The sentai that saved the series

I love how in Japan, even if this (and many other shows) in all intents and purposes, a kid's show, they did not hold back in having scenes with drinking, smoking, gambling, a lady in a Playboy Bunny type suit, fist fights against teammates, and death by being stabbed by a purse snatcher. Jetman is really a great series.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

It is quite nice that, at least at the time, they didn't hold back on having adult moments in a children's TV show. It meant they didn't treat kids like they were morons.

@maris4137

3 жыл бұрын

@ZarkZyrian It's not that having those automatically makes a show great, but the point is the creators are not held back in expressing and showing what they intend the characters to be.

@slagarcrue85

2 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork okay mild small spoiler warning but I gave to say this as kindly as I can so this video get demonetized. What the hell was the point of having the black ranger get killed of last minute in the very last episode. Especially since he was not killed by even a main bad guy he gets stabbed to death in the last episode by some random thief that was robbing a flower shop.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

It was a call back to Gatchaman since Black Condor dies in that show.

Adult geek who grew up watching Power Rangers here (SPD was the last season I watched, I think, at the ripe old age of 16). This was really helpful, as someone trying to get back into the Sentai game. Props, dude. 🖖🏾

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. SPD is probably my favorite PR season.

@allamaraine8066

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami - It’s up there, for me. Great casting, some of the best action in the franchise up to that point, and who can hate on a red ranger with dual laser pistols?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

It also helps that Jack doesn't feel like he needs medication.

@comicbookking3446

2 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Do you prefer SPD over Dekaranger ?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

I think so.

was the first sentai series I fully watched it was a real interesting one. also I like how the cockpits for the mecha were remodeled for zyuranger

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

zeoking silver me too it was my favorite sentai as well👻

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

I'm back 😊

were not the only ones who find the theme song awesome, I hear that haim saban actually sang it out loud in a restaurant while meeting with one of the toei executives

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I heard about that. I can't remember if it was Tony Oliver that told me about that or if it was mentioned on one of the bonus features on Shout!'s DVDs.

@LoboEye

6 жыл бұрын

Tony told us at one of his panels.

Black Condor is the original epic sax guy (pun intended).

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@julesdedoro1216

6 жыл бұрын

Vust Valeo black condor visits in the Philippines during from tokuspirits 2017

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

That is awesome.

@justinsigler1565

6 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami fun fact: Jetman was the second sentai series that was going to be adapted into Power Rangers

@zeokingsilver

4 жыл бұрын

@@justinsigler1565 yep losing only to zyuranger due to the dino craze at the time but I always felt this would have made a great power ranger series

Love this series. Yuki Gai is my most favorite of all the members of Jetman. He's a stand up guy though. Also Yasuhiro Ishiwata, who played Bun from Flashman guest started along side Kanako Maeda who was Momoko in Maskman in the episodes Ep. 23: A New Squadron Debuts and Ep. 24: Launch, Super Robot.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

Mirai no Batman1984 my favorites in this sentai are blue shallow,white swan and black condor😊

@prodbygodfried

2 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I finished Jetman literally today. And may I say. BADASSS!!!!! I love the series. I love the characters. The plot. The commander. Everything. Grey Maria Radiguet and even TRANZA!!!!!!!! I love this I definitely recommend this.

This was another awesome review. Choujin Sentai Jetman is another Sentai series I am very interested in watching. Man, my list of Sentai shows I'm interested in just keeps growing.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the review and that you want to see this show now. :-)

This is still one of my favorite Sentai Series, I like how different is Jetman from every other '90s entry and the themes about humanity. Jet Garuda is one of my favorite mechas. I totally love the puns in the review, they are the best. My only regret is that Radiguet in human form had a lot of potential, he had a kind of romance with an ill girl when he suffered amnesia but they destroyed it at the end of the episode. It was so sad.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the review. :-) I always usually have fun putting these together no matter how arduous they can sometimes get. I do agree about Radiguet. I wish they had done more with him in his human form. Maybe they should have had that queen plot be an arc instead of just a 2 parter.

@jackleonemax

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I agree on that. The queen arc could have been developed in more episodes.

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork good review I seen one of your videos and you said you were a dual fan it was the power rangers vs sentai video😊

The greatest Sentai series of all time

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Dairanger is the greatest Sentai to me. Though Jetman is definitely in my top 10.

