'course, I like either simple visors and/or the sheer mouthplates.You know the Zeo helmets DO have mouths, right?

[Chad Bonin]

I meant "mouthplates"

[DarkGojira]

Here's another pic to get the topic going!


http://img63.exs.cx/img63/4461/magi7td.jpg


Looking better than I thought!

[Ryoutarou]

- -; Just...I don't like the suits at all. The visors are so messed up. they look way too diffrent then what they should. The colors seem way to "dark" to me for some reason. Red is about the only that looks anywhere near good...and thats because he has that sword.

[Chad Bonin]

I'm still undecided on the uniforms.

The capes are a decent length, which is good. But, I'm not a fan of the "M" lines going all the way down the front of the suit. The DinoThunders had something like that with the diamonds, but those were down the side.

[Ryoutarou]

I'm still undecided on the uniforms.

The capes are a decent length, which is good. But, I'm not a fan of the "M" lines going all the way down the front of the suit. The DinoThunders had something like that with the diamonds, but those were down the side. Just noticed the "M"...the capes are good but thats about it. Why can't we get some Jetman looking suits:sweat:

[Duke]

Y'know, those standard weapons they have are probably my favorite since the Spiral Saber way back in PRiS.

As for the suits, only Red looks OK. The girls don't look right with the white tights and the helmet shapes, Yellow is decent, and Green looks awful.

[Haruhara]

The capes are growing on me...

Blue's outfit looks more natural than pinks somehow. O_o Reds looks hot XD Green is...ugly and Yellow is...meh. I don't like the color yellow. >_>

[Keiichi]

It looks really good. Hope its better than Deka Ranger was.

[JohnCrichton]

I dunno... I appreciate that they seem to want to do a lil' retro stuff, but... I think it looks wack. I'm definately not liking the capes.

And what's this about DekaRanger? Did Deka turn out to be t3h suck or something?

[Ryoutarou]

Well, I might give Magi a try and about Deka Ten rangers,Ten crappy actors, and we STILL don't know who the enemy is. take a guess:sweat:

[Chad Bonin]

Huh. It didn't register to me earlier, but this will be Power Rangers' third male Yellow Ranger and second female Blue Ranger.

[shoujoaifan]

Huh. It didn't register to me earlier, but this will be Power Rangers' third male Yellow Ranger and second female Blue Ranger.

Always good to shake things up for fresher ideas :D

HMMM, I have discovered some not-so-hidden patterns that have led to me formulating some theories. I call this one "shoujoaifan's Kick-Ass Theory of Cardboard Robotics-ness". BEHOLD!

"shoujoaifan's Kick-Ass Theory of Cardboard Robotics-ness" dictates that:

1. ...in Gao/WS we had a TON of mechas/zords.

2. ...in Hurricanger/NS we had 1 per ranger (minus spares :p ) with gimick weapons to "make-up" for fewer mechas/zords.

3. ...in Aba/DT no gimick weapons, but ALOT of mechas/zords (but NOT the overload in Gao thankfully.)

4. ...in Deka/SPD fewer mechas/zords, but ALOT of rangers :D

5. ...in Magi? According to the theory (the pattern's NOT a bad idea from the japanese company), we should be getting ALOT of zords. BUT the rangers BECOME their mechas/zords (sweet!).

PERHAPS we'll get alot of auxillary mechas/zords that combine with them, maybe even separately. The rangers themsleves combine to form a Megazord, but perhpas they form their own Megazords or something.

OR we go back to gimick weapons-but we already have the wands. ALTHOUGH they could lead to a host of spells, and its not like the companies really made money of the toy mechas/zords weapons, those were included in the toys. They were a way to spice up Hurricanger/NS and the following toys so kids would be interested.

But wait! There's my 2nd theory, which I call "Dr.shoujoaifan's Super Kick-Ass Theory of Mighty Spandex Numerals." BEHOLD!

According to "shoujoaifan's Super Kick-Ass Theory of Mighty Spandex Numerals":

1. ...due to Gao/WS, when we got Hurri/NS, we not only did we get a sharp decrease in mechas/zords, due to poor sales and backlash, we got fewer rangers to show the viewers that Sentai/PR was revamped. But to keep things from getting TOO different that fickle kids and fans wouldn't lose interest, we got back up to 6 rangers afterall.

2. ...in Aba we got only 5 rangers. BUT we got Red's other form, which was grossly over-powered enough for a whole team anyway.

3. ...in DT Red got a Battalizer, meaing him the most over-powered ranger, EVER! We DARE him to fight Goky so we could bet on him! And we got a 6th ranger, but was a clone of White to make the footage makes sense. But he got a fine farwell ep, plus it brought us the Morphin' Grid again! AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING, HUZZAHING, AND GIVING OF BASE ALL AROUND!!!

4. ...in Deka we got/getting 9/10 rangers (depends if the movie counts, if Gold shows up in the show, or someone else entirely.) In SPD?...

5. There is much discussing as to who the PR messiah is, White Ranger Tommy, Battalized Red Ranger Connor, or Kendrix, resurrected Pink Ranger.

Do you not see the logic of the theories of the patterns of the good doctor?

[Chad Bonin]

5. There is much discussing as to who the PR messiah is, White Ranger Tommy, Battalized Red Ranger Connor, or Kendrix, resurrected Pink Ranger. Con't forget Ryan "Titanium Ranger" Mitchell.

Reportedly died as a child, raised by supernatural forces, and morphed into a silver being that no normal human could become.

Plus, he managed to have Sentai footage, despite not being in Go Go V.

[Deadly Messiah]

Just noticed the "M"...the capes are good but thats about it. Why can't we get some Jetman looking suits:sweat:
You mean those ugly looking bird suits? Yuck!!