@tjwilkerson2589

5 жыл бұрын

K Au Dairanger, Gokaiger, Jetman, kakuranger, Zyuranger, Dekaranger, Megaranger, and Liveman would be in my top 10

@lukejones7164

Жыл бұрын

​@@tjwilkerson2589 Great list

Gray is essentially the sophisticated version of Bender.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@dana.1546

21 күн бұрын

I thought he looked like Gush (Liveman), been there before.

Jeto Jeto Jetoman! Never watched this series but the song is so catchy xD

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

It is. And the series is great too.

The last ep hit me hard in the feels

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

How so?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

lol Oh yeah, duh. :-D

Holy shit never clicked on a video that fast in my life.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

lol

Great review! I remember loving Jetman quite a lot since it was my first Sentai and got me back into Power Rangers and Tokusatsu. Gai and Gray's rivalry is one of the most memorable aspects for me, two great characters. Also this show had one of my favorite tributes in Gokaiger. However, with older eyes I'm a bit hesitant getting the Shout dvd, I fear it may not hold up as well on a rewatch.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

I definitely feel the show holds up excessively well. Sure, it's not in my top 5, but it is in my top 10 and it was still quite revolutionary.

@Gorix17

5 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yeah. I liked how Radiguet was very proactive in battling the heroes personally. Very few big bads get directly involved in conflict so early on, and it's still pretty rare in the genre. I'm still peeved we never got a real Lord Zedd vs everyone battle.

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami it's a great sentai the best sentai to me is five star squad great ranger😈

Gai's death is the one thing I have a real problem with I mean killed by a mugger what the hell

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

It just goes to show how life flat out sucks at times. He survived all that just to die by a nobody.

@zeokingsilver

5 жыл бұрын

just seems wrong if they were gonna do it they could have made it epic i mean every other sentai hero who died, died a more cool way

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

I think that was the point though. You didn't expect it to happen like that way.

@zeokingsilver

5 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I guess but still least they could do give him a decent one

@dana.1546

21 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly. This was stupid beyond belief. The writer who imagined this should never approach another sentai series ever !

Nice to see a review of this series, without too big of spoilers (I think) since I started watching it yesterday, at least 14 episodes in. Definitely a Super Sentai series worth watching after learning about most of the series before it.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I try to avoid as many spoilers as I can when reviewing these series.

I have been waiting for this review!

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I hope you find it worth it. :-)

I watch this show 6 years ago... Shout factory needs to release it to US

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@ZZtheDark

6 жыл бұрын

AW YEAH!! Though they BETTER double check on the quality of the subs.

@TAG2292

6 жыл бұрын

Well, it looks like Shout Factory will be releasing it in US this September!!

@ZZtheDark

6 жыл бұрын

Aw yeah!

@mrsmith.nerduniversity4032

6 жыл бұрын

james Roderick. Its going to be released in september

i am watching it now ..#throwback just getting back at the year of 2000 when jetman ... released in the philippine's television

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Cool.

the dvd just arrived and I'm very happy with this addition to my Tokusatsu collection

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Nice.

This is an all time classic entry. It had great characterization and character arcs, the heroes and villains were fleshed out, and it didn't talk down to the audience. My fave episode involves the Ramen Noodle monster and that guy that had a crush on Ako, it's hilarious but also kinda creepy when he creates a ramen noodle named after her, and the jingle for the product is 'all day long I want to eat Ako Chan'.... Great googly moogly! I was on the floor laughing but also like 'wtf?' that's not creepy or suggestive at all! This is also my wife's fave Sentai, although she hated that Gai died such a pointless death. I understand why she feels that way. But I also understand the meaning behind why he died the way he did. The stabbing was something that could have easily been treated if he went to a hospital, but he was determined not to miss the wedding. He didn't say anything about his injury because he didn't want the focus to be on him, cuz it was his friends special day. Gai was being completely selfless after spending most of his life and much of the early parts of the show being rather selfish. Granted it is a.needlessly tragic end to his character arc, but a memorable one.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, at the end of the day, it showed that no matter how much growth he had, Gai was still as selfish as ever, just unintentionally selfish.

@bobbyshaddoe3004

2 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork he wasn't being selfish by not telling anyone about his injury. At least not in his mind. He thought telling people about his injury would take away from Ryo and Kaori's special day. Gai wasn't thinking of himself he was thinking of them. He thought interrupting the wedding by having everyone take him to the hospital would be selfish.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's what I mean. In his mind he wasn't being selfish when he reality, he really was.

@bobbyshaddoe3004

2 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork cuz once they discover that he's dead, the wedding day, a celebration of love and life, is also remembered as the day he died, thus tainting the joyous occasion anyway simply because he didnt say anything about his injury. Thus he unintentionally made it about him by trying not to make it about him. Damn

The Ryu-Gai-Kaori love triangle just screams X-Men. (Ryu-Cyclops; Gai-Wolverine; Kaori-Jean Grey).

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

HA! That is hilarious. Though Wolverine has healing capabilities. :-p Actually no, wait, don't compare them because that would mean Kaori becomes a badass Phoenix, and she is not even remotely cool enough for that.

@Suedeash

5 жыл бұрын

Make it love square because even Raita gets involved, he even gets a cave woman gf who looks just like her too :P

@MacGuffinExMachina

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking LOST, especially because the guys kinda remind me of Sawyer and Jack.

@ZZtheDark

4 жыл бұрын

X-men you can say...kinda is the original Gatchaman tbh. Daaayum,good thing X-men cartoon back in the 90's had Saban's name and no,I'm not joking. They actually did fund for it and Shuki Levy did some of the music for X-Men. Kaori becoming the Phoenix? Well,the Phoenix would give her a mind wash tbh.

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed 😊

You are awesome and hilarious I love all of your reviews but KZread never gives you the attention you deserved!

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Why thank you. And I do agree about KZread, but it is what it is.

@GgGg-bc4on

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Keep it up we are behind you!

MMPRtoys just released a new video mentioning that Shout Factory is releasing Chōjin Sentai Jettoman on DVD on September 25.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

And Gaoranger in Dec. Just saw it. YES!!!!!

I loved evrything about this season the characters,suits,and the mechs. Also not toku related but did u watch black lightning and what did u think of it?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I did and I quite enjoyed the first episode. It has a different feel from the other shows and I like that he was already a super hero and is much older.

@tylerrice9725

6 жыл бұрын

Ikr me too.and I'm more interested n seeing backstory and his early superhero career before he went into retirement.

@zeokingsilver

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Rice same

I can never forget this show I love this

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Who's your favorite ranger?

@richardyamato

3 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork i dont know red and black? I never had a favorite jetman come to think of it

I love the noodle and caveman eps lol. The ridiculousness is what's appealing. I don't take much from the Sentai series seriously. Though, it does have its serious, emotional moments.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with liking those episodes. I don't hate them as I will watch them when I rewatch the show, they're just the ones I like the least.

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami agreed love the noodle and caveman episodes too😈

Watched a bit of Jetman thanks to Shout Factory's on demand. I notice that the cockpits would reused in Zyranger.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork 😈

Thanks to you, I ended up watching it and being my 2nd favorite super sentai 1st being shinkenger

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. What other shows have you seen?

@adriangomez8803

6 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami well I've seen completely of Boukenger and Maskman

I have a Theory for why gai was acting so out of character in that one. Scene notice he was dressed as a ninja well obviously he was shurikenger in disguise all along sent back in time by akaranger to warn the jetman of the Horror that would become of ninninjer the jetman at first didn’t bat an eye and who could blame them nobody would assume humans could actually create something so awful and well they were right black cross from goranger made a deal with the devil,Hitler,Vladimir Putin, Kim jon un,and even mike zuckerberg in an attempt to lower the destroy sentai’s reputation once in for all at first the jetman didn’t take it that seriously but gai being the badass he is started to research in silence unknown to the rest of his teammates every time he would act out of character that was actually shurikenger disguised as him however and would only return as a permanent member of the team in the last quarter sadly though he was killed trying to stop the bastard who Greenlit nininjer NOT BY A REGULAR MUGGER

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

lol That is hilarious.

Saban tried to use Jetman to launch Power Rangers from what I have heard. No go. The Dinosuar craze helped Saban bring his version of Super Sentai to the west. Smart for Toei to do a Dino themed Sentai after Jetman.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Well, he actually started trying to create Power Rangers ever since Bioman after Stan Lee gave up on the concept and kept trying until Toei finally let him.

@donmccullen1973

6 жыл бұрын

That Too. I comment on that elsewhere. He saw Bioman contrary to what other news sources say...Zyranger was yet to be conceived in the Super Sentai cannon. But alas he would have to content with Kidd Video for the time being.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Kidd Video?