And yes, DekaRanger = the suck.

[shoujoaifan]

Con't forget Ryan "Titanium Ranger" Mitchell.

Reportedly died as a child, raised by supernatural forces, and morphed into a silver being that no normal human could become.

Plus, he managed to have Sentai footage, despite not being in Go Go V.

How he managed that? Or was it the mecha/zord footage of one of the other Robo's/Megazord's the sentai rangers used but in PR Ryan used? Heh, reminds me of all the talk about making the Triassic Ranger a separate character.

The capes are all right in the standing shot, although they may not transition well in action. It may end up looking like Spidey's armpit webs in the older comics when his arms weren't stretched :p I'm trying to be open minded, ignoring the fact that capes are a nuisance in battle-the-death battles, since spandex wouldn't do much protection anyway :sweat: They actually look too short, but then it would be riduclously hard to shoot then.

Heh, Robo/Megazord wearing a wizard's hat. This is one of those cheesy moments where its just SO wrong, yet so RIGHT, like, I don't know, a giant robot or something...

[Chad Bonin]

Look at the Lightspeed Rescue intro with Ryan as part of the cast. The following shots of him flipping and firing in the night cityline... filmed in Japan. You can tell just by the film footage.

Now, technically it's not sentai footage, but test footage from Toei to show how the Titanium Ranger would look.

[Supernovametalstar]

I've always liked it when the rangers had zords that could tranform into humanoid modes and do battle seperately (Super Zeo zords, Rescue zords, Red Dragon zord from MMPR s3), so this is a welcomed gift. Having the rangers actually becoming the zords is a surprise. I wonder if any of them will be killed or seriously injured when the big boss turning point/upgrade event takes place.

I'm diggin the capes. Kinda reminds me of Robin from the 60's Batman because of the short length. Helmet designs are nice and vastly improved from Dekaranger. I've never been found of the silver mouth pieces on the helmets. Judging from the designs it looks like there will be a phoenix, a bull, a butterfly, a swan(?), but I can't make out yellow's.

Hopefully bittorent will still be around by the time the show airs so I can get some sneak previews of the show.


Look at the Lightspeed Rescue intro with Ryan as part of the cast. The following shots of him flipping and firing in the night cityline... filmed in Japan. You can tell just by the film footage.


Now, technically it's not sentai footage, but test footage from Toei to show how the Titanium Ranger would look.
Really? I always thought that was American footage, but since it was shot at night, it looked almost as grainy as the normal sentai stuff shot in Japan at the time.

[Chad Bonin]

Blue is a fish/dolphin-thing. That is the flipper for the visor.

I like the silver mouthpieces, but not when the actual mouths are on them. Space mouthplates were the best.

[DarkGojira]

http://ourworld.cs.com/SuperSamuraiStar/prmagic.jpg

Is this any better? Because now I'm pumped about this season!

[JohnCrichton]

Ferkin' ick! :p

I'm digging the hell outta DekaRanger. Kamen Rider this year ain't all that hot tho... hopefully next year's Kamen Rider will be good.

[Fatneck]

I don't like it when their costumes consist of the base color and black. I always liked how the base color and white combo looked better. That's why Dekaranger's suits bugged me. Not to mention these costumes have tacky gold trims on the black, funky shields and those goofy tiny capes. It's just too much ugly combined into one design. Yes, the visors look cool, but the rest of the suit is a visual trainwreck.

[Chad Bonin]

I don't like it when their costumes consist of the base color and black. I always liked how the base color and white combo looked better. That's why Dekaranger's suits bugged me. Not to mention these costumes have tacky gold trims on the black, funky shields and those goofy tiny capes. It's just too much ugly combined into one design. Yes, the visors look cool, but the rest of the suit is a visual trainwreck.
Now, see, I oddly don't care about the black on the SPD Uniforms... the gold on the Magiranger is very, um... awkward alongside red and black and white.

[PowerZord]

It never ends, why they can't end it?

Anyway,, I like the Customs, not too convinced about the Zords just yet

[Tommy Lawson]

From OrionStarr at Rangerboard:


Magirenja Cast Promo from Asahi TV
This is a Asahi CM that aired Monday Morning. I like the cast but, the fashion leaves me speachless

MagiYellow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip1.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magiyellow.jpg)

MagiBlue
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magiblue.jpg)

MagiPink
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip3.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magipink.jpg)


MagiGreen
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip4.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magigreen.jpg)

MagiTeam
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip5.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magigrp1.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip6.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magigrp2.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Ori...nger/magip7.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/OrionStarr/Magiranger/magigrp3.jpg)

The promo http://www.rangerboard.com/images/smilies/045.gif
http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/hghjkkkkkji...50103061418.mpg (http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/hghjkkkkkjihyg/data/bobo_20050103061418.mpg)

[NinjaJack]

From OrionStarr at Rangerboard:Wow...those some...unique folks.:sweat:

[Duke]

Well, the Pink Ranger's cute. Though I do think that the plaid on the Rangers' clothes needs to go...fast.

And it looks like we get cell phone Morphers again. I guess it's better than yet another wrist Morpher, but when are we gonna see another buckle Morpher!?

And MagiGreen looks like a fusion between Adam and Zeo-era Tommy.

[Juu-kuchi]

I fear that the American version of this will be placed in some academy that echoes "Hogwart's" all over it.

I don't dig the capes.

[Chad Bonin]

Well, since the series is airing now, the morph is available...

Holy crap... that is a long pose sequence. PR'06 definitely needs to trim it from the Final Fantasy summons length...

[Ultra8]

This is an interesting concept for a sentai. Can't wait to see what they do with it, and then in a year see how they spin the PR version.:D Their costumes look like a mixture between Goranger & Maskman with a slight nod to Changeman.