@donmccullen1973

6 жыл бұрын

Don't you know Kaiju? Saban along with Shuki Levy collaborated with Jean Chalopin and Andy Heyward of the now-defunct DiC Entertainment on that respected series. Actually, Alpha 5's (and 6 when the Hip-Hop personality is deleted) famous catchphrase has its origins in Kidd Video. Ay-Ay-Ay was the catchphrase of Kidd Video's drummer Carla who was portrayed/voiced by Gabrielle Bennett. Bennett in real life did not have the drumming skill. Lesser known fact Power Ranger/Super Sentai fans. Saban and Levy also wrote the songs; "Video To Radio (Kidd Video theme);" "Come Back To Me;" "You Better Run;" and "Easy Love." "A Little TLC" was co-written by Terry Britten (also co-wrote Tina Turner's smash "What's Love Got To Do With It?"), Elton John's longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin, co-wrote "When The Phone Stops Ringing," Kidd Video covered the Motown smash "Where Did Our Love Go" and Kidd Video himself aka Bryan Scott wrote the song "Time."

@TheHeroOfBlueLock

6 жыл бұрын

That was a complete coincidence dude and Zyuranger wasn't as successful as Jetman.

Forgot about your Alfred Hitchcock parody. Love It.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. :-)

So since there's going to be a release of Jetman from Shout Factory are you going to be doing an updated version of this?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I'll be doing a separate review for the DVD. Basically think of it as being like "The DVD" sections of my reviews, but as its own video.

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

Jetman rocks 😈

Hideaki Kusaka is also the suit actor for Go blue, Time yellow, Gao black , Kabuto Raiger, Deka Master, Wolzard and Wolzard fire, Bouken Silver, Kyoryu Grey, and Shou Ronpou/Ryu commander as well as larry in zyuoger master Shafu in gekiranger And he is also 59 years old

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is a lot. Thanks for the info.

Love Jetman so far my favorite sentai. Yellow owl is my favorite l love his style of sumo and toss a rock at thing. But that ending...man that was heartbreaking and shocking.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

I probably would have found the ending shocking if it hadn't been spoiled for me like two years before I actually saw it.

@skorn8112

5 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork man that always sucks.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but back in the early 2000s there was no guarantee you were going to get to see any of these Sentai shows, so looking up spoilers was the best way to experience them.

Cool review on Jetman. Ako was my favorite Jetman too.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Who was your favorite villain?

@Thedude38356

6 жыл бұрын

That's hard. They were all so good. I think my favorite was Radiguet because of how persistent he was all season. His rivalry with Tranza and how he inadvertently helped the Jetman. I enjoyed all the villains of Vyram but Radiguet is always the one who comes to mind first and his over the top yelling.

Nice intro 10/10!! Thumbs up!

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. :-)

@ernestorio3550

6 жыл бұрын

Jose Garcia it is a nice reference to alfred hitchcock's intro

I doubt i'd see these guys become lawyers and fight for anime character legal rights, Harvey Jetmen they'd call it

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahaha... Then they can represent Race Bannon to prove he isn't gay. :-)

@maximaldinotrap

5 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is that they actually had allies that could transform into a form called Birdman. Said allies were only in two episodes and promptly killed off because why not?

Nice review. I watched Jetman in the Philippines during the 90's and this is probably my favorite sentai of all time.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Do you have a favorite episode?

@myanimeroom9350

Жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork my favorite episode is where Blue Swallow's toy teddy bear became a monster. He was originally good because he inherited Ako's kind nature when the latter played with him as a kid. He only became bad due to the machinations of those people who want him destroyed. In the end, he turned good again but was killed while saving Ako's life. The ending may be sad, but I still liked it due to how dramatic it is.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Good pick. That is a really good episode, especially when the teddy bear outright murders people.

12:20,speaking of Inoue...I got a feeling in an episode of DBZ,he wrote Gohan and Vegeta fight while Goku was still on Namek. This particular scene I'm willing to assume: kzread.info/dash/bejne/opqVqsFqc7LXXZM.html&ab_channel=DragonSlayer12396 Two guys,regardless of age beating the shit out of each other due to pride or honor,kinda like Ryu and Gai strangely enough. Oh yeah,I forgot. Toshiki Inoue worked as a writer for the Dragonball Z anime: dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Toshiki_Inoue Oh Inoue,don't ever change. XD

Hey mr.Hank it’s hassan the kid who you subbed Mrs.Hunts class

RIP Masaki Tachi AKA Back Dimensional Count Radiguet .

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know. :-(

@zeokingsilver

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami still can’t believe he’s gone but jetman will ensure he remembered

Just got done finish watching it last month it had me research every rock quarry Japan, new York, every city and county lol that's how the show got me lol

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

lol That's hilarious.

Jetman Is Such A Great Classic

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

Жыл бұрын

It is such a good show.

God I love this show growing up alongside MMPR thru CDs. Gai is basically the Tommy of this but at least he did have a reason for his seclusion to the team. Also,about the if the whole team is needed and then the auto-pilot thing was brought up,my guess is that the transformation data was saved into the machines when they were first brought up together. Same thing happened with MMPR with the Green Ranger in Green with Evil Pt.2. Lol,there were some things both shows were similar to me that I didn't even notice. ^_^ So yeah,must have been a back-up plan if one person in the team were to be vaporized or retired,this feature would be brought up but then again,it wouldn't bring the Jet Icarus or anything else up to full power. There were times that the Jet Icarus and other mechs were controlled with one or 4 rangers but it's not enough to put the monster down. Demon God Veronica is one instance. Also,Pumpkin Rapper is an idiot.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Could be. They just could have spent a few minutes to flesh that out better.

@ZZtheDark

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Eh,true but then again,I think the books might've added that in or the Toei Encyclopedia.

Right now I only seen Dairanger (as you already know), but I'm planning to make this and Kakuranger my next Sentai show's.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth it. I just recently rewatched Kakuranger myself.

The time when Ko's mom was willing to shoot anyone for being lazy.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

lol

Jetman is great! Loved the Famicom game, too!

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

What type of gameplay was that one?

@KNVisual

6 жыл бұрын

Side-scrolling action game. Weirdly a whole lot better in nearly every way than Zyuranger, despite being an earlier release.

@only257

5 жыл бұрын

Hobby Drifter heard about that game😊

@thejman5683

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami hell the AVGN reviewed it when he played a lot of power ranger games once

This series definitely did it for me. It is my favorite Sentai, personally

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Cool.

Jetman will be released from shout factory in september

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, got a news video on that uploading right this second.

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork just seen it 😊

How about review Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman, the show that came before Jetman

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Currently in the process of watching that show. It'll be my next Sentai review after Gingaman.

Kaiju, if you have the time, could you tell me which Super Sentai shows are your favourite, like a top 5 or something? And what's the best aspects of those series for you?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually hoping to do a Top 10 later on this summer.

@alejandrotomascarreno3867

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Oh great, i'm looking forward to it!

Knowing that there was an English dub of Gatchaman, had Jetman been chosen for MMPR, what are the odds that there would be some people during the days talking about how it reminds them of "Battle of the Planets"?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

Probablyl given that people were even comparing MMPR to Voltron back then.

Love your review and the video is real funny

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. What's your favorite episode of Jetman?

@shaheedsimon24

3 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I haven't decided on a favorite yet tbh as I'm not done yet. But the ones so far that I thought were good were the Dimensian Soldiers episodes and the ones that are Ako based storylines

I think I asked this before but where do you find these pre zyu sentai subbed or any sentai subbed besides what is from shout. I'm trying to watch every single sentai. Thanks

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

It varies as each series is subbed by various groups. Nyaa and Anidex are a good place to get the majority of the torrents from. MFC is subbing Dynaman. GUIS has done Jetman, Bioman, Liveman, and Maskman. They're currently working on Flashman and Changeman. Changeman was completed by another subber (can't think of the name right now, but it was on Anidex). Turboranger and JAKQ are being subbed by Love x Care. Rampage is doing Goranger. Goggle V was done by Quick and Dirty, who just started working on Denziman.

@imakemloose69

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info. I can't find the complete subbed eps of Dengeki Sentai Changeman. # eps are missing subbs. Any help on where to find them?

I've seen and heard people suggest Carranger should have been skipped in favour of adapting Jetman as it has a more serious tone. Having now watched Jetman in its entirety, I can safely say I can see their point, when they're not fighting noodles, vacuum cleaners, walking piles of garbage or tomato headed monsters. As for Jetman as a Sentai, this is a huge breath of fresh air compared to the three or four seasons preceding it which, while each had their moments, started to feel like a stale routine. The writing is complex and nuanced, with the team learning to become a team rather than simply getting on with each other from the very beginning. Jet Icarus and Jet Garuda combining is friggin' epic, with the high-five / fist bump before they reconfigure into one colossal mech. All of the rangers undergo some level of character development, which is a big plus, particularly Gai who goes from a creepy lone wolf to someone who values and respects his team-mates. His appearance in Gokaiger 20 years later is confirmation of this. I could have done without him admitting his attraction to the girl in the vacuum cleaner episode, but I guess this is a culture thing. Ako I think has the least development of the five, but she does rise from a selfish schoolkid to a young woman with a strong sense of responsibility. I felt for Raita when he had a chance to live in the stone age with a woman who loves him, people who worship him and a society which strongly depends on the agriculture he loves so much, but he gives it all up to save the earth. Sacrifices don't come more heroic than that. Kaori grows from being something of a spoiled princess to a brave warrior, giving up on Ryu's love when she realises how much Gai's been sacrificing himself for her, but ultimately realising Gai's not the right guy for her and comforting Ryu in his hour of need. Ryu tips the balance for me when it comes to Jetman being my favourite season. Not for his iron-clad will or morals, but for his humanity when he falls into depression for losing Rie. Right from ToQger was my previous high-standard for this, though his own struggle with darkness was from contact with a darkness fuelled monster, while Ryu's is based and somewhat more realistic. I still hold ToQger in very high regard, but Jetman is my new favourite because of this. Ryu finds happiness while still being a hero, something which I can aspire towards. The tomato headed monster, easily one of the silliest monsters in all of tokusatsu, has to have the darkest and most brutal defeats in all of the 1000+ episodes of Sentai I've seen so far. I would strongly recommend this season for anyone wanting to start watching Sentai. I've already watched Zyuranger, so my next Sentai will be Dairanger.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Jetman was totally a game changer for Super Sentai. Enjoy Dairanger. It's my favorite Toku.

so you're telling me that the Pumpkin Rapper and the Soccadillo monster from MMPR came from Jetman? makes sense.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

lol

I hope that's an upper 4 stars, coz man I could've given this show 6. I watched this as a kid since it was aired here in our country back in the 90's. Even some adults here watched it because of the love triangle aspect. Gai is my most favorite character in all of sentai. He's so bad ass, he even beat God in a game of poker. I'm glad he was the one who guest starred in Jetman episode of Gokaiger. Also, what happened to him by the end of this show is really tragic. Just when he's finally done being a loner and finally accepted other people in his life....Ah I wouldn't spoil it for the ones who have yet to see it. But yeah that ending cemented him as the most Badass Ranger. Also, I dunno if it is an easter egg of some sort but Ryu from Street Fighter morphs into Red Hawk Ranger in the Recent MMPR fighting game. Not the same as Red Hawk Jetman, but I thought it was a neat correlation since they are both named Ryu.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, it's definitely a high 4 given this show is in my top 10 list for Sentai series. That's interesting about Ryu.

Yuta Mochizuki is also known for playing the second Tuxedo Mask in the Seramyu musicals, as well as Dracula in the Dracul Trilogy of Seramyu musicals.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Oh really? That's awesome.

Just a random question, u think kaori looks better in tan or no tan?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Neither really.

Freakin love this shows. Best decision ever to make it my first sentai

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, that was definitely a nice one to choose.

It occurred to be that Gai may have been the best interpretation of Reggie from Archie Comics.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

Жыл бұрын

lol

This was my first pre zyuranger series I watched & I loved it mostly because the suits reminded me of the 1986 show silverhaws that I watched when I younger.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

16 күн бұрын

Funny enough, I think of Silver Hawks too.

It's crazy to think that we may not have ever had power rangers if not for jetman. This is definitely my favorite sentai so far with zyuranger and dairanger tied for second.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure at some point Saban would have gotten his Power Rangers series from Toei.

@TCAPRecipes

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats true. It would have been power rangers fixed a little bit different way.

Do you have the copies of jetman? Pls upload all the episode or the episode you have pls. Thankyou

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I can't do that as it is legally licensed by Shout! Factory.

@johnlouisemendoza2464

5 жыл бұрын

Ah okay thanks

Saw this show on shoutfactorytv last year good review😊

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Did you like the show?

@only257

5 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork though it was a great season thanks

@mikesilva3868

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork jetman rocks 😈

Jetman me suena que lo he visto pero no estoy seguro lo veré denuevo de todas formas gracias

SniperCat actually sounds like he'd be a reject villain from ThunderCats.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I know, right!

@greatrey

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Or even a Ninja Turtles reject.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

The recent cartoon? Or The Next Mutations?

@greatrey

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork More like the original.

Currently watching this show on tubi and I'm liking it so far and as for the order I should watch the shout factory released sentai shows in I don't know if I should watch them in the order they were adapted into power rangers or if I should bounce around from one sentai show to another.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to say. Watching them in release order means you get to see how the shows have evolved over time. On the other hand, watching them in whatever order you want can help you balance things out by watching a Showa one, a 90s one, a toyetic one, rinse and repeat.

And 30 years later the finale of Jetman is recreated as an attack in Zenkaiger... I am fucking serious

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, don't get me started on that.

@dakotadoyle7573

3 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork You probably already did a Twitter rant about it

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Not really, but we talked about it in our Zenkaiger video when it happened.

Stupid question, but what was your intro based on? Was it an old cartoon?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

It was based off two bits, the old TV show "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and Hitchcock's original trailer for The Birds.

18:00 - The point where Tran becomes the adult Tranza marks a tonal shift for the show too. The villains stop competing to defeat the Jetmen and instead have to work together to stop him, and the Jetmen have a villain that is just badass, easily able to outfight the team. They are defeated in every major encounter with him, up until the last one (Ryu manages to damage him a bit in one fight, but if the fight had kept going, Tranza would probably have still won out). And the only reason they win the last one is because they have an assist.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

This is true. Jetman did also change up its formula thanks to Tranza.

I have a fanmade DVD set based on the Toei discs, with the exact same encode and the subtitles from “Grownups in Spandex”. I’ll make a comparison with Shout! Factory’s release, but I can say for certain they won’t be using the exact files on the disc due to the stats. Shout! Uses 8 discs, and Toei has 10. That’s doesn’t instantly mean anything, as if there was unused space on the discs, it could be a 1:1 clone. Which isn’t the case. Toei used up almost all the space on their discs, leaving only a few hundred megabytes left unused. Video bitrates are very high for DVD. Bitrates around 8.7 mbps (with the max Bitrate of DVD being 9.9) on average. Audio is encoded as stereo, but it was produced in mono. This is because early DVD players had trouble playing mono tracks at higher bitrates. Audio quality is superb with very good range and compression being non-existent. Shout! will certainly have lower bitrates, but it depends on the compresionist (the guy who does the encoding). It could very possibly look better despite the space. I’m certain it’ll be at least very close if not equal in terms of PQ.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, they will be using the same files, it just depends on if they keep them the same size or not as Toei now gives Shout! the episodes digitally instead of physically like they did with Zyu-Oh. Either way, they'll be using the same masters.

I haven't seen the whole series but what I have I thought was amazing (even the cup noodle episode). As always, a solid review. Also, are you aware that Turboranger and JAKQ are being fansubbed by a group called Love & Care?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I am, but they have been subbing those shows for like 3 years now. :-) When they get done with them, I'll throw them onto my list of stuff to review.

When you look at the comments section of a video clip of Kaori's nightmare where she watched herself getting killed, lets just say you know which people has watched the series and which didn't if some thinks she really was getting killed off. Makes you wonder who they think the woman watching this and freaking out was. What can be said, the user horaciosi has the best comment.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

lol I didn't even know a clip of that scene was up on KZread.

Those are a lot of birds.

7:14 well because Kohei Takeda actually learned to play violin for his role.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome.

I love Jetman so much. Everything about the show is absolutely top notch from the protagonists, the antagonists, the story, music, themes, and action. My only complaint is that some of the filler episodes are really not good and Ako sort of gets the short end of the stick in some areas, but overall great show. 5/5 G.U.I.S for me. Favorite episode was definitely the one where the characters’ hidden personalities are brought out by a motw.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty good episode, but yeah, Jetman is a great show all around.

Where did you get the subtitles from because I want it.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I got it from a fansub group, but Shout! Factory just announced they will be releasing the show on DVD in Sept.

@disneyboy3030

6 жыл бұрын

Where are they.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

The DVD isn't out yet. It will be out in Sept.

Woukd it have made the Casino episode better or dumber if Grey also wore a suit to the roulette game?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

That would have been weird.

Just think if Saban had started Power Rangers a year earlier, we would have been watching the rangers in their Jetman suits instead of their Zyuranger suits.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty much.

@michaelleary9233

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldve loved that, especially Billy as Yellow and Trini as Blue.

I love Jetman so much. My favorite Super Sentai series by far.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

It's definitely up there for me.

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami me too👻

@zeokingsilver

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah me to one of my faves

*Birdonic waves !!!* Also that girls butler is awesome lol 6:15

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

:-)

Weird. I kinda expected this to go into a certain ending element, and a little deeper into those odd love triangles. Otherwise another great review. Was there some reason you decided not to cover Toei TV Hero Encyclopedia Vol. 2: Choujin Sentai Jetman as part of this?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

I can't talk about the ending without spoilers, so I chose to avoid it. I could always do a follow up video at some point to discuss the spoilers of the show. Not familiar with Toei TV Hero Encyclopedia. At least, I don't think I am as GUIS never subbed it.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I just looked it up and I had no idea that existed at all. And it turns out GUIS did sub it. Not sure how I missed that one, but then, a lot of supplements seem to never be mentioned in message boards and stuff. I'll have to watch this and see if it is worth making a video over. Thanks.

@RiderBattle

6 жыл бұрын

They didn't? Huh...wonder who did then. I remember watching it. Essentially it's a clip show with material that shows the team having a gathering, and discussing old times sometime after the ending. So it really feels like an epilogue of sorts.

@RiderBattle

6 жыл бұрын

No, thank you. You already did alot of hard work on this, and it's nice revisiting a great series like this. Don't know how I forgot that robot smoked. lol

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe your mind was in a... grey area. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

Now I really wanna watch jet man

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, that means I did my job. :-)

@LoboEye

6 жыл бұрын

You really should.

@HypArtz002

6 жыл бұрын

Advent Nebula I know but time ranger is first thing I need to complete

@LoboEye

6 жыл бұрын

I like Timeranger, but it is one of the series where Saban improved on, while keeping mostly to the same plot.

Recently I've watched a video on the 80s anime series, Saint Seiya, and the first thing that comes to mind is " Was Kyuranger actually a live-action Saint Seiya show kinda like how Jetman was a live-action Gatchaman?"

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

What's funny is one of our friends actually compared Kyuuranger to Saint Seiya initially. :-D

@dtmuhddanishbindtkishra1538

3 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yeah that's what I thought I hope I'm not the only one who got that comparison

So when Shout gets around to the DVD are you just going to review the DVD itself so as not to retread the review of the show itself?

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

Yep. It'll basically just be what the DVD portion of the reviews I've done in the past will be.

Also, Ako has a last name. It's Hayasaka

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

6 жыл бұрын

lol I think I totally forgot to put it in the script.

My favorite sentai series by far.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

What was your favorite episode?

@teddybeer6206

3 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork The one where human Radiguet meets Saki

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

That's definitely a good two parter.

Also I love the names of the bio dimension beasts because they sound so much like Mega man X robot bosses

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

They do, don't they. lol

@skorn8112

5 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork maybe Sigma should have gone with torpedo piranha instead of launch octopus.

Loved Jetman! Great review. What is your take on Zyuranger? I personally love it but it does have flaws

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

I love it more than Jetman.

@tjwilkerson2589

5 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami really. I love Zyuranger but I love Jetman a little more.

@tjwilkerson2589

5 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami i don’t know if you said this in the video but who is your favorite character and Jetman and Zyuranger. Ako would be Mine for Jetman and Mei for Zyuranger

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

5 жыл бұрын

Ako for Jetman and Burai for Zyuranger. For the core five in Zyu, my favorite is Goushi.

@tjwilkerson2589

5 жыл бұрын

Kaiju no Kami awesome! Goushi was so underrated

what i like here is that unlike the 80s sentai, not all episodes end with mech battles and theres also a human side of it such as guy gambling and drinking, him and ryu fighting over kaori. in the 80s theres less of these scenes and its just battle, battle and battle which makes it boring and dragging as the series goes on

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I loved how the 90s shows did not always have a mech battle every episode and some series even made the rangers earn their mechs.

I wuoldn’t mind if they did another bird sentai even If they use magic in that series

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

9 ай бұрын

Another bird theme could work.

What are your best super sentai shows from before 2001 ? Your top 5 ? 1 Jetman 2 Liveman 3 Dairanger 4 Zyuranger 5 Bioman I also like Kakuranger a lot.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Denzi, Flash, Jet, Zyu, Dai, Kaku, Car, Mega, Ginga, GGF, and Time.

@cainmarchenoir4986

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thanks !

Sadly Radiguet’s actor passed away in 2018

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember hearing that.

It could have been cool that they used the wuole “generals dispute for who is the leader” but this time being three brothers who dispute his father”s power and fortune (is father being an crazy galactic hunter))with the only condition being who defeats the rangers first is the one who gets all the power and fortune that is father ad

Sadly I got to like episode 13 and just couldn’t get into it :(

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say give it another shot at some point. I wasn't totally thrilled with the show on my first viewing either. Now, I love it.

@edenromanov

4 жыл бұрын

@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I tried Zyuranger and got hooked in 2 episodes might be nostalgia over Power Rangers though lol, I'll definitely come back to Jetman though just about everyone who's seen it says it's one of the best sentai series made.

Jetman: Chip Chip Chip I'm A Bird 🐦🕊️

Jetman saved sentai the same way Mariano Rivera saves games. Gai was the cut fastball the series relies on, the pitch destroys bats while Gai destroys enemies testicles.

@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork

10 ай бұрын

lol